Chapter 22 Waiting
Sitting at the dinner table, Hai Hou observed the person opposite him for the first time in a true and complete sense.
Then she discovered something strange.
The other party's temperament is very contradictory.
Although his face is really tender, he has an unusually calm temperament.
And looking back on this temperament, it seems that he has always been like this from the first meeting.
An eighteen-year-old boy, thoughtful and mature, looking as if he had been through strong winds and waves. But this calmness is completely contradictory to his age.
Indeed, Hu Li has also seen many calm "young men".
Due to the influence of their family environment, these teenagers have often understood the principle of being careful in their words and actions since they were young.
However, they are just used to it, but they cannot exude that "sophisticated" temperament at an age they should not be at now.
But the big boy in front of him was different.
Hu Li was in a daze for a moment.
I recalled all the little details revealed in these few interviews since he received her.
He was so thoughtful.
So much so that, subconsciously, I didn't regard him as a child at all.
Rather, he plays the role of... driver and secretary.
In fact, the other party's consideration for the "leader" was also fully displayed at this time.
Very contradictory.
Very strange.
And...
Very pretty.
Very clean.
Her thoughts slowly wandered off.
It’s so rare to see a clean big boy...
“Is it delicious?”
she asked.
Lu Yao, who had shut up and ate, looked up and nodded after seeing her looking at him:
"Hmm. It tastes good."
He spoke the truth from his heart.
This was his first time eating this kind of meal.
To sum it up, every dish on this table does not have the taste of a "big banquet".
Whether it's the presentation or the taste, it looks like a business banquet, and the standard of the meal is not low.
It really doesn't look like something made by Dashi.
But it was precisely because of this that he was so impressed.
What's more... Counting the dishes that the waiter changed from large plates to small plates, there were a total of twenty dishes on this table.
Two people, twenty dishes.
Although he also had high-end business banquets with his leaders in his previous life, this kind of standard still gave him a country mentality that "this is how emperors used to eat."
After hearing Lu Yao's words, Hu Li smiled slightly:
"I have a card here. If you want to eat, just come directly next time and tell me your name."
"Thank you, Sister Li."
Lu Yao did not refuse and smiled to express his gratitude.
But if you let him do it by himself, he will definitely not come.
Neither emotion nor reason.
But he still accepted the kindness.
"How did you do in the college entrance examination this time?"
Hu Li seemed to be full and started chatting with Lu Yao while holding a glass of water.
Seeing this, Lu Yao also put down his chopsticks.
The appreciation in Hu Li's eyes became even stronger.
What a contradiction.
He is obviously still a big boy, but he is not lacking in etiquette at all.
"It's not bad, my performance is considered normal. But I'll have to wait until tomorrow to estimate the specific scores before I feel confident."
As he answered, he was muttering in his mind.
How does Haihou feel at this moment... She really feels like a leader.
The tone is a bit "old".
"Have you decided which university to apply to? The president of Fuhua is here today. I will take you to meet him later?"
"Uh... No, no, thank you, Sister Li."
Lu Yao's heart skipped a beat.
Where does this sister come from?
The principal of Fuhua...that level is not low.
Why do you listen to her and meet her as soon as she says it?
While thinking about it, he quickly extended the topic to his "ZONE".
"I plan to apply to the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China to study electronic engineering technology."
Hu Li was a little surprised:
"So your grades are very good?"
"It's okay. It's not particularly top-notch, otherwise I would have gone to Qinghua University."
After Lu Yao finished speaking with a smile, he asked:
"Sister Li...should be very good at dancing, right?"
"Did you see it?"
"Yeah."
Nodding again, he said:
"Ordinary people cannot behave like you."
The most important rule of thumb in the workplace: Praise your leader and flatter him.
Brackets: There is no shame in flattery.
Of course, this is a joke.
In Lu Yao's opinion, Hai Hou's demeanor while walking was like those fans in later generations praising Liu Zhishi.
Among celebrities, Liu Zhishi has the best manners.
To be honest, the Hai Hou in front of her was a bit better than the Liu Zhishi Lu Yao saw in the short video.
But in the face of the flattery of Lu Yao, Hai Hou did not accept the flattery, but her charm began to spread again.
It seems like a smile but not a smile.
"It seems that you have been secretly observing me for a long time."
"Uh..."
This time, Lu Yao finally discovered it.
She really couldn't laugh.
The Queen of the Sea, who does not smile, is like a delicate flower with a variety of charms but deep in her bones.
It can be felt, but cannot be seen or touched.
But as long as her pretty face is stained with a smile, it will be like the river south of the Yangtze River in March.
All things have low eyebrows, but they have countless victories.
Although it does not compete for spring, it makes all flowers eclipse.
So, he avoided Hai Hou's charming charm and picked up the chopsticks again.
But Hai Hou seemed to have won, feeling triumphant and in a bright mood.
However, unlike Lu Yao, who had an appetite that could continue to eat, she was full.
Just pick up the phone.
moment.
"Hey, where are you?"
"...I'm with Xiaolu."
"Well, we're almost finished eating."
Hearing this, Lu Yao guessed that she was calling the rich woman.
"What are your plans for the afternoon?"
"...Okay, I understand. Then I'll ask him to take me home."
"Well, you should have a good rest."
After hanging up the phone, Hai Hou said:
"She won't go back to Fortune Garden in the afternoon. You can take me home."
"Okay."
Lu Yao nodded and put down his chopsticks again:
"Then I'll bring the car."
"Are you full?"
"Yeah."
"Then let's go."
Seeing that she also stood up, Lu Yao held the wet suit between his arms and helped her open the door.
The noise was heard again.
Lu Yao glanced at the meal with at least four-fifths left, a trace of pity flashed in his eyes, and then followed Hai Hou out.
Along the way, Hu Li met many acquaintances.
In other words, she seems to be very famous among today's guests.
Many people know her.
And they all had very polite smiles on their faces.
Lu Yao could even see a kind of "fear" in some extraordinary people.
But therein lies the contradiction.
Why did that precious mother say...that she should avoid her?
To be honest, Hai Hou is very beautiful, and she is not the kind of person who is cold and hard to get along with. He was a little confused for a moment, but he still followed Hu Li and went downstairs under the curious eyes of some people.
When he came to the door, he opened his umbrella and covered Hu Li's head.
Hu Li glanced up subconsciously, then turned to look at him in a white shirt.
"Take another one."
She took the initiative to take the umbrella from Lu Yao.
Lu Yao was stunned...
Then he quickly took another umbrella from the umbrella stand and quickened his pace to lead her to the parking space.
Soon, the two got in the car.
Hu Li didn't say the address. He just clicked on the navigation a few times and determined the destination.
Lu Yao didn't ask any questions. After silently writing down the navigation address, he walked directly in the direction of the navigation.
Unlike the chatting and laughing at the dinner table just now, Hai Hou fell silent again after getting in the car.
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Even the charm on his face was gone.
Occasionally when Lu Yao looked at the right side rearview mirror, his eyes would fall on Hai Hou's face.
He discovered that... Jiangnan was beginning to get colder in spring.
There was no expression on Haihou's face, like a piece of ice.
It seems that even the air pressure inside the car has become lower.
Halfway through, someone called Haihou.
After Hai Hou got through, he said two sentences.
The first sentence: "Hello."
Second sentence: "You are a little annoyed."
Then he hung up the phone.
There was no more words to say all the way.
The X6 drove all the way to its destination.
And Lu Yao looked at the doorman who looked like an armed policeman and the two-story building inside the community that was vaguely exposed from the wind and rain, guessing who lived here. When he stopped the car, Hai Hou got out directly. car.
Lu Yao instinctively opened the car door to get out of the car and hold an umbrella for her, and asked:
"Sister Li, why don't you drive in?"
But Hu Li took out the umbrella and said directly to Lu Yao:
"You go."
After saying that, he held an umbrella and walked towards the door.
"..."
Lu Yao was speechless for a moment.
But after watching her leave, the conversation between her and Xu Ruochu in the car yesterday afternoon popped up in his mind:
"I will go back tomorrow, show up, say hello, and then use my company as a cover for you. The old man and the old lady won't say anything. Anyway, they are out of sight and out of mind."
After thinking for a while, he dialed Xu Ruochu's phone number.
But as soon as the call was dialed, he immediately hung up.
It took a lot of time to walk from that "Cai·Tan" store to this place.
It's already 1:20 now.
The professional habits cultivated in the research institute in his previous life made him understand that the time period from 12 o'clock to 2:30 is actually a very sensitive point.
What's more...
My boss got up at around four o'clock, cried and collapsed again in the morning.
If I had a full meal at noon, now...
So, he changed his phone number to text message:
"Mr. Xu, I have sent Sister Li to the place."
He didn't ask words like "I can't wait for her" or "When you chatted yesterday, she said she would be out soon after returning home."
As a driver, even if he is a temporary worker, he probably has something in mind about what he should say and what he should say even if he hears it.
At this time, as long as Xu Ruochu responded, he could continue to ask.
For example, if Xu Ruochu replies "Okay", he will reply "Then I will go find you?" or "Where are you? Do you need me to pick you up?"
Xu Ruochu nodded, and he could leave in good faith.
Otherwise...it will be difficult to leave.
Unfortunately, Xu Ruochu did not reply.
It means either he didn't see it or he was resting.
At this moment, his car window was knocked.
Lu Yao turned around and quickly lowered the window.
Before he could speak, he saw the "doorman" knocking on the window and saluted him:
"Hello, comrade, please make a U-turn from the front and park your vehicle in the guest parking space at the rear to make way for traffic."
"Okay, sorry."
Lu Yao apologized politely, followed the direction he pointed, came to the traffic light in front, and turned around along the dotted line.
Then turn around again.
The parking space is on the left side of the gate of this community.
After parking within the parking space line, his line of sight was just enough to see the people entering and exiting the door.
Obviously, this is specially designed.
"Tsk."
For a moment, Lu Yao felt a little emotional.
His eyes fell on the A6 with a Shanghai license plate in front of him, and then he looked back.
Passat, Audi... X6 seems out of place.
He thought for a while and sent another message to Xu Ruochu:
"Mr. Xu, it's raining heavily. I'll pick you up. Where are you now?"
Still no reply.
For a moment, Lu Yao was a little confused.
Although Hu Li said that Xu Ruochu would not return to Fortune Garden in the afternoon, the problem was that she also said "please say hello and leave" yesterday.
I think you two are trying to make things difficult for me, Fat Tiger.
He shook his head helplessly, thought about it, and finally decided to wait where he was.
After getting out of the car to smoke a cigarette, he got back in the car, connected his phone to Bluetooth, and opened the "French Red Wine Guide" recommended by his colleague Liuzi again.
But it turned out that there seemed to be some problems with his choice.
First, he should not choose the original French voice...
Second, he shouldn't eat so much rice at lunch.
Because he was a little sleepy.
Thinking about it, he only got up after two or three hours of sleep, and he didn't dare to sleep too much in the morning.
At this time, I had eaten lunch, which was the time to feel sleepy.
It’s not easy to persist until now.
I looked at the time, half past two.
After thinking for a while, he dialed Xu Ruochu's phone number.
"Hello, the phone you dialed has been turned off..."
"..."
Lu Yao, who had tears in the corners of his eyes due to sleepiness, twitched his mouth.
The rich woman is really unreliable at the critical moment.
Feeling the world that suddenly spun, he looked at the Audi and Passat back and forth, lowered the window to a gap, and then piled the soaked suits near his driver's seat window, then folded the seat slightly. After a while, he closed his eyes directly.
He fell asleep quickly.
But I didn’t sleep much.
Because from time to time some raindrops would fall in through the cracks in the window.
Also, the suit is getting wet.
The slippery feeling on his left arm put him in that light sleep of half-dream and half-awake again.
And in a daze, he suddenly heard the sound of a car starting, and instinctively opened his eyes.
The first reaction is to look at the car in front.
The Audi is slowly driving away.
The second reaction is to look around.
"!"
When he saw the silhouette standing on the side of the road holding an umbrella, his instinct surpassed the flow of his thoughts and made him directly put into gear and drive forward.
When he almost reached Hu Li's side, he looked at the clock on the center console with the corner of his eye.
17:34.
He slept for 3 hours.
But he didn't have time to think about it. After he drove the car to the door, he got out of the car quickly.
At the same time, I also saw Hu Li's surprised eyes.
"Sorry, Sister Li, I've been waiting for a long time."
As he spoke, he quickly opened the passenger door.
"..."
Hu Li seemed really stunned, just looking at him blankly:
"Didn't I let you go?"
"Uh...it's raining heavily, please get in the car first."
Lu Yao, who was soaked in the rain, said quickly.
Hu Li was stunned for a moment, then handed the umbrella in his hand to Lu Yao.
After Lu Yao took it, he helped her get into the car while shielding her from the raindrops, and walked around the front of the car towards the main drive.
In the car, Hu Li watched him wipe the rain off his face, and his eyebrows softened.
(End of chapter)