Ningxia still lined up for the most hated class A - five in the morning to two in the afternoon.

Arriving at the hotel at five o'clock is an hour's drive, and even if you get up easily, you have to leave at least ten minutes to wash up. In other words, she had to get up from the bed by 3:50.

It's like a nightmare.

The alarm clock rang and went, Ningxia buried her face in the pillow, sniffing the breath of comfortable sleep, and her bare legs under the velvet quilt kicked back twice in pain.

The head of the bed was next to the window, and it was still dark outside, and the dim light leaked through the gaps in the curtains, and the street lamps standing straight downstairs were still shining.

She glared at the thin window crack, and before Ye Xiaofan was woken up, she reached out and pressed the chattering alarm clock, and let herself fall back asleep.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Ningxia appeared in the pastry room on time, helping with chores like no one else.

First, I carried a basket of fruits to clean, connected the pool to an ultraviolet sterilization filter, and Ningxia rinsed the mug twice by the way. Then, she handed out the fruit to the pastry chef who needed it and stepped aside to peel the almonds.

After a long time, no one came to Xingshi to ask for guilt, and Ningxia asked the nearest pastry chef to her: "Master Jin didn't come?" ”

The other party replied: "Brother Liang is on vacation today." ”

No wonder......

Ningxia asked again: "What about that?" ”

The man looked at her and said, "The chef is in the workshop." ”

Xu Zhengze has a separate kitchen, which is his private area and no outsiders are allowed to enter without his permission.

The last time she went in to put the package, she was lucky enough to see the simple layout inside. A circle of workbenches around the wall, two rows of shelves above and below, and the placement of raw materials and tools in an orderly manner.

While a dirty kitchen is a no-no, isn't it too much of a problem for the cleaner to find even the only fluorescent lamp hanging from the roof?

Ningxia took the soaked almonds out of the hot water and peeled them little by little by hand.

Moments later, a strong cold front forced the low pressure to accelerate in the work area, and she suddenly felt a chill down her spine.

The pastry chef next to her quietly looked behind her, and her originally relaxed standing posture became inexplicably stiff. The conjecture in Ningxia's heart was confirmed, and she slowly turned her head, Xu Zhengze's tall and thin figure turned his back to the light source, making his already depressed expression even darker.

"At this point, you should already be off work." He looked at her, his long narrow eyes narrowing slightly.

Ningxia blinked, realized something, and deliberately asked rhetorically: "Get off work?" I've only been here for a short time, why should I leave work? ”

She stared at him, once again holding on to hope. Burn, rage, and get her out of the way!

But her little abacus always seemed to fail to achieve her wish, but once again attracted Xu Zhengze's cynicism.

"I didn't come from five o'clock to two o'clock, and I originally respected you for your courage. It's a pity that I overestimated you, and you can remember the shift time wrongly, and it's really a pig. ”

“……”

The thin eyelids lifted, "Little pig, come to my studio after peeling the almonds." ”

After that, he walked around the pastry room, reprimanded the three pastry chefs one after another, and hung everyone's working state to a height that he was satisfied with, and then shut himself up in the private kitchen again.

The peeled almonds have clear lines, like plump and flat peanuts.

Ningxia threw the last almond into the bowl expressionlessly, Xu Siqi passed behind her and whistled, "Little pig!" ”

Ningxia pulled the corners of her mouth, "Who is the little pig called?" ”

"The little pig called you-" Xu Siqi immediately reacted, "Damn, you still know Yin me, it seems that the ability to resist blows is quite strong!" ”

Ningxia turned around and said with a smile: "You still know about schadenfreude, it seems that you are quite thick-skinned." ”

This is the first time since the two met, in the past, he was so angry that he jumped to his feet, she looked indifferent in the wind and rain, and now she suddenly fought back, Xu Siqi was a little uncomfortable.

But why don't you adapt to it?

Xu Siqi was stunned for a moment, probably because Ningxia had too much aura after removing the disguise.

It's the same as the smiling tiger.

The pastry chef standing next to Ningxia happened to go elsewhere, Xu Siqi walked to the position in front of him and looked at Ningxia, "It seems that I was still stimulated, I didn't dare to talk back to him, and I poured my anger on me." ”

Ningxia politely replied to him: "Thank you for taking the initiative to send it up and let me be angry." ”

“……”

Her straightforward appearance made Xu Siqi can't help but want to pump her.

***

Ningxia symbolically knocked on the door three times, and a "come in" came from inside, and the voice was not loud, as if he was losing his temper after being disturbed.

Pushing the door in, she didn't go too far forward, but stood outside a safe range.

On the stainless steel workbench was a new piece of white paper, and he held the edge of the table with one hand and a pencil in the other, bowing his head in contemplation.

Ningxia asked: "What are you looking for me?" ”

He remained motionless and said in a vicious tone, "Shut up." ”

"......" Ningxia was stunned for half a second, and he had already decided that he was a mad dog, and he would bite whoever he caught.

Waiting silently, Ning Xia looked down and noticed three or four paper balls on the floor.

I bent down and picked one up, and when I unfolded it, I saw a stack of fruits stacked in the shape of a pine tower, with a strawberry at the top, then a pear, an apple, and an orange......

"Who allowed you to touch my stuff?"

The cold questioning voice sounded, Ningxia was startled, and looked up to see Xu Zhengze staring at her straight.

As soon as the palms were closed, the white paper was re-crumpled by her. Then, with her hands outstretched, she let the ball of paper fall freely and bounce to the ground.

"Give it back to you." Ningxia smiled at him.

With casual movements and natural demeanor, she made Xu Zhengze unable to tell whether she was really naïve or pretending to be naïve for a while.

He frowned, his eyes wandering over her smiling face, as if to judge something.

Ningxia's face did not change, he looked at it, and asked again: ", you didn't want to continue to humiliate me when you asked me in, right?" ”

The corners of Xu Zhengze's mouth hooked, perhaps he was pleasant. He said, "Lonely men and widows humiliate you? Comparatively, I prefer to be in a crowded place. ”

Perverted!

Ningxia pursed her lips, "Then why did you call me?" ”

He stopped looking at her, picked up his pencil, and turned sideways to continue his study. He bowed his head and ordered, "In the future, you will be responsible for cleaning my workshop." ”

“……”

Unable to hear the answer, he swept his eyes sideways, "Not happy?" ”

Ningxia stiffened his neck and said, "Of course I'm not happy." You see that if I don't like it, you can kick me away, so why bother with me? ”

She still couldn't help but speak.

Who knows, Xu Zhengze lowered his eyes and sneered, "You didn't enter my eyes, where did you come from?" With a movement of his wrist and two strokes lightly, he spit out two words fiercely, "Get out." ”

***

The signal on the negative floor was good and bad, Ningxia hid outside the warehouse and called Lu Xiao, and her number was dialed out for the first time since she saved her address book.

There were two rings on the other end and it was picked up.

"What's the matter with me?" Through the radio waves, Lu Xiao smiled slightly in a place she couldn't see.

Ningxia deliberately distorted the facts, saying: "Chef Xu in the cake shop wants to drive me away." ”

It was different from what he expected, and Lu Xiao couldn't help but be a little disappointed. thought she was abused by Xu Zhengze and begged her to cancel the gambling contract.

In fact, she had planned it a long time ago, if Ningxia begged her, she would seize the opportunity to severely frustrate her spirit.

The situation is not right now, Lu Xiao was stunned and said, "He dares!" ”

Whether she dares or not, she knows how much in her heart. But in front of Ningxia, she wants to save face.

Ningxia looked left and right, and no one suddenly broke in.

She reassuredly continued, "But I think he doesn't want me." Lu Xiao, it's not that I don't abide by the gambling contract, if the environment changes, you have to be considerate. ”

Lu Xiao pondered a hint of flavor and said, "I see that you wish he would kick you away!" I warn you, there are two months left and you have to do it for me to the end! ”

Ningxia also understood a little, she raised her eyebrows, "Actually, you let me into your hotel's pastry room just to see him torture me, right?" It's just that he wasn't there at first, so you had to let Elder Chef Jin toss me for half a month. ”

"Heh, you have persecution paranoia, right?" Lu Xiao's voice changed, he didn't admit it clearly, and he didn't deny it directly, Ningxia thought to himself, he guessed correctly.

"Just as I have." She smiled, "Lu Xiao, I'm not going to do it, bet on the contract or not." ”

She hung up the phone, thinking that she wouldn't have to come back in the future, and the unhappiness that had been building up in her heart for the past few days finally disappeared.

There was a sudden noise behind her, and she turned around in confusion to see the warehouse door being pulled open from the inside, and a man with a flat head walked out.

Uh, isn't he on vacation?

Thinking that Fang Cai was still mentioning him on the phone, I don't know if he heard it.

Ningxia was a little embarrassed, stunned, but still smiled and shouted: "Master Jin." ”

Jin Zhiliang didn't have any expression, he walked in front of her, paused suddenly, and looked back at her, "It's me who wants to toss you, and it has nothing to do with Vice President Lu." ”

Ningxia looked at him and was speechless for a while. suddenly remembered what Xu Siqi had said to her - do you know why Brother Liang always targets you? Don't forget how you got in, Brother Liang hates people who rely on connections to go through the back door the most.

At the time, I thought he was thinking too much, but it turned out to be true.

Jin Zhiliang said solemnly: "I apologize to you. "Very honest.

"Well, no." Ningxia didn't know what to reply, but just smiled and said, "It's okay, Master Jin." ”

"Let's call Brother Liang." He lifted his chin slightly, "If there's a chance to see you again." Then, without further ado, he walked away.

***

On this day, Ningxia insisted on leaving the hotel until half past ten in the evening.

As she imagined, Xu Zhengze's private space was really not easy to serve. Wipe everything down to the ceiling to the base of the storage box with a clean towel.

Fortunately, she didn't have to come back the next day, otherwise, with the "chicken soup for the soul" that he had every day, the relationship would be on the verge of collapse in the long run.

She and Ye Xiaofan made an appointment to leave school together on June 10, and planned to inform her uncle Jiang Yiran to drive to pick them up, but she thought that the two had not contacted each other for a long time after a big quarrel, and Ningxia couldn't leave it behind after all.

Ye Xiaofan laughed at her: "There is a plaster on the lips, and you can't open it, right?" ”

Ningxia said: "You don't understand. ”

Ye Xiaofan didn't answer, his mind was full of ghost ideas, and he sneaked out to make a call, "Hey, brother." Are you free on June 10th, can you help me move my things? Please! ”。