royal family

Shao Yan's question made Ying Jingxiong start to ache all over.

He had been deliberately forgetting the embarrassing thing that he was broken by a book by Shao Yan, but when Shao Yan mentioned it like this, he recalled it in detail.The bone fracture was very painful, so he couldn't move freely for several months, but no one around him believed that his injury was really caused by Shao Yan.

It is impossible for Sakurai Yu to not be angry, besides being angry, he is more ashamed.

It's fine if you can't keep your family's family sword skills, and you can't even find a chance to fight back after being bullied like this.The members of the Food Competition Organizing Committee didn't believe that he was injured by Shao Yan at all, and they seemed to be caring, but they directly withdrew his qualification to participate in the opening ceremony without mercy.Shao Yan didn't know that there was some expert help behind him, and the condemnation against Shao Yan that was provoked by the people of country R in the follow-up even died before he was able to succeed, and he was strangled before being introduced to country C. net.People who read gossip are 3 minutes hot, no exception in any country, lost the best opportunity for revenge, and the people of country R who were still filled with righteous indignation for him a moment ago were snatched away by other interesting news that followed Notice.

Sakurai Xiong was really upset during his recovery, he was always thinking about Shao Yan's sword technique and the humiliation the other party gave him.

He is not someone who admits defeat. Sakurai Yuo's biggest shortcoming is paranoia, and paranoid people are often not defeated by external difficulties.

He had nothing to do during the time he was recuperating, and he was thinking wildly every day. The more he recalled, the more he was sure that Shao Yan's saber technique was definitely inseparable from his own Yingshou Dongtian style.This set of sword skills has a different meaning to the Sakurai family. It is a pity that the heir passed away early and failed to carry forward this skill. Said, I really don't know whether to feel joy or irony.

Sakurai Yusuke sent people to investigate Shao Yan's background, and put in a lot of effort to find out Shao Yan's family background, relatives and friends without any omission, just to find the channel through which Shao Yan learned this set of sword techniques.But no matter how he looked at it, Shao Yan's history still made him feel a very strange sense of disobedience.It's not hard to get the name of the imperial cooks of the Shao family's ancestors, and the family style is not low-key at all-Master Shao is keen to participate in various competitions, and often wins awards, and his cooking skills are very famous in the surrounding area of ​​​​Province A.The most likely instructor of Shao Yan's knife skills is him, but Sakurai Yuo found many videos of Mr. Shao's participation in various culinary competitions in the past. It has nothing in common with the Sakura cave style he is familiar with.

What's more, all kinds of gossip about the Shao family have been widely circulated in country C: some people swear that Shao Yan was secretly raised by the old man as a culinary heir since childhood, while other people always insist that Shao Yan is as good as he is today. The craftsmanship is due to another adventure, and the basis is that the food at Yumenxi is much more delicious than that at Shao’s restaurant.Don't talk about further places, just talk about city A, Shao's restaurant has already been neglected, and the business has almost been robbed.

If the plan to transform into a luxury hotel had not been prepared and implemented long before the opening of Yumenxi, the Shao Family Group would never have been as calm and leisurely as it is now.

All kinds of different "internal revelations" made Yu Sakurai one head and two big, and his thinking was always skewed by various speculations. Each statement had its own truth, and the truth became more and more confusing.

Only Shao Yan knew what was going on with the knife technique, but Yingxiong knew that he couldn't find out from the other party's mouth.The worst possible thing for him is that the one who taught Shao Yan's saber technique is really some kind of hermit master. In the culture of C country, capable old people like to live in seclusion. Unless he wants to show his face, no one can find them.In contrast, Yuo Sakurai is more willing to believe the rumors that have come out recently - Shao Yan's skills are actually the skills of the Shao family, and his skills are all learned from the Shao family recipes, the reason why the skills are better than Mr. It's because he is more talented, and has a thorough understanding of the knowledge in many recipes that Mr. Shao has not thoroughly studied.

This rumor actually has some flaws logically, but it is highly credible among various speculations. It can perfectly explain the origin of Shao Yan's amazing cooking skills and lost knife skills. Talent.

Genius cannot be explained by common sense. As soon as this word comes out, all extraordinary phenomena become reasonable.

After all, the Shao family is an imperial chef, and it is not impossible to have some unique skills. Didn't the Sakurai family pass down the sword manual from generation to generation?It is hard to say whether the ancestors of the Shao family are also like this, putting down the skills that are easy to lose inheritance in writing, hoping that some of the descendants of the Shao family will pass it on.

Sakurai's posture was weird, and Father Shao's mood was not much better. Although the person on the opposite side was polite and respectful, Yumenshi and Yihuang Restaurant had fought once a long time ago.At that time, Yumenxi was being beaten up by the Shao family, and Yihuang Restaurant took the opportunity to do a lot of rubbish, which caused Yumenxi to suffer from the enemy.At that time, Shao's father watched the overwhelming negative reports everywhere, and thought several times that his immature new signboard would not be able to survive.

Fortunately, my family survived the catastrophe in the end, and Shao's family and Yihuang restaurant also suffered from the consequences of their own bad luck and were well eaten back.Not long after this incident, the conflict between Shao Yan and Sakurai Yuki before the opening of the food competition in City B was raging again, which really angered Shao's father.He has seen a lot of business competition, winners and losers depend on their destiny, and no one has to take it to heart, but he absolutely cannot accept that competitors put dark ideas on Shao Yan.

If he was younger than ten years old, Shao's father would definitely not be able to communicate with Sakurai Yu as seamlessly as he does today.

Sakurai Yuu had a familiar attitude that he didn't know how annoying he was, he stood there and refused to leave, which made Liang Changbin, who had known some conflicts between the two families, very embarrassed.The mellow champagne in his hand was tasteless at all. He stood for a while and tried to take Sakurai Yu away several times, but Sakurai still stubbornly drank it down.

Liang Changbin still had business to do, so he couldn't stay for a while, so he had to leave with a haha.

"Old Mr. Shao." Sakurai Yuki smiled at Shao's father, "I have some private matters that I want to discuss with Mr. Shao alone. Can I take him over there for a sit-down?"

Father Shao didn't want to leave, but he couldn't contradict him on the stage, so he turned to look at Shao Yan.

Shao Yan took a sip of the wine glass in his hand and stopped touching it again, probably because he didn't like the taste of champagne. He didn't say anything to his father's slightly worried eyes, put down the wine glass and hooked his finger at Sakurai Yuo, Then turn around and leave.

His movements were so neat and quick that Yuo Sakurai, who originally thought that the other party would avoid him, was stunned. When he came back to his senses, Shao Yan had already gone far away.

There are places for people to rest on both sides of the banquet hall, all of which are secluded and dark cubicles, or thick or light skirts flutter around the rest place. When Sakurai Yuo pushed through the crowd to find Shao Yan, the other party had already taken A piece of fresh fruit ice cream is ready to eat.

Sakurai's eyes turned cold. As the head of the Sakurai family and the head of the Iko Group, he has long been used to being an authority.But I don't know if the east wind overwhelms the west wind. Whenever he faces Shao Yan, who has a more powerful posture, his imposing manner of saying one thing is always firmly suppressed.

This feeling is very bad!

The ice cream is dense milk ice with a lot of fresh fruit sprinkled on it, and the taste is nothing special. While eating, Shao Yan remembered the taste of the one he made some time ago.Lyon taught him how to make many kinds of pastry. The ice cream is the taste of the Long Tower restaurant. It is handmade with cream and milk eggs. If you like it, you can add dried fruit pieces.Because of the special process, the shelf life of that kind of ice cream is only five days. If you can’t finish it within five days, you have to throw it away. It’s also troublesome to store. You even have to pay attention to the temperature of the refrigerator. If you don’t pay attention, it will freeze and affect the taste.However, once you experience the delicious taste of the thick and dense milky fragrance bursting like fireworks in your mouth, all the troubles will immediately become worthless. How can such good things be so easy to get?

As for the shelf life... there is no need to worry about it. No matter how many ice creams are made, there is never any leftover ice cream. Even the men in the family love this taste to death.Shao Yan took a few apprentices to make a big batch at a time, and after saving his own portion, the rest were sent to the Yumen banquet, or they would be snatched up by dessert-loving guests before half the meal.

Chewing the fruit in his mouth, he heard Yu Sakurai's heavy footsteps approaching, he suddenly shook his body, and slapped away the other's hand that was attacking his shoulder.

Sakurai Hideo, who was about to hold Shao Yan's shoulders with momentum, was slapped and staggered, and his whole body was almost stuck on the vine fence used to partition the small space in the rest area.

Being helped to stand still, Sakurai Yuu covered his forearm being patted and turned his head to stare at Shao Yan in astonishment.

The pain came out from the cracks in the bones, running wildly in the flesh, making his brows twitch, and he rolled up his sleeves, everything was normal, even the redness and swelling could not be seen.

He believed that the last time was no coincidence!

Staring at Shao Yan in surprise and fear, he became more and more confused about the young man's background.Relying on a light tap or an inconspicuous gadget to achieve this level - Shao Yan's strength is really human! ?

Shao Yan put down his ice cream cup, wiped his mouth with a tissue, and moved his chin towards the seat opposite him. He didn't see any embarrassment, and said in a neutral way: "Speak as you speak, and don't move your hands."

Sakurai Xiong really didn't dare to take it lightly at all. Shao Yan's various actions obviously didn't intend to save him a little face. Sakurai Xiong didn't like to be beaten up after angering people.

His chest seemed to be hurting again, and Yuo Sakurai felt relieved when he moved the chair away from the table. He watched Shao Yan's every move carefully, and cut to the point cautiously: "Mr. Shao, I won't pursue your last faux pas, But the Sakura Doten style in your hand is indeed a sword technique passed down from generation to generation in my Sakurai family, I hope you can tell me honestly, where exactly did you learn this sword technique."

Shao Yan glanced at the trembling female translator next to him, and was almost annoyed to death by Sakurai Yuu who didn't know what to do.

"Mr. Shao!"

Shao Yan answered clearly and profoundly: "I, er, knife, method, have nothing to do with you."

"Please don't make jokes." Sakurai Yuki laughed bluntly, "Although the Sakurai Cave Style is my Sakurai family's unique technique, since Mr. Shao has mastered it, I will not pursue your stealing Responsibility. I also hope that Mr. Shao can take a step back and return the things of the Sakurai family to their original owners in the spirit of cooking."

Plagiarism?Shao Yan wanted to hit him a little bit, but he glanced at the people around him from the corner of his eye, and after thinking about it, he suppressed the urge in his heart.

Hearing that he didn't answer, Sakurai Yuki twitched his mouth stiffly: "To tell you the truth, Mr. Shao, I have done some research on Mr. Shao's mentorship before I came here. If Mr. Shao insists on not revealing it, then don't listen to me. guess."

Shao Yan scooped a piece of watermelon into his mouth.

Sakurai Yuki was choked by his indifference, and continued with difficulty: "Mr. Shao's knife skills should have something to do with the cookbook left by the former head of the Shao family, right?"

Shao Yan sneered.

"...I can understand Mr. Shao's reluctance to accept this reality. But the Sakurai family has devoted themselves to cooking since the first generation of ancestors, and it has been passed down to my generation for nearly 400 years. Compared with Mr. Shao's family, The history of 200 years is much longer, and I hope that Mr. Shao can understand my feeling that I don’t want my family culture to be lost overseas.”

Shao Yan was soon amused by his straightforwardness, and leaned on the chair and asked him gently: "You mean, the saber technique I use now was actually created by your family?"

Sakurai Yuo didn't speak, but his expression was serious, obviously agreeing with his conclusion.

"I've really gained insight." Shao Yan raised his chin frivolously at him, and said with a light smile: "What you said is so reasonable and well-founded, why don't you show me a set of knives?"

The expression on Sakurai's face suddenly became tense. If he could learn this sword technique, why would he bother with Shao Yan now?He frowned angrily and said in a low voice, "Mr. Shao, I hope you don't make trouble for no reason!"

"I also want you to stop messing around, do you listen?" Shao Yan raised his hand and put the ice cream cup on the table, staring at Sakurai Yuo and said slowly, "God, nerve, disease."

Sakurai Yuu stared wide-eyed, discerning what he said, and slapped the table with a palm: "Mr. Shao!"

The people around the rest seat were attracted by the movement and looked over. Seeing Shao Yanman's gentleness and Sakurai Yuki's blushing and thick-necked appearance, they were a little surprised for a moment, and they gathered together to discuss in whispers.

Shao Yan's eyes and ears were sharp, and when he heard the whispers around him, his expression became calmer, his lips parted slightly, and he whispered in a volume that only Yuo Sakurai could hear: "Deceive the world, steal the name, and dare to stare at my eyes!" In terms of stuff, it's downright brazen."

How could Yuo Sakurai have been scolded by someone pointing his nose like this before, and in front of the public, he couldn't hold back his face immediately, and stood up abruptly: "Mr. Shao, you don't want to toast or eat fine wine!"

"Ouch, what's going on over there?"

"Isn't that Yuo Sakurai? He's following and talking?"

"Isn't this Shao Yan? That Shao Yan of Yumenxi!"

"Why did they quarrel?"

"Tsk! Haven't heard about Yumenshi and Yihuang Restaurant? You're not from S City, are you?"

"Friends in the same business, Yihuang's subsidiary company has been completely ruined since Yumenxi opened, and now it has been overwhelmed in Gumei's rating, and there was another conflict in the food competition in city B last time... Sakurai Yuo must hate it to death The Shao family is gone."

"Sakurai Yuo is too careless to be noisy on such an occasion."

The person in charge of the banquet was attracted by the noise here, and as soon as he squeezed out of the crowd, he heard the clear and slightly hoarse voice of young Shao Yan: "How are you going to give me a fine wine?"

"What's the matter, what's the matter? Why are you arguing?" Seeing that the atmosphere had become tense, they hurried up to help persuade them to make peace, and they got a slightly apologetic smile from Shao Yan, and the balance in their hearts immediately shifted.

It's just that, when the calm and handsome young man meets the middle-aged man who is on the verge of breaking his sword, no matter how you look at it, the young man will suffer, okay?Yuo Sakurai was older than Shao Yan, so it seemed a little too aggressive to say "the toast does not eat the fine wine" on this occasion.

Shao's father also squeezed into the crowd, blocked in front of Shao Yan immediately, frowned and stared at Sakurai Yuki who was still full of anger, and asked sharply: "Mr. Is this the one? What kind of toast did you give him, and what punishment do you want him to drink, you might as well explain it clearly, don't embarrass the child!"

As soon as Father Shao's words came out, the surrounding discussions immediately became much more noisy. Once guided by the meaning of Father Shao's words, people everywhere thought of it.

At any rate, the two families were pulled apart by Liang Changbin later, he had a lot of face, he said a few words casually, and the people watching the excitement scattered around.Looking at the back of Yingxiong who was being coaxed and dragged away, Liang Changbin also felt a little dissatisfied in his heart. Turning his head and seeing Shao Yan still looking calm and deserted, he raised his hand and patted him on the arm comfortingly: "Sakurai Xiong is from country R, ​​and his thinking is a little different from ours, so just treat it as if you were barked by a dog, and don't care about it like him."

Shao Yan recalled Sakurai's posture and expression when he said "stealing" just now, and smiled slightly: "I'm fine."

"This kid is really sensible." After seeing too many hot-blooded young people who don't fight for their breath, it's rare to meet such a generalist. Liang Changbin simply admires him and doesn't know what to say. He can only envy Shao's father's good fortune.

Yuo Sakurai couldn't understand the C country dialect that was too fast and too chaotic, but no matter how stupid he was, he knew that the guests who were evasive and whispering together were talking about their own gossip.He was not good at getting in touch with people, and he hated being the gossip of everyone, so he didn't even want to stay at the banquet anymore, stayed for a while, and left angrily with his translator.

It is rare that the banquet at such a good time was disturbed, and he was humiliated after losing such a big face. Yuo Sakurai who got into the car pulled off his tie and was so angry that he couldn't breathe. Translation: "Are you a log?! You didn't react at all when it was time to use it. When Liang Sang asked me why I was angry, why didn't you speak!?"

The translation is wrong.Shao Yan spoke too softly, because Sakurai Yuu could hear clearly because of his energy, but he couldn't catch any movement when he was standing a few steps away.Even he felt that Sakurai Yuu, who was so angry and inexplicable, felt a little uncomfortable after being scolded. For the sake of salary, at least he didn't speak back. Sakurai Yuo scolded him, and his heart was finally relieved Some, looked around in the empty and dark parking lot, and then said: "Drive."

The translator pouted in his heart, the car drove out of the parking lot, and was still wandering in the path of the square. When it was about to drive to the building where the banquet was held just now, the wheels suddenly staggered, and vaguely heard the direction of the front of the car. There was a slight thud.

It won't hit something, will it?

The driver was taken aback, told Yuo Sakurai, and hurriedly got out of the car to check.

idiot!

Yuu Sakurai scolded angrily in his heart, folded his hands on the back seat and almost rolled his eyes angrily, when he heard a strange movement next to him, the door was suddenly opened.

Shao Yan squeezed in against the wind, moving lightly like a ghost, and before Sakurai Yuu could react, he slapped him.

"Stealing? Huh?"

Yuo Sakurai was beaten into a daze, except for looking at Shao Yan stupidly, he even forgot to call for help.Shao Yan grabbed his hair and forced him to raise his head and look at him, with Shao Yan's sarcastic smile reflected in his eyes, and he was punched in the stomach again.Shao Yan deliberately lowered his voice, and the warning was soft and hoarse. While speaking, he reached out and patted Sakurai Yuo's side face threateningly: "Be more sensible in the future, don't bother me, your cherry, flower, me I'm not interested, and my sword skills have nothing to do with you. If there is a next time, you can ask for more blessings."

The driver lay on the ground and swept around the bottom of the car. When he got up, he realized that there was a large rock lying on the ground, and the front license plate had been smashed and had a large scratch.

"What's wrong?! Throwing stones for no reason!" The surroundings were quiet and there was no human voice. Throw it into the green belt on the side.

After getting in the car, he glanced at the back seat, and the driver froze for a moment.

Yuu Sakurai leaned on the wall of the car with a dumbfounded look, staring blankly at the empty car seat on the other side.He held the back of the car with one hand and covered his face with the other, his eyes were full of shock, and his whole body seemed to be frozen as if motionless.

"..." The situation was a bit weird, the driver shrank his back, fixed his eyes on Sakurai Yuu, and tentatively called out, "Mr. Sakurai?"

Sakurai Yuu turned his head to look at him, his face was pale and pale, and he looked very scary.

The driver was already about to run away, so he put his hand on the door handle and gently pulled it hard, swallowing: "Mr. Sakurai... what's wrong with you?"

"...What's the matter?" Yuo Sakurai blinked his eyes, and repeated the end of his words, as if he suddenly realized something, his expression gradually changed from dull to ferocious——

——"Bastard!!! Bastard!!! Crazy!!!! I'm going to kill you!!!!"

Damn! ! ! !

The driver of QAQ was so frightened that he almost burst into urine, and the next second he quickly opened the car door and ran out while howling—what the hell! ! !Is Sakurai Yuu crazy or possessed by a ghost? !He acted weirdly at the party just now, no wonder he quarreled with Shao Yan for no reason, this person is out of his mind! ! ! !To kill ah! ! !

Yuo Sakurai slapped everything he could get in the car furiously, punched and kicked the back of the front seat, grabbed a pillow and tore it wildly.

The aching belly and cheeks showed how he had been trampled and insulted not long ago, but apart from the raging anger and hatred, Sakurai Hiroshi inevitably felt an unshakable panic.

Shao Yan got into the car like a ghost, beat him up, and then left without a sound. All of this was not an illusion. What does the phrase asking for happiness mean?

The driver didn't even notice any changes in the car. The short few tens of seconds in Sakurai Yuu's arrival was longer than the days and years. He seemed to be undergoing a double accumulation of physical and mental tempering, and his nerves were involved. Collapsing on the front line, it may collapse at any time.

No!He's broken! !

It's all like a nightmare! ! ! ! !

Sakurai Yuu slowly regained his senses, panting heavily, staring blankly at the dark night outside the window.

He covered his painful but not bruised cheeks, his palms trembled for a moment, suppressed the fear in his heart, and said in a low voice, "Drive."

No one answered.

Sakurai Yuu frowned and raised his head to look at the driver's seat.

The light is on, and the key is stuck on it alone. Where can I see the driver?

Huh?What about people?

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The driver had already run away for miles.

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When Shao Yan came back, he was still neatly dressed, and took a small wine glass filled with wine, which was just for show, and the soldiers did not drink.

Father Shao's lingering anger was still there, and he remembered Sakurai Yuu's words in his heart, and stepped forward to embrace his son with a little pity: "Are you feeling better?"

Shao Yan leaned on him for a while, surrounded by people, and soon stood up straight again, with joy in his voice: "I'm fine, don't worry about it."

"That Yuta Sakurai is not a thing. He bullies the little by the big, and has no shame. In the future, if he asks to talk to you alone, he will ignore a single word." Shao's father said while touching his son's head with lingering fear, "There are so many people today. , he probably wouldn’t dare to go too far. Don’t be brave, look at your small body, Sakurai Yuu is so fat, if one day you lose your nerve and come up to beat you, do you know that you will suffer a lot?”

Shao Yan curled his lips and did not answer. Shao's father babbled for a long time, and he almost described Sakurai Yuki as a scourge. As he talked, he became scared, and carefully told Shao Yan: "In the future, you should take it with you when you go out. Take bodyguards with you, you have more confidence in conflicts with others. If Sakurai Yuu wants to bully you in the future, just ask the bodyguards to beat him up."

After a pause, he touched his son's thin face with heartache: "You have to learn to be more arrogant outside. The situation at home is not what it used to be, and it's okay to offend people. Don't be afraid to encounter such a thing, you know?"

Shao Yan smiled and nodded, leaning his chin on his shoulder with a harmless look: "I'm not afraid."

The author has something to say: Father Shao: "[Relaxed] [Worried] What should I do if my son is too soft and is bullied outside?"

Shao Yan: "I'm not afraid, I'll hit him."