In Claude. Anthony before Stryff appeared. Hopkins doesn't know China as well as he does about other countries – Hopkins has seen a recent survey of psychologists from China, where 21.2% of respondents believe that psychologists are problem-solving experts who can discuss problems with people in more depth than friends and family and help find solutions. 32.3% of people believe that going to a psychologist is only a channel for emotional catharsis, because they can listen, and because they don't know each other, they can relieve their worries when they talk, but they have to rely on themselves to really solve the problem. Another 32.9% of respondents believe that psychologists are charlatans at all - Chinese are reserved, restrained, and cautious, they do not rely on psychologists like others, and even more, they think that crazy people need psychologists, and rarely get too close to people of the same race, even children who were adopted by foreigners when they were still infants, they may be as cheerful and lively as other children, but they always have something out of place, like black hair and yellow skin, Something in the blood and bone marrow is always so ingrained that it's hard to remove.

Like Kemira, the sense of disobedience that Streiff felt in her became even stronger in a place that can be said to belong only to Chinese. She was arranged to walk with Stryff, but the sight cast by her dark green eyes rarely touched her companions, as if the bamboo forest outside the corridor, the lanterns under the corridor, the gloomy wooden walkway and the stream beside the walkway, and even the koi fish in the stream were more attractive than the people around her; She seldom does not speak, unless necessary, but when she does, her voice is soft and thin; Slow, graceful, shoulders slightly drooping—but she still had flaxen hair and snow-white skin that glittered even in the dim light.

They walked a short way inside, and entered a room at the end of the corridor, which was very large, with a whole wall of windows open outward, and they were made of slender wooden strips arranged in regular patterns, inlaid with glass in the middle, and outside the window was a sparkling lake, and near the window, there were countless lotus leaves, several of which almost reached into the window, and it was evident that at least a third of this room was under the surface of the lake, what a special whimsy! Stryff said in his mind, and then he noticed the table in the room, a round table of rosewood about four feet in diameter, inlaid with luodian, and twelve chairs of the same texture and form, and his keen nose could clearly smell the delicate and gentle fragrance of them.

"Please be seated," Keshengguo said to Stryff, then turned to Kemira, "Take care of the little guests." Streiff noticed that he spoke to Kemira with a commanding tone. When Kemira heard this, she immediately lowered her head, revealing the slender back of her neck, a gesture that symbolized submission.

Kemira was placed next to her mother (they were supposed to be not related by blood, and Kai Shengguo's wife was also a pure Chinese), and on her left was Sasha, several soft silk satin cushions tucked between him and the chair, and in front of him was not the opal porcelain used by others, but a set of small silverware, spoons, bowls, plates, and on the left side of Sasha was Claude. Striff.

The appetizer is very delicate, light, but delicious.

While waiting for the main meal, two waiters carried into a flat wooden box, which was placed on the carpet and opened, and inside was covered with a damp pouch, and one waiter carefully lifted the corner of the pouch so that everyone could see the contents - two snakes the thickness of an adult's wrist. The black scales are interspersed with white spots, and the head is triangular. After the young man sitting near the entrance nodded, they carefully re-covered the purse, closed the wooden box, and slowly exited.

"Snakes, you call them white-flowered pit vipers, and today we choose salt and pepper," said the young man sitting next to Striff, "and they are very good for the human body, and likewise, very tasty." ”

Strev agreed, but the dish would take nearly half an hour to wait, as the snakes had to be slaughtered, skinned, and cleaned...... But that doesn't mean they have to wait silly, as all sorts of delicacies are served, and the waiters show off the wonderful form of the dishes before dividing them into everyone's plates. What impressed Sasha was a dish of greens, peeled down to the choy sum, stuffed with tender fish and poured with soup outside.

In addition to the white-flowered pit viper, there are others, such as fish, shrimp and crabs, which are brought alive and viewed before being sent down to make dishes. After tasting a dish of fish still fanning its gills and tail fins, the snake was brought in, followed by a cup of shark fin per person, translucent, golden filamentous bones, which he tasted curiously, and the soup was very viscous.

"Shark fin is heavy, children can taste it." Kai Shengguo's wife said that she spoke English very well, without accent, but in a slow tone, "Try bird's nest porridge with a little milk." ”

Sasha thinks that bird's nest porridge is more like pudding, especially after adding milk.

The dessert is a watermelon cup filled with a variety of seasonal fruits, and the surface of the watermelon cup is carved with bats and bamboo knots.

It was truly an unforgettable meal. Striff and Steff think so.

"I'm glad to hear that," said Kai Shengguo, "and there was a time when someone had a grudge against such a meal, and he thought that half of the dishes were full of barbaric and cruel toxins." ”

Stryff noticed that Kemira, who was one seat apart, was starting to get upset.

"I think," he said sincerely, "that human beings have the freedom to choose the food they love." ”

***

"I'm sorry, Mr. Striff," Kemira whispered hurriedly, "I'm sorry, it's Mrs. Borow," she rubbed her fingers nervously, "she mentioned you to my father......"

"It's okay." Stryff kindly replied, "Maybe you'd like to give me a detailed explanation when you get back to school?" He nodded to the group of people who weren't far from them.

With a helpless look, Kemira said goodbye to Striff with a worried look and turned back to Kesheng's side.

The street swing in the 7th arrondissement is not yet over, the crowd is surging, the dark sky is illuminated by colorful lights, and the intricately painted "archway" hangs neon tubes that have been bent into the shape of clouds, and in the middle of them are two huge square texts.

"What's that?"

"Mid-Autumn Festival." Big Striff pronounced the two words in Chinese and then explained, "Chinese chose this day to be a family reunion." ”

"All of them?"

"All of them."

***

The taxi brought the Stryphs to a stop a mile from their home, and Stryf, who didn't like letting strangers approach his territory, put Sasha back up to his shoulder, and little Sasha was on the verge of falling asleep.

A quick mile walk with a load was a breeze for Stryff, and by five minutes he was already on the edge of the woods.

The woods were not quiet at night, and the breeze blew through Striff's ears, and he heard the muffled barking of the bull-terriers.

The Bull Terrier is a dog that doesn't like to be noisy very much, and even when it encounters an enemy, it only barks in a short and low way, and the interval between attacks is only a few tenths of a second, which means that by the time you hear its bark, you are already bitten by it.

This has been laid to rest in the swamps of the offshore wetlands. Kent or Fanta. Wharton can best prove it.

The cries of the bull terriers grew denser and more fearful. Out of loyalty, they can't escape, but it's clear that something is threatening their lives.

Stryff walked silently and swiftly through the woods like a shadow cast by a wisp of wind or clouds, and before he stepped out of the woods, he raised his arm slightly, and the sand climbed up a leafy apple tree as lightly as a little squirrel.

He hid himself behind dense foliage and watched out of the woods.

In front of their house, a half-dozen bull terriers confront a young human man, and Stryff gently walks behind him.

He turned around suddenly, the ornament hanging from his neck shining brightly in the moonlight: "It's amazing. He said.

"I should be the one who said that." Stryff said softly, sizzling, "What are you doing here?" Want to steal, or rob? I should probably report it to the police. ”

"I'm just coming to see." The young man muttered, seemingly unaware of Striff's hostility, "I just moved here a while ago, and maybe you don't know it yet, but I'm Hillenos. Somitre, is a veterinarian. ”

He relaxed his shoulders and lowered his hands naturally: "I'm just curious, sir, you have raised so many bull terriers, I just want to observe, how do you let them live in peace?" ”

Stlev didn't reply, he stared at the man's chest, the ornament he looked familiar to him - a white metallic root tusk.

(To be continued)