Super Bowl Domination

Chapter 124 Christmas Vacation
Ding dong!

The door of Li's Restaurant was pushed open, wind chimes rang, and a crisp greeting came to my ears.

"Welcome, how many people are there? Do you have a reservation?"

"One person, no reservation, how long will it take to wait for a table?"

"About thirty minutes. If you're in a hurry, we can deliver it..."

Jiang Yin's gaze finally left the cash register and she looked up at the customer in front of her. Because she was busy, a thin layer of sweat seeped out of her forehead, but there was always a friendly smile on the corner of her mouth, leaving a good impression at the first sight.

However, the smile on Jiang Yin's lips paused slightly, and her eyes were filled with incredible surprise. The next second, joy and happiness surged into her eyes.

"Xiao Wei, how come you're here? Didn't you say you'd land at 4pm? Your dad and I said we'd pick you up at the airport, so why did you come back by yourself?"

The person standing in front of him was Levi.

Jiang Yin was obviously not mentally prepared. She saw her son's face a few hours in advance. She nimbly came out from behind the cashier counter and stood happily in front of Li Wei. She took her son's hands and looked him up and down. Her eyes were still on Li Wei's face. Thousands of words were swirling in her chest, but finally turned into a few words.

"Thin."

Levi burst out laughing. As expected, all Chinese parents are the same.

He actually gained weight in the past six months with the team, but in the eyes of his parents, he still looked thin.

Li Wei didn't argue, "The restaurant is busy now, I'll help first."

Jiang Yin held her son and said, "No matter how busy we are, we have come all the way here. We don't need any help from you. Go and have a rest."

Li Wei was a little helpless. "Mom, if we stand here, the customers will think I'm here to collect protection money. I'm not that weak. You collect the bills and I'll take the order."

Levi handed his backpack to Jiang Yin, turned around and looked at the crowded restaurant. After a quick glance, he immediately walked towards the table that hadn't taken an order yet.

Jiang Yin was relieved but helpless. She looked at the light backpack in her hand and looked around. There was no suitcase. "You came back like this?"

Li Wei didn't reply. Jiang Yin shook her head and muttered, "This kid."

Levi's parents are first-generation immigrants who came to New York in the early 1990s to work hard and start from scratch, doing small things such as moving bricks, washing clothes, and setting up stalls, until they earned their first pot of gold and opened a small restaurant in Chinatown.

Step by step, Li Yi and Jiang Yin finally gained a foothold in a foreign country. Not only did the restaurant get on track, they also bought a small apartment in downtown Manhattan. It was not big, only about 50 square meters, but no matter what, they finally had a shelter of bricks and half tiles.

However, even now, the couple still lives a frugal life. Li Yi cooks the food himself, Jiang Yin is in charge of the cashier, and they hire a waiter to serve. They have been saving money in the hope of buying a bigger house, but it is not easy in Manhattan, where every inch of land is valuable.

Levi is their only child.

When he just came through, Levi consciously avoided communicating with them. After all, he was no longer the original Levi. He kept his distance and wished everyone well.

But whether it was Li Yi or Jiang Yin, they contacted each other via text messages and phone calls every now and then. There was nothing special about it, just ordinary daily life. It would be strange if they didn't reply.

Slowly, over time, the distance narrowed.

If you think about it carefully, it would be impossible for Li Wei to practice mixed martial arts since he was a child without the support of Li Yi and Jiang Yin. When Li Wei was a child, he was weak and sickly. Li Yi sent his son to learn Wing Chun without any expectations, just hoping that the child could be healthy; but he didn't expect that Li Wei would like it. Not only Chinese Kung Fu, but later he also learned different martial arts and started practicing mixed martial arts.

Although Li Yi and Jiang Yin also had their own expectations for Li Wei's future, seeing that their son was healthy and truly liked something, and that Li Wei had been self-motivated in studying since he was young, and although he could not be called a genius child, there was no need to worry, they agreed, and Li Wei actually persisted.

Perhaps Li Yi and Jiang Yin had not expected that their child, who was so thin that he could be blown down by the wind at any time, would transform into a strong and healthy rugby genius.

Our “first” meeting during the Christmas holiday was not as awkward and awkward as we had imagined. We could feel the intimacy and familiarity at first sight, and even the busy daily life in the restaurant seemed to be deeply imprinted in our muscle memory.

Ding.

"Hey, Master Li, please take the orders for table 5 and table 7, and the additional orders for table 14 and table 17. Please pay attention to the notes."

A skilled call came from the kitchen's food delivery port, and Li Yi replied loudly with "OK". Just as he opened his mouth, he realized that his answer was in Chinese. He looked up reflexively, and then saw Li Wei's smiling face, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

"When did you arrive, kid?"

Li Wei chuckled twice, "The customers are waiting, and there are still people queuing outside. The turnover rate must be maintained. Master Li, keep working hard."

Li Yi immediately heard the mischievousness in Li Wei's words, and the corners of his mouth rose up, pretending to be serious and complaining, "You are so clumsy, you'd better be careful not to break the customer's arm."

Levi laughed heartily, turned around and went out to continue greeting guests.

Life is indeed a bit strange.

Not long ago, Levi was fighting in the red tide storm at Bryant-Denny Stadium. The fanatical cheers and shouts hovered over the stadium for a long time, as if the whole world was crawling and trembling in front of him.

Today, Li Wei is working in a small restaurant, serving customers honestly. He is not Red Tide Storm No. 23, but just a waiter in Li's Restaurant. There is no applause or cheers, only a down-to-earth life.

If someone thinks that the daily training of a rugby player is so hard and arduous, dealing with a restaurant waiter is a piece of cake, they are wrong; in fact, the hardship and fatigue of a restaurant waiter is far beyond imagination, and just a busy lunch time is enough to make people have back pain.

The busy schedule lasted until two in the afternoon. After seeing off the last table of guests and hanging up the "Closed" sign, the family of three and the only waiter, Jake-Perry, were finally able to sit down and enjoy lunch.

Jack Perry is a 20-year-old young man, a student at New York University. He just came to Li's Restaurant to work and study in October this year, and this is the first time he met Levi.

Before this, Levi and Perry greeted each other, but the restaurant had been busy and they hadn't had time for a deep conversation; now that they sat down, they finally had time to greet each other.

Perry looked at Levi's face, looked at him carefully, and couldn't help but look at him carefully again, scratching his ears and cheeks with a strange expression.

Levi smiled and joked, "Why, I don't look like my parents?"

Perry chuckled twice. "No, no, no, I just simply felt that... No, no, no, it shouldn't be like that. Maybe I made a mistake."

Just then, Jiang Yin came over and asked, "What are you young people chatting about?"

Perry scratched his head. "No, I just thought your son looked like a football star, the star running back of the Alabama Crimson Tide. Haha, that shouldn't be the case. I must have made a mistake."

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