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Lu Mingfei was a little nervous for no reason.
At this time, his phone vibrated, it was from Xia Mi. He just sent a photo of himself in front of a full-length mirror to his junior sister.
"Senior brother is very handsome." Xia Mi sent a voice message, and the little junior sister seemed very happy to hear the tone.
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Lu Mingze was led into the Grand Kitchen by the waiters in black tuxedos with a swollen belly. His uncle and aunt were looking around behind the little fat man like a pair of generals, and his aunt was thinking that it looked like it was not cheap here. At the same time, he was already feeling sorry for the stack of 10,000-yen banknotes that he had just taken out of his pocket but was still warm. His uncle was quite happy and said that the Grand Kitchen was indeed Michelin-starred, and that a high-end restaurant was high-end. He saw few people along the way. , the decoration is high-end and classy, which is suitable for a successful person like him to dine.
Yes, my uncle has made a lot of money by opening a foot bath city. He feels that he is now a semi-successful person, and having a Michelin star is barely in line with his status.
As soon as he entered the restaurant, his eyes were filled with a sense of luxury. Lu Mingze felt a little sad in his heart, thinking that even if he walked into the most luxurious French restaurant in the world, something was missing without the mark of the setting sun by his side.
My uncle is editing "Tokyo Grand Kitchen" in Moments. The design of this restaurant uses wooden grilles and glass screen partitions in the space, coupled with a transparent, bright and spacious environment, detailed green plants and huge floor-to-ceiling windows. , the style is simple and fashionable, and the environment is indeed high-end, but it is still slightly inferior to the Ultraviolet by Paul Pairet I went to in Shanghai..."
In fact, my uncle has never been to Ultraviolet by Paul Pairet. The biggest restaurant and wine shop he has ever been to is the Regent Hotel. But the men in the Lao Lu family love face and have to pretend even if they have no money, not to mention that they now have some money in their pockets.
It was a surprise that we came to this French restaurant for dinner.
Lu Mingze spent a lot of money to buy a plastic doll from a store on Shibuya Center Street. It was said to be a figure of a female character in "Black Bullet". His aunt kept scolding him as a prodigal man all the way. Lu Mingze argued that it was a niche show and it was rare to see related peripherals. His uncle smoked and said that if you want to play, you should have a good time. If you want to buy figurines, buy the most expensive ones. , and then took Lu Mingze back to the store to exchange for a figure with better texture. As a result, they went back and won a prize this time, which turned out to be free coupons for Michelin restaurants.
The aunt didn't believe it at first, but the uncle thought it was funny, so the family of three came here at the dinner stall and showed their free coupons. As a result, the waiter at the door actually led them into the restaurant.
Lu Mingze was thinking a lot. At the same time, he felt that he had become more experienced now, and then he thought of his cheap cousin.
Lu Mingfei has rarely contacted his family since he went to Kassel College. Even if he calls, he always calls his father. I don't know how he is doing now.
He must be working part-time to pay for tuition.
My cousin used to be the most handsome person in Shilan Middle School. Lu Mingze remembered that the most beautiful girl in the class was Lu Mingfei's little crush.
Last year, Lu Mingfei ranked first on the big red list and received a full scholarship from an aristocratic school in the United States. Everyone said that the Lu family had a great person who was about to become famous. Everyone subconsciously ignored him. Lu Mingze .
When Lu Mingze thought about this, he felt aggrieved and panicked. He didn't know when his cousin started to get the idea, and he suddenly became so powerful, as if he was a different person.
But hey, thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, and now I, Lu Mingze, am also on the red list admitted to Austin University. Although a lot of glory has been taken away by you, Lu Mingfei, who doesn't call me Master Lu when I see you?
It is said that people are in high spirits when happy events happen. Lu Mingze thought that he would realize his great ambitions and go home to inherit his father's foot bath city after graduating from the University of Austin. By then, which little girl in this city would not miss him? Young body?
No matter how awesome you are, Lu Mingfei, you are still a poor boy. In the future, you will have to marry into the family of a certain Wall Street financial giant and change your surname to a foreign one. The important task of continuing the Lu family will still fall on me, Lu Mingze.
Thinking about it this way, the little fat man felt very happy.
Coupled with the respectful attitude of the waiters and the quiet and elegant atmosphere of the Grand Kitchen, Lu Mingze wanted to laugh but couldn't. After all, he felt that he was an elegant person when he appeared in such an elegant place. How could an elegant person be so casual? Just giggling, others would think him a fool, so he buried his head and laughed.
But as he walked, he felt something was wrong. The footsteps behind him seemed to stop. Lu Mingze was startled and asked, "Maybe he got separated from his parents?" That can't be done, I don't have any money.
But before he looked up, he saw a pair of shiny leather shoes and a pair of camel-colored high heels in front of him. Leaving the leather shoes aside, Lu Mingze felt that his sexual orientation was fine. Looking up from the high heels, he saw Ling Ding's ankle, which was so thin that he could hold it in his hand. .
The little fat man swallowed, his Adam's apple rolled, and his heart pounded. When he raised his head and looked at the two people in front of him, he immediately felt like a bolt from the blue.
Lu Mingze didn't look back to see his parents' expressions, but he thought they should be as exciting as he was now.
Appearing in front of her was a girl with platinum-blond hair. The girl was wearing a lace white silk shirt, a camel-colored long skirt and high-heeled shoes of the same color underneath. Her platinum-blond hair was braided and tied up on top of her head. There was no excess on her body. The rest of the decorations naturally burst out with the nobility of a queen, like the precious princess of a European king.
But Lu Mingze's eyes did not fall on the princess as usual, but were glued to the face of the man the princess was holding.
This man is his cousin.
In Lu Mingze's imagination, Lu Mingfei was working hard and studying to support himself.
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The moment he walked into the restaurant, Lu Mingfei didn't even know who his guest would be. He was just a little surprised because the place was obviously booked today. The restaurant in Nuo Da was empty except for a table on the second floor. There was a white tablecloth, candles lit, and five dining chairs surrounding this long table. Behind each dining chair stood a handsome waiter.
Zero sat quietly waiting in the candlelight at the end of the long table, holding a tulip wine glass with two slender white fingers. His cold face was probably a little warmer because he drank some wine.
"What kind of trick is this?" Lu Mingfei trembled and wondered. Could it be that there were actually no guests at all tonight and it was just Miss Ling who wanted to have some high-end fun with him?
At this time, a brass trolley containing wine and desserts appeared next to the dining table. Ling reached out and took a bottle of wine for Lu Mingfei and motioned for him to sit down.
After Lu Mingfei sat down, Ling put his elbow on the table and the back of his hand to support his chin. He blinked his big eyes and looked at him, which made Lu Mingfei's body get goosebumps.
Lu Mingfei was about to ask a question, but Ling pushed the wine glass in front of Lu Mingfei.
"They'll be here soon," she said.
Chapter 222 Family Dinner (6)
The atmosphere in the large and quiet Grand Kitchen restaurant suddenly became subtle and awkward, and everyone was stunned.
The waiters in black tuxedos didn't realize what was happening, but the manager, who was quite discerning, quickly lowered his head. The executive chef was an expert with knives, but at this moment, he actually felt that even the air was a bit sharp, and couldn't help but shrink his neck.
Lu Mingfei was originally holding Ling's bare hand, patting the back of the girl's hand with his right hand, possessing him and whispering to the inheritor of the Romanov dynasty. At this time, his expression was frozen as if he had been thrown into Lake Baikal in December. frozen.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, Boss Lu is really the number one person now. Wherever he goes, someone has to fawn over him for fear of making him angry. He is wearing a 100,000-dollar haute couture custom-made by a Savile Row tailor master. On his wrist Wearing a Vacheron Constantin Tour de I'lle Watch worth three million US dollars, the collar is lined with heavy gold. No one will look down upon him wherever he goes.
But he had lived in his uncle's and aunt's house for many years. Although his life was not very satisfactory, he still had food and a place to live. And although his aunt was mean and unkind and always yelled at him, Lu Mingfei felt that His uncle was pretty good to him, and would sometimes give him pocket money while avoiding his aunt and Lu Mingze.
It was probably because her aunt's remaining power was still there. When she raised her eyes and looked past Lu Mingze's body like a ball of flesh and saw her, Lu Mingfei felt as if his heart had stopped for a beat.
In fact, his aunt was not unattractive, but her lips were extremely thin and her face was hard to get along with. Lu Mingfei also felt that he was really incompatible with her, so he originally planned to have less contact with her in his life. But who would have known that fate would be so ridiculous that during this period of time and space, their family would appear in a ghostly place like Tokyo again.
Lu Mingfei didn't know what his cousin was thinking, but the boy's eyes were clearly filled with indignation and firmness. He probably said some heroic words in his heart, such as "Don't deceive young people into being poor." His eyes kept drifting downwards. . Lu Mingfei looked down suspiciously, his face darkening.
It turns out that although Ling was wearing a long skirt, her slender and beautiful ankles were exposed in the air. The girl's skin seemed to be flowing with a pearl-like glow in the dim candlelight, and she was so beautiful that people couldn't take their eyes away. I want to hold it in my hand and play with it. Lu Mingfei looked at Ling's calm expression and then at Lu Mingze's idiotic eyes and rather wretched expression, and quietly hid Ling behind him.
His body was much bigger to begin with, and when he did this, he almost completely covered the petite girl. All the candlelight fell behind Lu Mingfei, casting an extremely oppressive shadow on the little fat man.
Only then did Lu Mingze look into his cousin's eyes. He was a little nervous for a moment, thinking to himself that he was still haunted. How could he meet such a bad guy like you everywhere? At the same time, I felt very unsure. I looked around and finally found someone who seemed to be able to support me. I turned around nimbly and went behind my aunt.
Auntie was a little panicked at this time. Obviously, Lu Mingfei's appearance in this place was completely beyond her expectation. At the same time, looking at his well-dressed and beautiful appearance, he seemed to be quite proud of living abroad. Looking at her son's appearance, The promising look made my aunt very angry. The middle-aged woman with a little makeup was about to have an attack as soon as she pursed her lips, but she quickly held it back.
Her biggest vision in this life is to trample on the other daughter-in-law of the Laolu family, Qiao Weini, and rub her hard both mentally and physically, but not to mention that what the housewife doesn’t know is that Qiao Weini is a woman who goes up the mountain with eight bowls of good wine. The S-class hybrid who can fight tigers down rivers and slash dragons, her aunt decided that she would not be able to attack her on the physical level. On the mental level, Jovini graduated from a prestigious school and traveled around the world to maintain her image of being a heartthrob, so her aunt probably had no chance to humiliate her.
Thinking about it this way, Auntie felt that she had never had a peaceful life since she entered the door of Lao Lu's house. When she and Qiao Weini were standing together, everyone around them regarded her as a dispensable dog's tail. This kind of being It doesn't feel good to be ignored or even ignored.
She originally thought that Qiao Weini's son would barely look good. If he had poor grades and average looks, he would never be able to get ahead. She just wanted her Ming Ze to grow up safely to the age of eighteen. That would be inappropriate. He Lu Mingfei pressed and rubbed the soles of his feet? Unexpectedly, the Lulincheng family is full of losers. The father is a big shot, the mother is a heartthrob, and even the son can counterattack in desperate situations. The good guy was like a useless dog before he was fifteen, and he turned sixteen He is tall and has a great brain, and he has climbed onto the high branch of the mine owner's daughter. She has no worries about food and clothing. She doesn't even know how much money she has saved in her small treasury. In her senior year of high school, she was favored by an American university for early admission. After the legendary Chu Zihang of Shilan Middle School, he became the second graduate to be admitted to Kassel College.
Sometimes my aunt wants to be compared with others, which makes her irritated. It doesn't matter to him, the elites of Qiao Weini's family. Anyway, I stepped on Lu Mingfei's head and became the emperor for six years. She slept in bed with a quilt and then thought about Lu Ming. Zena's cowardly thought that it was better not to compete. For a while, her aunt did become a lot calmer, and her uncle said that it was because people who won the lottery were in high spirits during happy events.
But all this changed when Lu Mingze received the admission notice from Austin University. The University of Austin is a world-famous school, and its international reputation is higher than that of Cassel College! Auntie felt that she was proud again, thinking that Lu Mingfei was alone in an unfamiliar place in the United States, with no money and no power and could not even return home, and she felt a little superior and pitiful.
She wondered if this was the feeling of being proud and proud, it was really unforgettable. But why did Lu Mingfei follow him to Japan and Tokyo like a ghost? The child of Qiao Weini, who had suppressed her all her life, was wearing a suit that looked more expensive than their entire family's belongings put together. Like the eldest lady of a noble family in Russia, Ukraine or Germany, she stood upright in front of their family, condescending and with such cold eyes. It was as cold as many years ago, when Lu Mingfei had not lived in their home, Qiao Wen and Lu Lin. It was a winter when the city had not remitted money to the family and the aunt had no extra spare money to buy a washing machine. That winter, she washed clothes by hand every day. The cold made her skin chapped and her lips purple.
The uncle was also a little surprised when he first saw Lu Mingfei. He was thinking that his nephew had gone to study in the United States. Professor Gu from Germany also said that Lu Mingfei must be a Wall Street financial tycoon in the future. Why? Appearing in Tokyo now? Could it be that this guy tricked them into studying abroad and actually came to Tokyo to fool around?
Then the man with his sleekly parted hair noticed the suit on Lu Mingfei. After all, he often visited high-end places. He had never eaten pork before and had seen pigs running around. Although he didn't recognize it as a handmade custom-made one from Savile Row. It was high-end ready-to-wear, but he roughly guessed the price. When he thought about the little foreign girl next to his nephew who looked extraordinary, his uncle immediately frowned and said that the men in the Laolu family had to eat soft food.
While the atmosphere was awkward, Lu Gucheng remembered that his wife was full of resentment for his nephew studying in the United States. He also knew that although his nephew had never said anything, he still had some grudges against his wife and son. He immediately took a step forward and stood between the two of them.
He actually felt a little indebted to Lu Mingfei. Although when he was young, his family had devoted all their resources to his younger brother Lu Lincheng, but that was because Lu Lincheng was more capable and motivated than him, Lu Gucheng, and could study abroad. University, and he could only study at a domestic junior college.
But his brother has been really good to him in recent years, giving him money every year. During the most difficult years, the family relied on Lu Lincheng to support him. The young couple went abroad to work and fostered their precious son in their own home. They should be treated equally as their own children, but my wife is just an uneducated housewife, and my uncle is afraid of his wife. He has really failed to do anything about it in these years. What a help to Lu Mingfei.
Lu Mingfei's expression was indeed a little cold, but that didn't mean that he was really ready to fall out with this family, but because he really didn't know what kind of expression he should make at this moment.
Several people stared at each other, and the atmosphere in the restaurant was strange and silent. Finally, the uncle shook his hair, adjusted his glasses, smiled and came over to shake Lu Mingfei's hand and said, "What a coincidence, Mingfei, you are also in Tokyo?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, the manager trotted away with his head buried, the waiters stood back in the shadows, and the executive chef returned to where he should be.
With Miss Ling's wealth, she should have already prepared the chef's menu for today's dinner. It doesn't take much to think about it, but she knows that tonight's dish may not be the best, but it will definitely be the most expensive. In this regard, Zero and Caesar are very similar. They do not reject a luxurious life and even enjoy it quite a bit.
The uncle waited for a long time for his nephew's response. He looked up and saw that Lu Mingfei had turned his slightly surprised eyes to the little foreign girl behind him.
Zero got close to Lu Mingfei's body and stretched out his fingers to tap on his waist. Only then did Lu Mingfei finally react.
"Social practice, the college arranges for sophomore students to do social practice." Lu Mingfei changed his smile and looked at his uncle with a much gentler look, but did not look at his aunt and Lu Mingze.
The uncle sighed inwardly, knowing that his wife had indeed gone too far before, and it was not his fault that his nephew felt uncomfortable.
"Sit down, sit down, sit down first!" The uncle warmly greeted everyone to sit down, as if he was the one who made the decision here. Lu Mingfei smiled and took Ling to sit opposite the family. The waiter behind him He immediately prepared tablecloths for them. He thought that his uncle had not changed much after all. He was still the same face-loving uncle who always showed that he was the one who was in charge of the family.
Auntie and Lu Mingze also sat down amidst uncle's tugging, but auntie's expression was unnatural and a bit unsightly. Lu Mingze's eyes were rolling and he couldn't help but look at the girl next to his cousin. .
"We are able to meet again in this place. It's really a great fate for the Lao Lu family." The uncle held the goblet and wanted to take a sip, but then he felt a little disrespectful and put the cup down on the back of his head.
"It's okay, there are no outsiders here." Lu Mingfei smiled, "Speaking of which, it's not the tourist season in Tokyo these days, right? Why do my uncle and aunt come here?"
"Why don't Lu Mingze get admitted to the University of Austin? Your aunt read a lot of guides on the Internet and said that she might face difficulties when applying for a visa. She said that it might make the visa officer think that Lu Mingze is the kind of person who went abroad. Fake foreign devils who will never come back." The uncle sighed with emotion, "It's all bullshit. How can our old Lu family, who have been loyal for generations, have the tendency to immigrate?"
Lu Mingfei secretly complained to himself, "Uncle, why don't you look back at your precious son? How can he look like a loyal son with such a wretched and greasy face? If he were on the battlefield of the Anti-Japanese War and was said to be a revolutionary martyr, no one would believe it. But the words of the puppet army commander are more plausible."
Thinking so in his heart but unable to say it, Lu Mingfei smiled and looked at Lu Mingze, who was peeking at Ling from across the table, with admiration and some invisible contempt: "Mingze is now also a handsome and talented person. ah."
After hearing her nephew praising her precious son, her aunt felt a little better and took a relaxing pose.
"Lu Mingfei, your watch is not cheap. I saw it when I shook hands with you." The uncle's eyes drifted to Lu Mingfei's wrist.
"It looks much better than my piece of goods from all nations."
"No, no, it's a high imitation Vacheron Constantin Tour de I'lle Watch. It only costs tens of thousands of dollars. Professor Guderian lent it to me to wear." Lu Mingfei laughed, but he didn't really say what the watch was. The price destroyed my uncle's confidence.
"A watch worth tens of thousands is also a good watch, hahaha. Now, after graduation, I will use a watch worth hundreds of thousands. Our Lao Lu family has got another big shot. Speaking of which, this is..." The uncle is bold and bold. He reached out towards Ling enthusiastically, and half way through he looked at Lu Mingfei hesitantly, "Does your friend speak Chinese?"
He knew that Lu Mingfei had done very well on TOEFL before, so maybe his friend had never learned Chinese at all.
"My classmate in the college, Ling, is a little Russian girl who came here for social practice with me." Lu Mingfei's eyebrows jumped sharply, thinking that Ling's nickname in the college is the Queen of Vacuum. Who can hold her hand?
As expected, Miss Ling didn't even move. She just looked at her uncle coldly. The uncle was a little embarrassed and retracted his hand to touch the back of his head: "Your classmate doesn't look like he was born in an ordinary family."
No, Zero is a descendant of the Tsar, with the noblest blood of the Romanov dynasty flowing in his body. How can ordinary people like us, who have been loyal and loyal for generations, reach such heights?
However, Ling never told the public about her life experience. Lu Mingfei felt that she probably didn't want too many people to know about it, so she smiled and said, "My classmate's family is doing business in Moscow, and they are quite rich."
"Business is good. Little girl, go home with Mingfei and wash your feet at uncle's foot bath. I'll make you the hottest crayfish!" Uncle was very generous and didn't care about the way Ling looked at him.
Chapter 223 Zero
Uncle and Lu Mingze didn't appear to be restrained. One pulled Lu Mingfei and talked about all the things that happened at home this year, while the other couldn't keep his eyes away from Ling. Lu Mingfei said to his heart, cousin, please be more careful. Not everyone in the world can blatantly take a peek. Not to mention Miss Ling’s ability, it’s impossible to say that she can be ranked in the first echelon in the academy. Let’s talk about the strength behind her. A few words can make your home live in an overpass.
Auntie was very silent, but occasionally looked at Lu Mingfei with a look of disgust and confusion. Boss Lu was very unhappy with this look and just wanted to end this farce quickly and never see her again.
The Grand Kitchen was obviously reserved tonight. After the uncle's family came in, they stopped accepting guests. Lu Mingfei leaned on the dining chair in a rather casual manner, chatting with his uncle while looking at the spectacular red wine wall not far away. The wine wall is modeled after the eight major wineries in France, and the production cost exceeds hundreds of thousands of dollars.
There is a classical piano in the center of the hall. It looks very noble surrounded by sparkling crystal decorations. It makes the place look elegant and luxurious. At the same time, it divides the space. It makes Lu Mingfei inexplicably think of what he saw when he invited Chen Wenwen to dinner at Aspasia a long time ago. The sunken wine cabinet, the little devil said that thing is also dividing space. The huge crystal lamp hangs from the top of the Grand Lisboa. It is majestic, but it only illuminates this one space.
"How is Mingfei's life in the United States this year? With my nephew's ability, he must be able to get along well even in a place like Kassel College." The uncle's eyes were still clear after drinking two glasses of wine. , obviously he is still very concerned about Lu Mingfei's matter.
In fact, a lot of things happened in the family during the year when Lu Mingfei left them. After his uncle made a lot of money, he saved a lot of money and was originally going to send it to his nephew who was far away across the ocean, but Lu Mingfei went to Chicago. Even after changing his mobile phone number, his uncle couldn't contact him.
Lu Mingfei was shocked. How did Uncle Xindao know that Kassel College had hidden dragons and crouching tigers? Could it be that he was also an intelligence agent secretly arranged by the college?
But thinking about it, it shouldn't be the case. Mixed-bloods are all elites. Even my uncle can't be said to be on the stage, but he is still far from the word elite.