Mother Hanna?
Bavarian White Sausage?
Gu Nianzhi thought she was hallucinating when she heard these two unfamiliar yet familiar words.
She instinctively looked up and glanced at Reinitz.
Reinitz happened to look down at her, and their eyes were glued to each other.
Her mind was filled with the real and fake entanglement of the two of them in the Alps …
Reinitz didn't know when Gu Nianzhi realized his identity and became wary of him.
Gu Nianzhi also didn't know why Reinitz was getting close to her.
But no matter what, if Reinitz hadn't set up a trap within a trap in the Alps, she might have really died there …
Gu Nianzhi's emotions were extremely complicated, and even her mouth had a faint bitter taste.
She took a deep breath and said in German, "Danke (thank you)."
It seemed close, but it was actually far away. He was polite and distant.
She should indeed be grateful that he had specially brought her a thoughtful gift from thousands of miles away.
But was he really doing this for her?
Gu Nianzhi smiled bitterly from the bottom of her heart. She instantly understood that Reinitz must have had other motives for coming this time.
If he really was doing this for her own good, he should have pretended not to know her from beginning to end.
What was the meaning of bringing up Mother Hanna and Bavarian White Sausage now?
She knew that since Reinitz was the Director of the German Federal Intelligence Service, Mother Hanna must also be on his side.
Reinitz's eyes flickered slightly, but he quickly calmed down and looked ahead with a smile.
He hadn't misjudged her. Gu Nianzhi was too smart.
He only said one sentence, and her feelings towards him changed. He really didn't know whether to praise her for being so perceptive or to be worried about her sharp intuition.
Since she was wary, Reinitz didn't say anything else. There was no point in saying anything more.
After a while, the group photo was over. The people on the stage dispersed and scattered throughout the banquet hall.
The long tables in the banquet hall were filled with Huaxia delicacies, and there were professional chefs behind each table. This was a high-end buffet with professional chefs on site, not an ordinary buffet with a pot of rice.
Gu Nianzhi looked at her watch. It was already past eight in the evening. She hadn't eaten since one in the afternoon, so she was famished.
Carrying a snow-white plate of bone china inlaid with orchids, she picked a few of her favorites from the long table.
A piece of braised red meat the size of a mahjong block was stewed in brown sauce. It was 30% fat and 70% lean. It was neither soft nor dry, but neither greasy nor greasy. It melted in the mouth and was just right, fragrant and delicious.
Gu Nianzhi finished one piece and wanted another.
However, this particular type of Red Braised Pork was placed neatly on the long table in a small, smoky green goblet. There was a fixed number of them.
Basically, there was one piece for each person. Whoever ate one more piece, there would definitely be someone who couldn't eat it.
Of course, not everyone would eat a piece.
But the banquet had just begun. No one knew if everyone would eat a piece, right?
Gu Nianzhi hesitated. Standing in front of the small goblets of braised pork, her large, dark eyes revealed a hint of reluctance. Her gaze was extremely gentle, as though she was looking at her lover …
Reinitz didn't eat much. He held a glass of red wine in one hand and a few slices of Hunan lean pork sausages on the bone china plate in the other. He tasted it. It was rather dry, but it tasted really good. It wasn't inferior to their Bavarian white sausages, and it was especially chewy.
If she was used to eating this kind of delicacy, why would she keep thinking about their white sausages?
Perhaps it was because to her, at that time and place, white sausages represented hope for life?
Reinitz shook his head. He caught a glimpse of Gu Nianzhi standing in front of the long table nearby and slowly walked over.
Standing beside her, he asked the professional chef, "What's in these small jars?"
"Red braised pork." The chef didn't speak English, so he could only ask Gu Nianzhi, "Can you translate for me?"
Gu Nianzhi nodded and calmly said a French term, "Bouilli," then explained in English, "Pork-With-Barbecue-Sauce."
Reinitz raised his light brown, neat eyebrows. "Bouilli? That's too bad. I don't like it. "
Gu Nianzhi was speechless.
The professional chef asked Gu Nianzhi anxiously, "May I ask what he said?"
Gu Nianzhi hesitated. "He said he doesn't like it."
The professional chef's expression immediately darkened. He crossed his arms and said unhappily, "He hasn't even tried it yet. How can he not like it? Look at the color of the sugar, smell the sauce, and the ratio of 30% fat to 70% lean. It's the standard Southern style red braised pork! "
Gu Nianzhi laughed. "That's right! It's so delicious! This German doesn't have the luck to like it. Why don't you give me another glass? I already had a glass, and I want more! "
The professional chef was beaming with joy at Gu Nianzhi's words. He felt like he had regained all of the dignity he had lost at Reinitz's restaurant, so he gave her two cups of braised pork. "Here, have some! I'm only willing to give it to people who know what's good! "As she spoke, she rolled her eyes at Reinitz.
Gu Nianzhi was speaking Mandarin to the professional chef. She took advantage of Reinitz not understanding what they were talking about, so she was a bit unrestrained. She smiled and put the two small glasses on the bone china plate. She added fuel to the fire and said to the professional chef, "You're right! We can't even get enough of our own Huaxia delicacies. If they weren't foreign guests, we wouldn't even bother with them! "
The professional chef was amused by Gu Nianzhi's words and couldn't help but give Gu Nianzhi another glass of red braised pork.
Reinitz had been smiling faintly at the side the whole time. His eyes kept moving between the professional chef and Gu Nianzhi with a curious expression, as if he didn't understand what they were talking about.
However, when the professional chef was about to put the third small glass of red braised pork on Gu Nianzhi's bone china plate, Reinitz reached out and blocked the professional chef. He said in an extremely gentle voice, "That's enough. Any more and she'll have diarrhea."
Reinitz spoke in a very pleasant Hanoverian German.
Gu Nianzhi remembered the night she met Reinitz. She had diarrhea because she was so hungry that she ate too many white sausages. She suddenly blushed.
She quickly greeted the professional chef and turned to leave the red braised pork stall with the bone china plate. She found a place to sit down.
Reinitz followed behind her unhurriedly with a smile. He sat down across from her and said, "… You should eat less of such oily food."
At this time, he was speaking in perfect Chinese!
Gu Nianzhi felt like she was struck by lightning. She suddenly looked up at Reinitz and opened her mouth. Finally, she asked him, "… You can actually understand Mandarin?! When did you learn Mandarin? How much did you learn? "
Didn't Reinitz hear her and the professional chef ridiculing the German delegation to China without the slightest scruple?!
This was a diplomatic faux pas!
Gu Nianzhi wanted to find a hole to hide in …
Reinitz smiled at her embarrassment and said nonchalantly, "I just happened to understand what you were saying to the chef." He then added in Mandarin, "You were saying bad things about us and laughing at us."
Gu Nianzhi was speechless.
In the banquet hall, the German delegation and the Huaxia Imperial reception team were chatting amiably in groups of twos and threes.
Therefore, Reinitz and Gu Nianzhi's side wasn't particularly eye-catching.
However, they were the two most good-looking people present, so although they looked normal, they still attracted a lot of attention.
Many people were secretly sizing them up.
A beautiful blonde woman from the German delegation kept staring in Reinitz's direction but didn't have the courage to come over and disturb them.
Some people on Speaker Long's side also saw Gu Nianzhi and Reinitz sitting together.
Someone began to criticize Gu Nianzhi in front of Speaker Long. "Speaker Long, look over there. This little girl only knows how to look at appearances. She didn't even come over to help entertain the German Chancellor."
Speaker Long glanced at her with a smile and said, "Nianzhi is young, but she knows her limits. That man over there is the director of the German Federal Intelligence Service, right? She can go receive them. She knows a little German and is very smart, so it's fine. "
Most importantly, Gu Nianzhi grew up with Huo Shaoheng and was much more secretive than the other people in the Senate.
Speaker Long felt that even if Huo Shaoheng didn't personally deal with Reinitz, Gu Nianzhi, who had grown up with Huo Shaoheng, would be able to handle him.
Of course, that being said, Speaker Long still had to talk to Reinitz.
He looked over at the German Chancellor and saw that she was chatting happily with the German diplomats from the Huaxia Embassy. He got up and left to go over to Gu Nianzhi's side.
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It was the second night watch, and the monthly tickets had been delivered at 5,100 plus one night watch. It was the fourth night watch today.
A reminder to everyone about the recommendation tickets and monthly tickets!
The third night watch at 7 pm and the fourth night watch at 9 pm.
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