That night, Xu Honggang, Qiao Liang, and Ye Xinyi went to Quanjude for a roast duck meal. After eating, Ye Xinyi went back to the room to rest, and Qiao Liang walked with Xu Honggang.
While walking, Xu Honggang said in a low voice: "Xiao Qiao, ever since I came to Beijing to study, I have vaguely felt that there is an undercurrent surging in Jiangzhou. This undercurrent seems to be getting stronger and stronger recently..."
Qiao Liang looked at Xu Honggang in confusion, not knowing what to say.
Xu Honggang patted Qiao Liang on the shoulder: "I'm not in Jiangzhou. You have to be extra cautious when doing things and think twice before you act."
Qiao Liang nodded, looking at Xu Honggang's solemn expression, he suddenly felt a little uneasy, and more of a sense of confusion and ignorance.
The next day, because he went to bed early last night, Qiao Liang woke up at around 5 o'clock and called Ye Xinyi's room. She also woke up, and the two decided to go back early.
So the two of them got up, checked out, and drove straight away. When they left Beijing, it was still dark.
I drove for 2 hours at a stretch, had breakfast at the intermediate service area, and continued on my way. We passed Huangyuan at around 9 a.m., arrived at the Guanzhou service area at 11 o'clock, and 100 kilometers further on we reached the border of Jiangzhou.
Qiao Liang drove the car into the service area, and the two got out of the car to rest. Qiao Liang went to the bathroom to relieve himself.
When walking to the bathroom, I saw a man and a woman walking out in a hurry. As they walked, the woman said: "We have to get to Guanzhou City as soon as possible, otherwise we will be late for the wedding banquet."
"Why are you in a hurry? We have plenty of time. By the way, which hotel is the wedding banquet at?"
"Guanzhou Hotel..."
Hearing the conversation between the two people, Qiao Liang couldn't help but laugh when she thought of how she had tricked Chu Heng into telling him to go to Guanzhou for a wedding banquet on Friday.
As soon as Qiao Liang came out of the bathroom, her cell phone rang, and she saw it was Chu Heng calling.
Nima, why is Chu Heng calling him at this time?
"Brother Chu——" Qiao Liang answered immediately.
"Xiao Qiao, where are you in Guanzhou now?" Chu Heng's cheerful voice came from the phone.
Qiao Liang was startled. What did he mean by asking himself like this? His mind quickly turned around: "I will pick up a few Huang Yuan's classmates who were having a wedding banquet at the Guanzhou Expressway exit, and then go to the hotel together."
"Oh, which hotel is the wedding banquet at?" Chu Heng continued to ask.
Qiao Liang thought for a moment and remembered the conversation between the man and woman he met just now, and immediately said: "Guanzhou Grand Hotel, what, Brother Chu came to Guanzhou?"
"No."
"Then Brother Chu asked me this..." Qiao Liang didn't figure out what Chu Heng meant.
"It's like this. Minister Qin just called me. He went to the countryside today and got a good inkstone. Minister Qin knew that I like to practice calligraphy when I have nothing to do. He wanted to give it to me when I had time to go to Guanzhou. I thought
It just so happens that you are in Guanzhou today, so please bring it back for me."
Chu Heng was proud of his idea to test Qiao Liang. Yesterday he called Qinchuan and learned that he was going to the countryside today, so he asked him to help get a local specialty inkstone. If Qiao Liang was really in Guanzhou, then
Ask him to bring it back. If Qiao Liang is lying, the secret will naturally be exposed.
Qiao Liang immediately guessed what Chu Heng was thinking. How could such a coincidence happen? Chu Heng must have wanted to use this to test himself.
"Okay, Brother Chu, I'll contact Minister Qin after the wedding wine to get the inkstone."
"There's no need for you to look for Minister Qin. He's on his way back to the city from the countryside. I'll just ask him to give it to you when he passes by the Guanzhou Hotel."
"That's okay. I'll pick up my classmates and arrive at the hotel around 12 o'clock."
"Well, okay, I guess Minister Qin will be here around the same time."
After answering Chu Heng's call, Qiao Liang broke into a cold sweat. Damn it, luckily I stopped at the Guanzhou service area. Fortunately I just heard the conversation between the man and the woman, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to edit it in time.
God help me.
After Qiao Liang and Ye Xinyi got into the car, they started the car and said, "Minister Ye, let's go to Guanzhou for lunch at noon."
"What? You don't eat in the expressway service area?" Ye Xinyi asked strangely.
"The food in the service area is too bad. Let's go to Guanzhou and have a good meal. I'll treat you."
Ye Xinyi thought that Qiao Liang had suffered a lot along the way, so it was reasonable for her to have a good meal. She nodded: "Okay, then I'll treat you to it."
"That's fine, you pay for my treat." Qiao Liang grinned.
Ye Xinyi pouted, this guy is really a master who never suffers losses, isn't that the same thing?
Qiao Liang drove off the expressway at the Guanzhou exit, followed the navigation prompts and went straight to the Guanzhou Hotel, arriving at almost 12 o'clock.
The front of the hotel is very lively, two groups of couples are having a wedding banquet here, and guests are coming and going.
Qiao Liang parked the car in front of the hotel: "Let's eat here."
Ye Xinyi looked outside: "They are holding a wedding banquet here, why should we join in the fun? Find another hotel?"
"I think this hotel is very high-end, and the food must be good. Let's eat here."
“The hotel may be high-end, but the food may not be delicious.”
"What? Are you reluctant to spend money?" Qiao Liang glared.
Ye Xinyi was stunned and thought, this guy is a bit evil today. He insisted on joining in the excitement of other people's wedding banquets and even deliberately provoked herself.
"Humph, just eat, you think I can't afford to treat you." Ye Xinyi said and got out of the car.
Qiao Liang also got out of the car, and the two entered the restaurant. Qiao Liang asked the waiter: "Is there a table for the two of us to eat?"
The waiter said: "The big table and the private room have been reserved for the wedding banquet. Only the a la carte restaurant upstairs is available."
"Okay, let's go there to eat." Qiao Liang looked at Ye Xinyi, "You go up and order food first, and I'll walk around below."
"What are you turning?"
"Let me see if the bride is pretty." Qiao Liang bared her teeth.
Ye Xinyi rolled her eyelids and said, "Whether the bride is pretty or not has nothing to do with you. The groom is not you anyway. This guy is so boring."
Ye Xinyi was too lazy to talk to Qiao Liang and went directly upstairs to the a la carte restaurant. Qiao Liang was strolling in front of the hotel.
After a while, a black car came and stopped. Qin Chuan opened the door and got out, holding a bag in his hand. Qiao Liang hurriedly greeted him.
"Hello, Minister Qin." Qiao Liang greeted Qin Chuan warmly.
"Hello, Director Qiao." Qin Chuan happily handed the bag to Qiao Liang, "This is the inkstone for Director Chu. He said you happened to be here for a wedding banquet, so I sent it over by the way."
Qiao Liang took the bag: "Thank you, Minister Qin. Would you like to come and have a few drinks together?"
Qin Chuan shook his head: "I don't know the bride and groom. What kind of wedding wine did they drink? Besides, I didn't follow the ceremony. I'm sorry."
Qiao Liang nodded: "Well, that's true, then I won't keep Minister Qin."
"Goodbye, Director Qiao. I'm here to play with Minister Chu another day. I'll treat you to a good massage." Qin Chuan shook hands with Qiao Liang, then got in the car and left.
Qiao Liang then put the inkstone in the trunk of the car and called Chu Heng: "Brother Chu, Minister Qin just gave me the inkstone and he left."
"Oh, that's good."
At this moment, the wedding banquet started and the firecrackers went off. Qiao Liang covered his ears and said loudly: "Brother Chu, I won't talk to you anymore. The firecrackers here are too loud. I'm going in to drink the wedding wine."
"Haha, okay, go ahead, drink less, don't make a fool of yourself when you're drunk."
"Okay, goodbye, Brother Chu." Qiao Liang hung up the phone, sneered, and then entered the hotel and went upstairs.
Here Chu Heng put down his phone and nodded. It seemed that this boy was really having a wedding banquet in Guanzhou and he wasn't lying.
