sinovels Chapter 44 The second bowl of noodles in the middle of the night
Chapter 44 The second bowl of noodles in the middle of the night
"I didn't sleep the first half of the night."
On the way home from the clothing store, in the back seat of the car, Lin Zhen glanced quickly over the ice pack on Li Zhenbai's head, then moved his body uncomfortably, coughed, and looked out the window.
Li Zhenbai leaned back on the backrest, covered the ice pack with one hand, his face was as dark as the bottom of a pot.
When the car parked in the basement, Li Zhenbai's deep voice sounded beside Lin Zhen: "Old Zhang, you go up first."
The driver agreed, put down the car keys in a hurry, got out of the car and jogged to press the elevator to go upstairs.
Lin Zhen still kept his posture facing the car window obliquely, with his head slightly lowered.
Li Zhenbai put down the ice pack and reached out to pat his shoulder. Before he touched it, Lin Zhen slid forward to hide, turned around and took out the hanger that was used as a "murder weapon" in the clothing store just now, and blocked it in front of him.
Li Zhenbai was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help laughing out loud, Lin Zhen's expression did not relax, and there was a bit of death in his eyes, and even the meaning of dying together.
Li Zhenbai withdrew his hand, gave a "tsk", and said soothingly: "Relax, I just want to discuss with you to unify the caliber."
Lin Zhen's body froze, and his eyes once again swept over the slightly red and swollen patch of Li Zhenbai's head, with an angry expression on his face: "It's you who went too far."
Li Zhenbai did not refute, but nodded in agreement: "You are right."
After taking a second to reflect, he said relaxedly: "Later, if the eldest sister and the others ask about the injury on my forehead, just say that I accidentally bumped it, don't say I missed it."
Lin Zhen just nodded, and his body relaxed.
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At the birthday banquet of the Lan family on Saturday, the Li family gave enough face, and there were three people in total, the head of the family Li Zhenbai, his younger brother Li Zhengxiao, and his sister-in-law Lin Zhen.
Li Zhenbai is wearing a dark gray suit and dress. He is tall and tall. His hair is combed back meticulously. He has a handsome face, cold lines and full of aura.
Li Zhengxiao was wearing a black ARMANI. He stayed at home these few days and did not go out. Li Fangbing helped him choose it, and it looked decent. His appearance is not bad, and the Li family has very good genes. It's not too bad if you think about it, but this person is so out of shape that people ignore his good looks.
Lin Zhen was walking beside him, wearing a navy blue suit that had been modified in a clothing store, and a black high-necked shirt with a small and delicate lace on the edge of the shirt collar, and a BOUCHERRON diamond pendant necklace on his neck. The necklace is for women.
But it is very suitable for Lin Zhen's own appearance and temperament, emphasizing the slender and delicate sense of his body.
Royal blue is very picky, let alone used on a large area of the body, Lin Zhen's skin is fair and delicate, this color is difficult to control.
On the contrary, his complexion is more jade-like, and the close-fitting waist design of the dress shows his perfect waist and hip lines, making him look light, delicate and fragile, like an innocent and beautiful girl lost in the garden little Prince.
On the car going to the birthday banquet venue, Li Zhengxiao, who was sitting in the co-pilot, couldn't help looking back at Lin Zhen frequently along the way, but was scolded by Li Zhenbai with a cold face, "Sit well, is such a big person sitting down?" phase" and never looked back.
As soon as the Li family entered the banquet hall, they received almost everyone's attention, and the Lan family even gave them enough face. Except for the old man Lan who was already inconvenient, almost all of the current generation's head of the family, and those who talked in the family, Greet them and greet them.
It was the first time someone saw Lin Zhen, couldn't hide their amazement, and politely asked about his identity. Li Zhengxiao proudly stretched out his arms to wrap around the back of Lin Zhen who was standing behind him, and let him stand beside him. , introduce to each other.
But he just finished the introduction, when Lin Zhen shook hands with the group of Lan family members one by one, he found that his elder brother was staring at him holding Lin Zhen's hand with an unfriendly expression, his eyes were extremely cold, he was startled suddenly, and quickly put his hand away After returning, Li Zhenbai looked away.
Li Zhengxiao just felt relieved when he felt something was wrong;
This is my wife, just hug her waist, why should he feel guilty? !
This time it was a traditional Chinese birthday banquet, and Li Zhenbai was invited to sit at the main table because of his high status.
Li Zhengxiao and Lin Zhen were at the second main table.
After a few people sat down for a while, another person entered the banquet hall in a hurry. As soon as he entered, he chatted enthusiastically with the Lan family members who were waiting at the door, and said loudly with a smile: "I'm sorry, I'm a little late. Hey, it's because my driver is not familiar with the road and made several useless detours."
The Lan family said politely: "It's never too late, Mr. Wang came just in time, please come here!"
Seeing the person being ushered to the main table, Li Zhengxiao glanced back, his expression changed, and he whispered to Lin Zhen next to him, "Why is it Wang Youyang?"
Lin Zhen was stunned for a moment, and then turned around to look behind him, only to see a thin man who looked to be in his sixties and was led by the Lan family.
He doesn't look good, but he is well-dressed, and he walks with a lot of momentum, and he has a bit of a refined literati temperament.
Lin Zhen only took one look, then turned around and said in a low voice: "Come here, just come, be natural."
Li Zhengxiao lowered his head and remained silent.
Someone nearby whispered: "Who is this guy? The Lan family is quite warm to him."
Another person replied: "That's our upstart in City B. It has grown in the last one or two years. His building material company has developed very fast. It is said that the price is relatively cheap and the quality is good. Many construction sites around City B use theirs. Products, and now the newly built iconic building in the central area of the city is also partly in use.”
The man who just started talking disdainfully said: "It's just an upstart."
Another person smiled: "We, the so-called "celebrities" in City B, were once nouveau riche! "
The man smiled and said, "That's true..."
While the two were talking, Wang Youyang had already approached, and when he arrived at the table, he warmly exchanged hands with all the guests at the table.
When it came to Li Zhengxiao and Lin Zhen, Wang Youyang's attitude was like meeting strangers for the first time, and his attitude towards other people was no different.
Li Zhengxiao quietly sarcastically said to Lin Zhen, "Old things really know how to pretend."
After the birthday celebration ceremony was over, the descendants of the Lan family kowtowed, and it was the guests' turn to toast and bless them. The guests at each table stopped sitting in their seats in a proper manner, and began to greet and chat with acquaintances everywhere.
The next main table was almost empty, Wang Youyang stood up, glanced at Li Zhengxiao with a smile, raised his glass and walked over.
Li Zhengxiao lowered his head and pulled Lin Zhen's sleeve: "What should I do?"
Lin Zhen shook off him calmly, "What are you afraid of!"
Li Zhengxiao said: "He... he is Xiaoli's cousin, will... will he beat me?"
Before Lin Zhen could answer, Wang Youyang had already walked in front of the two of them, looked at them with a smile and said, "Mr. Li, and the powerful Special Assistant Lin who was only known by name before, hello both of you."
Li Zhengxiao avoided his gaze, and said softly, "You...what do you want to do?"
Wang Youyang raised the glass in his hand: "I have to thank you two for what happened last time, old man, I have the cheek to toast."
Before Lin Zhen could stop her, Li Zhengxiao blurted out: "Xiao Li secretly implanted the gestational sac, so I can't be the only one to blame for the pregnancy!"
Hearing this, Wang Youyang was stunned for a moment, Lin Zhen stepped on Li Zhengxiao's instep, and Li Zhengxiao groaned in pain suddenly.
Lin Zhen stood up with a smile, took the initiative to have a drink with Wang Youyang, and said, "President Wang, you are welcome, Zheng Xiao drank too much, he is talking nonsense, don't mind."
Wang Youyang glanced at Li Zhengxiao, frowned slightly and said: "No, I still have to make this clear. The matter between Wang Xiaoli and Mr. Li has nothing to do with me. I heard it today, and it went in from the left ear to the right ear. , will never spread, you two can rest assured."
Li Zhengxiao was stunned as he covered his feet, and then asked: "Why has nothing to do with you, isn't Wang Xiaoli your nephew?"
Wang Youyang frowned even tighter, and said to him, "Who told Mr. Li? My surname is Wang, but I have never been related to Wang Xiaoli. It's just that a subordinate of my company is a neighbor to his family."
Pa, Li Zhengxiao's knee hit the bottom of the table, and his face shrank from the pain.Just like that, he still didn't forget to be angry, and said dumbly, "Xiao Li lied to me!"
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On the way back, Li Zhengxiao, like Mrs. Xianglin, kept talking about how miserably he was cheated by Wang Xiaoli. He didn't have any cousins or relatives at all. It was Wang Youyang's subordinate who entrusted Xiaoli to trick him into signing the contract.
Only then did he realize that what Lin Zhen said was correct, Wang Xiaoli must have taken the other party's favor.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to rely on the neighbor relationship for no reason to do such a big thing for someone, and even the consequences of signing this contract, Wang Xiaoli may be clear about it.
Li Zhengxiao sighed and sighed all the way, the more he thought about it, the more breathless he became, and he couldn't help shouting: "His father, he's just teasing a fool here!"
Lin Zhen glanced at him, but said nothing.
Li Zhengxiao always felt that this look contained contempt for him, and Lin Zhen just scolded himself for being worthless a few days ago, and suddenly a surge of anger came to his heart, and he shouted: "No, stop, I'm going to find Wang Xiaoli settles the score, why should he lie to me like this!"
The driver looked up at the rearview mirror, Li Zhenbai's face was ugly, and he rushed forward and said, "Don't listen to him, go back to the mansion."
Li Zhengxiao glanced at his elder brother, not daring to refute, gasping for breath, hugging his knees aggrievedly and crying.
His youth, his once pure love... He thought that he and Wang Xiaoli were in pure love and sadly broken, and although they would not be together in the future, at least it was a good memory, but he did not expect that the reality was so cruel and gave him The blow was so hard that he couldn't bear to die.
Along the way, accompanied by his cries, the car returned to the Li family mansion.
Li Zhengxiao made another fuss at home, Li Zhenbai looked at him coldly, Li Fangbing saw that something was wrong, quickly grabbed his younger brother and coaxed him upstairs to sleep.
Lin Zhen didn't bother with him, went back to his room and changed into his dress, and lay down to sleep after washing up.
After sleeping until midnight, Lin Zhen woke up from hunger.
At the birthday banquet, he was concerned about getting to know other people first, and then Li Zhengxiao made a fuss, which resulted in him not eating a few bites of the meal.
He originally wanted to bear it and let it go, but after tossing and turning, the wine left in his stomach was like burning, it was really uncomfortable, so he put on his nightgown and went downstairs.
In the refrigerator in the kitchen, Lin Zhen found the hand-rolled noodles that the chef always kept, and found a few shallots, trying to make the simplest noodles with scallion oil.
He picked up a pot to cook the noodles, and then found a wok, put a little oil in the pot, and when it was hot, put in a little dried shrimps to fry until fragrant, then put in the sliced shallots, and fried them slowly until they changed color .
If it is too battered, it will become bitter. Lin Zhen pays close attention to the heat and is ready to fish it out with a strainer at any time.
At this moment, he felt the warm breath on the back of his neck, and Lin Zhen was startled, and quickly moved to the side to avoid it, but someone had predicted the movement in advance, and an arm wrapped around his waist.
The familiar dark fragrance filled his nostrils, Lin Zhen's face changed, and he was about to attack, but the hand around his waist had already been loosened, and he went around to close the gas valve.
"I'm going to be confused." Li Zhenbai said in a low voice, looking at Lin Zhen very closely, "Are you hungry?"
Lin Zhen took a step back with the shovel and stared at him warily.
Li Zhenbai glanced at the pot, "Scallion oil noodles? Do you want me to make it for you?"
Lin Zhen shook his head: "I'll do it myself."
Li Zhenbai smiled, retreated to the island platform, and leaned back to look at him.
Lin Zhen saw that he didn't look like he was going to suddenly turn into a disease, so he turned around to pick up the scallions and started to burn the sauce.
When loading the plate, Lin Zhen hesitated for a moment, then turned around and asked Li Zhenbai who was still standing there: "Do you want some?"
Li Zhenbai nodded: "Okay..."
Lin Zhen divided a plate of noodles into two portions. Although there was a little less, he couldn't eat more at night, or he would have a hard time sleeping.
The two sat face to face on the island platform to eat noodles. Lin Zhen quickly ate two mouthfuls and went in. He looked up at Li Zhenbai, only to see that he was picking up some noodles with chopsticks and didn't bring them to his mouth for a long time. .
Lin Zhen remembered that a long time ago, in the middle of the night, when Li Zhenbai came back from a business trip, they also sat together and ate the noodles he cooked. At that time, Li Zhenbai only took a bite and didn't move his chopsticks anymore.
Lin Zhen hesitated for a moment and asked, "You don't like noodles?"
Li Zhenbai shook his head: "I love food."
He raised his eyes and smiled at Lin Zhen. Under his gaze, he lowered his head and ate a piece of noodles, then raised his eyebrows, and took another big mouthful.
Lin Zhen didn't understand, Li Zhenbai wiped the corners of his mouth with a tissue, shook his head and sighed: "The noodles last time were really bad."
Lin Zhen was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and said, "It was left too long after cooking last time."
Li Zhenbai focused his eyes on his face, "There are some things that really shouldn't just be seen on the surface..." He paused for a moment, then continued, "I thought you were a poor cook, but I didn't expect that, it was just an illusion."
Lin Zhen looked up at him, vaguely feeling that Li Zhenbai's words had other meanings.
In order to avoid affecting other people, Lin Zhen only turned on the chandelier on the island platform and adjusted it to the darkest level.
Almost only the area where they were sitting had dim lights, and their surroundings were almost completely dark.
Li Zhenbai's eyes narrowed slightly, his eyes lingered on Lin Zhen's beautiful almost glowing face under the dim light, he lowered his voice, and said in a deep voice, "I didn't sleep in the first half of the night, so someone investigated Wang Youyang."
Crack, the chopsticks in Lin Zhen's hand fell to the table, Li Zhenbai said with a smile: "Unexpectedly, the origin of this person is related to your Lin family."
Lin Zhen stared at him without saying a word.
"Xiaozhen..." Li Zhenbai put down his chopsticks and leaned forward, "Didn't you know him before?"