The research institute is located in Chengnan District, which is not an urban business district, but a lot of schools are gathered here.
At eight o'clock in the evening, it was the busiest time of night, but the street was unusually quiet.
Pei Chengan came within 5 minutes after Xia Zhen finished calling. He walked in a hurry, and when he opened the door, he took a glance and soon saw Xia Zhen.
He was surprised when he received her call, and now he is surprised to see her smiling like a flower.
Xia Zhen put away her phone, and said to Pei Chengan who had already sat down opposite, "You came so fast."
"I don't want you to wait too long." Pei Chengan was telling the truth. As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that the coffee cup in front of Xia Zhen was empty. "How long have you been here?"
Xia Zhen thought for a while, "About ten or twenty minutes." After arriving, before it was 8 o'clock, she ordered a cup of coffee and took out her mobile phone to play airplane battles. She didn't think it was too long.
Pei Chengan thought logically that she waited until 8 o'clock to call in order not to disturb his work, and his heart warmed. "You don't have to worry about time in the future, you can call me at any time. But sometimes when I do important work, I may set the mute. If I don't answer, please forgive me."
Xia Zhen nodded, "Yes. Have you had dinner yet?"
"Eat." Pei Chengan's work, rest and eating habits are very regular. "You didn't eat?"
"After eating, I'm hungry again, so I came to invite you to treat me to dinner." Xia Zhen said with a smile. Every day when I get home from get off work, I have a caring dinner, but today she is not in a good mood, so her appetite has dropped, so she only ate a little. And there's nothing to do with Pei Chengan, so let's eat.
Xia's father felt distressed at the time and told her to eat more, while Ms. Tian went to her room after the meal to ask her if she was worried.
There is indeed something on her mind, she nodded.
Ms. Tian continued to ask with hopeful eyes: "Troubled by love?"
This, really, Xia Zhen nodded firmly. Ms. Tian was inexplicably excited, and looked at her frowning daughter with burning eyes, "Are you having trouble with Xiao Pei? You restrain your temper, don't let others let you lose your temper, girls want to Be gentle and considerate.”
Xia Zhen murmured, "It's as if you're not willful, but considerate and gentle." Also, before I figured out the situation, I blamed her on her head. Is this really my mother
"What are you mumbling about?"
"Oh, I said I didn't have any trouble with Xiao Pei."
"Did you call Xiao Pei? You should call him 'Cheng'an' and be more intimate."
"I call him Cheng'an just like he calls me baby or sweetheart. Do you feel chilly?" Xia Zhen really couldn't imagine such a scene, and couldn't help shivering.
"Can you not argue with me?" Ms. Tian glared at Xia Zhen.
Xia Zhen tightly shut her mouth.
"You didn't have any trouble, what's the matter?"
"We haven't seen each other for four days." Today is Thursday, exactly four days, and it's easy to count.
Ms. Tian smiled, "My daughter is thinking|springing, hehehehe."
It's really hard to look back.
"There is a good Cantonese restaurant nearby, as well as Western restaurants and Japanese food. What do you want to eat?" Actually, there is also a Hunan restaurant and a Shandong restaurant, but at this time, it's better to eat something light, so she didn't let her choose.
"Or go to my dormitory, and I'll cook for you." Pei Chengan hesitated, not because he didn't want to cook for her, but because it was late at night, so it might not be good for her to go to her own residence.
"You know how to cook." Xia Zhen was a little surprised, she thought he only liked to stay in the study, well, there is also the martial arts gym, but she didn't expect him to stay in the kitchen.
"know a bit."
It's just that she knows a little bit, Xia Zhen is balanced, a person like her who is not top-notch in her studies, and her fingers are not in the sun, doesn't like to see others so omnipotent.
"It's better to eat Cantonese cuisine, or you can also eat KFC, which is convenient, quick, and delicious." On the way she came, she saw a KFC restaurant two minutes away by car.
Pei Chengan paid Xia Zhen for the coffee. "Let's go."
The two got into the car, Pei Chengan's car drove in the opposite direction to KFC, Xia Zhen didn't think much about it, all roads lead to Rome, go this way, you might just turn a corner later and you will arrive there. With good yearning, Xia Zhen got off the car with Pei Chengan, but the Cantonese restaurant in front of her disappointed her.
"Aren't you going to eat KFC?" Xia Zhen was holding on to her last hope, maybe he didn't hear clearly.
"You are not allowed to eat junk food." Pei Chengan had a firm expression on his face.
It is too cruel to have an appetite aroused by KFC but not be satisfied now.
"Is the food in these restaurants good? It is likely to be waste oil, there are pesticide residues on the vegetables, the meat may be the meat of sick and dead animals, and in terms of hygiene, the plates are not cleaned and disinfected, and the chef may finish serving them." You don't wash your hands in the toilet." Xia Zhen spoke very quickly, looking annoyed.
Pei Chengan thought she was really... cute, like a child arguing.
"You're right." He agreed with her.
Xia Zhen argued with her mother several times at home almost every day, and played with friends outside, especially with Xue Chen, bickering was commonplace, but no one would back down. But Pei Chengan, he seemed to be particularly easy to compromise.
Xia Zhen was so unaccustomed to such a person that she didn't know how to answer the conversation now. She's already laying out the next round of debate.
"Then go eat at my place."
Xia Zhen narrowed her eyes slightly to look at him, as if she wanted to see through his heart from his appearance. Pei Chengan felt terrified when she saw her, and asked: "You... don't want to go?" In fact, what he wanted to ask was "You dare not go?"
"I'm not going." It's only been a long time since we've known each other, and I want her to go to his bachelor's apartment. Even if he behaves like a decent gentleman, he's just pretending to be insecure.
Pei Chengan didn't force it, "Then let's eat steak."
"No, I just want to eat fried chicken and French fries, and I want a family bucket." Didn't she want to be self-willed? Of course she would do the opposite.
Pei Chengan didn't make a sound, Xia Zhen held her stomach and said, "I'm so hungry that my stomach hurts."
"If you have a stomachache, you can't eat those things."
"It's not a stomachache, it's just that I'm hungry, very hungry, only fried chicken can save me." Xia Zhen was like a greedy cat.
Pei Chengan: "..."
"Forget it, I think I'd better go home and eat leftovers, and you don't have to see me off, I'll take a taxi back by myself."
"Then go eat KFC." Pei Chengan was very helpless, he is not a person who compromises easily, but facing Xia Zhen, if she doesn't compromise, she should be very unhappy. Being happy is very important. As for eating some unhealthy food occasionally, let her change it slowly in the future.
Xia Zhen's waywardness was indulged, and she felt a little proud, but also a little bit melancholy.
Except for her father, she felt that no one in this world would tolerate her infinitely, and there would always be times when she couldn't bear it. But despite knowing this, when someone indulges, I still feel happy in my heart.
She didn't order the family bucket, she was exaggerating just now, she was not particularly hungry, nor did she have to eat KFC. She ordered a chicken popcorn, a grilled wing, a magic chicken nugget, anchovy shrimp, and a perverted chicken wing. When her finger brushed across the row of drinks, Pei Chengan said to the orderer, "Thank you for a glass of hot milk."
"Can I replace it with hot milk tea?" Xia Zhen said flatteringly.
Pei Chengan shook his head, "If you want to hear, I can tell you about the ingredients and hazards of milk tea." As for the hazards of fried food, he didn't need to talk about it.
The orderer was still waiting for them to make a decision, Xia Zhen thought that he had already given in, so she should stop in moderation. "Then a cup of hot milk." Then she turned to Pei Chengan and asked, "You really don't eat anything."
"Don't eat."
With a resolute tone and a resolute expression, Xia Zhen said in her heart: Very good, you successfully aroused my desire to conquer.
There were quite a few people in KFC, Xia Zhen and Pei Chengan found a quieter corner to sit down.
"If you don't eat, I'll eat." It's not good to eat together, eat one by one, but it doesn't matter, it's only temporary.
"you eat."
Xia Zhen was not polite, and ate one of everything. Perhaps because these foods were too high in calories, Xia Zhen felt full before eating half of them. She peeked at Pei Chengan. Pei Chengan was reading the leaflets on the table. Feeling Xia Zhen's gaze, he raised his head and looked back. "What's wrong?"
Xia Zhen smiled sweetly, picked up a popcorn chicken and held it out in front of him.
The meaning was obvious, but Pei Chengan frowned tightly, looked directly at Xia Zhen, and refused with his eyes.
"Try it." Xia Zhen coaxed.
"I don't eat this kind of food."
"It won't hurt to taste a little, it's not very poisonous." Xia Zhen's voice was soft and waxy, with a hint of coquettishness.
"..." Pei Chengan endured the desire to describe the ingredients and harms of these foods.
Xia Zhen put down the popcorn chicken and replaced it with anchovy shrimp. "This one should be fine, just eat one."
"I don't like to eat at night."
Xia Zhen switched to perverted chicken wings again, and she handed it to Pei Chengan's lips, begging, "You handsome guy, why don't you take a bite, huh?"
Pei Chengan is very entangled now, he rarely has entangled emotions, he has never understood those who love to be entangled before, and thinks that as long as he stands firm and follows his own heart, any choice will not be difficult.
He looked at Xia Zhen helplessly, and Xia Zhen looked at him, then blinked quickly, like a butterfly fluttering its beautiful wings. Under her burning gaze, Pei Chengan slowly opened his mouth and bit the food on her fingertips.
"Look at other people's girlfriends, how gentle and considerate, you should learn more in the future." A man sitting next to him looked at Pei Chengan and Xia Zhen enviously.
His girlfriend was furious, snatched the chicken leg from his hand, and said viciously: "Then you also look at what other people's boyfriends look like. If you are as tall and handsome as someone else, I will give you a kiss every day." You bring the footwashing water, no, I’ll bring it if you’re half handsome, but what about you? Ouch, when you go to a plastic surgery hospital, the doctor will only tell you where there is a veterinarian.”
"Pfft..." Xia Zhen couldn't help laughing, but before she stopped laughing, Pei Chengan coughed a few times on the opposite side. Looking at his flushed face, she asked anxiously, "What's wrong with you?"