Chapter 323 Drink Your Milk Tea
"I want to drink milk tea."

After lunch, Li Luo planned to go to West Street with Li Guohong. Yan Zhusheng followed him happily and spoke seriously.

Seeing this, Ying Chanxi, who was standing by, followed silently: "Can I go and take a look too?"

"Come on, I can drive there." Li Guohong said with a smile, "Do you want to go fishing?"

"Ah?" Xu Youyu was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, "I won't go. I feel a little sleepy after dinner, so I have to take a nap."

"If my uncle can make milk tea." Li Luo glanced at Xu Youyu, then said, "I'll bring you a cup later."

"Okay." Xu Youyu made an OK gesture and walked into his room yawning.

Li Guohong set off with his three children and drove towards West Street.

Li Luo sat in the passenger seat, buckled his seat belt, and said to Li Guohong, "Dad, now that the storefront has been bought, when I have time, I'll buy you a new car."

"How can you spend money like that?" Li Guohong was tempted, but he still smiled and said, "We just got four storefronts, and the capital alone is more than two million."

"Including the Bi Hai Lan Ting house, our family is now heavily in debt. We have to pay back a loan of more than three million yuan."

"When you can pay off the loan, then consider replacing my car."

Hearing this, Li Luo suddenly looked strange, glanced at his father, and then said: "Dad, didn't you pay much attention to how much savings I have now?"

"Huh?" Li Guohong was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

"Even if we deduct the principal for buying the hot pot restaurant this time, there is probably still more than 2 million left in the account." Li Luo coughed twice to remind him, "My current royalties are more than 500,000 a month, plus I signed a contract with Aunt Yuan for the new album, so I made a lot of money."

As early as March, Li Luo's savings were around 150 million.

It is now the end of July, and four months' worth of royalties have arrived, adding up to more than two million.

In addition to the copyright fees for the subsequent three new songs in Yuan Wanqing's new album, as well as the signing contracts related to the new album, the total direct income for Li Luo was hundreds of thousands.

And this time, Li Luo also received a pretty good share of the future revenue from the new album.

If the new album's performance can take off explosively, this will be a continuous source of income.

Even if we don't count this part of future income, just looking at Li Luo's current cash flow, including the 150 million deposit in March, all added up, it's already more than million.

After deducting the more than two million yuan of capital required to purchase the four stores this time, Li Luo actually still has about two million yuan in cash flow left.

The total amount of loans their family actually owed, including the house in Bi Hai Lan Ting, was only about three million yuan.

If Li Luo really wanted to pay it off in one go, a few months would be enough.

When Li Guohong heard this, he was stunned for a moment, then he realized that his son's speed of making money was almost the same as if the family had built a small money printing machine.

In March, I felt it was a bit difficult to buy four stores at once, but now at the end of July, it has become a very easy thing.

"My suggestion," Li Luo continued, "As for the storefront, since the loan contract is through Sister Lulu's relationship, there's no need to pay it off too early."

"As for the one million loan for the Bi Hai Lan Ting house, let's pay it off in advance."

"In this case, there will be about one million left in the account. It shouldn't be too much to buy a new car that looks a bit fancy for Reignite Culture as a company car, right?"

At this point, Li Luo winked at his father and said with a chuckle, "In the future, when you and mom represent me to negotiate business or contracts, you can't still use a small car like this, right?"

It would be a bit unreasonable if Li Guohong could not continue the conversation after his son said this.

"Well...what you said makes sense." Li Guohong nodded and said, "You are 16 years old this year, and you will be in the second year of high school soon. In two years, you will take the college entrance examination and go to university."

"When you turn 18, you can get your driver's license and get a car to drive."

"This novice driver is driving a new car. If it is bumped and dented, it won't be worth it."

"We'll buy you a car two years in advance. I'll let you drive it first. After you pass your driver's license test, you can use this old car first."

"Once you become proficient, you can buy a new car and drive it yourself."

Listening to his father's twisted logic, Li Luo gave him a thumbs up out of admiration.

The father and son looked at each other, smiled, and the plan of buying a car was put on the agenda.

The back seat of the car.

Yan Zhusheng was well-behaved and quiet, pretending not to hear the father and son's conspiracy.

Ying Chanxi smiled helplessly and had no intention of complaining to Lin Xiuhong.

In fact, Ying Chanxi also gradually realized that Li Luo is now increasingly acting like the head of the family.

Lin Xiuhong, who used to nag Li Luo all the time and was very disappointed with him, now gets less and less angry with Li Luo.

Even if he nags me occasionally, he just complains a few words at most, and he no longer yells at me like before.

Even if the plan to buy a car was reported to Lin Xiuhong, it is estimated that Lin Xiuhong would just acquiesce.

After all, the current Li family is no longer what it used to be. It's just a car, not a luxury sports car that costs millions of dollars. It can still be easily purchased within the budget of a few hundred thousand.

A few minutes later, the car arrived at West Street. Li Guohong stopped by the roadside and said to the three kids in the car, "I'm going to the hot pot restaurant to talk to the landlord and ask for the contact information of the hot pot restaurant owner. You guys go to the milk tea shop and I'll come find you when I'm done."

"OK." Li Luo nodded. After getting off the car, he waved to Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng and walked towards the west gate of Qianjiang University not far away.

At this time, the milk tea shop next to the West Gate had already been renovated and looked brand new.

On the side close to the west gate is the original milk tea shop, which is now divided into a half-and-half layout.

On the left is the counter for taking orders, and on the right is the store entrance.

On the right side of the milk tea shop, the door of the original breakfast shop has been completely sealed with a huge floor-to-ceiling glass window.

At a glance, you can see two neat rows of tables, chairs and partitions, with a wraparound curtain around each table and chair.

Whenever guests need, they can pull the curtain at any time to turn the tables and chairs into a small enclosed space.

At this moment, when Li Luo looked through the floor-to-ceiling glass window, he saw that the curtain of a table and chair had been drawn. He wondered if there were any guests resting inside.

Thinking of this, Li Luo had already brought Yan Zhusheng and Ying Chanxi into the milk tea shop.

When he heard the door open, the bell hanging on the door rang. Lin Xiufeng, who was taking a nap on the recliner inside the counter, was suddenly awakened and sat up from the recliner in a daze.

"Welcome, the menu is on the counter. If you need anything, just ask..." Lin Xiufeng rubbed his eyes, stood up, took a closer look, and was stunned for a moment.

"Hello, uncle." Li Luo greeted with a smile.

"Hello, uncle." Ying Chanxi also shouted.

Seeing this, Yan Zhusheng immediately followed suit: "Hello, uncle."

Lin Xiufeng: "...Why are you here?"

"Come and see how your milk tea shop is?" Li Luo put his hands on the counter and asked with a smile, "By the way, uncle, when did you finish decorating this place?"

"It's been installed for about half a month." Lin Xiufeng said, "Your mother said you guys were studying hard during the summer vacation, so I didn't rush to tell you."

"So it's open now, right?" Li Luo said, "Would you like three cups of milk tea?"

"Okay, what do you want to drink?" Lin Xiufeng pointed to the menu on the counter and asked, "Take a look, basically everything on it can be made."

"Give me a cup of herbal jelly."

"I want red beans." Ying Chanxi said.

Yan Zhusheng took a few glances and finally asked, "Can pearl milk tea be made without pearls?"

"Ah?" Lin Xiufeng was stunned for a moment. "I have to ask this too. I only know how to make it according to the recipe above."

As he spoke, Lin Xiufeng shouted to the guest lounge next door: "Jian Chun! Come and help me!"

"I'm coming." Hearing Lin Xiufeng's voice, a girl stood up from the rest area and walked over through the curtain that opened up a passage in the middle of the wall that originally separated the milk tea shop and the breakfast shop and responded to Lin Xiufeng.

Li Luo's eyes fell on the girl and he was slightly surprised.

This girl looks very quiet, exuding a scholarly temperament. She has long, smooth hair and a classical hairstyle with a hairpin, making her look like a classical beauty.

Although her face doesn't look that pretty, she is very elegant.

Even though she was wearing a simple short-sleeved shirt and long pants, she gave people a sense of the unique tenderness of a Jiangnan woman when she walked.

Jian Chun walked over from the rest area and glanced at Li Luo and the other three with a slightly surprised look in his eyes. He didn't expect that the guests were so handsome and pretty.

But his eyes only flashed, and then he immediately returned to normal, walked slowly behind the counter, and asked softly, "Is there any problem?"

"Um... Can we make pearl milk tea without pearls?" Lin Xiufeng asked.

"Sure." Jian Chun nodded and asked, "Where are the other two guests?"

"A cup of herbal jelly and a cup of red beans."

"Okay." Jian Chun picked up the materials on the table, "Then I'll do it."

Looking at Jian Chun making milk tea skillfully, Li Luo raised his eyebrows and said nothing.

After the other party finished three cups of milk tea and returned to the rest area next door, Li Luo sipped the milk tea and asked curiously, "Who is this? My aunt?"

"What are you thinking?" Lin Xiufeng rolled his eyes at him when he heard this. "He's a top student from Qianjiang University. Don't spread rumors about him."

"Then why is she here?" Li Luo asked puzzledly.

"It's the previous waiter." Lin Xiufeng said, "Didn't I tell you before? The previous boss gave me a contact number, and this was the only waiter who was free to come."

"Oh, I see." Li Luo remembered this and nodded, "So this is still our three future seniors?"

"That's true." Lin Xiufeng nodded. "She is currently in her first year of graduate school and will be in her second year in the second half of the year. By the time the three of you are admitted to Qianjiang University, she will probably have graduated from graduate school."

"Graduation is good." Li Luo nodded. "Senior Jian is in her first year of graduate school this year. She should be around 23 or 24 years old?"

"Don't think crookedly, kid." When Lin Xiufeng heard this, he knew what the kid was going to say, and immediately laughed and scolded, "Now I won't think about anything else except saving money to buy a car." "Besides, I'm nine years older than the girl, don't try to match me up with her."

"Go wherever you want after you finish your milk tea."

Li Luo chuckled twice and just made a joke. He did not continue to provoke his uncle and then chatted about something else.

“So how’s business going since the opening?”

"What kind of business can we expect during the summer vacation?" Lin Xiufeng shook his head. "On average, we only sell a few cups of milk tea every day, which is enough to cover the food and water and electricity bills."

“Are there no takeout orders?”

"Except for Qianjiang University, there are mostly residential areas around here, and not many people order milk tea." Lin Xiufeng said, "And the few cups of milk tea I mentioned every day are basically takeout orders. Who would go to a store to drink milk tea in such hot weather?"

"That's true." Li Luo nodded, then asked in confusion, "So what's the situation with Senior Sister Jian staying here now? Did you hire her back?"

"No." Lin Xiufeng shook his head. "Why would I hire anyone for this business during the summer vacation? I'm too bored to death if I do it myself."

"She just wanted to find a place to study. The library of Qianjiang University is in the north, which is far from her dormitory."

"It just so happens that I'm a little closer here, and there's free air conditioning and milk tea. She taught me how to make milk tea, so it's a win-win situation."

After listening to it, Li Luo nodded and seemed to think it was not bad.

He had no intention of trying to help his uncle find a partner, so after chatting, he planned to go to the rest area next door.

At this time, Ying Chanxi asked in a low voice: "Is there a toilet here?"

"It's in the rest area." Lin Xiufeng said, "Go in, turn left and walk to the end."

"Yeah, thank you, uncle."

The three of them walked into the rest area, and Ying Chanxi hurried to the toilet.

Li Luo and Yan Zhusheng walked to a table for four next to the floor-to-ceiling glass window.

Li Luo sat inside, and Yan Zhusheng immediately sat next to him and pulled up the curtains around him.

"We're not studying, why are you pulling the curtain?" Li Luo said in a low voice for fear of disturbing Jian Chun's study.

"Try it." Yan Zhusheng also responded in a low voice, and then his eyes fell on Li Luo's grass jelly milk tea, "Is your cup delicious?"

"What are you doing?" Li Luo was now very alert and reacted immediately to protect his milk tea.

"I don't like adding all kinds of small ingredients to milk tea." Yan Zhusheng shook his head and said, "It feels weird when I drink it."

"Oh, I see." Li Luo felt relieved and said, "I don't really like it either. Small ingredients like grass jelly are fine if they are soft and like jelly."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yan Zhusheng came close to him, stretched out his head, bit Li Luo's straw, and took a deep suck.

"Fuck, what are you doing?"

Seeing this, it was too late for Li Luo to stop him and he could only watch Yan Zhusheng take a big sip of his grass jelly milk tea.

Then he watched as her mouth bulged, she looked up and looked at him, with a little bit of it still remaining at the corner of her lips.

"How can you drink secretly like this?" Li Luo was speechless, "Didn't you say you don't like drinks with condiments?"

Yan Zhusheng slowly savored the taste in his mouth, then swallowed it all down his stomach. His little tongue made a circle on his lips, licking the remaining milk tea into his mouth: "But didn't you say that grass jelly is okay? I'll give it a try."

Li Luo: “…”

"It tastes great." Yan Zhusheng said, "Can I have another sip?"

"No."

"You can drink mine, too." Yan Zhusheng handed his milk tea to Li Luo's mouth.

"What are you two doing?" Ying Chanxi came over after using the toilet. Seeing that Li Luo and Yan Zhusheng had drawn the curtains, he quickly walked over and pulled them open.

At this moment.

Li Luo was seen holding a cell phone in his hand and flipping through it casually.

Yan Zhusheng sat with his legs together in the seat next to Li Luo, holding his milk tea in both hands and drinking it obediently.

Ying Chanxi didn't notice anything unusual. He sat down in the seat opposite Li Luo with a suspicious look on his face, picked up his red bean milk tea and took a sip.

At this time, Li Luo was looking at the cup of milk tea in Yan Zhusheng's hand with a twitching eye, and then looked at the cup of pearl milk tea in front of him without any toppings, and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Ying Chanxi came too quickly, and he didn't have time to snatch back the grass jelly milk tea that Yan Zhusheng had snatched away before Ying Chanxi came over.

Li Luo was so scared that he quickly took out his cell phone to pretend, but he could only watch his milk tea being ruined by Yan Zhusheng.

"Why don't you drink it?" Ying Chanxi saw that he still had a lot of milk tea, but Yan Zhusheng was almost done with it, so he asked in confusion, "Is it not tasty?"

"No... I just felt a little full at noon." Li Luo said this, and then he gritted his teeth and, under the gaze of Yan Zhusheng and Ying Chanxi, bit the straw in front of him and took a sip of the milk tea in it.

Mmm...it's really sweet.

Li Luo avoided Ying Chanxi's gaze feeling a little guilty, and met the eyes of Yan Zhusheng beside him.

Yan Zhusheng's eyes curved into crescents and she smiled happily at him. Then, in front of him, she started to complain about the grass jelly milk tea that she was holding.

Fortunately, Yan Zhusheng held the milk tea cup with both hands, so Ying Chanxi didn't see the grass jelly ingredients inside.

But looking at Yan Zhusheng who was so arrogant, Li Luo's eyes twitched. He thought that this girl really deserved to be punished. He really wanted to press her on the bed and spank her hard.

At this moment, Yan Zhusheng suddenly looked at Ying Chanxi on the opposite side, and took the initiative to push the milk tea in his hand in front of Ying Chanxi, and then asked: "Xixi, do you want to taste mine?"

"Ah?" Ying Chanxi was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and politely declined, "No need, I'll just drink mine."

As she spoke, she glanced at Li Luo's cup of milk tea across from her.

She thought that if Li Luo asked her this and there was no one else around...she might...

Thinking of this, Ying Chanxi's cheeks suddenly turned red. He bit his straw and didn't dare to think about it any further.

……

At the end of July, after Li Guohong officially bought the storefront of the hot pot restaurant, he contacted the original owner of the hot pot restaurant and took over all the equipment in the hot pot restaurant that he had originally wanted to dispose of bit by bit.

By the way, the waiters who had been fired and had not found new jobs yet were also recruited back, and the Sichuan and Chongqing Hotpot restaurant was once again established.

The original owner of the hotpot restaurant was a native of Sichuan and Chongqing, but as the new owner who saved the traditional Sichuan and Chongqing hotpot, why must he really be from Sichuan and Chongqing?

Anyway, Li Guohong was quite happy after taking over this hot pot restaurant.

After all, he used to run a breakfast shop and had been dealing with food for half his life.

Now that Li Luo has established a company that looks quite high-end like Chongran Culture, Li Guohong is happy, but he is still a little uncomfortable with being asked to take the position of general manager.

Now that he has become the owner of this hot pot restaurant, he has regained some of his passion.

And under such circumstances, the summer vacation in July slipped away quietly, and the even hotter August came.

In early August, Ying Zhicheng, along with the head of Huayue Film and Television's publicity department and a group of relevant employees, welcomed and entertained the publicity department and copyright department of Wenyue Group who came from Changning.

With the introduction of Xu Rongsheng, Li Luo met with Lawyer Tian, ​​who graduated from Qianjiang University, in Lin Xiufeng's milk tea shop.

As a result, as soon as they met, Lawyer Tian, ​​who looked to be over 40 years old, stood up happily to greet Li Luo and said with a smile: "I have heard of your name for a long time, Mr. Chongran. I am a fan of your books. After we finish chatting, would it be convenient for you to sign an autograph for me?"

After hearing this, Li Luo's face suddenly froze and he turned to look at Xu Rongsheng who was following him.

"Ahem..." Xu Rongsheng coughed and explained, "I asked a professor at the law school and his students. It just so happened that Lawyer Tian knew more about copyright contracting and volunteered to come, so I asked him to come."

This was the first time that Li Luo met a reader fan who was more than two years older than him, and he felt a little weird.

However, after shaking hands and saying hello and sitting down, Lawyer Tian in front of him immediately became serious and started to communicate and understand Li Luo.

After a conversation, some details of the subsequent contract negotiations were confirmed and the business was over.

Lawyer Tian looked at the young boy in front of him and couldn't help but sigh: "To be honest, when my teacher came to ask me before, saying that Chongran wanted to find a lawyer in the field of copyright to assist, I was like, oh my god! Isn't this the author of my favorite book recently?"

"I originally thought that the author of this book was probably about my age, at most ten years younger than me."

"I didn't expect it. When Professor Xu told me your age, I was shocked."

"But I'm also more interested in Teacher Chongran. I have to come and meet him no matter what."

Li Luo listened to what Lawyer Tian said, the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, he thanked the other party for his love, and then carefully asked Xu Rongsheng beside him.

"Uncle Xu, have you told anyone else about me besides Lawyer Tian?"

"No." Xu Rongsheng shook his head and said, "Don't worry, I just assigned a few topics to the students, one of which is related to your book. I didn't mention anything else."

But these words had just fallen.

The curtain of the next table was suddenly pulled open.

Jian Chun put away his headphones, stood up and came over to take a look, then said in surprise: "Teacher, I just felt that the voice was a bit like yours, and it turns out to be true."

After finishing speaking, Jian Chun's eyes fell on Li Luo, with an inexplicable meaning in his eyes.

But Li Luo clearly saw that there was a hint of smile in the eyes of this senior sister Jian.

"Uncle Xu..." Li Luo felt a little dry in the mouth and couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "This senior sister...what is her current research topic?"

"Uh... cough cough..." Xu Rongsheng coughed twice, feeling a little amused.

At this time, Jian Chun had already laughed helplessly and pointed to the documents on his desk: "Take "I'm Really Not a Celebrity" as an example to explore the inheritance and innovation of online literature in its creative techniques based on the characteristics of the Internet era."

Li Luo: “…”

(End of this chapter)