Jiang Yiran didn't come back until late this night, the downstairs was dim and dark, and he couldn't find a trace of light when he looked up from the staircase, and Ningxia had already slept.

He went to the open kitchen to pour water and drink, and unexpectedly found a gingerbread cake on the table, with a post-it note next to it, which read: Gingerbread with soy sauce wine, lalalala.

The last five "la" characters can be hummed out.

Jiang Yiran raised his eyebrows, cut off a piece with a knife and fork and put it in his mouth, and then snorted.

The next day, Jiang Yiran made breakfast for the two of them, and slowly read the food magazine while eating it.

Ningxia washed up and came downstairs, and grinned when he saw him: "Ah, long time no see." ”

Jiang Yiran's eyelids lifted, and he said in a fluttering tone, "Yes, I'm really happy that you're still alive." ”

"Oh, then you laugh at one." Ningxia dragged a chair and sat down, looking at him with a smile on his hand.

The corners of his mouth tugged upward, and he gave her a dry smile, then lowered his head again, turned the magazine to the next page with his left hand, and said casually, "Oh yes, I finished the gingerbread cake you made last night." ”

What does it mean to finish eating?

Ningxia was both apprehensive and expectant, "Is it delicious?" ”

He raised his head, his soul-snatching peach blossom eyes slightly raised, and he smiled, "I used a lot of great spices." ”

Ningxia was alert to a hint of danger.

"I also opened my bottle of El Dorado five-year-old rum."

Ningxia did not answer, and his eyes were cautious.

Sure enough, he changed his words and sighed bitterly: "I wasted so many good things, and I have angina if I don't finish it." ”

“……”

Ningxia didn't give up, and muttered: "Is it so unpalatable?" ”

He actually added with praise: "It's so unpalatable, gingerbread is really delicious." ”

She was stunned.

"You also put limes, good idea."

He repeatedly praised her with such a big turn, Ningxia's nerves tightened a little bit, and soon reached a critical point, "Can you just say but!" ”

“ok.” Jiang Yiran shrugged lightly, "But the taste is uneven, and it doesn't surprise me." If you add lime, it is equal to white sugar, not every customer has a keen sense of taste like me, and the lime flavor in the gingerbread is almost inaccessible. ”

Ningxia looked depressed.

Jiang Yiran was not only not comforted, but also continued to fight: "Didn't you swear that you would work for me after graduation, at this level, give me chores." ”

Ningxia rolled his eyes, ate breakfast silently, and ignored him.

He suddenly asked, "What are you still doing over there?" ”

Ningxia paused, "When did you know?" ”

As soon as she asked, Jiang Yiran smiled, in her usual laughing tone, "My niece lost a bet with someone else for me, can I not understand the specific situation?" ”

His indebted expression and tone seemed to say, how can you be so stupid and actually lose! Ningxia snorted lightly: "It's not because you didn't play cards according to common sense that day." ”

She thought about betting that day, it was raining heavily, the ink-stained clouds were crumbling, and the water droplets were splashing under the umbrellas of pedestrians, and all the customers who came to the store were on their bodies.

Jiang Yiran used to be a young co-pilot, and after leaving his job, he opened a pastry shop named "Xunwei".

The boss is handsome, and there are many female students in the neighborhood, plus the sweet varieties are full of varieties and good taste, and there are no repeat customers, and the reputation of Xunwei has gradually gone out.

The cake shop business is really booming, and you can open a chain, thanks to Lu Xiao.

Ningxia doesn't remember when she started appearing at the cake shop frequently.

Lu Xiao loves sweetness, and his taste is both chewy and strange. For example, she thinks cheese is high in calories, but she doesn't refuse chocolate that is higher than cheese, weirdo!

But this weirdo did something to benefit the cake shop, even though it was a disaster for his uncle Jiang Yiran.

She posted a Weibo, the text content is to praise her for eating a strong bourbon flavor from the pineapple flip cake she is looking for, and the aftertaste is so long that she is intoxicated, but the picture below is nine photos of Jiang Yiran, the photos have different angles, all of them are captured shots, of which most of them are side photos, and only one is frontal.

And the common feature of these photos is - handsome!

Lu Xiao is a big V, and the certification information reads: well-known model. As for how well-known she is, Ningxia really doesn't know her anyway.

But it is undeniable that no matter how many of her 380,000 fans on Weibo are not zombie fans, the number of retweets on that Weibo is like a wave of water spreading in circles, and a number of Weibo accounts related to Nanxiang life information such as "Food Nanxiang", "Nanxiang Full Raiders", "Nanxiang Foodie Alliance" and so on have been forwarded one after another, and the gossip has gone viral.

How delicious the pineapple flip cake is, only those who have tasted it know, but how good the boss looks is is obvious to all.

Since then, the number of visitors has doubled.

It was raining heavily that day, and the store was full because of the shelter.

Lu Xiao drove over and asked the clerk if Jiang Yiran was there, and learned that he would come later and ordered a Black Forest and a cup of freshly ground coffee.

But she has no place to sit, a girl in a school uniform puts her heavy schoolbag on the seat next to her, Lu Xiao is a little good, she doesn't mind sharing a table with strangers, but she is a little bad, and she can't hold a temper if she can't share a table.

She quarreled with a female student who was a circle younger than her, and the two clerks couldn't persuade her, so they had to go into the kitchen to find Ningxia.

There are many ways to deal with Lu Xiao, and Ningxia chose the easiest one.

She walked over and looked out the window, "Uncle just called to say he's almost there. ”

The world is finally quiet.

After Ningxia appeased the schoolgirl with a free herb buffy, he went into the kitchen again.

After a while, without waiting for Jiang Yiran, Lu Xiao chased in and asked, "What about Jiang Yiran, are you coming?" ”

The two cake chefs in the kitchen were already surprised by this, and they were busy with their own things, and they didn't even look at her.

Ningxia was whipping egg yolks and caster sugar with a manual whisk and didn't look up at her.

"He just said it's almost there." The vast majority of people will tell one or two lies every day, because of Lu Xiao, Ningxia's small panic has long been countless.

Lu Xiao realized that he had been fooled, and he was so angry that he went crazy on the spot, and raised his hand to knock over the whipping basin in Ningxia's hand.

There was a clang, and the thick liquid flowed everywhere.

The cake chef closest to Ningxia hurriedly wiped it with a rag, but Ningxia lowered his head and did not move.

Lu Xiao said: "Call him and don't answer, who of you can give the right words!" ”

The cake chef who cleaned up the mess was impatient, "Miss Lu, the kitchen is small, and it can't accommodate your big Buddha, please be merciful and go to the store to wait?" ”

Hearing this, Lu Xiao was about to get angry again, but he heard a soft voice-

"Let's make a bet." Ningxia raised his eyes and said tepidly.

"What?" Lu Xiao was stunned for a second.

Ning Xia curled the corners of his mouth, his expression was calm, "Lu Xiao, let's bet, if I win, please don't appear in Xunwei in the future, and please don't pester my uncle again." ”

Lu Xiao was slightly stunned when he heard this, and his eyes rolled, "Then what if I win?" ”

"Listen to me."

"Okay, I'll bet you."

“……”

Such an answer was obviously what Ningxia was looking forward to, but she clearly felt a little disappointed.

I really like someone, and I can't afford to take it out as a bet because it's her treasure, and she can't afford to lose.

Lu Xiao deserves it, how much sincerity does she have for her uncle? Or is she actually tired of chasing it for three years? Since she is bored, why is she making trouble again?

Ningxia couldn't figure it out, but Lu Xiao was very positive, "What are you betting on?" ”

"Bet on whether my uncle will show up here in ten minutes."

“…… Ningxia! ”

Ning Xia smiled slightly, "What, don't you dare?" ”

"Who said I wouldn't dare!" Lu Xiao's waist straightened, "If I win, you will have to work in the kitchen of Vance Year for three months, and I will do whatever I ask you to do." ”

"Okay." Ningxia high-fived her.

Jiang Yiran went to inspect the branch, it was raining so hard outside, it was impossible for him to come back early, let alone appear in the kitchen within ten minutes, unless he saw the hell.

The pendulum clock on the wall ticked by, Lu Xiao tensed his nerves, and the pores on his body seemed to stand up one by one.

Ningxia has to admire, she really dares to bet! It's really stubborn!

Maybe even Lady Luck was conquered by her stubbornness, and in the eighth minute, the two doors of the kitchen were pushed open, and Jiang Yiran, who was covered in wind and rain, walked in......

Hell yes!

At this moment, this "ghost" who played cards out of common sense pursed his lips and took the initiative to admit his mistake, "Well, my mistake." Then he went back to the previous question, "Are you okay in the year of Vance?" ”

Ningxia didn't want to talk about it, and said lightly: "Thanks to you, you don't have to go anymore." ”

He didn't seem surprised at all.

Ningxia said: "Don't you wonder why you don't have to go? ”

He asked rhetorically: "Will you obediently be at the mercy of Lu Xiao?" ”

Ningxia smiled slightly and said, "From today onwards, I will go to the main store to help." Boss Jiang, remember to pay me a monthly salary in the future. ”

Jiang Yiran said: "Forget about the head office, you go to the Qingxi Road branch first, there is just a shortage of people." ”

Qingxi Road ......

Ningxia frowned, the Qingxi Road branch of Xunwei is at the intersection of Qingxi Road and Chihua Road, and the Wansinian Hotel happens to be nearby.

For some reason, she was a little reluctant to go there.

"Isn't it good for me to go to the main store? I can also follow you every day to learn from you. ”

Jiang Yiran said coldly: "Can't you learn scriptures at home? If you don't know how to use good conditions, you will laugh to death if you are known. Or when did you become more public-private? ”

"......" Ningxia decided to shut up.

After the meal, Ningxia cleaned up the table, went upstairs to get his things and prepared to go to the Qingxi Road branch.

Considering that none of the branch employees had seen her, Jiang Yiran rarely offered to drive her over.

The footsteps of two people sounded in the underground parking lot, Jiang Yiran's car was a white Honda Accord, and a pure black Volvo off-road vehicle was parked next to the Accord, which was very familiar, and Ningxia couldn't help but look at it twice.

"Sauce wine, how much is his car worth?"

Jiang Yiran raised his eyes in front of the car door, "About a million." ”

Jiang Yiran is an expert, his judgment of the car has always been accurate, and Ningxia has no doubt about him.

She couldn't help but pout, the one named Ye Hejue was also funny, he was so eye-catching, but he was so low-key when he chose a car. Volvo, which is worth about one million, does not look like the standard configuration of the general manager of a large enterprise, let alone black.

Black yes, if it's dazzling blue, it's in line with his aesthetics.

What a contradictory person!

As he passed in front of the Volvo, Ningxia glanced out the window again.

Jiang Yiran said angrily: "Ningxia, you pay attention to me, if you want me to buy you a car, just say it, don't look like you are looking at me." ”

Ningxia said: "How can I have it." ”

Jiang Yiran squinted at her, "I don't even dare to take the driver's license, and I don't have you." ”

Ningxia froze, Jiang Yiran noticed it, and regretted it a little, and immediately became fierce again, "But I said ugly things before, I can't afford a million cars." ”

She came back to her senses, straightened her face, and chuckled: "You can afford a house for a few million, right?" ”

Drive out of the underground parking lot and it's bright daylight.

Jiang Yiran hit the steering wheel and turned right, "Who told you that I bought this house, and I can't rent it?" ”

Ningxia looked at the flowing scenery outside the window and choked: "Yo, that's a coincidence, I also told the driver who sent me yesterday that I rented the house." ”

“……”

He didn't squeak, and the anger that Ningxia had held in his heart early in the morning finally came out.

Refreshing!

***

Ningxia set up a foothold in the Qingxi Road branch of Xunwei, and the person personally introduced by Jiang Yiran was the niece of the boss, and the kitchen master and other employees in the store were enthusiastic about her.

The working hours are also relatively regular, 9 to 5, and occasionally stay and work overtime in order to catch up, but fortunately, this situation is very rare.

When Ye Xiaofan called, it happened that she was in this special situation.

The two cake chefs were already off work, who knew that a customer came to order a birthday cake temporarily, and he was in a hurry, and he just remembered that today was his daughter's birthday. He couldn't look down on all the things in the display case, he had to make them fresh, and they had to be the Pleasant Goat cartoon cake that his daughter liked.

The clerk Xiaofang saw that he was very anxious, so he had to go into the kitchen to ask Ningxia if he was willing to take the order, because of Ningxia's identity and scruples about her getting off work, Xiaofang opened her mouth a little timidly, not very embarrassed.

Unexpectedly, Ningxia readily agreed, and prepared the raw materials without saying a word.

Ye Xiaofan said on the phone: "You are easy to talk to others, and you are always cold to me!" ”

Ningxia answered with headphones on, holding a piping bag in her hand to squeeze the filaments on the cake that had been smeared with cream, and she laughed: "You have forgotten my kindness to you again." ”

"If you treat me well, then you will be my sister-in-law, I don't mind calling you sister-in-law, really!" Ye Xiaofan did not forget his original intention and persevered.

Ningxia paused, "You haven't gone crazy enough?" ”

"Look, you're cold to me!"

Ningxia really wanted to give her a look in person.

After a while, Ye Xiaofan sighed again and again: "I heard my mother say that my brother went on a blind date tonight." ”

"Oh." Ningxia worked hard and said in a light tone.

"You're not surprised?"

"Why be surprised?"

"With his conditions, what kind of people can't be found, why do you need to accept the arrangement to meet those so-called celebrities?"

"Oh." Ningxia is still lacking in interest.

“……”

***

On the other side, Ye Zhaojue was sitting in the French restaurant of Vance Nian answering the question raised by Miss Xu opposite.

The corners of his lips hooked, seemingly gentle and elegant, but in fact with a vague alienation, "I haven't had a girlfriend." ”

The other party didn't believe it, but his smile remained exquisite, "Really? ”

It's not a standard question, it's just an exclamation for the occasion, or rather, a bait for the next topic.

But Ye Zhaojue replied lukewarmly: "Why should I lie to you? ”

“……”

The atmosphere was instantly cold.

Xu Huihui's white-skinned face showed a trace of embarrassment and resentment. On the other hand, Ye Zhaojue was calm and calm, and he didn't seem to notice anything wrong with Fang Cai's words.

"Ah Jue, it's such a coincidence that you're here." Lin Yanxi's appearance broke the deadlock between the two at the right time.

Ye Zhaojue raised his eyes slightly, and he didn't have any expression.

Lin Yanxi looked at Xu Huihui, "Who is this?" ”

Xu Huihui didn't speak, her eyes looked directly at Ye Zhaojue, and she waited patiently for him to introduce herself.

But what came was waiting, "We are on a blind date, please don't disturb." ”

This man is really straightforward!

Xu Huihui glanced at Lin Yanxi sympathetically, she didn't have long to experience the feeling of being choked in an instant, so she could completely empathize.

After Lin Yanxi stiffened for two seconds, he looked for the bottom of the stairs with a calm expression, "I'll just say hello to you, let's go." ”

She turned around and left with a graceful demeanor, and after walking a few steps, the bell rang in the bag, she opened the bag and took it out, and answered.

Lu Xiao watched the lively voice come: "I said that Ah Jue was with a woman, you didn't believe it, but now you see it with your own eyes and believe it, right?" ”

"Where are you?"

"At two o'clock."

Lin Yanxi swept over, and across the huge restaurant, she saw Lu Xiaochong waving to herself, and the smile on the corner of her mouth was particularly dazzling.

Over there, Xu Huihui looked at Lin Yanxi's back as she walked away, and there seemed to be a stone blocked in her chest. She hesitated for a moment and said slowly: "Actually, I don't think we are on a blind date, you can put it another way." ”

Ye Zhaojue smiled, "Miss Xu, if it's not a blind date, why would I come here." ”

The voice was flat and low, and he couldn't even hear the tone of the rhetorical question, as if he was calmly and seriously recounting a fact.

Xu Huihui was completely speechless.