72. First blind date (II)
When the dinner was seven, eight, or eight, the elders finally remembered to leave a space for the young people to be alone.
"Then let's go to Sapphire for a coffee." Cao Ye seemed to take the initiative to propose, but he leaned back, his eyes did not look at Gu Fang, he asked his father.
Uncle Cao said: "Okay, if you have a butterfly cream cube, you can bring some back, your mother loves to eat it." ”
"Ouch, Mr. Cao is really old and considerate." From the moment she heard Cao Ye say sapphire, Aunt Gu's eyes began to flicker, revealing a little expectation.
Like the cheongsam shop "Once Upon a Time in Yinhai", "Sapphire" is also a century-old store in Yinhai City, and the cream in the store is made of animal fat, and the most famous cream recipe has been popular for more than 100 years. This long-established chain usually only has a small storefront in the central area of the city, and there are no seats. However, not far from here, on Birch Road, there is a large store with a café.
From the floor-to-ceiling windows, this store is full of French sycamores that are more than 50 years old, and a patch of old garden houses in Yinhai, which has the atmosphere of the old Yinhai, of course, in the eyes of Aunt Gu, the most emotional thing is to walk all the way from the street connected by the greenery.
However, as the host, Uncle Cao politely stopped a taxi, intending to let Cao Ye take Gu Yifang over, and repeatedly excused himself, and finally sat in the taxi Uncle Cao, Aunt Wu, Aunt Gu, and Gu's mother.
When the car door closed, Gu Fang could still hear Aunt Gu pretending to excuse herself: "Oh, it's not on the way, how embarrassing is this." She listened, and wanted to dig a crack in the ground and get in.
Waiting for the car to start, Gu Yifang and Cao Ye turned around and left, and there was a fist distance between the two, although it was not very far, but it was also distinct.
"Actually, I prefer to eat Western food, but the Western food in China is not very authentic." In order to break the atmosphere, Cao Ye spoke.
But his topic, Gu Yifang didn't know how to pick up at all, she had only eaten with Zhang Jiawei Lao Yinhai's improved civilian Western restaurant "Charlie Western Food", but she knew very well that when this kind of Western restaurant was spoken, the other party couldn't look down on it at all, so she had to say: "I haven't eaten Western food, I don't understand it very well." ”
Cao Ye said: "Oh, that's it, let me tell you, even the Shanti steak, which claims to be the most high-end in Yinhai, is actually improved, a little more authentic, but in those five-star hotel restaurants of foreign brands, but these restaurants can't make the kind of taste I have eaten abroad." Let me tell you, this is mainly because the domestic pastures and water quality are not as good as those abroad, so the meat from abroad is not spiced or salted, and the meat is originally delicious, and if you do it in China, you can't eat it at all. ”
Gu Yifang didn't know how to answer, so he had to nod, and Cao Ye saw that she didn't react much and continued: "Oh, by the way, you shouldn't have been abroad, right?" ”
Gu Yifang shook his head and said, "I haven't been there." ”
Cao Ye nodded, or talked about her experience abroad, along the way Gu Fang had to cooperate with a smile and nodded, Cao Ye spoke in Chinese, but she seemed to be listening to foreign languages, it was a world she didn't understand at all, but this strange world, strange experience for her, but it could not stir up the slightest wave, her heart did not fluctuate.
Cao Ye was talking energetically, suddenly a horn was pressed sharply, and a motorcycle rushed out of the alley, Cao Ye hurriedly dodged and jumped away, and Gu also hurriedly hid to the other side, but he didn't pay attention to the steps of the difference between the sidewalk and the ramp, and his feet were empty.
Fortunately, there was a sidewalk railing on the side, Gu Fang tried his best to pull it, so he didn't let his feet twist, Cao Ye stood opposite her and asked, "Are you okay?" ”
Gu Yifang shook his head, calmed down, stood up and looked at him, Cao Ye nodded and continued to walk forward, Gu Yifang followed, walked a few steps and found that something was not right, a chill came from the toe of her right foot, and she realized that it may have been too hard just now, and the upper of the toe of the leather shoe on her right foot was cracked.
Her face turned red as soon as she pouted, but she couldn't say anything, she was almost at her destination, Cao Ye simply stopped talking, and quickened her pace, Gu Yifang only felt miserable and wanted to keep up, but the upper seemed to be cracked a little bigger, so she had to slow down.
Cao Ye arrived at the door of the store, turned his head and found that she was walking slowly, pulling him a lot, Cao Ye waited at the door for a while, and waited for Gu Fang to get closer, only to see clearly what was going on, it was a little funny that Gu Yifang's shoes were broken, Cao Ye couldn't help laughing and said, "Why are the shoes broken?" ”
Gu Yifang lowered his head and said, "When I was hiding from the car just now, I rubbed it and broke it......
Cao Ye said: "Oh, don't buy this kind of fake brand in the future, the quality is too poor, let's sit down for a while." Cao Ye pushed open the door and let Gu Yifang go first, then followed in, and said to the waiter who came forward to ask: "Two." ”
When he arrived at the position, Gu Yifang was completely speechless with shame, Cao Ye quickly ordered the order, and ordered to pre-wrap four pieces of cream cubes and two bags of butterfly crisp. When the order was all over and the waiter left, he seemed to remember something and said, "Miss Gu, do you want to bring some back too." Gu Fang shook his head.
After that, the two fell silent again, and Cao Ye tried to break the silence again, asking Gu Yifang what he usually likes to do and what hobbies he has.
Gu Yifang suddenly felt that in the face of Cao Ye, it was difficult for her to say what she liked, but she still stubbornly mentioned the word national style, and sure enough, Cao Ye looked at her with an alien expression and asked, "What?" ”
Gu Yifang had no choice but to answer again, and tried to explain: "The national style is the traditional clothing of our country. ”
Cao Ye was very surprised, and his two eyebrows were stretched high and asked, "I didn't expect you to be interested in these things at a young age." ”
......, Gu Yifang was speechless for a while, and his tone became weaker and weaker: "I am more interested in the traditional culture of our country. ”
"Oh, then do you like costume films like "Dream of Red Mansions"?" Cao Ye tried to pick up the topic of Gu Yifang, Gu Yifang only felt that her breath was blocked in her chest, and she suddenly seemed to understand a little bit why Zijin always burned at one point, in fact, in the face of Cao Ye's words, she was also a little crazy.
"I don't watch much TV...... I usually read books, and I've been reading self-study exams recently. Gu decided to change the subject.
Cao Ye was even more surprised: "Oh, you're studying for the self-study exam, I'm still thinking, why did you graduate from junior college so early, so I thought you skipped a grade." ”
Gu Fang didn't know how to explain the reason, saying that his family was poor?
Just as he was embarrassed, the coffee and cake ordered by Cao Ye were brought up, and Cao Ye motioned to the waiter to bring the latte to Gu Yifang and said, "Miss Gu doesn't usually drink coffee, so I took it upon myself to help you order a latte, which is suitable for people who don't drink coffee much." ”
Gu Yifang nodded and said thank you, Cao Ye took a sip of coffee and said: "I don't like to read, I don't read much, and I almost didn't go to college in the last year, but in order to settle abroad in the future, I signed up for an additional foreign language class." I usually watch foreign dramas or something, by the way, do you surf the Internet at home? I can recommend some dramas to you, all with Chinese subtitles. ”
Gu Yifang shook his head and said, "I don't have a computer at home, so I will hang up QQ when I go to work." ”
Hearing this, Cao Ye also shook his head and said: "When I go to work, I rarely sit in the office, we do business, we often need to run, by the way, I have a car, but the city center is not easy to drive, so I parked in the company, did not drive out, and I will have the opportunity to play together in the future." ”
Gu Yifang snorted, he really couldn't answer, and then he had to sing a one-man show by Cao Ye alone, halfway through the coffee, Cao Ye's mobile phone suddenly rang, he half turned around, shook his legs and said a few words, and finally frowned: "Okay, I know, Director Wang's side I'll go over in a while." ”
When Cao Ye hung up the phone, the atmosphere suddenly relaxed, and the two seemed to have a tacit understanding, and they could finally be relieved.
Cao Ye briefly explained that there was something wrong with the company, he had to leave now, so he asked the waiter to settle the bill, and after the checkout, he still politely asked Gu Yifang if he wanted to help her call a car or help her buy a pair of shoes.
At the mention of shoes, Gu Fang's face became hot again, and he quickly shook his head and said, "It's okay, I'll handle it myself." ”
Seeing her refusal, Cao Ye seemed to have completed the task, waved goodbye to her, and hurriedly left Sapphire.
Gu Yifang saw him leave, only to feel tired, she had already guessed that this blind date was meaningless, but she didn't expect that it was not only meaningless, but also embarrassing, she was stunned and took out her mobile phone, flipped out Zhang Jiawei's number, kept pressing the key, watching the screen go black and bright, bright and black, and finally clicked the green dial key.