"Why have you been hiding in the detective station these past few days and no one is seen?" Yan Xiaohui asked.
"Well, I'm thinking about some issues here, so I'm too lazy to go back. This is actually my residence. It has everything I need and it's very convenient." Lu Ming said with a smile.
"Oh, no wonder no one answered my call to your apartment, so I tried to call you and found you." Yan Xiaohui said excitedly.
"Do you have a problem with me?" Lu Ming asked.
"I can't come to you if I have nothing to do, really." Yan Xiaohui said coquettishly.
"Of course not. I thought you were looking for me for something. By the way, the last explosion didn't have much impact on your business, right?" Lu Ming asked again.
"It's not my family's fault. The Japanese are responsible for security and security. The responsibility lies with the Japanese. It's not like they don't have eyes to let bad guys sneak in. We almost became victims." Yan Xiaohui complained.
"I haven't been to your detective agency yet. Could you please go and have a look and see what you are exploring?" Yan Xiaohui said with a smile.
"You'll know when you come here. It's no different from home. You keep everything in your head. But it's been raining outside." Lu Ming said with a smile.
"It's raining but it's not a knife. What are you afraid of? I don't know how to hold an umbrella. Don't you welcome me over?" Yan Xiaohui said with some displeasure.
"What's wrong, you girls can't do this, get angry at every turn." Lu Ming covered his eyes with his left hand.
"You are talking about your Miss Yuan. I am not such a person. Besides, how dare I be angry with you." Yan Xiaohui continued.
"Okay, okay, when will you come, can I welcome you?" Lu Ming had no choice but to submit.
"That's cool. I'll be here in a moment." Yan Xiaohui said and hung up the phone.
Ever since he learned about the vague relationship between the two, Lu Ming did not dare to show excessive enthusiasm for Yan Xiaohui. If something happened, not to mention Ming Zhu, he still didn't know what his parents' attitude would be.
However, Yan Xiaohui came to meet at the right time. He just wanted to ask Yan Xiaohui about the details of the banquet that day. He wanted to know more about what happened at the Japanese consulate that day, especially the information related to Honjo Shige.
About thirty minutes later, Yan Xiaohui drove to the front of the building. Lu Ming, who was waiting outside the gate, quickly opened his umbrella and walked to the car door to open the door for her to protect her from the rain.
"Well, that's pretty much it. He looks a bit like an older brother." Yan Xiaohui said with satisfaction.
When he came to the detective station and saw the mahogany furniture in the room, even Yan Xiaohui was a little surprised.
"I didn't expect it to be so luxurious here."
"They were all given by others. How could I be willing to buy such expensive furniture myself?"
"Who gave it to you? You are so proud." Yan Xiaohui joked mischievously.
Lu Ming told him how the Qing Gang smashed the furniture in his house, then found out that they smashed the wrong ones, and bought him a complete set of mahogany furniture as compensation.
"It's a pity that they never came to smash it again, otherwise I would have all red sandalwood furniture here, royal style." Lu Ming said with regret.
Yan Xiaohui chuckled when he heard this, "You're not satisfied yet. The people from the Qinggang are really interesting. I looked down on them before."
The two sat and chatted for a while. It was getting dark, so they discussed where to have dinner.
"On such a cold and cold day, there is nothing better than eating hotpot and hotpot. There seems to be a new branch of Donglaishun opened in the French Concession. Let's go and try it." Lu Ming suggested.
After the opening of Shanghai as a port, the catering industry developed most rapidly. The Chinese people's ancestral motto of "food is the first priority" flourished in this "adventurer's paradise". Since the establishment of the Public Concession and the French Concession, foreign catering industries have rushed to land.
During the Republic of China, Shanghai truly became a paradise for foodies.
"Okay, I like to eat mutton too." Yan Xiaohui also liked this bite.
The two of them left immediately and drove to Dong Laishun, the restaurant in the French Concession. They arrived not too late. The place was already full of diners, and only the most expensive private room was left. Maybe it was because no one occupied it.
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Dong Laishun's mutton-shabu-shabu is relatively simple. It is boiled mutton in white water, followed by sesame sauce, chive flowers, and fermented bean curd. Dong Laishun's idea is that the simpler the dipping sauces are, the better. Only in this way can you enjoy the freshness of the mutton. Only if it is not fresh or is it
Only bad ingredients require a variety of dipping sauces to complement the flavor.
The two of them ordered several plates of mutton, and then some vegetables. A charcoal copper hot pot was brought up, and the guys lit the charcoal fire and started to boil water.
"By the way, I heard that there was a quarrel between Sheng Di and Shigeru Honjo at the Japanese consulate that day. This guy is quite courageous." Lu Ming asked pretending to be casual.
"I don't know. I'm not interested in anyone or anything in the Sheng family, including the disappearance of the eldest lady." Yan Xiaohui said coldly.
"What are you talking about? Back then, the Sheng family, your Yan family, and our Lu family conquered the world together. They were considered family friends." Lu Ming enlightened.
"So what about family friends? The Sheng family looks down on us, the Yan family, and we, the Yan family, don't think much of them. The Sheng family is better off than Sheng Di. The eldest lady is known as the number one socialite in Shanghai, and she doesn't put us sisters at all.
In the eyes."
"Is it so serious? Why didn't I feel it?" Lu Ming did not expect that the Sheng Yan family had a deep grudge.
"You're not in this circle, so of course you don't know. Let me tell you, Sheng Youde is cunning and cunning. You really need to stay away from him. Otherwise, if he sells you someday, you will help him count the money." Yan Xiao
Hui looked directly at Lu Mingdao.
"I am worthless. I have a price but no market." Lu Ming said with a bitter smile.
"I'll buy it, how much does it cost?" Yan Xiaohui said boldly.
After she finished speaking, she blushed first and felt that her words were a bit awkward.
"Okay, when one day I become impoverished, I will sell myself to you." Lu Ming continued, already experienced.
"Actually, your Lu family was no worse than the Sheng family at the beginning. The three of us could be said to be three pillars. Later, Uncle Lu didn't know what he was thinking. He quit on his own initiative and gave up all his territory and business to the Sheng family. This is how the Sheng family is now.
The situation. It can be said that your Lu family has made the Sheng family successful, otherwise it would be difficult to say who is the richest man in Shanghai. Sheng Youde is being hypocritical to you now, maybe he feels guilty and wants to make up for it."
Yan Xiaohui spoke freely, and Lu Ming didn't know whether what he said was true or false.
His father never said a word about what happened to his parents back then, and his mother didn't mention it either. When they sent him abroad, they originally planned to let him take root in the United States, but after he completed his studies, he resolutely returned to China.
"The grievances between the elders should only stay within their generation. We don't need to pay attention to them." Lu Ming said with a smile.
"Yes, my father always tells me this, but I just can't stand the arrogance of the eldest daughter of the Sheng family. What's worse about me than her is that I studied abroad. She studied in the United States, and I studied in the United Kingdom. Who
Who is better? It's just that the Sheng family has a stronger family background. She doesn't know whether she is alive or dead, and she did it herself." Yan Xiaohui said angrily.
"Okay, Xiao Hui, why bother with this little thing? If Sheng Muyi has ever wronged you, I will apologize to you on her behalf." Lu Ming smoothed things over.
"Why do you apologize for her? She is not your wife." Yan Xiaohui said coldly.
"She is indeed not, but you almost became my wife." Lu Ming joked.
"Haha, that's true, but I feel depressed when I think about it. Why was it so close in the first place?" Yan Xiaohui was amused by him and couldn't help but feel a little depressed.
Lu Ming smiled bitterly, saying that he couldn't continue.