Chapter 8: Everyday Brain Damage
Mu Tong decided to fry the steak and bake a creamy mashed potato, An Ke stretched his neck to watch him skillfully use kitchen paper to absorb the thawed beef, put the chopped broccoli and shrimp in the pan to blanch, then put a small piece of butter in the pan, and finally fry the steak when the butter exudes a rich aroma.
"Is black pepper juice acceptable?" Mu Tong picked up a cruice bottle.
Encore shrugged his shoulders indifferently, pulled a chair and sat down next to him, "Whatever, I can eat anything, as long as it's cooked, there's nothing special about it." β
Mu Tong raised his eyes and glanced at her, and raised his eyebrows, "Do you also eat the cooked mouse lady?"
Encore was engrossed in staring at the butter dancing under the steak, and when he heard this, countless strange pictures suddenly flashed in his mind, and the steak in front of him also became a gray mouse lying on his side,
"Can you stop being unappetizing?" Encore shook goosebumps and glanced at the initiator viciously.
Mu Tong watched her reaction with amusement, and teased, "I'm stimulating your taste buds." β
After the steak was cooked, Mu Tong brought the boiled broccoli and shrimp to the plate, his fingers were white and slender, and against the backdrop of the lustrous retro white porcelain plate, it looked extraordinarily beautiful, as if it had been plated with a layer of glaze.
Although I don't understand the meaning of having two people to eat and put a plate on the table, An Ke still can't help but be attracted by Mu Tong's focused side face, people who work hard have their own charm, and a curly hair who cooks seriously is really cute?
Encore squeezed his hand, afraid that he couldn't help but want to ravage the pale yellow curls.
After that, the milky mashed potatoes are very simple to make, the potatoes are steamed and mashed, and then spread a layer of cheese, put them in the oven for a while, and they are ready, Mu Tong unfolded the folding table he bought before, and brought all the dishes over, and Anke also opened the wine turned out, put it under his nose and smelled it, and felt that it was quite fragrant.
This wine was brought back by his cousin Lin Duoduo, whose job is to shoot field documentaries, run around the world with the team, deal with a group of wild animals every day, and see more rare animals than people in a year.
Lin Duoduo often brings some things that he thinks are treasures back to China and gives them to Encore, but unfortunately her brain is naturally a few nerves less than ordinary girls, and the things she brings back are very scary, Encore still remembers the night when Lin Duoduo gave her a gift for the first time, she smiled and handed over a small box, Encore opened it with great anticipation, and then let out a scream, there was a monster mask with blue fangs lying in the big room, even if Lin Duoduo explained in the end what kind of tribe's patron saint, Encore was still frightened to a nervous breakdown, and had nightmares for several nights in a rowγ
The bottle of wine she had brought back from somewhere on the map, and it was full of strange and incomprehensible symbols.
With years of drinking experience, Encore finally found the alcohol content on the bottle, which is about the same as beer, not too high, and within the tolerance range of Encore, a bottle will not be drunk after visual inspection.
An Ke poured a cup for both of them, and Mu Tong watched the cup in front of him gradually fill with brown liquid, and the corners of his eyes twitched.
With the comparison of the medium-rare steak last time, the steak made by Mu Tong this time is simply delicious for Encore, and with the addition of butter, the flavor is more different than what is usually eaten.
"How is it?" Mu Tong looked at Enke's food with relish, and curled the corners of his mouth in satisfaction.
"It's delicious," Encore nodded, and replied very sincerely.
"What else?" Mu Tong continued to ask.
"What else?" Encore just scooped a spoonful of mashed potatoes and was about to put it in his mouth, and paused when he heard this, "Oh, you said this mashed potatoes, it's not bad, the milk tastes quite fragrant." β
Mu Tong was choked, and continued to follow the temptation without giving up, "I mean, since you think it's delicious, you just admit that it's a delicacy, and since it's a delicacy, how can it be simply evaluated by just two words?"
However, judging from someone's blank facial expression, it is clear that his brain wave signal is not being received.
An Ke looked at Mu Tong with a neurotic look, and then commented: "Are you sick, are you still talking about idealism after eating?"
Mu Tong: "......"
It seems that it is necessary to save someone from the lazy and casual attitude of life, realize their mistakes, and then understand that the fun and mystery of food and life are the road slowly and its long way to go.
"Why don't you drink?" An could see that he was blocked by himself, thinking that his own words had stimulated his self-esteem as a foodie, so he pulled away from the topic.
Mu Tong replied a little hesitantly, "Actually...... Steak or ...... To be matched...... It's better to drink red wine. β
Encore made an exaggerated expression, put down his knife and fork and squinted at someone, "Please, can you not spoil the fun? Do you know that it is boring for a person to drink and get drunk?"
Mu Tong had no choice but to pick up the wine glass and take a shallow sip, although it was only a small sip, he still quickly felt a fire burning in his chest.
An Ke talked a lot as soon as she drank, and at first she could pull Mu Tong to chat with her, but as soon as she talked a lot, she was easy to let go of herself, and when she talked, she switched to self-hilarity, and talked about the previous things about Li Dazui and Wang Jiao upside down two or three times, and was very proud of her poisonous tongue, covering her stomach and laughing wildly.
Mu Tong was forced by her to be the audience, and she wanted to have a toast after speaking, Mu Tong had no choice but to accompany her, and before she knew it, the two of them drank a bottle of wine.
Mu Tong felt dizzy, his eyes were a little confused, and everything he saw was ghosted, he waved his hand at An Ke, and said inarticulately: "I, I don't, drink, I'm going, going to sleep." β
After speaking, he stood up tremblingly, and before he reached the bedroom, he went directly to the sofa and did not move.
Encore saw this magical scene, and a string of ellipses flew overhead, "What?!"
Mu Tong couldn't drink and didn't have a face, so An Ke didn't pay attention until he saw him like this at this time, and he didn't know that he was drunk, and he was convinced by his shallowness.
She walked over and slapped Mu Tong's face a few times, Mu Tong didn't move at all, buried his head on the pillow, covering half of his face, Encore had no choice but to take the quilt next to him and cover him, lest he sleep here and catch a cold at night.
Mu Tong was drunk, although his face was the same as usual, but the roots of his ears were red as if he could drip blood, An Ke casually glimpsed it, and couldn't help but stare at it for a while, and finally squatted down and poked at his fleshy earlobe, wow, what a magical touch, soft, so she pinched it again, wow, wow, it's fun.
Mu Tong reached out and scratched his itchy earlobe, and touched Encore's "salty pig hand", Anke suddenly stepped back, almost knocking over the coffee table.
She hurriedly stood up, reluctantly withdrew her gaze from Mu Tong's earlobe, turned around and put away the dishes and chopsticks on the table, took them to the sink to wash them and dry them and put them in the cabinet.
When she left, she hesitated for a while, but she still couldn't help but come to Mu Tong's side, and quickly ravaged his curly hair, and then ran out of the door happily.
When I got home, I turned on the light in the bedroom, the dim light played a soft aperture, and I looked a little lonely, and my mood suddenly turned 180 degrees, and Encore fell on the bed all of a sudden, looking at the ceiling in a daze.
It's been like this for as long as I can remember, eating, doing homework, and sleeping alone, without a second person to accompany me, so I've long been used to crying alone, laughing alone, and bearing everything alone.
Today, Wang Zhenghao's attitude reminds her of the man who abandoned herself and her mother since she was a child, that person is possessive, likes to control everything, and does not allow her and her mother to contact people outside the circle of life, but she spends all her time drinking outside, doing everything, every time she comes back to face them after drinking, she either smashes things or beats people, that kind of childhood is a nightmare that she will never get away with in her life.
This is the kind of person who, after inflicting so much harm on them, kicks them away and puts his arm around another woman with a disgusted look at them.
She is very strong and better at disguise, even if she is angry and uncomfortable, it is only after saying those words to Wang Zhenghao, she hides in the dark corridor and secretly wipes away her tears, she never shows her vulnerability and fear to others, because once these are discovered, the scars in her heart will be revealed, it took her more than ten years to let the scabs there, if it is torn again, how many decades will it take to heal?
Therefore, in front of Mu Tong just now, she talked and laughed freely, as before, without revealing the slightest clue.
Yesterday's bottle of wine was not small, in the morning Encore was woken up by the alarm clock and her head was still a little dizzy, she lay down and did not move, and when the alarm clock began to chant for the second time, the boss reluctantly got up and pressed off, but the next moment she was shocked, eight o'clock!
At a five-minute repetition rate, she had already missed four times of the alarm clock.
So I slept like a dead pig?!
As the saying goes, the busier the more chaotic, the more chaotic the busier, after a miserable mess, Comrade Encore was stunned in the autumn wind blowing from the window, tossing a sweat for himself.
It took 60 seconds to find a piece of toast bread that had survived in the refrigerator for an unknown amount of time, and after hesitating for three seconds for the sake of life safety, Encore still threw the hard bread into the trash can in pain.
Rushing out of the door, Encore didn't even care about the elevator, so he ran downstairs with 5 cm high heels, and almost hit Mu Tong at the door because he didn't brake, the latter was wearing a white tracksuit and carrying a bag in his hand.
Encore's mouth was wide open enough to swallow an egg, and he rubbed his eyes in disbelief, "You went for a run?"
Mu Tong nodded calmly.
Encore: "Didn't you get drunk yesterday?"
Mu Tong nodded again, and replied as a matter of course: "So I got up half an hour later than usual." β
Encore seemed to hear the sound of a little collapse of the worldview.
"Little sister, you're going to be late" Mu Tong pointed to his watch and reminded Encore.
An Ke woke up like a dream, and was about to run, but was pulled by Mu Tong.
Encore glared at him anxiously, "What's the matter? I'm going to be late." β
"Here you go," Mu Tong handed over the bag in his hand, "Don't forget to have breakfast." β
Encore was stunned, and after reacting, he was so moved that he wanted to cry, and his hands itched to rub his curly hair.
Mu Tong is two meters eight today!
But that's too much! Steamed buns, potstickers, rice porridge, sesame balls, sugar pancakes...... Encore sat in the taxi, crying and laughing at the bag full of stuff.
Are you sure this is the breakfast you bought for her? These things are probably overnourished by the pigs!
In the end, Encore was fortunate to have a quicksand bag and a cup of purple rice porridge.
As soon as she saw the bun in her hand, little stars appeared in her eyes, and she came up and said, "Wow, the sun is coming out of the west today! Sister An, you actually bought breakfast, do you have a share of me? In the morning, my father trained me again, but he didn't let me drink a sip of water." β
Encore rolled his eyes at the sky, stuffed the bag directly into his arms, and said as he walked inside, "Little Leizi, your father is too authoritarian, you are so big, and he still controls you like this." β
Radar stuffed a meat bun into his mouth, and sighed vaguely: "It's been like this for so many years, maybe one day my dad suddenly ignores me, but I'm not used to it, hey, Sister An, this bun is so delicious, where did you buy it?"
An Ke replied casually: "It's not me, it's Mu Tong who bought it." β
Lei Lei was stunned, "What? Mu Tong? Which Mu Tong is it?"
Encore: "How many do you know called barrels?"
At this time, almost all the people in the office arrived, and Encore sat down at his desk, turned on the computer, and prepared to see if there was any news in the mailbox.
"Oh no, when did he come back? Why do you know I don't? And how did you two meet?" Radar leaned over and said like a string of cannons.
Encore stared at the computer, and said without looking back, "He posted it in the circle of friends by himself, and you also have his WeChat, who told you not to swipe the circle of friends." β
Radar frowned, slowly touched his chin, and suddenly patted the armrest of the chair and shouted, "No, there are only a few people in my WeChat, and I have to brush it every night to fall asleep, how can I not see the message he sent?"
Encore calmly inserted a radar knife, "Maybe someone will block you." β
Radar immediately became unsettled, and said, "How is it possible? I'm such a kind person," and then he paused, remembering something, "Wouldn't he just send it to you?"
Encore clicked the mouse's hand for a moment, and then picked up the file bag and slapped the radar's brain.
"What do you think all day? No wonder your dad won't give you food. β
Radar covered his head, still unrelentingly asking, "Then how did he buy you breakfast?"
"He's my neighbor now. Encore said one last word, and then the brain automatically blocked the signal from the person.