Izakaya "Shin"
Zheng Cheng, you are really famous.
The third time Zhou Min heard the name of Master Guan Er from a female classmate, he sent a message to Zheng Cheng.
【You just realized it now [Proud]】
In just one month, Zheng Cheng's followers on both D-site and Little Green Book have skyrocketed. His ranking on the site is second only to several top influencers, so it's only a matter of time before he accumulates more traffic.
It is very important to sleep well. Now Zheng Cheng rarely dozes off on the sofa. Even Zheng You thinks he is in good shape recently.
"Auntie Zhang, you're not doing it anymore. I thought only Dad could hire you." Zheng Liu took a sip of coffee, frowned, and put a few sugar cubes in it.
"How can I ignore such an important matter as Mom's birthday? If I just leave it to you, you will only care about saving costs." Zheng Cheng's coffee had been thrown far away. He was flipping through the plan given by the event planner.
"Sisi will come back, but Gu Zichen said he can't come due to academic reasons. He can't even brag." Zheng Liu was looking at the guest list.
"Huh? Their quarrel wouldn't delay such a big event." Zheng Cheng also came over to take a look. "Only two people from the Gu family are coming?"
"Their family is not peaceful. A branch of the family is causing trouble again." Zheng You turned the page and glanced at him. "You should know, right? That Gu Jiaxin was in jail for fighting."
"Serves him right! This kid is really no good." Zheng Cheng slapped his thigh with genuine emotion.
Hu Tianren didn't pursue the matter of the main store being smashed, but he refused to agree to mediation regarding Gu Jiaxin's fight.
"People like him are a scourge to society if they stay out there. They need a proper education." Zheng Lu glanced at an unexpected name, his eyebrows almost forming a Chinese knot. "What is he doing here?"
Zheng Cheng took a look and smiled: Guo Zengchen.
"Didn't he say before that he would come? Zheng Miao even wanted to show him the jade." There was a hint of gloating in Zheng Cheng's words.
"Why are you so happy? I spent a lot of time and effort to help Tianren negotiate the rent for the shop." Zheng You pinched his brows. "How come everything that happened to that nouveau riche is related to our family? Hu Hanyu is almost my son."
"Don't mess up the generations, he should call you brother."
While Zheng You was still confused, Zheng Cheng quickly took a sip of coffee to cover it up.
It's too unpalatable. How can the coffee be so different from what Zhang Ma brews with the same coffee beans? There are no cookies. I give a bad review to the new servant.
"Do you think Gu Jiaxin was instructed by Guo Cuncun?" He had to quickly divert Zheng Liu's attention elsewhere.
"It's not impossible. No wonder he's been so polite to me lately. It seems he's using the Hu family as a punching bag." Zheng You said, "You'd better be polite when he comes this time. If you mess with this guy, it's like getting dry flour on your wet hands. You can't shake it off."
Don't worry, I'll make buns out of everything, wet or dry. Zheng Cheng pushed the unpalatable coffee a little further away.
After chatting with the event planner and studying the camera positions and lighting for a while, Zheng Cheng was finally able to leave Zheng Mansion after seeing off the bosses of Yuanlv Group's event department.
"You're still wearing sunglasses on this day. You're so good at pretending." Zheng Liu was puzzled when he saw him wearing sunglasses and holding a hat and mask in his hands.
"Even retired Aunt Zhang knows I'm famous now. How long has your Zheng Mansion been without internet?" Zheng Cheng pulled out his phone and swung it fiercely in front of him. "One million followers! My Little Green Book has long surpassed Peach Juice Yaoyao!"
"Oh! The APP that young man plays?" Zheng Lu was stunned for a moment before realizing that the little green book was not a book.
"What else? Is it Green Book or Anne of Green Gables?" Zheng Cheng rolled his eyes through his sunglasses. "Forget it. I guess you wouldn't know any of this unless Zheng Sisi played the role."
"I don't have time to look at these." Zheng You waved his hand and suddenly remembered something. "Oh, by the way, you don't want to take a video on Mom's birthday, do you?"
"How is it possible that I don't know the rules?" Zheng Cheng put on his shoes and stomped them on the ground twice. "You should worry about Guo Cuncun. When did he ask you to take care of him?"
Zheng Cheng fixed his hair in front of the mirror and pulled the brim of his basin hat down two inches. Zheng Liu, contrary to his usual behavior, did not leave him and go back to the study. Instead, he stood there and looked at him for a while.
"Chengcheng," Zheng You suddenly asked, "Are you going back to America?"
"What?" Why did he suddenly mention the United States? Zheng Cheng glanced at him.
Zheng Lu cleared his throat and put his hands in his pockets. "I think you've been in pretty good shape recently. It's only been a year since you took a gap year. It should be easy to pick up what you learned before."
Not knowing what he was planning, Zheng Cheng looked at him, trying to make sure if he was teasing him.
It has been a long time since I last looked at Zheng Lu carefully. He no longer has the arrogance of a winner that he had when he first became the executive director of the China region. Instead, he has become more calm, and his fatigue cannot be hidden.
Managing a group is not easy.
"Zheng Lu," Zheng Cheng opened the door and looked back at him before leaving. He said with emotion, "You should dye your hair sometime. How can you already have white hair before you're thirty?"
After saying that, he quickly closed the door and ran away.
There is no need to worry about this old man with a horse face when it comes to running the company.
After all, an old horse knows the way.
Stepping on the creaking sycamore leaves one by one, Zheng Cheng strode towards the conveyor belt sushi "Talk Later".
Xiao Ming was not allowed to drive today because he had a date with Hu Hanyu.
The restaurant where they reunited, "Zai Shuo," had closed, replaced by "Xin," a seemingly authentic Japanese restaurant. Zheng Cheng's account hadn't featured Japanese food in a while, so they agreed to go and try it out.
In contrast to his face-to-face fighting, Hu Hanyu was standing casually under a sycamore tree, dressed in black as usual, the only difference being that he had a leather jacket and a silver chain given to him by Zheng Cheng, with a small kitchen knife hanging on it.
I told you five hundred times, at least wear a white T-shirt, but you didn't listen.
Even so, he was actually approached by a street photographer. Street photography nowadays is becoming more and more tasteless and boring.
"What are you talking about? Why don't you let people take pictures of you?" Zheng Cheng walked over and asked after seeing that he refused the street photography.
"He didn't say he wanted to take a picture of me. He said my necklace was pretty and asked me for the link." Hu Hanyu pinched his neck, then put his hand on his shoulder and pushed him away. "Let's go."
Taking it back, street photographers now have improved their taste.
Normally when there are a lot of people on the street, two men holding hands will still attract attention, so Hu Hanyu likes to walk with his arm around his.
"It's so heavy." But after he took two steps, Zheng Cheng pushed his arm down.
There's always been something strange between the two of them lately.
Hanyu's ribs were almost fully healed, and in fact, it was no longer a serious problem, but Zheng Cheng still insisted on letting him recover first.
This is actually half a real worry, and the other half is just a shy excuse.
He was the one who initiated the first kiss, and Zheng Cheng was the one who flirted with him in the bathroom. He had to wait for Hu Hanyu to propose it on their first night, so as not to make people think that he was really a pervert who was attracted by women.
Even if he really is, he has to pretend.
Who knew Hu Hanyu would be so obedient, not in a hurry at all, coming when asked to, and not coming when asked not to. The two of them were so aggressive that they would not take the initiative unless Zheng Cheng suggested it.
Sometimes Zheng Cheng felt like he was about to bleed from his nose, but Hu Hanyu calmly held the handle and held it on his head to help him pass the level.
We are all in our 20s, how can people be so different?
Where did he train before, Iga, Koga, or the Land of Fire?
"Did your brother offend you again?" Hu Hanyu certainly didn't know what he was thinking. He thought he had been offended by the Zheng family again.
"It's okay. What tricks can Zheng Liu have? I have already got hold of him." Zheng Cheng didn't want to point it out, so he just went on talking.
"He's really nice to your mother." Hanyu knew that Zheng You was the child of Zheng Yuan's ex-wife. "I don't even know when my aunt's birthday is."
"That's different. My mother treats him better than me. She even gave him the position of executive director." Zheng Cheng said as he kicked the sycamore leaf that was blocking the road.
Although he talked tough, Zheng Cheng knew in his heart that he would not be able to get that position unless he finished reading the book.
"Executive director isn't a sinecure, it's not easy." Hanyu hooked his hand, "It's not necessarily better than being a blogger with millions of followers."
"That's true," Zheng Cheng bumped his shoulder against him, "His girlfriend isn't as good as my boyfriend."
Hanyu smiled with his eyes curved: "Of course, your boyfriend is treating today."
After renovation, "Xin" has become an authentic Japanese izakaya. As soon as you enter, you will find that the seating structure has not changed much. The revolving bar has just been removed and more seats have been added. High partitions have been built between the original booths, making drinking and chatting more private.
They had already discussed what to eat. They just looked at the menu as soon as they entered and ordered everything. They didn't even know the waiter well enough.
"Does today's recommendation change every day?" Zheng Cheng asked, holding a handwritten menu.
"Ah, yes." The waiter saw that he had finally found a place to use his skills and immediately introduced enthusiastically, "Our Japanese boss goes to the fish market every day to check and make whatever is fresh."
"I've got a saury bone on my body. Want to try it?" Hanyu asked.
"Okay." He and Zheng Cheng thought the same thing.
"This is the seat I sat in when I first came here." While the waiter was gone, Zheng Cheng looked around the restaurant, which had changed and yet seemed unchanged, and pointed to a four-person seat in the distance. "Are you standing there?"
"Yes." Hanyu followed his gaze and looked over. "This area used to be where nigiri sushi was made. I was in charge there."
At that time, Hu Hanyu's store had just closed down, and he worked here mainly to learn business management skills.
"That's so tiring." Zheng Cheng sighed, "Standing all day and still having to do the math."
"Yeah." Hanyu suddenly stood up and walked over to Zheng Cheng's side. "So, I saw someone lazily leaning here from a distance, and I was very envious."
Zheng Cheng supported his head and looked up at him.
"That man was soaking wet, and he saw someone who had scolded him, so he was furious." He said with a smile, "Don't you think I was aggressive at that time?"
"I don't think so. Just sit in." Hanyu squeezed into the narrow booth and sat next to Zheng Cheng, his knees touching his, smiling at him.
"I just think he's very hungry," Hu Hanyu said. "I have to do something to feed him."
The two of them just stared at each other, as if back to that day when their eyes met and their hearts suddenly contracted.
"I'm hungry now too." Zheng Cheng said, "When will you feed me?"
"Can you take another look at the menu?" Hanyu opened the black book, but his eyes were still on Zheng Cheng's face.
The lips that came closer to the menu were much warmer than the surface temperature.
Some hidden fires are so hot that you don’t feel them until they burn your body.
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