Zhou Chen smiled and said: "Didn't I say that I am still very interested in beauties? Of course, this is only part of the reason. There is also the fact that Lu Meilin has used my name for a long time. Although it has caused no loss to me,
But I am not a clay figure, and I will have a temper if I am used like this."
His words caused Li Li's expression to change, but she quickly adjusted it.
"clear."
Putting away the IOU from Zhou Chen, she said, "I'll have the money sent to you."
"There is no need for the money. Just think of it as being deposited in Zhizhenyuan's account. I can use the money to pay for meals in the future."
Li Li said: "Even without this, Mr. Zhou only needs to go to Zhizhen Garden without spending a penny."
Zhou Chen said with a smile: "I don't like to regard politeness as blessing. It's natural to spend money on food, so you don't have to be so polite to me."
Li Li nodded silently and said, "Okay, just listen to Mr. Zhou."
After talking about the business, she looked around Zhou Chen's study, and suddenly her eyes fell on several paintings hanging nearby.
"Did you draw all of these?"
Zhou Chen followed her gaze and replied: "Only one painting was painted by me carefully, and the rest were painted casually."
Li Li stood up and walked over, looked between several paintings for a moment, pointed to the only figure painting among them, and said, "It should be this one, right?"
Zhou Chen nodded and said: "Yes, that's it."
Li Li stared at the painting for a long time and suddenly asked: "Is this based on a real person?"
Zhou Chen said: "The person in the portrait does not belong to this world, she only exists in my memory."
The person in this painting is none other than his wife from the previous world, Wang Ying. He painted her based on his own memory.
They have been together for more than 20 years, and he is extremely familiar with Wang Ying. The Wang Ying he drew with great care is absolutely lifelike and very real.
Li Li looked at the woman in the portrait and found it strange that Zhou Chen could paint a non-existent woman so well, even better than the painting Zhou Chen gave her.
"It's so beautiful."
"Yes, she is indeed beautiful."
Time can slowly erase people's memories, but Zhou Chen's mental power has long exceeded the limits of ordinary people, so his memory is also very good. He will never forget those people in his memory.
Near noon, Zhou Chen invited Li Li to stay and have lunch with him, but Li Li refused because he was busy at the hotel.
The power outage incident in Zhizhenyuan was just the first warning and threat given to Li Li by the landlady of Huanghe Road headed by Lu Meilin. However, it was obvious that Li Li was not easy to bully and had no intention of compromising, so Lu Meilin and others
The landlady is about to start the second step of the plan.
The first step was to cut off the power, and the second step was to run out of supplies. They went directly to Guling Road and used money or threats to stop everyone on Guling Road from providing seafood to Zhizhen Garden.
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Zhou Chen came to Guichengxuan for dinner today. As the popularity of the venture capital fair slowly waned, Guichengxuan's business was no longer as popular as it was at the beginning.
Even though it is not as good as before, because the foundation has been laid, and with Zhou Chen's relationship, Guichengxuan's business is still very good. At least a few private rooms are not empty, and the lobby is constantly filled with customers.
The restaurant with the best business on Jinxian Road is even better than most restaurants on Huanghe Road.
For Huang Degui, who doesn't have much ambition, he is already satisfied. He is full of energy every day and his life is getting better and better.
After lunch, Zhou Chen stayed in the hotel and chatted with his uncle for a long time. When he was about to leave, he met Tao Tao who was delivering goods.
"Mr. Zhou, I see you again, you smoke."
Tao Tao was very enthusiastic and immediately offered Zhou Chen some smoke, but Zhou Chen pushed him back.
"I've quit smoking. I won't smoke anymore."
"It's better not to smoke. It's better not to smoke. Cigarettes are not a good thing in the first place."
Tao Taocan smiled and put away the cigarette. If Zhou Chen didn't smoke, he would naturally not smoke in front of Zhou Chen.
After chatting with Zhou Chen for a few words, he suddenly said cautiously: "Mr. Zhou, did you know that the proprietresses on the Yellow River Road seem to have united and are preparing to attack Zhizhen Garden."
"Yeah?"
"Of course, they have already told all the aquatic products and seafood shops on Guling Road that they are not allowed to supply seafood to Zhizhen Garden for the next period of time. Even our family has been told. Mr. Zhou, what do you think?
In my opinion, these people have gone too far. So many people are bullying someone who comes to open a restaurant from out of town. It is really too bullying."
Tao Tao's face was filled with righteous indignation. Zhou Chen knew who he was. He was an authentic compassionate person. He couldn't bear to see Lu Meilin and the others bullying Li Li, but he didn't dare to help. In other words, he was just venting his anger.
So he smiled and said: "If Mr. Tao really can't stand it, you can help Zhizhenyuan in private."
Tao Tao suddenly laughed dryly. He would not dare to offend Lu Meilin and her gang of proprietresses for Zhizhenyuan, unless he no longer wanted to do business on Huanghe Road.
"Mr. Zhou is joking. I don't have that much ability. If it were you, Mr. Zhou, you would be fine."
Zhou Chen just smiled. Based on the situation, it seemed that most of the people on the Yellow River Road knew that Lu Meilin and the others were going to deal with Li Li of Zhizhenyuan.
Although Zhizhenyuan has become popular during this period, and Li Li has made many friends, to be honest, there are not many people who can really support her, otherwise someone would have warned her long ago.
Now it is estimated that most people are sitting and waiting to see Li Li, Lu Meilin and their gang of boss ladies fighting each other, waiting to watch the fun.
Chapter completed!