The main event for Gu Zhuxuan's birthday celebration was at night. During the day, just a few friends congratulated him privately for the sake of fun.
In the evening, it is estimated that Qing Gang bosses Huang Jinrong, Du Yuesheng, and Zhang Xiaolin will be there. The gang will usually take this opportunity to hold a big gathering to handle some gang affairs.
As for dignitaries in politics and shopping mall bosses, many people will come to celebrate their birthdays. Gu Zhuxuan is usually very cosmopolitan and good at communication. He is a good dancer and can play both sides of the coin, and is highly appreciated by bosses from all walks of life.
An hour later, the tea gathering ended and the gambling game ended. Several gamblers who were still interested in gambling discussed finding a place to continue gambling.
Gu Zhuxuan repeatedly told Zhang Ziyang and Lu Ming that Mingzhu must come to support him in the evening, and the birthday gift would be waived, because all he needed was popularity and publicity, and nothing else.
"Lao Gu, do you think we can go to your birthday banquet in vain?" Mingzhu said calmly.
"How can you call this empty talk? If you come to support me, it's a birthday gift that no amount of money can buy. I appreciate it first." Gu Zhuxuan is very good at talking, but Mingzhu can't talk much.
Gu Zhuxuan left with the people, and Lu Ming asked Zhang Ziyang to drive Cai Lian and several girls back, while he sent Ming Zhu alone.
Zhang Ziyang raised the car key in his hand and asked Lu Ming, "Are you going to celebrate your birthday tonight?"
Lu Ming smiled bitterly and said, "Can you not go? Since we met by chance and they promised to help us, let's go and join in the fun."
"That's right. Lao Gu is actually a very loyal person and has principles in doing things. He is worth getting along with."
After Zhang Ziyang finished speaking, he drove Cai Lian and others away.
"Are you going to Sheng's house or going back to your apartment?" Lu Ming asked Mingzhu softly.
"I'd better go to the Sheng family. I haven't completed the task I took. I want to find out the cause of death of those maids. It's my first time as a detective. I can't turn in a blank." Mingzhu said with a smile.
"You are actually a very careful person. You have the potential to be a detective. If you grasp the details and follow them to the end, you will definitely gain something." Lu Ming did not forget to provide guidance in his praise.
"On the surface, everything in the Sheng family's house is polite and harmonious, but secretly it's full of chaos and chaos. I don't feel much happiness there, but I have a mission, so I have to pretend to be happy." Mingzhu.
I lost my liveliness just now.
Lu Ming called a taxi and helped Mingzhu get into the car.
Before the car started, Mingzhu suddenly asked: "Are you really going to celebrate Lao Gu's birthday tonight?"
"Of course I have to go. If I don't go, won't I offend someone? I still have something to ask him for help." Lu Ming said with a bitter smile.
If it wasn't a chance encounter, he wouldn't have gone to join in the fun even if he knew it was the Qing Gang leader's birthday. But now that he had met him and he was formally invited in person, he would be completely offending him if he didn't go.
"Oh, then please be careful not to drink too much. I won't go. My eldest brother has a very average relationship with them."
Lu Ming nodded. The relationship between the Cao Gang and the Qing Gang has always been very delicate. On the surface, they are harmonious, but secretly everyone understands what is going on.
Unlike him, Mingzhu would represent her personal identity even if she went. If she went, she would represent the Cao Gang boss and the entire Cao Gang.
Lu Ming raised his feet and was about to get on the carriage, but Mingzhu stopped him.
"Go and do your work. When did I send you to me?"
"Can't I send you off?" Lu Ming smiled.
Lu Ming has an independent personality. When a pearl is close to red, red is close to ink, black is dark. She has imitated him since she was a child, and is even stronger than him. She never needs him to give her gifts, and she will only accept them when it is dark and she considers safety.
"I can send you to the detective agency first, and then I'll go to the Sheng family." Mingzhu said with a smile.
"Forget it then, I want to walk by myself and don't want to take a car." Lu Ming said.
"You don't want to find Dujuan, do you?" Mingzhu started to look arrogant again.
"Why are you looking for her? How dare you deliver the goods to your door before I can hide from her?" Lu Ming shouted.
"Why do you say it so harshly? Du Juan is interested in you and won't eat you, so why not meet her?" Mingzhu narrowed her eyes and smiled.
"Okay, don't set a trap for me, and don't dig a hole to wait for me. I won't be fooled." Lu Ming said with a smile.
"I mean it sincerely. You should go see Du Juan when you have nothing to do. It's not easy for a little girl."
"What a little girl, you seem so old. You don't need to test me, I have my own opinions." Lu Ming said.
"I'm not testing you, but I have confidence in you. You should also have confidence in yourself. As long as your mind is clear and your mind is firm, why should you be afraid of this or that?" Mingzhu said with a smile.
"Are you really not afraid?" Lu Ming also followed her example, narrowing his eyes and smiling.
"Of course I'm not afraid. If someone can take you away from me, then I admire her and will avoid her all my life. It's a pity that there is no such person in the world yet." Mingzhu smiled.
After saying this, she asked the driver who was stunned to drive.
Lu Ming stood there stupidly, unable to recall his thoughts for a long time.
"Humph, don't do this, don't even look at what this young master eats."
As he was thinking, he lowered his head and walked. When he turned a corner, he almost bumped into someone.
"Why is it you? What a coincidence." Lu Ming looked up and was dumbfounded.
The cuckoo in front of him was looking at him with a pair of big, resentful eyes.
"Why can't it be me? Am I blocking your way?" Du Juan said rudely.
"No, no, please." Lu Ming quickly got out of the way.
"Am I just so unwelcome to you? How can there be such a cold-blooded man like you in the world!" Du Juan said angrily.
"No, no, I thought you were in a hurry to go home, why am I so cold-blooded?" Lu Ming shook his head like a rattle.
"Let's not talk about this for now. If I said that I was waiting for you here on purpose, would you believe it?" Du Juan said.
"This...how is this possible? I almost left in a car just now." Lu Ming said in surprise.
"I bet you won't leave." Du Juan snorted angrily.
Lu Ming felt a chill on his back. Du Juan was good at everything, but she was a bit stubborn and liked to get into the horns of bulls. Even nine bulls couldn't pull her back when she was sure of something. To be honest, Lu Ming was really afraid of her.
The two stood there looking at each other like fighting cocks, and then suddenly they both laughed.
"I'll treat you to tea. Let's not put up a flagpole here." Lu Ming said with a smile.
"No, I want to have a big meal. I haven't eaten for a whole day." Du Juan bit her lip and said.
"Why don't you eat all day? Are you cultivating immortality?"
"It's not that I don't want to eat, it's that I can't eat, I'm upset, and now I feel hungry," Du Juan said.
"Well, how about I treat you to some crabs? The crabs are the most delicious now." Lu Ming said.
"Crab? No, I want to eat Western food." Du Juan thought for a while and suddenly made up his mind.
"Western food? Are you used to it?" Lu Ming said angrily and funny.
Chinese people's gastrointestinal and eating habits are very repellent to Western food. People who have lived abroad for a long time are really not used to it. Some people even feel nauseated after eating Western food.
"I haven't eaten it before. Isn't it that Western food is very expensive and you are not willing to spend money?"
"What's the matter? If you want to eat, just go and eat." Lu Ming said calmly.
Think about it, although I don't owe Du Juan anything, I have never made any promises, or even had a deep friendship, but I always feel that I am sorry for her. Everyone has feelings, so I feel sorry for her.
It would be nice to have a chance to treat her to a big meal, at least to make up for his guilt. Lu Ming thought this way.
The two of them called a taxi and went to a Western restaurant in the French Concession that specialized in steak.
Lu Ming ordered a well-cooked steak and a salad for Du Juan. He heard that the oysters were fresh, so he ordered another raw oyster, and then ordered a side of French fries for himself.
The wine I want is Napoleon, which is ten years old and the price is already quite high.
It is said that Western food is expensive, but in fact, it is relatively speaking. Compared with seafood dinner, eating Western food is trivial. However, one thing in Western restaurants is indeed expensive, and that is drinks.
Du Juan resentfully cut the steak and put it into his mouth piece by piece, still looking at Lu Ming from the corner of his eyes.
Lu Ming was horrified by her look, as if he was the cut steak being swallowed bit by bit by her red lips.
However, one look at the way Du Juan held the knife and fork, and one knew that her statement that she had never eaten Western food before was false. People who entered a Western restaurant for the first time would not be proficient in using a knife and fork.
"Master Lu, why don't you eat it? How about I give you half a piece? This steak is a bit big." Du Juan frowned.
This piece of steak weighed a pound, which was a bit big. This was because Lu Ming heard that she had not eaten at noon, so he wanted it to be so big on purpose.
"No, I really can't eat anymore."
I ate too many crabs at noon. Although it was hard to be full with seafood, it was still overwhelming if there was too much.
Lu Ming drank wine, only ate a few bites of salad, and then ate oysters and French fries.
Oysters are not popular in China, but in Europe they are a delicacy that everyone covets. As long as fresh oysters are on the market, no one can refuse them.
Du Juan sipped the red wine, ate the steak, and occasionally ate some salad, but didn't even look at the oysters.
"Try one, it's very delicious." Lu Ming pointed to the oyster and said.
"If you don't eat it, it's raw." Du Juan shook his head and said.
"This thing has to be eaten raw. It won't be fresh once it's cooked."
Du Juan still shook her head. After eating for a while, she suddenly burst into tears and said, "I'm sorry, I don't know why I am so willful."
Lu Ming was a little panicked: "Dujuan, why are you crying? For a beautiful girl like you, it is a privilege to be willful. I raise my hand in approval."
Du Juan burst into tears and smiled: "Young Master Lu is sweet-tongued and good at talking. No wonder Miss Mingzhu is so devoted to you. You coaxed her out of it, right?"
"She never needs me to coax her. She is mentally strong." Lu Ming said with a smile.
"That's why you love her so much? I'm not as good as Miss Pearl. I'm too fragile. I have to learn from her." Du Juan said thoughtfully.
"Dujuan, don't think too much. Everyone has a different personality, just think it suits you. Mingzhu and I grew up together, and we naturally develop feelings for each other when we have more contact with each other." Lu Ming said.
"That's true, love grows over time, I understand this." Du Juan said sadly.
"Oh, by the way, don't call me Master Lu in the future. It sounds weird." Lu Ming still wanted to get out of the situation.
"Then what should I call you? It's not appropriate to call you Young Master." Du Juan smiled.
"Well, it's popular nowadays to call me sir, or you can call me brother." Lu Ming said openly.
At this moment, a man suddenly came in, handed a letter to Lu Ming and said with a smile, "This is a letter from Master Gu to Master Lu."
Lu Ming was shocked. He really didn't expect that Gu Zhuxuan's eyes and ears were so wide. He knew everything about the French Concession and could accurately locate it so quickly.
He took out a piece of ocean and handed it to the man: "Thank you very much, big brother. You can use this money to drink tea."
The man refused to accept anything, saying that he was doing things for Mr. Gu and could not accept money, otherwise he would be scolded.
After the man left, Lu Ming opened the letter. Sure enough, it was from Gu Zhuxuan. The letter once again invited him to attend the birthday party in the evening. Gu Zhuxuan mentioned in the letter by the way that two of Sheng Muyi's bodyguards might also be present at night. This sentence attracted people's attention.
Live with Lu Ming.
Gu Zhuxuan is very particular about how he handles things. This is what makes him a good person. He always considers others. Lu Ming must come to the birthday party.
"Whose letter?" Du Juan asked curiously.
"Mr. Gu's."
"Were we still together just now? What letter did he send you?" Du Juan felt strange.
"Invite me to the birthday celebration in the evening to make it lively." Lu Ming said with a smile.
"Then can you take me there?" Du Juan suddenly said with a longing expression.