Riceless cooking

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Zhou Liao sat in front of a long stone-topped table with dark and elegant designs. In the center of the table was a seven-branched candlestick. The ceiling was high, and a spiral crystal chandelier hung down. The light and shadow reflected the silver surface of the candlestick.

There was a faint noise from the kitchen separated by a wall, and the sound insulation was very good, even if Zhou Wang broke a plate in it, he wouldn't be disturbed.

So why did it become like this?

He didn't fall asleep almost all night, waiting for his younger brother to hang up the phone, and then he could see him, but in the end he was brought here by someone who claimed to be the driver. Looking at the travel photo with Bai Lixuan, he was brought into such a house.

"Are you hungry? Here, serve my special dishes first." Zhou Wang's white shirt was rolled up to his elbows, without an apron on. The porcelain plate baked with light golden patterns was placed in front of Zhou Le, and while wiping his hands with a towel, he said with a cheerful smile, "Try it quickly, you haven't eaten my dishes yet."

Zhou Yao picked up the chopsticks nervously, as if his mouth was salivating in a panic to cooperate. He picked up a plump shrimp, chewed it and gave his brother a thumbs up: "It's delicious."

Zhou Wang narrowed his eyes with a smile, and simply sat down across from him: "There are not many Chinese restaurants over there that taste good, so I tried it myself. Of course, compared to your brother, your craftsmanship is not enough. This garlic shrimp dish It's the easiest, and I've practiced it for weeks."

Just as Zhou was about to hesitate to answer, Zhou Wang stood up and said, "I also made soup, wait a minute."

He closed his mouth, looked down at the plate of fragrant shrimps, and slowly took another one with his chopsticks.

So why did it become like this?

Xiao Wang entertained him with a smile, and wanted to cook with his own hands, but he didn't just look at him and ask for credit for doing a good deed like before, and he was not even proud. Sitting in such a restaurant, he looked like a joke from top to bottom.

My heart is suffocating, and the food in my mouth tastes like chewing wax.

Zhou Wang then brought out two dishes and one soup. Zhou couldn't handle it at all, so he could only try to stuff it into his mouth. Everything was said to be delicious, but he choked on it.

Zhou Wang hurriedly poured water for him, and he hurriedly reached out to take it. The moment his finger touched the water glass, it fell to the ground vertically, followed by a series of crisp shattering sounds.

Zhou Li was stunned, and after thinking for a long time, he was sure that he was not the one who just let go.

He raised his eyes to look at his younger brother, the young man who had grown more mature and even unfamiliar in the past four years, was withdrawing his hand in embarrassment, and his eyes quickly moved away after touching him.

Zhou Liao chuckled, bent down to pick up the debris, but Zhou Wang didn't shy away from touching him at this moment, and grabbed his elbow.

"Don't touch it, I'll get a broom."

Zhou Li broke free from him gently.

The atmosphere between the two changed instantly. Zhou Wang straightened up, letting the pile of debris pile up at his feet, and said to Zhou Liao, "Are you not satisfied? Brother?"

Zhou Ruo was already angry in his heart, but he didn't know how to vent it, so he had to stand up and walk around the mess: "I'll go first."

"Where are you going? Can you be dismissed with a meal?"

Zhou Yao stopped in shock, "What?"

Seeing him turn around, Zhou Wang smiled with satisfaction: "I thought you would want to see more, one meal is not enough. We haven't seen each other for four years, brother, you can't imagine what I got, fiancée, MBA degree, a brand-new life full of opportunities, I am 24 years old, and I have stepped into the high society of K City, even I did not think about why I became what I am now.”

"Look, I've done what you want me to do, you should be happy, what's not to like?"

Zhou Liao looked at his younger brother, that smiling face made him weak for a moment, so he blurted out the question.

"Why haven't you called me?"

"how about you?"

Zhou Wang took a step forward and said aggressively, "My number hasn't been changed. It's been four years since you've never thought of calling me?"

Zhou Yao was questioned, yes, he never had such an idea.

Zhou Wang showed a lonely and mocking smile: "I said that you are more ruthless than anyone else, and I also said that when I forget about you, I will come back."

He watched his brother slowly cast his eyes on his face, the eyes and lips that were almost trembling, he loved this expression to death.

"That's right, I forgot all about it, brother."

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It's been a week and I'm gone.

He didn't say anything, and he didn't forget to take the windbreaker hanging on the hook, and just left without looking back.

Zhou Wang took two steps back and sat down on the chair, leaving little blood on the ground.He was so emotional just now that he didn't even notice that he stepped on the shards of glass, and now he doesn't feel much pain.

It's not like he hasn't experienced more pain than this. He used to be so weak that he would shed tears in front of his brother, but after leaving, he didn't have it once. Being wrapped in a completely unfamiliar environment in a foreign country actually gave him a hard shell. And just when he thought he was ready, the crack was exposed the first time he saw his brother.

He looked at the pile of debris on the ground, stood up and fetched a broom.

When Zhou went back to work in the company, Xiao Wen could see that he looked uneasy, which was quite rare. Everyone knew that Zhou had a good temper. The last time he got angry at his subordinates seemed to be because Mo Yi was going to send him to the United States on a business trip.

"Speaking of which, the director is still single because he is a geek, right? He doesn't usually like to hang out with us. The company has taken orders from abroad a few times so far. The errands abroad are so beautiful." Several female employees gathered together outside the office gossip.

"Come on, the director is a man, and he doesn't need shopping. How beautiful it is to go abroad."

"You can bring it to us, but he has no airs."

So the topic turned to Zhou, how to be handsome, have a good personality, and have a high income. Xiao Wen couldn't listen to it anymore, so he leaned over and said, "You guys, have you forgotten that you have few organs?"

For a while, everyone was silent and their faces fell.

In this company, Zhou Le was actually out of the closet, because there was a man who had been chasing him for a long time, haunting him from time to time, making everyone familiar with the company, especially the one in the same design department as Zhou Le, almost They were all conquered by his elegant and mature handling of affairs and charisma, and the gossip about Zhou Le basically revolved around "when will the director marry that handsome lawyer".

It’s not that Zhou Le hasn’t heard those rumors, but it’s useless for him to deny it. During a small department gathering, Zhou Le, who was slightly drunk, was half-coaxed and half-deceived by Xiao Wen, asking what he thinks of comrades, and whether he can accept it. What did he think of Lawyer Duan? He kept shaking his head and shaking his head, but when Xiao Wen asked him, had the director ever been in a relationship?He thought about it, then nodded.

He usually looks abstinent and doesn't touch men and women, but this time he nodded, and everyone's gossip souls immediately burned, and Xiao Wen pestered him like an octopus asking who is who and what kind of person he is.

"Very good, very smart, musically talented, oh, he plays rock and roll." Zhou Li blushed, not sure if it was because of alcohol or other reasons, while speaking, he gestured with his fingers to strum the guitar a few times.

"He said he wrote songs for me, but he didn't have time to listen to them." He lowered his voice, lowered his eyelids, and then fell silent.

Everyone couldn't open their mouths in that atmosphere.

Zhou Li has a low shelf, a gentle person, and good cooking skills.These are all superficial phenomena. Colleagues who have been with him for a long time know that he is actually a bit boring and a little cold.

Behind the hot pot steam, his often smiling but indifferent face looked really sad.

Later, everyone stopped asking him about these gossips, because from the short two-sentence description, it is not difficult to feel that the other party is probably a man. Although there are girls who play rock and roll, laymen generally say that she likes rock and roll.

At the same time, everyone also felt that Lawyer Duan's winning rate had decreased, because such a gentle and prudent person as Zhou Yao turned out to be the type of rock youth.

When I got off work, there was a light rain in the sky. Several female staff were standing at the door, preparing to carpool. I just saw a black Mercedes gliding across the road with shallow puddles. I rolled down the window and stopped, holding my backpack and preparing to run. The week of the subway.

Zhou turned around, but did not go over, and took a few steps forward, as if rejecting the other party, but the car followed, the owner leaned over to the co-pilot, did not stop, opened the car door and sat on it .

"Hey, all the good men are gone..." Xiao Wen was very melancholy, but when she turned her head, the two girls behind her were holding together with their mobile phones: "Hey, did you get a picture?" Arrived!" "Tweet!"

Zhou Ruo's hair and clothes were slightly wet, he turned his head to look out the window, the rain was heavy, the glass was washed away so that he couldn't see things clearly, he still twisted his neck silently, and didn't talk to Duan Yiyuan.

Duan Yiyuan drove slowly on the congested road during rush hour, he didn't merge into the road, and he was not in a hurry to get in the way of others, as if the traffic jam was his wish.

"The temperature has dropped recently. My friend's hot spring has opened. It's free for me to take people there these days. Are you interested? Your work is also tiring, so you need to relax in time."

"No, I'm too busy, you can ask other friends, or your clients."

Duan Yiyuan braked slowly and waited for the red light.

"I don't bring friends with me. I want to soak in a pool. Of course, it's interesting to be with someone I like."

Zhou Le exhaled impatiently through his nasal cavity, but did not speak.

Duan Yiyuan didn't look at him, and smiled: "It's okay if you don't like hot springs. I recently learned a dish, fried foie gras. It tastes good when you cook Chinese food. Then I will cook Western food, so that there will be plenty on the table in the future, so how about it?" , come to my house to try on the weekend?"

"Brother Yiyuan, I think I've made it clear enough, didn't you also promise me to only be friends with me?" Zhou Le turned his head and frowned.

Even the way he frowns is so to his liking, Duan Yiyuan thought to himself.

"That's right, that's because I thought I couldn't hold on, but during the time I haven't met you, I found that I can actually hold on."

"Why?" Zhou Yao couldn't figure it out.

The relationship between him and Duan Yiyuan almost broke after an out-of-control meeting four years ago, but after that Duan Yiyuan apologized, and he has always been very polite to him, the two resumed their communication, and what followed , Duan Yiyuan actually seemed to be gentle, but actually very strong, and began to pursue him.

No matter how bad Zhou Le said, he would not give up. He persisted for more than three years. Some time ago, Duan Yiyuan planned to give up, but today he appeared in front of Zhou Leo again.

"Why? I thought you wouldn't ask me such stupid questions again."

The green light came on, and the traffic moved forward slowly.

"I love you, since you were 15 years old when I first met you, such a long time is enough to explain everything."

Zhou Liao looked at Duan Yiyuan's side face and was unmoved. He wasn't that hard-hearted at first, but the person whose feelings have been hollowed out really can't even tell a little bit of sympathy.

"My brother is back."

Duan Yiyuan turned his head, he was a little surprised at first, but after seeing Zhou Yue's eyes, his gaze also darkened.

"He's back." Zhou Li repeated it again.

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