I have been afraid of my parents since I was a child, then I was afraid of teachers, and after I started working, I was afraid of leaders. In fact, I am an honest and responsible child, and I never invite disasters, but this kind of fear is deep-rooted but inexplicable.
When Liu Tao told me that he was going on a business trip, I instinctively wanted to refuse. Recently, the work intensity has been relatively high. On the one hand, the newspaper office must be out of my mind, and on the other hand, I have not lost my mind on Cheng Hua. It's all exhausting. For a lazy person like me, the biggest benefit given to me these days is to tell me that I can go home and sleep to death, instead of using some form of things to reflect the leadership's reuse of me.
I naturally know that not just anyone can participate in media activities at this level. Liu Tao took me there, regardless of whether it was his own idea or the idea of the higher-ups, they just gave me a high look.
Now, Liu Tao and I are no longer colleagues or a master-apprentice relationship. In the weekly magazine, he is my immediate boss, a purely direct subordinate-subordinate relationship. Just like the relationship between our beauty director and me in the entertainment department. My original closeness to him developed in the direction of fear invisibly.
But at this moment, although Liu Tao said it to me in a discussing tone, it was actually an order from the leader, and I wouldn't have the guts to refuse it. The only thing I could do was to pretend to be very excited to thank him, and then walked out of his office under his smiling gaze.
As soon as I went out, my expression collapsed. I thought that as a weekly magazine, I could always enjoy a good lazy time after it was published. Who knew that if the day didn’t stop, I would start running on the road again. Moreover, I feel a little melancholy about the current relationship between me and Liu Tao. Even though he is no longer the person in my heart, I still miss the warm scene when we were in the same office, I obsequiously helped him make tea, asked him to help me revise the manuscript, and I missed us sitting together and eating boxed lunch , but did not forget to study the harmonious scene when selecting the topic. I think there are many things that are destined to never be the same again.
Liu Tao has become my leader, and he is no longer the one I can act coquettishly and play cute with him casually.
After I knew about the upcoming business trip, I was in a cheerful mood and suddenly became bored. I read our newspaper again in frustration, and I lost the complacent and self-satisfied mood before. However, after looking at it for a while, I couldn't help but look carefully at the photos of Cheng Hua that I had seen countless times before they were published, and I was fascinated by them.
Either smiling brightly or pretending to be handsome and cool, Cheng Hua is facing the camera with a 360-degree view without any dead ends. From any angle, any expression is very eye-catching. Looking at his photo, I naturally thought of this person. Thinking of his expressions in front of me that have never been captured by media reporters, those who are cheating, playing tricks, pretending to be crazy and begging for mercy, there is no self-consciousness of a handsome guy in front of the camera on weekdays. Thinking of this, my heart suddenly felt soft, and I couldn't help but feel a little emotional. This person, this man who is loved by thousands of people, no matter why he likes me, or how much he likes me, he is really the same to me. Different to others.
Just when I was lost in thought, someone hit the back of my head violently. When I turned my head, I saw Quanying moved a chair and sat next to me. She looked at the page I was reading in her hand and smiled maliciously. : "Looking at a photo, can you still look like you are thinking about spring? With the relationship between you and Cheng Hua, it's not worth seeing things and thinking about others, right?"
Because Quanying questioned whether the person in the photo was me before, I didn't dare to entangle her too much about Cheng Hua's issue, so I just made a face at her, threw the newspaper aside, and turned away. The topic asked her: "How are you? You didn't drink too much yesterday, did you?"
"How much can I drink? My sister has been on the battlefield for a long time, and drinking some beer is not a piece of cake. They still have people who refuse to accept our editorial department and dare to challenge my sister. In the end, the entire advertisement and distribution were put down by me. You I don’t know, Xiao Wei from the release party yesterday, he didn’t take two steps after leaving the show, he just lay sprawled on the ground, sleeping like a dead pig, good guy, he weighs more than 200 catties, at that moment Tian Wenshu and I are sober, I feel sorry for our two girls who can't carry it on their shoulders and hands, and it took so much effort to get him into the car, and I even vomited a car, and in the end I paid for the driver's money." When Ying mentioned this, her face was immediately filled with pride and resentment.
Seeing that the conversation was very successful, I naturally followed her along. While we were talking, my phone rang, and it was Cheng Hua. My phone was placed on the table, and when there was a sudden shock, Quanying glanced at it subconsciously. Seeing Cheng Hua's name flickering on the screen, she winked at me and smiled, "Okay, now you don't have to look at the photo for love." After she finished speaking, she stood up as if she was very knowledgeable and didn't bother me. Walk.
I was guilty, so when I answered the phone, I said loudly on purpose: "Cheng Hua, right? I've already delivered the sample newspaper you want, and you should be able to receive it tomorrow." Quan Ying acted as if she didn't hear what I said. , Still winking at me meanly, smiling and walking away. Cheng Hua was dumbfounded on the phone. After a long time, he said sullenly, "Is there someone next to you?"
"Well. Are you home?" I turned around, shrank myself into a corner and lowered my voice.
"Here, Liu Tao was beside you just now?"
"Ah? What?" I was stunned for a moment, and said with a little displeasure: "Can you think of something besides every day? First, Liu Tao is in the same office as me, and it is normal for him to be by my side at any time. Second, how I talk has nothing to do with who the person next to me is, it has nothing to do with who the person on the phone is, do you understand?"
Although I spoke in a nonchalant manner, Cheng Hua probably sensed that my tone was not kind. Cheng Hua smirked, and hurriedly said flatteringly, "What time are you coming? Can you find it yourself? What do you want to eat tonight?"
"I can leave after a meeting, and I should be able to find it. There are many things I want to eat, but is it convenient for you to order takeaway? It's so remote, and it's not easy to get takeaway delivered directly to your door, then aren't you exposed?"
"Don't worry about it, just say what you want to eat."
When I heard that Cheng Hua was so generous, I deliberately made things difficult for him. From the chicken feet and shrimp dumplings in the east city, to the tripe and haggis in the west city, to the curry rice and scallops with cheese in the south city...
Cheng Hua sighed, and said, "Whenever you have the same enthusiasm for me as food, my life is really worth it. Come on, I'll prepare it for you."
After receiving Cheng Hua's call, my heart jumped up again. I'm always emotionally tense. I'm not happy about one thing one second, but I can probably be happy about another thing the next second.
So I was even more eagerly looking forward to the leaders of the club coming over quickly and holding a summary and commendation meeting for us. After the meeting, I could immediately run to find Cheng Hua. After waiting for a long time, I was finally notified that the leader has other important tasks today and will wait until Liu Tao and I return from a business trip. When I heard that the leader was not coming, I rushed out on the spot like I was on a hot wheel, and I faintly heard someone calling me behind me, but I didn't bother to care about it.
I thought about it, and at least I bought some food on the way. I can't say that I can do it or I can't do it in order to run Cheng Hua. In the end, I wronged my own stomach. Carrying a pile of food, I got off the taxi, still a little sneaky, looked around for a long time, and found that there was no one, so I was completely relieved. They couldn't help but admire Cheng Hua's choice of this house, it really was quiet, remote and rarely populated.
I rang the doorbell, and Cheng Hua unlocked the door for me. After I got out of the elevator, I saw the door of his apartment was wide open. I went in and closed the door, but when I didn't see Cheng Hua, I raised my voice and complained, "What are you doing? Just leave the door open?"
"Cook!" Cheng Hua's voice came flickering. I sniffed it carefully, and there was indeed a smell of cooking in the air. At any rate, I lived with Cheng Hua for a while, and I followed the scents, so I found the kitchen easily.
Standing at the door of the kitchen, I poked my head and looked in. I was dumbfounded on the spot, and I saw Cheng Hua in a clean white chef's uniform and a chef's hat, shaking the frying spoon in front of the gas stove, and the vegetables in the pot Flipping a perfect arc in the air, it fell back into the pot exactly.
"You... do it yourself? You know how to cook? What do you do?" Cheng Hua's posture confused me, and I kept asking questions when I opened my mouth.
"Hey..." Cheng Hua sighed, turned off the fire calmly, elegantly put the vegetables in the pot on a plate, and turned to me with a sweet smile: "I didn't make it myself! The things you want, the east end and the west end, You also know that it's inconvenient for me to order takeout, I can't ask my assistant to run all over the city to collect good things for you, so I have to let him buy the materials, and I will make it for you myself."
I was still so shocked that I couldn't wake up. I've known Cheng Hua for most of my life, so why haven't I heard that he can cook? Aunt Yue spoiled him so much. I still remember when I was in high school, I went to his house to get my homework. He said he was hungry and wanted to cook noodles by himself. Aunt Yue jumped half a meter high in fright. He stopped him and said, "I'll cook for you, how can you cook noodles, it will burn you again."
I still remember looking at Cheng Hua with disdain at that time, and thinking to myself, it really is an embroidered pillow, and I can't take care of myself in my whole life. At that time, let alone cooking noodles, I could make scrambled eggs with tomatoes!
However, this guy has improved too fast in private. Compared with before, I can only know one more dish of scrambled eggs with spicy peppers now, but he doesn't care what he will do. The gesture of holding the spoon just now is absolutely authentic The skill of the chef is as good as fake.
"There are shrimp dumplings and chicken feet you want in the drawer. I just fried the haggis. The tripe eats fire. It's not bad. It's still in the pressure cooker and needs to be stewed again. The scallops are roasting in the oven. I'll give it to you. Make curry. After the curry is done, I'll give you an extra mushroom soup." Cheng Hua said calmly, put the pot in the sink to wash it, then raised his eyebrows at me, "Go sit outside and wait for me , you can't help here."
I looked at Cheng Hua in bewilderment. I couldn't believe that he could make so many things and eat them all by himself in such a short time. "You really know how to cook? Isn't it just a show? Are you sure the things you make are edible?"
Cheng Hua frowned in dissatisfaction, took a piece of freshly cooked haggis and handed it to my mouth with gritted teeth, "How about you identify it first?"
I couldn't wait to chew the food in my mouth, and the taste was not much different from the haggis I wanted to eat. I couldn't help but said, "Cheng Hua, are you human?"
Cheng Hua's face darkened, "I'm the one who washes your hands and makes soup for you, and you're still swearing at me?"
"No, no, I mean, you are simply a god!" I fawned immediately.
Cheng Hua glared at me again, pouted her mouth impatiently, and motioned for me to hurry out and stop making trouble. I immediately followed suit, returned to the dining room table in a smooth manner, sat down and waited obediently.
In less than half an hour, all the meals were served on the table. I couldn’t wait to take a bite of this plate and taste that plate. There were a few dishes that were just out of the pot. I breathed in because they were so hot, but I was not discouraged.
If it's really not a cover, Cheng Hua's skill, even if it's not the standard of a five-star chef, three-star chefs are enough. I gorged on the delicious food contentedly, and my mouth couldn't help slipping out: "Cheng Hua, I haven't said how much I love you, have I?"
Cheng Hua's eyes lit up, she stared at me firmly and nodded violently.
I picked up a large piece of scallop meat and put it into my mouth, letting the strong cheese aroma and the sweetness of the scallop meat slowly melt in my mouth, and said with a sigh: "Cheng Hua, I love you..."