Contention

Sensing that the other party was still holding a can of something, Zou Feiniao looked down and understood: "Yangmei wine."

He asked again, "Where did you get it?"

"I bought it at the farmhouse where I just had dinner." Lu Yuexi put it on the living room table.In the glass jar, the plum meat sank, revealing a clear and transparent purple.

"Oh." Zou Feiniao just thought she was hungry and wanted to drink, and went back to the kitchen without thinking too much.

She expected that Lu Yuexi would not come here often, so she brought vegetables, a few tender green vegetable sprouts, packed in plastic baskets, placed on the sink, dripping water.

When Lu Yuexi arrived, the dishes had just been washed.

"I know you don't have anything here, so I brought a la carte, eggs, and noodles." Zou Feiniao sighed and prepared to chop vegetables. "The bottle of sesame oil in the cupboard has also expired, so I threw it away."

Lu Yuexi glanced at the trash can lightly, not paying attention: "It's not that you can't order takeaway."

"I want to make it myself." Zou Feiniao said warmly, "Don't you like eating a bowl of hot noodles in winter?"

The noodles are the kind of wide flat stone-milled whole-wheat dried noodles that cost about ten yuan a bag in the supermarket. Zou Feiniao has eaten half of the thick bundle.

The boiling water boils, and the dried noodles instantly float away, like clouds on the waves, soft and delicate, and smell like wheat in the kitchen.

The poached pouch made of eggs was directly knocked in, and the two egg yolks were gently pushed into the middle of the pot by Zou Feiniao with chopsticks.

The luncheon at the farmhouse was at noon. Although she was not hungry at the moment, she had an appetite.

One bowl per person, sitting on the sofa to eat.

Lu Yuexi called out the TV's voice intelligence to adjust the program. The AI ​​has rarely been tuned/taught, and it is not very good. After listening to it for a long time, the words typed out are all wrong.From time to time, the phrase "The video was not retrieved, please try again" sounded from time to time in the room.

Lu Yuexi let out a "sigh": "Do I have a strong accent?"

Zou Feiniao smiled: "Just search for it, I'm almost finished eating noodles."

So I found a romantic French movie.Lu Yuexi looked at the party scene in the clothes and temples, and couldn't help being moved. Seeing that Zou Feiniao had finished eating noodles, he got up and brought the can of bayberry wine.

She also showed her feelings, picked out two brandy glasses, and slowly poured the bayberry wine.

"Kuang—" With a slight sound, the bayberry at the bottom of the pot rolled down, splashing a little wine stain on her wrist.

When Zou Feiniao saw her appearance, he immediately understood and smiled wryly, "I don't drink."

Lu Yuexi was a little surprised: "You've had a lot of drinking, right? Why don't you drink?"

Zou Feiniao smiled: "When did you see me drinking?"

Lu Yuexi was silent, but he still didn't believe it afterwards: "Then when you go to New Zealand, when your mentor or senior brothers and sisters treat you to dinner, you don't drink at all?"

"Well, I just said that I'm taking medicine and it's inconvenient to drink."

Lu Yuexi put down the glass jar.When she came here, she really had a bad idea. She had known him for so long, and she had never seen Zou Feiniao drunk.

They all say the truth after drinking, even if they can't speak the truth, Zou Feiniao in a drunk state, she still wants to see it.

But the other party said that she did not drink.

Said so seriously, so sincerely.

It seems that it has nothing to do with preferences, there should be deeper reasons.

"Why?" Lu Yuexi raised his glass and frowned, "I've never heard of you being allergic to alcohol?"

"I'm not allergic to alcohol."

"Alcohol is not an illegal/forbidden/taste, it's okay to have a couple of sips once in a while."

Zou Feiniao shook his head, his smile narrowed: "Did I mention my father to you?"

"of course."

"But I didn't say anything about how he died." Zou Feiniao's eyes drooped slightly, "He was stabbed to death by a drunk stranger on the way home from the night shift."

Lu Yuexi was taken aback, feeling weak in his hand, and almost dropped the brandy cup.

Wanting to comfort her, but not knowing what to say, she just stared blankly at the girl.

Zou Feiniao was considerate, got up and approached, took out the cup from her hand and put it on the table, his voice was very soft, more like comforting her: "So I feel that there is nothing good to drink in wine. "

Lu Yuexi knew that her scars had been exposed, and felt sorry for her: "I'm sorry."

"How long ago did it happen? Although it's sad, it's not too bad that you can't even talk about it." Zou Feiniao smiled, feeling that the topic was heavy, and changed his mouth by the way, "You can drink it if you want, it smells good."

Lu Yuexi glanced at the two glasses of wine, and said with a heavy heart, "Forget it."

"It's nothing."

"..."

Seeing her frowning, Zou Feiniao sighed softly, reached out to raise the wine glass, and took a sip.

This was the first sip of wine that she really drank after her father passed away.

"..." Zou Feiniao and Lu Yuexi looked at each other, and waited for the taste to spread slowly on the tip of their tongues, and their throats felt astringent, before laughing, "Sweet and sour, but a bit bitter, it's not bad."

"you……"

"If it's a drink, Dad will be happy to know." The heating was turned on in the room, and her face flushed slightly. "I apologize for what I said that day. I really am. I shouldn't be so suspicious of you."

Lu Yuexi licked his lips.

They looked at each other two by two.

Each of them had water-like light in their eyes.

Zou Feiniao blushed even more.Opened his mouth, and called out again: "Yue Xi."

Lu Yue moved closer and looked up.

A mouthful of bayberry flavor.

That bit of sourness turned into a sweetness like rock sugar.

Zou Feiniao took five days off.I have to fly back on Thursday.

This time I came here suddenly, although I was pleasantly surprised, but when I woke up the next day, I was a little bit worried.

I've only seen you for a few days, and I'm leaving again.

Sitting at the desk, Lu Yuexi couldn't help sighing.Zou Feiniao had nothing to do, so he followed.

Bookshelves, egg-shaped sofa chairs, and small tea tables are placed in the northeast corner of the office for relaxing and reading.

Zou Feiniao was sitting on the sofa, flipping through an economic magazine.She often came here during the summer vacation after graduating from high school. In the past few years, the management has not changed much, so she can still be called by most people.

After sitting for a while, a sister from the finance department called her out, saying that she had delicious snacks for her.

It was almost time for dinner, so Lu Yuexi followed them to make trouble.He reviewed the documents in his hand.

I was concentrating on watching, and my phone vibrated.

Pick it up and look, it's Yehuai.

She's asking about dinner tomorrow.If you want to eat out, you have to book in advance.

Lu Yuexi just remembered this, and was in a dilemma for a while.

While thinking, the office door opened and closed.Zou Feiniao rolled in a few bags of taro cakes and seaweed meat floss in his hand. Seeing her expression was not right, he didn't ask any further questions, and obediently came over and put two bags on her table.

Lu Yuexi instinctively covered the phone and put it aside.

After Zou Feiniao noticed her movement, he deliberately didn't look at her, and went back to sit on the sofa chair after putting away the snacks.

While Lu Yuexi breathed a sigh of relief, the feeling was also very subtle.The phone here suddenly vibrated again, it was still a message from Ye Huai.

She said, why not eat at my house?I will be on duty on Wednesday afternoon, cooking at home without going to the restaurant and so on.

Lu Yuexi thinks about it too, going out to book a restaurant, it is troublesome to choose a location, and it takes a long time to discuss.

Furthermore, Ye Huai didn't have a lot of money, so she was really afraid of forcing the other party.At worst, she would ask Wu Rurong to accompany her again to avoid suspicion.

As for Zou Feiniao, she was afraid that she would make trouble again.Anyway, it's just a meal, and it will be over after eating, if she specially informs her, she must think too much.

Thinking this way, while Zou Feiniao was going to the toilet, he called Wu Rurong again, but the other party refused.

The reason was that she had an appointment for her mother's physical examination tomorrow and was going to the hospital.

When Lu Yuexi heard this, he stopped insisting.

Wu Rurong heard that it was Ye Huai who wanted to express her gratitude for taking care of He Ying and apology for the previous misunderstanding, so she thought it was nothing to invite her to dinner.

He just said: "If you please go, go, two girls, what are you afraid of what she will do to you?"

In the end, I couldn't help asking a serious question: "Yue Xi, you really don't have any thoughts about her now."

Lu Yuexi replied: "I really only like Feiniao."

"Isn't it all right? To be honest, she caused you to lie on the bed with your legs hanging for half a month." Wu Rurong was still thinking about this, and started to feel aggrieved as she spoke, "It's true that I should treat you to dinner of."

Lu Yuexi remembered that period of time, and was speechless for a while, and finally said "um" after a long time.

She really can't figure out what Ye Huai wants to do now.But on Wednesday, she still told Zou Feiniao that she was going to a party at noon and asked her to go home with her mother.

Zou Feiniao did not doubt that he was there, and returned home as promised.

Driving to Ye Huai's house, it suddenly rained.

Lu Yuexi had read the weather forecast, but when he saw the gloomy sky on the street and the sudden winter rain, he still frowned impatiently.

When we got to the place, fortunately we brought an umbrella, only the trousers were a little wet.

The inside of Yehuai's house is still the same, but the painting has been hung high on the wall in the living room where the sofa is backed.

She was still cooking, and there was clanging in the kitchen.The range hood is old-fashioned and noisy.

But it was raining hard outside, and a bright yellow light was lit inside the house, accompanied by the roar of the range hood, it was quite hypnotic.

Ye Huai was adding ingredients with a spoon in the kitchen, and there were already several dishes on the table in the living room.Lu Yuexi didn't know what to do, so he could only stare at the boxwood carving on the TV cabinet.

It is engraved with ancient tree pillow stones.The trunk is bare, and leaning against it is a smooth stone that protrudes slightly upwards for storage.

Ye Huai's hands have always been dexterous, making a wood carving is nothing.

Lu Yuexi looked at it twice and started to be in a daze. It happened that Ye Huai came out with a pot of milky white bone soup. Seeing it, he said lightly, "Like it?"

Lu Yuexi didn't expect her to ask such a question suddenly, she was dumb for a moment, and smiled politely: "It's pretty nice."

"I'll give it to you if you like it." Ye Huai said, putting the bone soup on the table, "It's not a valuable thing either."

"……Uh."

"It's not a joke, just take it if you really like it."

Lu Yuexi immediately waved his hands, still smiling: "No, I mean..."

He glanced at the boxwood carving again, a little lazy: "I just think it looks good, I don't want it. Besides, if I really like this kind of thing, there are dozens of them in my house."

Ye Huai remained silent, turned around and walked into the kitchen again.

Lu Yuexi consciously made a slip of the tongue, but she wasn't embarrassed either.The fact is, she doesn't want it.

Thinking that the other party would continue to do it, she walked into the kitchen and said, "It's almost ok, two people, there's not much to eat."

Ye Huai was shabu-shabu, but when she heard this, she turned her head and smiled: "I know, you should eat first."

Lu Yuexi was not polite to her, and she really went to sit down at the dining table and served the meal with the prepared bowls and chopsticks.

The rain in winter, without thunder, comes in a hurry, and occasionally there is no wind, only the sound of dense rain.

In the old-fashioned apartment, another window was opened on the wall next to the kitchen, with an anti-theft iron railing, and the glass was still frosted.

Lu Yuexi thought that Ye Huai would tell him something, such as asking about the time when He Ying was ill.

But she didn't say anything, just kept silent, and occasionally let her taste a certain dish, or asked her if it suits her mouth.

It's not that Ye Huai like this is unfamiliar.At least that's how the two of them get along when their relationship is okay.

But Ye Huai had never cooked for her before.

Lu Yuexi felt that it was subtle, so time slowed down a lot.

While eating, she couldn't stop looking at the time on her mobile phone, and even wanted to turn on a TV, even if she just watched the news, it was better than the current dullness.

Thinking of this, Ye Huai actually turned on the TV.Really news.

Lu Yuexi sighed, going on like this is not an option.

She wanted to find something to talk about, and wanted to ask Ye Huai what she was thinking, but as soon as she said the word "Ye", the phone rang.

Looking down, Zou Feiniao is calling.

She was overjoyed and was about to pick it up when the other party hung up again.

Lu Yuexi was very strange and wanted to send her a message to ask, but Ye Huai suddenly opened his mouth and asked her: "Zou Feiniao is real?"

"...Well." Lu Yuexi finally realized, coughed lightly, and explained, "I just borrowed her name."

"Friends? Relatives?"

I didn't expect the other party to be so curious.Lu Yuexi had no choice but to continue: "The one who wears the ring with me."

She raised her hand to signal.

"Oh." Ye Huai didn't have any expression on her face, she was still indifferent, after glancing at the ring, she continued to eat with her head down.

Lu Yuexi was stunned by her reaction, and then got up to scoop up a spoonful of the bone broth with corn.

Ye Huai raised his hand suddenly, as if he wanted to pick up the soup bowl next to him, but he missed his aim and accidentally knocked over the soup bowl.

With a patter, the bone soup immediately flowed to Lu Yuexi along the edge of the tablecloth.

"Hiss." Lu Yuexi quickly took a step back, but it was too late.She put down the ladle and pulled up the corner of her coat to have a look.

There is a small group of soup stains on it, which is very conspicuous on the light-colored plush fabric.

Ye Huai was also caught off guard, straightened the soup bowl and quickly gave her a paper towel, while she went to the kitchen to get a rag to wipe off the soup stains on the table.

"Sorry, I'm a little dazed." She looked at the clothes, "Why don't you wash them and dry them with a hair dryer?"

Lu Yuexi was wiping that piece with a paper towel, even if the traces were obvious, the smell was still very strong.Hearing this, she simply threw the paper into the trash can without any fuss, took off her coat and went to the bathroom.

Ye Huai said behind her: "There is soap on the sink, just rub it and it will be fine."

"Yeah." Lu Yuexi's figure swayed into the washroom integrated with bath and toilet.

After seeing her leave, Ye Huai continued to wipe the soup stains on the table.Suddenly hearing the ringtone, she turned her head to see that it was Lu Yuexi's cell phone that had received the call.

Caller, Zou Feiniao.

When she saw the name, her heart skipped a beat.