"Why did you come in again?" Yu Guizheng was stir-frying, but as soon as he turned around, he saw Yan Shu, who was supposed to be talking to Mak Qixian and them in the living room, pushed the door open a small crack and slipped in quietly sideways.

Yan Shu was a little embarrassed when he saw that he was discovered so soon, puffed out his cheeks and said, "I still want to accompany you." ”

Yu Gui looked at him and couldn't help but smile: "It's okay if you just accompany you, but you are not allowed to do anything else this time." ”

"Don't worry, I understand!" Yan Shu nodded very seriously and said, "Everyone is waiting for dinner, and we can't delay it any longer." ”

“…… That's not the point......"

"What's that?"

Yu Gui looked at the unusually simple expression on Yan Shu's face and felt that it was not easy for him to explain, so he shook his head helplessly and said, "It's nothing." Stand far away and don't let the oil spill. ”

However, instead of retreating, Yan Shu took another step forward, stood beside Yu Gui and said, "Is there anything else to prepare, do you want to cut that potato?" I'll cut it for you. ”

"I really don't need to, you're a guest today, how can I let you do it." Yu Gui said as he used his body to block Yan Shu on the other side of the board.

But Yan Shu directly stretched out his arm to bypass him and took away the potatoes on the board, then raised it up and said with a somewhat naughty expression: "If you don't let me cut it, I won't give it to you!" ”

“……”

Yu Gui silently held his forehead, let the board out, and said angrily: "You cut, you cut." ”

"Okay!" Yan Shu showed a triumphant smile, holding the knife as if he had just snatched some popular toy from someone's child, and he was eager to try his hand.

Yu Gui was a little uneasy, and couldn't help but instruct: "Be careful not to cut yourself." ”

"No, it won't!" Yan Shu answered confidently, and then asked, "Do you want to shred or slice?" ”

"Sliced, but you can just cut it into pieces, and you can use it." Yu Gui put the requirements very low.

However, the low standard he gave obviously stimulated Yan Shu, only to see Yan Shu puff his mouth unconvinced, and then the hand holding the knife moved quickly.

The so-called hand up and down, such as flowing water, in one go.

In less than ten seconds, the potato under Yan Shu's hand turned into a thin slice of almost exactly the same thickness.

Yu Gui was also stunned when he watched it from the side.

"How?" Yan Shu looked at him a little proudly and asked.

"Bunker." Yu Gui sighed from the bottom of his heart, and looked at Yan Shu a little incredulous: "You often cook by yourself?" It doesn't feel like it. ”

"I've been doing less lately, but I used to do it myself when I was a student at Harvard. There are not as many Asian restaurants near the school as there are here at Columbia, and I am not particularly accustomed to eating Western food, so I can only satisfy my own taste. Yan Shu said with a smile.

This was somewhat unexpected. He originally thought that with Yan Shu's family background, even if he came to the United States to study, he would definitely have someone to take care of him, but the fact seems that he had prejudices first.

Although he was born as a young master but does not have the style of a young master, Yan Shu is really a very good person.

"Return! What do you want? Yan Shu's suddenly approaching face interrupted Yu Gui's contemplation, he shook his head and didn't say anything, but then he was relieved to let Yan Shu help prepare dinner together.

It is true that two people can do their work much faster than one person, and it is much easier to return.

Half an hour later, all the dishes were finally ready, Yu Gui and Yan Shu brought the dishes out and put them on the table, and Mai Qixian also ran over to help, only Li Chujin was still pulled by Yu Gui's grandmother to chat there.

"Hey, I'll tell you!" When Mak Qixian entered the kitchen for the second time to get chopsticks, he dragged him over and whispered: "You know, the sun is coming out in the west!" You and the professor weren't there just now, and I sat there listening to my grandmother chatting with Xiao Jin, and they actually had the feeling of seeing each other late!! ”

Yu Gui was made to laugh by his startled tone, and asked, "What is the 'see each other and hate late' method?" ”

"Then you didn't see it!" Mak Qixian clasped his palms together violently, and said divinely: "Grandma likes Xiao Jin!" Shh Of course, it's not surprising that grandma has always loved us. But the problem is that Xiao Jin doesn't mean to be impatient at all! You also know what he is usually, the person who will throw you in the face after he can't say two and a half words, just now he actually sat so quietly and patiently listened to his grandmother, and there were questions and answers, buddy next to him listening to his jaw almost dropped! ”

Yu Gui really couldn't hold back his laughter this time, patted Mai Qixian on the shoulder and said, "I don't think it's strange that grandma likes him, you will know if you have the opportunity to show you photos of my grandfather when he was young." ”

"Huh?!" Mak Qixian exclaimed exaggeratedly: "Are you kidding me? Xiao Jin looks like your grandfather?? ”

"It's not very similar in terms of appearance alone, but he is more similar to my grandfather's temperament. My grandfather was also a fashionable literary young man at that time, and his hair was long and tied back. ”

"Wow!" Mai Qixian opened his mouth: "The old man is so trendy!" Why haven't I heard you say it before! ”

"Who's okay to tell you that." Yu Guiyi stuffed all the chopsticks into his hand: "Go out quickly, don't gossip here." ”

"Gotcha!" Mai Qixian jumped out with his chopsticks held high, and Yu Gui looked at Yan Shu who was standing next to him and smiled helplessly.

After starting to eat, Mak Qixian is still the main force of the conversation, and he is not afraid that the atmosphere will not be active.

However, Yu Gui found that grandma did like Li Chujin very much.

Mai Qixian won't talk about it, he has long been so familiar that he doesn't treat him as an outsider, but if you compare it with Yan Shu, who is also meeting for the first time today, you can see that grandma loves Li Chujin even more.

It should be said that grandma is also very amiable to Yan Shu, and from an outsider's point of view, she definitely can't feel any difference. But Yu Gui grew up with his grandmother since he was a child, and he is too familiar with his grandmother's attitude, and he can feel that today's grandmother's treatment of Yan Shu always seems to be so faint in between.

It's probably like the kind of attitude he adopted when he first met Yan Shu.

Doesn't grandma like Yan Shu? But it shouldn't be.

Yu Gui was a little puzzled by this phenomenon, but now he definitely couldn't show anything in front of others, but he felt slightly distressed when he saw that Yan Shu was still very polite and watched his grandmother talk intently.

At the moment, I just hope that Yan Shu will not notice it.

After the meal, Mak Qixian dragged Li Chujin and said that he wanted to stay a little longer before leaving, and Li Chujin actually agreed, so Mak Qixian dragged him to the sofa and asked him to talk to his grandmother first, while he ran into the kitchen to wash the dishes.

"You don't have to worry about it, I'll clean it up when I get back." Yu Gui saw him enter the kitchen and followed.

Mak Qixian raised his arm and drew a big circle, and said with an exaggerated gesture: "Then how can it be done!" Today you cook with the professor, of course you have to leave the dishwashing work to me! ”

"Really no--"

"Shhhh Didn't you notice that Xiao Jin looked like he was cured when he listened to his grandmother, and his temperament changed from a bully to an angel in a second! So, I'm going to let him be cured a little longer, and we'll leave later, are you okay? ”

"I don't have a problem with you staying with him." Yu Gui sighed and said with a smile.

Mai Qixian gave him two thumbs up, and then a familiar evil smile appeared on his face: "Don't be stunned, hurry up and do something with Xiao Xianshu!" I can't take care of you while grandma is talking to Xiao Jin! ”

Yu Gui couldn't help but glare at him: "What to do." ”

"Come on, you're done!" Mai Qixian slapped him twice on the back, and smiled lewdly: "Dude, I've seen a lot of this kind of thing, just the little expressions of the two of you who just came out of the kitchen at that time, do you think I don't know what happened?" Hurry up and solve Ang, don't hold back your illness! ”

“…… Wash your dishes, wash them and remember to dry them before putting them back in their place. Yu Gui didn't want to talk to him anymore, so he turned around and left.

"Hey, what do you two want? I have it with me! Mak Qixian whispered after returning home.

Yu Gui paused, then walked out of the kitchen and simply locked Mak Qixian inside.

It's really tiring to make such a friend......

Yu Gui sighed in his heart, and saw that Yan Shu was sitting with Li Chujin listening to his grandmother, so he quietly gave him a look.

Yan Shu stood up knowingly and walked over, and was pulled into his room by Yu Gui without waiting to speak.

"Yu Gui, what's wrong?" Yan Shu asked after he came in.

"It's okay, it's just that you're bored sitting there, it's more convenient to come in and talk." Yu Gui said and turned his chair and motioned for Yan Shu to sit down.

However, Yan Shu was not looking at him at this time, but was seriously looking at his room.

Yugui's room is very small, basically put down a single bed, a desk and a wardrobe after there is no extra space, not even much place to stand.

Because the house in Yu Gui's house was originally a one-bedroom and one-hall structure, in order to live with the grandmother, they added a wall in the middle of the bedroom and divided a room into two, so that the space was naturally small.

Yan Shu saw that in order to increase the utilization of space, Yu Gui nailed a lot of boards on the wall to make simple bookshelves and storage shelves, and everything was neatly arranged, which made people look very comfortable.

"Let's sit down, there is nowhere for two people to walk in this house." Yu Gui said jokingly at this time.

Yan Shu nodded, but when he turned around, he almost collided with Yu Gui, but fortunately, Yu Gui was ready to help him, which prevented both of them from being planted on the bed.

After the two of them sat down, Yan Shu's gaze swept over the head of Yu Gui's bed, and he was suddenly attracted by something next to his pillow.

It was a family portrait of a family of three.

"Return! Is this when you were a kid? So cute! Yan Shu looked at the photo in surprise, looked back at Yu Gui eagerly and asked, "Can I pick it up and take a look?" ”

"yes, yes." Yu Gui nodded.

When Yan Shu heard this, he reached out and took the photo, and after looking at it carefully for a few seconds, he asked with an excited expression: "Is this your parents?" Auntie is so beautiful! Uncle is also handsome and chic! No wonder you're so handsome, the genetics are so good! Do you have any other photos? ”

Yu Gui saw that he was so excited and just shook his head lightly: "No, this is the only photo of the three of us." ”

"Huh?" Yan Shu was stunned, in fact, he wanted to ask Yu Gui why he said that he and his grandmother were the only ones in the family, so he thought about it and asked, "Yu Gui, where are your uncles and aunts now?" Domestic? Well...... I'm just asking, and you don't have to answer if it's inconvenient. ”

"It's nothing," Yu Gui took the photo from his hand and looked at it, "They are divorced, and this photo was taken in a photo studio on their way to the Civil Affairs Bureau." ”

"Ah......" Yan Shu was stunned when he heard it, and only after a while did he ask carefully: "That...... Did you follow Grandma after that? ”

Yu Gui nodded, but then shook his head again and said, "Originally, there was still my father, but he died in my third year of junior high school, so now there is only my grandmother and me." ”

“……”

Yan Shu's whole person was as if he had been struck by electricity, and he looked at Yu Gui blankly but was speechless.

After a while, it was Yu Guixian who raised his head and smiled faintly at him, held his hand and said comfortingly: "It's okay, it's been a long time." ”

It's been seven years.