288 Wei Zilin straightened up, but suddenly approached her (third update)
Before they knew it, they were back downstairs at their house.
There is an underground parking lot in the community, and there are some parking spaces on the ground for external vehicles to come in to visit relatives and friends and are temporarily out of use.
I don't know if it's because of the weekend, but there are many vehicles parked on the ground, and the space downstairs has been occupied.
Wei Zilin looked for another place. It was not as convenient as parking downstairs, but the distance was not far.
After getting out of the car, Wei Zilin went to the trunk to take out the ingredients. Xu Moyan offered to help, but Wei Zilin refused.
"Every bag is heavy, so I'll do it." Wei Zilin smiled and avoided Xu Moyan's hand that stretched out to take the shopping bag.
Xu Moyan could only give up. Xu Moyan did not encounter many gentlemen like Wei Zilin in life.
There is only one, a male classmate in the same class in high school. There is no naive and ignorant love between men and women, he is just a gentleman and knows how to take care of others.
Tables and chairs are often moved in the class, and he will take the initiative to help. The school organizes outings, and she also knows how to take care of her female classmates on the way. Help carry a whole box of mineral water. Heavy work will be taken over from female classmates.
It has nothing to do with family status and everything to do with upbringing.
The two entered the elevator together, and Wei Zilin put down the shopping bags for a while to rest. As he moved, some of the snowflakes on his shoulders scattered, except for the top of his head.
Xu Moyan held his hand and almost couldn't help but sweep the snowflakes off his head.
Wei Zilin straightened up, but suddenly approached her. Xu Moyan only felt enveloped by his figure. The brightness in the elevator, which was not too bright to begin with, suddenly became much darker. As he got closer, all you could smell was the refreshing smell of detergent on his body, as well as the faint fragrance of aftershave, which seemed to be accompanied by the refreshing chill of snowflakes.
Xu Moyan's eyes widened, and her heart was about to beat. When she was about to raise her head in confusion, she felt a gloved hand gently fall on the top of her head, patting lightly without any force.
When Wei Zilin stepped back a little, Xu Moyan was still in shock and did not recover from his intimate touch.
Looking at Wei Zilin stupidly, he saw a smile on his face, as if he was unaware of how intimate the contact just now was.
Just listen to him say: "There are a lot of snowflakes on your head, I will sweep them away for you."
Xu Moyan felt that his breath was still lingering in her breath, and it would not go away for a long time. She could only nod her head subconsciously in response to his words.
Until the elevator stopped and the door opened, she still couldn't recover.
Wei Zilin was originally carrying a shopping bag in each hand. The shopping bag was stuffed with tons of ingredients, and the weight was not light.
But because of Xu Moyan, he put all the shopping bags in one hand. After a slight hesitation, he reached out and held Xu Moyan's wrist, and with a little force, he motioned for her to follow him out of the elevator.
He led her all the way until he stopped between the two doors, looked around, and then asked Xu Moyan in embarrassment: "Which way is it?"
Xu Moyan finally came to her senses and pointed to the left, "Here."
Wei Zilin nodded and took Xu Moyan over.
Only then did Xu Moyan remember to get the key. When she lowered her head to look for it, she realized that his wrist was being held by him. I didn't notice it just now, so I didn't realize it was anything. Now that I came back to my senses, I happened to see it, and suddenly my wrist felt very hot, as if it was being held by a hot iron.
Following her gaze, Wei Zilin also noticed. In fact, he had forgotten it for a moment, and now he immediately relaxed, but he felt a little regretful in his heart.
Xu Moyan felt unnatural and could not move smoothly. His blazing warmth seemed to still remain on my wrist. When I was rummaging through my bag for my keys, my hands were shaking because of my nervousness. You can never ignore the feeling of being held by him. His dry, warm and soft palm makes you feel more and more like that hand is not your own.
The more embarrassed and confused he is, the more embarrassed he feels. In winter, a thin layer of sweat formed on my neck and my cheeks became red.
Wei Zilin happened to be standing next to her, and the refreshing breath coming from him kept surrounding her and she couldn't ignore it.
After finally finding the key, Xu Moyan breathed a sigh of relief. He aimed at the keyhole and pushed it in. He quickly opened the door and let Wei Zilin go first.
In front of the mat in the entrance hall, Zheng Yuntong had already found men's disposable slippers for guests and placed them neatly there.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, Zheng Yuntong ran over quickly, with an expression as if he had finally been saved, which made Xu Moyan extremely puzzled. Did Shen Zongyi take the opportunity to do something while they were away
"You are finally back." Zheng Yuntong said happily.
Shen Zongyi, who was sitting in the living room, smiled playfully, and Xu Moyan decided to question Zheng Yuntong later.
Zheng Yuntong took the ingredients from Wei Zilin's hand. At this moment, Wei Zilin showed no mercy. Unlike Xu Moyan who refused to carry it, he unceremoniously handed over the shopping bag to Zheng Yuntong.
Xu Moyan was busy changing her shoes and didn't notice.
It was Zheng Yuntong who was unprepared and underestimated the weight of the shopping bag. She exclaimed and almost failed to lift it.
However, Shen Zongyi was able to stride over in time and lift the shopping bag in time before it landed on the ground. His palms inevitably overlapped on the back of her hands, sticking closely together and holding them firmly.
The weight on his hands was lightened, but Zheng Yuntong was not relaxed. His eyes fell on their overlapping hands in shock.
Shen Zongyi also saw it, with a pleasant smile on his lips. Because he lowered his head, others could not see it, but Xu Moyan was squatting to change his shoes, and when he heard Zheng Yuntong's exclamation and looked over, he happened to get a clear look. She couldn't help but smile, stopped changing her shoes, and looked at the two people in front of her with interest.
Zheng Yuntong was completely red from her fingers to her cheeks. Her hands were wrapped in Shen Zongyi's palms and she was trembling nervously.
Shen Zongyi saw that Zheng Yuntong was really pitiful, so he mercifully let go, let go of Zheng Yuntong's hand, and transferred the bag to his own hand.
He raised his head and put away his smile, and turned to look at Wei Zilin accusingly. Why do you not know how to feel sorry for others
The expression changed so quickly that Xu Moyan wanted to laugh but had a hard time holding it back.
Wei Zilin also laughed, if I knew that I felt sorry for her, wouldn't you throw all these things in my face
Shen Zongyi stopped looking at him and carried the things into the kitchen.
Xu Moyan changed her shoes, and her previously tense and complicated mood dissipated because of the incident between Zheng Yuntong and Shen Zongyi, and she felt much calmer. At least he could face Wei Zilin and invite him to sit in the living room.
Zheng Yuntong had already boiled hot water, made tea for Shen Zongyi and Wei Zilin, and ran to the kitchen to find Xu Moyan.
It was already 11 o'clock, and she had to move quickly so as not to keep the guests waiting.
Zheng Yuntong came over, and Xu Moyan politely asked her to help wash and cut vegetables.
Xu Moyan cleaned the fish, deboned it, sliced the fish meat, rubbed it with salt, wrapped it in starch and egg liquid, heated the oil, held the fish fillets with chopsticks, and put them into the pot. The hot oil makes boiling bubbles the moment the fish fillets fall in, which is very lively and beautiful. The starch and egg liquid are fried until they become puffy and crispy, and the fish fillets expand in a circle, exuding the fragrant flavor of fried foods.
Xu Moyan picked up the colander and took the fish fillets out of the oil pan, put them on kitchen paper to absorb the excess oil.
Zheng Yuntong came over and sniffed, "It smells so good."
Immediately, he picked up a piece of fish fillet with a toothpick and took a bite, which was crunchy.
Xu Moyan said with a smile: "Save some for the two of them. We will add juice later. You will get tired of eating too much like this."
"I just can't help it. Your skills are so good. Just fry it like this and it will be so crispy and delicious." Zheng Yuntong took a mouthful of oil.
Xu Moyan mixed water, sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, and ketchup in proportion, and added a spoonful of Korean hot sauce according to her unique secret recipe. Considering that Wei Zilin doesn't like spicy food very much, he didn't add much.
Normal sweet and sour sauce does not contain this, but Xu Moyan tried it by chance and found that Korean hot sauce is very helpful for the coloring of sweet and sour sauce. The red one is easier to use than ketchup, and Korean hot sauce is sweeter. The spiciness is not that exciting. Add a little to the sweet and sour sauce, and the color will be bright red, with a slight spiciness, which will really enhance the taste.
Put the prepared sauce into a pot and simmer over low heat. Add a pinch of minced basil and grind black pepper by hand. Wait until the soup thickens, turn off the heat and pour the soup over the fish fillets.
Zheng Yuntong looked at it and asked in a low voice: "I just saw you and Mr. Wei entering the door, and the style was not right. What did you two do outside, your face is so red?"
Xu Moyan raised her eyebrows, "I didn't do anything. I was blown away by the cold wind. It's not like you don't know how cold it is today."
"Really?" Zheng Yuntong didn't quite believe it. The way the two of them came in just now, it was obvious that something happened outside.
Among the parties involved was Wei Zilin, which was a big deal.
Xu Moyan took out the crystal skins, carrots, cucumbers, fresh mushrooms, and rapeseed prepared last night from the refrigerator, chopped them, mixed them with the pork stuffing, added seasonings, mixed well, wrapped it in crystal skins to make siomai, and put a piece of rice on the top. Wrap 12 shrimps in this way and put them in the steamer.
After washing his hands, he turned to ask Zheng Yuntong, "It's you. When we entered the door, you rushed over as if you were running away. What did you and Assistant Shen do at home alone? Why are you so blushing and flustered?"
"We didn't do anything!" Zheng Yuntong raised her voice guiltily. Fortunately, the roar of the range hood covered her voice and did not reach the living room.
"It's just... it's a little awkward for us two to be alone in the living room." Zheng Yuntong lowered his head and twisted his clothes, "It's nothing."
Xu Moyan smiled and did not press any questions. He just said, "In my opinion, you are making very good progress."
Zheng Yuntong blushed and said, "I... I'll go out to entertain them!"
After that, he escaped from the kitchen again.
Xu Moyan looked at her running back, but felt as if Zheng Yuntong had just emerged from the fire pit and entered the wolf's den again, and couldn't help laughing.
After a while, Xu Moyan was processing the lotus roots, preparing to make a sour and refreshing cold lotus root slices. The cold dish is simple to relieve greasiness, sweet and sour, crispy, and very appetizing.
I was concentrating on slicing the lotus root into thin slices when I heard the door open. Thinking it was Zheng Yuntong who was back again, he didn't look up and said, "Just stay in the living room to entertain the guests. No host would leave a guest there alone."
"Shen Zongyi and Zheng Yuntong are familiar with each other. They are not guests and do not need to entertain them." A slightly smiling voice came from behind. There was the loud noise of the range hood running, and the sound seemed particularly clear.
Ever since he met Wei Zilin, Yu Linling's voice always came to him unexpectedly, catching Xu Moyan off guard.
The result of being caught off guard was that the knife tilted and almost cut his hand. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and no real damage was caused.
Wei Zilin also noticed her movements, frowned slightly, walked forward in three or two steps, grabbed her hand without hesitation, pinched her fingers with his long and well-boned fingers, and inspected each finger one by one. , seeing that there was indeed no injury, he let go.
Xu Moyan was stunned. He always made intimate gestures like this from time to time. Maybe in his opinion, it was a gentleman's behavior and he didn't have any other feelings in his heart. But for her, she wanted to resist and not let herself think too much. ,It's really tough.
If he continues like this and comes here a few more times, she may really be unable to resist and sink in pitifully.
Every time his tender care comes so unexpectedly.
"I heard from Zheng Yuntong that you are very good at your craftsmanship. Why are you so careless when cutting vegetables?" Wei Zilin frowned slightly and asked as if he was reproaching.
Xu Moyan pursed her lips quickly before saying, "I was distracted just now, but I wouldn't normally be."
"It's my fault. I shouldn't have made such a sudden noise behind you." Wei Zilin suddenly blamed himself.