Li Shi's performance made me realize that she still has deep feelings for Lao Gou and "Youtu", but Lao Gou has been avoiding it for her own decision, Li Shi and his shared relationship made me not know how to answer for a while, because in my subconscious, I always thought that Li Shi's attitude towards Lao Gou was just a relationship between superiors and subordinates.

I sighed heavily, and in order to verify what I thought, I asked her: "If I guess correctly, the relationship between you and Lao Gou should be more than just a subordinate relationship, is he one of your relatives?" ”

Li Shi calmed down and said, "No...... Our relationship has long since ended, and I just don't want to affect his work and my life because of my past with him that shouldn't have happened...... I know that it has not been easy for him to work hard over the years, so I feel sorry that the trajectory of his life may have to be completely changed! ”

After a moment of silence, I handed her a tissue and said, "Since it's an end of a relationship, wipe your tears, such a good holiday, I don't want to see you shed tears." ”

Li Shi took the tissue from my hand, and then wiped away the tears hanging on her face, and then I said to her again: "The current situation in China is very different, Jiang Laiyue has lost all the business resources in his hands, and Qu Sen was inexplicably promoted by Jiang Wen, and now he manages Youtu, but what is going on with a series of things in the middle, I don't know much about leaving the company for a long time, when you were in office, did you sign any kind of documents?" ”

Li Shi finally stopped choking and said to me: "No, except for business confrontations, I don't have any agreement with these people in your mouth. ”

"That's weird, maybe you should ask Mr. Gou."

"It's been a long time since I've been back in contact with him."

"I haven't met him again in China during this time, and he didn't even show up when Youtu was acquired, and finally I learned about it from Zhang Manli."

Li Shi didn't say anything more, because she knew that she couldn't change this fact, and at this time, the waiter finally delivered a few home-cooked Sichuan dishes we ordered to the private room.

After the waiter left, I motioned for Li Shi to eat something first, and then continued, she fiddled with the dish, put a diced chicken in her mouth, and then put down the chopsticks, and said: "There seems to be no taste except for spicy, any small restaurant in China is more authentic than here, even if all the ingredients come from China, you can change places, after all, you still lose the taste." ”

Li Shi said this, and did not say any more, but I already understood why she said this, and finally found the topic to cut into the topic: "Since you miss the time in China so much, go back with me!" ”

"I've been living here for many years, and I should get used to life here, and I can't seem to go back, and if I can go back, I won't leave."

"Mengmeng's illness is almost healed now, my parents recently took her to live with Xiaobao, and lived in the school dormitory where we lived in those days, although the rural living facilities can't keep up, but they are very happy, just now that the winter is free, parents can also take Xiaobao's grandmother to the city for a walk...... There are also Lin Ke, Nian Ge, and even Shu Ma, they are all looking forward to your return, these people are all nostalgia that you can't break in Xi'an, aren't they? ”

"What about you?"

"Me too."

Li Shi looked happy and said: "I am very glad that Mengmeng found the most suitable bone marrow and successfully saved her life, I knew these things at the first time, and I was happy in my heart, which is also the biggest gain of this trip to Xi'an!" As for those old friends, please say hello to me from your generation. ”

After saying this, Li Shi subconsciously lowered her head, and I finally said to her with some helplessness: "Actually, I have expected what you said, I know that you have a lot of hardships that I don't understand, I came this time to try bravely, and I didn't dare to expect any results, your decision is the best decision, I am thinking that I can do something for you, or I will borrow the kitchen to cook two dishes for you!" ”

Li Shi put away her emotions, shook her head and said to me: "The food here is tasteless, let's just change to a restaurant, how can you let you cook again when you come all the way." ”

"That's all I can do for you right now."

Li Shi finally stopped and called the waiter, and then we negotiated with the boss from Chongqing for ten minutes, and then he agreed to let us use the kitchen, and asked me to make an extra one for them as a repayment.

……

The sound of the range hood in the kitchen has been roaring, the choking smell of oil smoke mixed with the aroma of the dish, so that the whole operation room is full of fireworks, Li Shi has been sitting not far away through the glass with her chin looking at me, her hand is a glass of honey lemonade I brewed for her, the red light exudes a hazy light, I look at her from time to time, her face is a soft flush, written quiet and satisfied, this gaze makes me occasionally have the illusion, we seem to be a couple who have been in love for a long time.

Even if the cold wind and snow are raging outside the window at this moment, but this small Chinese restaurant is warm, I made a braised eggplant for Li Shi, a potato roast chicken, a stir-fried squid, plus an egg custard, at the moment there are quite few people in the restaurant, when the waiter brings the dishes to the table, I look up and see the boss can't wait to start, they seem to have not been home for a long time, and they are also greedy for the fresh craftsmanship of the hometown people.

Looking at the dishes on the table, Li Shi seemed to find a piece of fun, she pinned her scattered hair behind her ears, smiled at me, looked like she was about to start, picked up a chicken nugget and put it in her mouth, then closed her eyes, as if she was savoring, and after a while, she gave a thumbs up and said, "It tastes even better than before." ”

I also tried the taste, probably trying to do it well, in the case of incomplete seasonings, it is indeed a stable play, and the boss at the next table also gave me a thumbs up from time to time, and then said: "Bashi!" ”

"Boss, you think so highly of me, I might as well be a chef in this restaurant, so that you can eat authentic Chinese food every day."

Of course, the boss also knew that I was just joking, jokingly saying that I had such a plan every day to cook for my girlfriend, but he showed unusual expectations, boasted that I would give you a daily salary, and you want to work for a few days.

Li Shi buried her head and ate very slowly, I served her a bowl of egg custard, reminding her to eat it while it was hot, she didn't respond to me, just nodded slightly, I know she has too many emotions, but she is not good at expressing it.

After I ate a small bowl of rice, Li Shi put down her chopsticks and said, "You eat slowly, I'm full." ”

"I'm also full, why do I still have red eyes after eating."

Li Shi threw the paper towel that wiped the grease stains on her mouth into the trash can next to her, returned to me, looked at the dishes on the table with some regret, and said, "Can I take these leftovers away?" ”

I was a little remorseful and said, "Why not, how honorable it is that we paid for it and implemented the CD-ROM project." I went to ask the waiter to pack it for us, and I knew that I had just made a few more dishes, and now there was only one potato roast chicken left. ”

"Good taste should be missed, not three meals a day, these are enough!"

……

After packing and walking out of the restaurant, and the sky seemed to match the indescribable sad tone, there was a light snow, and the cold wind and snow brought us back to reality again, Li Shi stuffed a piece of chewing gum into my mouth and herself, and I helped her carry the convenient bag for the lunch box, and followed her towards the crowded place.

Walking out of the alley, the lights are immediately bright, even if it is late at night, but we still underestimate the Christmas carnival, visitors seem to plan to fight until dawn, and the flickering neon in the high-rise buildings in front of us, as if to show the mystery of this city that never sleeps.

"Where are you staying tonight?"

"A youth hostel I can't name in English, Amy's friend took me there, and she seems to be your friend too."

"Dale?"

"That's right, that's the name."

"Do you have the address of the hostel?"

I took out my phone and showed Li Shi the hostel business card I had taken.

"It's not far from here, let's go over there and take a taxi, and I'll take you back to the hostel tonight."

There seemed to be a lot of Chinese in London, at least while we were waiting for the bus, many people tried to greet us in Chinese, and then tentatively waited for our response.

Rainy and snowy weather, traffic is extremely congested, waiting for the car seems to have become a long and painful thing, I like to be alone with Li Shi like this, and I can't bear her stomping her feet and getting cold. During this time, people passing by looked at me with envy or surprise, maybe everyone regarded Li Shi as my girlfriend, and because of Li Shi's outstanding temperament, the man around her has a kind of aura, maybe others think that being her boyfriend is the luckiest thing in the world.

"Let's stop standing, keep walking, stop and get on wherever there's a car, or we might freeze into a snow sculpture."

Li Shi took my advice, looked at the flat ground that was covered with snow again, tried to step on the flat snow, walked briskly, and then trotted, without worrying about falling or anything like that, and then looked back at her footprints, I was three or five meters behind her, and I had been watching her bounce around so dotingly, feeling like I had fallen in love in the snow.

At a bus stop, a pair of young men and women kissed affectionately, and it was obvious that they were reluctant to say goodbye, which made Li Shi and Li Shi feel a lot more solemn.

Retracting my gaze, I looked at Li Shi intently, and then I didn't know where the bastard idea came from, and asked in a low voice, "Can I kiss you?" ”

Li Shi obviously didn't expect me to have this request, so she stared at me for a long time, as if she wanted to see my emotions in my expression, but I kept looking at her quietly, because I wanted to know her emotions now, and regretted it after saying it, because I was afraid of rejection......