Chapter 227 Father and daughter finally meet

At noon, we went to a Sichuan restaurant a few kilometers away from the Four Seasons Hotel.

Xu Youyu and Li Luo were sitting in a small private room, looking at the menu.

Of course, it was mainly Li Luo who was looking at the menu, while Xu Youyu was sitting opposite Li Luo, supporting his chin with both hands, staring at Li Luo's face.

"Is Mapo Tofu okay? The Mapo Tofu in Sichuan restaurants should taste good."

"Ah."

"I'd like some spicy chicken, too."

"Ah."

"Would you like to try some Fuqi Feipian?"

"Ah."

"I don't know what the editor wants to eat, so I'll order two dishes when he gets here."

"Ah."

Li Luo asked the waiter next to him for a large bottle of Orange Juice. Then he put the menu down temporarily, looked at Xu Youyu opposite him, and was stunned.

"Why are you staring at me like that?" Li Luo touched his face, "Is there something on my face?"

"Nothing." Xu Youyu came back to his senses, shook his head and smiled.

how to say……

During a previous meeting, Li Luo's book was criticized by a man named Chu Sheng. Xu Youyu originally thought that after Li Luo stood up, he would not be able to help but start cursing at the other party.

This made Xu Youyu a little worried, but he was also a little excited.

Because she had never seen Li Luo get angry and swear.

At most, he couldn't stand being teased by her occasionally and became a little frustrated, which was different from being simply angry.

But what Xu Youyu didn't expect was that Li Luo could actually argue with others calmly.

Although there are a few sarcastic remarks occasionally, the attitude is at least one that allows for communication, rather than a pure attack mode in an angry state.

This made Xu Youyu think of his father.

Xu Rongsheng is such a person.

From childhood to adulthood, Xu Youyu had almost never seen Xu Rongsheng angry.

Even though his mother occasionally had a bad temper and he himself would occasionally act unreasonably when he was a child, Xu Rongsheng always maintained a gentle attitude and communicated with the mother and daughter.

how to say.

For ordinary girls, they might think that it was very cool for Li Luo to stand up and curse at Chu Sheng just now.

But for Xu Youyu, who grew up under Xu Rongsheng's rational education, after seeing Li Luo's neither humble nor arrogant performance just now, he was actually a little impressed by his handsomeness.

It’s that feeling where you can communicate rationally without having to worry about the other person not understanding what you mean!

Xu Youyu really enjoyed this feeling.

Before, Xu Youyu was still confused as to why he felt so comfortable when he was with Li Luo.

Now, she seems to have found part of the reason.

"Sorry, I'm late."

Just then, the door of the private room was pushed open, Qianzhou walked in from outside, pulled out a chair and sat down, then Li Luo pushed a menu in front of him.

"Order two more dishes." Li Luo said.

"Okay." Facing a guy with a monthly income of 37, Qianzhou didn't bother to be polite with him and went straight to the most expensive order, "Sour fish and beef with lanterns, that's it."

Li Luo nodded, called the waiter in, added two more dishes, then opened the Orange Juice and filled the glasses of the three people.

"Can't you two wait for me at the hotel entrance?" Qianzhou was speechless when he thought of this. "Why did you insist on letting me take a taxi here alone?"

"Well... well... it's a long story." Li Luo glanced at Xu Youyu, and Xu Youyu also glanced at him. Both of them felt helpless.

"Then please make it short. Is there any hidden secret?"

"It's like this." Li Luo sighed and said to Qianzhou, "Will the Writers Association invite a few people to give speeches at the symposium this morning?"

"Yeah, what's wrong?"

"One of them is Professor Xu from the Department of Literature at Qianjiang University. Do you know him?"

"It seems so." Qianzhou nodded, "This is all arranged by the Writers Association. I'm not very familiar with it. What's wrong with this?"

"Normally, there is no problem, but..." Li Luo looked at Xu Youyu who was sitting opposite him and said with a smile, "This Professor Xu is her father who goes to bed early."

"What?" Qianzhou did not attend the morning symposium because he was an editor and had no idea what happened.

Hearing this news, his mind was suddenly confused. He looked at Xu Youyu, who was covering his face with shame, with a surprised look on his face: "Your family background is not simple. Go to bed early. No wonder your writing skills are so good. It turns out that your father is a professor in the Department of Literature. Does this count as a family of scholars?"

"Editor, stop talking... wuuuu..." Xu Youyu covered his face and was afraid to see anyone. "I can't even hide from him now. If my dad finds out that I'm writing online articles, I won't be able to live anymore."

"Actually... I feel fine." Li Luo smiled and coughed twice, then shared with Qianzhou what happened at the symposium today, then looked at Xu Youyu and said, "You see, your father's attitude towards online novels is quite good. Maybe even if he knows that you are writing online novels, he probably won't do anything to you, right?"

"You know shit." Xu Youyu glared at him. "Don't you think about what I usually write about? My dad is a professor of literature. If he knew I was writing a book, he would definitely read my book carefully several times."

"I can imagine that he will pull me into the study and discuss with me my layout and design of some plots."

"Besides, he teaches modern and contemporary literature in school. What if he suddenly gets the urge to assign students to read the "Literary Age" and write an essay on it?"

"Then I'll really be dead!"

After hearing what Xu Youyu said, Li Luo couldn't help but blush: "Is it so scary?"

To be honest, even though my family knows that I am writing a novel, most people don’t actually read it.

Apart from his own father who would occasionally read it to kill time, only his cheap nephew Li Xiang read his novels.

Li Luo guessed that even his uncle Li Guoru would at most read the beginning and not read on.

His mother Lin Xiuhong is in a similar situation.

After all, no matter how down-to-earth the online literature is, different themes will have selected audiences.

This is even more true for people who don’t have much of a reading habit.

I guess the only one who is really following the updates seriously is Yan Zhusheng.

Of course, now Li Luo knew that Xu Youyu had to be added to the list. But after hearing what Xu Youyu said, Li Luo suddenly realized how terrifying Xu Rongsheng was.

Then the next second, Li Luo's face suddenly changed.

"But your dad doesn't know you're writing a book now, but he knows I'm writing a book!" Li Luo was shocked, "Damn! My book won't appear in the papers of my uncle's students in the future, right?"

"That's hard to say." When Xu Youyu thought of this, he immediately laughed, somewhat gloating, "Anyway, since my dad knows you're writing a book, he will definitely take a look at it."

Upon hearing this, Li Luo was immediately furious: "...Damn Chu Sheng!"

I was too restrained in the conference hall just now. I should have cursed more harshly if I had known.

The main reason was that Xu Rongsheng was also present at the time, so Li Luo was still reluctant to lose his temper.

Now that I think about it, I really lost out.

"In that case." Li Luo looked at Xu Youyu, who was smiling brightly, and his eyes suddenly darkened. "If I can pull senior sister into the water, will it be better?"

"Anything else!" Xu Youyu begged for mercy in panic when he heard this. "Have you forgotten that we have to agree on three rules? You can't break the rules."

"But you didn't help me?" Li Luo said dissatisfiedly, "I even exposed my identity to your father."

"It's all Chu Sheng's fault. He specifically asked you to fight him. What can I do?" Xu Youyu was speechless. "I can only say that you are just unlucky."

"But..." At this time, Qianzhou couldn't help but interrupt and kindly reminded, "Go to bed early. There will be a first prize, three second prizes, and six third prizes in the essay award ceremony this afternoon."

"Among them, the first prize was awarded by Secretary Cao, the second prize was awarded by Chairman Li, and the third prize was awarded by the other three guests."

"That is to say, when you go on stage to receive the award, Professor Xu should be there, and he will present the award to you..."

"Ah?" As soon as these words came out, Xu Youyu's face suddenly changed, and then her expression suddenly became pitiful. She quickly pleaded with Qianzhou, "Editor! I have the most important request in my life! Look..."

Qianzhou knew what she meant, and he didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Okay, okay, I got it. I'll ask for you later."

"Although according to the rules, the winner must come to receive the award."

"But if there are some special circumstances, it's not impossible to make concessions. I can go on stage and receive the award on your behalf."

"Oh wow~" Xu Youyu cheered when he heard this, "Long live the editor!"

Li Luo looked at the possibility that Xu Youyu had escaped, and immediately sighed twice: "So I'm the only one who's unlucky?"

"It just so happens that Li Luo has already been found out by my dad, so it doesn't matter whether he goes on stage or not." Xu Youyu pulled a chair to sit next to Li Luo, patted his shoulder with a smile, "I'm sorry for wronging you, sister will pick up some food for you, okay?"

As he said that, Xu Youyu picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece of spicy chicken for him.

Li Luo immediately rolled his eyes at her, not knowing what to say.

Now, only the 50,000 yuan bonus can barely soothe his wounded heart.

But how to say it.

Once social deaths occur too many times, people gradually become numb.

Now even Xu Rongsheng knows that he is writing a novel. Li Luo feels that he has become more shameless.

……

After lunch, Qianzhou called the staff of the Writers Association in front of Xu Youyu in the hotel box, falsely saying that Xu Youyu had a sudden illness and had to go to the hospital for a check-up in the afternoon and might not be able to attend the award ceremony.

"Who are you talking about?" Sun Jingchun asked with a frown on the other end of the phone.

"Um... my pen name is Go to Bed Early and You'll Grow Taller." Qianzhou repeated a little guiltily.

"Oh, is this the one called Xu Youyu?" Sun Jingchun's tone became strange for no apparent reason. "What disease does she have?"

"Well... it's not a serious illness, it's just, it's... my period has come, and the pain is severe. I have to go to the hospital. I think I won't be able to make it to the award ceremony." Qianzhou made up a lie.

"Oh, I see." Sun Jingchun nodded. "I see. I understand. Special circumstances are understandable. In that case, I'll trouble you to pick it up for me when the time comes."

"No problem." Qianzhou nodded repeatedly and made an OK gesture to Xu Youyu who was waiting nervously on the side.

When Xu Youyu saw Qianzhou's gesture, she jumped up excitedly and happily stretched out her hand, motioning Li Luo to high-five her to celebrate.

Li Luo stretched out his hand speechlessly and touched her symbolically.

Qianzhou had already hung up the phone and added to Xu Youyu: "You don't have to go on stage for the award ceremony, but they also said that after you come back from the hospital, you have to ask someone from the Writers Association to take another photo with you."

"After all, this will be posted on the photo wall of the Writers Association and the Writers Association Online for public display. Your photo will be photoshopped onto it then."

"This shouldn't be a problem, right? After all, your dad wouldn't normally travel all the way to the Writers Association downtown just to take a look at the photo wall."

"Yeah." Xu Youyu nodded happily, "That definitely won't happen, so there's no problem."

"It's really boring." Li Luo sighed, "I still want to see the wonderful expression on my uncle's face when you go on stage to receive the award."

"Hmph, can't you think of something nice from me?" Xu Youyu said unhappily.

"I think you were gloating just now." Li Luo squinted at her, "What a double-standard woman."

After solving the problem of the award ceremony, Xu Youyu felt relaxed. He followed Li Luo and Qianzhou into a taxi and rushed to the hotel.

However, just as Xu Youyu was walking beside Li Luo with a happy and relaxed look on his face, entering the gate of the Grand Mercure Hotel and about to cross the lobby to the elevator, a very familiar voice came from the side.

"You Yu? Why are you here?"

When she heard the voice, she froze in place.

Turning her head and looking in the direction of the voice, Xu Youyu saw that Xu Rongsheng was sitting on the sofa lounge next to the front desk in the lobby. He had just stood up and walked over here, looking at her in surprise.

At this moment, Xu Youyu's head suddenly buzzed and his entire brain went blank.

In extreme panic, she subconsciously grabbed Li Luo's sleeve and quickly hid behind him, trying to pretend not to know him.

"Li Luo, Li Luo! Think of a solution quickly!" Xu Youyu pleaded in a low voice, "I'm going to be discovered! What should I do? What should I do? Save me!"

Li Luo felt the shivering senior schoolmate hiding behind him, and he felt a little amused and helpless.

Weren't you quite arrogant just now?
Now you're begging him again, right?

There is really nothing I can do about you...

"Why are you hiding?" Xu Rongsheng walked in front of Li Luo and looked behind him. "I'm not blind. Why are you hiding behind Li Luo?"

Although he said this, Xu Rongsheng felt relieved when he saw that Xu Youyu did not seem to be suffering from menstrual cramps.

In short, as long as everything is fine.

(End of this chapter)