Chengdu is known as the largest city in the Southwest and the most prosperous place in the three southwest provinces, but to be honest, in terms of modernization, it is not even as good as those coastal open cities in the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta.
Let’s give a very simple example.
For example, luxury goods stores, which represent the affluence of a city, have almost no counters in Chengdu.
No LV, no Hermès, no Patek Philippe, no Rolls-Royce...
Although these luxury goods are not necessarily good, they also represent the identification of those international top brands with your city, Chengdu.
They have not opened a specialty store or brand flagship store in Chengdu, which shows that they believe that the overall consumption level and affluence of Chengdu cannot support their entire brand culture.
Of course, Xiao Qi wishes that luxury stores like them would not enter China.
Because Xiao Qi really can’t tell the difference between an 800,000-yuan Hermès bag and ordinary domestic products, let alone think that Patek Philippe is any better than Seagull watches. These luxury goods are still used to make money from European, American, Japanese and Korean citizens.
good.
However, Xiao Qi was somewhat critical of other things that were not available in Chengdu.
For example, the two famous buffet chain kings in China - Golden Leopard and Sihai Yijia - have no branches in Chengdu. The buffet restaurants in some high-end five-star hotels are not very good, at least in Xiao Qi's opinion.
It is very different from high-end buffet restaurants in the world.
It wasn't that Xiao Qi was being pretentious and concerned about the buffet industry in Chengdu, but two days ago Lu Qin wanted to give his sister a New Year gift, but Lu Qiaoyin said she wanted to have a buffet.
Lu Qiaoyin grew up in an orphanage and had no knowledge of the outside world.
After she was kidnapped and trafficked, she often traveled to bustling areas of various big cities. She saw many markets, especially the buffet restaurant on the first floor of a Shangri-La Hotel in the East, which left a very deep impression on her.
Recalling how her mouth watered when she saw the hundreds of colorful ingredients there, Lu Qiaoyin made this request.
She knew that her sister really loved her, otherwise she would not have made such a request, which she considered to be a very extravagant request, given her well-behaved and observant abilities developed over the years.
Of course Lu Qin doesn't care what Lu Qiaoyin wants. Anyway, if she can't do it, that villain can always do it, not to mention it's just a buffet.
However, as a naturally silly and dashing girl who is only interested in martial arts, she has never eaten at this kind of buffet, and she doesn’t know where the best buffets are in Chengdu, so she still leaves this task to her apprentice husband.
Xiao Qi came to make arrangements.
Xiao Qi made many choices, and finally chose the Shangri-La Hotel.
Coincidentally, there is also a Shangri-La Hotel in Chengdu, and it is just opposite Lao Ba Road. Lan Kwai Fong, which is known as Chengcheng, is separated by a river surrounding the city. You can see it from any corner of Lao Ba Road when you look up.
The Shangri-La Hotel has two buildings.
It is also a coincidence that since its trial operation in the second half of 2007, the Shangri-La Hotel officially started operations last month, that is, in December.
No matter which country it is in, a restaurant that has just opened always needs more energy. I think Shangri-La's buffet at this time can be above the standard, at least the ingredients must be fresh and diverse.
When eating in an international-class hotel, you can be a little more assured about hygiene. However, before coming here, Xiao Qi warned Lu Qiaoyin not to eat too much, so as not to eat too many different ingredients and ruin her stomach.
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The little girl was very well-behaved. She hugged Xiao Qi's neck and nodded repeatedly, with a constant smile on her face.
In fact, the one she clings to the most is Lu Qin. However, the beautiful sister is usually dull and doesn't have many expressions. Although Lu Qiaoyin knows that her sister loves her very much, she is afraid of making her sister unhappy, so she can only cling to Xiao Qi.
But her temperament is much better now than before.
Not to mention anything else, because she could keep up with her nutrition, Su Zi and Yu Yunxiu often came over to help her dress up. While Xiao Nizi's face became plump, her clothes also had a strong urban girl air.
In Xiao Qi's opinion, she is okay like this, delicate yet cute. If it were Huo Zhuzhu and Yang Na who dressed her up, maybe ten years later she would be a petty bourgeoisie beauty again!
Xiao Qi hugged Lu Qiaoyin and walked in front with Lu Qin. Several bodyguards followed slowly about ten meters behind.
It's not that they take it lightly, in fact, where Lu Qin is there, they basically don't need them, because hundreds of bodyguards are just a dish against Lu Qin.
From Lao Ba Road to Shangri-La Hotel, it only takes 10 minutes to cross the bridge across the moat.
The waiter in charge of selling tickets saw such a large group of people coming over, and Xiao Qi and Lu Qin were obviously the centerpieces. Knowing that they must be children of wealthy families, he felt a sense of envy in his heart.
The Shangri-La Hotel has never been cheap, and the buffet is RMB 262, which is very expensive in Chengdu. However, what people in Chengdu love most is eating, drinking and having fun, so at 6:30 in the evening, there were still almost 80% of the guests.
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There are couples who come to eat together, families of three who come to eat, and friends who come to have a party, but generally speaking, the majority are young people.
Xiao Qi, Lu Qin, and Lu Qiaoyin were all young people with outstanding looks, so they attracted a lot of attention as soon as they came in.
If the bodyguards hadn't dispersed as soon as they came in, I'd probably have had people's eyes on me all the time.
After choosing a seat by the window and sitting down, Lu Qiaoyin immediately said playfully: "Brother Qi, sister, I'm going to get you food, what do you want?"
"Whatever." Lu Qin said calmly.
"Just bring some meat and vegetables for your sister. No need for drinks or pastries." Xiao Qi said in more detail, "I'll just order some Brazilian barbecue."
"good!"
Lu Qiaoyin ran away with a smile.
She had never eaten at a buffet before, but she had seen it many times while lying in front of the window. She seemed to have taken the plate under the food table and started her journey to pick up the food.
It was the first time that the little girl looked at the dazzling buffet at such a close distance. She was dazzled for a moment. Looking at this, she wanted to take that. After seeing that, she found other things she liked, and unknowingly she gave them to Xiao Qi.
He and Lu Qin presented five large plates of food.
Lu Qin didn't like eating greasy food, but seeing how excited Lu Qiaoyin was, she ate it at her usual speed.
Xiao Qi was chatting with Lu Qin while eating. As usual, he was basically talking and Lu Qin was listening.
"Ouch~~"
"ah……"
Suddenly, the two heard two little girl's exclamations.
Hearing the familiar voice, Xiao Qi and Lu Qin looked up and saw Lu Qiaoyin and a little girl sitting on the ground in front of a circular platform five meters away. The little girl, who was about the same age as her, was wearing beautiful clothes.
There are still a few pieces of salmon left and there are two big lumps of oil stains.
Lu Qiaoyin wasn't much better either. Her snow-white down jacket was also covered with various oil stains and water stains. On the ground beside them, two plates had been broken to pieces, and food was scattered everywhere.
"Ah, what did you do?" Lu Qin had just stood up when a woman in her thirties ran over. After pulling the little girl up, she first checked whether her daughter was injured and then glared angrily.
Lu Qiaoyin looked annoyed.
Although Lu Qiaoyin is a bit timid, she has seen a lot of markets, and she has seen a lot of them coldly, so she is not afraid of her.
"Auntie, I... it's not my fault!" Lu Qiaoyin quickly defended: "I was getting something and turned around. This little sister ran over and bumped into me..."
"You still dare to quibble? In such a big place, don't you know how to get out of the way?" The woman is quite beautiful, but she is a bit sarcastic when she gets angry.
"Mom, it's none of her business. I didn't look at the road..." The little girl tugged on her clothes at this time.
"Don't worry! I have to ask how her family taught her that she dared to talk back?" The woman glared at her daughter and stopped her from talking.
At this time, Lu Qin had already walked over and stood next to Lu Qiaoyin.
Although this woman is very beautiful, she pales in comparison to Lu Qin. Whether it is height, appearance, figure, or temperament, she completely loses her shine next to Lu Qin.
Jealousy flashed past, and the woman looked at Lu Qin hard: "This is your family? How do you discipline them on a daily basis? You bump into someone and you still don't say sorry, are you still making excuses?"
Lu Qin didn't answer, lowered her head and asked Lu Qiaoyin: "How is it?"
"It's nothing, sister, I'm sorry!" Lu Qiaoyin whispered, "But I didn't mean it. As soon as I turned around, my little sister bumped into me."
"Hmm~~"
Lu Qin patted her little head, led her and walked aside.
The woman was stunned. This was the first time she saw someone who completely ignored her, and other than looking at her, they didn't even turn their eyes towards her.
Just when she was about to get angry, Xiao Qi, who came out to clean up the mess, stood up again: "Sister, I think there is surveillance here. How about we call out and take a look, whose fault is it? My baby is also very worried.
Jingui, if there is any problem, I need to hold you accountable."
The woman is grumpy and stingy, but she is not stupid. My daughter just told me what was going on, and she was just being playful.
When she heard that Xiao Qi wanted to be serious, she immediately softened and snorted: "I don't care about low-level people like you!"
With that said, she took her daughter and left.
Xiao Qi shrugged helplessly and turned back to his seat.
When he returned to his seat, he happened to hear Lu Qin educating Lu Qiaoyin, "When you meet such an rude person in the future, go up and slap her! Practice martial arts with me for a year, and you will no longer have to be afraid of ordinary adults.
Got it!"
Xiao Qi was so frightened that he couldn't laugh or cry, "Qin'er, she is a little girl, do you want to teach her to be so violent?"
"It's obviously the other person's fault when you're being bullied, so why do you have to endure it?" Zirandai is indeed well-deserved, "If I hadn't seen that she was a woman, I would have slapped her myself!"
Xiao Qi felt a chill in his heart, thinking that if my wife took action, she would be slapped seven or eight meters away. Whether she can save her face or not is a question!
Lu Qiaoyin was not as violent as she was. She gently tugged on Lu Qin's clothes: "Sister, it's not good to hit people~~ I don't want you to be caught by the police! I will be more careful to protect myself in the future, don't worry
alright!"
Lu Qin moved her mouth, obviously feeling that Lu Qiaoyin's aura was too weak, but Xiao Qi quickly held her little hand, making his natural wife blush, and he also suspended the idea of continuing to educate Lu Qiaoyin.
Xiao Qi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "Qiaoyin, your idea just now is very good. Although we are not afraid of trouble, life is about taking a step back to open up the world. There is no need to fight with others all day long. Look at that aunt just now, I guarantee that she will live another life
You age very quickly no matter how old you are! Only people with a cheerful mind will live younger and younger."
"Giggle~~"
Lu Qiaoyin laughed.
She was still young and didn't know the profound meaning of Xiao Qi's words.
Xiao Qi was actually trying to persuade her.
Because Lu Qiaoyin is Lu Qin's younger sister, she is a member of the Xiao family, and she basically lives a life of wealth and glory. If she develops the habit of being coquettish since she was a child, that would not be good.
Although Lu Qin was born with a somewhat straight personality, she was actually very smart. She could understand things that Lu Qiaoyin couldn't understand.
"My sister will not bully others!" Lu Qin broke away from Xiao Qi's hand and said to the young man firmly: "Don't think that I don't know anything. In this world, unless you are better than others, you will
She will be bullied! I just want her not to be bullied!"
"She wants to practice martial arts with you. Even if she only has one-tenth of your skills, will she be afraid of being bullied by others in the future?" Xiao Qi said with a bitter smile.
"Well, it's okay to practice martial arts." Lu Qin nodded seriously, "If she encounters a man like you in the future, I will teach her how to kick him away!"
"Uh..." Xiao Qi felt like he was breaking into a cold sweat.
"Sister, Brother Qi is very good, why do I have to kick him away?" Lu Qiaoyin raised her pink face and asked in confusion.
"You don't need to understand now." Lu Qinjiao blushed and changed the subject: "You know what to do next time, right?"
Lu Qiaoyin hesitated for a moment and said: "I am still the same as now. If it is not my fault, I will explain it. If I am wrong, I will apologize."
Xiao Qi laughed when he heard this.
Lu Qin, however, rolled her eyes at the two of them angrily and continued to eat.
Lu Qiaoyin spat out her sweet tongue at Xiao Qi, made a victory gesture, and ate the food on the plate with a smile.
Seeing their cute looks, one big and one small, the young man felt warm in his heart.
This is the faint happiness in life! (To be continued...)