Chapter 784: After Seeing All the Flowers, None of Them Are as Dazzling as the Pearls
A small restaurant at the intersection of the road, with a simple facade, and a line of words "Pork ribs and rice cakes are delicious" was taped on the glass near the road.
Qin Hao walked in with Wang Mingzhu, and a mixture of smoke and the aroma of dishes on the customers' tables hit them.
The proprietress asked with a suspicious look: "What do you two want to eat?"
In fact, it was not just her. The moment Qin Hao and Wang Mingzhu walked into the small restaurant, the diners in the restaurant looked at them with a strange look.
From the way Qin Hao and Wang Mingzhu were dressed, they didn't look like they were short of money. They were young men and women, and they usually wouldn't come to such a small place for dinner and love.
"Two servings of pork ribs and rice cakes, two bowls of wontons." Qin Hao said and looked at Wang Mingzhu: "What do you want to eat?"
"Enough, enough to eat." Wang Mingzhu adjusted her glasses.
The two sat down by the window.
As soon as they sat down, Wang Mingzhu put her hands on the table and asked seriously: "Why did you give me roses?"
"Isn't my meaning obvious?" Qin Hao spread his hands.
Wang Mingzhu was stunned for a moment: "But, why? We haven't met a few times in total."
"You can have ten thousand reasons to hate someone, but there is often no reason to like someone."
Wang Mingzhu was very dissatisfied with Qin Hao's answer: "No, you don't even know what you like about me, so why do you like me? I can't accept such a love."
Many people have a misunderstanding about the 1980s and 1990s. They always think that men and women in that era were very conservative. In fact, this is not the case. Factories, schools and even the army will have social dances, especially for college students, falling in love is even more common.
"Then just think that I am attracted by beauty."
"Puchi"
Qin Hao's words made Wang Mingzhu cover her mouth and laugh: "Can't you change to a more civilized word, such as love at first sight?"
"It's the same. All love at first sight is ultimately attracted by beauty."
At this time, the proprietress brought pork ribs and rice cakes.
Wang Mingzhu was eating while laughing. When she found that Qin Hao didn't move his chopsticks, she took the initiative to pick up a piece of rice cake for him: "You eat too."
"You must have seen a lot of female stars in Hong Kong, right? There are many who are prettier than me."
Qin Hao chewed the rice cake and put down his chopsticks: "I have seen a lot, but they won't accompany me to eat pork ribs and rice cakes."
"Nonsense, as long as you, Mr. Qin, say it, those who are willing to accompany you to eat pork ribs and rice cakes will line up from here to Huanghe Road, right?" Wang Mingzhu sneered.
"It's different. They will find it novel to eat pork ribs and rice cakes occasionally, but if they eat them every meal, they won't be able to stand it. The restaurant on Huanghe Road is still suitable for them."
The proprietress was cleaning the table behind her. When she heard the conversation between the two, she couldn't help but say: "We have all the dishes on Huanghe Road in our restaurant. You may not be able to eat our pork ribs and rice cakes on Huanghe Road."
Qin Hao and Wang Mingzhu couldn't help laughing when they heard it.
"That's right, the proprietress is right."
Soon, two bowls of wontons and two servings of pork ribs and rice cakes were wiped out.
Wang Mingzhu wiped her mouth and said to Qin Hao solemnly: "It's love at first sight or lust at first sight. Thank you for your roses, but don't send me any more in the future. I don't want to be treated like a monkey by others anymore."
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Qin Hao nodded in agreement, and then said: "Are you in a hurry to go back?"
Wang Mingzhu looked at her watch: "I have to go home before 10 o'clock in the evening, otherwise Zhou Zhoutou will be worried."
"Oh, Zhou Zhoutou is my dad, everyone calls him that."
Qin Hao smiled: "That's good, let's go, I'll take you somewhere."
"Where to?"
"You'll know when you get there."
Nanjing Road, Vientiane Plaza.
Wang Mingzhu smoothed her hair that was a little messy due to the wind, and followed Qin Hao to the rooftop.
"It turns out there is a rooftop here."
She comes to Vientiane Plaza almost every week, but it's the first time she knows there is a rooftop here.
Walking to the edge of the rooftop and looking into the distance, it inexplicably gives people a sense of conquest that the world is under their feet. Perhaps this is why people like to climb high.
"Why did you bring me here in the dark?"
Faced with Wang Mingzhu's question, Qin Hao smiled and took out the walkie-talkie: "Are you ready?"
"Everything is ready."
"Ignite."
As soon as the voice fell, a sharp whistle suddenly sounded in the open space in front of Vientiane Plaza, and it shot straight into the sky in the darkness like an arrow from a string. First, there were strings of fire, like meteors in the night sky, and when they reached the highest point, they exploded. At this moment, colorful sparks bloomed and illuminated the entire sky.
"Look, Vientiane Plaza is setting off fireworks."
"I haven't heard that there will be fireworks in Vientiane Plaza at night. Why didn't they notify us in advance?"
"Yes, if it were other shopping malls, they would have started to build momentum a month or two in advance."
At this moment, the waiters who were asked in Vientiane Plaza were also confused. The superiors didn't tell them that there would be a fireworks show tonight.
Wang Mingzhu looked at the roses blooming in the sky, and a surprised smile bloomed on her face: "So there is a fireworks show in Vientiane Square tonight, why didn't you tell me earlier? Why are you keeping it so secret."
Qin Hao smiled and shook his head: "There wasn't originally."
"There wasn't originally? What do you mean?" Wang Mingzhu didn't react for a while.
"This fireworks show is specially prepared for you."
Wang Mingzhu was stunned.
Looking at the fireworks that almost lit up the entire night sky, Wang Mingzhu couldn't imagine that Qin Hao had arranged it specifically for her.
"Will this be too expensive?" Wang Mingzhu knew something. Fireworks like this used for large-scale performances are expensive, and even many companies cannot afford them. Generally, they are only purchased by the government during large-scale celebrations.
Qin Hao smiled faintly: "If the money is worth it, it is not expensive."
Seeing that Wang Mingzhu wanted to say something, Qin Hao pointed to the crowd gathered in the open space in front of Vientiane Square to watch the fireworks.
"And this fireworks is not just for you to see, there are so many people sharing it together."
Wang Mingzhu looked down and saw that the open space in front of Vientiane Square was already crowded with people, and the fireworks exploding in the sky bloomed in their eyes.
"Thank you."
To be honest, Wang Mingzhu was somewhat moved. Who doesn't like to be favored? Those people watching the fireworks in the square would not think that the reason they could see this fireworks feast was because of her?
Although the fireworks that night had disappeared in the sky, they left a deep memory in Wang Mingzhu's heart.
Lane 1569, Sichuan North Road.
Wang Mingzhu said to Qin Hao who was about to get off the car: "You don't have to see me off. My home is upstairs. It's getting late. You should go back and rest early."
"Okay."
After walking for a distance, Wang Mingzhu turned back and hurriedly said.
"I am very happy tonight. Thank you for the fireworks and pork ribs and rice cakes."
After saying that, she ran into the alley.
Qin Hao looked at Wang Mingzhu's flustered back and smiled.
"Let's go."
"Okay, Mr. Qin."
The next day, Wang Mingzhu just arrived at No. 27 The Bund and heard many colleagues talking about the fireworks show at Vientiane Plaza last night.
"Tsk tsk, Vientiane Plaza is so grand. The fireworks show lasted so long, but there was no preheating in advance. I had to rush there halfway, and my bike was almost smoking."
"You're lucky. We heard the news and rushed there, but the road was so congested that when we arrived, it was already coming to an end."
"Hehe, luckily I happened to take my children there to play last night, and I saw the whole process. It was really beautiful. It was the first time I saw such beautiful fireworks."
Whenever I heard such discussions, Wang Mingzhu couldn't help feeling a little proud.
Hehe, you can see such beautiful fireworks, thanks to me.
For some reason, when Mei Ping heard the four words Vientiane Plaza, she couldn't help but think of the scene of Wang Mingzhu sitting in the Cadillac.
"Xiao Wang, did you go to Vientiane Plaza to watch the fireworks last night?"
"Yes, I should be the first one to see it."
"Really? That's too lucky."
When Mei Ping heard Wang Mingzhu's answer, a guess that made her shudder suddenly flashed through her mind.
"That fireworks show couldn't have anything to do with her, right?"
"Impossible, how much would such a large-scale fireworks show cost? Just to make her laugh?"
For a period of time afterwards, Qin Hao would pick up Wang Mingzhu every day when she got off work. At first, he drove a car, but after being teased by his colleagues several times, he stopped Qin Hao from driving. Qin Hao also followed suit and rode a Phoenix brand bicycle to take Wang Mingzhu around the streets.
After a period of getting along, Wang Mingzhu also found that Qin Hao was actually a very easy-to-get-along-with person. Not only was his personality very stable, but he also often gave her some surprises.
Even when she encountered some problems at work that she didn't understand, such as foreign professional terms that she didn't understand, Qin Hao could interpret them one by one.
"How come you can even speak French?" Wang Mingzhu was amazed that Qin Hao translated a French contract in one night.
Qin Hao just smiled and said, "I learned a few more foreign languages when I was bored."
As time went on, Qin Hao and Wang Mingzhu's affairs naturally couldn't be hidden from Abao and Taotao.
"Sure, when did you get together?"
In response, Wang Mingzhu put her hands on her hips and angrily said to the two: "Don't talk nonsense, you two, what do you mean by getting together? This is pure revolutionary friendship."
"Oh, it has risen to revolutionary friendship. How long have you been secretly developing behind our backs?"
A Bao and Tao Tao looked at each other and laughed evilly.
Qin Hao glared at the two of them angrily: "Stop talking nonsense, get out if you keep talking nonsense."
"Oh, you see, you said you were good brothers for life, but now you are driving us away for a Miss Wang. It's really sad."
"Who said it wasn't? It's simply forgetting your loyalty for the sake of beauty."
Faced with the teasing of these two lively people, Wang Mingzhu was obviously unable to resist, and Qin Hao directly hugged their shoulders on the left and right.
"Tell me what you want, I'll accompany you to the end."
"Hey, you said it, I haven't been to Huanghe Road for a long time, Miss Wang is here today, you have to treat us."
Qin Hao shook his head: "You haven't been to Jinfenghuang for a long time."
"If you have nothing to do, let's go together, just to celebrate you and Abao completing the first 10 million US dollar order."
"Okay then."
"Hey, wait for me, Ahao, don't leave, help me talk to Fangmei"
The neon lights on Huanghe Road are more dazzling than in previous years.
This year, several new restaurants have opened on Huanghe Road, and the competition is naturally more intense.
In the past, Lu Meilin only stood at the door occasionally, and the customers who came and went were all big customers, but in the past six months, she has also often come out to solicit customers.
"Hey, isn't that Mr. Qin's car?"
Lu Meilin followed the manager's gaze and found that Qin Hao and his party had entered the Golden Phoenix.
"That one seems to be Miss Wang from No. 27 on the Bund, right?"
Not long after, Jin Meilin walked away from three tables of customers who had already ordered the menu. They all wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to eat and become familiar with Qin Hao. This made Lu Meilin furious.
"If I don't give you some color, you'd think I, Lu Meilin, am a vegetarian!"
Lu Meilin gritted her teeth and took out the mobile phone: "Hey, your guests have also traveled a lot, right? Let's sit down and chat together when you have time."
Golden Phoenix Hotel.
Manager Pan enthusiastically welcomed the four of them to the box on the top floor.
"Manager Pan, where is your landlady? Why haven't you seen anyone?" Tao Tao asked pretending not to care, holding the menu but not ordering.
Manager Pan naturally knew what he was saying: "Boss Tao, our landlady is greeting the guests and will be here soon. After all, Mr. Qin, you will always be Golden Phoenix's honored guests."
No wonder Jin Fenghuang ran away later, and Li Li spent so much money to invite Manager Pan back in order to open Zhizhen Garden. With this level of speaking.
"Manager Pan is so capable, have you ever thought about taking a further step in your career?" To be honest, Qin Hao also fell in love with talents.
Manager Pan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Mr. Qin, are you kidding me? You don't have such talented people as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, I can't catch a lot of them."
Qin Hao did not persuade her any more. As she said, with the current reputation of Vientiane Plaza, there is no shortage of talents of any kind.
Wang Mingzhu came to Golden Phoenix for the first time and asked curiously: "Do you often come here to eat?"
Tao Tao was a little embarrassed and avoided Wang Mingzhu's gaze.
Abao joked, "Tao Tao and I come here often, but Ah Hao has only come twice, and Tao Tao forced himself here."
"Oh? Why?" Wang Mingzhu became even more curious after hearing this.
Before Qin Hao could answer, Golden Phoenix had already walked in with a gust of fragrant wind.
Abao blinked at Wang Mingzhu, meaning: Do you understand now?
Wang Mingzhu looked at Tao Tao, who was fascinated by Golden Phoenix, and immediately felt sorry for her. She couldn't help but spit Tao Tao in her heart.
Looking at Qin Hao, who was looking intently, the corners of his mouth curved a little more.
Jin Fenghuang discovered Wang Mingzhu's existence as soon as she came in. Especially when she found that Qin Hao's eyes fell on Wang Mingzhu most of the time, she felt even worse.
How could she not be tempted by such a wealthy son-in-law like Qin Hao? He just let her try to please him, but Qin Hao always had an attitude of rejecting people thousands of miles away.
"Hey, this is the first time I've seen this young lady. I don't know what to call her?"
"Wang Mingzhu."
The two people's eyes intertwined and collided in the air, and the atmosphere in the room became a little weird.