After breakfast, it was not too late, so the four of them did not stay in the ancient town any longer. They checked out of the hotel and drove into the city for sightseeing.
At around 4pm, they came out of the famous local garden and headed straight back to Haicheng. After two days of running, Chen Xizhu and Yin Fanlu were exhausted and decided not to plan any activities in the evening and take a good rest.
With a lot of free time, Chen Xizhu thought about going to Fu Shitian's apartment. Naturally, Fu Shitian did not refuse.
It was almost time for dinner, so the car got off the highway and headed toward the city. Shi Yi asked them what they wanted for dinner, and Yin Fanlu said she liked it. Chen Xizhu was about to answer "anything" when her eyes suddenly caught sight of a few young girls who were walking out of a supermarket and chatting and laughing on the sidewalk ahead.
The girls, who all looked to be no older than college age, walked side by side in pairs. Each of them carried a large plastic bag by the handle. One could vaguely see that the bag was filled with a variety of fresh ingredients. It looked like they were going to have either hotpot or barbecue.
Chen Xizhu was immediately aroused.
"How about hotpot?" she turned around and asked excitedly.
"Sure." Shi Yi turned the steering wheel and asked naturally, "Si Tian, do you have any store recommendations?"
Fu Shitian was about to answer when Chen Xizhu followed closely behind and asked, "Tiantian, can you light a fire at home?"
Fu Shitian immediately understood what Chen Xizhu meant. She smiled and said, "Sure. There's no natural gas, but we can use an induction cooker. Do you want to eat at home?"
Chen Xizhu nodded quickly: "Lulu and I don't know how to cook. To be honest, we haven't eaten home-cooked meals for a long time. The last time we had a home-cooked hot pot was two years ago when I went to Lulu's house to meet her father. I'm so greedy that I feel like drooling when I talk about it now."
Yin Fanlu felt both amused and distressed: "Why do I suddenly feel like I've abused you?"
Chen Xizhu immediately climbed up the pole, feeling distressed: "That's right! You just realized it, tsk! You are so ungrateful. There are not many fools like me who are willing to endure hardships for love, you must cherish me."
Yin Fanlu showed a disgusted expression and said seriously: "Stop talking, tonight... I won't be able to eat hot pot tonight."
Chen Xizhu was furious: "Yin! Fan! Lu! Say it again."
"I said… "
Chen Xizhu pounced on his prey like a tiger, leaned over and covered Yin Fanlu's mouth. Yin Fanlu struggled and made a "woohoo" sound, and the two of them burst into laughter.
Shi Yi and Fu Shitian couldn't help laughing. "Then drive the car to the Jinhui shopping mall in front of my house. There is a supermarket inside. Let's go buy some vegetables." Fu Shitian reminded Shi Yi.
Shi Yi said "hmm" and asked, "Is your hot pot a shabu-shabu hot pot?"
Fu Shitian said: "No."
Strictly speaking, the pot in her house was not a hot pot, but a multi-purpose pot. She lived alone and didn't care what she ate. In fact, she seldom cooked at home. This pot was given to her by Fu Siyu because he couldn't bear to see her.
Shi Yi said: "Then don't buy spicy hot pot base."
Fu Shitian wanted to ask why, but suddenly realized that Shi Yi really cared about her poor digestion. So, the porridge was too soft yesterday morning...
Fu Shitian felt relieved, with a smile on his face: "Okay, I'll do as you say."
She should be extra soft.
Shi Yi pretended to be indifferent and stared at the road ahead, but sweetness leaked out from the corners of his lips.
She drove the car directly into the underground parking lot of the Jinhui Shopping Mall that Fu Shitian mentioned. The four of them went to the supermarket to do some shopping and bought a small set of tableware and chopsticks before moving on to the residential apartment where Fu Shitian lived.
After parking the car at a paid temporary parking spot, the four of them walked up.
On the way, Fu Shitian received a call. It was Fu Siyu who asked her whether she was at home or in the restaurant. He said that her mother had made some pancakes which were still hot. She and Song Yu were going out, so he might as well bring some back for her.
The pancakes made by Wang Meifen are authentic Ningcheng style, and you have never tasted such authentic taste outside. Fu Shitian thought that Shi Yi, Chen Xizhu and Yin Fanlu were there, so he could give them a taste, so he did not refuse and told her: "I'm at home, just come up when you get there."
Fu Siyu hung up the phone readily.
Fu Shitian put away his phone, walked into the elevator with Shi Yi and the others, pressed the floor button, and explained: "My sister called and said that my aunt made some pancakes and wanted to send them over for me to try."
Yin Fanlu praised: "You are such a caring sister."
Chen Xizhu was a little confused, but didn't dare to ask. It was Shi Yi who asked directly: "Are you and your sister on good terms now?"
The smile on Fu Shitian's face faded a little, and the elevator mirror reflected the disappointment on her face that was difficult to conceal: "Yeah."
"She has been through a lot in the past few years and has matured a lot."
In fact, if possible, she would rather Fu Siyu could continue to be as pampered and happy as before. It doesn't matter whether he has a good relationship with her or not. It's enough for her to live a good life. But what happened has happened, and there is no going back.
Fortunately, this result is a blessing in disguise. Otherwise, she would never be able to let it go in her life.
Shi Yi seemed to be thinking about something and held Fu Shitian's hand.
Fu Shitian understood her silent comfort, suppressed his melancholy, stroked the back of Shi Yi's hand with his thumb, and smiled again.
The elevator opened at the right time, and Fu Shitian led everyone to her apartment.
It looked like there were at least a dozen households on each floor of the apartment. Fu Shitian lived in the next household very close to the elevator. Shi Yi pursed her lips, not quite satisfied. The residents were too mixed, and too close to the elevator entrance. Not to mention the noise disturbance, she was also worried about the safety.
"Why did you think of buying an apartment?" She looked at Fu Shitian opening the door and asked calmly.
Fu Shitian said: "We didn't buy it, we rented it. We didn't rent it here before, but later we opened a restaurant. At first we had to get up early in the morning to buy the goods, and it was too far from the market and the restaurant, so we moved here."
Rented. Shi Yi's frown suddenly relaxed. She began to calculate the distance between her home and Nanyuan Restaurant. Although they were in different directions, the distance should be about the same.
"No need to take off your shoes." Fu Shitian greeted at the door.
Chen Xizhu was careless and didn't bother to be polite with her. She really didn't take off her slippers and stepped directly into them: "I know, maybe you don't have any spare slippers for us."
After all, even the bowls and chopsticks were just bought.
Fu Shitian said cunningly: "Then you are wrongly accusing me." She bent down, opened the shoe cabinet, and took out two pairs of clean home slippers: "I just want you to be more casual."
Occasionally, Fu Siyu and his family would come over, so she still prepared two or three pairs of guest slippers.
Chen Xizhu snorted and laughed, not admitting his mistake, and only said, "Then change it. It's so hot, it will be cooler if you take it off."
Yin Fanlu agreed, and the two of them took the slippers handed to them by Fu Shitian and bent down to change their shoes.
Shi Yi stood aside and asked with his eyes: "Where's mine?"
Fu Shitian's eyes flickered and she said, "Wait for me a moment." Without even changing her shoes, she turned around and ran upstairs quickly.
Soon, she came down holding a pair of new slippers with a label still hanging on them. The texture was obviously different from the guest slippers worn by Chen Xizhu and Yin Fanlu.
That was the year before she opened the restaurant. After months of endless socializing and overtime in exchange for the largest bonus in her career, she was distraught and didn't know what to do or where to go. When she passed by the store, she bought it for some unknown reason.
It’s the same brand of slippers that Shi Yi prepared for her back then.
The softest part of Shi Yi's heart seemed to be hit hard by something, causing it to throb violently.
"Try it and see if it fits." Fu Shitian tore off the label and handed it to Shi Yi.
Shi Yi took it, but before he could say anything, Chen Xizhu started to make a scene: "Wow, what is this? Why is hers new?"
Fu Shitian's face turned red, and he was evasive, "I didn't know you would come..."
Chen Xizhu joked: "Oh, so you knew Shi Yi would come?"
While changing his shoes, Shi Yi slightly tilted his head and looked at her with teasing eyes.
Fu Shitian's neck turned red, and she was suddenly at a loss for words. She felt that no matter how she explained, it was wrong. She simply squatted down to change her shoes and stopped talking.
Chen Xizhu laughed even more. Yin Fanlu took advantage of the situation and pretended to criticize Chen Xizhu: "Teacher Chen, you should know your own limits. How dare you compare yourself with Shi Yiyi? Who is Shi Yiyi? Who are we?"
Chen Xizhu pretended: "Alas... it was a wrong decision after all."
Fu Shitian was so embarrassed that she almost buried her head in her knees. "You guys talk too much and you don't look hungry at all. I will give you less food later."
Her voice was soft and without any power.
Shi Yixin then softened into a ball. She rubbed the fine hair on the back of Fu Shitian's head and echoed her: "Don't add any seasoning, don't season them."
Fu Shitian finally laughed out loud and responded softly, "Okay."
Chen Xizhu and Yin Fanlu stopped laughing and started crying.
Fu Shitian hummed and chuckled, laughing happily.
Shi Yi, Chen Xizhu and Yin Fanlu looked at her and saw looks of relief in each other's eyes.
Their Tiantian looks best when she smiles like this.
The four of them laughed and joked for a while, then lined up to wash their feet in Fu Shitian's small bathroom, and then went to the kitchen to wash vegetables and shrimps, and prepare pots and pans.
The apartment was too small, only about 30 or 40 square meters. Two people would not be able to turn around if they stood in the kitchen. So Fu Shitian asked Shi Yi, Chen Xizhu and Yin Fanlu to wait for her at the table outside and help her if she needed anything.
As there were outsiders present, Shi Yi felt embarrassed to be too affectionate with Fu Shitian, so he obediently followed Chen Xizhu and the others in the restaurant, setting the table and waiting.
They just needed to peel the last few quail eggs so that Fu Shitian could come out to eat together, when the doorbell suddenly rang.
Fu Shitian guessed that it must be Fu Siyu who arrived, so she asked Shi Yi to help her open the door, and then she washed her hands and went out.
Shi Yi didn't think about anything else. He adjusted his expression to what he thought was the most cordial and friendly and went to open the door.
Unexpectedly, when the door opened, the person standing at the door was not Fu Siyu, but a pretty and sweet girl who looked no more than twenty-three or twenty-four years old.
"Sister Tiantian." She called her in a friendly manner without even seeing who was coming.
Looks very familiar.
Shi Yi raised his eyebrows, and his expression faded.
Tiantian...sister
Um
The author has something to say: Shi Yiyi is holding a Gatling gun and smiling^^: Let me see who is coveting my little rabbit. ,，