Tong Ying didn't climb the last platform just now, she was waiting here. When she saw us coming, she greeted her, and her eyes swept past her, and it was only when she got into the cable car that her heart gradually eased down.

The eyes around me were always on my face, and I just didn't know.

Ten minutes later, the road that had taken me two hours to climb was at the foot of the city in the cable car. Stepping on the stone slab and looking back, the towering and unique buildings through the sky, I felt a sense of unreality.

"So reluctant? I'll take you over another day. If you like monuments, there are better places to go. ”

I looked at him sideways and said lightly, "No need." Letting go of the hand that had been dragging him, those dazed fears were no longer necessary.

There are some things that can't be avoided.

I have always tried my best to resist compromising with Gu Xi, but when he measured my mind as if it were true or false, I couldn't get past that hurdle. I knew that his actions on the top of the city tower just now were deliberate, but I still felt afraid, afraid that he would misestimate his ability, afraid that his palm would slip off my fingertips when I took off my hand, and afraid that I would witness him fall from the ancient city wall and never recover.

So on the way back, I took the initiative to hold his hand firmly until I was firmly at the foot of this tower.

I believe that all my emotions can't escape Gu Xi's eyes, so his eyebrows and eyes are relaxed, the corners of his mouth are lightly raised, and he seems to be in a good mood. On the way back, he even sat in the front seat, leaving me alone in the back seat, so as not to force me at this time and to give me room to adapt.

Driving back to the city, Tong Ying got out of the car and gave the car to Gu Xi to drive, and I leaned on the back seat and buried my head silently. When the car stopped again, I couldn't help but raise my head and saw that the twilight was thick outside the window, and the car was parked in a secluded place. It's like the alley of the old street, and it's obviously impossible to open it forward.

Gu Xi got out of the car and opened the back door, and waited there without urging.

After a little hesitation, he lowered his head and got out of the carriage. After closing the door, he naturally took my hand and walked on the stone pavement, which was supposed to be a noisy city, but there was a place in the twilight, there was a different kind of silence and serenity.

I let him lead me, no matter where I was taken, my heart was like a floating boat in this twilight, rising and falling.

After walking for nearly five minutes, he stopped in front of a dark wooden door, and he reached out and tapped lightly on the door, and soon heard footsteps coming from inside the door. The one who came to open the door was a woman wearing a blue and white porcelain cheongsam, her eyes swept from Gu Xi's body to my face, and then she glanced down and asked with a smile: "What kind of wind blew Gu Shao here?" "The woman's age is half old, but her eyes are like silk, and her charm is still there.

Gu Xi asked in a low voice, "Do you have anything to eat?" ”

She smiled and replied, "You Gu Shao wants to bring someone to eat, when did you not?" ”

"Then don't talk nonsense and lead the way."

I was slightly surprised when I was introduced into the door, and when I looked at the woman's outfit, I thought that the house must be the kind of ancient style that Gu Xi loved, but I didn't think it was an ordinary house, there were no pavilions, no corridors and paths, integrating a square courtyard, surrounded by flat houses, and even the ground was paved with green bricks, and the houses looked a little old.

After looking around, I thought that this is the most primitive architectural style courtyard in the imperial capital.

The woman led us to the east room, only to hear Gu Xi ask: "Is there a guest in the south house?" ”

"Yes, if you don't come here, you won't be invited over there."

Gu Xi smiled and didn't ask again, and after we sat down in the mahogany table and chairs, the woman asked, "What do you want to taste today?" ”

Gu Xi complained: "What else do you have here that I haven't tasted?" ”

"That's not the case, didn't you bring a girl, you have tasted other people's girls, can you still taste it?" Intentionally or unintentionally, the woman glanced at me, and that look didn't mean anything.

Gu Xi sat back on the back of the chair and said lazily: "Just a copy of each of those things." ”

The woman's eyes flashed, and she responded with a smile: "Then you have to wait for a while, you are familiar here anyway, what kind of tea do you want to drink and make it yourself." With that, she walked out with her hips twisted.

I was really eye-opening, the first time I saw the boss entertaining guests like this, and Gu Xi didn't look strange.

He knocked on the table and asked, "Are you thirsty?" I shook my head, but he got up and walked to the side of the cup, opened the drawer, took out the tea caddy, grabbed a handful and threw it into the cup, poured half of the water and waited for it to be poured out, and then filled it up again before bringing it over.

Just resting on the table, I smelled the smell of tea, and the whole room was soon filled with the scent.

I only heard him say: "Cen Mubei thinks that his so-called Longjing before the Ming Dynasty is very obvious, and he pretends to be thirteen in front of you, and after drinking this tea, you will feel that he can't enter at all." ”

I didn't move, silently watching the tea leaves stand up in the glass, and spread out the small leaf buds.

He saw my thoughts and chuckled, "I'm afraid that the tea is as problematic as last night's wine?" Will I use the same method twice? ”

Who knows about him? However, after being recognized by him, he still picked up the cup to his lips and took a sip, the lips and teeth were fragrant, and this was it, the sweetness in the tea covered up the bitterness and astringency in the past, and the slightly hot water temperature was difficult to suppress the feeling of tasting nectar in the throat.

Compared with the two, it is true that the tea leaves of Cen Mubei are much inferior to this. And I don't think Gu Xi is too particular about mastering the heat to make tea, just washing the tea leaves and pouring them directly with boiling water.

At this time, the door was pushed open from the outside, and the cheongsam woman walked in again, dragging a tray in her hand, "I'll bring you some small pastries to taste first, I made them secretly recently." A few small plates were placed on the table, and the pastry was crystal clear and small and delicate.

Gu Xi glanced at it and said with disgust: "Sister Ru, are you too idle now?" Think about this thing, who loves to eat it. ”

The woman gave him a blank look, "Who made it for you to eat, pastries and desserts are our women's favorites." After speaking, he turned to me and asked, "What is the name of the girl?" Out of politeness, I whispered my name: "Wish." ”

"Then I don't mind if I call you Xiaoyuan, my name is Yan Ruyi, how old are you, you can call me like a sister with Gu Shao. Now that Gu Shao brought you over, you let go of your stomach and tasted my food, and told me if you had any taboos. ”

I didn't know how to answer, so I just nodded.

Yan Ruyi smiled slightly, and when she turned around to leave, she glanced at the two cups of tea on the table, and said: "Gu Shao, although this royal Longjing doesn't charge you money, it also helps me save some money." ”

After waiting for people to go out, Gu Xi casually pointed to the pastries on the table and said, "Taste one or two pieces a little, and save some stomach to eat later." ”

After hesitating, he raised his chopsticks and put a piece of green into his mouth, which almost melted in his mouth, but when he bit into the middle of the mouth, a cool feeling poured into his mouth, and instantly melted and slid into his throat.

Gu Xi said on the side: "Look at your expression, it should be good, and the things that Yan Ruyi put his mind on are not too bad." ”

I tasted two other varieties, each with its own flavor, sweet but not greasy. Fortunately, the pastry is not big, and I don't feel full after tasting it. Soon Yan Ruyi came to serve the food again, not to mention the dishes, the plate alone was very particular. The pattern is from the red plum series, although I don't understand porcelain, but I can also see from the luster and whiteness that it is the best grade.

Sure enough, I heard Gu Xi say: "Don't look, it's the court porcelain of the Qing Dynasty, try the white jade tofu, the taste is very special." ”

Well, he didn't say that I hadn't seen that the plate of clear and white jelly-like food was tofu, and he picked up a small piece with a spoon and sent it to his lips, with a faint taste, he couldn't eat it, and the taste buds on the tip of his tongue felt the deliciousness after a while. What's even more amazing is that after I picked the piece of tofu, I saw that the middle was crystal clear, really like a piece of white jade.

The second dish is called "Yellow Kui with Snow Plum", the name is very elegant, and a circle of suspected fried egg dumplings is placed on the periphery of the plate, decorated with broccoli in the middle, golden ham and a carved dragon tail in the middle.

The presentation was exquisite, but I wasn't very interested in egg dumplings, but Gu Xi recommended that I try them, saying that if I thought it was delicious, he could tell me the story of the name of the dish.

Actually, I didn't have much interest in the story, but under his burning gaze, I had to pick up an egg dumpling and take a bite, only to find that it was very different from what I imagined. It turns out that the filling of the egg dumplings is shrimp meat, and the crispness of the skin contrasts sharply with the tenderness of the inside, even if it is fried, it does not feel a little greasy.

When Yan Ruyi came in again, she dragged two soup cups in her hands, and when she distributed one cup at a time, I saw Gu Xi's eyelids raised, and the corners of her mouth showed a smile: "Finally, I can get the dish that I can handle." ”

Yan Ruyi smiled: "Roll the calf!" If you have a mouth, others can't eat it if they want to. He turned his eyes and smiled at me: "Little wish, this is the Buddha jumping over the wall, use it slowly." This time, she didn't put down the dishes and leave, but waited aside.

Gu Xi took a sip and asked lazily, "Is there any distinguished guest in the South House today?" It's rare to see you do this. ”

Yan Ruyi covered her mouth and smiled, "Your mind is really as delicate as a hair, I won't go around the bend, I may have seen you come in just now, let me come over and ask if it's inconvenient." ”

"Where?" Gu Xi asked lightly.

Yan Ruyi: "Your own family." ”

I lowered my eyes and listened quietly, but I just saw Gu Xi tapping his fingers on the table, and after a while, I heard him say: "Sister Ru help me talk about it, I'll go over later." ”

"Okay, I'm a mouthpiece." Yan Ruyi complained and walked out, and closed the door by the way.

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