At almost 10 o'clock in the morning, a black Ford car slowly drove into Datong Food Court.
Why is the speed so slow?
Of course it's because there are too many vehicles and pedestrians in Datong Food Street at this time.
The driver was concentrating on driving. In the back seat of the car, Cao Fujun was leaning on the back of the seat. The window glass on the right side was lowered to the bottom. His right hand was resting on the window, holding half a cigarette between his fingers.
Cao Fujun's eyebrows seemed to be shrouded in sadness. He looked at the passers-by outside the car window with his eyes half-closed, not very focused.
He has been in a bad mood recently.
Although the business of his hotpot city is still the same as before, and he still makes a lot of money every day, but... his brother is going to be sentenced and is currently in detention. Can he, Cao Fujun, be happy?
What's more, although his wife Xing Yufei was not implicated and Cao Fubing did not drag her into the water, but...
Ever since that day when Cao Fujun, in order to protect himself, told her not to throw dirty water on him and drew a clear line with her, serious rifts appeared in their relationship.
Originally this was nothing.
If she is also detained and faces sentencing, as long as she does not involve him, Cao Fujun, it will be a wise choice.
But……
When she was fine, things were different.
There is such a big rift in their relationship as a couple, but they still sleep together every day. What does it feel like?
We share the same bed but have different dreams.
In the past few days, Cao Fujun felt uncomfortable whenever he stayed with her.
He had a dream last night, and even dreamed that he became Wuhan University. In the dream, Xing Yufei brought him a bowl of soup and said to him with concern: "Da Lang, drink the medicine!"
He woke up in the middle of the night from that nightmare. He sat up in a cold sweat and his hands were shaking with fear.
horrible!
It's terrible.
Once you can't trust the person you sleep with every day, the other person may even hate you in his heart. That feeling is terrible.
Because of that dream, he couldn't sleep well in the second half of last night. At this time, sitting in the car, he felt a little dizzy and his energy was not as good as usual.
He knew that his relationship with Xing Yufei could not go back to the past.
He is already thinking about finding a chance to divorce her?
It’s better to find a small one outside and try not to go home to sleep in the future.
"Beauty! Beauty! Do you want to eat hot pot? Today is the first day of our store's opening. Take this flyer and you can get a 20% discount! Take a look, beauty!"
At this moment, a woman's voice came from the car window.
As soon as the word "hot pot" entered Cao Fujun's ears, his distracted attention instantly focused, and his eyes subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound.
The next second, he saw a young woman wearing a red ribbon with a line of gold characters printed on it - Ximen Yipin Hotpot Restaurant.
He saw the woman handing a leaflet to another woman on the street.
Seeing this, Cao Fujun frowned.
His eyes subconsciously looked at other nearby directions.
These days, there is no custom of using film on car glass, so the view inside and outside the car is not blocked.
He casually turned his head and looked at the scene outside the car windows on both sides, and saw six or seven men and women wearing the same ribbons, handing leaflets to pedestrians on the street with smiles on their faces, and talking about something.
So many people are here to promote and attract customers?
In ancient times, brothels weren't so exaggerated when it came to attracting customers, right?
Cao Fujun's expression changed slightly.
This is the entrance to Datong Food Street. Almost every tourist who comes to this street will pass by here. If Ximen Yipin Hotpot Restaurant sends so many people to block here to distribute leaflets and hold activities, how many customers will be taken away?
Cao Fujun frowned.
When the car arrived at the entrance of Laimei Hotpot City, Cao Fujun got off the car and subconsciously glanced at the Ximen Yipin Hotpot restaurant diagonally opposite.
At a glance, you can see the red carpet covering the outdoor staircase from top to bottom.
And the two rows of flower baskets placed at the stairs.
It was not yet 10 o'clock in the morning, but there were already guests in twos and threes, who were welcomed upstairs by the beauties in cheongsam standing in front of the flower baskets.
From his position, through the window glass on the second floor, he could see customers sitting at several tables by the windows in the lobby of Ximen Yipin Hotpot Restaurant.
Cao Fujun's face became even more ugly.
It is an eternal saying that people who work in the same industry are enemies. Their two hot pot restaurants are so close to each other. If the business of the opposite store is good, the business of his hot pot city will inevitably be affected.
This was also the main reason why he wanted to deal with Ximen Yipin Hot Pot Restaurant before.
After stopping for a moment in front of the store and silently looking at the store diagonally opposite, Cao Fujun turned around and walked into Laimei Hot Pot City with a gloomy face.
As soon as he entered, he noticed that there were only two or three tables of customers in the lobby of his store.
Although it is not yet 10 o'clock and it is not the peak lunch period, at this time, there are at least seven or eight tables of customers in the lobby of his store.
But today there were only two or three tables of guests.
Is this affected?
Cao Fujun went upstairs with a dark face.
The upstairs was empty, not a single customer at the table.
This was what he expected.
In order to create a popular atmosphere in the store, the waiters who come to the store to dine first every day will consciously arrange their seats near the window in the lobby on the first floor, in order to let passers-by outside on the street feel that the store has good business and a steady flow of business.
Attract new customers.
But even though he had expected that there would be no guests on the second floor at this time, Cao Fujun still felt a little worse when he saw that the second floor was actually empty.
This hot pot restaurant has been his hard work for many years and is his cornucopia.
If the business here plummets, his losses will be immeasurable.
…
At 10:30.
In the office on the second floor of Hot Girl Hot Pot City.
Cao Fujun stood by the window and squinted at the Ximen Yipin Hot Pot Restaurant diagonally opposite, still frowning.
Because he saw that the Ximen Yipin Hot Pot Restaurant, which opened on the first day today, was crowded with people. He stood here and looked at it for a long time, but he didn't even see an empty table in the hall opposite.
Not only were there no empty tables in the hall, he also saw people queuing up from the door on the second floor and down the stairs.
He subconsciously raised his arm and looked at the time on his watch.
It’s just 10 o’clock, but it’s already so popular on the first day of opening?
Cao Fujun frowned and looked at it for a while, then sighed softly, left the window, walked to the door and opened the office door. Outside the door was the second floor of Laimei Hot Pot City. At this time, there were finally four or five tables of customers.
But it's really much worse than usual.
He gritted his teeth secretly, walked out of the office, closed the door and walked towards the stairs.
When I went downstairs, I saw that there were only seven or eight tables in the lobby on the first floor.
…
Opposite Ximen Yipin Hot Pot Restaurant.
Tongdao Xu was standing not far downstairs smoking a cigarette. Vice President Yang Fengyun stood beside him, with a smile on his face, and whispered to Tongdao Xu: "Mr. Xu, look, although most of these people in line are us,
It’s arranged, but doesn’t it look very attractive? You see, two more people were attracted and queued up.”