Mu Tong smiled and said nothing, raised his feet and walked in, Anke saw Nika, and just wanted to say hello, he heard Mu Tong next to him say to that side,

"Hi, Nika. ”

Encore turned to look at him in surprise.

Nika didn't have a surprised expression, but walked over happily and gave Mu Tong a very warm hug.

"You guys, do you know?" Encore understood what was going on, and looked at them with a pair of big ignorant eyes, thinking that it was really incredible, this world was simply too small.

"Yes! Mu Tong is the friend I am talking about, the boss here. Nika's words once again refreshed Enke's understanding of Mu Tong.

Nika's arm was casually on Mu Tong's shoulder, it could be seen that the two were very familiar and had a very good relationship, if it weren't for knowing in advance that Nika was about to return to China to get married, and the marriage partner was not Mu Tong, Anke would definitely misunderstand that they were a couple.

The three of them chatted casually for a while, and Nika said that Mu Tong's coffee was first-class and that he had won an award at the World Pour-over Coffee Competition.

After listening to this, An Ke looked at Mu Tong with suspicion, thinking that this guy didn't look like a coffee maker when he looked horizontally and vertically, at most he could be regarded as a coffee drinker.

Mu Tong noticed Encore's eyes and raised his eyebrows, and Nika asked Mu Tong to go to the operation room and make a cup of coffee for Encore to taste.

An Ke followed, and saw Mu Tong take out a pot that he had never seen before, this pot looked strange, the structure was very complicated, and at first glance it looked like a chemical device in a laboratory.

Nika introduced on the side that this is a droplet drip filter, which originated in the Netherlands, and is the best choice for making droplet coffee.

Mu Tong twisted a valve, poured an appropriate amount of cold drinking water into the water bottle, added some ice cubes to it, put coffee powder in the drip leak, then put the coffee powder into the coffee powder cup, put a piece of filter paper in the center of the coffee powder, and finally slowly opened the water valve, so that the water droplets in the water bottle slowly flowed out.

Mu Tong's technique is very skilled, the fingers with distinct bones are slender and fair, and you can clearly see the cyan blood vessels under the skin.

"OK" Mu Tong snapped his fingers and raised his eyebrows at Anke, "How is it?"

An Ke was staring at his hand, and was stunned when he heard this, "Huh? That's good? At this turtle speed, you can wait for a cup of coffee only if you get the Year of the Monkey?"

"The standard water drop speed should be 40-60 drops per minute, and it should be adjusted once every 2 hours," Speaking of this, Mu Tong narrowed his good-looking peach blossom eyes, and a narrow smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "So the total production is about 8-10 hours." ”

Encore: "......"

Sure enough, the world is so big, there are no surprises, and drinking coffee is like alchemy.

While packing up the utensils, Mu Tong explained to Encore that the most special thing about this teardrop coffee is that cold water is completely used in the extraction process, so the final taste is smooth and not sour.

Most of the coffee beans used are dark roasted coffee beans such as Mantelin, which are shallow roasted fragrant but sour, and dark roasted bitter but strong. Because of the time-consuming process, the complexity of the steps, and the testing of the barista's skills, a glass of water droplets is expensive and is rarely seen in ordinary cafes.

Encore expressed disdain for his behavior of praising himself in passing in the popular science, although this droplet coffee sounded quite lofty, and Mu Tong also did something like that, but what does this mean? She didn't drink it, at most she was just full of eyes.

Mu Tong saw her little expression in his eyes, chuckled, and made another cup of matcha latte in three or two times, without showing off his skills, a very ordinary process, and finally pulled out a love heart on it with milk foam.

Encore tasted it, his eyes lit up quietly, and he squinted at Mu Tong, seeing that he was staring at himself without blinking, he had to give a thumbs up, after all, the taste was ...... It's really good, I have to admit that Comrade Curly is a different foodie, at least he doesn't just know how to eat.

Mu Tong took Encore to a booth in a corner of the terrace, from where he could see the gorgeous red maple on the mountain not far away, which looked like an extremely hazy and brilliant cloud from a distance, as if the layers of the forest after the mist on the Chinese painting were dyed, and it was as illusory as a mirage in a city.

Encore couldn't help but look a little fascinated, she had never found that there was such an unrealistically beautiful scenery in this reinforced concrete city.

Xiao Xiao's autumn breeze carries the delicate aroma of coffee, gently brushing the ends of the skin and hair, and people are in it, they will involuntarily unload their burdens, relax, and revel in it.

Nika brought a few plates of delicate snacks, sat down next to Encore, pointed to her seat and said with a grin, "This is Mu Tong's masterseat, and I usually refuse to let others sit on it." ”

An Ke was puzzled and looked at Mu Tong: "What do you mean?"

Mu Tong took a sip of coffee slowly, and the corners of his lips hooked slightly, "You come here to take a look." ”

An Ke didn't know why, with a question mark on his head, he leaned into his place, turned his head around three hundred and sixty degrees, and didn't feel any difference, just in doubt, Mu Tong's hand pointed to the hill full of fiery red maple leaves.

"The best view on the mountain from that seat. ”

Mu Tong's voice was clear and gentle, with a hint of laziness in the afternoon, like a mischievous white cloud, gently burrowing into Encore's ears, her golden brown hair was slowly blown by the wind, and the tips of her hair crossed her ears, bringing a crisp and itchy touch, as if it had touched a sensitive nerve.

Encore looked at his slender fingers in a daze, and had the illusion of a trance.

"Taste the mango mille-feuille I made," Nika beckoned to them, and Encore came to her senses and ran back to her seat with a cigarette and a sweet bite of cake.

After eating a few bites, An Ke couldn't help but look at the fiery red maple leaves on the mountain in the distance again, and there was still some hot temperature in her ears, she subconsciously reached out and pinched it, feeling a little inexplicable just now.

"Mu Tong, Sean asked me to go back to the Netherlands this month, you can come to the store when the house is finished in the next few days" Nika instructed Mu Tong with a cheek raiser, and Encore noticed that Nika had a happy smile on her face when she mentioned Sean's name.

Mu Tong nodded and joked, "Is it time to bring the wedding date earlier, I don't think Sean can wait." ”

Nika didn't look ashamed, but grinned, and took Encore's hand and said, "If you can, you can also come to my wedding, come with Mu Tong, my wedding with Sean will be next spring, when the Netherlands is the most beautiful, you should come and take a look." ”

Encore knew that Nika's words were heartfelt words, because people abroad did not understand China's polite greetings, and she liked Nika's sincerity very much, and she also liked this way of getting along.

In a complex society, she feels lucky to be able to meet Nika, and she hopes that this friendship will not change because of time and distance.

She pinched Nika's soft fingers and smiled sideways, "I'll definitely go." ”

Mu Tong looked at the two people in front of him who were looking at each other and smiling, and a smile involuntarily appeared in the corners of his eyes, warm as peach blossoms.

When leaving the café, Wang Zhenghao happened to call to invite An Ke to go to the movies, because An Ke had just promised to help Mu Tong clean up the house, and he didn't promise to go to the drama yesterday, so he politely refused Wang Zhenghao's invitation.

Wang Zhenghao was silent for a moment, and finally asked, "Is there anything you need me to help with?"

The green light turned on, and An Ke followed Mu Tong across the zebra crossing, and I don't know which car honked its horn, which was very harsh.

An Ke declined Wang Zhenghao's kindness and said casually: "It's nothing, it's just a little personal matter, don't bother." ”

Encore hung up the phone, I don't know why, I feel that Wang Zhenghao's tone of voice today is a little strange, but I can't tell what is wrong, until Mu Tong turned around to look at her, she shook her head slightly, and attributed all this to her nervousness.

The house was not big, and Mu Tong thought that with Encore's help, he would soon be able to clean it up, but he soon realized his innocence and ignorance, because Encore gave him a glimpse of the real obsessive-compulsive disorder in the legend. Just for the position of a small decorative painting, An Ke looked back and forth N times repeatedly, looking left and right, he felt that the hanging was not right, Mu Tong really didn't know that it was almost 0.1 mm away, how did she see it?

They were busy until the sun was about to set, and then they roughly cleaned up the house, both of them were a little hungry, Mu Tong saw the various pots that An Ke brought over, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he excitedly proposed to go downstairs to buy some food and come back to cook and eat by himself.

Because Encore saw Mu Tong making coffee today, he was very curious about what kind of level he would be at cooking, so the two hit it off and went to the supermarket downstairs together.

Encore's understanding of supermarket food is limited to quick-frozen dumplings and instant noodles, and at most local eggs, those vegetables and meat areas are completely alien to her.

Mu Tong, on the other hand, is very different, entering the supermarket is like walking into a vegetable market, taking a steak from here, picking a potato there, and buying cumin pepper noodles with light soy sauce and dark soy sauce in the condiment area halfway......

An Ke also bought himself a few bags of quick-frozen dumplings, basically taking a bag of all kinds of fillings, and Mu Tong poked the cold bag in disgust.

Encore knew what he was going to say, so he spread his hands and admitted directly, "I will only cook dumplings and noodles." ”

The expression on Mu Tong's face was indescribable, "Then have you lived until now with all your immortal breath?"

Encore: "......"

The two of them each carried a large bag, and returned to the downstairs of the community with some talking and laughing.

An Ke saw that a car parked at the entrance of the building was very familiar, and couldn't help but slow down, before she could remember, as soon as the car door opened, Wang Zhenghao walked out of it, looking at the two of them with his hands and arms.

Mu Tong keenly sensed that something was wrong with the atmosphere, and quietly asked An Ke: "Friend?"

An Ke didn't speak, because Wang Zhenghao's eyes and movements made her very uncomfortable.

Wang Zhenghao glanced at Mu Tong, then at Encore, and said in a cold tone: "You said that you have something, just eat and go shopping with this person?"

Encore didn't know why, "What did you say?" and immediately reacted, and couldn't help but feel on fire, "You follow me!"

Wang Zhenghao walked over to her expressionlessly, grabbed her arm, and An Ke was a little hurt by him, and frowned.

"Then why don't you go to the drama with me? Why don't you confess that you are with him?" Wang Zhenghao frowned.

Encore was furious, and shook off his hand, his tone was cold and hard like never before,

"Mr. Wang, please recognize my relationship with you, where I am, who I am with, what I want to do is my freedom, I don't need to report to anyone, and I shouldn't be blamed for this, if my mother's previous behavior made you have any misunderstanding, I am here to apologize to you, but at the same time, please also understand that I have nothing to do with you, so you have no right to ask about my private affairs, this kind of stalking other people's things, please don't do it again in the future, otherwise I will definitely pursue it to the end!"

After speaking, An Ke stopped looking at him, walked straight around him and walked towards the corridor, letting Wang Zhenghao call her name behind her back, indifferent, and quickly walked into the dark corridor without looking back.

Mu Tong watched the whole process, and was about to go in at this time, but Wang Zhenghao pulled his clothes and blocked the way, Wang Zhenghao pointed at him and said, "Stay away from Encore!"

Mu Tong stopped suddenly, the outline of his side face looked very indifferent in the white light, he lowered his eyes, looked at the place where Wang Zhenghao was pulling, and then looked at Wang Zhenghao with his eyes still level, and said slowly to Wang Zhenghao.

"I should have said this to you. ”

After that, he pulled his arm, stretched out his hand to brush the wrinkled clothes that had been caught, and strode upstairs, leaving Wang Zhenghao stunned in place.

Mu Tong walked upstairs, and at a glance saw that the vegetables bought from the supermarket were placed crookedly at the door of the house, a potato rolled out of it, and the big horn lay in the middle of the road, his shoulders collapsed, and he sighed helplessly, now he has no mood to cook and eat, and when he was bending down to pack up his things, the sound of ping-pong came from Anke's house.

He walked over and was about to knock on the door, but the door was hidden, and it opened with a slight push, Mu Tong stood at the door and probed in, only to see that Encore was rummaging through the cabinets to find something, and there was a mess of unknown objects scattered on the ground.

Suddenly, Encore jumped up, snapped his fingers, and said to himself, "Finally found!"

As soon as she turned her head and saw Mu Tong's big head poking out of the corner, she was startled, and the thing in her hand almost flew out of her hand.

"Why don't you make a sound?

Mu Tong pointed to the bottle in Enke's hand, "What is this?"

"Are you an alien from Canada?" Encore rubbed his forehead to show that he was speechless, and looked at the wine bottle in his hand, "Although I can't understand which country this is, but if I think about it with my intelligence, I at least know that this is a bar." ”

Mu Tong walked over and took the bottle of wine and looked at it, I don't know why, "I know this is wine, but what do you want wine for?"

"Nonsense, of course it's drinking! if you invite me to dinner, I'll have to invite you to drink," Encore replied as a matter of course.

Well, it turns out that I was overthinking, and some people's memories are shorter than goldfish.