During this time in the vegetarian restaurant, Mencius gained a lot, although she only learned a little bit of cooking, but she has taken the opportunity to familiarize herself with the process operation of the back kitchen, including the operation of the vegetarian restaurant, thanks to the proprietress who did not hesitate to teach her.

Speaking of the proprietress is also the most profound part of Mencius's trip, the proprietress has no children and no daughters, and she seems to treat Mencius as a daughter between words, which makes Mencius really moved and grateful.

Before Mencius left, the proprietress was very reluctant and insisted on recognizing Mencius as her goddaughter, so she was willing to let Mencius leave.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, Mencius specially showed a hand to Lu Xingchen's cooking, what she learned in the vegetarian restaurant, she did not allow Lu Xingchen to intervene to help throughout the whole process, Lu Xingchen had to rely on her, and he went to the study first to finish the rest of the work.

After Lu Xingchen finished his work, he looked at the time, it was already more than nine o'clock in the evening, and he was already a little hungry, but Mencius had not come to him to eat, so he got up and walked to the kitchen to see the situation.

As a result, seeing the kitchen in a mess, he instantly had a headache and kept standing at the door with his forehead up, because the kitchen had a long burning smell that could not be dispersed, and it was not for him to enter or retreat, if it wasn't for seeing Mencius, who was busy stir-frying, accidentally being burned, he wouldn't want to go in at all.

After Lu Xingchen entered, he took the spatula from her hand and helped her turn the vegetables in the wok.

"Hey, why did you get in? Didn't I leave you without help? Mencius said as he tried to snatch the spatula in his hand, but where could she grab it.

Lu Xingchen replied to her while stir-frying, "Do you know what time it is?" Dinner has been turned into a supper by you. ”

For his ridicule, Mencius was amused and ashamed, "I'm sorry! I just want you to get a taste of what I've learned. ”

The dish was ready, Lu Xingchen turned off the fire, took a plate and put the dish in, he picked up the plate, looked at her, and then motioned to her to look at the messy kitchen, and teased her, "I have seen your craftsmanship." ”

Mencius raised his hand again in shame and half-covered his face, seeing that Lu Xingchen did not put the dishes on the table but brought them out of the kitchen, she was surprised, "Why did you bring the dishes out?" ”

Lu Xingchen stopped at the door of the kitchen, motioned for her to take a look at the kitchen, and then replied to her with a little amusement in his eyes, "You bring out all the dishes on the table, take them to the living room, and go to the living room to eat." ”

Mencius now completely covered his face, obeyed his words, and brought the food to the living room.

However, because the sofa and coffee table in the living room are horizontal, you need to bend over to sit on the sofa for dinner, which Mencius has become accustomed to, because she often sits in the living room to eat, but Lu Xingchen, seeing that he has been adjusting his sitting posture, he knows that he is not used to it.

Seeing this, Mencius hurriedly put down his chopsticks, ran to the dining area of the kitchen without saying a word, and helped him bring a dining chair.

Lu Xingchen got up from the sofa and stretched his waist, he was naturally unceremonious about her thoughtfulness, but after sitting down, he still didn't forget his quality, and said to her happily, "Thank you!" ”

Mencius smiled at him knowingly and hurriedly picked up his chopsticks

, she was already hungry too.

Lu Xingchen also raised his chopsticks, and when he saw a few dishes on the table, although his appearance was a little poor, he still tried a few bites.

As a result, he unexpectedly felt delicious.

Mencius watched Lu Xingchen's reaction while eating, and said proudly, "How is it?" Doesn't it taste good? ”

Lu Xingchen nodded admittedly, "It seems that I am really serious about learning." ”

Mencius showed a proud little expression, "Of course. However, it is still the master who teaches well, by the way, when it comes to this chef master, I have always forgotten to tell you, you know? It turns out that the head chef knows his grandfather, and it was his grandfather who taught him to make orchid dishes, don't you say it's a coincidence! ”

Of course, Lu Xingchen also looked a little surprised, "Indeed! ”

Mencius sighed, "As my grandfather's granddaughter, I didn't even know that my grandfather would make orchid dishes!" ”

Lu Xingchen put down the dishes and chopsticks and said with emotion, "It's no wonder that the Grandfather Guild suddenly returned to the light and left a last word about the Orchid Garden, you can manage the Orchid Garden well, don't let down your grandfather's spirit in the sky!" ”

Mencius nodded in agreement, and then continued to eat.

Lu Xingchen suddenly got up and walked to the kitchen, and Mencius continued to eat disapprovingly.

After a while, Lu Xingchen came out of the kitchen, still holding a bottle of red wine and two goblets in his hands.

When he put the red wine and the wine glass on the coffee table, Mencius was so stunned that he dropped the chopsticks in his hand, and looked at him dumbfounded, only to see him pour the red wine into the two wine glasses separately.

Hearing the gurgling sound of pouring wine, Mencius reacted, it was not her dazzled.

She quickly got up, walked out of the coffee table, walked in front of him, and looked at him with a worried face, "Are you stimulated by something?" Aren't you a drinker? When did you learn to drink? ”

Lu Xingchen had already poured the wine, he picked up two glasses of red wine, handed one to her, and said with a sad smile, "If you want to say that you were stimulated, it was also stimulated by you running away from home that day." ”

After he finished speaking, he naturally took a sip.

Mencius came to his senses, and for a while, guilt, discomfort and grievance went hand in hand, she hurriedly snatched the wine glass from his hand, put it back on the coffee table with her own, and ordered him seriously, "Lu Xingchen, I don't allow you to drink, no matter men or women, it's always easy to have an accident when you get drunk, with my textbook example, you still dare to drink!" ”

Lu Xingchen suddenly had some mixed feelings, he put his arm around her waist and stared at her with a smile in his eyes, "Then do you regret it?" ”

Mencius suddenly thought about it, and said with deliberate hatred, "Of course I regret it, I regret that I didn't get you completely drunk!" ”

Her pun made Lu Xingchen almost believe it, and after reacting, he couldn't help but bow his head and laugh self-deprecatingly.

Mencius was a little proud that his plan had succeeded, and he finally let her pull back a game, and couldn't help laughing.

The red wine was finally put away by Mencius, but the red wine that had been poured into the cup made it difficult for her, and it was wasted when she poured it, and it was contrary to the arrogant words just now when she drank it, so she was pouring it or not

After pouring down, Lu Xingchen came out of the kitchen after washing the dishes.

Lu Xingchen finally made a decision for her, that is, to drink it, he meant that it was harmless to have a drink during the festival, and of course it was the last time, and it was used as a warning.

Mencius agreed with what he said, but she tinkered again, since it was a rare festival, it was necessary to make a romantic atmosphere, and candlelight was indispensable for fine wine, but there were no candles at home at all, and Lu Xingchen did not allow her to go downstairs to buy it.

Lu Xingchen didn't know anything about romance, he just felt troublesome, but for her sake, he had no choice but to give her advice.

So, he proposed to use the star lights on the balcony as the background, and then dim the lights in the interior to create the effect of flickering candlelight.

The two people stood on the balcony, Mencius snuggled up to his shoulder, each raised his wine glass, and with a crisp clinking sound, they all said in unison, "Happy Chinese New Year's Eve!" ”

The night is sultry, the scenery is pleasant, the wine is not drunk and everyone is drunk, the two people can't help but look at each other, each eye is shining with the light of the star lamp, who said that it is not the light that blooms in love with each other?

The next day on Chinese New Year's Eve, Mencius returned to Rongcheng first because he was busy with the opening of the restaurant.

Mencius, who returned to Rongcheng, was immediately busy promoting the Orchid Garden Restaurant, and she thought of using a live broadcast, plus most of her fans were from the same city, so it was effortless to publicize.

At the same time, Mencius also asked Li Shengnan to help her shoot a promotional video about the Orchid Garden, she put the promotional video on the Internet, the promotional video is well-made and attentive, as well as the special emphasis on inheritance behind it, has been praised and followed by many netizens.

In addition, many friends of Ailan have already set up a reunion dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve.

On the eve of Chinese New Year's Eve, the restaurant was already overwhelmed with orders, and finally had to go to the first and second rows of the new year.

On the evening of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Mencius was originally going back to S City to have a reunion dinner with Lu Xingchen's family, but the restaurant kept her busy and could only stay in Rongcheng.

This became a small regret for the two of them.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Lu Xingchen returned to Rongcheng, but he asked Mencius to meet him in West Lake Park.

Mencius was busy until the early hours of the morning last night, and she deliberately set the alarm clock in the morning, but it was really a little early, and the sky was still bright, so she got up.

Although she got up early, it took her three or four hours before she set off for West Lake.

After more than half a year, stepping into the West Lake again, Mencius's state of mind has been very different, now she has dreams and love and concern, and has the motivation to work hard, he is waiting for her in front, the one that made her miss him for the first time she saw him for life, she is stepping on the pace of happiness and happiness towards him.

Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and it is customary to be a good day to go out, so there are only a lot of visitors to the park.

Mencius quickly walked to the Jiuqu Bridge, and she could already see that he was standing exactly where they had stood, exactly where they had stood.

Mencius deliberately slowed down towards him, and she saw more than just his striking back, but

It is to see the support of a lifetime, so solid as a rock, and the touching reliance.

Mencius had already walked behind him, with a happy smile on his face that could not be concealed, "Great God Lu! ”

This delicate and pleasant voice, Lu Xingchen has been waiting for a long time, from Chinese New Year's Eve to the next day to now, just a few days, has made him a little impatient, he has obviously waited for her like this before, how can he not be as impatient as now! His feeling now is that he really can't live without her anymore.

When Lu Xingchen turned around, he wanted to raise his feet and walk towards Mencius immediately, but he was so amazed by her in front of him that he stopped.

She wore a red knitted slim jumpsuit knee-length umbrella skirt today, which perfectly showed off her slender limbs and a slender waist, especially her increasingly bumpy figure, and a pair of black high boots showed off her slender legs.

Not only that, she has long hair, waist-length wavy hair like ink, full of romantic mature femininity, a beret on her head, and a little playfulness, coupled with her delicate pink makeup, people can't take their eyes off.

This outfit is the same as when he met her here half a year ago, but now she has a little more confidence from the inside out between her eyebrows.

Lu Xingchen lowered his head and smiled lightly, he also sighed, it was very rare, they had not forgotten what they looked like when they first saw each other.

Mencius ran towards him with open hands, and Lu Xingchen also opened his hands, but when she approached him, he suddenly grabbed one of her hands with one hand and kissed her directly.

Subsequently, the two people stood side by side facing the lake pavilion, the lake surface in winter was covered with a layer of mist, and there was a sense of fairy air from a distance, which made the lake pavilion in the center of the lake more looming, there was a sense of absolute dust, and suddenly, it made people feel a little unreal.

Both of their hands were on the handrailing, Mencius attached one hand to one of Lu Xingchen's hands, and he naturally held hers back, his palm was as warm as ever, so that holding it made her feel real.

"Xingchen, I'm going to ask you a very cheesy question." Mencius said.

"Tell me how cheesy it is." Lu Xingchen said with a smile.

"What the hell do you like about me?" Mencius turned his head and looked at him a little expectantly.

Lu Xingchen replied seriously while playing with her palm, "My father met my mother here, and I came to West Lake that day to see what the place where they fell in love at first sight looked like, but I didn't expect to meet you here before I met you, not so much a coincidence, I think it's the arrangement of fate, so, what do I like about you when you ask?" I can't answer, because you're meant to be mine! ”

He said his last sentence with a distinctly natural smile, which complemented the determination he had always had for her.

Today, Mencius already knows his good intentions, but someone holds her in the palm of her hand so distressed, why wouldn't she do it! Besides, along the way, she has also suffered a lot of sins for him?

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Zi hooked his neck with both hands and wanted to kiss him, but this was a public place, which made her hesitate.

Lu Xingchen understood her concerns, so he let go of her hand and walked behind her, his tall and broad body immediately imprisoned Mencius in his arms, and also blocked the view of passers-by who passed by them.

Mencius leaned up and kissed him without hesitation.

Once the sun set, that scene of quiet years has finally become eternal!

(End of chapter)