bookrandom Chapter 359 Returning to Soto City
Chapter 359 Returning to Soto City
Chapter 359 Returning to Soto City
Compared with the main entrance, the staff entrance of the auction house is much more shabby. There are no exquisite carvings or decorations, just whitewashed walls, and the floor does not even have a complete floor tile, just scraps of paving.
This is actually quite normal. After all, it is for employees to come in and out, not for guests. You only need to keep it tidy and clean, and save as much as you can.
The guard led Qian Fei'er and the others around, and soon came to an elegant room.
At the door, the guard stopped and knocked on the door of the room three times.
A man's voice came from inside the room.
"Please come in."
Hearing this voice, both Qian Linjue and Qian Nawei felt a little familiar. They looked at each other in surprise, and they both had some guesses in their hearts.
At this time, the guard had already opened the door, bowed his waist, and stretched out his hand to guide the interior of the room.
"Lord Qian Fei'er, this is the office of Manager Hou, please come in."
"Thank you, thank you for your hard work." Qian Fei'er nodded with a light smile, touched the soul guide device on her wrist with her slender fingers, and there was an extra gold coin in her hand.
She put the gold coin into the guard's hand.
"Thank you, Sir Qian Fei'er!" The guard took it flattered, thanked him again and again, and then bowed and retreated.
After the guards retreated, Qian Fei'er led Qian Linjue and others into the room.
This is a fairly large office, more than 50 square meters, which is already larger than the living room of some middle-income families.
There is a long mahogany table near the inner wall of the office. There are some books, papers, and some notebooks on the long table. It seems that they should be materials from the auction house.
On the left side of the desk, against the left wall is a relatively low mahogany tea table. On the tea table is a set of exquisite ceramic tea sets. The coffee table is surrounded by black leather sofas, with some platinum decorations inlaid on the edges, which is luxurious and noble.
At this moment, there was no one on the coffee table, only a middle-aged man sitting behind the desk.
This man has short, energetic hair on his head, and his face is very clean-shaven, without a single bit of stubble, and his face is also very carefully cleaned, without any oily dirt that is typical of middle-aged men. His appearance looks very refreshing .
Both Qian Linjue and Qian Nawei had seen this man before, and they knew him. He was called Hou Dezhu.
Behind the desk, Hou Dezhu's pupils shrank suddenly when he saw Qian Fei'er who was the leader.
A long time ago, Qian Fei'er brought four titled Douluo guards to humiliate him at Shrek Academy, he still vividly remembers it deeply.
Because of that incident, he assigned his subordinates of the tattooed man to dirty and tiring work, and thought about sending that man to wear small shoes. In the end, he needed to find someone to take the blame for something, so he directly arranged to be the scapegoat. , causing it to die in situ.
He immediately stood up and bowed respectfully to Qian Fei'er.
"Villain Hou Dezhu, see Miss Qian."
While talking, Hou Dezhu carefully observed Qian Fei'er's surroundings from the corner of his eyes, and when he saw Yunjia Douluo, he moved his eyes back without a trace.
In front of Hou Dezhu, Qian Fei'er waved her hand casually.
"Exemption."
"Miss Xie Qian." Hou Dezhu responded respectfully, then walked out of the desk, came in front of Qian Fei'er, and stretched out his hand to guide the sofa around the coffee table.
While guiding, he had a gentle smile like a spring breeze on his face.
"Miss Qian, please."
He actually didn't know Qian Fei'er's surname, so he guessed it all, and the reason for the guess was Qian Linjue and Qian Nawei.
Hou Dezhu knew Qian Linjue's name in Star Dou Great Forest before, and after Shrek Academy was humiliated last time, he went to investigate Qian Nawei again.
Knowing that these two people were both surnamed Qian, and they were often together, they guessed that they must be related.
Then Qian Fei'er was very protective of Qian Linjue last time, and now they are together, Hou Dezhu guessed at once that Qian Fei'er's surname is probably also Qian, and, from the order of entering the door, the status is even higher!
At the same time, Hou Dezhu had another guess in his mind.
Last time Manager Liu sent a letter saying that a girl named Qian Feier had taken over the leader of the store. I wonder if it could be these people...
Hou Dezhu pondered deeply while carefully observing Qian Fei'er, Qian Liuli and the others.
Before the tea table, Qian Fei'er had already sat on the sofa directly opposite the wall, and Qian Linjue and Qian Liuli sat on both sides, like two guardians on the left and right, protecting her in the middle.
On the other two sofas next to the coffee table, Qian Yueqi with a frosty face and Qian Xinyu with a red ribbon in her hair were sitting together, Qian Nawei and Qian Yuqiong were sitting on the side, and Yunjia Douluo was It is behind the hands, standing aside.
Seeing everyone was seated, Hou Dezhu sat down on the sofa against the wall and started making tea.
On the coffee table, there is a complete set of tea sets, including a thermal kettle, a teapot, an upside-down teacup, and an exquisite tea caddy.
The teacup is not big, with a diameter of just over an inch. The upper part is larger and the lower part is slightly smaller, showing a slightly smaller shape.
The tea pots are made of iron, with exquisite tea-picking pictures painted on the surface. It can be seen from the outside that the tea inside is expensive.
Hou Dezhu first used tweezers to straighten the teacup upside down, then put down the tweezers, turned on the kettle, and rinsed it with hot water.
After rinsing, he opened the iron tea pot, used the wooden chopsticks inside the tea pot, picked out an appropriate amount of tea, and put it into the teapot.
After covering and putting away the tea pot, he turned on the hot water pot again and poured hot water into the tea pot.
Tea leaves are brewed in hot water, and the faint tea fragrance wafts out.
Hou Dezhu closed the lid of the teapot, held the handle of the teapot with one hand, and gently pressed the handle on the top of the lid with the other hand, poured out the hot water in the teapot, and poured it into a bucket with a lid beside the coffee table.
After pouring, he opened the teapot lid again, lifted the hot water pot, and poured hot water into the tea pot with tea leaves.
This time, the tea fragrance is more intense and refreshing.
Hou Dezhu put all the teacups in one place with tweezers, then held the teapot and filled each teacup with [-]% tea.
After pouring, he held the middle of the teacup with the thumb and middle finger of his right hand, and held the bottom of the teacup with his left hand. With both hands, he handed it to Qian Fei'er with a smile.
"Miss Qian, please."
Qian Fei'er raised her right index finger and middle finger together, and tapped twice on the table.
It stands to reason that Qian Fei'er is only thirteen or fourteen years old, and Hou Dezhu is 40 to [-] years old at a glance. The age gap between the two is huge. Qian Fei'er should use her index finger and middle finger together, and tap the table lightly to return the gift.
And her current behavior doesn't seem like the younger generation respects the elders at all, it's very rude.
However, Hou Dezhu was not angry, and still kept a gentle and enthusiastic smile on his face, and put the teacup in front of Qian Fei'er.
"Miss Qian, please use it slowly."
Qian Fei'er smiled lightly, stretched out her right hand, put her index finger and middle finger together, plus her thumb, and coordinated with the three fingers, pinched the middle of the earless teacup and picked it up.
She put the teacup to her mouth, blew it, and took a sip.
Drink the tea.
The tea Hou Dezhu makes is black tea, which has a slight bitter taste at first, but after the bitter taste, it has a mellow tea fragrance with a soft taste, which is very good.
"Good tea." Qian Fei'er praised it.
While she was tasting tea, Hou Dezhu had already served tea to Qian Linjue, Qian Liuli and the others.
He looked at Qian Fei'er and responded with a smile, "Thank you Miss Qian for your compliment."
After Qian Fei'er tasted the tea and put down the cup, Hou Dezhu looked at Qian Fei'er with a smile and asked again.
"Excuse me, what is the purpose of Miss Qian's coming to the auction house this time? Our auction house has recently changed a new leader, also surnamed Qian, does Miss Qian know him?"
In fact, Hou Dezhu had already guessed that the proud girl in front of him was the new leader of the auction house, but, just to be on the safe side, he still needed to confirm again.
On the opposite side, Qian Fei'er heard Hou Dezhu's question, and she immediately understood.
It turns out that this person doesn't know me, since that's the case...
She thought for a while, then asked with a chuckle: "Then what does the manager think of that Miss Qian? What do you think?"
"Do you have an opinion?" Hou Dezhu touched his chin with his index finger, pondering slightly.
It seems that she seems to be considering me. If I don't answer well, and what happened to Shrek Academy last time, I may be in danger. If so...
Hou Dezhu thought for a moment, then put on a gentle smile on his face again.
"It is rumored that the newly promoted leader of our auction house is extremely talented, with a beautiful appearance, a frown and a smile, a beauty, a natural beauty, and a young age, with a bright future. He will definitely be a member of Douluo Continent. A new star."
Hou Dezhu used all the compliments he could think of in his mind, and he was very particular about his flattery, using the word rumor.
If Qian Feier likes to listen to people's praise, then the flattery is undoubtedly a success, and if Qian Feier hates flatterers, she can also push it to others, saying that it was passed on. These two words, who passed them on, who knows?
On the sofa, Qian Fei'er couldn't help covering her mouth and chuckling when she heard these words.
"Hehe, Manager Hou is really astute, and others are embarrassed to hear it."
Hou Dezhu's face suddenly brightened, and he hurriedly asked, "Could it be you?"
Qian Fei'er took out a folding fan from her soul guide bracelet, opened it with a "bang", fanned it lightly, opened her eyes a little, and looked at Hou Dezhu.
"My full name, Qian Fei'er."
"The villain sees the leader!" Hou Dezhu hurriedly got up, bowed at ninety degrees to Qian Fei'er, respectful.
Qian Fei'er waved her hand casually, "Excuse me."
"Thank you, leader!" Hou Dezhu said respectfully, and sat back on the sofa against the wall.
He looked at Qian Fei'er with a face full of joy, and continued to talk.
"The thousand chiefs came to Soto City, making Soto's auction house full of glory, but..."
Speaking of this, Hou Dezhu's tone was a little doubtful, "What's the important thing that Chief Qian came to Suotuo Auction? If it's not serious, just ask the villain to go and handle it."
When asking, Hou Dezhu's palms were a little sweaty.
In Hou Dezhu's view, unless it was related to the safety of the auction house, there was only one other important thing left, and that important thing was related to his life and death.
(End of this chapter)