There is a lobster restaurant that is still the same.
The windows are bright and clean, but it looks a little more aged. It is already a well-known time-honored store in Jiangzhou City.
On the way, Xia Xiaobei told me that there was a lobster restaurant with several branches in three towns in Jiangzhou.
From time to time, people from other counties and cities come to ask if we can open a franchise store.
The smart Gu Xiwen can do well no matter what industry he is in.
It’s the large, brightly lit living room on the second floor.
Luo Yue and Tu also came this time. There were about ten people, plus two children. Dad and Shi Shi were busy making fun, making it a little crowded.
Luo Yue lived here before, and it seemed like it happened yesterday that she wanted to stay here without even wanting to leave.
There is a large table of food, including the lobster restaurant's signature dishes, braised shrimps and spicy crabs. Just the smell of it will make you want to eat.
Everyone was talking and laughing, even Coffin Chen, the thousand-year-old coffin king, and Coffin Xiaohui played a trick of peeling shrimps and feeding each other.
Except Gu Xiwen.
Although there is a smile on his face, there is always a sense of alienation and loneliness in his smile.
Xia Xiaobei carefully picked the shrimp and crab meat into his bowl. He ate them with a smile, but his smile did not reach his eyes.
I could vaguely guess that Gu Xiwen was in a very low mood, but I didn't dare to think further.
After dinner, Coffin Chen and Coffin Xiaohui left first. As for Coffin Xiaoen, of course she stayed with me.
Euphemistically called it, give Fourteen a companion.
Luo Yue and Tu were sitting on the sofa aside, talking quietly, waiting for us to go back together.
It's rare that Pluto is not busy today.
After dinner, Dad and Shi Shi continued to have fun. Once Xiao En's weird parents left, he became less reserved and cold, and soon joined the crazy team.
Like a qualified hostess, Xia Xiaobei cut us several plates of fruit and greeted us warmly.
Lu Xiaohong has been sitting next to me, holding one of my hands and refusing to let go.
Gu Xiwen looked at me, then at Lu Xiaohong, turned around and entered a bedroom, and took something out.
It's a palm-sized, completely black box.
"Hu Ling, I'm leaving Jiangzhou. I probably won't be able to attend your wedding. I'll give this to you!" Gu Xiwen pushed the box in front of me.
"Walk?"
I looked at Gu Xiwen in surprise, "Where are you going?"
"Go back to my hometown."
Gu Xiwen replied softly: "Xiangxi."
"Are you from Xiangxi?" I was even more surprised.
"Um!"
Gu Xiwen nodded lightly: "Didn't I tell you before that Yan Zhe killed my parents in order to get me and my sister?"
I nodded slightly. I remembered that incident and had been sad for his tragic experience for a while.
“Some time ago, a man came to the store to eat shrimp and recognized me at first sight.
He said I looked exactly like my father when he was young.
He also said that he was my second uncle. When he was young, he had a falling out with his family because of a girl who was sitting on the stage. He eloped with that girl and went south to build a career. After returning home, he found that my grandparents, parents, and mom were gone.
My second uncle opened a food company in western Hunan. My second aunt was in poor health and passed away last year. My second uncle was also diagnosed with late-stage liver cancer.
The second uncle and the second aunt had no children in their lives. They adopted a son who died of swimming and drowning when he was eighteen years old.
He didn't expect that he would meet me unexpectedly when he came to Jiangzhou for medical treatment this time. He didn't know how long he could live, and he hoped that I could return to western Hunan to take over his food company."
When Gu Xiwen said this, Xia Xiaobei stopped what he was doing and looked at him in surprise.
It was obviously the first time Xia Xiaobei heard this news.
"When do you plan to leave?" I asked Gu Xiwen.
Although I was very reluctant to let him leave, I didn't seem to have any reason to keep him.
"I'll be leaving in two days. I made an agreement with my second uncle to go back and celebrate the New Year with him!"
Gu Xiwen raised his head and met my eyes for the first time today. He was full of reluctance, "Second uncle is my only relative, and I am his only relative. This year may be his best."
It's the last year and I can't let him be alone."
"What if there is a lobster restaurant?" I was a little disappointed, and after thinking about it I asked again.
Gu Xiwen turned his gaze and landed on Xia Xiaobei's face, "Xiaobei, can I entrust you with a lobster restaurant?"
Xia Xiaobei's eyes were filled with tears as he looked at Gu Xiwen blankly.
"I didn't ask you to run the lobster house for me for nothing."
Gu Xiwen hurriedly said to Xia Xiaobei: "This house will be given to you as salary. In addition, the several branches in the three towns are considered a partnership between us. You only need to give me a dividend once a year."
This head office can be regarded as a gift to Xia Xiaobei.
"I don't want this house, and I don't want a lobster restaurant. If you want to leave, why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Xia Xiaobei's tears fell, "I don't want anything, I'll go back to Xiangxi with you!"
"You will graduate and work soon, and if you stay here, you can also accompany Hu Ling."
Gu Xiwen looked at Xia Xiaobei, "Please!"
"I will go wherever you go, Gu Xiwen, you clearly know that I like you so much, why are you so cruel to me?" Xia Xiaobei's tears fell even more fiercely.
Gu Xiwen looked at Xia Xiaobei without saying anything.
"Gu Xiwen, I hate you! I will not run a lobster restaurant for you, let alone..."
Xia Xiaobei cried and looked at me. Without saying anything else, he stamped his feet and turned around and ran out.
I stood up and wanted to go out and chase Xia Xiaobei, but Lu Xiaohong sat still and held my hand and refused to let go.
"Hu Ling!" Gu Xiwen called my name.
I turned my head to look at him, and he pushed the pitch-black box in front of me, "You take this first and leave it to Xia Xiaobei. I'll explain it to her later."
Indeed, what Xia Xiaobei needs most is Gu Xiwen. Even if ten of me chase her, it will not be as effective as if one Gu Xiwen explains to her.
I slowly sat back on the chair and looked at the box, "What is this?"
Although the light in the room was as bright as the sun, it was still hard to tell what kind of material the box was made of. It looked like jade but not quite like jade, with a slight luster.
Gu Xiwen opened the box, and it was still pitch black inside. A soft black light seemed to flash in front of my eyes, some like divine energy, and some like the aura of heaven-level cultivation. Strangely, the color was black.
When I looked carefully, the smell had disappeared, leaving only darkness in the box.
It was like a black hole that absorbed light, and nothing could be seen clearly.
What I didn't notice was that Pluto, who was sitting on the sofa at the other end of the living room, suddenly stood up from the sofa, and his pupils shrank violently.
Xiao En's father, who was frantically fussing with the fourteen coffins, suddenly stopped and turned to look at the box on the table.
"This is a magic weapon that Master Yan Yang has always hidden. I don't know its purpose, and I have never seen him use it."
Gu Xiwen said, raising his hand and taking out something from the box.