Chapter 1079: Being intercepted
While there was still some time, Lu Haicheng went to a nearby breakfast shop, bought a cage of fried dumplings and a bowl of soy milk, and sat in the shop to eat.
The fried dumplings taste very average, and the soy milk is obviously not freshly ground, so it can only be said to be okay.
While eating, he felt a little sleepy, but fortunately he could bear it. He rubbed his face with his hands and hurriedly finished eating. Then he stood up and scanned the QR code to pay.
This breakfast shop is still a traditional breakfast shop where you eat first and pay later. There are fewer and fewer shops like this.
I had just come out of the breakfast shop. Due to lack of sleep, my reaction was inevitably a little slow. I bumped into a delivery man who was coming in a hurry.
“I’m sorry!”
Lu Haicheng was a little annoyed at being bumped, but seeing that the delivery man’s attitude was pretty good, he didn’t say anything. He just frowned and rubbed shoulders with him. And passed.
But after he walked a while, he suddenly felt something was wrong, because the Longines watch he was wearing on his left wrist was missing.
This watch originally cost him more than 20,000 yuan. Although it is not as good as Patek Philippe and Rolex, it cannot be said to be a bargain. The most important thing is that it is the first one he bought. I bought it after getting a share of the big order. It is very memorable and he likes it very much.
He had been wearing it for almost three years, and he had become very accustomed to it. Now that it was gone, he felt empty in his heart, and instantly felt that he had become a little less confident.
Besides, as a successful and charming man, how could he not have a watch on his wrist?
With this watch, when he picks up girls, his self-confidence, personal charm, and self-confidence have increased by at least 10 percentage points.
Today was the critical moment when he asked Guo Mengyao, a rich woman, to go out alone and wanted to capture her, but the watch was missing. Didn't this make it more difficult for him?
He remembered clearly that when he was eating fried dumplings just a few minutes ago, the watch was still on his wrist.
Therefore, the most likely thing is that when he collided with the delivery boy, his watch fell off, or it was stolen by the other party's clever stealing techniques.
So, Lu Haicheng immediately turned around and trotted towards the breakfast shop.
Soon he arrived at the place. He first looked for the place where he had bumped into the delivery boy, but couldn't find it. Then he ran into the store and looked where he was sitting just now, but couldn't find it. turn up.
At this time, even though he thought it was a bit impossible, he couldn't help but suspect that the deliveryman had stolen his watch when he collided with him.
"Boss, my watch worth tens of thousands was lost in your store. I want to take a look at the surveillance in your store."
Lu Haicheng immediately found the fat boss who was greeting customers at the door of the store. It was after eight o'clock, and the business of this store was good or bad.
"How can you be sure that the watch was lost in my store?" The fat boss was busy and of course he didn't want to pay attention to his request.
“When I was eating fried dumplings in the restaurant a few minutes ago, I was still wearing it on my hand, but it disappeared after eating. If you don’t let me watch the surveillance, I can only call the police.”
Of course, business people are taboo about the police coming to their door. The fat boss has no choice but to reluctantly ask the landlady to take Lu Haicheng to watch the surveillance.
In the surveillance video, when he was sitting in the shop eating fried dumplings, he could indeed see a watch on his wrist. Then fast forward, until he paid and left, the watch on his wrist was still there, until he bumped into the delivery man at the door, and his watch somehow fell from his wrist to the ground.
At that time, neither Lu Haicheng nor the delivery man noticed it. It was not until a few seconds later that an aunt wearing a helmet appeared on an e-donkey. She had obviously discovered the watch on the ground.
She didn't say anything, she just parked the car quickly, picked up the watch from the ground and put it in her pocket, then got in the car and quickly rode away on a small electric donkey.
This process only takes about ten seconds.
Lu Haicheng came back almost a minute later. By this time, of course, the watch was gone and was taken away by the aunt riding an electric donkey.
After Lu Haicheng watched the surveillance and learned the real situation, he really couldn't complain. This was too unlucky.
Originally, he and the delivery boy collided with each other, but the collision was not serious. The probability of the watch falling off his wrist was very low, and no one was lucky.
And the aunt who picked up the watch he dropped was even more outrageous. She seemed to be waiting there to pick it up. She also had a very strong psychological quality and a very professional technique. She picked it up and ran away. Not sloppy at all.
Whenever someone else picks up a watch like this, there will always be some hesitation. As long as she hesitates or hesitates, he will probably arrive in time to get the watch back.
Or at least if no one noticed the watch he dropped on the ground within a minute or two, then he would definitely be able to come back and find it.
But he was so unlucky. The watch only fell for about a minute, and when he went back to look for it, it had already been picked up.
"I can send this surveillance to you. If you call the police, just hand it over to the police directly."
The boss lady is also enthusiastic. Of course, mainly to avoid trouble, she takes the initiative to send this surveillance to he.
"Okay, sorry to trouble you, just send me my email address."
Lu Haicheng immediately gave the other party his email address.
Now he is in a hurry to rent the cruise ship and go on a date with Guo Mengyao alone. He must not call the police immediately.
You can only go to the police after the date with Guo Mengyao is over.
Lu Haicheng came out of the breakfast shop in a depressed mood, and then touched his empty left wrist with his right hand. Without this Longines watch, his confidence in picking up girls would be greatly reduced.
He took out his mobile phone and checked the time. It was only ten minutes before nine o'clock. He immediately quickened his pace and arrived at the gate of the scenic area management office, patiently waiting.
In this way, after he waited for about ten minutes, his relative and elder finally appeared. He was a lean and bald old man in his fifties. He was his father's cousin. He wanted to call him cousin. Uncle.
This cousin is a small department leader in the scenic spot here, and he happens to be in charge of the cruise ship.
Lu Haicheng was sweet-tongued and good at talking. When he saw him, he gave his cousin a cigarette and lit up his cigarettes. He immediately offered his kind words and flattery, which soon made his cousin happy.
Soon he followed his uncle into the scenic area management office and arrived at his office. After chatting for a while, his uncle picked up a pen and wrote a line on a piece of white paper. Then hand it to him and ask him to go to such-and-such office to go through the leasing procedures.
Lu Haicheng immediately sent his words of thanks again, and then took the note from his cousin to the XX office to go through the formal procedures.
As soon as the clerk saw the note handed over by Lu Haicheng, he knew it and immediately took a form for him to fill out.
Lu Haicheng sat there with a pen and bowed his head to fill it out carefully. It took him a few minutes to finally finish it. When he handed it to the clerk, the clerk smiled a little embarrassedly and said: "Just now I received a WeChat notification from the leader that this boat has been rented to someone else, and the other party has designated this boat. You can change it, or rent it another day.”
Lu Haicheng was not happy when he heard this: "There has to be a first-come, first-served basis. I have already filled out the form. You should rent it to me first. Besides, is this the only smaller cruise ship you have here? No. Anything else? ”
The clerk explained: "You also know that the business of cruise ships in our East Lake Scenic Area is very good, and there are many external rentals. The reason why we can keep such a boat empty is entirely to prepare for any special circumstances, such as today. .”
"Then it should be me first. I am a relative of your Chief Tan, so you have to give me this face, right?"
The clerk said with an embarrassed look on his face: "Originally, Chief Tan Long hello I will definitely execute, but just gave The person I sent the WeChat message is our director, and I can’t help it. Alternatively, you can rent a larger boat, or a smaller wooden boat that requires manual rowing.” Lu Haicheng couldn’t help it, as his cousin’s face must not be as good. The director here has a great reputation.
It is possible to rent a larger cruise ship, but not only is it more expensive, it must also be equipped with professional boat masters and waiters, and it seems very safe to sit on it. This does not meet the purpose of his date with Guo Mengyao alone.
So, all that is left now are small wooden boats that require manual paddling.
The small wooden boats in the scenic area are now controlled by professional rowing masters. Generally, tourists cannot row by themselves. It costs seventy or eighty yuan for half an hour. It is cheap, but it also completely loses the ability to row by yourself. fun.
So, Lu Haicheng could only choose a small wooden boat as the next best option, but he rowed it by himself and did not need a rowing master.
This is the benefit and privilege of renting a boat internally. Other tourists currently do not have the right to rent a boat and row their own boat.
Taking a wealthy woman like Guo Mengyao on such a small wooden boat with no cover felt a bit downgraded, but there was no other way. Without the cover of a small electric cruise ship, this was the only way.
Lu Haicheng came out of the management office in a depressed mood again. He found the dock where the boats were parked and saw many small wooden boats docked. He could pick one of these boats at will.
At the same time, he also saw the small electric sightseeing boat he liked, which was still docked at the dock and no one was visiting it.
This naturally made him even more unhappy.
It would be fine if the other party came first, but this person hadn't even arrived yet, so it was really overbearing to take his place.
But he also knew that those who could rent a cruise ship through such internal connections were not simple, rich or noble, and could not be compared to his relative relationship with the little section chief of the management office here.
Society is like this. Those who don’t have money can only be bullied by those who have money and connections.
Lu Haicheng took a deep breath and endured the unwillingness in his heart. As long as he can hook up with Guo Mengyao, a rich woman this time, he believes that he will also become one of the rich and powerful people in the future.
Lu Haicheng was waiting at the pier, waiting for Guo Mengyao to come over for the appointment.
Guo Mengyao got up this morning and contacted Chen Feng after breakfast to ask if he was free to accompany her today.
Chen Feng said he was not free, which disappointed Guo Mengyao, but she did not force him. After all, she was used to it. Moreover, Chen Feng had been with her this time when she came here, so she couldn't expect too much.
Chen Feng had no time to accompany her today, and she finally remembered that Lu Haicheng had made an appointment with her last night. Especially after seeing the message Lu Haicheng sent her early in the morning, she decided to go and have a look.
She was really interested in the planning copy.
So, Guo Mengyao tidied up a little and asked her assistant who lived in a nearby hotel to rent a car and take her to the meeting place with Lu Haicheng.
Assistant Liu's executive ability is still very strong. He quickly rented a car from the hotel, the kind with a driver, and took them to the cruise ship docking dock on the East Lake.
After the phone call, Lu Haicheng immediately ran over to greet him.
"Director Guo, I didn't expect you to come here so soon. Please come over here. I have rented a boat. I don't want a rowing master. We can row the boat ourselves. Do you think that's okay?"
Guo Mengyao frowned slightly and said: "Do you want to row your own boat? But I can't."
"It doesn't matter, I can. I have been rowing since I was a child, don't worry." Lu Haicheng patted his chest and said, face confidence.
Guo Mengyao nodded slightly and said, "That's okay."
Lu Haicheng was overjoyed and immediately led the way diligently.
Soon the three of them arrived at the dock. Lu Haicheng pointed to the small wooden boats parked here and said: "I found an acquaintance here at the management office. We can choose one of these small wooden boats." You can choose the boat you like, Mr. Guo.”
Guo Mengyao, look at the little one here. wooden boat, she couldn't help but look at the two large electric cruise ships and a small electric cruise boat docked next to her, and couldn't help but said: "Can't we rent this small cruise ship next to it?"
She didn't Why do I like this rickety little wooden boat? And who knows if Lu Haicheng can really row a boat?
Lu Haicheng felt embarrassed, but said without changing his face: "Sorry, we are a little late. This cruise ship has been booked in advance."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw three people walking from a distance, two women and one man, chatting and laughing, especially one of them, a white foreign girl, spoke English quickly in a gibberish voice, and then laughed happily, with her mouth wide open. Big, but also really beautiful.
The other woman also had a smile on her face. She had fair skin, bright eyes, and was a little chubby, but she gave people the right feeling, like a luxury car, with big lights and a large space for sitting. It's very comfortable to wear.
Of course, these two beauties are not the reason why Lu Haicheng can't take his eyes away. The most important thing is that they are with these two beauties, who have met him once and left him The man who impressed me deeply was Chen Feng.
I threatened and warned him at the beginning, which frightened him into begging for mercy and apologizing, and vowed not to harass Yu Xiaoxi again.
What a naughty guy!
Lu Haicheng was full of curses and envy in his heart. Just when he was hesitating whether to take the initiative to say hello, he heard Guo Mengyao next to him suddenly shout "Ah", and then saw her trotting directly towards Chen Feng and the others.
"Chen Feng, Xiaohui, why are you here?"
Guo Mengyao greeted the two in her hometown dialect with a look of surprise on her face.
At this time, Chen Feng and Yu Xiaohui also looked at Guo Mengyao in surprise.
None of them thought that they would meet Guo Mengyao here unexpectedly.
"We plan to take a boat trip to the East Lake. What brings you here?" After Yu Xiaohui answered, she also asked in surprise.
"Haha, that's just right. I also want to take a boat trip on the lake, so I'll go with you."
"I have no objection." After Yu Xiaohui finished speaking, she looked at Chen Feng.
"I have no objection either." Chen Feng shrugged.
"Hi, hello." Molly took the initiative to greet Guo Mengyao in Mandarin.
"Haha, hello to you too." Guo Mengyao said, stepping forward and holding Molly's arm enthusiastically. "My name is Guo Mengyao, you can call me Lisa in English. Nice to meet you."
" Me too. Are you friends with Chen Feng and Xiaohui?”
“Yes, they are very good friends.”
Guo Mengyao’s spoken English has improved a lot and she talks to Mo directly in English. Li communicated.
(End of this chapter)