A night of torrential rain washed away the lingering haze over Ningchuan. When the sun rose the next day, the city seemed to return to its usual laziness, as if the crisis that had enveloped the entire city had never appeared before, and it was another day of peace and tranquility.
When Mu He woke up lazily, Chen Xian had already gone out to buy vegetables and came back. Since there were more people in the family this time, he also had an extra pair of chopsticks, so Chen Xian bought a little more meat than before.
No more, no less, exactly two hundred and fifty catties.
Chen Xian can be regarded as a "celebrity" in Laoluoguxiang, so the butchers in the vegetable market always give special treatment to senior customers like Chen Xian. The seasonings were all pulled back together by the delivery driver.
After Mu He got dressed, he yawned and jumped off the bed, and ran into the kitchen slapping on his slippers, only to hear a jingling sound inside.
"Chen Xian, can't these be eaten directly?"
"cannot."
"I smell delicious... Although their breath of life is almost exhausted..."
"Go out and stay, don't make trouble."
Blocked out by Chen Xian's few words, Mr. Skeleton was also a little depressed, sitting pitifully on the threshold outside the kitchen, seeing Muhe coming, it also waved like a human greeting.
"Good morning."
"Good morning..." Mu He always had a cute smile on his face when he spoke, and his attitude towards Mr. Skeleton was much warmer than before. He secretly poked his head over, saw Chen Xian's busy figure, and looked back contentedly.
Maybe it started last night, maybe it started a long time ago... In Mu He's eyes, there is no one better than Chen Xian in this world.
This strange world is like an impenetrable fog to Mu He, she will never know what the essence of this world is like, it is like a bedroom that has been magnified countless times but is full of furniture everywhere, as if Every corner is full of unknown secrets. Although all these make her very curious, they also make her feel inexplicably uneasy.
Living in this grotesque world, she is like a stranger in a foreign land walking in the dark, and Chen Xian is not as warm as the sun, because his personality is not warm, if you really want to compare...Chen Xian may be more It's like a moonlight that seems to have no temperature but is always there.
Although sometimes he feels too indifferent and calm, but when people need something, they can always look back and see him.
Mu He was also very happy to hear the sound of Chen Xian cooking. After all, he had been living in the Ningchuan sub-bureau during this time, and he ate all the meals in the cafeteria. The color and fragrance are all available, but Mu He still doesn't like it very much after eating it for a while, and always feels that something is missing.
"He's... cooking?" Mr. Skeleton squatted on the threshold and swayed left and right, as if there were nails under his buttocks, he was unsteady, and he was constantly organizing language while talking. After all, the common sense of human society is all to him. New things, "why not just eat it?"
"It's not delicious, Chen Xian's cooking is delicious, um... super delicious!"
Mu He jumped up and down to find a clean place to sit under the locust tree in the courtyard. His two fair and slender legs were dangling under the stone pier, looking towards the kitchen from beginning to end. Once she smelled the faint smell of meat wafting from the room, she would secretly swallow her saliva, praying that Chen Xian would finish the meal quickly, she would almost starve to death!
At this moment, someone knocked on the door of the old house.
Mr. Skeleton, who was sitting on the threshold of the kitchen, raised his head, as if he sensed who was outside the door. He looked back at Chen Xian who was cooking in the kitchen, and then lowered his head again.
"Help me open the door."
Chen Xian was frying the shredded beef in the pot, and turned on the range hood while talking. At this moment, he found that the giant amphora of the same model in the restaurant could hardly meet his needs. Judging by the increasing appetite of everyone... Maybe I should buy some special kitchen utensils used in canteens, such as the kind that can stew a pig in one pot.
He had seen that kind of cauldron in the cafeteria of the Ningchuan branch, but he didn't know if he could buy one internally if he had a relationship. It would be best if it could be shipped free.
Hearing Chen Xian's voice, Mu He said "Oh", and ran to open the door with his slippers on.
Opening the door, Mu He glanced out cautiously, and then...
"Boom!"
Looking at the closed door in front of him, Mu He seemed a little worried. According to the memory in his mind, he imitated Chen Xian's steps of locking the door.
"Who is it?" Chen Xian's voice came from the kitchen.
"There is no one outside!" Mu He replied crisply, and then quickly ran to the door of the kitchen, blocking Chen Xian who was about to come out to have a look, with a cute smile on his face and a soft voice, " Chen Xian, Chen Xian, is the meal ready?"
"Soon." Chen Xian nodded, and looked at the door with some doubts, "There is no one outside? Could it be that someone knocked on the wrong door?"
Mr. Skeleton squatting on the threshold yawned, and when he heard Chen Xian muttering, he looked back at him.
"It seems to be that human surnamed Lu, and that woman. I smell them."
Mu He glared at Mr. Skeleton angrily, and seemed to blame him for being meddlesome.
"They're not thieves, why are you locking the door?" Chen Xian looked at Mu He helplessly, picked up a towel and wiped his hands, and walked to open the door of the old house under Mu He's unhappy gaze.
I have to say that Mr. Skeleton's nose is really sensitive, and it is indeed Lu Yisheng and Xu Yanan standing outside the door at the moment.
Compared with the slightly nervous Lu Yisheng, Xu Yanan seemed much more at ease. After going back to rest for a night, she seemed to be a different person. She couldn't see the way she was cornered on Jiuling Mountain yesterday. She wore a very simple and plain outfit. The colorful casual clothes exuded a fresh and natural atmosphere, which was a bit more cordial than the previous cold and inhuman appearance.
If flowers can be used to describe a woman, then Xu Yanan at this moment is like a tulip blooming in the warm sun.
A bit noble and elegant, a bit pretty and moving.
"Why did you two come together?" Chen Xian leaned against the door frame, as if he had returned to the time when he met Xu Yanan for the first time, but now there was no hostility on his face, only a very puzzled expression .
"I stopped by to see you, and thank you by the way." Xu Yanan lifted the fruit basket in her hand and handed it to Chen Xian, showing a rare smile from the bottom of her heart, "It seems that you are recovering well!"
"We met at the intersection... so what..." Lu Yisheng smiled dryly, and handed Chen Xian a basket of eggs, "Boss, if you hadn't shown your prowess yesterday, we might have died... Thank you!"
Chen Xian silently looked at the two of them, then looked at the meeting gifts they handed over, and then received them with a complicated expression, wondering in his heart... Are they here to find fault or to cause trouble for himself? It seems that you are not that poor and mean, why do you send such things as soon as you come to your door
This basket of eggs looks like it was bought in a vegetable market, and the red seal of "XX Farmer's Market" can be seen on the side of the bamboo basket. As for the fruit basket, it looks familiar no matter how you look, it looks like...
"Did you buy it at the entrance of the People's Hospital?" Chen Xian asked tentatively.
"No, no, I bought it elsewhere, it looks fresh, so..." Xu Yanan hastily denied it, and said to him from left to right, "How about we go in and talk about it?"
Chen Xian nodded, and made way for them with a complicated expression.
The moment Lu Yisheng stepped into the gate, Chen Xian suddenly put his hand on his shoulder.
"What... what's wrong, boss?" Lu Yisheng looked very nervous, and his heart was in a state of turmoil, afraid that Chen Xian would still be angry because of his reaction yesterday.
In fact, after the parting last night, Lu Yisheng returned to the branch office and did not fall asleep all night. All he could think about was this. He knew that Chen Xian was not a bad person, and he also knew how much this seemingly indifferent friend cared about him. , at least for so many years... He is the only person who is willing to stand in front of him when encountering danger.
Just when Lu Yisheng was thinking about how to apologize to Chen Xian, Chen Xian looked at the basket of eggs in his hand, and then suddenly showed a kind and friendly smile.
"Had breakfast?"
Hearing this unexpected question, Lu Yisheng instinctively shook his head and said he hadn't eaten yet.
"It's fine if you don't eat."
Chen Xian smiled slightly, that face that had little expression in front of outsiders now looked much gentler, the smile on his brows and eyes just made people feel like a spring breeze, then he looked at the fruit basket in the other hand.
"Miss Xu, what about you?"
"Me?" Xu Yanan was stunned, completely unexpected that this steel straight man would politely ask such a question, it was the first time he saw such a polite look, "I haven't... haven't eaten yet..."
Chen Xian nodded in satisfaction, walked towards the kitchen with the eggs and the fruit basket, and said without looking back.
"You are lucky."