Chapter 307 84 Charing Cross Road
I just think the two little pimples on her cheeks are too cute and I want to pinch them.
Wide-open eyes make you cuter. I want to... kiss you.
The person being glared at had a hard time managing his expression.
Xiao Li doesn't have the problem of saying one thing and thinking another. It seems that she really doesn't want it, but that can't stop Lu Sinian from being more persistent in his bones.
No matter what, you can't be soft-hearted.
The next second, Lu Si dropped a bombshell.
"Grandpa said that if I can't transfer this 10% to you, I won't be allowed to touch any of Lu's business in the future."
Retreat to advance.
Su Xiaoli stared in astonishment:? ? ! ! So it wasn't just two men messing around, but three men, plus Mr. Lu? !
Lu Sinian expressed his regret seriously: "If I can't continue to work at Lu's, then all the burdens will have to fall on you, 100%..."
These words sounded like... a threat??? However, the tone was not oppressive at all, and was unusually calm.
Su Xiaoli shivered instinctively and felt a big chill.
I felt like I was stabbed unexpectedly.
Lu Sinian glanced at her inconspicuously and expressed deep sympathy: "Global business... 72 hours a day is not enough..."
Deep condolences.
For Su Xiaoli who was "worked to death", it's not impossible for me to help you.
Su Xiaoli instantly saw the Black and White Impermanence waving at her.
Without saying anything, he signed the contract! Lu Sinian changed the subject in a second: "You should have a good rest during the holidays. I'll take you out shopping."
It seems that a trivial matter like transferring 10% of Lu’s shares should be forgotten instantly.
Su Xiaoli was of course still angry: "I don't want to go shopping!"
Lu Sinian: "No, you want to."
Su Xiaoli:?! Lu Sinian smiled and took out a map with several places marked on it, and the first stop was Charing Cross Road.
Su Xiaoli immediately calmed down and started to put on her coat obediently.
All the protests turned into immense expectations.
There was a smile on Lu Sinian's lips.
The little girl looks strong, but she is actually just a kid who will sit down and eat the candy if you give her a candy.
Charing Cross Road is located in the West End of London. Since the 17th century, the West End has gradually become a gathering place for theatrical performances, and is as famous as Broadway, one of the two major drama centers in the world.
Drama and literature are inseparable. With its unique geographical advantages, Charing Cross Road has developed dozens of theme bookstores and professional bookstores over the past few hundred years.
It has also become a well-known gathering place for second-hand bookstores.
It is known as one of the four holy places for collectors of old books in the world, along with the banks of the Seine in Paris, Jimbocho in Shangjing, and Liulichang in Beijing.
There is also a second-hand bookstore among them: 84 Charing Cross Road - Marks & Company Bookstore, which is world-famous.
It became so famous thanks to a memoir, 84 Charing Cross Road.
It records 20 years of correspondence between American writer Helen and British businessman Frank.
We haven't met each other for twenty years, but we are still close friends despite the distance between us.
From then on, "Charing Cross Road" became the code name for the second-hand bookstore in London.
"84 Charing Cross Road" became a code word among book lovers.
However, the bookstore has closed down after the death of its owner Frank, but this does not at all affect its status as a "holy place" in Su Xiaoli's heart.
My heart longs for it.
When in Hong Kong Island, Lu Sinian knew that Su Xiaoli liked second-hand bookstores, so he bought the one in Hong Kong Island and gave it to her directly.
Now that they have arrived at the "holy land", Lu Sinian, who has already done his homework, must take her to check in.
London is a pilgrimage site for house numbers, including 221B Baker Street in "Sherlock", 10 Downing Street, the Prime Minister's residence... and so on.
Compared to those, Lu Sinian judged that Su Xiaoli would like Charing Cross Road more, so he chose it as the first stop.
The mist has dissipated in the early morning, and the light sunshine is shining.
Lu Sinian didn't drive the Aston Martin. He just wanted to enjoy the comfort and warmth of a slow walk with Su Xiaoli.
After all, there was plenty of time and Su Xiaoli had just eaten, so he didn't walk very fast.
More than an hour later, the two men arrived at Charing Cross Road.
They walked slowly and found No. 84, which had become a cafe, but they did not go in.
Although the old place is still there, the people are gone.
I don’t know if Su Xiaoli thought about her own end. She felt a little melancholy for a moment.
She stroked the outer wall of No. 84 and kissed it gently, leaving a faint kiss mark.
"If you happen to pass by 84 Charing Cross Road, kiss it for me. I owe it so much.
(If you happen to pass by 84 Charing Cross Road, please give it a kiss for me. I owe it a lot.)"
Lu Sinian said in a young voice.
This sentence is written at the end of the book.
Su Xiaoli turned her head and smiled faintly at him.
The two continued walking, and Lu Sinian seemed to want to say something but stopped himself several times.
Perhaps it was the cold and humid climate of England that affected her mood, or it could be that Ling Yicheng's entry into the game brought a sense of crisis.
Maybe it was just that Su Xiaoli's light kiss just now touched him.
Just now, he wanted to raise his hand to touch her little face several times, but he held back.
Suddenly I don’t want to deceive myself into living a mediocre life by ignoring everything as I did before.
But even Lu Sinian himself didn't know what question he wanted to ask.
And the result of asking may not be better than it is now.
Tell her your cherished secrets, question her, and let her listen to a huge joke?
And then be rejected, or even humiliated, or in short belittled to the point of being worthless? Lu Sinian's temples throbbed.
No matter who he loves, he doesn't want to back down anymore.
I want to die quickly.
Su Xiaoli seemed to have sensed the fluctuations in Lu Sinian's mood.
She raised her little face and looked sideways at him with clear eyes.
Just like the time when they "made a tree hole" on the night street in Hong Kong Island, Su Xiaoli was quietly waiting for him to speak first.
Lu Sinian also looked at her quietly for a while.
It’s so annoying. These eyes are the most annoying.
He sighed so softly that it was almost inaudible, and after a long while he smiled again and spoke slowly in a soft voice.
"What do you think is the relationship between the two of them?"
Asking this question at least gives the two of them some dignity.
Lu Sinian was referring to the writer Helen and the bookstore owner Frank, and was also asking Su Xiaoli and himself.
Helen and Frank only communicated with each other for 20 years but never met each other.
Helen was a book lover, and at the beginning of the correspondence, they were just buying and selling Helen's favorite old books. Soon, due to the shortage of supplies in England after the war, Helen began to mail a lot of daily necessities and food to the bookstore from the United States.
Even seemingly insignificant things can be a rare bond.
The content of the correspondence also expanded from the initial book search to mutual complaints and gossip. It was lovely, romantic, idealistic, emotional, opinionated, as well as love, hate, and separation.
A straightforward, enthusiastic, free soul from the United States, and a reserved, kind, respectable gentleman from England.
This relationship, which was without any encounter, brought extremely precious and warm joy to both parties.
Unfortunately, it was not until 1970, two years after Frank's death, that Helen came to the Lunden she had been dreaming about.
Baker Street really exists, but 221B Baker Street is a non-existent address. In order to commemorate the detective, people made it a usable address in 1930. Today, the address is allocated to the Sherlock Holmes Museum.
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