The two of them just sat on the sofa, staring at each other. No one was willing to entertain them.
"What's going on?" Li He could only mutter to himself. After all, she was Chen Shuo's wife. It was not appropriate for him to have a falling out with her. Chen Shuo would be the one who would be embarrassed.
"Let's wait and see. I wonder what that guy is doing." Wu Bo scanned the room but did not see Chen Shuo. He could only helplessly lean against the sofa with his hands folded behind his back.
A seven or eight-year-old child came out of the room on a tricycle. Li He joked, "This kid is the same as his father."
Children indeed had a soft spot for cars from a young age. Take Li Lan for example. Every day, he would ride on his little excavator, digging here and there. Even Li He felt that it would be a pity if he didn't go to Azureflight.
"They really do look alike." Wu Bo also sized up the child.
"Who are you?" The little boy could not help but be curious.
Li He smiled and said, "Your father's friend."
The little boy looked confused.
"Oh no, it's another banana man. He doesn't even know Chinese." It was normal for people who grew up in America not to know Chinese. For example, Li Ke went to Hong Kong on the way. However, in the past few years, he was fluent in Cantonese and English. He could not speak Mandarin and his hometown dialect. He would only speak a few words with Li Zhaokun and his parents when he was in the mood.
The environment changed people.
The door was pushed open from the outside. Wu Bo turned around and saw Chen Shuo.
Chen Shuo was stunned. He then threw the things in his hands on the ground and shouted with his arms wide open, "It's really you two! I thought you were coaxing me! "
"Why would I coax you!" Li He punched him in the heart. "Not bad. You've become stronger."
"Sit, sit." Chen Shuo held each of them with one arm. "I'll go make you some tea."
"Hey, how many times have I told you? Put the things you bought in the kitchen. Don't throw them around." The woman came in from the yard and scolded Chen Shuo.
"I forgot, I forgot. I'll pick them up now." Chen Shuo hurriedly brought the things he bought from the door to the kitchen.
Then, he looked at Wu Bo and Li He awkwardly.
The two of them wanted to laugh but could not. They could only pretend not to see.
"Have some tea." Chen Shuo hurriedly brought it to them.
"No need for that." Li He stood up and took the cup. He vaguely heard the woman say that the cup had just been washed.
"Chen Shuo," he said.
Chen Shuo bitterly smiled in a low voice, "That's her character. Don't blame her. Actually, it's not her fault. The problem is that there are too many relatives in the family, and she's afraid."
"I understand." Li He smiled. Chen Shuo didn't treat him as an outsider, which was why he said such words to him. However, he also snorted at these words. How many relatives could come from so far away?
"You guys take a seat. Go cook some dishes. We haven't seen each other for so many years. Let's have a good lunch."
"Chen Chen." You two, "Chen the other Chen." Chen Chen To You, I didn't I said.. "We can't eat. How about this, is there any restaurant nearby? I'll treat you."
Looking at his wife's expression, Li He felt that there was no point in staying here. Anyway, he was here to see his old classmate. It didn't matter what he ate, even if it was western food.
"Don't look down on me. I didn't spend all these years outside for nothing. I trained my culinary skills." How can I let you treat me? "Chen Shuo was not convinced by Li He's words.
Wu Bo pointed to the clock on the wall, "It's almost 11 o 'clock. It's time for dinner. You don't have to cook anymore. Who knows how long it will be when you're done. Besides, we can't stand the sweet food you make. Let's drive and leave now. Since Comrade Li Erhe said he would treat us, let him treat us. It would be a waste not to take advantage of him. "
"Then I'll do as you say." Chen Shuo shook his arm. "Let me clean up and we'll leave now."
Just as he reached the door, he was blocked by his wife.
"You're treating?"
"My classmate came all the way here. How can I not entertain him? Hey, what are you doing? "Chen Shuo said politely.
"Why is it so little? I gave you three hundred this morning." The woman forcefully took out the money from his pocket and carefully counted it.
"Buying groceries and petrol. Which one isn't money?" Chen Shuo said as he kept looking in the direction of the living room. He lowered his voice and said, "What are you doing? Our incomes aren't low. Is there a need to be so calculative? You haven't seen my classmate for more than ten years. Can't you give him some face? "
The woman glared. "Old Chen, I'm telling you, this house doesn't belong to you alone. I have a share too. Don't try to impress yourself. When your brother got married, you secretly sent ten thousand dollars home. I didn't even fuss about it. Don't be so shameless. "
"Okay, okay, I know what to do." Chen Shuo took advantage of her daze to snatch the money back and quickly put it in his pocket.
He took a tie and tied it up again. Holding the child's hand, he called out to Li He and Wu Bo to go out.
"You're not bad, kid. You really got yourself a big Benz." Li He knocked on Chen Shuo's Pingzhi.
"Be gentle. I just bought it," Chen Shuo said proudly. "Not bad, right? Remember what you said when I came to America? You said you were coming to Kaiping to pick me up. I'll pick you up now. "
Li He smiled. "You're going to be a big Benz when you come back. I'll pick you up as many cars as you want. "
The few of them waited at the door for about twenty minutes before the woman came out. She had light makeup on her face and drew on her eyebrows. She opened the front door and got in.
Chen Shuo got out of the car awkwardly and opened the door for Li He. "Sit in the back and help me look after the child."
"Sure." Li He mourned for Chen Shuo. How could a young man with a bright future marry such a wife?
"I haven't introduced you yet. This is my wife, Zhao Meixin. Her family came to America in the sixties and opened a Chinese restaurant in Chinatown."
"Nice to meet you, Li He. We used to be in the same dormitory." Since Chen Shuo had introduced him, Li He had to be polite. He did not pretend to ask where the restaurant was in Chinatown.
The food and beverage industry was a pillar industry for the Chinese in America. Li He did not find it strange that his wife was in the restaurant business.
"Nice to meet you." Zhao Meixin did not reply.
"I'm Wu Bo. We're in the same class." Wu Bo also forced himself to introduce himself.
Zhao Meixin also nodded in agreement.
The car made five or six turns along the way. The roads and alleys were complicated, and Li He was a little confused.
Suddenly, Zhao Meixin said in surprise, "Old Chen, look at the cars behind us."
"What's wrong?" Chen Shuo looked at the rearview mirror curiously. Other than cars, there was nothing to be surprised about.
"The six cars behind us have been following us ever since we left." Zhao Meixin's sharp observation skills had noticed something different. Wherever their car turned, the cars behind followed!
This was too much of a coincidence!
Chen Shuo did not say anything. The car drove five or six hundred meters forward. There was a gas station. He purposely drove through the gas station. In the end, the six cars behind them also entered the gas station and followed them in a line.
"This is troublesome. Are they trying to kidnap or rob?" But Chen Shuo was curious. How many robbers would drive luxury cars to rob others?
Was there something wrong with their brains!
"I'll call the police." Zhao Meixin picked up the phone in a panic and was about to dial.
"Don't."
Li He, who did not know how to interrupt, hurriedly stopped her. If she really called the police, it would be like a flood against the temple of the Dragon King. They did not know each other.
Chen Shuo asked, "Why? Do you know them?"
Li He smiled and said, "They're all my friends. They sent me here."
"Did you see clearly? Open the window and look. Don't mistake them." Zhao Meixin felt that Li He was lying. The Rolls-Royce Phantom in the lead cost more than four million USD!
These two had just come from China. How could they know any decent friends?
Li He smiled bitterly and said to Chen Shuo, "They're really my friends. Why would I lie to you? Drive your car properly."
The more prosperous the area, the more congested the road became. Li He and the pig pulling the cart stared at each other for ten minutes.
When they reached Bolton Street, Li He pointed to a hotel next to them and said, "Don't drive any further. Let's stay here." “
Unless you want to eat me until I go bankrupt in a place like this, "Chen Shuo said with a smile." We'll be there after another turn. " “
He had made up his mind to treat them, but he did not have the courage to treat them at a five-star hotel.
In the end, the car still entered a Mexican restaurant at a turtle's pace.
After they went upstairs from the parking lot, Chen Shuo explained, "I guess you don't like Chinese or Western food. Let me bring you to experience Mexican cuisine. It has that sour and spicy taste, but it's a little different from Hunan and Sichuan cuisines. It's light and less oily. " “
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