Chinatown.
When Ye Chen and Gu Qiuyi arrived at Chen Zhaozhong's roast goose restaurant, Chen Zhaozhong was busy cleaning up with the waiter.
It was already past lunch time, and there was not a single customer in the restaurant. Gu Qiuyi was not worried about being recognized, so she just put on a mask and went straight into the restaurant with Ye Chen on her arm.
As soon as the two walked through the door, the sensor at the door dinged, reminding them that a guest had come in. The busy waiter said without raising his head: "I'm sorry, we have closed for dinner."
Ye Chen smiled and said, "Just get us some food, we haven't eaten yet."
Chen Zhaozhong heard Ye Chen's voice and turned around to see him and Gu Qiuyi coming together. He couldn't help but smile and said with a smile, "Why haven't you two eaten yet?"
Gu Qiuyi held Ye Chen's arm and said delicately: "Hello, Uncle Zhong!"
Ye Chen also said with a smile: "Uncle Zhong, we went to Fei's house for a walk at noon. We wanted to have a meal, but we couldn't do it in the end."
Gu Qiuyi muttered, pretending to be dissatisfied: "You insisted on letting the Fei family's father and son drink, but you ended up drinking them down, and you were not in the mood to eat."
When Chen Zhaozhong heard this, he smiled and said: "Oh, it seems there is a bit of a story in this. You two should go upstairs and sit down quickly. I will prepare something to eat for you two. We will sit down and tell you all about it later.
explain."
Ye Chen nodded and smiled, and said: "Uncle Zhong, then we will go up and wait for you."
Gu Qiuyi also smiled and said: "Uncle Zhong, I want to eat roasted squab, two!"
Chen Zhaozhong smiled and said: "Okay, you go upstairs first, and I will prepare it right away."
Ye Chen and Gu Qiuyi went up the stairs together, but before they reached the second floor, they heard another ding at the door, and then a somewhat familiar voice said: "Boss, you two."
Ye Chen subconsciously stopped and squatted down slightly. Through the gap in the stairs, he caught a glimpse of the two people who came in.
The person who spoke was none other than his uncle, An Chongqiu, and the one standing next to his uncle was the famous Chinese detective Li Yalin.
However, today's Li Yalin is no longer as charming as the last time Ye Chen saw him. He has a slovenly beard and looks very lethargic.
Seeing this, Ye Chen hurriedly pulled Gu Qiuyi, and the two of them quickly went upstairs.
Gu Qiuyi just followed Ye Chen and quietly looked around, and recognized Li Yalin, but she didn't know why Ye Chen seemed to be avoiding him on purpose, so she hurriedly lowered her voice and asked: "Brother Ye Chen, do you have any clues about that Detective Li?"
Have you mastered it?"
Ye Chen waved his hand: "I'm not avoiding him, I'm avoiding the person next to him."
Gu Qiuyi quickly asked: "Brother Ye Chen, who is that person?"
Ye Chen shrugged and said calmly: "That person is my uncle."
"Ah?!" Gu Qiuyi asked in surprise: "Is it your uncle? Why don't we go say hello?"
Ye Chen shook his head and said: "He doesn't know my situation yet, and he's still missing."
Gu Qiuyi said in confusion: "Why...my dad said that your grandpa and his family really want to find your whereabouts. Wouldn't it be nice if we could recognize each other again?"
Ye Chen sighed softly and said, "Let's forget it."
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On the other side, when Chen Zhaozhong saw An Chongqiu, he couldn't help but said in surprise: "Sir, you haven't been here in a while."
After saying that, he looked at Li Yalin aside. He was stunned for a moment, and then said with a face full of shock: "This... this should be the famous Chinese detective Inspector Li, right?"
In fact, Chen Zhaozhong felt a little nervous at this time, because he and Li Yalin met at the Wangfu Hotel on the night Fei Haoyang disappeared.
However, at that time, Chen Zhaozhong put on a suit and tie, shaved his beard, and styled his hair. He looked like a handsome upper-class man. He was very different from the current image of an ordinary restaurant owner wearing an apron.
There was such a contrast, so he deliberately asked Li Yalin, hoping to guide Li Yalin and make him think that it was the first time the two met, and they were using offense instead of defense.
Li Yalin really didn't recognize Chen Zhaozhong at this time. He smiled wryly and laughed at himself: "I am not a great detective, I just have a false reputation."
An Chongqiu smiled and said: "Boss, don't pay attention to him. He is stimulated. We haven't eaten yet. You can still eat, right? I saw two young people came in just now."
When Chen Zhaozhong saw that Li Yalin did not recognize him, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Actually, we have already closed lunch. The two children you saw just now are the children of my old friends. They are also so late and haven't had lunch yet. I will
Let them go upstairs."
With that said, Chen Zhaozhong added: "But now that you are here, naturally you can't let the two of you go in vain. Let's do this. You two can sit on the first floor. If you want to eat something, just tell the waiter and I will prepare it."
"Okay." An Chongqiu nodded and said with a smile, "Thank you then, boss."
After that, he said to Li Yalin: "Old Li, sit down wherever you want and let you try the most delicious Cantonese roast goose in New York."
Li Yalin smacked his lips and said, "Oh, I actually want to drink two drinks right now."
After saying that, he looked up at the small wine cabinet behind the hotel counter and said in surprise: "Boss, do you still have Erguotou?"
"Yes." Chen Zhaozhong smiled and said: "It is imported from China, would you like to try a bottle?"
Li Yalin smiled cheerfully and said, "Okay! Two bottles!"
An Chongqiu couldn't help but joked: "You drank so much at noon, why don't you work in the afternoon?"
Li Yalin shook his head: "I can't find any clues anyway. I'll go to the office to sleep in the afternoon. I've been busy for two days, so it's time for me to take a nap."
An Chongqiu nodded and said casually: "Okay, I'll have a drink with you. After I drink, I'll go home and take a nap, and I'll return to Los Angeles early tomorrow morning."
Li Yalin asked in surprise: "Why are you leaving so early? Don't you want to stay in New York for two more days?"
An Chongqiu waved his hand and said: "I can't stay any longer. I have to go back and see the old man. It's been a while since I came back from China, and I haven't gone back yet."
Li Yalin nodded with great understanding and said, "It's time to go back and take a look. Help me take care of the old man and the old lady."
As he said this, he thought of something and said, "The old man should still remember me, right?"
An Chongqiu nodded: "Remember."
"That's good."
At this moment, Ye Chen on the second floor felt a little on pins and needles.
He didn't want to get involved with his grandfather's family, but being separated from his uncle An Chongqiu by a wall twice still gave him a somewhat strange feeling.
It's strange to say it, but more of it it's a contradiction.
The source of the conflict is that on the one hand, Ye Chen wants to draw all boundaries and distance himself from them, but on the other hand, he can't help but want to go up and say hello and ask him why the An family looked down on him so much back then.
Father?
In addition, he also wanted to ask whether An Jia knew the real reason why his parents were killed.
Gu Qiuyi, who was sitting opposite Ye Chen, noticed his discomfort, reached out and gently held his hand, with soft eyes and a soft voice: "Brother Ye Chen, what's wrong with you?"
Ye Chen said casually: "It's nothing, I'm fine."
"No." Gu Qiuyi said seriously: "Do you feel that your uncle sitting downstairs makes you uncomfortable?"
"That's right." Ye Chen didn't try to be brave and nodded slightly to acknowledge it.
Gu Qiuyi suddenly felt sorry for Ye Chen.
She knew that despite Ye Chen's current strength and extraordinary achievements, he had not lived a satisfactory life for more than ten or twenty years after his parents passed away, so deep down in his heart, there was inevitably some sensitivity.
So, she held Ye Chen's hand hard and said seriously: "Brother Ye Chen, if you feel uncomfortable staying here, I will lend you the mask, let's go first!"
Ye Chen smiled slightly and said, "It's okay, just get used to it a little and you'll be fine!"
This chapter has been completed!