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Chapter 296: Familiar Acquaintances and Unexpected Reunion

"This bamboo clapper hits me. I enter the street and see shops lined up on both sides, some selling and some buying. They also have signs and banners. My silver sign is hung inside and outside the gold sign..."

On the opening day, at four o'clock in the afternoon, Liu Yonglu was sitting at the table with his legs crossed, humming a few words.

He came early today, and as soon as he got up he ran to the store to direct the waiters to clean up and set up the restaurant. Today was the opening day of the restaurant, and all the guests who came were prominent figures, so nothing could be done carelessly.

Although Prince Andrew and Chief Minister Sisram would not come in person to show their support today, they had given him enough publicity, and the aristocratic circles in New Newlon had been clamoring about it two days ago.

But it's amazing, a great person is going to open a new restaurant on Helen Street.

Who is it? Ricky Baldwin. Although his surname is not so prominent, it is also an old surname that is not bad in Moses Sand. As for his identity, it is said that he is the hottest celebrity in the investigation department at present. Even Prince Andrew is in his favor.

I asked what kind of restaurant it was. They said it had exotic dishes and sold dim sum and breakfast. This was really new and I had never heard of it. So a few days ago, Tianying Restaurant was fully booked, including private rooms and open seats.

Liu Yonglu got a dozen flower baskets and placed them at the door. There was no such custom in New New Londo at that time, but many new aristocrats and old bureaucrats who curry favor with the powerful and take advantage of the situation followed suit. Today, the entrance of Liu Yonglu's restaurant is like a flower shop, with colorful flowers.

Pedestrians on the street cast curious glances at the Tianying Restaurant from time to time. Liu Yonglu hummed a few words and felt so happy. After the restaurant opened, he would have some income. When he made enough money, he would renovate the Baldwin Monastery...

He was just thinking about it when the door was pushed open from the outside with a creaky sound.

It was cold enough today. Kogan was wearing a thick coat, a hat, and leather gloves, but he was still shivering.

"Captain Ricky, take a look at this. The postman just delivered it this morning."

Kogan pulled a stack of manuscripts from his messenger bag and placed them on the table.

"My sister sent me a draft of Nicholas the Asshole. It's only halfway done. Can you take a look at it? Is it up to standard?"

Liu Yonglu picked up the draft and flipped through it carelessly. It was okay, there were enough words. Miles was worthy of being a teacher, his writing was really good.

"Okay, it's almost there. I'll give it a little more color and it will be almost right."

Liu Yonglu waved his hand. Nikola was already a celebrity, so publishing a book was a natural thing for him. The only thing he lacked was a good name. As soon as this scoundrel Nikola came out, it was guaranteed that all the people in Moses Sadeh would know him.

"Hey, that's fine, that's fine. I see there are quite a few plainclothes police patrolling at the door. Are they here to protect our business?"

"Really? But he was patrolling Helen Street, so the chief elder specially said hello and asked him to take special care of him."

Liu Yonglu ignored White's warning. There were so many layers of hidden and explicit cards inside and outside that anyone who came to eat today must have a business card with a reservation. No one else could get in.

"That's good. Do we still need to patrol then?"

"Just eat your food! It's not reasonable for our brothers to be working at this time."

Liu Yonglu pushed a cup of hot tea to Kou Gang, who held the cup to warm his hands and scanned the interior of the restaurant. When he saw the piano, he couldn't take his eyes away. Why? Miss Bai came out of the room in a beige dress and sat on the piano bench, ready to play the piano.

"Ricky...Captain, who is this?"

I seldom come to Kogan's restaurant, and when I saw White for the first time, I felt my mouth dry. My whole body was cold just now, but now the blood was rushing to my head and I felt sweat on my back.

"White, a student from the Conservatory of Music, comes here to work and study."

Liu Yonglu looked up at White and continued to revise the manuscript with his head down. These past two days, he spent every day at home watching Mi Li'er return to her women's clothing mode, and his threshold had clearly risen to a new level.

"This is so beautiful! Captain Ricky, it would be a shame if your restaurant isn't popular."

Kougan turned around and saw Liu Yonglu ignoring White. His heart skipped a beat. He thought to himself, Captain Ricky, you didn't even take a second look at such a pretty girl. Could it be that you really...

"Captain Ricky, what do you think of White?"

"How is it? He's quite handsome, with good looks and a nice figure. He'll definitely get some points!"

He responded verbally but did not raise his head. It was not that he did not want to look, but it was almost time for dinner and Milly Tang might come in from the door at any time. If she saw him drooling over Miss Bai, she would probably look sour when she went back.

"Don't you have any special ideas? I see Miss White is always glancing at you."

"Oh, I can't help myself, I can't help myself."

Liu Yonglu shook his head. Kou Gang was really anxious. Captain Ricky wouldn't really like Mr. Millie Tang, right? No, I have to find a chance to match him with Miss White. This is too... Kou Gang couldn't find a suitable adjective to describe White for a moment.

They were chatting casually when Marquette came over from somewhere, holding a silver plate with a rectangular piece of paper on it.

"Brother Ricky, what are you busy with?"

"I'm creating something."

It's no wonder that as Liu Yonglu kept revising the stories, he actually regained some of the passion he had when he and his partners were revising the jokes in the folk art troupe, and Nicholas became more and more muddy under his writing.

"Look at this. Don't worry. You can pay it in a few days."

Liu Yonglu picked it up and saw that the final payment for the renovation was due. If he was a little confused in the past few days, he would have to empty out half of his family's savings.

But didn’t the God of Wealth come to visit our house a few days ago? He went to the street to ask, and according to him, if he sold the two watches, he could basically fill the hole in the decoration.

But he was in no hurry to sell it, because the restaurant would open and he would soon make money. He would keep the watch and buy it for himself when he got home.

"Okay, I'll go to the bank tomorrow to settle the account for them."

"Ricky, there's something else I need you to do me a favor with."

"What's the matter? Just tell me. There's nothing we can't talk about among brothers." Marquette has known Liu Yonglu the longest. Normally, when there is something going on at home, Liu Yonglu would not ask anyone else but directly bother Marquette. This shows the friendship between the two.

"It's like this, I met a girl recently, just for fun.

But when she got interested, she fought passionately. She was the daughter of a factory owner. Although her family was rich, they were not worldly-wise and had never seen much.

Yesterday I told her that there would be a grand dinner a few days before the Continental Expo, and I was invited to attend. She kept saying good things to me and asked me to bring her along. "

"What did you say?"

"Haha, I naturally took her back to my bedroom..."

Marquette laughed and took a sip of the cocktail in the glass, while Liu Yonglu also followed suit, making faces and giggling.

Kogan wondered, Captain Ricky's sexual orientation is quite normal.

"Well, the boast has been spread. In a couple of days, talk to Prince Andrew and ask if she can be allowed to go to the dinner party to see the world?"

"Hey, I don't care. It's nothing."

Marquette was able to enter because he wanted plainclothes officers to go in to protect the safety of the politicians, but he was not an invited guest and could not bring anyone in. Liu Yonglu was different. He was a formally invited VIP and it was easy for him to bring a few people in.

"There will be a dance after the dinner, Ricky, who are you going to choose as your dance partner?"

Hearing Liu Yonglu's immediate agreement, Marquette felt quite relaxed, leaning back in his chair with his hands open.

"Well, you'll know then..."

Liu Yonglu lowered his head to revise the manuscript. He was still a little embarrassed, but Marquette had guessed it long ago. It was Millie Tang. He was the first person in the entire Foodie Team to guess Millie Tang's identity. On the one hand, he was not familiar with Millie Tang and was afraid that Millie Tang would be angry if he pointed it out. On the other hand, he also wanted to see Ricky's fun, so he just watched the show from the sidelines.

At this time, Marquette ate the olive in the glass, smiled and poured the wine.

Kogan looked at their knowing expressions with a puzzled look on his face. No way, Captain Ricky, you don’t really want to dance with Millie Tang! ?
"squeaky"

This time it was Lin Brown who came in from the door. He walked over and threw a small package on the table.

"What?"

"Open it and see for yourself. It's a good thing I got from Sir Gregory."

Liu Yonglu opened the package and saw a handful of tobacco and a stack of cigarette papers.

"Don't underestimate this tobacco. I heard it was a gift from a foreign envoy to Prince Andrew. Do you know how to roll it? Roll two and try them."

Liu Yonglu was used to smoking cigarettes in packs, so how could he roll cigarettes? He shook his head and said:

"My grandfather might be able to do that, but I can't do that."

"I'll roll it for you."

Lin Brown also wore gloves. He clumsily rolled one and handed it to Liu Yonglu. Liu Yonglu was about to take it when he suddenly slapped his head:
"Hey, if you hadn't mentioned smoking I would have forgotten about it. Someone gave me some good stuff a few days ago. Try this first."

Liu Yonglu reached into his pocket and took out the cigarettes that Prince Herama had given him as a gift. Kogan, Marquette, and Lindbergh each gave him a cigarette.

"Take a smoke from mine first, and stop holding up your cigarette. Also, yours doesn't have a filter, so smoke less or you'll cough later."

Liu Yonglu smoked and modified the cigarette at the same time. Lin Bulang opposite him took a slow puff, silently put the cigarette back into the small bag and stopped talking.

"Squeak."

This time it was Millie Tang who came in. When Lin Brown saw Millie Tang, he obviously hesitated.

"Ricky, there's an acquaintance of mine among the sheriffs patrolling the door. I'll go say hello."

Lin Brown turned and walked away.

"Wait a minute!"

Ricky called him from behind. Lin Brown put his right hand in his pocket, turned his head and said nothing.

"Take this. It's not easy to patrol outside in the cold weather. Give the boys some good ones."

Liu Yonglu threw the box of good cigarettes on the table over.

Lin Brown took the cigarette and smiled slightly before passing Millie Tang and leaving the restaurant.

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At the same time, in the suburbs of New Newland, in a speeding brown carriage, a beautiful girl with delicate features was looking at her charming smiling face in a small mirror. She pursed her lips, took out lipstick from her makeup bag and applied it a little.

"Can you hurry up? Today is the opening day of Mr. Rich's restaurant, and I'm planning on giving him a surprise."

"Don't worry, Miss Dora. I promise we'll be there before dark."

Hey, here comes today's joke, have a happy weekend everyone. It's November in a blink of an eye. I started writing this book in June, it goes by so fast.

Thank you all for your company, thank you.

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