Hong Kong: Rise of the Kings

Poor parents.

Du Yongxiao didn't expect his mother Li Cuilian to suddenly arrange a blind date for him.

He originally refused, but he couldn't resist Li Cuilian's Tang Monk-like nagging. Finally, his father Du Dapao stepped in and said to Du Yongxiao: "Just please your mother first! As for blind dates, just treat it as meeting another girl. If you don't like her, don't contact her in the future. Go drink tea and coffee, which can also be regarded as fulfilling your mother's wish, so that she won't keep nagging here, and you and I will suffer together."

Since his father said so, Du Yongxiao, who claimed to be a filial son, had to follow his mother's arrangement and agreed to meet the girl on Saturday. He made up his mind to leave after meeting once and say that they were not suitable for each other.

His mother Li Cuilian seemed to be on guard against this move of her son. She even came to supervise in person, saying that she also wanted to see what the girl looked like and whether she was suitable for him.

Helpless, Du Yongxiao had to shrug: "With you here, this blind date must be very lively."

…

Saturday, three o'clock in the afternoon,

Causeway Bay---

"Beatles" music bar and restaurant.

In fact, although Causeway Bay is not as prosperous as it is in later generations, this Hard Rock Bar and Restaurant still makes Du Yongxiao wonder if he has come to the wrong place.

Because from the outside, this is just a log-style wooden house. If it weren't for the English sign, Du Yongxiao, who has seen too many wooden houses in Hong Kong, almost thought it was a wooden house built by the poor.

Accompanied by his mother Li Cuilian, Du Yongxiao stepped into this so-called music bar and restaurant by himself. When he entered the door, he found that there was indeed a different world inside.

In the living room, there are various decorations, including old-fashioned shotguns with the trigger removed, Indian headdresses, American popular movie posters, etc. A white woman in cowboy clothes and a cowboy hat is playing guitar and singing American folk songs on the stage in the corner of the room.

The unique smell of wood made Du Yongxiao take a deep breath unconsciously.

In an instant, Du Yongxiao felt as if he had stepped into the American West from the bustling Hong Kong.

This place was chosen by the girl. It seemed that the girl had good taste, at least her personality was wild and uninhibited.

Du Yongxiao even had an image of a western girl wearing a cowboy hat, a denim jacket, and a Mexican carved belt around her waist.

Du Yongxiao was very satisfied with this place, but his mother Li Cuilian looked around and pouted.

Obviously, as a traditional woman, she didn't like this kind of foreign place. She even thought that milk tea shops and egg tart shops were better than this place.

The bar owner was a foreigner. When he saw Du Yongxiao and Li Cuilian coming in arm in arm, he was stunned for a moment, then saw Li Cuilian wearing jewels and Du Yongxiao was handsome and extraordinary, and immediately imagined that the little white face was eating soft rice and hanging out with rich women.

It was not until Du Yongxiao ordered coffee in English that he came to his senses and invited Du Yongxiao and the others to sit down by the window not far away. He glanced at Du Yongxiao with an ambiguous look, which meant that there were so many good things for young people to do, but they chose to live off their wives.

Du Yongxiao didn't know this. He and his mother had just sat down and hadn't had their coffee when his mother Li Cuilian began to criticize the girl she hadn't met yet, saying, "Look, the place she chose has so many foreigners. Maybe she is also the type who worships foreigners and fawns on foreigners. Also, the coffee here is so expensive, 30 yuan a cup. It doesn't look like she is the kind of person who manages the family well."

Du Yongxiao smiled: "So you mean we don't need to go on a blind date, let's go?"

"Go!" Li Cuilian scolded, "Don't think I don't know what you are thinking. You want to quit before you even meet the girl. I initiated this blind date today. At least I can meet the girl once. Maybe a miracle will happen."

"Miracle? What miracle?" Du Yongxiao didn't think so.

"Stop being lazy. I'm here for you to go on a blind date, not to fight in the battlefield. Don't bring shame to our Du family." Li Cuilian couldn't stand her son's expression of not paying attention to the matter.

"No, I'm only 25 years old. Are you so anxious to have a grandson?"

"It's not just me who's anxious. Everyone is anxious! If people knew that our Du Group still has no successor, there might be internal strife in the future. Also, you have to appear in some large-scale activities all the time. If you don't have a wife to help you take care of those officials' wives, you will be exhausted."

Li Cuilian said earnestly.

"Anyway, you should behave better for me later. Whether I can have a grandson next year depends on today."

Du Yongxiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "What if a little girl comes?"

"Impossible!" Li Cuilian said firmly, "She is from the Bordered Blue Banner Guaerjia clan, a genuine royal relative!"

Du Yongxiao sneered: "The Qing Dynasty has been over for many years, and there is still the Bordered Blue Banner? Guaerjia clan? Mom, don't be too superstitious, okay?"

"You know shit! I won't tell you!" Li Cuilian felt that Du Yongxiao was very disappointing. She at least found him a girl with good bloodline, but he still disliked her.

"If you don't tell me, who can you tell? What time is it now? Why hasn't that girl come yet? Just because she is not punctual, let alone the Bordered Blue Banner Guaerjia clan, even if she is the beloved daughter of Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, I don't care."

...

Just when Du Yongxiao and his mother Li Cuilian were bickering, a girl got off a small sports car.

She was wearing a denim jacket, a cowboy hat, and a red scarf around her neck. She was dressed in denim attire from head to toe, with a slim waist and a perky butt, and a first-rate figure.

After getting out of the car, she pushed her cowboy hat up with her fingers, revealing a pretty round face that could be broken by a ball. Her eyes were big and bright, and her eyelashes were long and slender, and she looked like a porcelain doll. Doll, extremely beautiful.

puff!

She blew out a bubble gum, locked the car, turned to look at the bar, and muttered: "It's true that my parents arrange blind dates for me. If people don't like it, they force me to come over, or they will take away my car." The little cutie didn’t take it away! Don’t they know how difficult it is for me to lose my car?”

"Hey, forget it! Just go in and say a few words!" The girl made up her mind and ran away.

She learned from her parents that the other party was from a nouveau riche family. When she thought of the nouveau riche, the girl's mind immediately pictured fish sellers in the fish market, vegetables in the vegetable market, and fruit sellers in the fruit bar!

These days, many nouveau riche are engaged in these three businesses because they make a lot of money.

"I wonder if the other person smells fishy later? I'm wearing Chanel perfume, so don't make me smell fishy..."

The girl muttered and walked towards the bar.

The girl is only sixteen years old this year, actually seventeen years old. She is still a junior high school student, but she no longer likes going to school.

Her parents are big stars, the family is rich, and she is super beautiful. Her parents dote on her so much that they don't care if she doesn't study hard.

However, the girl is now in her rebellious stage and likes to hang out with some random boys on the street. Her parents are afraid that she will suffer a loss, so they think of introducing her to a boyfriend. I feel that knowing the basics will at least keep her tied and prevent her from being alone. The girl's family was messing around outside.

The girl blew bubble gum and entered the bar. In an instant, the men in the bar were shocked by her charming appearance. Their eyes widened and they looked at her and said to themselves that this girl is so beautiful and cute, with fair skin and a polished pink face - —

The girl seemed to see so many stunning looks and didn't care. Instead, she looked up to look for the man she had a blind date with today.

Soon, her eyes locked on a four-eyed boy sitting alone at the table.

The four-eyed boy was obviously waiting for someone. He was dressed very greasyly, with a middle parted hair, gold-rimmed glasses, and a large, loose suit. He was looking at the girl and swallowing heavily.

The girl immediately felt nauseated and felt that the other party was very vulgar.

But since this is the blind date chosen by my parents, I have to endure it no matter how vulgar it is.

Thinking of this, the girl chewed bubble gum and walked straight towards the four-eyed boy.

The four-eyed boy couldn't believe that the goddess actually walked towards him. He stood up excitedly and looked at the girl standing in front of him.

"Are you Du Yongxiao?" The girl raised her head proudly and went straight to the point, "Sorry, you are not my type! If you and I don't call each other, you go back and tell your family that our blind date failed!"

"Huh?" The four-eyed boy looked confused.

"That's it, I'm leaving!" The girl turned around and left without giving the four-eyed boy a chance to speak.

At this time——

"Sorry about that young lady, I am Du Yongxiao."

Du Yongxiao didn't want to stand up, but his mother kept kicking him under the table.

The most important thing is that my mother has fallen in love with this girl. She is so beautiful, like an enamel doll, so cute. A girl like this would be a good daughter-in-law.

As for the place the girl chose, and whether she knows how to be diligent and thrifty about housekeeping, these are no longer important.

The girl was secretly rejoicing that the blind date failed and was about to return to the court victorious. Suddenly she heard someone behind her say that she was Du Yongxiao. She was immediately stunned and thought to herself, could it be that she had made a mistake just now?

She turned around and looked towards Du Yongxiao, thinking to herself, at worst, there will be another show, you are not my type, we won't call -

But when she saw Du Yongxiao's appearance, she was immediately stunned.

handsome!

So handsome!

Her father is a movie star and is handsome enough, but he is still a little less handsome than the handsome guy in front of him. Especially Du Yongxiao's starry eyes and a faint smile on the corner of his mouth are enough to make many girls confused and infatuated.

"Ahem, what's wrong with me? How can I be fascinated by a man?" The girl shook her head like a rattle, "Go over and tell him that we are not suitable!"

The girl made up her mind, raised her proud head again, and walked towards Du Yongxiao.

One step, two steps, three steps...

Finally, the girl came to Du Yongxiao. She originally wanted to say, "I feel that we are not suitable for each other," but unexpectedly she said, "Hello, my name is Guan Jiahui!" She also extended her hand to Du Yongxiao.

…

Du Yongxiao looked at "Guan Jiahui" standing in front of him and was surprised. He felt that the other person looked familiar. When he heard the other person's surname was Guan, he immediately knew who the other person was.

After all, in her previous life, she was called an "enamel doll" by the film industry and was hailed as one of the "50 most beautiful celebrities in the world". Isn't the Kwan Jiahui in front of her the famous Rosamund Kwan?

"Hello, my name is Du Yongxiao, and this is my mother." Du Yongxiao introduced Li Cuilian to the other party politely.

Guan Jiahui hurriedly looked at Li Cuilian, and when she was about to say hello to Li Cuilian, she remembered something, quickly turned her head, covered her mouth and spat out the bubble gum she was chewing, then lowered her head in a reserved manner and said to Li Cuilian: "Hello, aunt, I am Jiahui. I came here for a blind date as my parents ordered."

But I was surprised in my heart: "Guan Jiahui, Guan Jiahui, what's wrong with you? Why do you spit out the bubble gum, why do you pretend to be innocent in front of her? This is not your character!"

Li Cuilian saw that although Guan Jiahui was dressed in a very unusual way, she still felt that she was well-educated in speaking, and she looked like a lady at first glance.

"Haha, it's very good. Sit down, sit down quickly." Li Cuilian pointed to the seat, indicating that Guan Jiahui should sit down next to her son.

Guan Jiahui was happy in her heart, but she said: "This is our first meeting, um... I'd better sit here." As she said that, she sat elegantly on the chair opposite Du Yongxiao.

Her move made Li Cuilian like her even more.

Look, how sensible and pure this girl is? Unlike some girls who immediately pounce on their son Du Yongxiao when they see him.

The three of them sat down and the blind date officially began.

Since Li Cuilian was here to look after her son, of course she had to take the initiative.

"Miss Guan, how old are you this year?"

"Sixteen." Guan Jiahui bowed her head shyly.

"This is a good age. Our Xiao is twenty-five years old and nine years older than you. Do you mind?"

"I don't mind, be older and more stable." Guan Jiahui blurted out, but she was shouting in her heart: "You should say you mind! Then get up and leave! Don't you like this kind of blind date? Guan Jiahui, Guan Jiahui, what's wrong with you?"

"Haha, that's good! Your academic qualifications are..."

"I graduated from junior high school..." Guan Jiahui said hurriedly, "But I am still studying on my own. My goal is to study abroad in the future. Of course, if my parents don't object, you also know that they only have one daughter and they won't let me go. leave……"

Guan Jiahui was shouting in her heart: "What is reluctance? It's because you don't want to go to school, your studies are too bad! The teacher said you are too weak to hold up the wall - as for studying abroad? It's not that they are reluctant, it's that you don't want to go out suffer!"

"It's very good. There are few girls who are as motivated as you." Li Cuilian became more and more satisfied as she listened.

"Miss Guan, there is another very important question. Do you like children?" Li Cuilian said seriously, "You also know that our Axiao is already twenty-five years old. We don't want to delay marriage any longer. It is best to wait for a while after marriage. It will take two years for our Du family to flourish..."

"That aunt, I'm still young..." Guan Jiahui replied shyly, "I'm only sixteen years old..."

"Oh, yes, yes, I'm a little impatient. It's okay to have another baby when I'm eighteen. I had A Xiao when I was sixteen, and I even carried him to work in the plastic flower factory... Haha, I'm going too far!" Li Cuilian looked at Guan Jiahui, "Although we have just met for the first time, I am quite satisfied with you. As for you, what do you think of our Axiao?"

Hearing this, Guan Jiahui boldly looked up at Du Yongxiao: "Auntie, um... I just met him for the first time, and we didn't even exchange a few words, so -"

"Oh, I understand. Look, it's me who's talking all the time. I should give you some time! Ah Xiao, I'll go first. You can be sure to treat Miss Guan well! I think she's very nice!"

Li Cuilian stood up with a smile, said a few more words to Guan Jiahui, and then turned and left.

After Li Cuilian left, Du Yongxiao took a sip of coffee, then smiled at Guan Jiahui and said, "I don't think we are a good match!"