eat, dance, love

I fell asleep very late and woke up very late the next day.He vaguely heard laughter somewhere, it seemed to be Gu Yu's laughter.But when he opened his eyes and became conscious, he realized that this was impossible.

Maybe that laughter came from my dream?So I tried to remember what dream I had.

In the end, I couldn't recall any dreams, but I found some memories.It's a tiny, tiny detail that I almost never think of.

After Gu Yu became Pei Yanya's student, Pei Yanya has always been optimistic about him.I often praise him in front of me, portraying him as "other people's child", in order to inspire me.But this instead made me both curious and hostile towards Gu Yu.

Once, Pei Yanya drove me past the dance school by bicycle, and met Gu Yu and his mother coming out of the school gate.There was a bag of oranges in the basket, she stopped immediately, called Gu Yu over, and stuffed him with some oranges.

Gu Yu naturally smiled happily, but I was furious.Pei Yanya wanted to introduce us, I turned my face away and didn't even look at him.

——If, at that time, I hadn't been so angry, we would have known each other.

It's a pity that I missed that time, and I was the only one who knew him between us.

I know him.I haven't told him this secret yet.After cooking so many Beijing dishes for him, he didn't come to ask me who I was, but I put myself in it first.

Maybe in the dark, fate still wants me to confess.

I sighed weepingly, finished staying in bed, and got up to wash.

When I was brushing my teeth, I suddenly realized, why didn't Gu Yu ask me to cook him breakfast?Did he get up late too?

After washing up with doubts, I went out from the side door of the small courtyard, intending to go to the B&B to find Gu Yu.

On the side of the road at the entrance of the homestay, there is a black nanny car.It is exactly the same as the one Gu Yu sent him the day he moved here.My heart immediately "clicked".

It's him who is leaving... But the leave he asked for with his manager obviously hasn't expired yet.

I looked at the entrance of the hotel and saw that there were many people in the lobby, so I didn't go in.But I don't want to leave either.So I stayed outside the door, and in order not to look so foolish, I lit a cigarette.

After a while, a woman hurriedly came out of it, was talking on the phone, and passed by me.I listened to it and figured out that it was Gu Yu's work, probably because the program group asked him to join the group or something...

Specifically, not sure.

I hesitated whether to enter the homestay, took two steps forward, stepped onto the corridor, and poked my head inside.

Coincidentally, Gu Yu raised his head while talking with someone, and caught a glimpse of me out of the corner of his eye.After a pause, his eyes actually fell on me.Then he said something to the person he was talking to, and left the table a little apologetically.

He walked towards me and we stood opposite each other in the hallway.

He pursed his lips, looked at me, and said, "Brother Xu, I have to go back early."

I guess my smile must be quite bitter, because there seems to be a little pain in his apology.I quickly adjusted my status, nodded, and smiled.

"I see it," I said.

"Brother Xu..." He called me in a low voice, as if he didn't know what to say.

I really want to break this deadlock, but like him, I don't know what to say.I knew he was going to go, but didn't know it would be so sudden.When I just woke up, I was still looking for an opportunity to tell him my secret.

I remembered what I said last night, "we're not in a hurry"...no, we were in a hurry.

"Huh? Is this the chef?" A voice behind me asked, I turned my head and saw the person who passed by me on the call just now came back, looking at me now, with probing and defensive eyes.

I guess this is Xu Ran.

Sure enough, Gu Yu introduced: "This is my manager, Xu Ran."

I stretched out my hand to Xu Ran and said "Hello".Xu Ran shook hands with me lightly, with a polite smile on his face, and said: "I heard that you have made a lot of delicious food for us Xiaoyu these days, and cured his problem of not eating, thank you You."

I smiled, feeling that it was inappropriate to say anything - I most wanted to tell her how to take care of Gu Yu's diet in the future, but this seemed to be overstepping.

But apart from these, I don't think it is necessary to say polite words.

"By the way, can you cook another meal for Xiaoyu? Someone just gave me two top-quality American pork belly." Xu Ran said again, turning sideways, ready to go back to the nanny's car.

Gu Yu had a look of disbelief: "Who is it, you came here on a business trip and gave you pork belly? Did you bring it all the way?"

"Who are you talking about? Who cares so much about your food?" Xu Ran looked back at him with a cool tone.

Gu Yu stopped talking immediately, and glanced at me, with a troubled face, and said for a moment: "It should be a friend of mine who specially asked Sister Xu to bring it, that..."

"Of course I'll make this meal for you. What flavor do you like?" I took over.

He was a little absent-minded, not because he didn't care about my question, but because he had more important things to think about, and he was absent-minded, and replied: "I used to eat this in Western style, but your kitchen utensils may not be good here. suitable……"

I said, "Then I'll play by ear."

"Hmm." He nodded.

Xu Ran greeted me, and asked Gu Yu to go back to the hall. Gu Yu's eyes lingered on me for a while, and then went back.

I followed Xu Ran to the nanny's car to get the meat.

"What's the situation with you and Gu Yu?" Xu Ran asked.

Her directness exceeded my expectations, and I didn't know how to answer for a moment, after thinking about it, I had to summarize what Gu Yu said to me last night and return it to her.

She smiled, looking like an adult watching a child play: "So, are you planning to come to Beijing?"

"I don't know." I said bluntly.

She added a "ridiculous" element to her smile, and said: "Then you should think more about the reality. As for him, he quarreled with me twice because of you, and said that you got along very well and talked a lot. I've never met Yun Yun like this... According to him, you know him very well, but you don't know if you know him or not, he is not a good love partner."

When we chatted online, Gu Yu did tell me about his relationship experience.Perhaps, it is not an emotional experience.

In his own words, it is "emotional experience".That is to say, he has met a lot of people, and he can't count how many stages of deep and shallow contacts he has developed, far more than I know of scandal objects.

Based on the fact that he was attracted to me the first time he saw me, I could imagine how casual and short his "emotional experience" was.But I still feel good about myself—perhaps overly good about myself—that he treats me differently than those "experiences" treat him.

If I had to find a reason for this confidence, it would probably be that his plan to seduce me to bed in three days was delayed for more than two months, and finally he exchanged feelings with me.

Also, I don't believe his taste buds didn't make him more curious about me, or dependent on me.He almost confessed his love with "Leon", it was the feeling flowing in his stomach.That feeling will spread to his internal organs.

In short, whether you say I am narcissistic or naive, I truly believe that what he said about me last night "likes me beyond imagination" is true.At least he didn't just want to sleep with me.

But these, I don't need to tell Xu Ran.

I thought about it for a while, and only replied: "I won't let him down, if he has expectations of me."

After finishing speaking, I picked up the vacuum-packed meat and walked to the food stall.

I still walked to the courtyard and went straight to the kitchen at home.

Zheng Xing and Zheng Hao didn't know where they came from. When they saw me carrying meat into the door, they came to haunt me and kept asking me what delicious food I wanted.

"Braised pork," I said, and pulled out a bottle of red wine from a built-in wall cabinet.

Zheng Xing shouted: "Brother, isn't that the wine you have hidden for a long time?"

I nodded: "Yes, I'm going to use it for cooking." Then I glared at the two of them, "You can't eat this dish, I'm going to put a lot of wine in it."

"Huh?" Disappointed expressions appeared on the two small faces at the same time.

"Go out quickly, don't hinder me from cooking." I took out the corkscrew and started to open the wine.

The two children went out resentfully, and after a while, they were heard complaining to Old Zheng in the yard.How Lao Zheng answered, I couldn't hear clearly, and I didn't bother to listen.My mind is now on Gu Yu's meal.

I plan to use western food elements to make him a dish of braised pork.What about the top American pork belly?Pork belly should be braised to taste delicious, but he thought of the taste of Western food, so I added those flavors to him.

Wash the pork belly and cut into pieces, pickled with red wine.After mixing well and letting it stand, I went back to my room and found a box, which contained the Tasmanian lavender I brought back from my travels while I was studying. I planned to serve it with black truffles.

Red wine, black truffles, and the aroma of dried flowers are the classic elements of French cuisine.However, the meat as the main ingredient is made in China - I have never tried this before, but I know it will have a special taste.

In particular, he will never forget it when he goes back.

Back in the kitchen, I saw Lao Zheng holding my bottle of wine and looking at the label.Hearing my voice, he turned his head and pointed to the bottle: "You carried this bottle back from Australia, and you used it just like that?"

I said flatly: "Anyway, they are all necessary."

When Lao Zheng heard this, surprise flashed across his face, but he didn't say anything more about the bottle of wine, and instead asked, "Xu, are you planning to go to Beijing?"

Hearing this, I froze.

How could he ask this question?It's okay for an insider like Xu Ran to ask, it's absolutely impossible for Lao Zheng to know what's going on with Gu Yu and me.He can't observe these things, and he doesn't think about them.

He looked at me, scratched his head in embarrassment, and said, "When you came to us, you were already eight years old, the age you remember things. You didn't talk about going back to Beijing before, and I never mentioned it. But I know , you must also miss your hometown, if...if you really want to go..."

He sighed, as if he couldn't bear to say the following words, he paused for a while, and then continued: "Actually, as early as when Teacher Gu came, I thought that sooner or later, your nostalgia will come to the fore, and you still want to start a family." The new store sells Beijing dishes, can you give me a break. However, I have figured it out now, I can’t tie you up in this small place like this, you will go back to your own land after all.”

The more he talked, the more sad he became, and his eyes were red when he said this.

I listened, feeling complicated.

To be honest, I don't miss that "homeland" much these years.But, at this moment, I really want to go back.Lao Zheng made such a push by accident, and my heart couldn't help but heat up.