374 Stay overnight, in the same room
The soup on the table was reheated, and Zhou Ye asked the kitchen to add a few hot dishes.
Zhou Hongsheng sat down, and Zhou Shen took He Huan to sit opposite him.
At the beginning, no one spoke, and He Huan understood the truth of "food is silent, sleep is silent", so she also chewed what was in her mouth dutifully.
The atmosphere was actually quite awkward, with a huge table and a wide hall, and no one spoke, and everyone was bored eating.
I only heard the sound of the wind blowing bamboo leaves outside the window.
He Huan sat just facing the window, and she occasionally looked up during the gap between eating, and could see the trajectory of clumps of snowflakes falling in the carved grille. The snow seems to be getting denser and denser, and it seems that Yecheng will be frozen overnight tonight.
Soon he heard the wooden door behind him being pushed open, and with a "squeak", He Huan could feel the cold wind blowing in with the cold outside.
"Master, the crab is steamed." The voice of the subordinate.
Zhou Hongsheng picked up the wet towel next to him and wiped his hands, and bowed slightly: "Well, let's divide it." ”
He Huan saw that the next person put a crab on each person's plate, and the remaining few were placed on the table, and each person was given a set of tools for eating crabs, and then the small pot with rice wine was warmed on a low fire, and after all this was done, he withdrew with the empty plate.
"Taste it, it's freshly steamed." Zhou Hongsheng finally raised his eyes and swept He Huan, these words were said to He Huan, and his attitude couldn't tell whether it was cold or warm.
He Huan quickly replied, and then looked at the steamed golden crab on the plate in embarrassment, and the neatly arranged set of stainless steel tools in Fluttershy next to him.
The tools come in all shapes, and they shine coldly.
This is the "Eight Pieces of Crab", and people who are particular about eating crabs use these, He Huan is not unaware.
Shen Mingyue also likes to eat crabs, the Shen family has to steam it for her once a week in the season when the crabs are on the market, and Chen's mother will prepare the sauce and tools for her again, and arrange them on the table in the same way, so she sits down slowly, skillfully and elegantly pries open the crab shell with a tool, picks out the crab meat, and dips the sauce in her mouth with chopsticks......
At this time, He Huan would eat with his head bored, and occasionally when he looked up, he would see the platinum ring and nail polish on Shen Mingyue's finger shining, but He Huan would not touch these things, because it takes too much energy to eat a crab, and in the past ten years of eating at Shen's house, the time it takes her to eat each meal will basically not exceed ten minutes.
Half a bowl of soup, a dish that is easy to solve with a few chopsticks, a small half bowl of rice, eat it in a few bites, and leave the table after eating.
She is not so particular, and she cannot be as particular as Shen Mingyue.
She is incompatible with the Shen family, and she has always known it in her heart.
"What's wrong? Don't like crabs? Zhou Shen saw that He Huan was not moving, and asked beside him.
He Huan immediately shook her head, and picked up the crab on the plate with a reluctant smile, she actually didn't know how to use those tools, her face began to burn, and she could also feel that Zhou Hongsheng's eyes on the other side were paying attention to her.
There are some difficult feelings to ride a tiger, and He Huan knows that his current appearance must be very embarrassing.
"I'll do it." Zhou Shen next to her suddenly took the crab in her hand, skillfully cut off the crab leg with scissors, and then used a silver needle to push out the meat in the leg little by little, and finally knocked the upper shell with a crab hammer a few times, pried it open, and the crab meat inside was picked out with a needle, and then the paste and yellow were dug into the plate with a long-handled spoon......
"The wound on your hand is not healed, you can't touch greasy things."
Zhou Shen coaxed while doing this, and finally put all the crab meat into a vinegar dish, leaving a pile of almost intact crab legs and shells.
"Eat it, it's not good for your stomach if it's cold." He moved the vinegar dish in front of He Huan, his voice was gentle and his smile was obvious.
He Huan's heart was very stuck, looking at the stack of crab meat, he raised his eyes and looked at Zhou Hongsheng opposite.
Zhou Hongsheng was also looking at her.
He Huan immediately lowered his head.
"Thank you!" The voice was already noticeably hoarse.
Zhou Shen smiled: "Thank you, but you can't eat more of this thing." After speaking, he picked up the small pot from the fire and poured most of the cup of rice wine for He Huan.
"After eating the crab and drinking the wine, you can wash away a little bit of the cold quality of the crab meat."
"Hmm." He Huan nodded, and finally raised his head and smiled at Zhou Shen.
These subtle expressions and movements were seen in Zhou Hongsheng's eyes, he put down the small scissors in his hand, and suddenly asked, "How old are you?" ”
"......" He Huan took a mouthful of crab paste in his mouth, and was a little hesitant: "Twenty-two." ”
"Haven't graduated yet?"
"Well, I will graduate in June next year."
"What are your plans after graduation?"
"......" He Huan saw that there were a lot of problems, so he simply put down his chopsticks, "I want to be a music teacher, but it depends on my father's recovery." ”
She had no intention of hiding it, and she knew she couldn't.
Zhou Hongsheng seemed to be quite satisfied with her answer, and glanced at He Huan deeply: "Eat, let's talk after eating." ”
But after eating, Zhou Hongsheng only called Zhou Shen to Lifeng Xuan, He Huan's only son was left in the Jinge, and she was also idle, standing in the corridor at the door to watch the snow.
Sure enough, the snow fell heavily, falling all over the sky, on the tiles, on the rockeries, on the leaves...... In the end, it fell on He Huan.
The temperature dropped very low, fortunately, she had just drunk half a glass of warm rice wine, and there was still some heat on her body, and the snowflakes on her skin quickly melted away, she was not satisfied, and walked out of the corridor a little, so she simply stood outside, without the cover of the corridor, and let the wind and snow blow herself, so that she could stay awake.
He Huan felt that tonight's meal had given him a deeper understanding of the Zhou family.
Although Zhou Hongsheng and the people in the house did not have a bad attitude towards her, she really understood what "class" was.
In the past, she just felt out of place in the Shen family, but she never felt inferior and self-abandoned, but the Zhou family made her feel the distance between classes.
This is completely different from the Shen Mansion, although the Shen Mansion is luxurious, but after all, it lacks a little heritage and momentum, but it is different here, everyone here and every tile is full of confidence, that kind of elegant and convergent confidence, but it is just right to keep a sense of distance from you, and always remind you that you are not all the way with them.
"Miss He, come in and have a cup of tea, it's cold outside." Zhou Ye came over with tea and fruits, and saw He Huan standing outside the corridor in a daze.
He Huan hurriedly dusted off the snow on his body and followed him into the house.
"Thank you."
"No thanks, the young master should talk for a while, and I will have someone come and pick you up after the talk."
"Take me? Where to? ”
"Go see the master, the master should have something to tell you."
“……”
He Huan began to fidget because of this sentence, she felt that Zhou Hongsheng definitely didn't like herself, she could see it from his dark eyes, but surprisingly, Zhou Shen came back half an hour later, and there were still snow particles on the shoulders and backs of his coat.
"Let's go." He went to take He Huan's hand when he entered the door.
"Where to go? See your father? ”
"No, go to my bedroom."
"Huh?"
"It's snowing too much outside, sleep here tonight."
"Huh?" He Huan was surprised, "Is this the end?" ”
"What?"
"......" He Huan didn't answer any further, and he couldn't directly ask Zhou Hongsheng why he suddenly didn't talk to her again.
Zhou Shen's bedroom is in another building, and he needs to bypass Qinfang Pond.
When he came to pick up He Huan, he didn't hold an umbrella, but the snow outside was getting heavier and heavier, so he could only wrap his hands around He Huan, so that her face could be warmed up against his coat.
Zhou Hongsheng's bedroom is opposite Qinfang Pond, and he was standing in front of the window with a cup of hot tea at this time, and he just saw a pair of figures walking by the pool in the wind and snow, one tall and one short, and the two were very close to each other.
"Zhou Ye, why do you say Ah Shen did this? Just for such a little girl, is it worth it? ”
"It's worth it or not, but there's one thing... Master, I think the young master is really moved this time. ”
"Tempted?" Zhou Hongsheng turned around with the teacup, "Where can you see that he is tempted?" ”
"Looks, movements. When do you think the young master will personally hand it over? He has been delicate since he was a child, and even the fruits were all peeled and cut and served to him, but today he actually opened a crab for the girl with his own hands......"
Scold... Zhou Hongsheng also felt incredible at the time.
"This girl looks ignorant, but it shouldn't be easy to make Ah Shen do this to her."
"Then sir, you are preparing ......"
Zhou Hongsheng's eyes narrowed, and the light gradually dimmed.
"Ah Shen has already made it clear to me just now, let's do it first, since he has his own plans, I don't care about it for the time being."
Zhou Ye paused, and didn't squeak.
"Okay, I slept, and I felt very tired when I got older." Zhou Hongsheng put the teacup in his hand on the table, turned around and went back to the room.
Zhou Ye glanced at the cup of tea, didn't move, and Teng Teng smoked the heat.
Zhou Shen took He Huan into a room, closed the door instantly, and the wind and snow were blocked by the door, and he also followed in.
He Huan was stunned, he slept alone in another room in the villa before.
"I'm afraid we'll have to share the same room tonight, or the people in the house will gossip." Zhou Shen understood the expression on He Huan's face, and probably explained.
He is right, since he is married, how can there be a reason to sleep in separate beds.
Although He Huan felt very embarrassed, she was also sensible.
Looking up at the suite, there was a desk and bookshelves outside, and a bedroom inside.
The two walked in, and a large sour branch wooden bed was in front of them, the cover was neatly packed, and incense was still burning on the small table next to it, and white mist overflowed from the incense burner, mixed with the dark orange light overhead.
Emma...... There's only one bed.
He Huan held his fingers, and his eyes didn't dare to look at the bed.
"You go take a shower first." Zhou Shen took off his coat and hung it on the shelf.
He Huan's back stiffened, and the whole person seemed to be frozen, from his face to the roots behind his ears.
Zhou Shen saw He Huan standing still in front of the bed, and felt strange, so he went over and patted her on the shoulder: "Go take a bath, the clothes on your body are wet, otherwise how will you sleep for a while?" ”
As a result, as soon as these words came out, He Huan ran away, like a rabbit.
Zhou Shen frowned, thinking what was wrong with this girl? It's weird, but when his eyes are fixed on that bed, he seems to understand all of a sudden, and he doesn't feel bored.
Looks like this snow shouldn't have fallen!