Chapter Twenty-Eight: Temptation at the Dinner Table
The awkward silence that had never been felt before was condensed between Hugo and Hitomi, and each of them looked away, neither of them speaking first. In the room, only the sound of Liu Zhenmin's operation when cooking in the kitchen could be heard.
After a long time, Hugo cleared his throat and said, "Are you feeling better?"
Hitomi hummed in a low voice, but didn't answer clearly.
Hugo licked his somewhat dry lips and said, "I just hope you don't hurt your body." ”
Hitomi sneered when she heard this, turned to Hugo and said, "Do you think I'm such a stupid girl, and I will punish myself for the mistakes of others?" Hugo nodded and said, "That's good." Then Hugo looked at Hitomi's cheeks with a somewhat distracted expression.
Hitomi blinked and said, "What's wrong?"
Hugo smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's just that I wanted to tell you last night that you are beautiful when you wear your eyes." Ah Tong didn't want Hugo to suddenly say such a sentence, and his cheeks turned red after being stunned for a moment, and then he glared at Hugo fiercely, and signaled that there was another Liu Zhenmin in the kitchen who might have heard his conversation. Hugo stuck out his tongue to show his unintentionality.
Ah Tong listened attentively, and when he saw that everything was normal in the kitchen and there was no other abnormality, he glared at Hugo fiercely and said in a low voice: "I'll talk about that later, and I'll pass my brother's pass for now." ”
Hearing Hitomi say this, Hugo nodded hurriedly, but his heart was much more relaxed, it was obvious that Hitomi had been relieved from last night's incident, and Hitomi's bigger nerves finally forgave him, or Hitomi would always forgive him.
Ah Hitomi sighed lightly, snatched the coffee cup from Hugo's hand, poured two mouthfuls of it himself to calm down and said, "Why are you so careless and hit by my brother?"
Hugo said helplessly: "How do I know what happened, I deliberately watched the PMT before I came, and I didn't hear from you, so I came, and I didn't go through the window." ”
Ah Tong glanced at Hugo fiercely and said, "So I have to praise you?" Hugo shrunk his neck slightly and said, "That's not it." ”
Ah Hitomi sighed lightly, looked at the kitchen again and said softly: "Don't look at my brother, he is very enthusiastic on his face, but he is actually a very careful person, you must not show any horses for a while." ”
Hugo smiled lightly and said, "Don't worry, I won't activate the Blaspher ability whenever I eat." ”
In this way, the atmosphere between the two began to ease, chatting without a match, waiting for Liu Zhenmin's feast to be baked.
Liu Zhenmin is not a professional chef, but the speed of cooking is really fast, and after a while, several exquisite dishes are placed on the table.
Liu Zhenmin beckoned A Tong and Hugo to dine, and at the same time took out a bottle of brandy from the side of the cabinet, A Tong glared at Liu Zhenmin when he saw this, Liu Zhenmin smiled and said: "Today's guests naturally want to have a drink, how can it be a banquet without wine? Besides, I came back this time by the company's car, not by myself, and it doesn't hurt to be greedy for a few more glasses." ”
Ah Tong knew that Liu Zhenmin was not a greedy drinker, and the worry just now was that he was afraid that he would drive after drinking, so he nodded after knowing that everything was fine.
Liu Zhenmin opened the wine stopper, introduced the wine into the glass, and then closed his eyes and sniffed lightly at the mouth of the glass, with a hint of drunken and greedy expression on his face. Then he said to Hugo: "Have a drink." Then without saying a word, he poured Hugo a glass of wine as well. Hugo doesn't drink alcohol, but today is a special situation and he accepts it. Ah Tong wanted to refuse, but he couldn't stand Liu Zhenmin's soft grinding and hard bubbles, so he also took a cup.
Liu Zhenmin raised his glass and said, "It's just that let's have a drink before the meal." After that, he was silent for a moment, as if he was thinking about the wine again. After a while, Liu Zhenmin smiled and said, "To friendship!" Hugo and Ah Tong glanced at each other, their cheeks were flushed, and then raised their glasses to touch them, but neither of them echoed Liu Zhenmin's words.
However, this did not affect Liu Zhenmin's enthusiasm, Liu Zhenmin returned a plate to Hugo and said: "Try this, my specialty dish is lamb tongue wrapped in paper, and the taste of matsutake is quite beautiful." Hugo nodded, cut off a thin slice of meat with a knife, put it in his mouth with a fork and chewed it gently, and sure enough, a strange and delicious aroma filled his mouth, which suddenly stimulated Hugo's taste buds, which were not hungry.
Hugo immediately nodded and praised: "Delicious!"
Liu Zhenmin said with a satisfied smile on his face: "If you like, eat more, or come a few more times in the future, although I come back less often, but if you can come more, you will always be able to meet." ”
"Then it would be better to let him live here. Ah Tong pouted and said "dissatisfied", this is actually a kind of advance and retreat of Ah Hitomi, she has already noticed that Liu Zhenmin has some "special interest" in Hugo, and she is also afraid that her reactive brother will find something from Hugo's body, so she will take the first step to challenge Liu Zhenmin. In the face of the bickering between brother and sister, Hugo chose to be silent very wisely, and then cut off a piece of meat and put it in his mouth to taste, as if there was only this plate of meat in front of him in the world, and everything else had nothing to do with it.
Liu Zhenmin smiled slightly, how could he not see through this little trick of Ah Tong? Liu Zhenmin turned his head to Ah Tong and said, "It's just nonsense, such a big girl doesn't have a little door to speak." ”
In the face of Yoo Zhenmin's rebuke, Hitomi breathed a sigh of relief, and it seemed that he had temporarily succeeded in pulling the target back from Hugo's body.
Liu Zhenmin said to A Tong: "You also have to remember my words, don't always get by when you are alone on weekdays, you can fool a fool of yourself." You must know that the body is the capital of the revolution, and at the same time learning to cook is a very important knowledge, and if you don't know how to cook, see who dares to marry you in the future!"
Saying this sentence at this moment, the meaning could not be more profound. Seeing Liu Zhenmin's sharp edge, Ah Tong hurriedly said: "Hmph, that's a far, far away thing, what do you want to do so much now? You are so anxious to marry me? You have done a good job, but I haven't seen you get along with any girl." ”
Ah Tong's sharp teeth were already expected by Liu Zhenmin, Liu Zhenmin sighed softly and said: "It's not that my brother wants to marry you, but you have suffered a lot since you were a child, and it is really not easy to survive for so many years." So I hope you can be happy soon and find your own home. I think that's what my father wants to see. ”
At the mention of Liu Zhengyi, Ah Tong's expression immediately darkened, and the thorn in his heart was dug out again by Liu Zhenmin "unintentionally".
Although Liu Zhenmin said this, but the corner of his eye looked at Hugo, but seeing Hugo's indifferent face and no confused expression, Liu Zhenmin's heart was immediately shocked, and he realized: "Hugo must have some understanding of his family background, so he is not bothered and confused." In this way, he must know a lot about his father's affairs. ”