NERV Headquarters, Restaurant.

At either end of the long wooden dining table, Commander Ikari sat at one end and Rei Ayanami sat at the other. Lunch with Commander Ikari was a privilege that only Rei could enjoy, and even Shinji - his own son - had not had a single meal with his father since coming to NERV.

However, Li didn't seem to be hungry today, and after the lunch that looked very tempting was served, Li didn't move, she was silent for a while, and then said to Commander Ikati, "Commander Ikati, is it nice to eat?" ”

Commander Ikari skillfully used his knife and fork to cut the steak on the plate into small pieces, and replied without raising his head, "Yes." ”

Leigh said, "Is it pleasant to eat with other people?" ”

Commander Ikin still didn't look up: "Hmm." ”

In the end, Rei plucked up her courage: "Commander Ikati, this Saturday, I invited Ikati-kun and everyone to have lunch at home, can you come?" ”

Commander Ikari wanted to refuse: "I don't have ...... time" But the moment he raised his head and looked at Rei, he suddenly seemed to see the shadow of Ikari on Rei's body. Commander Ikin was slightly stunned for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, it was still Li who was sitting across from him.

Commander Ikari was silent for a moment, and finally spat out two words.

"Okay."

He can refuse anyone, but he can't refuse only.

……………………

Because of the invitation letter, Li Xiao was a little uneasy in the next few days, and when he saw Lidu in school, he hurriedly took a detour, and Li Xiao didn't dare to ask Li why he didn't give him the invitation letter, because Li Xiao was afraid, if Li just didn't want to invite herself, wouldn't it be humiliating for her to take the initiative to ask so stunned?

And so the days went by, one day, two days, three days...... Until Friday, tomorrow is the day of dinner, but the invitation that Li Xiao has been waiting for still hasn't come.

When he got out of school, Li Xiao's whole person was like a shrimp softened by the sun, with his hands forward, face down, lying on the desk weakly. Toji Suzuhara looked at it from the side and couldn't help but ask Shinji, "Shinji, what's wrong with him?" It's like you're about to go back to the West. ”

Shinji smiled bitterly: "It's hard to say, it's hard to say." After speaking, he came to Li Xiao's side and said to Li Xiao. Xiao, it's already out of school. ”

Li Xiao still "thought about it at the table", and waved his hand weakly: "You guys go first, I'm on duty today, and I'm going to sit here until I'm old." ”

Shinji hesitated: "Okay then, then Asuka and I will go back first." ”

Li Xiao replied sullenly: "Well, be careful on the road." ”

Li Xiao was lying on his stomach like this, and when he heard that the surroundings were gradually quieting down, Li Xiao estimated that everyone else should have left, and he should also get up to work, so he raised his head. Then he was shocked to see that there was one person in the classroom who hadn't left except him—and neither had Leigh.

Li sat in front of Li Xiao, holding a book in her hand, and was reading intently, when she saw Li Xiao raise her head, she closed the book and looked over: "You are awake." ”

Li Xiao was very surprised: "Why didn't you leave?" As he spoke, Li Xiao glanced at the book in Li's hand by the way, and saw that the cover was printed with "How to Use a Computer to Control an Excavator to Stir-Fry", uh...... Leigh's reading style is still so unique.

Leigh: "I'm on duty. ”

Li Xiao slapped himself on the head and forgot about this stubble. Originally, Li Xiao had been avoiding Li for the past few days, but he didn't expect to avoid it in the end. Is this fate?! Li Xiao wailed in his heart.

"Then let's hurry up and get to work." Li Xiao smiled awkwardly at Chong Li, pretending not to know about the invitation—which made him feel even more uncomfortable.

"Wait a minute, Li Jun." Leigh exclaimed softly.

"Huh? What's wrong? Li Xiao looked at Li inexplicably.

With a tangled expression on Li's face, she looked down at the book in her hand, and was silent for a while before she finally mustered up the courage, looked up at Li Xiao, and whispered, "Li Jun, you...... Hate me? ”

"What?" Li Xiao was suddenly confused. "I hate you, why should I hate you? No, why do you think I hate you? ”

Leigh: "Because, I feel like you've been avoiding me. When I call you, you pretend you don't hear; When you see me, you will run away; When you meet you in the hallway, you immediately look away. So, I feel as if I'm being hated by you. ”

Li Xiao scratched his cheeks, his expression a little embarrassed: "Uh...... That's true, but I'm not doing it because I hate you. ”

Li tilted her head slightly, with a puzzled expression on her face: "What's the reason for that?" ”

Li Xiao sighed and spread his hands: "Because I thought I was hated by you." ”

This time it was Rei's turn to be surprised.

Li Xiao felt that since the words had arrived here, then he continued: "You invited Shinji, Asuka, and Sister Misato to your house as guests, but you didn't invite me, to be honest, I was quite devastated, I thought I was hated by you, so I kept avoiding you." ”

"I see." After Liz knew the truth, she seemed to be finally relieved, and slowly breathed a sigh of relief, and her face softened a lot.

But Li Xiao's heart was still hanging in mid-air, and he asked nervously: "Li, why did you just exclude me?" Do you really ...... Hate me? ”

Li shook her head and said seriously, "Of course not, actually, I want to ask you for help." On Saturday I have to cook and clean up the house, and I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to do it alone, so I wanted to ask you for help, so I didn't write you an invitation because I wanted to make a request to you in person. However, I can't find the right opportunity to cause such a misunderstanding, so I'm sorry. ”

After listening to Li's words, Li Xiaozhen couldn't wait to slap himself to death on the spot, understood, understood. It turned out that Li wanted to ask Li Xiao to help her on Saturday, because she was asking Li Xiao to help, so Li felt that writing a letter was too undignified, and she wanted to tell Li Xiao about it in person, so she didn't write an invitation to Li Xiao. But Li Xiao, because he was worried about being hated by Li, he kept avoiding Li intentionally or unintentionally, and as a result, Li never had a chance to tell Li Xiao about it. Today, the truth is finally revealed.

"What's this called?" Li Xiao smiled self-deprecatingly, sure enough, there is nothing in the world, mediocre people disturb themselves, if he doesn't think nonsense, how can he make so many moths come out, the torment that Li Xiao has suffered in his soul in the past few days is purely his own doing.

"Tomorrow, do you have time?" Li looked at Li Xiao with burning eyes, and her beautiful red eyes were full of anticipation.

"There's time, it's time." Li Xiao nodded violently, knowing the truth, Li Xiao immediately became energetic. And compared to having a dinner, Li will ask herself for help, which makes Li Xiao more happy, which shows that Li trusts herself very much.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, Li really can't find anyone else except Li Xiao, this lunch is prepared for Shinji and Commander Ikaru, Shinji is the protagonist, naturally it is impossible to let Shinji help, so the only person Li trusts is Li Xiao.

Seeing Li Xiao agree, Li couldn't help but show a happy expression: "Thank you, Xiao." ”

After finishing his duty, he said goodbye to Li, and when he returned home from school, Li Xiao was in a good mood, he walked into the house humming a little song, and Shinji couldn't help but be surprised when he saw it: "Xiao, are you in a better mood?" ”

Li Xiao threw the schoolbag on the chair: "Okay, it can't be better." ”

Shinji: "Did you receive Rei's invitation letter?" ”

Li Xiao shook his head: "No." ”

Shinji was confused: "Then what is so happy?" ”

Li Xiao smiled mysteriously at him: "Secret." ”

Early the next morning, before the others got up, Li Xiao secretly went out. He happily came to Leigh's house, and as soon as he opened the door, he saw Leigh wearing an apron, sleeves wrapped around her hands, a rag in one hand, and a brush in the other, standing in front of the door, her white face was still a little dusty, and she looked like Cinderella in a fairy tale had come out of a book.

"Oh - that's a good look." Li Xiao's photographic soul immediately burned, he asked Li not to move, then took two steps back and took out his mobile phone, followed by a "click" flash.

"You really like to take pictures, Li Jun." Li didn't understand Li Xiao's behavior very well.

Li Xiao put his mobile phone in his pocket and smiled: "Because photos can leave good memories." After speaking, Li Xiao couldn't help but feel stunned. Oh, I just said something very handsome. ”

Li Xiao walked into the house, and then began to clean up with Li, and the two of them cleaned up the room inside and out. Then, the two of them went out to the supermarket to go on a shopping spree, bringing back several large bags of vegetables and fruits. Then, there is basically nothing Li Xiao does, because the next step is the cooking link, and this meal must be made by herself, otherwise it will be meaningless. Li Xiao can also help pick up vegetable leaves, hand over oil, salt, sauce and vinegar or something, which can be regarded as a start for Chef Li.

When Li was cooking, Li Xiao was watching quietly, he saw that Li's face was full of happiness and sweetness, such Li and Li Xiao saw Li for the first time are like two people, Li Xiao still remembers the scene when he met Li for the first time, at that time Li didn't have any expression on his face, and the most common sentence was: "Order?" ”

Recalling Li's changes bit by bit, Li Xiao couldn't help but laugh happily.

At this time, without warning, there was a sudden knock on the door.

"Bang bang bang!"

The knock on the door startled Li Xiao and Li, Li Xiao stood up and said to Li, "I guess it's here, I'll go open the door." ”

As Li Xiao spoke, there was another knock outside the door, the sound was louder than before, and the knocking was more urgent, this time it was not a knock, but a slamming door.

Li Xiao frowned a little dissatisfied, thinking to himself, who is this, why is he so rude. "Come on, don't knock." Li Xiao walked over and opened the door, and unexpectedly, there were neither Shinji, Misato, Asuka, nor Commander Ikari standing outside the door, but two strange men in suits.

One of the men took out his ID from his arms and sent it to Li Xiao: "We are from the espionage department, the first qualified person Ayanami Li, and the third qualified person Li Xiao, please follow us back to the NERV headquarters immediately." ”

Li Xiao's heart immediately chuckled, and a bad premonition instantly overwhelmed him: "What's wrong?" ”

The man's answer was succinct: "The apostles are coming." ”