Beauty

Chapter 2

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15 years later
In a noisy PUB in the city center, the loud rock music is constantly stimulating people's eardrums, together with the dim lights and all kinds of fine wines, it forms a unique landscape.

"Lian Lian, I heard that you were fired again this time." A certain male voice sounded amidst the crash of beer.

boom!An iron fist hit the rather handsome face of a certain man, "Damn Wu Zhengyuan, your skin is itchy, aren't you?"

It's really a pot that doesn't open.No matter what era or year it is in, usually good things don't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles.

"Wow, woman, you beat me too hard." It was the man named Wu Zhengyuan who spoke, and the Lianlian he was talking about was the female pig's foot of our book, er, the heroine ——Shen Lianlian is also.

With neat short hair, a neutral face, and a flat but 1-meter-tall height, he looks like a beautiful boy in a graphic novel.

But it's a pity that her appearance is matched with an extremely feminine name - "Lianlian".The appearance is neutral, at least the name should also be neutral, so that I don't feel wronged by my face.However, her parents were full of old-fashioned ideas and insisted not to let her change her name, so she had to bear this name for more than 20 years.But fortunately, this appearance can be more or less hooked with the handsome character, at least she is much luckier than those with crooked noses and slanted eyes.

As for the term unemployment, it was because she received a task this afternoon to send flowers to the boss of a certain group.It happened so suddenly that when she delivered the flowers to the office, she happened to see the boss quarreling with his wife, not only scolding, but even beating.Excited, she threw the whole bouquet of flowers on the head of the bald boss, punching and kicking her to show that women are not easy to be bullied.It's just that doing good deeds doesn't necessarily lead to a good end. When the bald boss fell back into his wife's arms with a bruised nose and swollen face, she was fired for the seventh time.Her boss even asked her to buy the whole bouquet of flowers out of her own pocket.

In other words, she is now one of the unemployed youth.

"Hmph!" Shen Lianlian snorted twice, "How do you know I'm unemployed?" She didn't remember mentioning these two words tonight.

"Which time did you lose your job and didn't ask us to drink?" Wu Zhengyuan said in a vague voice while covering his nose.Thinking of him as Xiao Kai of a big company, with a suave appearance and a high inner culture, only this woman, Shen Lianlian, dared to beat him like a sandbag.

But having said that, he, Lei Hao, and Jiang Chen are all from affluent families. From childhood to adulthood, the classmates around them tried their best to curry favor with them. The two brothers seemed to be too drunk to return home.

This... is also correct.Shen Lianlian rolled her eyes, thinking that every time she loses her job, she always asks them to come to the pub to drink a few bottles of beer.

"By the way, Lianlian, have you found a new job yet?" Lei Hao who was at the side asked.Sven and handsome are both important, it is hard to imagine the scene of her holding hands with him and fighting in groups in college.

"Yes, if you want help, you can come to us." Jiang Chen said after taking a sip of beer.

"Thank you." Shen Lianlian proudly patted Jiang Chen and Lei Hao's shoulders and said, the buddies really are more caring.

It is said that Shen Lianlian has always insisted on taking low-altitude flying as the highest goal because no sudden miracle happened during the long study.Until the year of the entrance examination in the third year of high school, her dear mother urged her every day and read it every night, and she almost shot her in the head with a gun.So in order not to cause a neurasthenia for 50 years in the future, Shen Lianlian finally picked up the textbook resignedly, turned on the lights and fought at night, with the panda eyes as the medal of honor, and finally "passed five trials and killed six generals" to join the city's gangsters. A second-rate university.

So a beautiful life unfolded. The university course work was relatively loose, and the teacher was not strict. She was also happy to call a group of boys brothers and sisters, and conquered the whole school with her fists.

"Where is it?" The two men who were patted on the shoulders pulled their faces and tried to smile.Such a heavy force, I don't know if the shoulder is dislocated.

"But the current job is not so easy to find." Shen Lianlian took a sip of beer and said.As for drinking, although she can't be called a big drinker, she doesn't pour down just a few glasses.

"If you're afraid you won't be able to find it, why not come to my law firm." Lei Hao suggested.As the boss of the firm, it is easy for him to install someone.

A law firm...maybe it can be considered, Shen Lianlian thought secretly.

"My company can do it too." Wu Zhengyuan said.

The company... Well, it can also be considered.

"How can your company be suitable for Lianlian! Lianlian can't sit still at all."

"Then your law firm isn't the same."

Dog bites dog, mouth hair, this truth can definitely be confirmed by Lei Hao and Wu Zhengyuan.

"Or you can come to my nightclub to help, I will definitely arrange a good job for you." Jiang Chen added.

Nightclubs... can also be - er, this seems to be less of a consideration.

Before Shen Lianlian could speak in this room, someone in the other room threw cups and plates at Jiang.

"You're going to die, I want to ask Lianlian to be the lady sitting on the stage."

"What kind of work is this?"

"Your nightclub wants to close down, doesn't it!"

"You're still impatient."

There was a lot of scolding, mixed with Jiang's pitiful apology.

It can be seen from this that, starting from the university days, after four years of wind, frost, snow and rain—of course, this word is a bit exaggerated, how deep is the friendship between them as iron buddies.

"Stop!" Yu Zhang slapped the table, Shen Lianlian rolled her eyes and shouted, if she didn't call stop at this time, I'm afraid the three of them would be endless. "Is there a newspaper?" She asked the three of them.

"There should be one at the bar of this PUB." Jiang Chen spoke first.

"That's good." She stood up, walked towards the bar, and found a stack of recent newspapers in the corner.

Three men followed behind, "Lianlian, what are you doing flipping through the newspaper?"

"Looking for a job." Shen Lianlian replied without raising her head, "You can also help me find a job." She shared some of the newspapers in her hand among the three of them.

"Are you going to find a job yourself?"

"Nonsense." Otherwise, according to the level of quarrel between the three of them, by the time the quarrel was over, she would probably be too old to lose her teeth.

Shen Lianlian glanced at the job recruitment page of the newspaper.

Technical maintenance personnel, no!The machines that have been repaired by her have become good and bad.Graphic designers, no!She can draw some pictures, but her level is limited to children below the third grade of elementary school.Bank cashier, no!If the bank is not afraid of going bankrupt, just come to her to collect the money... I scanned down one by one, and finally my eyes lit up when I saw a certain row of typefaces.

The No. 4 branch of Bubble Bobble fast food restaurant is recruiting waitresses... Well, this can be considered.

Age, over 20 and under 30—OK, she's 24, and definitely meets the criteria.

She is more than 1 meters tall and has a dignified appearance—she is 60 meters tall. As for her appearance, although she is not considered a beauty, she does not have a crooked mouth and squinted eyes. It should belong to the dignified range.

High school education or above - her education is a bachelor's degree, and there are still some leftovers.

A promising young man who has no bad habits and loves work—she will never admit that she has any bad habits, and she has always devoted [-]% of her enthusiasm to work. It's too apt to describe.

The place of work, XX seaside - so familiar, it seems... It's the place where she met that annoying little boy when she was a child.

That distant memory, I didn't deliberately remember it, but I didn't deliberately forget it either.When she was nine, her parents took her to the beach and met a boy who she could call extremely annoying.She almost forgot the other person's appearance, the only thing she remembered was his panda-like eyes and the bad deeds of forcing her to eat the dish she hated the most every day.

And, most importantly, he even forcibly took away the small silver bracelet her father gave her.However, it seems that he also gave her a piece of jade.As for where the piece of jade is now, she is not sure herself, she probably stuffed it in a drawer somewhere.

OK, let's go to this one. "It's decided!" Holding the newspaper, Shen Lianlian slapped the table and shouted.

"What did you decide?" The three men glanced at Shen Lianlian at the same time.

"New job." She unfolded the newspaper and magnified it before the three of them.

"Branch No. 4 of Bubble Bobble Fast Food Restaurant? Waitress?"

"That's right." Shen Lianlian nodded.

"Are you planning to go to the beach to work?"

"YES!" She showed off her poor English, "This job is definitely suitable for me."

"Won't you be fired again?" Judging from past experience, Lianlian's average time for each job will not exceed three months.

"Definitely not!" Shen Lianlian said firmly.

I vaguely remember that annoying boy in my childhood seemed to have said that he would definitely return to the beach in the future.I hope that as he said, she can meet him again. This time, she will make him return the bracelet that he forcibly took away back then!
Oh Beach, Oh Bubble Bobble, here she comes!

Two days later in the early morning, a woman in her twenties stood at the door of the No. 20 branch of the Bubble Dragon fast food restaurant.

"This time, I will definitely not be fired again, hahahaha!"

Unscrupulous laughter drifted into the restaurant as people walked around.

Click!The signboard of the restaurant was shaken—it seemed that it was a little crumbling.

"Shiwei, I want to rest for a while." The man stood in front of the French window, stretching his muscles and bones.He never treats himself badly.Maybe it was because I was too tired from work some time ago, so I wanted to relax.

"Rest?" The person who was called "Shiwei" standing behind the man was stunned, and a question appeared on his delicate and elegant face, "How long do you want to rest?" A period of time can be long or short, there is no exact definition.

"I don't know." The man shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently, "As long as I feel that I have enough rest, I will naturally start working."

Hmm... This answer is a bit dangerous, "What about the gourmet competition a month later?"

"That, don't you think it's an extremely boring game?" The man frowned, vetoing it.

Boring—extremely? !There was the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground in the huge office.If those gourmet professionals heard this, I'm afraid they could spit out several mouthfuls of blood.

"Then where are you going to 'rest'?" Sheng Shiwei emphasized the word "rest".

"Let's go to the beach, I haven't been there for a long time." The man glanced at the silver jewelry hanging around his neck.

Really, long time no go.

A man, a very special man, Shen Lianlian has been paying attention to this man for two weeks.From the first day he walked into this Bubble Bobble fast food restaurant, she unconsciously set her eyes on him.

What is so special about it?Let's start with his appearance.
He has very smooth black hair, not too long, but not too short, just about one centimeter above the shoulders, draped around his neck obediently.The sharp-edged face, the straight hooked nose, should be an extremely masculine face, but the overall effect is destroyed by the overly charming eyes and pink rose lips.

How charming are his eyes and lips?There is an ancient poem that goes like "Looking back and smiling, Bai Meisheng is alive, and the six palaces are colorless".

So, his appearance is really "weird".It was so strange that anyone who saw his face, not only didn't think it was strange, but it was so seductive that he wished to take a few more glances.At least, a large number of female creatures in the entire restaurant stared fiercely at this man.

In addition, he is very tall, standing in front of him at 1.6 meters tall, she even looked up to see him.Therefore, according to Shen Lianlian's initial estimate, the man's height should be at least between 1.8 meters five and 1.9 meters zero.

Now that the appearance is over, let's talk about his clothes.

In this seaside mainly for vacation and tourism, most people would dress simply and casually, but he dressed quite formally. Although it was not as exaggerated as wearing a suit, the white cotton shirt and khaki trousers were still the same. It makes people feel a bit out of place with fast food restaurants.From her point of view, he was dressed more like dining in a five-star restaurant than a fast food restaurant like this.

Then, he would come to the fast food restaurant on time around 12 noon every day, and the error before and after was absolutely within 10 minutes.Every time you order a meal, there is an order, order No. 1 meal on Monday, order No. 2 meal on Tuesday, and so on.It just so happened that there are only 7 sets offered by the Bubble Dragon fast food restaurant, which can be regarded as meeting the requirements of men.But Shen Lianlian was always thinking, if the fast food restaurant had the No. 8 set meal, how would the man choose.

After the fast food is selected, it is natural to eat it.The so-called fast food, as the name suggests, is a meal that is eaten quickly.But he did the opposite. Before each meal, he would take out a pure white handkerchief and wipe his hands repeatedly before picking up chopsticks to eat.When eating, I always frown slightly, as if thinking about something, but I won't stop eating.After frowning, he will continue to eat until all the meals he ordered are eaten."Naked" is the best way to describe the dishes he has eaten.

After eating, he would take out his handkerchief and wipe his hands again.It can be seen that he seems to take good care of his hands. Although the man's movements are a bit feminine, Shen Lianlian has to admit that those hands are the sexiest hands she has ever seen.The slender fingers can also exude that kind of intoxicating feeling even in the slight trembling.

Therefore, everyone couldn't help but guess the identity of the man.Judging by his clothes, some people say he is a social elite, a senior cadre of a large group; others say he is an artist, painting, music, etc., so he loves his hands so much; some even say he is an idol star who has just debuted , and bet that he will be a hit in the future.Although there are many speculations, but no one can be sure.So, the identity of the man remains a mystery in the restaurant.

Naturally, Shen Lianlian is not the only one who pays attention to such a man, whether it is the restaurant's guests or the restaurant's employees, they all pay attention to the man.

"Ah, so sexy. Every time he eats, I can't help but want to rush over." Zhou Jialing, who is also a restaurant waiter, sighed.I really didn't expect to meet such a man in such a fast food restaurant.

"Alright then, you go and collect the money later when he pays the bill." Shen Lianlian held the tray under her tuck and pouted in the direction of the man.Although she was also paying attention to this man, she was definitely not as nympho as Zhou Jialing. To her, because she had three buddies who could be called handsome, she would not have much feeling for the man's appearance.If there is anything special about him, it is probably his hands.What kind of person would love his hands so much.

"Oh, if I had the courage, I would have done it earlier." Zhou Jialing sighed, "Lian Lian, you know that every time I get close to him, my legs will go weak." If it wasn't like this, she would have already Rushing to a man's side to gossip is commonplace, instead of just watching from afar like now.There is evil heart but no courage, this sentence can't be more appropriate to describe her.

So men come to restaurants every day, and people who look at handsome guys still look at them every day.

I really don't understand why he insists on coming here for lunch every day, probably because he likes to eat restaurant dishes.

After all, this is the only reasonable explanation.

At 7 o'clock in the morning, it is the opening time of Bubble Dragon fast food restaurant on the 4th.It's just that at this moment, a cry of fuss is ringing in the restaurant.

"Hey, my God! This year's gourmet emperor is not Xue Junchen." Zhou Jialing said in surprise while holding the latest morning paper.A bolt from the blue, who will tell her that this is not true.

God, the whole ghost screams! "Jialing, you are shouting too loudly!" Rubbing her ears that were almost deafened, Shen Lianlian rolled her eyes in an unladylike manner.Fortunately, the store has just opened, and there is no business yet.Otherwise, Jialing's shout would be enough for the manager to fire her.

"What's so loud? That's because you don't know..." Glancing at the manager who was already walking towards here, Zhou Jialing shrank her neck and said in a low voice, "Did you know that Xue Junchen would not participate in the food emperor's competition?" , Hand over the title of emperor to others." This is simply explosive news in the culinary world.

In the culinary world of China, there will be a competition for the title of Culinary Emperor every five years.This can be regarded as the highest-level competition in the culinary world. Every year at this time, tens of thousands of people come to sign up.Usually, a knockout match is carried out until the final winner is selected, and then competes with the previous food emperor to determine the final result.If the last food emperor cannot participate for some reason, his qualification will be automatically disqualified, and the final winner will directly defend the title.

The previous food emperor, Xue Junchen, won the title 5 years ago at the age of 20. He is the youngest winner in history. His culinary talent is known as a rare talent in 50 years.Not only is he good at Chinese cuisine, but he is also good at Western cuisine.No one who has eaten the dishes he cooked has an aftertaste.Some people even said that in the whole world, there will never be more than 5 people who can compare Xue Junchen's cooking skills.In the culinary world, he can be said to be a genius among geniuses.

"It's just a chef, so I insist on talking like an emperor." Shen Lianlian shook her head and said.She didn't know anything about the food emperor's competition, but because of Jialing's attention these days, she also knew a little bit.In her opinion, Jialing seemed to care more about Xue Junchen than the title of Food Emperor.

"What kind of chef? Not only is Xue Junchen's culinary skills superb, but he is also the heir of the Xue Group. The hotel chains under the group alone are all over Asia." Zhou Jialing said with a look of fascination, "And it is said that he is handsome, There is no woman who has seen him who does not bow down under his suit pants." He is simply the perfect candidate, if he can let her see him, even if it can save her a few years of life.

Shen Lianlian frowned slightly, "Miss, you seem to be exaggerating."

"It's almost the same. In short, people who have met him say that he is good-looking."

"Really?" Shen Lianlian glanced suspiciously at the newspaper in Zhou Jialing's hand. The blurred head photo was covered with mosaics. It was really hard to imagine how good-looking such a person would be. "Are there any photos of him without mosaics?" she asked, pointing to the newspaper.

"Yes, there is a newspaper from three years ago, but that newspaper has become out of print." Zhou Jialing said with emotion.

"Three years ago? Out of print?"

"That's right, because Xue Junchen hated letting his own photos flow into the market, all photos that were to be printed in publications had to be mosaiced on the facial features. At that time, there was only one newspaper that directly printed unprocessed photos on newspapers. As a result, in less than a month, that newspaper declared bankruptcy, and the newspaper that was published at that time was also recalled by Xue in large quantities." It was also after this battle that other newspapers and magazines dared not do anything more. People want to make things difficult for themselves.

This... is too exaggerated.

"I really can't figure it out. How could Xue Junchen not participate in the Food Competition for no reason? If he is willing to participate, he will definitely be the King of Food this year." Zhou Jialing scratched her head and closed the newspaper, her tone full of infinity. Regretted, "Well, if I bought the newspaper from three years ago, I can see how beautiful Xue Junchen is." Extremely regretful, when she wanted to buy it afterwards, the market All the newspapers still in circulation on the Internet have been recycled by Xue.

Shen Lianlian smiled, and the face of the man who came to eat the set menu on time every day could not help appearing in his mind.I don't know, compared with Xue Junchen, whose appearance will be better?

"Crack! Crack!" The sound of firecrackers nearby temporarily stopped the conversation between the two.

"What's going on?" Zhou Jialing and Shen Lianlian looked at each other.At the beach, few people would set off firecrackers early in the morning, not to mention that it is not the New Year's season, so there is no reason to hear the sound of firecrackers.

"I think I'll go out and take a look." Shen Lianlian moved a bit, and just about to walk out of the store, she saw Aunt Li's chubby body rolling into the store from the kitchen.

"It's not good, there's a new fast food restaurant next door."

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