"What are you two doing here?" Xu Zhengze's face was ugly.

Xu Siqi didn't speak, pursed his lips and stared at him, with some kind of affection.

Ningxia glanced at him, explained to Xu Zhengze for him and for himself: "Xiao Qi sent me home, we just came here." ”

Xu Siqi turned his head to look at her in some surprise.

Xu Zhengze was obviously not easy to fool, "Stop here and don't go?" ”

Ningxia saw the move: "Well, the shoes I wore today are high in heels, and I am a little tired from walking, so I stopped and rested." ”

Xu Zhengze looked at her for a moment, snorted, ignored her, turned to look at Xu Siqi, who had been silent, and said, "Go to the car." ”

Xu Siqi stiffened his neck and said, "What secrets do you have that I can't hear?" ”

Xu Zhengze glanced at him expressionlessly, he received a warning, reluctantly walked to the front parking place, opened the passenger door, and looked in the direction they were standing for a while before sitting in.

Ningxia and Xu Zhengze were face to face, he was very tall and his aura was strong, Ningxia pursed his lips and said, "I swear I really didn't follow you." ”

Xu Zhengze raised his eyebrows and said, "There is no silver here?" ”

Ningxia was a little deflated, "Forget it, whatever you think." ”

She lowered her head, broke the jar, and stared at the tip of her shoe.

The small square in front of the hotel is brightly lit, and if it weren't for the security guards, it might have been occupied by the square dance aunts in the surrounding residential areas.

Xu Zhengze looked at her for a while and said, "My aunt has to top it for a while." ”

Ningxia was stunned for a moment, and raised his head, "No, you said it only for a while, but it turned out to be a while, and it dragged on for half a year." ”

Xu Zhengze squinted at her, and his temper instantly swelled up.

Ningxia realized, "Don't expect to threaten me again. ”

In a word, Xu Zhengze's anger subsided inexplicably. He looked at her and was silent for a moment, then said for no reason: "What do you want?" ”

Ningxia: "......"

Xu Zhengze looked into her eyes, and then said, "You help me for a while, I can satisfy you with one thing." A fair shake. ”

Ningxia's heart was beating straight, and she dispelled the idea of apprenticeship, and in the blink of an eye, he took the initiative to open the back door.

Ningxia cautiously inquired: "Can you do anything?" ”

Xu Zhengze warned: "Don't take an inch. ”

Ningxia waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, it must be within your ability." ”

Xu Zhengze's eyelids lifted, "Say." ”

Ningxia looked sincere, "Can I ask you any questions about desserts at any time?" ”

Xu Zhengze didn't respond for a while.

Ningxia waited patiently.

Suddenly, he snorted: "That's it? ”

Ningxia nodded, "Well, you have to promise me that you know everything and say everything." ”

"Yes, I promise."

Ningxia was overjoyed, and for the sake of insurance, he still said: "I'll go home tonight to draw up an agreement, and I'll bring it to you to sign at work tomorrow." ”

Xu Zhengze was stunned, "Do you think that as long as it is written in black and white, it will have legal effect?" He made it clear that you were stupid?

Ningxia smiled slightly: "I won't sue you if you go back on your word, I just want to be confident, when you think I'm annoying, I will stand up straight in front of you." ”

Xu Zhengze sneered.

Ningxia looked at the silver sedan parked not far away, Xu Siqi had already come out of the car again, waiting impatiently.

"Nothing else, I'll go first."

Xu Zhengze: "Wait. ”

Ningxia turned back and waited for him to continue down.

"Don't talk nonsense when you shouldn't say it."

Ningxia said, "I know, didn't you say it tonight?" ”

Xu Zhengze's eyes were insightful, "Don't play stupid with me, you know what I mean." ”

Knowing is knowing, Ningxia thought, you don't have a ghost in your heart, are you still afraid of others saying?

The next day, Ningxia went to class C, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

After asking Xu Zhengze to sign, she held up her notebook and asked a few tricky questions that had accumulated. As she expected, Xu Zhengze was indeed impatient, and when he asked about the third one, he was a little impatient. Ningxia just didn't know anything and asked cheekily to the end.

Xu Zhengze noticed her thick notebook, the handwriting was dense, like a small black tadpole swimming on the page.

He suddenly asked out of thin air: "Why do you like baking?" ”

Ningxia paused the tip of the pen and whispered: "No why." ”

"Won't tell?" Xu Zhengze leaned back in the chair idly, "You can't become a fat man by eating in one bite, so I'll be here today." ”

Ningxia: "......"

Taking a deep breath, his eyes lifted from his notebook, "There really is no special reason, if you have to go back to it, maybe it's because my mother likes it, my uncle likes it, and I was infected with it." ”

Xu Zhengze seemed to lose his mind for a moment, and Ningxia looked at him, "? ”

He looked at her, was silent for a few seconds, and said, "Go on." ”

Ningxia: "Huh? ”

"Go ahead and talk about the problem you're having."

“…… Oh good. She glanced at him in disbelief and flipped the notebook to the next page, reading out the questions she had recorded earlier.

Ningxia has an indescribable feeling that Xu Zhengze's attitude towards her seems to be better than before recently, and even Xu Siqi does not contradict her.

Life is going smoothly, there are almost no worries, and she is moving towards her goal without worry.

On this day, Lu Xiao called her to 1506, the rest suite exclusive to her.

Ningxia told her about the recent situation of the cake shop, and asked by the way: "Is the time set for the dessert competition in the province?" ”

Lu Xiao lit a cigarette, "It was mid-June, who knows." ”

Ningxia stared at the burning sparks, and swallowed back the words when they came to his mouth. She tried to persuade her to quit smoking, but she had no right to question her freedom.

In the end, he only spit out one sentence: "How many cigarettes do you have a day?" ”

Lu Xiao lit the cigarette butt between his fingers, raised his eyes and looked at her with a smile, "Don't worry, I have a number." ”

Ningxia could see that she was proud that she cared about her.

Lu Xiao, after getting along for a long time, I found that she was like a child, easy to be satisfied, and easy to kick her nose in the face. It's not mindless to behave in the world, it's just too casual, the brain is often hot, and it depends on the mood at every turn.

"That's it? Nothing else? Lu Xiaotian stepped forward and knocked the cigarette ash, looked at Ningxia and asked.

Ningxia said: "I want to think about it. ”

His eyes swept down, and his gaze fixed on a financial magazine lying horizontally on the surface of the low table. She reached out and took it and looked at the cover character, Lin Chengen, chairman of Jian En Real Estate.

She turned to the page of the character interview, Lu Xiao saw that she seemed to be very interested in Lin Chengen, and said beside her: "Do you remember the woman who used to go to your cake shop with me before?" This is her dad. ”

Ningxia was slightly surprised, oh...... Lin Yanxi's father.

However, what is the relationship between Xu Zhengze and him? This man over fifty years old is clearly the one he often meets with Xu Zhengze.

Class A in Ningxia rarely returned home early, but she unexpectedly saw that the person she was feeling puzzled about was sitting at the bar of her house, drinking quietly with Jiang Yiran.

Jiang Yiran saw that she was stunned, shook her wine glass, and beckoned: "Do you want to come too?" ”

Xu Zhengze glanced back at her, didn't speak, turned back again, calmly raised his neck, and drank the wine in the cup.

Ningxia always thought that their relationship had long been estranged, and when they suddenly bumped into this scene, they couldn't turn around.

"Drink, I'll go up and change my clothes."

Ningxia took a shower, changed into comfortable home clothes, and then walked downstairs to the kitchen to make desserts.

She was busy, walking around, and halfway to the bar to pick up a bottle of orange man-in-re. As soon as she turned around, she heard Jiang Yiran smile at Xu Zhengze and say, "Look at it, I'm going to spoil a bottle of good wine again." ”

Ningxia turned his head to glare at him, coldly bumped into Xu Zhengze's indifferent gaze, and simply said dryly: "You are just right, you will help me comment later." ”

Xu Zhengze raised his eyebrows and smiled coldly: "You really treat me as a cheap master." ”

Ningxia said: "My family's wine can't be drunk in vain, right?" ”

Jiang Yiran chuckled, when did his wine become hers. Receiving her warning look, he shut up and didn't tear her down.

Xu Zhengze squinted and glanced at Jiang Yiran, "No wonder you raised it, and your character who refuses to suffer is the same as you." ”

"It's like you're willing to suffer." Jiang Yiran took a sip of wine, a little speechless.

Ningxia finally understood that the relationship between them was not what she thought it was at all, and the sauce wine had something to hide from her, and she glanced around his face with scrutiny.

Jiang Yiran saw it, lowered his eyes, and ignored it.

The dark chocolate mousse cake made in Ningxia took a little thought into the plating.

She stood on the other side of the bar and made an inviting gesture, "Try it." ”

Xu Zhengze looked at her, cut it neatly with a knife, and didn't taste it immediately, but stared at the vertical cut for a while, the layers were clear, and the fine chocolate chips could be seen.

Then, he cut a small piece and put it in his mouth, looking flat and unfeeling.

Ningxia held it in his heart and asked, "How is it?" ”

Jiang Yiran pursed his lips and laughed, waiting to see how Xu Zhengze judged.

Xu Zhengze was silent for a minute, and Ningxia saw that his face was expressionless, nervous and worried.

He raised his eyes slightly, "You like oranges?" ”

"Huh? Well...... I guess I like it. Ningxia said.

Jiang Yiran deliberately exaggerated and questioned on the side: "Do you like it more?" I have the impression that you use oranges in seven out of ten desserts, sweet oranges, navel oranges, blood oranges, and limes...... Buy in turn, use in turn. You say, isn't it you? ”

Ningxia was embarrassed and didn't understand what he wanted.

She looked at Xu Zhengze and asked, "Is there something wrong?" ”

Her nervous feelings naturally couldn't escape Xu Zhengze's eyes, and he said slowly: "What do you see for yourself?" ”

How can you see such a thing as "......"? It's just because I'm in this mountain.

She lowered her eyelids and was silent.

Xu Zhengze said: "Just so unconfident? ”

What does "......" mean? Ningxia looked at him in amazement.

The corners of his mouth twitched, turned the vertical cut side towards her, pointed at the section with the tip of the knife, and said: "The layering is not messy, and when you see dark chocolate chips after cutting, you can be considered to have hidden your scheming." As for the sweet orange sauce, it neutralizes the richness of the caramel milk chocolate, which is complemented by the sweet wine of Citrus Manye, which is not greasy and refreshing. If it is ten, you will be given six points, and you will pass. ”

Ningxia: "......"

He ate all the ingredients she used.

Xu Zhengze said: "What, if you are not satisfied, I will give six points?" ”

Ningxia shook his head, "It's not ......"

Jiang Yiran smiled: "Don't just talk about the advantages, point out the shortcomings." ”

Ningxia nodded, "Yes, if it's not good, you can mention it, I'll redo it." ”

She looks serious, and her black and white eyes reveal a strong desire to learn. Xu Zhengze looked at her silently, and after a while, he said in a fluttering tone: "I never point at people, only scold people." ”

Ningxia was stunned, and the righteousness was awe-inspiring: "You scold, I'll listen." ”

Xu Zhengze looked at her for a long time, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, and he seemed to be smiling: "It's not easy to find scolding, you just want to fulfill it." He tilted his head at Jiang Yiran, "It's not that I want to bully her, it's that she begged me herself." ”

Jiang Yiran glanced at him, his lips dipped the rim of the cup, "You are free." ”