Gu Zhen frowned and took it into his hand.

There was silence in the carriage for a long time, Gu Zhi stared at the black and white letters, and the knuckles of his fingers were pinched a little white. His expression was obscure.

In the days of the Du family, I temporarily avoided the disturbances outside, especially living in the antique garden, which made people feel that life was back to basics all of a sudden.

Because Du Zixuan pestered Dai to make food for her, Dai Cheng thought that it was nothing to do anyway, so he agreed.

I just wanted to make some desserts at will, but I didn't expect that the Du family's kitchen was equipped with all kinds of equipment, and the ingredients were all available.

First, I made Du Zixuan's favorite osmanthus banana toast and walnut crisp, then baked bird's nest egg tart, strawberry cheese pie, peanut butter sandwich waffles, and made a small bowl of beautiful crystal rose pudding by the way.

When Dai walked out of the kitchen. In the living room, Du Zixuan ignored the crumbs of egg tarts on her lips, and angrily fought with Du Zihao, who was about to snatch her pudding.

Du Zihao had just returned from school, and the schoolbag on his shoulder had not had time to take off before he crawled to the dining table, his mouth seemed to be chewing walnut crisp, and he and Du Zixuan competed for the glass bowl containing the crystal rose pudding.

Fan Guangyuan, who was watching the battle from the sidelines, took advantage of the stalemate between the two to quietly stretch out his finger, poke the pudding, and then quickly retracted his finger and wanted to put it in his mouth and suck it.

"Grandpa! Steal again! Dai Zhi stopped Fan Guangyuan in time, wiped his fingers with a tissue, and put the snack specially prepared for him in front of him: "Oh, this is for you." ”

A small plate painted with orchids is filled with sugar-free biscuits in various forms of orchids. Small and delicate, with a scent. Next to the plate, there is a steaming cup of tartary buckwheat tea - also specially prepared considering that he is a diabetic, which has the effect of lowering blood sugar.

Fan Guangyuan smiled and took Dai Bei's hand: "Xiuxiu, I haven't tasted your craftsmanship for a long time, and I miss it very much." ”

"Hmm." Dai Zhi gently patted the back of Fan Guangyuan's dry hand with his backhand, and smiled calmly: "Grandpa likes it." ”

"Du Zihao! Are you a beggar who has been hungry for three days?! ”

Du Zixuan shouted angrily, and Dai waited for the prestige to pass, only to find that the battle between their sister and brother ended with Du Zixuan's defeat. Not only that, but even the two egg tarts and three waffles that were originally left on the table also went down to Du Zihao's stomach.

"Sister-in-law......" After Du Zixuan glanced at the biscuits on Fan Guangyuan's plate, she stared at Dai Zhi with a blank eye, her tone was full of pleading, with a little coquettishness: "Sister-in-law." Not enough to eat at all......"

"Yes, sister-in-law, is there anything else? The eldest brother hasn't come back yet, and he must want to eat it too. Du Zihao spoke ominously.

Du Zixuan squinted and despised Du Zihao: "Obviously, you want to eat it yourself, don't use the eldest brother as an excuse." ”

Du Zihao snorted, ignored Du Zixuan, and stared at Dai Zhi with expectant eyes and praised: "Sister-in-law, what you made." It's the best in the world! ”

If Du Ziteng looks like Du Junru and Du Zixuan looks like Fan Meilin, then Du Zihao's appearance is a perfect combination of Du Junru's handsomeness and Fan Meilin's softness.

He was only in the fourth grade of elementary school, and he still had some baby fat left on his face. But it does not affect his initial appearance as a handsome guy. The hair is black and shiny, the skin is white and moist, and at first glance it looks like a child from a wealthy family.

Looking at his serious expression at this time, somehow, Dai Zhi suddenly remembered Xiao Gu Yi.

What will her child look like when she grows up to Du Zihao's age?

Will you heartily say to her, "Mom's cooking is the best in the world!" ”

Will he also be coquettish to her: "Mom, just let me taste a little more, Xiao Gu Yi promises, it's really only a little, a little!" ”

His heart was slightly sour, and he lowered his black eyelashes to cover his lacquered eyes, and quickly raised his head again, naturally changing his helpless expression, "Okay." ”

As she spoke, she turned around and walked into the kitchen, and the cheers of Du Zixuan and Du Ziteng came from behind her, although Fan Guangyuan didn't know why, he also laughed with the two of them.

The water steamed buns have a sweet taste and a smooth taste; The mango pancake is crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, coated with fresh cream, which is very delicious; The sugar is not sprinkled with crushed peanuts and sesame seeds, and the flavor is overflowing, awakening the stomach but not greasy, nutritious and delicious.

Du Zixuan and Du Zihao's combat effectiveness was stronger than Dai Zhi imagined, and they ate all the things she originally planned to leave for supper and tomorrow, but they saved all the dinner.

When Du Zihao came back, he smelled the aroma and followed the dining table to the table, and saw Du Zixuan and Du Zihao sitting in the chair with their limbs wide open.

"What is this?" He asked, pointing to the only small pancake-like thing left on the plate.

Du Zixuan touched her bulging belly and said lazily: "Sister-in-law made flying cakes." ”

Wear to do?

Du Ziteng's gaze fell back on the flying cake. The golden skin is soft and smooth, layered, and the fragrance is rich, and it looks very attractive.

happened to be a little hungry, Du Ziteng grabbed the take-off cake casually, dipped it in a small plate of curry sauce on the side, and then put it in his mouth.

Crispy and firm, the cake layer seems to be sandwiched with ground beef, egg slices, onions, potatoes, etc., and the taste is refreshing but not greasy.

Damn, it's so delicious?!

Du Ziteng suddenly realized a problem.

Although he had always known that Dai was studying cooking in France, it was the first time he had eaten what she cooked. In the past, she only thought that Miss Dai was idle and bored to pass the time in the cooking class, but she never expected that she had really learned two brushes.

"Where's she?"

Du Zixuan hiccuped and pointed to the back garden: "I took my grandfather out for a walk." ”

The cold weather of many days of haze was finally dispelled today, and the sun was shining all day, and at the beginning of spring, when the temperature was still a little low, it did not play much of a role in keeping warm, but just added a comfort to the mood.

At dusk, on the blue bricks and red tiles, the red face of the setting sun was cut into several parts by the uneven height of the depressed branches not far away, and slowly sank.

Looking at everything that was lightly gilded, he curled up in the rocking chair with half-squinted eyes, as if drowsy, as if he was frozen, motionless.

Suddenly, because of the movement of the sun, the glass of a window happened to reflect a beam of light and shine into her eyes.

Dai Zhi's black pupils shrank, and subconsciously raised his hand to block it, only to find that his body was already a little frozen and stiff - the water pavilion was ventilated on all sides, and the rocking chair was used to cool off in summer, and now in late winter and early spring, it is not suitable to sit here for too long.

Dai waits to know. The reason why she sits here is because the scenery here is wide, and the wide field of view makes it easier for people to gallop their thoughts, and the cold temperature is more likely to stimulate mental concentration.

When you think about things when you look into the distance, your thoughts will always become much clearer.

After two days in Du's house, she deliberately cut off contact with the outside world. She had no way of knowing how she would react when she disappeared, but he must have been looking for her.

In fact, there are only a few places she can go. If you look for it seriously, you should think of her in the Du family. So, because he was afraid of the Du family, he didn't blatantly look for it, or did he look for it, but he was blocked back by the people of the Du family.

Either way, it's almost time for her to show up.

The emotions are pretty much cleaned up. She figured it out, maybe she did still have an old love for Gu Qian, but she believed that her previous fear was only because she loved too deeply and had too many ties in the past, so it was inevitable that she couldn't resist it for a while.

She shouldn't forget her original intention of coming back to Rongcheng, and she shouldn't forget the most important thing she wanted to do when she came back to Rongcheng.

Xiao Gu Yi, it's Xiao Gu Yi......

Spread out the palm of his hand, the little broken gold that fell from the palm of his hand, and Dai Zhi's tense expression eased slightly.

"! I've never seen such a strange person as you. If you don't stay indoors, you have to blow the cold wind outside! It's just a matter of blowing the cold wind yourself, what are you doing with my grandfather? ”

A steaming glass of milk abruptly landed on the stone table in front of Dai, interrupting her thoughts.

In an instant, Du Ziteng shrank his neck and rubbed his hands, and sat diagonally opposite her.

When the smoke cleared, her eyes were clear.

"No, thank you."

Dai waited to stare straight at the milk, stating the facts with a blank face.

"Give you face, shameless." Du Ziteng breathed into his hand to warm up, and gave Dai a nostril to the sky.

So in the next second, the arrow-like gaze from the opposite side "swished" towards him. And obviously it was not a real thing, Du Ziteng still felt as if he had really been shot by countless sharp arrows, and he was suddenly excited.

Raising his eyes and seeing Dai Zhi's gaze, which was colder than this, he immediately decided to plug the next provocation in his throat.

Women, turning their faces is faster than turning a book. It's only been two days, and she seems to have returned to her previous state of thorny snarkyness.

Dai took the milk again, held the cup in his hand, and immediately, his palm warmed.

Seeing this, Du Ziteng hummed in his heart - a good hot milk was poured into her hand warmer.

After a while, seeing that Du Ziteng was still sitting leisurely, Dai Zhi frowned: "Aren't you too cold?" ”

"Do you think you're a hostess after two days?" Du Ziteng was also a little dissatisfied: "This is my home, where do I like to sit, can you control it?" ”

He deliberately raised his chin and shouted loudly, assuming a macho posture, which Dai Zhi only thought was funny, and flicked him a habitual sarcastic smile lightly, then looked away and refocused his gaze back on the front.

Among the flowers in front of him, Fan Guangyuan's slightly rickety back swayed twice, then turned around and smiled at Dai Zhi from afar.

Although she couldn't hear what Fan Guangyuan was saying because of the distance, it was easy to judge from the familiar mouth shape that the first two words were called "Xiuxiu".

Dai Zhi replied with a quiet smile, and asked Du Ziteng curiously: "Who is the 'Xiuxiu' that your grandfather always talks about?" Your grandmother? ”

"Grandpa, be careful! Don't fall! After Du Ziteng said a loud admonition to Fan Guangyuan, he replied: "Maybe, in fact, I don't know." After my grandfather suffered from Alzheimer's disease, that's it. ”

After a pause, he added, "Who it is, does it matter?" He can be happy and call him whatever he likes. ”

When he said this, Dai Zhi didn't ask any more questions, after all, it was a family affair of the Du family.

But......

Dai Zhi smiled and looked at Fan Guangyuan, who was walking back towards the water pavilion step by step, his red lips opened lightly, and his voice was rare and soft: "Du Ziteng, I like your family very much." ”

Du Ziteng was stunned for a moment, and turned his head to look at Dai Zhi.

Her gaze was soft from the heart, and the smile on her face was different from the usual perfunctory, and the faint afterglow of the setting sun hit the side of her face, flashing with a shallow brilliance, which made him feel dazzling for a moment.

"Xiuxiu, look at me picking a flower for you."

Fan Guangyuan, who walked back to the water pavilion, didn't seem to see his own grandson at all, and walked straight to Dai Bei, showing the spring flowers in his hand as if offering treasures.

A small branch, embellished with two or three flowers, tender and lovely.

"Thank you, grandpa."

Dai Zhi thanked happily and stretched out his hand to take it, but Fan Guangyuan retracted his hand, "Xiuxiu, let me pin it for you." When you don't get on it, you can always rejoice all day. ”

Dai was stunned, and then agreed with a smile: "Okay." ”

As she spoke, she took two steps closer to Fan Guangyuan and turned her head slightly.

Feeling Fan Guangyuan's fingers moving in his ear, after a few seconds, Fan Guangyuan stared at Dai Zhi with bright eyes, "Xiuxiu, people are more delicate than flowers." ”

The text is crepe, and it has a bit of a hint of ** between lovers.

Dai Zhi glanced at Du Ziteng quietly, and teased Du Ziteng silently with his eyes: It seems that your grandfather used this trick to pick up girls when he was young. Female soil anti-blood.

Her glance made Du Ziteng, who had just come back to his senses, stunned again.

The water in her dark eyes flowed, reflecting the spring color of the garden, and the small yellow flowers lined the sideburns of her ears, showing the indescribable beauty between her eyebrows and eyes, and the beautiful posture that could not be concealed.

The mobile phone in his pocket suddenly rang, Du Ziteng glanced at it, didn't answer, and handed the mobile phone directly to Dai Zhi: "Looking for you." This is the third pass of the day. ”

Dai Zhihu took it suspiciously, and caught a glimpse of Gu Zhi's name displayed on the screen.

As if in order not to affect her talking on the phone, Du Ziteng pulled Fan Guangyuan and walked away a few steps.

Dai waited for a moment and opened the answer button: "Gu Qian." ”

After the two words came out, there was no sound on the other end.

Only the faint airflow belonging to Gu Zhen was left in the airwaves, which were attached to her ears, and the sense of presence was particularly strong, giving her an illusion, as if this moment would spread endlessly.

Such an unexplained quietness, as the time lengthened minute by minute, became more and more depressing, gently stirring Dai Zhi's heart, and clearly felt the invisible pressure on Gu Zhi's emotions.

It seems that her disappearance made him angry.

Dai Zhi was thinking about it, and at the other end, Gu Zhi's low voice sounded: "I've had enough, I'll come back to work in the restaurant tomorrow." ”

Dai Cheng opened his lips and wanted to answer, however, the call had already been ended by Gu Qian.

He......

Dai Zhi rubbed his brow in annoyance - his temper was much bigger than before.

On the table, the glass of milk was still there.

By the time you hold the cup, the temperature is long gone.

Dai waited to drink the cold milk in one gulp, then turned and walked out of the water pavilion.

Actually, she really hates drinking milk.

I don't know if the news faded too quickly, or if the public relations of the TK Group was particularly powerful, and the blood spilling incident did not seem to have a great impact on the 10th Caprice, Dai went to the restaurant to find out that the next day, Caprice opened as usual.

Leaning against the door of the staff lounge, watching the guests in the restaurant quietly entangled, looking at the smiles on the children's faces, the corners of Dai Bei's lips couldn't help but curl.

"Alexa," Jeff said with a smile as he returned from his rounds, "welcome back." ”

This time, I didn't use veneers.

Dai Zhi thought secretly in his heart, and lightly touched his hand: "I'm sorry, Jeff, on the first day of opening, I, the head chef, fell off the chain." ”

"It's okay, take care of your personal affairs so that you can concentrate on returning to work."

Hearing this, Dai Zhi joked: "You...... Are you sarcastic about me? ”

"Pimples?" Jeff furrowed his brow in confusion, and suddenly leaned closer to Dai Bei's face, and looked at him carefully: "Alexa, your skin is in good condition, no acne. ”

Dai was stunned for a moment, and the next second he realized that he had misheard her voice, and couldn't help grinning twice.

Jeff hooked his lips, "Alexa, you look better when you smile." ”

As he spoke, he put his hands on Dai Bei's shoulders, turned her around, and then pushed her inside: "You came back just in time, there are some details about the restaurant I want to discuss with you." ”

Dai's learning in France was biased towards Western food, and she liked to study children's catering in private, so she had enough confidence and practical solutions to provide Gu Zhi with the last time.

Because of this, in the design of the interior decoration of the restaurant, Gu Zhen has also made some adjustments according to Dai Zhi's opinions - parent-child restaurant, focusing on children, children's senses are more important than adults' senses, and children's factors should be fully considered in the details, such as children's seats, children's sinks, children's urinals, children's non-slip floors, rounded tables and chairs, etc.

Also, the theme color of the restaurant should be warm colors to reflect the atmosphere of joy, dreams and fantasy. And in the restaurant, a special children's activity area or game area should be set up, and the combination of dynamic area and quiet area can make children better play and eat in the restaurant.

Xu discovered Dai's research in this area, and when assigning restaurant duties, in addition to the difference between chef and sous chef, she and Jeff also focused on children's dishes and adults' dishes respectively.

Although they are responsible for each other, they still need to understand and cooperate with each other. Children's menus and children's menus should be provided for children, and the children's color of the restaurant should be highlighted. While paying attention to children's nutrition, adults' sense of satiety and value when eating should also be taken into account.

So, on the first day of work at Caprice, Dai stayed in the lounge at the back with Jeff instead of going into the kitchen, exchanging their professional ideas.

"Alexa, I'm sorry." Jeff suddenly apologized with a serious expression, "Before, in fact, I had a little doubt about your ability in my heart. ”

Dai Zhi shrugged disappreciatively: "It's okay, it's understandable. ”

Any normal person, when they don't understand it at first, will have doubts about her ability.

Jeff's expression was even more sarcastic, and he explained to himself a little: "No way, on the first day I came here, I found that you and Mr. Gu had an ambiguous relationship, haha, hahaha." ”

Hearing him mention Gu Qian, Dai Zhi felt a little compassion in his heart.

Today, I haven't seen Gu Qian......

On the phone call yesterday, he coldly asked her to come to work in the restaurant, and after that, he never contacted her again.

I thought he would come to the restaurant today, but I didn't see him.

How angry is he?

On the first day of work, she didn't have anything to do, so after chatting with Jeff, she saw that the time was about the same, and she left work first.

At some point, the misty drizzle began to fall, and the sky at five o'clock in the evening came up with a dull twilight, but it had not yet darkened rapidly in the middle of winter, so that one could give the illusion that time passed very slowly.

On both sides of the road were dense woods, polished to grow more freely in the dripping rain, and Dai Zhi stood at the door for a moment in a bit of a distraction, about to stretch out his hand to stop the car.

Across the road, a familiar figure opened the door and got out of the car from the extended Lincoln.

Dressed in white and black pants, his posture is clear and compelling, giving people a strong sense of distance. Gu Zhen stood motionless, with Matthew beside him, helping him hold a black umbrella.

His gaze was cast calmly, and his eyes were so deep and unfathomable that it was impossible to distinguish his emotions.

Across the road, Dai waited to look at him silently.

Soon, a car cut off the two men's gaze.

When Dai waited to gaze again, Gu Zhen's figure was no longer there, and the car door had just closed.

Immediately, the car drove away slowly.

Dai Zhi's heart couldn't help but chuckle.

Saddened, she returned to the apartment where she lived with Slender, and as soon as she entered the door, her keen nose sensed a faint familiar smell in the air in the living room.

As if to confirm her thoughts, the thought flashed through her as a slight footstep slowly approached her behind her, and finally stood behind her. When you come, don't get tired of it:.

The next second, a pair of hands reached over her shoulders and gently blocked her eyes, "Guess who I am?" ”

The familiar voice is no longer over the phone, with a mature masculine flavor, really entering her ears, which is more reassuring and good-sounding.

Her nose was sour for a moment, and tears filled her eyes without her permission.

All her reactions were obviously silent, but the other party immediately caught that something was wrong, and jumped in front of her with an arrow step: "Fool, what are you crying about?" ”

Dai waited to look at the familiar face dangling in front of him, and the hanging golden bean really slipped out, and then hugged the man who was a head taller than her.

The other party's body stiffened suddenly, feeling the unusual excitement transmitted by the person in his arms, the corners of his lips gradually curled out of the arc of his heart, and then slowly stretched out his arms and hugged Dai Zhi back, with joy and trembling in his soft voice that even he couldn't control.

"Dai wait, I'm back........."

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