Chapter 32 Chapter 32 Qixi Festival
Qiao Zhuo lowered his eyelids, and his eyelashes trembled uncontrollably. He took the cup and took a few sips of water. He drank too quickly and choked and coughed a few times.
Blanket's ears stood up, and it turned its head and rushed towards him. When it was almost in front of him, it braked with its front paws and rested its head lightly on his knees.
Qiao Zhuo smiled and patted his head. He didn't know who he learned this from, but he pretended to be concerned.
He took the tablet and asked, "What kind of thing are you planning to make?"
Tan Du rested his hand, which had touched the blanket, on the back of the chair. He held the glass with his other hand, his fingers reflected in the light. He tapped it gently on the wall. "Red and blue color combination, let's make a couple's set with drinks and dessert."
"Do they have to be a couple?" Qiao Zhuo bit his pen and looked at him. "How do you determine that?"
"That's just what I said." Tan Du said with a smile, "It's Qixi Festival, isn't it? It's just for the occasion."
Qiao Zhuo responded and sketched out a sketch with his pen.
In the lower left corner, there is blueberry cheese and Roselle. The T is red and the D is blue, with a gradient transition. The tops of the two letters form a magpie bridge, connecting the red velvet cheese and glacier in the upper right corner. The visual effect of the T is more like a '7', and the end is handwritten with a "折" character.
"30% off! It looks beautiful, let's go in and take a look." The girl's eyes lit up when she saw the poster at the door, and she pulled her boyfriend to open the glass door.
"Welcome."
"What is Luoshen in the set meal?" the girl asked.
"Here's a real shot of an Americano with Hibiscus tea as the base," Xiaolu brought up a photo on the screen. "You can also try a latte for a smoother taste."
"Then let's have a set meal," the girl said, "Luo Shen will be a latte, with less ice."
"I'll make it for you right away," Zhou Jue smiled and handed over a rose. "Happy holidays."
"Oh! Thank you!" The girl was very surprised. She found a place to sit down and immediately asked her boyfriend to take a picture of her. After the phone went back and forth several times, her face looked a little unhappy.
"Excuse me, would you two like to take photos? Today we can take photos of couples for free in our store," Zhou Jue walked over and pointed at the photo wall, "These were taken by our boss."
"It's really beautiful, we want it!"
"Okay, wait a moment." Zhou Jue walked over to Mr. Tan, who was holding a camera, and said, "Brother Tan, table number five is next."
Tan Du responded with a smile.
"Brother Tan's equipment is quite professional." Zhou Jue returned to the bar and talked to Xiao Lu.
"People who work abroad are good at these things." Xiao Lu replied.
"Drifting abroad? Traveling or working?"
"I don't know," Xiao Lu shook his head. "I just heard him mention it once. He was away for the past two years."
"Our boss is quite mysterious, and Boss Su never mentioned Brother Tan's past," Zhou Jue said, looking at the person taking the photo. "It's actually quite strange. Brother Tan isn't from here, so how did he come up with the idea of opening a cafe in this old street?"
"I don't know." Xiao Lu pressed the extraction button with a heavy tone.
Zhou Jue glanced at him.
Xiao Lu brought the coffee over and came back, tapping his legs: "This is the first time I've noticed so many couples in town. My legs are sore."
"This poster has definitely made a big difference," Zhou Jue said as he opened his Moments. "It's got a lot more likes than usual. Judging by the quality, it definitely wasn't made by a print shop owner."
"That guy doesn't have that kind of aesthetic sense," Xiaolu said. "That last poster was made by Brother Tan in the store for a long time, detail by detail. The boss almost cried."
"Who told him to make things that can't be shown to the public? Look at the 'Return to One' poster in the stairwell, that's what you call design! Those two words were the first thing I noticed on my first day here."
"Speaking of Guiyi," Xiao Lu glanced at table number five, cupping his hands to his lips and said, "I heard from Xiao Luo that Boss Qiao has been disappearing a lot lately. Is he going bankrupt?"
"No, Boss Qiao is well-known. My friends in the neighboring city all asked me to help them line up a number. However, Boss Qiao said that the custom orders will have to be postponed because he has a difficult order on hand." Zhou Jue laughed at him. "You think Brother Tan has been out a lot recently and you're worried that TD will go bankrupt?"
Xiao Lu didn't say anything.
"TD's business is so good, don't worry." Zhou Jue raised his chin towards the store.
"It's different," Xiao Lu sighed. "Brother Tan is a drifter. I'm afraid he'll get tired of staying in this old street one day and run away."
Zhou Jue glanced at the ceiling and said meaningfully, "Probably not now."
Seeing Xiaolu looking at something on her phone, she knocked on the table: "Is your boyfriend asking for a date?"
"No, look." Xiao Lu handed over the phone. The familiar off-road vehicle's driver's door on the screen was blocked by a motorcycle.
Zhou Jue zoomed in and took a closer look. Boss Qiao was leaning on one leg, holding a helmet in his hand, with a cold expression on his face. Brother Tan was leaning his elbow on the windowsill, also frowning.
"this……"
"You also think the atmosphere is off, don't you?" Xiao Lu said, "What a rotten thing Xiao Fan and the others did! They caused Brother Tan to offend Boss Qiao again. We've been giving him food and drinks for so many days, but it hasn't calmed him down. Didn't Boss Qiao always park his motorcycles in the shed? Yesterday, he even blocked Brother Tan's car door. It's a new grudge and an old one!"
"I mean, from this angle..." Zhou Jue pondered for a moment, "It should have been taken in the alley behind... by the well... on the second floor... by Ah Chuang, right?"
"Oh my god, you're amazing! No, that's not the point." Xiao Lu tapped the screen, bringing up the chat interface. "Look, everyone's guessing when they're going to clash again."
Zhou Jue was initially shocked to find a group among the young people on this old street. He scrolled through the chatroom and discovered it was filled with topics like "Who's arguing?", "Where's the excitement?", and "How did they suddenly become rich?" Every time, the focus was on "playing games together". He pushed his phone back with a dull look, "When did they create this group?"
Xiao Lu scratched his head. "It was Xiao Fan who started it after the last incident. He said he wanted to apologize to Boss Qiao, but he didn't dare to go directly to Boss Qiao, and he was too embarrassed to go to Xiao Luo, so he came to me for advice. As time went by, more and more people came."
Zhou Jue glanced at the group name "Think Tank" and said, "Just remove the first character. Your train of thought will never be associated with the word 'intelligence' in your lifetime."
Xiao Lu was about to fight back when he saw Boss Tan walking towards him slowly, so he stopped fighting temporarily and handed him a glass of water.
"It's time to get off work in half an hour. Let's go back to our own lives." Tan Du waved his hand and said.
"Thank you, Brother Tan—" Xiaolu and Zhou Jue responded in unison.
"By the way, Brother Tan, what are you going to give Guiyi today?" Xiaolu asked.
"I'll do it." Tan Du took the tray.
"Why are you here today?" Xiao Luo opened the door.
"I'll hide here for a while. Boss Qiao won't chase me away, right?" Xiao Lu whispered.
"Of course not," Xiao Luo pulled someone in, "Is there a couple's set menu today? I can have one with Brother Zhuo!"
"The couple's set menu is sold out," Xiao Lu put down the tray and said casually, "Boss Tan is being pestered by a customer. Someone wants his WeChat..."
The person in the massage chair suddenly stood up. Xiao Lu was startled and said hurriedly, "Boss Qiao, come and eat..."
Before he finished speaking, Qiao Zhuoyi had already walked out the door. Xiao Luo and Xiao Lu looked at each other, then poked their heads out and asked, "Brother Zhuo, where are you going?"
"Buy some pancakes." Qiao Zhuo said.
"There's cake—"
"I don't want to eat." Qiao Zhuoyi's figure disappeared at the stairs.
"Don't want to eat?" Xiao Lu looked at the cheerful Basque in a daze. Sure enough, this relationship was not easy to repair. He took out his cell phone and started typing.
【@Xiao Fan, look at what you have done! 】
As Qiao Zhuo turned the corner, he slowed down his pace, paused briefly at the entrance of TD, walked out naturally, stepped on the TD projection sign, and squatted down to tie his shoelaces.
Inside the French window, the girl reached out to pull Tan Du's arm, but the latter took a step back, lowered his head and smiled, pointing towards the bar.
The girl was talking and dancing, her expression gradually softened, and she was eventually pulled into the kitchen by Zhou Jue.
A few drops of rain fell on my back, which hurt a little.
When Qiao Zhuo looked up, he saw dark clouds gathering above the old street, and it was estimated that there would be a heavy rain soon.
He stood up, and the man in the white shirt disappeared from the floor-to-ceiling window. Thinking of an excuse to come up with, he trotted into the pancake shop.
On the wall, which had turned gray due to smoke, there was a special offer posted - "Buy one get one free on Chinese Valentine's Day" with black words on a pink background and a dark face underneath.
Qiao Zhuo closed his eyes when he saw this and called out, "Uncle Qiang."
Uncle Qiang raised his chin slightly: "You are lucky, there are only two left! Ah Mei——"
Qiao Zhuo wanted to say that he couldn't eat two, but seeing that he couldn't even hold back his smile, and seeing that he was dressed more formally than usual, he guessed that they had a date, so he swallowed his words.
"Wait a minute——" Sister Sun replied from inside.
"No hurry—" Uncle Qiang agreed, and looked at Qiao Zhuo again, "You young man, you don't know how to dress yourself. Your beard is messy, not as neat as me."
"I didn't notice." Qiao Zhuo choked him, and seeing him breathe out through his nose, he whispered, "Remember to buy a bunch of flowers."
Uncle Qiang's eyes lit up, and he glared again: "You tell me!"
"Boss Qiao is here."
Sister Sun chatted with him for a few words as usual. As soon as the pancakes came out of the oven, Uncle Qiang quickly sealed the oven mouth with an iron cover.
Sister Sun stamped her foot and patted his arm.
Qiao Zhuo pretended not to see it and rushed back with the sesame cake in his pocket while the rain was still light.
The rain suddenly got heavier, so he turned around and took shelter at the door of the dental clinic.
A man suddenly rushed in front of him and handed him an umbrella: "Boss Qiao, here."
Qiao Zhuo took a look and did nothing.
"Boss Qiao, I was wrong about what happened before. I'm really sorry." Xiao Fan looked at his face carefully.
"Did you send all the fruits and snacks?" Qiao Zhuo finally saw Xiao Fan's appearance clearly and thought that he looked a little familiar.
"Yes, it's me." Xiao Fan lowered his eyelids. "If you don't like it, I..."
Qiao Zhuo interrupted him: "Do you know Fan Quan?"
Xiao Fan was stunned for a moment: "Is that the Fan Quan from Lao Fan's fried noodles? Boss Qiao, do you know Uncle Quan too? Uncle Quan is my dad's youngest cousin..."
No wonder…
Qiao Zhuoyi took the umbrella and said, "Don't send me off again in the future."
"Boss Qiao..."
"Save the money to open a shop." Qiao Zhuoyi said.
"Thank you, Boss Qiao! Then don't be angry with Boss Tan. Boss Tan is a good person..."
Qiao Zhuo opened his umbrella and left.
Xiao Fan chased out: "Boss Qiao..."
Qiao Zhuo continued walking: "I'll ask Xiao Luo to return the umbrella to you."
"No," Xiao Fan pointed, "Can you share one of your pancakes with me? Sister Sun is closed, and there's no one at home to cook today..."
Qiao Zhuo handed it over, and when his hand was halfway extended, he caught a glimpse of the holiday activities posted on the clinic window, and abruptly pulled his hand back, said "No" and left.
"Boss Qiao."
After walking for a while, they heard another sound. Qiao Zhuo looked up and saw Tan Du walking towards him with an umbrella. He smiled and said, "I just saw you didn't bring an umbrella, so I came out to see you."
Did you see me? The plastic bag made a noise when it was grabbed. Qiao Zhuoyi asked, "Has the customer who asked for WeChat left?"
"Xiao Lu is not hiding from you, the girl just left without waiting for you." Tan Du smiled.
Qiao Zhuo loosened his clenched back teeth.
Tan Du walked up to him and said, "Did you buy some sesame cakes? They smell so good."
"Buy one, get one free," Qiao Zhuo stretched out his hand, "If you can't finish it, take one."
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