Chapter Thirty-Eight: Willing to Gamble and Lose

Yao Zhixia's heart was pounding, just because Xue Rin, who was laughing and scolding a second ago, suddenly recognized the truth at this moment, and stared at her fixedly as if she had changed a person.

Sensing the other party's nervousness, Xue Rin intimately withdrew his gaze, pursed his lips, and smiled again.

"I said that we are also suffering together, at least it can be regarded as a trench situation! Although we are back now, we should always care for each other and love each other, don't you?"

Yao Zhixia nodded unsteadily, waiting for the other party to continue.

Seeing that the person on the other side had no objections, Xue Rin raised the teacup in a good mood, "Come! Replace wine with tea, and toast to our friendship!"

With that, he stood up and stretched out the teacup to the middle of the table, Yao Zhixia saw this and hurriedly stretched out his teacup and lightly touched Xue Rin's teacup hanging in the air.

But she was just about to withdraw her hand, but was stopped by Xue Rin's arm halfway, Yao Zhixia was stunned, only to see Xue Rin lean down, wrap her arm around her hand, and drink the tea.

"Ah, this tea is really good! Why are you stunned? Drink it!" Xue Rin withdrew his hand and wiped his chin lightly.

Yao Zhixia was so shocked by Xue Rin's strange behavior that he couldn't speak, it can be seen that his expression was calm, so he had to timidly withdraw his teacup and drink the tea.

The waiter knocked on the door and entered the house at this time, and when he saw the two people in the room standing looking at each other, he couldn't help but be a little confused, and he hesitated for a while, not knowing whether to advance or retreat.

Fortunately, Xue Rin found him and immediately beckoned, "Come and serve the food!

The waiter brought the exquisite dishes to the table, and when a plate of steamed fish was served, Yao Zhixia showed a look of surprise, but Xue Rin hooked the corners of his mouth proudly.

"The dishes are ready, please use them slowly. The waiter withdrew.

Yao Zhixia was worried about how the two of them could finish the dishes on this table, but Xue Rin on the opposite side suddenly stood up, he went around the table and leaned down in front of Yao Zhixia.

The sudden sense of oppression made Yao Zhixia instinctively tilt her body to dodge, but Xue Rin's slanted figure had directly shrouded her in darkness, she closed her eyes nervously, and her hands clenched tightly.

"Raise your hand. ”

Yao Zhixia slowly opened her eyes, but saw that Xue Rin had an apron in his hand that was pulled out of nowhere.

She lowered her head in annoyance, cooperated with the other party to raise her hand, Xue Rin neatly wrapped her apron, and then returned to her seat.

"Thank you. ”

The meal didn't move, but Yao Zhixia seemed to have walked on the execution ground, and was disturbed by Xue Rin's abnormal behavior tonight.

"Aha! I won!"

Xue Rin was pulling his apron out of a partition on his side, but he didn't expect victory to come so easily.

Seeing Xue Rin's excited appearance, Yao Zhixia came back to her senses, and patted her lips helplessly, "I am willing to lose the bet, you say, what do you want me to do?"

As soon as Xue Rin heard the interest, he leaned forward, his eyes rolled slightly, and said proudly: "It's easy to do, accompany me to the supermarket after eating." ”

"Go to the supermarket?" Yao Zhixia thought she had heard it wrong, the owner who could bring her to eat in this kind of restaurant still used herself to go to the supermarket to buy things?

"Well, I live alone now, and I have to buy everything myself, and you help me with the staff officer. ”

"Well, it's not that hard. ”

Although Yao Zhixia didn't know Xue Rin's living situation, she must have come to Yilai to reach out for food and open his mouth, he would choose to live alone, there must be some special reason, she simply didn't ask.

Looking at the steak in front of her, Yao Zhixia picked up the knife and fork and was determined to do a great job, but she was just about to take the knife, but Xue Rin snatched the plate.

"You eat the fish first. Xue Rin nodded the steamed fish with his chin.

"Oh. ”

Seeing that his steak was taken captive, Yao Zhixia had no choice but to pick up chopsticks and prepare to eat fish.

But her chopsticks were just about to reach for the fish's tail, but they were blocked by the knife in Xue Rin's hand, and they were forced to be put on the fish's stomach.

"I love fishtails, keep them for me, you eat here. Xue Rin pulled the knife back from between Yao Zhixia's chopsticks.

Yao Zhixia's heart warmed, understood Xue Rin's intentions, no longer refused his gentleness, and sandwiched a piece of tender meat from the fish's belly and sent it to his mouth.

"Is it delicious?" Xue Rin skillfully dismembered the steak and looked up to ask Yao Zhixia, who was chewing seriously.

Yao Zhixia squinted and nodded happily, "You eat it too, it's so fresh and tender." ”

"You don't have to worry about me, you can taste all these dishes, and if you eat it cold, the taste will be discounted." Xue Rin said and returned Yao Zhixia's steak.

Looking at this plate of steak that had been cut to just the right size, Yao Zhixia's nose was a little sour.

"Hey, star, the steak can't run into your stomach on its own. Xue Rin smiled and took a sip of tea.

"I'm going to eat it all!"

Yao Zhixia immediately picked up the knife and fork and put a large piece of steak into his mouth, and the juice instantly overflowed in his mouth, which was extremely tender.

Feeling Yao Zhixia's relaxation, Xue Rin's mood also became lazy, and he looked at Yao Zhixia with a soft smile.

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After almost half the city, Gong Yan finally came to the rice noodle shop she had been thinking about day and night under the guidance of Liu Piaopiao.

"Boss, two bowls of secret spicy beef rice noodles, and a braised chicken feet and a crispy fish, thank you!"

Liu Piaopiao skillfully finished the order and sat down at the empty table in the innermost part of the room.

After walking around the neighborhood for a long time, Gong Yan reluctantly found a corner and parked the car and rushed over.

As soon as he entered, he stood hesitantly in the doorway, looking around at the furnishings of the shop, the lights were dim, the ceiling fans creaked and creaked, but the only four tables in the room were full.

The table at the door was crowded with four young men, two of whom were shirtless and hot, and the floor was littered with bottles.

Gong Yan took a deep breath and walked cautiously towards the house.

Diners who were eating hot stared at the man in a suit, a species that is rare in this area, let alone a fan in this restaurant.

"I'm here!"

Seeing Gong Yan walk in, Liu Piaopiao hurriedly got up and waved at him.

Seeing Liu Piaopiao's happy appearance, Gong Yan also smiled, and when he didn't pay attention, the top of his head actually hit a light bulb hanging from the ceiling.

"Oh, boy, are you alright?" the proprietress on the side hurriedly stepped forward to ask.

"Director Gong, are you okay?" Liu Piaopiao hurriedly stepped forward to check on him.

"It's okay, it's okay, go sit down!"

Being stared at by everyone in the house, Gong Yan couldn't help but lower his head and whispered in Liu Piaopiao's ear.

Although the corner was relatively quiet, the table was a circle smaller than the others, Gong Yan leaned down with difficulty, pulled out a red plastic stool from under the table, he pressed it hard, and carefully sat down while making sure it would not collapse.

While waiting, Gong Yan had been intently looking at everything around him, his eyes full of caution and caution.

Liu Piaopiao looked at him, only to see that the sweat on his forehead had dripped down his cheeks to the ground, and a layer of fine water had formed between his noses.

"Director Gong, aren't you hot?" Liu Piaopiao said, then took out a piece of paper from the paper drawer on the table and handed it to Gong Yan.

"It's okay, it's okay. ”

Gong Yan took the paper embarrassedly, wiped the sweat on his head in embarrassment, and his eyes drifted around, but he was reluctant to look at Liu Piaopiao.

"Come on, take off your clothes! you're going to get hot!" Liu Piaopiao couldn't stand it, so she enthusiastically reached out and picked up Gong Yan's blazer.

"Don't bother, I'll do it myself. ”

Feeling that Liu Piaopiao's hand had reached his neckline, Gong Yan felt nervous for no reason, and grabbed her restless hand in a panic.

The two looked at each other, Liu Piaopiao's face flushed, and he quickly withdrew his hand and sat back with his head down, while the hand held by Gong Yan just now was unconscious as if it had been injected with anesthetic.

Gong Yan was a little embarrassed, feeling that it was useless to say more, so he had to silently take off his coat and roll up the sleeves of his shirt.

"Here we go!

The proprietress arrived just in time to break the sudden silence between the two like a savior.

Gong Yan, who had just been liberated from the high temperature steam, looked at the red rice noodles on the table, and was dumbfounded.

"Director Gong, the soup of this rice noodle is very fragrant!

Liu Piaopiao said and took out two pairs of disposable chopsticks from the chopstick cage, she broke one pair of chopsticks and rubbed it back and forth, and then handed it to Gong Yan.

Gong Yan hesitantly took the chopsticks and looked down at the bowl of hot rice noodles.

Seeing that Gong Yan didn't move his chopsticks for a long time, Liu Piaopiao speculated: "Director Gong, don't you eat spicy food?"

"I don't like spicy food. Gong Yan cleared his throat and muttered quietly.

"Then you try this braised chicken feet! Liu Piaopiao said and picked up a chicken claw and put it on the plate in front of Gong Yan.

"I, well, I don't eat offal. Gong Yan's hand holding the chopsticks didn't know how to place it, so he had to hang it in the air.

"This is chicken feet, how can it be internal organs!" Liu Piaopiao retorted with a frown.

"In my eyes, it's the guts. Gong Yan strongly defended his sovereign right to distinguish food.

"If you don't eat spicy food, you don't eat offal, so what can you eat?" Liu Piaopiao put down his chopsticks and pointed to these plates of food and asked.

"It's fish, right? I can eat fish! I'm not that picky, I can eat it all but spicy and offal!"

As he spoke, Gong Yan took a piece of crispy fish from the plate and put it in his mouth, eager to prove himself to Liu Piaopiao.

But after chewing it twice, Gong Yan's face was embarrassed, he couldn't swallow it, and he didn't vomit it.

Seeing that he looked like he had eaten poison, Liu Piaopiao reluctantly put the saucer under his chin, "Spit it out! ”

Hearing Liu Piaopiao say this, Gong Yan not only did not spit it out, but accelerated his chewing, and finally swallowed the whole piece of fish with difficulty.

"Is this fish so unpalatable? It's not fishy or smelly. ”

Liu Piaopiao was unconvinced, and put a piece of fish meat in his mouth, which was obviously crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.

"It's not fishy or smelly, it's just ...... A little oily. Gong Yan whispered back.

Hearing this, Liu Piaopiao lost patience anymore, and she snatched Gong Yan's chopsticks.

"Director Gong, I'm really sorry, my favorite food is so spicy, so many offal, so oily, why don't you forget it tonight, you go home and eat your own first, and when my salary is paid this month, I will invite you to eat a meal that matches your identity!"

"Something else! I finally caught you, how can I just forget it!" Gong Yan snatched back his chopsticks.

"Catch me?"

"No, I mean, it's not such a coincidence, I met you at the flower shop, of course, it would be better to choose a day!"

Gong Yan, who almost said that he had leaked his mouth, hurriedly stirred the rice noodle soup with chopsticks, and took a large mouthful of rice noodles and put it into his mouth, making a slippery sound.

Looking at his red side face and sweat-soaked shirt, Liu Piaopiao suddenly fell silent.

"What are you looking at me for! Eat quickly! It's not good when it's cold!"

Gong Yan's urging voice made Liu Piaopiao a little in a trance, why? Why would he accommodate himself so much?

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After finishing the meal, Xue Rin and Yao Zhixia went to the supermarket to shop, and it was the evening discount event, and the familiar uncles and aunts all pulled carts to rush to buy.

As soon as he entered the supermarket, Xue Rin was attracted by this lively scene, and strode straight inside.

"Xue Rin!"

As soon as Xue Rin turned around, he saw Yao Zhixia pushing a cart towards him, he took the cart and waved proudly to Yao Zhixia.

"Let's go, brother will take you to the supermarket!"

The two of them walked around the shelves for a long time like a walk, but Xue Rin didn't take anything, Yao Zhixia couldn't help but say, "What are you missing?" I'll help you find it. ”

"Ahh......h I seem to lack everything, washing, bathing, as long as it is used in life, you can just take it for me. ”

Yao Zhixia nodded, and began to pick things for Xue Rin intently.

Xue Rin looked around comfortably, occasionally looking down to see what was in the shopping cart.

"What are you holding here?" Xue Rin asked, picking up something he had never seen before.

"This is a laundry bead, I think you don't know how much laundry detergent you need to put when you wash your clothes, so I took you this laundry bead, and you only need to put one in it each time." ”

"This is a good choice! Ah Yuan just prepared all the household appliances for me, I really don't know how to use the washing machine, if you don't understand, I have to ask you!"

Thinking that he could harass Yao Zhixia for various legitimate reasons in the future, Xue Rin couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

"Didn't you go abroad to study alone before?

Yao Zhixia was very curious, how Xue Rin, who didn't even understand this basic common sense of life, survived until now.

"Hmm...... When I was in school, my dad hired a local housekeeper for me to arrange my food, clothing, housing and transportation, so I didn't have the opportunity to do my own laundry. ”

Xue Rin said as he curiously picked up a peeler on the shelf and looked at it carefully.

"Oh. "The first time I knew the life mode of a person like Xue Rin, Yao Zhixia couldn't help but feel a huge gap in his heart.

"What is this??," Xue Rin turned the peeler in his hand around in front of Yao Zhixia's eyes.

"It's peeled, potato skins, radish skins. ”

"Oh, this is good! I don't want to eat the skin, hmm...... Then I want this expensive one, the quality must be better. ”

Xue Rin hunched over, searched the walls of kitchen utensils, and finally chose the most expensive peeler.

Yao Zhixia on the side looked at Xue Rin like a child choosing his favorite toy, and couldn't help but smile, it is not a good thing that a person is willing to step out of his comfort zone and understand the true meaning of life.

"Why are you stunned! Hurry up! I see that group of uncles and aunts are piled up in front, there must be good things to sell!" Yao Zhixia came back to her senses and saw Xue Rin pushing the cart and urging her in front.

She bent her eyes and shouted, "Okay!"

"Come on, come on! All on sale, nine dollars and nine! Buy is earn!" the supermarket shopping guide shouted loudly from the crowd.

"Nine pieces of nine! Isn't this just for nothing! Yao Zhixia, you wait for me here! I'll grab something and come back!"

As soon as Xue Rin heard the price, he immediately put down the trolley, entrusted the treasure of this cart to Yao Zhixia, and turned around and squeezed into the rush of the uncle and aunt.

Yao Zhixia was dumbfounded by the side of the goods room, the tall Xue Rin squeezed into the center of the stall with all his might, and after standing still, he methodically discerned the purpose of the goods, and his expression was as serious as if he was performing some task.

After a long while, Xue Rin turned around with difficulty, held up a few loot and waved them back and forth in the air, and shouted at Yao Zhixia: "Look! I picked them!

Faced with this situation, Yao Zhixia didn't know how to respond, so he had to give him a thumbs up.

Receiving the other party's affirmation, Xue Rin proudly raised his chin towards Yao Zhixia, and then ran over.

"Look at this hand sanitizer! I used to use hundreds of bottles, I'm really blind! And this, dangdangdang! Bottle opener! I looked carefully, this workmanship is okay, mom! I've never seen such a cheap bottle opener! Go back and use it, and see what the difference is with the hundreds of dollars I've been using. ”

Xue Rin excitedly showed Yao Zhixia his trophies one by one like a young man rushing to the market in the town.

"If you're happy, do you have anything else to buy? Let's go see it again?" Yao Zhixia said, placing the loot that Xue Rin loved one by one into the shopping cart.

"Buy these today! Tomorrow you have to go to the morning shift, and go back early tonight to rest. Xue Rin replied while looking down at the shopping cart.

"How do you know I'm going to work the morning shift tomorrow?"

"Ahh Xue Rin scratched his head, his expression a little unnatural.

"Oh, okay, then I'll go back by myself, thank you really for inviting me to dinner today, and I'll invite you back another day." ”

"It's so late, I'll send you. Yao Zhixia couldn't refuse, Xue Rin pulled the trolley and walked towards the cash register.

Looking at Xue Rin's back, Yao Zhixia felt as if her heart had been filled with something.