The salty life in Life of Pi

Chapter 63: The Dish That Even Fish Can Die With Unhappy Eyes

"Uh, Haozi"

Lin Miaomiao looked at Jiang Tianhao tentatively

"Don't you know Deng Xiaoqi's mother?"

"I know. Wasn't that Deng Xiaoqi's mother? I saw her at the parents' meeting."

Jiang Tianhao was eating snacks and didn't understand what Lin Miaomiao and Wu Xianyu meant.

"cough"

Wu Xianyu coughed lightly, signaling Lin Miaomiao to take Mai Ju away first, leaving the two of them behind.

"Haozi, as a rich second-generation, there are some things you should know, such as Deng Bancheng."

"I know this, although I haven't seen it, but what do half of the men in Jiangzhou mean?"

The snack in his hand stopped in mid-air. Jiang Tianhao stopped chewing and looked at Wu Xianyu in surprise.

"It's what you think it means, it should be correct."

After a while, Jiang Tianhao took a bite of the warm snack and murmured:
"Yes, both of them have the surname Deng. I have some impression of the bald man just now. His surname is Meng. My father said he is not a good person, but he seems to be quite capable and rich."

Wu Xianyu discovered that when Jiang Tianhao was not involved in matters related to Deng Xiaoqi, his brain worked very well and he could figure out a lot of things in an instant.

"Okay, let's just keep this between the few of us. Don't spread it around. Let's go and follow them."

When Wu Xianyu explained to Jiang Tianhao, Lin Miaomiao also told Mai Ju, but Mai Ju only mentioned the name "Deng Bancheng" and she knew who he was. It was obvious that his family conditions were not ordinary.

A few people deliberately kept a distance from Qian Sanyi and his friends, eating as they walked. When the time was almost up, everyone turned around and went back to the school bus.

The bus door was open and waiting for the students to get on. Zhao Rongbao and other teachers were already standing at the front of the bus waiting for the students to come back. It didn't take long before the last student got back on the bus. After confirming again and again that all the students were present, the bus carrying the students drove towards the hotel booked by the school.

When they arrived at the hotel, room cards were distributed in order. Wu Xianyu was lucky enough to have a room all to himself because he was standing at the end of the line.

After returning to the room and putting away the luggage, he was about to go downstairs to the hotel restaurant for dinner when his cell phone rang. Wu Xianyu opened it and saw

Wang Leehom from Jiangzhou: Damn, I am unlucky. I was assigned to the same dormitory as Qian Sanyi, and the teacher didn’t even let me book a room at my own expense.
Looking at the other empty bed in his room, Wu Xianyu sent a message to Jiang Tianhao.

Xianyu: What a coincidence. I live alone in a standard room. Please tell Lao Zhao. If he has no problem with it, you can move in. I'm at 1307.
Jiangzhou Wang Leehom: Brother, I'm coming, wait for me, I love you so much
Jiang Tianhao, who was originally sitting on the small sofa in the room with an unhappy look on his face, saw Wu Xianyu's message, sat up straight abruptly, an excited expression appeared on his face, pulled his suitcase, and without saying hello to Qian Sanyi, went to find Lao Zhao.

Seeing that it was Wu Xianyu who invited him, Zhao Rongbao nodded.

"Okay, go ahead. But be careful about your behavior and don't embarrass our science class."

“No, no, I’m over there.”

Jiang Tianhao happily pulled his suitcase and went straight to Wu Xianyu's room.

I knocked on the door, but before the door opened, I heard Lin Miaomiao's voice behind me.

"Hey, Haozi, why are you here? Do you want to switch to liberal arts?"

"Hey, Lin Miaomiao, you are not far from Xianyu's room. I am in the same room with Qian Sanyi. Xianyu happens to live alone, so I told Lao Zhao and asked him to move in."

"click"

The door was opened, and Wu Xianyu appeared with his upper body naked. Jiang Tianhao didn't react much. He had seen this for two years, but it was the first time for Lin Miaomiao. However, her first reaction was to cover the eyes of Mai Ju beside her.

"Don't look at what is indecent, don't look at what is indecent"

Mai Ju was speechless, as her direction was completely blocked by Jiang Tianhao, but she was sure that Lin Miaomiao saw it clearly.

Wu Xianyu is too lazy to exercise, so don't expect to have clearly defined chest and abdominal muscles, but he doesn't have any excess fat and still has some natural muscle contours. In addition, Wu Xianyu often goes fishing and his skin color tends to be dark, making him look very manly. Lin Miaomiao was given a feast for the eyes this time.

After opening the door, Wu Xianyu felt a little regretful when he saw Lin Miaomiao. He wanted to wipe his sweat off, after all, he had been running all day, but now Lin Miaomiao had taken advantage of him. He urged Jiang Tianhao

"Hurry, hurry, come in, that female hooligan is taking advantage of you"

"Hey, come in right now"

Jiang Tianhao smiled obscenely, and the suitcase in his hand seemed to be out of control and could not be pulled into the room. Wu Xianyu watched him speechlessly, directing and acting himself, and said, "Oh, why is the wheel stuck?"

When Jiang Tianhao finally pulled the suitcase into the room, Wu Xianyu was about to close the door, but when he saw Lin Miaomiao's expression, he stopped closing the door, opened the door, turned around, took a few pieces of paper from the table in the room, and handed them to Lin Miaomiao.

"Wipe"

"Haha, huh? What are you wiping?"

Lin Miaomiao turned her head guiltily and looked at both sides of the corridor. No one had come out yet, so they were probably packing up. There were very few people like Lin Miaomiao who made food their first priority and who didn't pack anything and just put away their luggage and prepared to eat.

Wu Xianyu did not answer, feeling a little embarrassed, but also a little happy. He closed the door and heard the voice

"Wipe your nosebleed"

"Oh ah??"

Seeing the blood on the paper, Lin Miaomiao finally reacted and hurriedly wiped her nose. Mai Ju was dumbfounded and took Lin Miaomiao back to their room. After arriving in the room, she held back a smile and asked Lin Miaomiao:

"Miao Miao, what did you see? Why are you bleeding from your nose? Hahahaha"

Finally, she couldn't help laughing. Leaning against the sink, Mai Ju laughed without any image.

Lin Miaomiao looked at her in the mirror and said nothing. There was still a lot of blood on her mouth. After finally cleaning it up, Lin Miaomiao took Mai Ju out again.
"Don't tell anyone about this, it's too embarrassing."

On the way to the restaurant, Lin Miaomiao was still instructing Mai Jue, but Mai Jue didn't dare to look at her now, because if he looked at her, he would "cluck" and laugh like a hen.

Lin Miaomiao couldn't help it, and took her arm and complained
"You said you were as delicate as a porcelain doll, but why did your laugh sound like a hen crowing? Not ladylike at all. I wonder how many boys who are interested in you will be scared away."

"Hmm? Is this still effective? Then I will smile more in the future, and it would be best if no one likes me."

Sighing silently, Lin Miaomiao also felt her face burning. She was really embarrassed this time. Fortunately, only Wu Xianyu and Mai Ju saw it. Haozi probably didn't see it. She didn't know if Wu Xianyu would tell others.

"Miaomiao, Maiju, here"

As expected, Jiang Tianhao was waving at them, and Wu Xianyu was eating beside him.

The hotel's dinner was a buffet. Lin Miaomiao and Mai Ju prepared their own meals and sat at Jiang Tianhao's table. Before Lin Miaomiao could say anything, Jiang Tianhao couldn't wait to ask her:
"Miao Miao, what happened to you just now? I saw Xianyu was laughing for a long time, but he just wouldn't tell me what happened no matter what I asked him." Looking at Wu Xianyu who still had a smile on his face, Lin Miaomiao felt relieved. She didn't answer Jiang Tianhao's question, but asked him back:
"Do you think I would tell you about my own embarrassing experiences?"

After getting this answer, Jiang Tianhao looked at Mai Ju unwillingly again. Mai Ju was chewing something, but still crossed her hands to express her determination not to betray her best friend.

Only Jiang Tianhao was left, feeling anxious and anxious, jumping up and down, wondering what had happened.

In the end, Jiang Tianhao didn't get an answer, so he could only eat reluctantly. However, when he picked up the fish from the plate with chopsticks and put it into his mouth, the expression on his face kept changing, from astonishment at first, to confusion, and finally he reacted, took out a paper and spit out the fish in his mouth.

Wu Xianyu saw that he had finally eaten the West Lake Vinegar Fish, and he didn't hide his smile at all. He ran his hands through his hair.
"Finally I got fooled. I never expected that, Haozi, your family runs a hotel, but you don't even know the fame of West Lake Vinegar Fish."

In his previous life, Wu Xianyu saw a short video about West Lake Vinegar Fish and, knowing full well that there was a tiger in the mountain, he went to Hangzhou during the summer vacation with his childhood friend and ordered West Lake Vinegar Fish. After taking a piece with chopsticks, they looked at each other for a while and finally spit it out. The next day, they went to a famous restaurant by the West Lake and ordered it again. After eating it, they were sure of one thing, that is, if netizens said not to try something, then you really should not try it.

At that time, he thought what those people said on the Internet were correct, such as "If a fish is made into West Lake vinegar fish, then the fish died in vain" and "West Lake vinegar fish and bean juice were damaged together with it" and "West Lake vinegar fish and bean juice were not lost because outsiders did not believe in it."

"Damn, this is West Lake Vinegar Fish"

Jiang Tianhao's face was grim, as if he had just eaten uncleaned pig intestines. He kept spitting out the food, and the fishy smell in his mouth had not disappeared.

"My hotel doesn't make this at all. I've only heard of it. How would I know it looks like this? Or did I get it from the local specialty counter? Is this a Yuhang specialty?"

"Then tell me if it tastes bad or not, but it's very unique."

"That's true"

Jiang Tianhao pushed the fish aside with a look of disgust and wiped his chopsticks several times with paper.

Lin Miaomiao stared at the fish, as if she had made up her mind, and looked at Jiang Tianhao

"Haozi, you don't have the habit of biting chopsticks, do you?"

"No, you want to try?"

Jiang Tianhao looked at Lin Miaomiao, as if he saw Don Quixote rushing towards the windmill, very brave but also very stupid.

Lin Miaomiao brought the bowl of West Lake vinegar fish between herself and Mai Jue. They both avoided the place where Jiang Tianhao was holding the fish with a small chopstick, looked at each other, and put it in their mouths.

Wu Xianyu looked at Lin Miaomiao and couldn't help shaking his head and sighing. Will this affect the child's IQ in the future?

As expected, the two of them could not accept this dish that made the fish die with regret. In the end, this dish was banished to the cold palace. Lin Miaomiao ate other things and couldn't help but be curious.
"Is there nothing delicious to eat in Yuhang?"

This really stumped Wu Xianyu. He really didn't know what other Yuhang specialties there were. After thinking for a while, he answered
“KFC or McDonald’s?”

The table fell into silence, and finally Jiang Tianhao pushed Wu Xianyu

"Don't be so mean. Luckily there are no locals here, otherwise they would definitely fight you to the death."

The dinner passed just like that, and Wu Xianyu was still very satisfied. After all, he didn't eat the West Lake Vinegar Fish, but he saw three people try it. There was food to eat and a performance to watch. How could he not be satisfied?

Back in their respective rooms, Wu Xianyu and Jiang Tianhao kept laughing while looking at their phones. Apparently Jiang Tianhao was not the only one who tried the West Lake Vinegar Fish. Someone in Wu Xianyu and Jiang Tianhao's respective class groups had been issuing warnings.
Pandaman: Don't try West Lake Vinegar Fish!! Don't try West Lake Vinegar Fish!! Don't try West Lake Vinegar Fish!! It's a trap!!

Wu Xianyu looked at the message on Jiang Tianhao's phone and couldn't help laughing.

"It seems that Sun Chuan has suffered a loss."

"Why would you guess? He would definitely try something he has never eaten before."

At this time, Lin Miaomiao received a call from Wang Shengnan, who told her to lock the doors and windows and put on the insurance. Lin Miaomiao agreed impatiently and talked about the West Lake Vinegar Fish she had eaten tonight.

"Mom, let me tell you, that West Lake vinegar fish is simply a dark dish. It's not worth it for me to die for that fish."

“West Lake Vinegar Fish”

Wang Shengnan was obviously lost in her memories. After a while, she said

"It doesn't taste good now because the cooking method is wrong. When my mother was young, she ate food cooked by a master chef. I heard that if you want authentic grass carp, you have to put the fish in clean water for a few days in advance to let the fish spit out the sand. This way the fishy smell will be much less. And the cooking method now seems to be wrong. It didn't taste the same as it does now."

"Mom, is it possible that what you are eating is not West Lake Vinegar Fish, or it has been modified?"

"Well, that's possible. Never mind, let's not talk about this. Keep warm tomorrow. I saw the weather forecast and it looks like the temperature will drop again."

Lin Miaomiao lay on the bed with her little feet shaking.

"I know, I know. You are so long-winded."

Mai Ju was sitting on the sofa, talking to her family, with a smile on her face all the time.

But when everyone was in a good mood, someone was not in a good mood. Deng Xiaoqi covered her head with the quilt and let her cell phone ring without answering it. She was thinking about the man who was next to her mother today. She knew what her mother did, but when she saw that man, Deng Xiaoqi couldn't help but feel depressed.

"click"

The door was pushed open, and the girl in the same room came in. When she heard Deng Xiaoqi's cell phone ring, she stepped forward to take a look, with a strange expression on her face.
"Xiaoqi, why didn't you answer Qian Sanyi's call?"

Hearing that it was Qian Sanyi's call, Deng Xiaoqi got out of bed, picked up her phone, walked out of the room, and walked towards a deserted place.

"Hey"

"Xiao Qi, I, you don't seem to be in a good mood today"

"No, it's OK."

Hearing Deng Xiaoqi's contradictory answer, Qian Sanyi licked his lips. He was a little grateful that Jiang Tianhao had moved out and was alone in the room.
"Why don't you come find me? I'm the only one in this room, so we can talk face to face if we have anything to say."

Deng Xiaoqi's eyes flickered a few times, and she sighed.

"Forget it, it's too late, let's just chat on the phone"

"Well, okay, I rejected all the girls today. Don't worry, I have no second thoughts about you."

"I know"

Deng Xiaoqi naturally knew everything. She was not unhappy about this, but she was not going to tell Qian Sanyi about her family affairs.

Listening to Qian Sanyi chattering on the phone and promising her everything, Deng Xiaoqi was already a little tired.

(End of this chapter)