In the hallway of the apartment, outside the door.

Zheng Ming took a deep breath and reined in his slightly undulating mood. After pulling the corners of his mouth to confirm that he was in good shape, he typed the code and opened the door.

"Yan'er, I brought you some fairy tale books." Zheng Ming raised the coloring book in his hand as he spoke, and walked into the living room.

He bought it on the way here. According to the previous cursory scan, it is about a collection of short fairy tales with illustrations and text.

Like all fairy tales, they are nothing more than fantasy stories that persuade people to do good and stimulate children's imagination. Of course, some of these scary darkness are impossible for children to understand.

Yan'er ignored Zheng Ming, at this time she was sitting opposite Bai Su across the small wooden table, looking at the cards in her hand with a serious face.

Zheng Ming casually put the fairy tale book aside and stepped forward.

There is almost no difference between playing cards and playing cards, and Bai Su and Yan'er are playing a game of "ghost cards".

The rules of this game are simple, nothing more than drawing cards from the opponent's hand and discarding the paired cards in the hand. The ghost card is the only card that cannot be matched, and the remaining card in the hand is considered a loss.

Although it is simple and seems to be all about luck, it is actually a game that tests people's observation power, and can also be guided by words and psychological cues to win.

"Ah, lose. Two wins and two losses, and then the real decisive battle. ”

Bai Su, who was drawn another card by Yan'er and only had a ghost card left in his hand, let out an unwilling cry, and declared war on Yan'er unconvinced.

He also put on a solemn expression like a martial artist who accepted the battle of life and death, and accepted the challenge in a deep voice, "I will win in the end." Even if you buy me more, I won't let you. ”

"Hmph, as I wish."

Seeing the childish dialogue between the two women and a pair of heroes and cherishing heroes, Zheng Ming couldn't help laughing.

"Snort~"

"Huh? Naruto? When did you come? Bai Su turned his head suddenly, and when he saw Zheng Ming's face close at hand, he immediately leaned back and screamed.

Hearing this, Zheng Ming stood up straight and leaned forward, and said angrily: "Huh? I'm supposed to ask you that, right? This is my home. What's so strange about me coming back? Anyway, Sister Su'er, don't you have to work? ”

"Ahaha, the nature of my work is a bit special, it belongs to the kind that doesn't open for three years, and it eats for three years."

Seeing Bai Su smiling dryly and vaguely, Zheng Ming didn't continue to ask, but just complained casually, "I haven't opened for three years, and I've been open for three years?" You're a bad man. After saying that, he threw down the embarrassed smile and turned around and walked to the kitchen.

"You go ahead, I'll cook first."

Seeing that Zheng Ming left a sentence and went to cook, Bai Su did not have the slightest sense of being a guest, nor did he show any intention of getting up to help, so he nodded happily and accepted.

"Come on, come on, let's continue to fight for three hundred rounds." She turned to Yan'er who wanted to get up and said.

……

Whenever Zheng Ming went to Tianhao's house, he would feel the degree of the other party's tyrants. These are not only the novelty and cutting-edge products of his family, but also the ingredients.

The neatly arranged ingredients in their home are all fresh and high-end goods that have just arrived. Of course, it is impossible for Tianhao to eat all these ingredients, so the ingredients that have not been consumed for three days will be eliminated from his safe and flow into the market.

These ingredients that have re-entered the market will be cheaper than usual, and Zheng Ming buys most of them on weekdays. But even these meat and vegetables that were once "eliminated" are not something Zheng Ming can afford every day.

Rarely, today instead of replacing expensive meat with cheap alternatives, he bought the best tenderloin.

After running over the tenderloin with hot water, Zheng Ming took out three servings of bright red tomatoes from the refrigerator.

Remove the stems of the tomatoes, put them in the hot water that was left over from the previous time, and take them out after the same time.

Due to the temperature difference, the tomatoes that had been in hot water were easily peeled off by Zheng Ming.

Pour out the hot water and heat the pan with oil. Zheng Ming threw the garlic paste into it, stir-fried it until it was fragrant, and then crushed the previous tomatoes and threw them in.

"Hmm...... Next add vanilla salt, black pepper, and a few basil leaves......"

Zheng Ming muttered to himself, and probably put some seasoning in according to his feelings. Immediately after that, put the tenderloin that has been hotly watered in it.

"Uh...... It's done. ”

After stirring casually a few times, confirming the color of the food, Zheng Ming muttered a sentence and put it on the plate.

"Add some sour cream and basil leaves to taste."

It didn't take a few minutes for the tomato stew and tenderloin freshly baked.

"It smells so good."

Bai Su, who had already walked into the kitchen at some point, popped his head out of Zheng Ming's shoulder and shrugged his nose at the dishes on the plate.

Feeling the soft touch coming from his back, Zheng Ming hurriedly took a step forward and clinged to the kitchen counter.

"Too close, too close. You step back a bit. Zheng Ming said a little unnaturally.

Seeing this, Bai Su's eyes rolled, not only did he not retreat, but even took a step closer, "Hey~huh? Xiao Ming'er, what's wrong with you? Isn't it uncomfortable? Or ......" After saying in a malicious and elongated tone, and pretending to be worried, Bai Su sneered and continued: "Are you shy? Hehe, after so many years, this has not changed at all, and it is still so easy to be shy. ”

Realizing that Bai Ming was teasing himself, Zheng Ming's face turned dark, and after dropping a sentence, he hid a little farther away.

"One to the other...... Female hooligan. After speaking, he ignored Bai Su, who was smiling behind him, and walked to the living room.

"Yan'er has eaten. Remember to wash your hands. ”

After shouting, Zheng Ming took out some cold dishes, mixed vegetables and dipping sauce from the refrigerator. By the way, I cut some cucumbers and carrots and other vegetables and put them on a plate.

casually slapped away the hand in the depths of Bai Su, Zheng Ming said angrily: "You also go wash your hands." ”

Soon the dishes were served, and Zheng Ming and the two girls also sat down at the table.

"Ah, it's so soft, it's so delicious. It's sweet and sour~" Every time Bai Su picked up a piece of meat and put it in his mouth, he would hold his face with a sigh of admiration.

"Finish chewing what you have in your mouth." Zheng Ming, who was on the side, saw the appearance of the white rabbit, and his face was full of disgust.

Compared with Bai Su, Yan'er is more mature and steady, she saw that Zheng Ming was just sitting and watching them eat, and there were no chopsticks in front of her, so she immediately asked out loud: "Ming, don't you eat?" ”

When Zheng Ming heard this, he immediately showed a gentle smile, and said softly: "It's still Yan'er who is sensible." Don't worry, I've eaten at a friend's house before. As he spoke, he glanced at the white man, whose cheeks bulged like hamsters, and chewed quickly, shook his head imperceptibly, revealing an expression of contempt.

……

Soon, in the midst of laughter and laughter, the dishes on the table were wiped out.

"Ah~ I'm so full. I'm going to get fat if I go on like this. ”

Bai Su, who was lying in the spherical soft chair in the living room, touched his stomach and complained with a little worry.

Zheng Ming rarely didn't clean up the dishes immediately, but followed into the living room.

Bai Su and Yan'er each occupy a spherical soft chair, lazily half lying in it, their expressions are the same, and their cute appearance is very eye-catching.

"I see you guys were playing a game of ghost cards before?" Zheng Ming asked in a relaxed and comfortable tone, as if unintentionally.

"yes. Why do you want to play too? Bai Su propped up his head and glanced at Zheng Ming, and asked lazily.

"yes. It's fun to watch you guys play. Why don't we have a game, how about the loser wash the dishes? ”

Hearing Zheng Ming's proposal, Bai Su became interested, and even Yan'er on the side sat up.

"Okay."

The two sat up straight, and Zheng Ming also picked up the playing cards and took the lead in sitting at the wooden table.

After each of the three men had drawn out fifty-three cards, they discarded the matched cards in their hands to the center.

In the end, there were six cards left in Bai Su's hand, nine cards in Yan'er's hand, and fourteen cards in Zheng Ming's hand.

"Haha, your face is so dark." Seeing that Zheng Ming was holding a large number of cards in his hand, Bai Su immediately showed a gloating laugh.

"Hehe, this is not a game to see who has fewer cards left. The key to victory or defeat is not to draw ghost cards. ”

"Cut, hard mouth." Bai Su pouted his lips unhappily when he saw Zheng Ming, who was there, and the corner of his eyes unconsciously swept to the edge of his hand, on the ghost card with a clown pattern.

"You have the most cards, you draw mine first, and then I'm smoking Yan'er. We pump from right to left. ”

Zheng Ming did not refuse when he heard Bai Su's proposal, but slowly reached out and put it on the card that Bai Su pushed in front of him.

Zheng Ming did not rush to draw cards, but put his right hand on the top of the card, one by one from the far right to the far left, while his eyes were firmly fixed on Bai Su's expression.

Seeing Bai Su and Zheng Ming's eyes looking at each other, he involuntarily shifted to the card pinched by Zheng Ming, Zheng Ming smiled, and his right hand shifted from the far left to the far right again.

"Hey...... Are you finished? In the end, to smoke or not? ”

Seeing that Bai Su was impatient to remind, Zheng Ming chuckled and drew out the card in the middle.

It was a 2 of spades.

"Tsk, that's lucky." As he spoke, Zheng Ming pulled out the 2 of hearts in his hand and threw it into the middle with the 2 of spades.

"Hmph." Bai Su snorted coldly, as if to deliberately demonstrate to the slow Zheng Ming, she didn't even look at it, and quickly drew a card from Yan'er's hand.

"Hah, block 7."

Just like the changeable weather in summer, Bai Su's face quickly turned cloudy to clear, and he threw the matching plum blossom 7 from his hand in high spirits.

At the same time, he didn't forget to add to Zheng Ming, who was full of cards: "I only have four left." Ha ha. ”

Unlike Bai Su, who was angry and angry, Yan'er showed a solemn expression, and quickly pulled out a card from Zheng Ming's hand, and after glancing at it, she discarded the matching card in her hand to the middle.

"Look at it, you're alone."

Zheng Ming didn't care about Bai Su's complaints, glanced at Bai Su, who looked nervous, put the cards in his hand straight, and said with a smile: "Then I'll speed up too." As he spoke, he drew another sheet from the middle without looking at it at a speed that was not inferior to that of the white man.

Plum J.

"He has a lot of cards, and it's normal to be able to draw a match."

Seeing Zheng Ming abandon the red heart J, Bai Mo muttered a word and reached out to draw Yan'er's card.

King of hearts.

When Bai Su saw the drawn card, his expression froze, and he silently put it in his hand.

And so round after round of drawing cards from each other. The trio had fewer and fewer cards in their hands.

Soon, there was one left in Bai Su's hand, and two in Yan'er's hand.

"It's my turn."

Seeing that Zheng Ming was successfully paired again, and there were only two cards left in his hand, Bai Su's face climbed with a hint of urgency, and he drew the cards in Yan'er's hand without thinking.

Ace of spades.

Bai Su glanced at the card disapprehantly and put it in his hand. Long before the draw, she knew it was impossible to make a successful pairing.

"yes, I won."

On the other side, Yan'er drew the paired cards from Zheng Ming's hand and took the lead in breaking away from the "battle situation".

At this point, the situation was reversed, Yan'er had no cards in her hand, two white dodders, and Zheng Ming caught up from the side with the most cards, and only one remained.

"Hey, Sister D'er, I just need to draw that ace of spades and win."

"Wait." Seeing Zheng Ming smiling and stretching out his hand, Bai Su hurriedly took back the cards that were pushed in front of Zheng Ming.

Zheng Ming's outstretched hand stayed in mid-air, he didn't mind, but the old god asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Bai Suhu glanced at Zheng Ming suspiciously, and then looked at the ghost cards that had stayed in his hand from beginning to end.

"Nothing. I'll shuffle the cards again. After speaking, she turned around and blocked Zheng Ming's vision with her back, and after thinking about it seriously for a long time, she turned back.

"Alright."

Zheng Ming saw that Bai Su separated the cards in his hand from left to right, and even raised the cards on the right a little higher, and suddenly showed a funny expression.

"You're smart. Do you know how to use tricks? After saying a secret sentence in his heart, he put his hand on the two cards, and then added in his heart, "But it doesn't work." ”

He gently pinched the card that was sticking out half of the card on the left, felt the slight resistance coming from it, and stared at Bai Su tightly.

He noticed that Bai Su, who was still looking at him before, involuntarily glanced down at the card he was pinching.

"Hmm...... In general, people put the cards they want to draw out and don't pinch them too deep or too tight. From this point of view, the card should be a ghost card.

But just now, when I was pinching the tentative, I felt that you were pinching the card. Is that something to think about? In fact, you are doing the opposite, so you deliberately put the ace of spades in a position that is easy to draw, and pinched the ghost card to give me the illusion that I will draw another one? As he spoke, Zheng Ming observed with interest Bai Su's expression of desperate silence.

"I'm not going to let you get away with it."

Seeing that Bai Mo dropped a sentence, gave up eye contact, and looked up at the ceiling, Zheng Ming showed a smile that he was determined to win.

"Haha, you've been seen through by me long ago." Saying that, he shouted, "I have seen your heart, and the ace of spades is ......"

Looking up at the ceiling, Bai Ming felt Zheng Ming put his hand on the card she had specially raised, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly, revealing a smug look.

And at this time, Zheng Ming drew the card out of Bai Su's hand and slapped it on the table with his backhand.

"It!"

Zheng Ming's elongated voice finally fell completely, and the smug smile on Bai Su's face suddenly solidified at almost the same moment.

She looked down at the remaining ghost cards in her hand in disbelief and whispered, "How is it possible?" I deliberately increased the force of the pinch when you tried it before. Your previous analysis is also perfectly in line with my expectations! Why would you draw another one? ”

"Haha, you're still far away. Lying is the easiest thing to do, and at the same time the hardest thing to master. Your thoughts are etched on your face from the very beginning. The reason why I say that is because I want to see your wonderful expression right now. ”

The rare Zheng Ming showed his childish side, he crossed his waist and pointed at Bai Su, and laughed proudly.

"No way. You must have used your abilities. ”

Seeing that Bai Su still didn't admit defeat, Zheng Ming opened his mouth and said, "Don't say that you don't need the ability to win at all." What if I use my abilities? Did you find out? If you don't find it at the table, it's useless. You'd better go wash the dishes. ”

"You...... Hum! ”

Seeing Bai Su snorting coldly, he walked to the kitchen who was willing to lose the gamble, and Zheng Ming, who had just avenged the revenge he had just flirted, sat down on the spherical soft chair occupied by Bai Su in a good mood, and raised Erlang's legs.

On the other side, Yan'er, who had a strange face, heard the conversation between the two, and Zheng Ming's eyes seemed to have deep meaning, but she lowered her head and showed a thoughtful look.