Chapter 32: The Mystery of Gastronomy
"I heard that Mr. Ladd has a speedboat?"
"Now I won't hide it from you at this time, he does have a dinghy, and it's not a valuable thing."
"That ......" he was really hard to say, and the butler probably understood his thoughts.
"Use it if you want, anyway, I won't need it after he's gone, so it's better to lend it to you." As he spoke, he took the activation key from the storage room and handed it to Yang Qingnan.
Yang Qingnan was a little excited to get the key to the speedboat unexpectedly, but he didn't dare to show it, and quickly explained: "Thank you, I believe that this speedboat can give us a better understanding of the appearance of the island and guard against potential dangers." ”
The butler's eyes seemed to be flashing with tears, he wiped his eyes with his fingers, told Yang Qingnan the specific location of the boat, and then turned around and walked away lonely.
The blue sky glowed with dazzling brilliance again, and gray-and-white birds circled over the town, dispelling the gloomy clouds.
Yang Qingnan returned to his hotel, took off the burden on his body, lay on the bed with a big letter, closed his eyes and sorted out his thoughts. He wasn't in a hurry to find Ladd's ship, nor did he contact Alain Bu in the first place, he just wondered if he had missed something.
Runo of the Usa tribe once said that the guy named Youevil was good at disguised as someone else, and he forgot all about it, and he didn't even suspect the authenticity of the other person's identity. But if you think about it carefully, Youyi is well hidden, and he must know his identity well, combined with what happened before, if the other party really wants to kill him, he only needs to move his fingers.
But I'm just an ordinary person, and it should be the other three guys to target, right? He comforted himself so much that he covered himself with a quilt and fell asleep slowly.
After a few hours, he woke up from his sleep, his phone on the bedside table ringing non-stop, and even his heart trembled.
The time was 10:20, and it was Yu Kui calling, saying that she hadn't called him for a long time.
"Hello? Which one? ”
"It's me." Yu Kui said angrily, "Abu wants me to convey it to you, if you want to find them, go to the windmill hut in the northwest." ”
"Oh, got it." He reached for the registered key.
Yu Kui suddenly asked, "You seem to be tired?" ”
Yang Qingnan was stunned, not understanding why she cared so much about herself, he deliberately replied: "Not at all, is there something wrong?" ”
"Come to me at noon, I'll invite you."
Yang Qingnan had only one reaction to her kind invitation: "Damn, you want to blackmail me again?" ”
"It's really free this time, why am I embarrassed to lie to you?"
"Well, I didn't think of anything to eat anyway." He chuckled a little, you say that every time.
"Okay, so be it."
Yang Qingnan exhaled, got up and drank a little water, emptied his head, and decided not to think about these miscellaneous things. After relieving himself, he sat down, intending to watch the news from Yagawa's side, but unfortunately the broken TV could not receive the signal, so he could only watch DVDs and videotapes.
Yang Qingnan opened the door and went outside to breathe in the fresh air.
He walked around until half past eleven at noon, when he hurried into Yukui's shop. After Yang Qingnan looked around, he found that she was not there, only Xiaotong was busy receiving guests, so he found a random place to sit down.
Seeing that it was almost twelve o'clock, Yu Kui had not yet come, and his stomach was rumbling with hunger again. So Yang Qingnan asked Xiaotong, and Xiaotong said that she was still in the store in the morning, but she went out again when it was almost noon, probably an hour before he came to the store.
Yang Qingnan picked up his mobile phone and wanted to send her a message, when the bell at the door suddenly rang, he turned his head to look, and saw Yu Kui wearing a milk shirt and stepping on heightened shoes and walking in, one of which was holding a plastic bag in the store.
There were two boxes of elaborate lunch boxes in the plastic bag, and the meals in the boxes were faintly visible, as if Yang Qingnan had smelled the fragrant smell. He quickly lifted the lid of the box, but glanced closely at the feather sunflower on the other side of the table before he could do so.
What's going on with this subtle touch?
"What about the one who said yes, please eat? Don't say you're cooking again. ”
"You can't eat my craft in the restaurant." While wiping the sweat from her face with a tissue, Hanai gently opened the salmon set meal in front of her.
There is no free lunch in the world, not to mention that she once cheated him, Yang Qingnan pondered the price of this box of lunch, barbecued pork curry chicken rice should be affordable for ordinary people.
In the end, he still lost to the hungry stomach, grabbed the chopsticks and ate wildly, obviously the taste buds of the tongue have been paralyzed, and now everything he eats is fragrant. In the past, all the mountain delicacies and game eaten in the wild were delicious, and he had eaten a lot of various fish, but they were all small freshwater fish, unlike those strange treasures caught in the sea, such as dried squid and abalone and sea shells, even if he wanted to eat them, he couldn't afford to consume them.
Yang Qingnan smacked his lips and finished this sumptuous lunch in less than ten minutes.
"How does it taste compared to the last time?"
“...... I seem to have forgotten. He rubbed his head in embarrassment.
Yu Kui stopped her chopsticks, her expression seemed to be a little regretful, Yang Qingnan thought, why would she care so much about the taste of these meals? It was the same last time, but in any case, he is not a gourmand and cannot name the specific level of taste.
"I think it's better than the last time." In fact, he couldn't eat anything, and this time he was empty.
"That's right." Yukui didn't look very happy, just eating dullly.
He asked tentatively, "Is it really that heavy to make your own food?" ”
"This ...... It's because I signed up for a food contest in my country, and I want to get a place no matter what. ”
"But you shouldn't ask me to try it, after all, I don't know anything about cooking or anything." Only Yang Qingnan knows in his heart that he doesn't have much confidence in his cooking skills.
Yu Kui stared at the food in front of her tightly, picking at the fish and meat absentmindedly, as if ignoring him, Yang Qingnan expected that she was unhappy, and she felt stuffed when she said a word.
"Don't think about it, I just want to invite you to dinner."
Fortunately, he was inexplicably relieved, the food she cooked was really delicious, and it would be wasted if she didn't become a chef. However, after thinking about it, did Yu Kui have other purposes for inviting him this time? Or is it like she said, intentionally bringing the relationship between the two closer?
"I also think you have a talent for being a chef." Yang Qingnan touched his conscience and said.
"No, it's not what you think, I'm going to add a little bit of art to my cooking skills, and I can eat new tricks."
The clear eyes flashed with starlight, Yang Qingnan stared at her silently for a few seconds, during which he repeatedly deliberated on the meaning of the words, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and hurriedly asked, "What?" You're going to be a foodie? ”
Hanai smiled briskly and nodded.
No wonder she put the ingredients so beautifully, it turned out that she had ulterior motives, and the depth of that kind of thinking was beyond his comprehension.
In the past, when he was at school, he and Yu Kui were just ordinary classmates, and they couldn't talk a few times a month, and they never had an encounter like the last time, and it could even be said that there was no intersection at all. After leaving school for internship, the distance between classmates has become much more estranged, and they only rely on a small group of classes to maintain daily contact.
So, it's a miracle that her name appears in his phone book now.
Perhaps this kind of fate is wonderful, it is a kind of accident with a low probability that can be ignored, Yang Qingnan is more willing to believe in the creator and fate than the illusory ghosts and gods, everyone hopes to meet someone who can understand them, and they all hope to make friends with themselves.
"I heard Xiaomo say that you are about to leave the town?"
"Well, it was like that, but then, I didn't want to go."
"Why? Isn't it just to go to the big city to work hard? ”
"What about you? Why would you want to stay? Seeing that she was a little excited, Yang Qingnan unconsciously raised her tone.
Yu Kui stopped talking, as if this kind of topic was very sensitive to them, and he himself had unspeakable hardships.
Both sides were silent for a while, and after a little time, taking advantage of the lack of people, Yu Kui consciously stood up and packed up the box and chopsticks. Seeing this, Yang Qingnan also got up quietly, said goodbye to her and walked to the door.
"Hey." Yu Aoi suddenly stopped him.
Yang Qingnan stopped as soon as he went out, and he slowly turned around, his expression full of doubt.
"You...... Can you tell me before you go? ”
Her cautious appearance was inexplicably a little cute, and the question also made Yang Qingnan look forward to it, and he immediately replied, "Okay." ”