11 (eleven)
The two didn't go to the restaurant they wanted to go to, although the time was a little early, but watching the sea and eating seafood was also a pleasure, Huo Qiang proposed to drive the car to a seafood stall near the sea.
The shop is not big, only a few tables but the shop is decorated by the boss with a unique flavor, all kinds of fishing gear are scattered and hung on the wall, a few glass tanks filled with seawater are raised with live fish and crabs, a wok and a steaming partition are put aside.
Z once had a wish, that is, there was a thatched hut standing by the sea, and he was born by going out early and returning to fishing at night, and the small shop in front of him had this warm feeling, which made Ling Xue like it very much now.
Huo Qiang looked for a seat with ease, and then shouted to the busy boss: "Boss, what did you catch today?"
The chubby boss stepped forward with a smile and replied, "Today's clams are very fresh and big!"
Huo Qiang nodded, looked at the simple menu on the table, and then said to the fat boss: "One pound of clams! half steamed and half roasted! A plate of spicy fried sea melon seeds! Two cups of sea urchin and crab roe porridge!
"Okay!" replied the fat boss with a smile.
"Crystal Jelly?" Ling Xue asked with some curiosity, "Jelly?"
After Huo Qiang took out two pairs of chopsticks from the chopsticks, he handed them to Ling Xue and said, "Sell them first! But I can tell you that this dish is the signature dish here! After you come up, you will know what is called delicious in the world!"
Saying that the spicy fried sea melon seeds have been served, I have to say that the seafood here is very authentic, the master of this dish often can't grasp the heat well, either too raw or too old, but the boss of this dish does it very well, the spicy taste does not rob the sweetness of the sea melon seeds, the thin meat melts in the mouth, the soup leaves a fragrance in the mouth, and Ling Xue is looking forward to the so-called signature dish.
A gust of sea breeze blew, with the smell of salty seawater and the aroma of steamed seafood, Ling Xue took a sip of cold beer and looked at the busy fat boss comfortably.
"Facing the sea, spring flowers are blooming!" Ling Xue said with a knowing smile.
Huo Qiang pursed his lips and smiled, naturally picked up a piece of paper, handed it to Ling Xue's lips, gently wiped it, and said dotingly: "Little gluttonous cat!
Ling Xue's expression was stunned, looking at Huo Qiang, the bright eyes under the golden wire glasses were as dazzling as the sun, so that Ling Xue couldn't help but turn her face sideways, Huo Qiang stuffed the paper in his hand into Ling Xue's hand without any discomfort, Ling Xue tightened the tissue in her hand, and smiled lightly at the corner of her mouth. Maybe it's the surroundings that are too beautiful and give me the illusion.
Thinking about the plate of signature dishes that Ling Xue was looking forward to on the table, the brown crystal balls looked very slippery.
Huo Qiang picked up one and sent it to Ling Xue's plate and said, "Taste it!"
Gladly accept to send one, take a bite, with a faint salty taste but incomparably sweet, the bite in the mouth is very Q very elastic, especially with a grain of seafood meat that I don't know what it is, this dish is worthy of being the signature dish of the house.
"Brother Qiang, what are the grains in here?"
"Sandworms!"
"What!" Ling Xue screamed, "It's something in the sea sand!"
Huo Qiang nodded and said, "It tastes good!"
Ling Xue gritted her teeth and glared at Huo Qiang angrily, Huo Qiang continued to eat the dishes on the table leisurely, not afraid of Ling Xue's cannibalistic gaze at all.
At this time, there was a beautiful ringtone of "shalala" in the bag behind him, Ling Xue took a deep breath and took out her mobile phone, and the caller ID was Ling Feng.
"Brother!" Ling Xue shouted.
"Xiaoxue, where are you?" Ling Feng's voice was a little anxious.
"Eat seafood with Brother Qiang!" Ling Xue said as she looked at Huo Qiang, who was eating vegetables with his head down, and the latter lowered his head and couldn't see his expression.
"Listen, go home right now!" Ling Feng ordered without allowing Ling Xue to refute.
Ling Xue snorted softly and said, "Brother, has the person who spies on me back in the game?"
"I'll explain this to you when I get home! Now you go home quickly!" Ling Feng demanded in a strong tone.
Worried that X will mistreat him? It's really salty and eating radishes and worrying lightly! X is not a cat or a dog, if he really wants his own life, even if you Ling Feng sends ten plainclothes to protect himself, it will be useless. Besides, it's not a mission, with X's temperament, he doesn't care about his own life at all, even if he gives his photo to the police, he won't blink, can he be arrested if he has a photo?
"I refuse!" Ling Xue said with a bit of anger and hung up the phone.
Huo Qiang, who was on the side, saw that Ling Xue's tone was not good, and asked with concern, "What's the matter?"
"It's okay!" Ling Xue replied.
"Is it really okay!" Huo Qiang's words were a question, but his tone was very affirmative.
Ling Xue let out a long breath, she didn't know why she was upset, she took a deep breath and said, "The gang-related group sent someone to spy on me! My brother knew but didn't tell me! I don't know why I had an indescribable feeling! It made me feel very annoyed!"
Huo Qiang laughed and replied, "This little thing?"
"A trifle?"
Huo Qiang nodded and said, "Well, maybe he has his own reasons!"
"Reason?" Ling Xue asked rhetorically.
"That's right, for example, I don't want you to be terrified when you find out!" Huo Qiang replied.
If a normal person knew that he was being targeted by a certain killer, he would definitely live like a year! The irritability in Ling Xue's heart suddenly disappeared after hearing this again, and EQ smiled a little low and said to Huo Qiang: "You mean I overreacted! Then should I make a phone call to apologize?"
Huo Qiang shook his head and replied: "There's no need for that! You just think that you are not trusted by your relatives! And ......"
Huo Qiang paused, put down the chopsticks in his hand, gently held Ling Xue's hand and said, "Blood is thicker than water, your brother doesn't care about this at all! Don't look at him who is often busy with work, in fact, he cares about you very much in his heart." ”
There was a sweet feeling in her heart, Ling Xue smiled lightly, dear! This word is equal to blank for herself, and this feeling of being loved by others is also very strange to herself! For the first time, since she has the emotion of wanting to protect all this, he in front of her, him on the other end of the phone, and her at home!
Every time she closes her eyes at night, Ling Xue asks herself, she has enough money, why not choose a place to start over, ignore the damn agreement with Jon, no longer stain everything before, Z with bloody hands has already given his life as compensation, why does she still have to keep that agreement for others? But at this moment, she is very sure that she needs to sacrifice the lives of those three people in exchange for the people she wants to protect.
At this moment, Huo Qiang's phone rang, Huo Qiang looked at the screen, shrugged helplessly, and said, "Your brother, I'm afraid I'll let me take you home!"
Ling Xue smiled, the knot in her heart that had been untied all along, she wanted to protect everything now, instead of leaving incognito with a cowardly name, so she had to protect all this by any means.
Huo Qiang picked up the phone and said, "Okay! I'll take her home right away!" Okay...... Good...... See you soon!"
Hanging up the phone, Ling Xue picked up her bag and followed Huo Qiang to the side of the car without saying much.