Rebirth 2010, the best

Chapter 46 Chance Encounter
The queen who returned from Hokkaido seemed to become very talkative.

Or maybe the slightly spicy taste was just right for her.

She talks a lot.

They talked about everything from astronomy to geography, and from dance to her own high school life.

Lu Yao heard from the side that she was actually a top student. She went to study in England when she was in junior high school and went to Oxford University.

This is awesome.

Lu Yao never studied abroad, but he also traveled to many places with his mentor during his graduate and doctoral studies. In terms of specific life knowledge and local customs, he certainly didn't know as much as Hai Hou.

With the intention of giving it a try, he asked about studying in France.

I didn't expect Haihou's remarks to be quite racist:

"France? Why go to France? There are more and more black people there, the environment is dirty and messy, and the experience is terrible."

"My sister just got admitted to the Northern Business School in Nice this year. I want to go there..."

"Nice? Well, then you can ask Xiaochu. She has a distant cousin who is right there."

"Ms. Xu also said that she knew that school. But I didn't ask more."

Hearing this, the Queen with red lips looked at him and shook her head slightly:
"You see, this is what I mean... your character flaw. You always habitually keep a polite distance from others, but sometimes... it can cause trouble to others. That is... I don't know whether to care about you or not. If I care about you, I'm afraid you won't accept it. If I don't care about you... your affairs are quite concerning to others."

"Uh……"

Looking at the stunned Lu Yao, Queen Hai picked up a piece of green vegetables with chopsticks and continued:
"It's actually very simple. Since she can take the initiative to tell you that she has friends there, then, with her personality, she can become your support as long as you ask. Although Xiaochu has a very bad life, her style of doing things is actually a typical decisive personality. If your sister really wants to study abroad in Nice, just tell her. It won't be difficult for her to find someone to help your sister integrate into the local environment."

"That's... Mr. Xu's cousin?"

"Correct."

"It's not appropriate to trouble others like this."

"What's inappropriate? Would you refuse an order from your boss?"

"...?"

Lu Yao was a little puzzled, and Hai Hou directly helped him solve the puzzle:

"Your boss's cousin is also an employee of the Xu family. Have you heard of that story? In ancient times, some poor scholars went to Beijing to take the imperial examinations but lacked money. They would take the initiative to visit some wealthy gentry. The wealthy gentry would usually treat them with wine and meat, and give them a sum of money for travel, which was nothing to them, to establish a good relationship. If the scholar passed the imperial examination, the return rate of this friendship would be amazing..."

"Sister Li means..."

The Queen of the Sea smiled slightly:
"That's what I mean. Although I may not be able to provide any substantial help, helping your sister integrate into the environment is a piece of cake for her. Wait for your sister to come over and just tell her directly. Or you can tell me, but my connections are basically all in the UK. I advise you not to come to the UK. The food is terrible. You will want to die after one year, and you will want to drag everyone around you to die with you after the second year. After three years, you will want to destroy the world..."

Lu Yao's mouth twitched, and he said subconsciously:

"But Britain has the most delicious food, and London has the most Michelin restaurants in the world."

"Uh……"

The Queen was speechless.

Lu Yao shrugged:

“It’s just French food.”

“…Hahahahaha.”

Laughter and charm flowed throughout the restaurant.

She obviously enjoyed the joke.

……

Hu Li was in a good mood and finished his meal. It was already past 9 o'clock.

After paying the bill, Haihou clamored to go play basketball.

But unlike the basketball hoop in Lu Yao’s community where people can play basketball 24 hours a day, it’s quite difficult to find a basketball hall at this time.

In addition, Lu Yao was not familiar with this place, so Hai Hou thought for a long time and found that the best place was the gym she went to. According to her, the equipment area that Lu Yao saw in the gym was just the tip of the iceberg. It also had a swimming pool, tennis court, table tennis court and basketball court.

But it would take only a short time to get there before the gym closed. And it was also close to the time she and her friend had agreed to meet.

I can only give up with regret.

But I did make an appointment with Lu Yao to practice Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tomorrow.

Perhaps she was in a particularly good mood, so she and Lu Yao agreed that they would mop the floor of the entire gym using the shrimp style.

The kind that is mopped very clean.

A complete crowd pleaser.

But Lu Yao's mind was no longer on this at the moment.

France vs Mexico starts at 10 o'clock.

He also wanted to go and see it earlier.

So Lu Yao took her to the agreed place to meet with her friends.

A bar called Shiliyangchang.

You can tell this bar is Jing Bar just by the name. According to Hai Hou, it was opened by someone she knows.

During the World Cup, business at these quiet bars has picked up.

Actually, to be honest, China's bar-ball culture is a product of Europe and America, and it has only been around for a few years. But young people just like to join in the fun.

Drinking a glass of 68-yuan beer, no matter whether you really like football or just want to join in the fun, the main thing is to enjoy the atmosphere.

When we arrived at the bar, it was just past 10 o'clock.

Hu Li led Lu Yao inside. Although they didn't know what was going on inside, there were many luxury cars outside.

When Lu Yao pushed the door open, he heard a voice:
"Dear audience, after a long wait, the South Africa World Cup Group A match between France and Mexico..."

The game had just begun and the players from both teams had just kicked off on the projection screen.

Lu Yao's heart began to beat faster unconsciously.

But...his outfit is quite different.

Everyone else was either wearing the French team's uniform or dressed normally...but he walked in wearing a 76ers vest and shorts.

It looks like basketball is here to challenge football.

At this time, a voice sounded:
"Hu Li, here, here."

Lu Yao and Hu Li turned their heads at the same time and saw that in each of the three circular booths connected to each other in the quiet bar, there was at least one person looking over here and raising their hand.

It seems that the people occupying these three seats are together, with about six or seven people in one booth.

Hu Li walked over there and Lu Yao followed.

But soon he saw an unexpected person...

Wei Qianqian?
Monitor?

In the booth next to the entrance on the left, Wei Qianqian, a "sloppy" girl with disheveled hair, wearing big black-framed glasses that almost covered half of her face, a loose T-shirt, pants, and a pair of Crocs on her feet, stared at him in amazement.

The two looked at each other.

She seemed to be saying:
"Lu Yao? Why are you here?"

Both of them were a little confused.

At this time, Hu Li had already walked up the small steps, smiled and waved at Wei Qianqian's table, then walked straight to the middle.

Seeing this, Lu Yao did not rush to greet Wei Qianqian, but nodded slightly and followed her.

I plan to talk about it later.

"You are the king of lateness."

A slightly plump guy stood up with a smile:

"It is so difficult to invite Your Majesty to come to my humble abode. It would be a great honor for you."

"Okay, isn't this just right? We're just starting..."

As Hu Li spoke, she greeted several people around her who called her "Sister Hu Li" and walked over to the guy.

Then he turned around and pointed at Lu Yao:

"My younger brother, Lu Yao. Lu Yao, you can just call him Brother Yu."

The slightly fat guy who was obviously the person in charge today smiled and stretched out his hand to Lu Yao:
"Hello, brother."

What he said just now was fine, but when Lu Yao heard the greeting, he knew that he must be from the Northeast.

"Hello, Brother Yu."

Lu Yao smiled and shook hands with him.

"Well, come on, come on, sit down."

The man didn't let go, and pulled Lu Yao directly to sit next to Hu Li. The others naturally moved two seats away.

Obviously, Hu Li has a very high status at this table.

He followed suit and joined in.

Then, Brother Yu said to Hu Li:

"My lord, can our little brother drink?"

"I can't drink. I'm only in high school."

"Oh, okay, Xiao Li, bring some drinks. Whatever you want, brother."

"Okay, thank you, Brother Yu."

You know what, Lu Yao does have a young face.

At least compared to the people around him, he is a "child".

And then it’s time to chat and watch the game.

Lu Yao sat next to Hu Li. The view from the sofa was quite good and he could see the entire game clearly.

Then he felt his phone vibrate.

Take it out directly.

And it’s not abrupt at all... because he is a "kid". Others are drinking, chatting and watching football, and the child can’t fit in. Playing with mobile phones is the most normal behavior for him.

No one even felt it was rude.

Wei Qianqian:
"?????"

Lu Yao looked at the row of question marks and replied:
"Why are you here?"

"I was just about to ask you, how come it's such a coincidence?"

"Then you answer first."

"I followed my brother here."

"Bringing you, who just turned 18, to a bar? My dear brother."

"Cousin. What about you?"

"I followed..."

Lu Yao paused when typing this.

Because he heard a sentence:

"elder sister."

The corner of his mouth twitched.

But I continued typing:
"I came here with my sister."

"Hee hee~"

Hu Li, who had seen through his phone screen at some point, smiled widely.

asked:

"Who is it?"

"The girl with black-framed glasses at the table to our right, we are classmates."

"Huh? Such a coincidence?"

Hu Li stretched his neck and glanced to the right, and Wei Qianqian also looked over.

But when he looked into her eyes, he immediately lowered his head as if he was a little "unfamiliar".

Seeing this, Hu Li didn't say anything. After retracting his gaze, he no longer paid attention to Lu Yao, but held the wine glass and chatted with Brother Yu.

As for Wei Qianqian, the way she lowered her head and fiddled with her phone attracted the attention of a man with glasses sitting next to her.

While the others were laughing, the man said:
"Qianqian, stop playing with your phone. It's rude. Communicate with them more."

When Wei Qianqian heard this, she immediately turned off her phone and nodded:
"Okay, brother."

"Ah."

The man responded, and then asked curiously:
"Is it a boy? Is he dating someone?"

"..."

Wei Qianqian was speechless and said:

"What are you thinking about, my classmate. The one who just came here, the one wearing a sports uniform."

Now it was the man's turn to be stunned.

He turned his head to look at his cousin, blinked, and said:

"The one following Hu Li? ... is he your classmate? Hu Li's brother is your classmate?"

Although she didn't understand why her cousin was so surprised, Wei Qianqian nodded. Then she said:

"Moreover, his college entrance examination scores were very good, with an estimated score of 707. And that's assuming the essay score is conservative..."

"..."

The man didn't seem surprised by her words.

Or rather bland.

Just continue to ask:

"How is your relationship? Are you familiar with each other?"

"Quite familiar."

"..."

The man looked up subconsciously.

I saw Lu Yao looking down at his phone.

At this time, Wei Qianqian's screen lit up, indicating that she had received an incoming message.

"You chat with him, we'll go say hello to him later."

"...?"

Wei Qianqian was stunned.

Her cousin's change in tone made her realize something...but she didn't understand it completely.

But I still picked up the phone.

"What's with those black-framed glasses of yours? I almost didn't recognize you. Also, it's illegal for underage people to come to a bar!"

"Please report, thank you, my stinky little brother who is one month younger than me."

After Wei Qianqian finished sending the message, she turned her head and glanced at her cousin.

Sure enough, he was looking at his phone screen.

Facing his cousin's gaze, the man shrugged:

"I will supervise you for my aunt to prevent you from falling in love too early."

"I'm an adult, okay?"

Wei Qianqian rolled her eyes, but her curiosity was aroused.

Why does my cousin care so much about Lu Yao...

Or...she seems to care a lot about Lu Yao's sister?

The phone screen lights up again.

Lu Yao:

"Okay, let's die together!"

"Ha~"

Before Wei Qianqian could reply, the man laughed out loud.

She was even more speechless, thinking to herself, how come you are addicted to peeping?
However... now that her mind had gradually become clearer, she had roughly understood what her cousin was really concerned about.

So, after replying to Lu Yao with an emoji horror emoticon, she held the phone in her backhand and whispered in the man's ear:

"Cousin, do you know Lu Yao's sister?"

(End of this chapter)