Chapter Seventy-Nine—Dining and Conversation
The afternoon sun is always so dazzling, and when it shines on people's eyes, it is always involuntarily blocked by it, as Banner is doing now, he opens his right hand to block the glare of sunlight shining into the room through the glass window.
"Well, what time is it," Banner said with a tired look on his face, and then began to look around in bed for his watch.
"Banner, what are you doing?" Betty's voice suddenly came out, and it turned out that Banner was constantly touching her hands when she was looking for her watch in bed, and accidentally touched Betty's body, which caused Betty to wake up.
"Betty, you're awake, I want to see what time it is, but I can't find the watch, have you seen it?" Banner still doesn't seem to be sober, and actually asks Betty to help him find his watch, which makes Betty lose her temper at all.
"When you were still in college? What kind of watch are you looking for, you don't have a good time at all," Betty complained about Banner, her mood was obviously much better, at least she was no longer angry about what happened last night, I saw her go to the window, and after the curtains were completely opened, the scorching sunlight directly lit up the whole room in an instant.
"I don't need a watch to know it's noon, it's all your fault," Betty said this sentence using a woman's privilege, that is, being unreasonable when she was angry, and she didn't care who brought up the topic, anyway, it was Banner who was wrong, which made her sleep so late.
"Okay, okay, okay, it's my fault, let's hurry up and find something to eat, I'm so hungry," Banner said, holding his stomach, he didn't refute what Betty said, and directly picked up the pot, compared to last night, when the two of them were arguing, it was obviously two people. Could it be that in addition to Hulk Banner, there is a personality hidden in the body, Betty is not without malice, but in the end, she is also like Banner, holding her stomach with her hands, and she is also hungry.
So the two of them changed their clothes as quickly as they could, and went out of the house to forage for food.
The two of them smelled the smell all the way to the restaurant, when they saw the food on the table, regardless of where anyone else was sitting, Banner directly picked up a xiaolongbao and took a bite, the delicious soup flowed directly into his mouth, but unfortunately Banner didn't taste anything delicious, because even if he could transform into a Hulk, his mouth was also a human tongue, and I believe many people knew how hot the soup of Xiaolongbao just served on the table was, and Banner made such a simple mistake, As a result, he was burned to the tongue (isn't it already noon?). Why is there still a freshly made xiaolongbao on the table? )。
"Well, lie down, the bottom of the cup," Banner reminded Betty with his mouth wide open and his tongue sticking out, but could Betty still understand what he was saying now······ God knows if it can (doesn't it hurt to burn your tongue?) Why hasn't the Hulk come out yet? )。
"You drink saliva before you speak," Betty shook her head, poured a glass of cold water from the table and handed it to Banner, who gave Banner a disdainful look in his eyes, as if to say, you haven't even eaten xiaolongbao, it's not a shame.
"Rest," Banner said, taking the glass of water and pouring it all into his mouth in one gulp, sticking out his tongue as he finished, and fanning his tongue with his hands.
"Really," Betty was hungry, but now that Banner had learned from her past, she didn't rush to get food, but looked around, and at this glance she saw a man, or boy, sitting at the table, pointing at Banner and snickering.
"Ah, I'm sorry, we didn't see you when we first came in because we were hungry," Betty's face turned red all of a sudden, and this red was certainly not a shy red, but only revealed after being seen embarrassed······ Shy red. After all, she and Banner were both guests, and it was too unsightly to grab food at the table so directly.
"It's okay, it's because I'm getting up late, right, I'm just like you, let me introduce myself, my name is Xia Mingming, and I can be regarded as the owner here," Xia Mingming doesn't mind Banner's behavior, and there's nothing to mind, he usually does the same, but he has never been burned by Xiaolongbao, such a Banner is still rarely seen, and it's still full of cuteness.
"Hello, hello, I'm Betty Rose, this is my fiancé Bruce Banner, let's not disturb your meal," Betty was dumbfounded when she heard Xia Mingming's self-introduction, and at the same time hated Banner to death, when did you lose face and not be good, you have to be embarrassed in front of this master, you must punish him tonight, such as not allowing him to go to bed when he goes back to the room, even if he can go to bed, he is not allowed to do other things (this is a punishment?) Banner really can't do anything at the moment, okay).
"No, it's also a good choice to have someone to chat with during dinner, you can sit down," Xia Mingming smiled, didn't care about what Betty said, and directly picked up a shrimp dumpling with chopsticks and put it in his mouth to eat.
Betty sat down to see the room, each with an antique in each corner, either a Chinese bottle or a European statue.
The walls are decorated with weapons from different countries from all periods of history, ranging from Chinese swords to European muskets.
On the left wall there are specimens of bears, deer, and tigers, and on the right there are specimens made of wolf, crocodile, and shark teeth, and on the wall behind the main seat of the dining table, there is actually the head of an African elephant, which is hung on the wall with precious tusks, and the elephant's head is so lifelike that Betty is shocked as if the African elephant is still alive.
There were three chandeliers on the ceiling, one large and two small, and the large one in the middle was made of more crystal Betty than could be counted, and even the chair Betty sat on and the dining table used to store food were made of fine wood. In the end, Betty came to the conclusion that the family must be rich and powerful, otherwise those specimens would be enough to get rare animal protection organizations to come to the door.
After knowing how "expensive" the chair under her butt was, Betty felt like she was sitting on pins and needles, and Banner waited for her tongue to get a little better and immediately began to continue sweeping the food on the table, completely ignoring the expression on Betty's face, he didn't act like a former college professor at all, but a standard foodie.
"Smack," Betty Rose slammed his fist into Banner's shoulder, and although it didn't take much force, it was enough to get Banner to pay attention to himself.
"What's the matter?" Where was Banner eating, and suddenly Betty came here for no reason, which made him a little confused.
"Attention figure," Betty whispered in his ear, leaning over to Banner's side.
"Oh," Banner straightened his clothes, wiped the grease from his mouth, cleaned up the crumbs that had fallen on the table, and then continued to eat and stuff the sea, and his movements seemed to be wilder than before, and the bruises on Betty's head popped out.
"Bruce Banner, you stop me," this time Betty was angry, so her voice was much louder, and she could already be said to be yelling.
"What the hell is going on," Banner looked inexplicable, can't he eat well? Why did you tell me to stop?
"Don't you see anyone else here?" After Betty finished speaking, she looked at Xia Mingming, smiled at him embarrassedly, and then turned around and continued to explain to Bruce Banner what table manners are, using two-finger Zen to educate.
"Don't be so serious, besides, this is not a formal occasion, you don't need to pay so much attention to etiquette," when Betty was educating Banner, Xia Mingming was almost full, and now he was drinking tea and eating, he also saw Banner being destroyed by the two-finger Zen for a long time, so he subconsciously stopped Betty, after all, everyone is a man, and he empathizes.
"Sorry to make you laugh," Betty said with a dizzy moment, she had just patronized Banner, and she hadn't eaten anything yet.
"You'd better eat something first, otherwise I think you're going to faint," After finishing speaking, Xia Mingming glanced at Banner again, and gave him a look for him to experience for himself, and sure enough, Banner immediately understood what Xia Mingming meant, and diligently delivered the food to Betty's mouth, and he would blow it cold and then give it to Betty to eat, which made Betty very embarrassed, and her face turned red again, like a ripe apple.
"You're the one Alice brought back yesterday, you just said it was called Bruce Banner, right, I don't know what your relationship is with that Dr. Banner at Stanford University?" Xia Ming asked pretendedly.
"If Stanford doesn't have a second Dr. Banner, then I'm the person you call me," Banner admitted his identity without hesitation, if he doesn't admit it, he can't admit it, how can he accept the praise of others if he doesn't admit it, Banner himself didn't expect that he was already so famous, Banner was so happy, the chicken soup that was supposed to be fed to Betty's mouth was sent into his mouth by him, and he drank it very happily.
Oh, I've seen you on the latest wanted warrant issued by the government," It's a pity that after Xia Mingming's words came out, the soup in Banner's mouth was immediately squirted out by him, and a rainbow appeared in the restaurant under the sunlight.
The rainbow flashed in the air, and Betty Rose, with her wet hair, looked at Banner angrily and yelled, "Bruce Banner, what are you doing?" ”
"Cough, cough, cough, honey, cough, cough, I'm not, cough, intentionally," Banner, who was still coughing, quickly bowed and apologized, and moved to help Betty pick out the leaves on her head or something.
"I'll settle the score with you later, huh," Betty gave Banner a resentful look, and the glance made Banner shiver.
Where are Banner and Betty fighting, Xia Mingming sat on the side and watched very happily, and from time to time he interjected a sentence in, which made their little couple very sad. In the end, Xia Mingming asked casually, "Dr. Banner, have you made a choice about what Alice told you yesterday?" ”
As soon as Xia Mingming said this, the atmosphere at the table suddenly became depressed, because they had a fight over this issue only yesterday, so neither Banner nor Betty wanted to mention this topic now, but since the owner here had already asked, they had to give a reply anyway, but before that, Banner had some questions that he wanted to figure out first.
"Mr. Xia, I can't figure out some questions, I don't know if you can explain it to me," although Bruce Banner is two rounds older than Xia Mingming in age, he didn't underestimate Xia Mingming at all, but instead asked his own questions very seriously, and called Xia Mingming Mr.
"Oh, there are still problems in this world that you, a university professor, can't figure out, you can say it and let's discuss it together," Xia Mingming replied with a relaxed expression as he drank tea in his mouth.
"I don't know the two methods that Miss Alice told me yesterday, Mr. Xia, do you know?" Banner asked.
"I know, in fact, the first one is still proposed by me, is there anything you don't understand, I can explain it to you in detail," Xia Mingming looked into Banner's eyes and said, he saw the uneasy emotion in Banner's eyes.
"That's the first one I'm most concerned about," Banner squeezed Betty's hand tightly, glanced at Betty, and then asked again in Betty's encouraging eyes, "Is there any danger in the cultivation of this small universe?" ”
"Yes, the small universe is not a health energy, not only can it not make people live long, its power is also very tyrannical, but as long as you don't use it indiscriminately, at least you can protect yourself," Xia Mingming explained simply, it would take too long to explain it all, and he estimated that Banner was not in the mood to listen.
"It seems that I don't have to think about the first one, I refuse to use this solution, I will not allow anything that will cause harm to Betty," Banner said this and felt a soft force in his palm, and it was obvious that what he said made Betty love him even more.
"So have you considered the second option? Strengthen your own spiritual power, although the effect is very slow, but whether you can heal yourself or not, it will be very beneficial to you in the future," Xia Mingming didn't mind that Banner rejected the first plan proposed by him, and enthusiastically introduced the second plan.
"I think let's learn more about this second plan from Miss Alice, it's nice to meet you, Mr. Xia, let's go back to the room first," After Banner finished speaking, he left the table with Betty Rose and went back to their room, leaving Xia Mingming here alone to continue drinking tea.
"It's really a couple who love each other very much, it's a pity to be separated," After saying this, Xia Mingming disappeared into the restaurant, leaving only a table of after-dinner garbage heaps, waiting for the maid to clean up.