Xiao Yuxuan touched the back of his head and smiled.

"Let's go, it's so late, and we must be hungry. Now go over to eat, and let's chat while eating!" Liu Peng touched his belly and looked around: "This way, Teacher Ma, you and Teacher Fang can take my car.

Come on, it’s been a hard day today, let’s have a few more drinks later.”

"Director Liu is so polite. We are just playing along. The hardest worker today is classmate Yu Xuan. I will have a few more drinks with classmate Yu Xuan later, haha." Ma Kang replied with a smile.

"It's all hard... It's all hard..." Liu Peng said to Xiao Yuxuan again: "Yuxuan, just take your master's car!"

Xiao Yuxuan nodded: "Okay."

"An Zhen, even though it's a bit late today, don't refuse. How about having a casual dinner together?"

"Teacher Liu, to tell you the truth, I really don't want to refuse. Even if you don't let me go, I will follow." Yu Anzhen made a small joke.

At this time, Xiao Yuxuan noticed Yu Anzhen and looked at her a few times: Hey, this woman looks familiar, seems she has seen her somewhere?

"Okay, let's pack up and let's go there! I'll lead the way, and you can just follow me in the car. It's not far from the unit."

…

The place where Liu Peng treated guests to dinner was a small restaurant. It was in an inconspicuous small alley surrounded by a row of two-story buildings not far from the Magic City TV station. It was about a fifteen-minute drive from the Magic City TV station.

Although the alley is inconspicuous, it makes sense in this bustling city where land is at a premium.

The alley has carried the years and has a rather heavy feel. Many of the outer walls made of blue bricks and stones have peeled off, and the paths paved with bluestones are also full of potholes. Under the dim street lights, being in it feels like returning to the old times.

The small restaurant is located deep in the alley. Compared with other houses nearby, it is almost the same, except for a simple plaque hung on the quaint wooden door, which reads "Chu Ji Restaurant" in large gilt characters.

Only the gourmets who know the inside story know that this is a private restaurant, which specializes in local cuisine from Shanghai. The owner's surname is Chu, and the craftsmanship is inherited from his family.

Only when you enter inside can you find that there is something special. The layout of the restaurant is a typical small courtyard in the south of the Yangtze River. It can't be seen clearly under the cover of night. You can still tell from the light coming through that this is a rockery and that is water, and the green and black ones are bamboos.

, the most fragrant is wintersweet, if it is daytime, there should be a different scene...

Under the guidance of a waiter wearing a cheongsam, everyone walked into a private room on the second floor. Liu Peng greeted several people to sit down, and the waiter served tea and several small plates of dried fruits and pastries in an orderly manner.

The waiter in cheongsam folded his hands and placed them on his lower abdomen. He smiled and asked Liu Peng softly: "Hello, is this your first time coming to our Chuji Restaurant?"

"No, I've been here a few times."

Qipao asked again: "Should the food be served now or later?"

“Let’s start serving food now!”

The cheongsam bowed slightly and saluted, said "Okay, please wait a moment" and then left.

Liu Peng picked up the teapot and planned to add water to a few people. As soon as he stood up, Yu Anzhen's assistant Ye Fei also stood up: "Director Liu, you sit down, I will do it..."

Liu Peng stretched out his hand to stop Ye Fei and refused: "I'll come...I'll come...You sit down, today's visitor is a guest."

At this time, Xiao Yuxuan also stood up and went over, "Teacher Liu, you all sit down, I'll do it."

"Why are you joining in the fun? If you don't want to sit down, just sit down..."

"Teacher Liu, I'm not being polite to you. These are elders and seniors. I'm the most suitable person to do these things. Otherwise, I wouldn't feel at ease just sitting there, right?"

"Okay, come on...hehe...you..." Hearing this, Liu Peng reached out and tapped Xiao Yuxuan, and gave up the teapot to Xiao Yuxuan without insisting.

Xiao Yuxuan started from the host Liu Peng and refilled water for others one by one.

"Let me introduce you formally. This is Xiao Yuxuan, whom you all already know. He is now a graduate student at the Shanghai Music Conservatory of Music. His tutor is my old classmate, Mr. Zhou Xianjun."

Liu Peng introduced Xiao Yuxuan wherever the tea was served. Zhou Xianjun naturally did not need an introduction. When it was Ma Kang and Fang Fuyun's turn, they naturally exchanged compliments and modest greetings.

"...Yu Xuan, this is the well-known Yu Anzhen. You must know her, right?"

It turned out to be Yu Anzhen, no wonder she looked so familiar just now.

"Hello, Miss Yu! I finally saw a living person this time..." Xiao Yuxuan said subconsciously.

What are you talking about!

Everyone, including Yu Anzhen, muttered secretly when they heard the words, but they couldn't remind them directly.

Xiao Yuxuan realized that he had made a mistake, and immediately explained: "I have a sister, she is a crazy fan of yours, her room is full of posters of you, this time I can see you in person... Anyway, I am very happy to see you.

.....”

Brainless fan? This is the first time someone said that.

Yu Anzhen smiled and asked without any surprise: "Idiot fan? What do you mean?"

"I just like you because I am crazy... No... I like you to the point where I am crazy. Well, I like you so much that my brain is lame..."

Seeing Xiao Yuxuan's serious expression on his face as he explained, Zhou Xianjun had the urge to cover his face: I'm afraid you are a little lame in your head?

Xiao Yuxuan couldn't help but curse secretly: Can you stop being a monster? Can't you be normal?

It's just that he didn't think deeply - would a normal person become a monster and commit suicide?

Yu Anzhen didn't take it seriously: "Haha, I also studied at the Magic Conservatory of Music, and Teacher Zhou also taught me. Speaking of which, you should call me 'senior sister'. It seems that our school has another talented person.

"

Xiao Yuxuan still couldn't hold it back, and said something that made Zhou Xianjun want to facepalm: "Sister, can you sign your autograph?"

The round of introductions and Xiao Yuxuan's little joke can only be regarded as the opening episode of this dinner.

However, the four people who met Xiao Yuxuan for the first time, including Liu Peng and Zhou Xianjun, gained another layer of understanding of Xiao Yuxuan through this episode - he was a somewhat contradictory person.

You could say that he is a talented person, but he doesn’t have the appearance of a talented person at all. He is a graduate student, but looking at his clothes, he seems immature and even a bit “unfashionable”. You could say that he understands the world and is polite, but sometimes

He spoke without seeming to have thought through his mind...

Is this what is called: I don’t understand the world of talented people?

Xiao Yuxuan's request for an autograph made several people joke, and Yu Anzhen readily agreed.

"...I asked for it for my sister. If she knows that I saw a real person but didn't ask for an autograph, she will definitely deal with me later..." Xiao Yuxuan explained feebly.

There was another burst of joking banter, and the atmosphere gradually became lively.

"Speaking of which, this store is quite interesting... How should I put it... It only serves dinner every day. There are 20 large and small private rooms in the whole store, so the boss can entertain up to 20 tables of guests every day...

What’s even more interesting is: without a recipe, guests can’t order by themselves…”

At this point, Liu Peng took a sip of water, held the cup and continued to introduce:

"A very famous dish here is roast duck. This signature dish must be served on every table. In addition to this roast duck, the boss will make it according to the number of diners and the available ingredients... To put it bluntly, except for the roast duck, everything else is

What the boss does, the guests eat..."

Ma Kang himself is a "talkative" person, and he is familiar with him personally, so he would say a few words from time to time like a "praise".

When Liu Peng finished speaking, Zhou Xianjun saw that no one said anything, so he caught the words and said:

"This store is quite interesting, but what you are doing today is one of a kind, and you have met a more interesting boss..."

Zhou Xianjun glanced at Xiao Yuxuan quite deliberately, paused, picked up the tea cup and continued:

"This boss took over a coffee shop, which serves ordinary drinks and coffee. The rule of this shop is that customers can do everything themselves. Speaking of which, this is not a novelty... mainly in the checkout area...

....The customer can give money or not, or how much he or she wants. It all depends on the customer's mood. Moreover, the boss has also set a rule: there is no change service... This is the first time I have heard of this.

Right? Isn’t it interesting?”

“Isn’t it going to be a huge loss to open a store like this?”

"Hmm...according to the boss, it is losing money every day, every month, but it seems to have been almost the same recently."

"Then what does this boss want?"

Zhou Xianjun pretended to be confused: "Yes! I couldn't understand this question, so I asked the boss: 'What are you planning?' The boss said to me: 'I just feel like I can get involved in fireworks every day.

OK!'"

Yu Anzhen also asked: "Teacher Zhou, you just said that we all know the boss, but I can't think of someone I know who opened such a store. Who is the boss?"

"Here...that's the one..."

Xiao Yuxuan?!

It seems that he has another level of understanding of Xiao Yuxuan.

Xiao Yuxuan, who suddenly became the focus of everyone's attention, felt very uncomfortable and hurriedly picked up the cup and took a big sip to cover it up.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

"Please come in!" Liu Peng said to the door.

The door was pushed open, and a cheongsam man walked in carrying a plate, followed by a man dressed as a chef.

"This roast duck is our signature dish. It is roasted using a hanging oven and burning fruit wood over an open fire. The roast duck just out of the oven is plump and plump, with a uniform maroon color all over the body, shiny and moist, and filled with the fragrance of fruit wood."

The chef began to process the whole roast duck, slicing it evenly and placing it on the plate. The thin slices cut from different parts were placed together. While the chef was busy, Qipao also cooperated with the introduction:

"The uniqueness of this roast duck is reflected in four ways to eat a duck: first, the duck meat part; second, the duck fat will be made into egg custard; third, the fatter part will be cut into shreds and returned to the oven to make shredded duck and cook with vegetables;

The fourth is the duck skeleton, which is added with winter melon and cabbage to make duck bone soup."

"Different parts of duck meat have different tastes. The skin is crispy, the meat is fresh and tender, fat but not greasy, lean but not fat. According to personal preference, you can mix it with cucumber shreds, green onion shreds, noodle sauce, garlic paste, and then use lotus leaf pancakes

Roll it up and eat it directly."
To be continued...