Chen Chi and Xu Shuangchuan chatted all afternoon.

At dusk, Chen Chi got up and walked to the window and made a call: "Lian Xiuxiu, are you back?"

"Not yet, probably a little bit. ”

"The frost has arrived, and we are ready for dinner, and we wanted to call you along. Chen Chi said with a smile.

Lian Xiuxiu giggled over there: "Chen Chi, you eat, I'm embarrassed to disturb your dinner, I'll call you when I come back." ”

"Thank you. ”

Chen Chi hung up the phone, saw the curtains hanging in the opposite window all year round, and there were two or three windows around to show light, he pulled the curtains with his hand, only half of them were pulled, suddenly stopped his movements, turned around, and saw Xu Shuangchuan staring at him silently with his eyes open.

"Frost falls," Chen Chi asked with a smile on his eyebrows, "It's getting dark, do you want to enjoy the natural light or the lights again?"

Xu Shuangchuan blinked, the corners of his mouth pulled up, and said gently, "Whatever you want." ”

In the middle of the afternoon, there was a subtle change in the familiar atmosphere of the conversation.

Chen Chi stubbornly closed all the curtains, his curtains were very heavy and gray, and the room darkened instantly. Fortunately, the sky was still lit outside, and the outlines of the furnishings in the room were still clearly recognizable, of course, Xu Shuang's eyebrows and eyes were not very clear.

Chen Chi walked quickly to the door and turned on all the lights in the room, even the overhead lights in the entrance that he didn't need.

Looking at the past, Xu Shuang's sitting posture did not change at all, but it just gave Chen Chi a feeling that she was a little restrained, and she turned back into the soft-shell crab.

"Frost falls, is it okay to eat dumplings at night?" Chen Chi asked.

"Just eat whatever you want, don't have to be so troublesome. Xu Shuangchuan regretted it at the moment, she didn't insist on going back in the afternoon, it was going to be night, but she was still bothering others.

"It's not troublesome, this one is easier to cook. Chen Chi smiled, opened the refrigerator door, and took out a bag of quick-frozen dumplings, "Frost, cabbage and pork filling, okay?"

The packaging bag is printed in familiar Chinese, and Chen Chi should have bought it back in a Chinese store. Xu Shuangchuan nodded, feeling extremely ashamed. Chen Chi came to her, she gave Chen Chi homemade sandwiches, and now Chen Chi entertained her with dumplings from the motherland.

Xu Shuangchuan is not a northerner, and his love for dumplings is not high, but in a foreign country where he can't eat dumplings, the meaning of a bowl of dumplings is comparable to a hearty Chinese meal.

Chen Chi really treated her as a VIP.

"Do you want to help?" asked Xu Shuangchuan.

"No, you just sit, I'm a small place here. Chen Chi boiled water and asked, "Frostfall, what seasoning do you like to dip in?"

"I don't want spices. ”

Chen Chi looked back in surprise and said with a smile: "I have vinegar, spicy sauce, sesame sauce, sugar and salt." ”

Xu Shuangchuan shook his head and explained embarrassedly: "I eat dumplings and eat wontons, and I don't need seasonings." ”

Chen Chi held back a smile and lowered his head, he kind of understood, Xu Shuangchuan was more sloppy about eating. He still prepared a plate of vinegar for her, sprinkled a little sugar on it, and scooped a little tahini on the bottom of the vinegar to add flavor.

Xu Shuangchuan sat at the dining table, Chen Chi stood by the stove, and under the illumination of the wall lamp, the stainless steel deep pot with the lid uncovered was bubbling with warm white mist and water vapor.

These days, Chen Chi goes to the professor's office every morning, dressed more formally, and today it is trousers and a white shirt with dark stripes. Here in Chenchi, it is not very hot in summer, and there are few habits of installing air conditioning in ordinary houses, and there is no air conditioning in this apartment in Chenchi. Usually when he comes back at noon, he will change into a cooler T-shirt and pants, but Xu Shuang is here, and it is inconvenient for him to change clothes, so he has been wearing a long-sleeved shirt in the afternoon. I sat and chatted before, but I didn't feel hot. The curtains were closed, the door was closed, and he was stirring the dumplings in the pot with a colander, and hot air was surrounding him.

Chen Chi mixed a little cold water into it, let the dumplings continue to cook, snorted twice, rolled up his sleeves, loosened a button on his chest, twisted his neck to breathe, and just caught a glimpse of Xu Shuang looking intently in his direction.

Chen Chi's hands stiffened, and he was short of words for a while, and Xu Shuang's appearance made him think of the soft-shell crab lying motionless on the road, trying to observe the environment with its tentacles against two small round eyes.

"Frost falls, wait a little longer. Chen Chi picked up the saucer and walked over, leaned down across the table, put the plate in front of Xu Shuangchuan, and took away the glass that had drunk all the apple juice, he smiled at Xu Shuangchuan, "It'll be fine soon." ”

Xu Shuangchuan looked up at Chen Chi and said sincerely, "I'll wash the cup." ”

"Sit. Chen Chi smiled, turned around and put the cup out of the sink.

Xu Shuang looked at Chen Chi's back, he wore this outfit, he looked very elegant, but it didn't match the job of boiling dumplings, but Chen Chi seemed to be full of indifference and enjoyed it.

For Xu Shuangchuan, Chen Chi's hospitality was very attentive, cooking dumplings for her and washing her cups, she was inexplicably moved and frightened.

Chen Chi picked up a plate of steaming dumplings with satisfaction, and was slightly stunned when he turned around. Xu Shuang lowered her right hand, her eyes collided with him, she hurriedly showed a light smile, but her eyes drifted away, obviously I don't know how long I looked at him while he was busy.

"Come, taste it. Chen Chi said with a smile.

Xu Shuangchuan took the chopsticks, and the dumplings on the plate were all exquisite, white and fat, and very cute.

She continued to sit in an orderly manner, waiting for Chen Chi to bring his own plate and sit down in front of her.

"Why don't you eat it? Chen Chi took the lead in picking up a dumpling, took a small bite, and nodded in praise, "Not bad." Frost falls, you can also try the seasoning. ”

Xu Shuang lowered his head slightly, and picked up the dumplings gently.

This is when the troubles are happening.

What Chen Chi gave her was a pair of ivory chopsticks, and they were not prismatic, and they were round and slippery. The dumplings that Xu Shuang picked up had not yet been raised, and they fell to the plate. She clamped and slipped again.

It must have been a long time since she had used chopsticks.

She pursed her lips, half-lowered her head, staring intently at the plate in front of her, holding chopsticks and competing with the slippery dumpling, her mouth almost stopped. This is the most embarrassing situation when using chopsticks, usually the more you want to pick it up, the more you can't hold it.

Chen Chi looked at Xu Shuangchuan who was puffing out his cheeks and exerting himself, pushed away the chair, took a fork and handed it to Xu Shuangchuan: "Use this." ”

Xu Shuang's face turned crimson, and Chen Chi treated her as a child.

"Let the chopsticks go. Chen Chi's obvious ridicule reduced Xu Shuang's embarrassment a lot, and she took the fork with a smile.

"Eat quickly, the dumplings are not delicious if they are cold for too long. Chen Chi urged.

Xu Shuangchuan only tasted one bite, and involuntarily raised his eyes to look at Chen Chi.

"How does it taste?" Chen Chi asked with a smile, a little nervous in his heart.

He originally planned to take Xu Shuang to walk around this afternoon, she came from afar by train, she must be easily tired, and the things to eat at night should be simple and convenient, let her rest in his room tomorrow morning, he will come back at noon to accompany her to have fun, and he will cook a big meal for her tomorrow night. Now the plan can't catch up with the change, Xu Shuangchuan came over this time, Ming'er was going back in a hurry, she could only eat a quick-frozen dumpling here with him, she was in a low mood, and she didn't know if it was to her taste.

"Good. In the past two years, she has been accustomed to eating vegetable salad and ham meat, and the cabbage meat filling in the dumplings is particularly kind.

As far back as she can remember, she seems to have not eaten dumplings for several years. When she was at home, out of eating habits, she didn't eat dumplings much, and she couldn't eat dumplings once in a year or two, and she didn't eat them at all after she came out to study.

Therefore, the quick-frozen dumplings have indeed become delicious. Her eyebrows curled and she nodded at Chen Chi.

Chen Chi finally put his mind at ease: "Frost falls, if you like it, next time you come over, I can roll out the dumpling skin for you." ”

Xu Shuangchuan raised her eyes in surprise: "Can you make dumplings?" She was so unbelievable that she even raised her tail note high.