203. Dinner

I was worried about Liu Yarong a few days ago, and I was also thinking about a lot of things in Beijing, both at work and about Ai Xin, Tong Yu never slept peacefully.

Sometimes I heard a noise in the middle of the night, thinking that Liu Yarong got up to go to the toilet, Tong Yu would get up and take a look, but found that he was just nervous and misheard.

Today, I probably knew that Ai Xin was taking care of Liu Yarong outside, so I naturally felt a little relieved, but I slept very well this night, and it wasn't until more than seven o'clock in the afternoon that Tong Yu woke up when Liu Yarong came to knock on his door.

Liu Yarong frowned, looking at his eldest son, who was not small, was so old, and he was so lazy to eat and cook every day, and he didn't know if Ai Xin was blind or iron-hearted, and he actually fell in love with him.

Of course, Tong Yu would definitely not guess the old mother's thoughts at this time, otherwise he would faint on the spot.

"It's time to eat. Liu Yarong poked the ground with a cane, and said a little unhappily, "Xiao Ai is a guest, so it's okay to let people cook, you really throw your hands to sleep, and you don't help with anything?"

Tong Yu looked at Liu Yarong's skillful movements, and had to sigh, she had a lot of momentum after holding the cane, just like the old lady of the big family in the costume drama, she looked dominant.

"How can I ...... Besides, if I really do it, it will be completely unhelpful. ā€

Tong Yu pursed his lips, he used to think that he could cook, but his skills were not very good.

After being criticized by Li Man for the dark dishes he cooked for Ai Xin last time, coupled with Liu Yarong's distrust of himself, Tong Yu now has no confidence in his cooking skills at all. Instead of going to the kitchen to get busy, it makes sense to stay outside.

But thinking about it this way, when I was at home in Beijing before, every time I cooked, Ai Xin would arrange some work for him such as washing vegetables, probably to save his face and make himself feel a little involved. After all, as long as he doesn't touch the stove and wok, Tong Yu won't be in much trouble.

"Okay, let's come out to eat, Ai Xin makes what you love to eat. ā€

Liu Yarong poked the ground with his cane again, and just when Tong Yu was worried that Liu Yarong would poke a hole in the floor of the house, the latter had already turned around and left Tong Yu's bedroom with a good walk.

Alas, in this family, I no longer have the position to speak......

Tong Yu sighed silently, folded his quilt, combed his hair in the mirror, washed his face a little, and then slowly paced out of the bedroom and walked into the dining room.

There are already four dishes on the table, and sure enough, they are all Tong Yu's favorite food, bamboo duck soup, braised beef, kung pao chicken, and oyster sauce lettuce. Tong Yu has never liked to be a vegetarian, when he was a child, Liu Yarong had to make all kinds of vegetarian dishes in a different way to trick him into eating, and later when he was at home, Ai Xin also used various ways to make vegetables into the taste of meat, so that Tong Yu could eat a few more bites.

Looking at Ai Xin's posture when he was still busy in the kitchen, there should be a few more dishes. Looking at the large and small plates on the table, there is really a bit of the atmosphere of the New Year together as a family.

"Still watching! Go in and take a hand!"

Liu Yarong glared at Tong Yu, and couldn't help but muttered again, I really don't know how Tong Yu survived in the entertainment industry with this eyesight.

"Got it......"

Tong Yu replied dejectedly, and obediently walked into the kitchen, watching Ai Xin shuttling between the stove and the cabinet, and suddenly felt like he was back in Beijing.

"That...... How can I help?"

"Huh?" Ai Xin seemed a little surprised when she heard his voice, turned her head and tilted her head to look at him for a while, before nodding silently, "Well, then you wait for me for two minutes and bring out the steamed fish." ā€

"Good. ā€

Tong Yu answered, and leaned over to look at the steamer on the stove, the fire had been turned off, but he didn't see Ai Xin open the lid of the steamer. Anxious to help, he put on his gloves and prepared to lift the lid and bring the fish out.

"Wait!" Ai Xinyan quickly blocked Tong Yu's restless little hand, pressed the lid of the steamer tightly, and turned his head to look at him, "Steam for 7 minutes, and it will be boring for another 3 minutes before it will be just right." ā€

"Oh, got it......"

Tong Yu nodded, withdrew his hand, and looked around a little bewildered, like a child who made a mistake.

Ai Xin felt funny when he looked at him, and suddenly felt a little sentimental, the timer of the mobile phone rang quite sensibly at this time, Ai Xin quickly opened the lid of the steamer, and a hot breath came out, followed by the fragrant aroma of cinnamon fish.

"Hmmm......"

Tong Yu couldn't help but inhale the taste, he has loved to eat fish, shrimp and crabs since he was a child, and he also likes this slightly fishy smell.

"Wait a minute. ā€

Ai Xin took out a large stainless steel clip from the side, took out the plate in the steamer, and placed it firmly on the edge of the stove.

Tong Yu had never seen this thing, and he didn't know if Ai Xin brought it himself, or if he bought it and put it at home when he secretly contacted Liu Yarong before.

"It's okay, you still have to be careful when you serve it, it's really hot. ā€

Ai Xin instructed again, Tong Yu nodded, picked up the plate with his hands wearing thick cotton gloves, he could still feel the temperature of some plates, and carefully took it out of the kitchen and put it on the dining table.

"Oh, and the fish. ā€

Liu Yarong saw the dishes on the table and smiled, and she didn't know how Ai Xin prepared these in such a tight time in the afternoon, Liu Yarong always felt that this child was like a treasure chest.

Originally, on a day like today, she really wanted to call Xiaojin to have dinner together, after all, people have taken care of themselves for so long, and the two of them still have some feelings.

But considering that Xiaojin should also celebrate the New Year with his family, and it was more or less inconvenient for Tong Yu to be at home, Liu Yarong dispelled this idea.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Jin didn't come, but Xiao Ai came, which made Liu Yarong overjoyed, and she was happier than she expected.

"Here it is, the last dish. ā€

Ai Xin ran out of the kitchen with the plate, and with a "bang", as if throwing the plate on the table, he quickly raised his hands and pinched his earlobe.

"How many times have I told you to wear gloves!"

As soon as he saw Ai Xin's movements, Tong Yu knew that she was burned by the plate again, and couldn't help yelling at her, grabbing her hand again, and carefully examining her red fingers.

"Look at it, look at it, is it hot again? Why can't you listen to what I tell you!"

"I'm ......" Ai Xin's face turned red, and she looked at Liu Yarong who was still next to her with some twisting, and couldn't help coughing dryly, "I just forgot ......"

Hearing her abnormal coughing sound, Tong Yu realized that Liu Yarong was still sitting, and immediately took her hand back, and coughed twice.

"Ahem...... Well, let's eat first......"

"Well, I'll go serve the rice and come out. ā€

Ai Xin immediately nodded, and after answering the sentence, he ran into the kitchen to relieve his overly hot face.

Liu Yarong looked at these two people and couldn't help but laugh secretly in her heart, Tong Yu obviously still cares about Ai Xin very much, and likes this girl very much, but this mouth is not forgiving, and today I have to find a way to make Tong Yu relax.

Ai Xin brought the rice out of the kitchen and specially served Liu Yarong some more rice, listening to the doctor that her body was still weak, and she had to find a way to let her eat well.

As for Tong Yu, he doesn't eat much, and he usually has to maintain his figure. If you get fat in the past few days of the Chinese New Year, you must have to soak in the gym every day when you go back to Beijing.

Tong Yu glanced sideways at Ai Xin's bowl, and took a small bite of rice, as if he had already eaten, and felt like he had eaten a bite perfunctorily.

"Don't lose weight in a day. ā€

Tong Yu frowned, stared at her bowl and couldn't help but say.

"Didn't lose weight......

Ai Xin looked at him innocently, he had a very bad appetite recently, especially after making this table of dishes in the afternoon just now, he didn't want to eat a bite. I was worried that Tong Yu would talk about himself, so I reluctantly filled a bowl of rice, but I didn't expect to be educated by Tong Yu.

"Okay, you, the little girl has a small appetite, don't be old and look like a person who has come over, I haven't talked about you when you lost weight. Liu Yarong looked at Tong Yu's appearance and couldn't help but say something for Ai Xin again.

"I surrender, can't I admit defeat, this family doesn't have my share of talking......"

Tong Yu raised his hands and waved, and immediately picked up the dishes and chopsticks to eat. An afternoon's sleep consumed a lot of energy, and they were all his favorite dishes, he didn't want to listen to Liu Yarong's nagging, and the dishes were cold.

"Well, Xiao Ai, you eat first, I'll go in and get a bottle of wine. ā€

Before Ai Xin and Tong Yu could speak, Liu Yarong had already stood up with a cane and walked into the house.

"You say...... My mother's leg really fell, didn't she? Didn't she show me acting?"

Tong Yu watched her vigorous movements, and finally couldn't help but ask Ai Xin.

"It should be, my aunt was already in the hospital when I came over, and her legs were in a cast, so I can't fool anyone......

Ai Xin said that he also felt weak, after all, Liu Yarong's current state does not look like an old man in his sixties with low blood sugar, who broke his leg first, broke his brain again, and is recovering.

"Forget it...... My mother's body, I sometimes can't touch it, let's eat. ā€

Tong Yu sighed, put a shrimp into the bowl, glanced at Ai Xin's bowl again, and sandwiched a shrimp for her.

"Are you having a bad appetite today?"

"Me?" Ai Xin was stunned, and immediately picked up the bowl and ate a big mouthful of rice, "I—I don't have it......"

"Not yet?" Tong Yu raised his eyebrows and looked at her in disbelief, "You are usually the most active in eating, you can eat more than half of a box of fried chicken, and you have to eat staple food when you go out to eat." It's okay today, a bite of rice, fooling me?"

"I ......" Ai Xin bit her lip and looked at Tong Yu helplessly, "Well, I really haven't had a good appetite lately." ā€

"What's going on?" Tong Yu put down the bowl and looked at her seriously, "Sick?"

"No, it's just recently...... There's a lot of going on, and sometimes eating is not regular, and my stomach has been uncomfortable lately......"

"What's wrong? Is the company not going well?"

"No, it's all there......"

Ai Xin was hesitant, Tong Yu understood that she didn't want to elaborate, so she didn't ask anymore.

"Anyway, you just have to eat well, your stomach is not good, and you are still tossing around like this...... Eh, no, if you come here, what about Jiuguan? You let Tao Li take care of it?"

"No, no, I recently hired an assistant...... Then Jiuguan let him take it first. ā€

"Oh?" Tong Yu remembered that Ai Xin didn't have an assistant before, and seeing that the two of them really had no contact during this time, he didn't even know these things, "Isn't your assistant going home for the New Year?"

"I don't know, but his home is in Hebei, and it's only a few hours to drive back, so it's nothing to take Jiuguan with him. ā€

"Oh. ā€

Tong Yu nodded, Ai Xin is not the kind of boss who doesn't care about whether her subordinates go home during the Spring Festival, but since she said so, she said that she could only tell herself so much.

I don't know when it started, Tong Yu has gradually become accustomed to Ai Xin's habit of only talking about half of everything, anyway, she has always liked to hide it, and there is no point in asking it herself.

But even so, it doesn't mean that he forgives Ai Xin's previous behavior and can accept her living habits.

Although there was a lot of trouble this time, Liu Yarong was fine after all, and Tong Yu had no need to continue to hold Ai Xin and Li Man responsible. But if something really happened this time, if Tong Yu went to the hospital to see Liu Yarong for the last time...... Then he didn't dare to guarantee that he would do anything.

"Xiao Ai, try it!"

Liu Yarong walked out of the house with two bottles of wine, with a cane between her arms and body, giving Tong Yu the illusion of a master outside the world.

"Don't you think you've fallen too much? ā€

Tong Yu stood up and took the wine from Liu Yarong's hand, put it on the table, and helped her sit in his place before frowning and muttering.

"For the New Year, don't keep frowning, as if someone owes you money. ā€

Liu Yarong glanced at him, opened a bottle of wine on the table, poured it into a small cup, and handed it to Ai Xin.

"Xiao Ai, you try this, this is sent to the house by others before, I am usually reluctant to open and drink it, I am happy today. ā€

"Hmm......"

As soon as the glass got closer, Ai Xin smelled a strong smell of alcohol, which was a sauce-flavored liquor, and it was also the most frightening kind of wine for Ai Xin on the wine table...... But Liu Yarong's hospitality, coupled with this kind of words, it is impossible for her not to take this cup at this time.

"If you don't want to drink, don't drink. ā€

Tong Yu looked at her expression, Xu is Ai Xin was not used to drinking liquor, and he was embarrassed to refuse Liu Yarong, so he couldn't help but say a word for her.

"I want to drink, I want to drink!"

Ai Xin was scared when he saw Tong Yu frowning, afraid that he would think that he was brushing Liu Yarong's kindness, so he quickly picked up the cup and tilted his neck, and drank all the two or two wines.

"Hoo ......"

She gasped heavily, feeling that her whole throat and chest were hot, as if they were about to burn, and quickly took a sip of the mineral water at hand, but still couldn't dissipate the smell of alcohol.

"How's it going, good wine, isn't it?"

Liu Yarong didn't understand wine, but she knew that this gift was indeed very expensive, otherwise she wouldn't have used it to entertain Ai Xin.

Looking at Liu Yarong's expectant expression, Ai Xin could only nod stubbornly, showing a satisfied smile: "Well, it's really good wine, I haven't usually drunk such a good wine in Beijing." ā€

Nonsense. Tong Yu looked at her stubborn appearance, and secretly scolded in his heart, you usually don't drink liquor at all in Beijing, okay!

"Alright, Mom, give me a drink. ā€

Tong Yu was worried that Ai Xin would have a stomachache if she drank like this again, so she hadn't eaten a few bites of food, and it was a liquor with such a high degree, so she couldn't help but want to take a wine glass to drink it for her.

"Don't even think about it, just drink the beer I bought at the supermarket!"

Liu Yarong glared at Tong Yu, answered, and filled Ai Xin's cup with white wine.

Ai Xin looked at the full two or two cups, and suddenly remembered the morning when Tong Yu cooked porridge for himself.

The mother and son are really identical, and she was so moved that she couldn't be more moved by this good thing for herself. But the emotional intelligence of these two people who can't understand each other's faces is also genetic......

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