Chapter 343: Home Plate
*This chapter is also known as "Home Run Booster"
On August 31, the day before the start of school, the temperature dropped a little low.
But Zhang Zhengkai still drank a bottle of Sprite, which was very icy.
He bought the bottle of Sprite at the entrance of the alley of Xiao Yao's grandmother's house, which was bottled in a glass bottle, and he needed to use a beer bottle cap driver to open the cap, and he had to return the bottle after drinking.
Zhang Zhengkai likes to drink this kind of glass bottle drink, and he is full of gas.
He is particularly fond of the water droplets that condense on the outside of glass bottles like morning dew, just like the patterns on advertisements.
The boy craned his neck and finished the bottle of Sprite in two breaths, stopping in the middle to expel carbon dioxide, which took only seven or eight seconds in total.
Comfortable.
He wanted to hold up the empty bottle and say to the shopkeeper: "Crystal bright, cool through the heart, Sprite." β
But he wouldn't do such an ear-nose thing.
Zhang Zhengkai slammed the empty bottle on the glass table of the commissary and burped again.
The shopkeeper: "Young man, another bottle?" β
Zhang Zhengkai turned around and walked towards the depths of the alley, raised his right hand, and waved at the proprietress with the back of his hand, leaving only a chic and bohemian back.
Bohemian and uninhibited, Zhang Zhengkai knew in his heart that he was trapped by obsession.
The teenager hung the headphones back on his head.
"Do you know that missing someone is like drinking a glass of ice-cold water, and then for a long, long time, one by one, condenses into tears......
Zhang Zhengkai walked to an intersection in the alley, turned into it with a familiar car, and stood in the shadow of an awning.
The alley where Xiao Yao lives has two entrances and exits.
However, no matter which entrance or exit you take, you will definitely pass through this place.
As long as he doesn't nap, he won't miss it.
Probably.
"Do you know that forgetting a person is like appreciating a cruel beauty; Then in a very small voice, tell yourself to be strong and face ......"
Zhang Zhengkai shook his head and listened to the voice of Jinggangshan flowing out of the headphones, and couldn't help but hum softly: "Do you know ~ Do you know ~ Do you know ~ Do you know ~~~"
Then he slammed his mouth shut.
In case Shen Jie and someone else heard it, wouldn't it be a surprise to the snake.
Zhang Zhengkai raised his head and looked at the window on the second floor with big eyes.
The curtains are pulled back and can be seen through the clear glass windows...... When you see a ghost, you can only see a statue of Jesus that has been literally "shelved".
Zhang Zhengkai is here for the fourth time, the last time the curtain was pulled, and the last time it was also open.
There are all kinds of indications that the two of them live here, at least there are people living here.
The boy let out a long sigh.
"Do you know, do you know, do you know the taste of loneliness, loneliness is because of who you miss......"
Zhang Zhengkai took off his headphones with some irritability, and then turned off his Walkman.
Two days ago, I went to Xiahai Temple to meditate, and met a master named "Shi Hui", and opened him a few sentences.
The master said that there are eight sufferings in life, which are called "birth, old age, sickness, death, love and separation, hatred for a long time, and resentment and resentment".
At this time, I fell into the two sufferings of "love parting" and "not begging", and I can't help but say that the pain is unspeakable.
Zhang Zhengkai followed what Master said, and began to imagine what Shen Jie would look like a hundred years later.
No matter how beautiful and charming a woman is, after a hundred years, she is just a dry bone.
Zhang Zhengkai closed his eyes and deeply imagined what Shen Jie would look like a hundred years later. On the canvas of his mind, a bleak picture appeared: it was a shriveled skeleton, the white bones clearly visible, like ancient teeth, neatly arranged. The once plump face was now gone, leaving only the remnants of skin on the skull, pale and shriveled.
Shen Jie's long hair also faded under the ravages of the years and turned into dust in the wind. The eye sockets under the skull, once bright and bright, are now just hollow. A hundred years of vicissitudes have deprived her of all her appearance and vitality, leaving behind only a ruthless skeleton, as if silently telling the fragility and transience of life.
Zhang Zhengkai deeply felt the fragility and impermanence of life, and the master's "unbelievable" and "love parting" were more deeply engraved in his heart at this moment. He silently prayed, hoping that Shen Jie could cherish the time in this life and leave no regrets, because in a hundred years, everything will be a thing of the past, and only a handful of lifeless dry bones will remain.
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But even if she turns into dry bones, she's still very cute.
Grass, I'm really hopeless, Zhang Zhengkai thought.
We must get rid of "self-grasping......
A short, short-haired girl walked past Shi Shiran at the intersection of the alley, and Zhang Zhengkai's whole heart lifted.
When he could see the girl's face clearly, he retracted, half disappointed and half relieved, under the awning.
Thinking about it, the first time (it didn't feel like) was very far away, it seemed like it was just yesterday.
Zhang Zhengkai recalled that the ball, which was in a ...... The lights are on at night.
Well, it's kind of an upper-class prom.
It's the first encounter between the two of them, is it an encounter? First encounter, whatever.
At that time, I was sitting in the corner of the prom, drinking a glass of '82 Sprite, watching her dance alone in the middle of the dance floor.
Look at her with her eyes closed, like a lonely note.
In Zhang Zhengkai's imagination, he was on the empty street, counting her messy steps......
A group of male and female urchins laughed loudly and ran noisily in front of Zhang Zhengkai, interrupting his fantasy time.
It's really annoying.
One of the little girls threw him a wary and strange look, as if she were looking at a bad guy.
Brother, I'm not a bad person, Zhang Zhengkai thought.
He squeezed out a warm smile to the little girl, but the guy turned around and ran away.
Cut, really.
In short, let's just say, the feeling of liking someone for the first time, the throbbing of youth and ignorance, even if I recall it now, I can empathize with it, as if it is right in front of me, I can feel the warmth of the melting, and people can't help but smile.
Thinking back to herself, or rather, her current situation, the corners of Zhang Zhengkai's mouth couldn't help but droop again.
Sadness, against the current into a river.
A skinny old gentleman with glasses drove past Zhang Zhengkai on a beat-up bicycle, the wheels pressing against the upturned stone slabs, making a noise.
Zhang Zhengkai couldn't figure it out and couldn't understand Shen Jie's choice.
In terms of appearance, he is much more beautiful than that Xiao Yao, and in terms of figure...... I still have a lot of potential, in terms of family background, there is nothing to say, in terms of talent and humor, I am also far ahead.
In short, let's just say that apart from being a little taller and older, he Xiao Yao has nothing to compare with himself.
What kind of charm does he have - to be able to make Xiao Shen Jie so desperate, not just to fall in love and have fun, but for him to be willing to turn his face with his father, run away from home, and live in his house.
Blind! The brain went into the water of the West Lake!
Why West Lake? Forget it, it doesn't matter.
Thinking of this, Zhang Zhengkai couldn't help but complain about his father and Shen Hongsheng, especially Shen Hongsheng.
Shen Hongsheng actually gave up like this, which Zhang Zhengkai didn't expect.
It's not that I've given up on this family matter, but I've given up on ...... His daughter?
Even though he knew where his daughter was, he didn't send anyone to look for it.
What else do you say, "It's going to rain, my daughter is going to get married, let her go"?
Friends help, are you such a father?
In fact, when he first learned that Shen Jie went to the Dongqi summer camp incognito, Zhang Zhengkai immediately decided to go over to arrest people.
As a result, he was locked in the house by his father.
Dad even threatened that if he went to find the Shen family's girl again, he would break his legs.
Since the parents of both sides have this attitude, of course, the marriage is a complete failure.
Zhang Zhengkai lost the last shred of "legitimacy".
But in all fairness, his father is already benevolent to himself.
How many fathers in the world promote such a big marriage in order to satisfy the childish wish of a son, a son who is a junior high school student?
Zhang Zhengkai knew that he had no reason to blame his father anymore.
If you want to blame, you can only blame Shen Jie's confusion and willfulness, she is still young after all.
And that Xiao Yao.
Zhang Zhengkai is not a saint, and he can't suppress his hatred.
The ancients hated the hatred of killing their fathers and taking their wives.
The hatred of taking a wife is a crime alongside the hatred of killing a father.
But the hatred of impotence will not solve anything.
Two high school boys, wearing small vests, sweating profusely and holding basketballs under their squeaks, walked in front of them.
Calmly, patiently, and carefully, how did things develop step by step like this?
At the beginning, although Shen Jie politely rejected her confession, her attitude towards herself was still polite, friendly and patient.
Later, it may be that there is something wrong with the way he pursues, and he is a little too obsessed, and the other party can feel it, and he is obviously a little impatient.
But on the whole, he was still polite to himself, and never took any hostile gestures.
However, because the situation has been frozen here, it can't go up, so Zhang Zhengkai changed to another track.
When he just urged his father to find a marriage with the Shen family, according to Shen Hongsheng's feedback, his daughter was not very disgusted and opposed.
In his original words Shen Hongsheng, Shen Jie is a person who "knows the general situation" and "recognizes his identity".
Of course, it is not ruled out that Shen Hongsheng is fat. (bragging, telling lies)
However, when this matter was unofficially put on the agenda, Shen Jie's attitude towards herself did not deteriorate, on the contrary, it vaguely became better.
Zhang Zhengkai is a little unsure, whether this will be a man's illusion, but it is certain that it has not become bad.
When did her attitude take a 360Β° turn?
It was just before she was about to get officially engaged that she suddenly became strongly opposed and ran away from home.
Counting it, it should be something that happened after that Xiao Yao appeared for a while.
Obviously, Xiao Shen Jie fell in love with that man, so she showed an indifferent attitude towards engagement at first, but then suddenly changed.
Wait, is this short girl walking over Shen Jie?
It's a bit like, but it's not quite like it, and wearing a mask can't be sure at all.
Zhang Zhengkai subconsciously chased two steps, thinking that it should not be.
The woman who likes to wear a mask when she has nothing to do is really SX.
However, Shen Jie may also deliberately use this method to cover up people's eyes, Zhang Zhengkai reminded himself.
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If, I mean if.
If I hadn't asked my father to broker the marriage in the first place, and had continued to show my sincerity on the regular track, would the outcome have changed?
Could she accept Xiao Yao because she hated her behavior and because of her rebellious mentality?
It is also possible that nothing will change, and Shen Jie will only accelerate into the arms of others.
Zhang Zhengkai has no way of knowing.
Have no idea.
There is no time machine in this world, and there is no way to go back in time to verify the "If...... thenβ¦β¦βγ
Remorse is useless, and now is not the best time to do self-examination.
In fact, Zhang Zhengkai himself didn't want to come.
It's not that he doesn't know that he's doing something stupid.
No one likes to wait in one place, basking in the sun, standing for hours at a time, staring at everyone like a fool.
I'm blowing the air conditioner at home, eating cold drinks, and playing GBA, isn't it fragrant?
But Zhang Zhengkai just couldn't help it.
He can't control himself.
When he sat at home, his heart was like a hundred cats pricking and scratching.
He clearly knew where Shen Jie was, so he couldn't control it and couldn't stop his desire to see her.
This is also a kind of libido spill that has nowhere to be placed.
Just doing something, even if it doesn't change for the better, even if it makes things worse, is better than waiting at home and doing nothing.
Therefore, as long as his father is not at home, Zhang Zhengkai will sneak out and wait here for a few hours.
Wait until the libido runs out, and then go home, at least you can have an account with yourself.
"I did my best." "I did something."
Use this to comfort your soul in exchange for a short period of peace and anxiety relief.
The old monk couldn't help me, so I had to go to see the school's psychology teacher when school started.
Speaking of the start of school.
School will start tomorrow, and then there will be no time, let alone a way to come here to keep an eye on it.
Today should be the last time.
If you can't wait for her, then let go completely and give up completely.
Zhang Zhengkai's eyes were fixed on the people who began to become a little frequent.
Wait another half an hour, just half an hour, and if you can't wait for me, I'll leave immediately, Zhang Zhengkai thought.
In his heart, he hoped that Shen Jie would appear in the next second, and on the other hand, he secretly hoped that she would not appear.
Wait for enough time and go home.
Zhang Zhengkai silently reviewed in his heart what he should say to Shen Jie in case he waited for her.
Even if there is a high probability that he can't wait, his character does not allow him to fight unprepared battles.
What "sincerity, gold and stone for the open".
What "fierce women are afraid of pestering Lang".
What "never forget, there will be an echo." β
What chivalry waits for with all sincerity.
Lies, all lies!
The ancients, sincerity, deceive me!
Zhang Zhengkai glanced restlessly at the time on his phone, there were 11 minutes left.
It's going to be relief right away.
The boy realized his anxiety and reared himself up again and decided to listen to the Walkman again.
"Later, in your blue garment, you took away, my softest place;
So I grew up alone, enduring the wind and rain and the sun, enduring the vast sea of people, and enduring you in the distance.
Come, clothed in thy blue garment, and pierce my softest places;
I like to grow up alone, I like the wind and rain, I like the sea of people, I like you to ...... far away"
As soon as the old wolf sang the six words "I like you in the distance", Shen Jie walked in front of Zhang Zhengkai.
Zhang Zhengkai's target only swept the little girl's face for half a second, and immediately completed the identification.
His heart stopped beating for half a second.
Damn, I'm leaving......
The girl's middle hair is very messy, as if it has not been combed, the upper body is wearing a simple short-sleeved T-shirt, which looks a bit like a men's model, and it is a lot bigger, and the lower body is a pair of black trousers, and the trouser legs of the trousers cover the upper of white sneakers.
"Shen Jie." Zhang Zhengkai called.
He heard his voice a little bitter, a little hoarse.
The girl's whole body shook and she didn't look back.
"Can I talk to you?" Zhang Zhengkai said politely, with some humility in his tone.
The girl almost subconsciously ran away.
Zhang Zhengkai had no choice but to subconsciously chase after him.
The young man was chasing after him in the alley, his mood was nervous and anxious, hoping to have a good talk with Shen Jie and explain his mood. He kept calling her name, and there was a hint of humility and longing in his voice.
Shen Jie ran fast, but in the process of her wild running, the soles of her feet suddenly slipped for some reason, and her speed slowed down.
The people in the alley were attracted by this sudden scene and stopped to watch.
Zhang Zhengkai was chasing after him, trying to calm his emotions, he didn't want Shen Jie to be hurt because of him.
However, it backfired.
Just as Shen Jie was running, she stepped on a loose stone under her feet and fell to the ground at once.
Zhang Zhengkai quickly rushed to her side and asked her with concern if she was injured.
Shen Jie sat up tiredly, one shoe had fallen off at some point, revealing her white socks, but she was still struggling desperately with shortness of breath, as if she wanted to continue to escape.
This scene left the people around stunned, and some people were already eager to step forward and meddle in their affairs.
Zhang Zhengkai wanted to help Shen Jie, but he knew that the other party would definitely refuse fiercely, so he looked back at the road when he came, trotted all the way over to pick up Shen Jie's sneakers, and trotted all the way back to hand the shoes back to her.
At this time, Shen Jie had already stood up by herself against the wall of the alley, as if she was not injured, and the foot wearing the white socks was on top of the foot wearing the shoe.
Shen Jie took her sneakers from Zhang Zhengkai's hands, and hit her head and face, without mercy at all.
Zhang Zhengkai protected his head and vital points and let her fight.
Shen Jie's strength was not small, she didn't show mercy, and she used the soles of her shoes, and soon Zhang Zhengkai couldn't bear it.
This scene stunned the people around them, and some people were already eager to step forward and meddle in things from another angle.
Fortunately, Shen Jie stopped her hand, then squatted down and began to put on her shoes.
After putting on his shoes, he kicked Zhang Zhengkai's calf bone like a storm until the other party sat down on the ground.
After enjoying the fight, the girl turned around and left.
Zhang Zhengkai got up with difficulty, and limped after him again: "I'll just say two sentences, just two sentences, and I'll get out of there immediately after I'm done, okay?" β
Shen Jie covered her ears, walked quickly through the entrance of the commissary at the entrance of the alley, and walked towards the road.
"Boy, would you like another bottle of Sprite?" The proprietress of the commissary greeted warmly.
"Can't you just listen to me?" Zhang Zhengkai panted and said, "After speaking, I promise not to continue to pester you." β
"You say!" Shen Jie put down her hands covering her ears and further accelerated her pace: "No one won't let you say it!" β
"I," Zhang Zhengkai quickly said the draft that had been typed countless times: "I give up, I won't chase you anymore, let's be friends, okay?" β
Shen Jie didn't speak, and continued to walk straight with her head bored.
"I can tell my dad to cancel the marriage so that you can go home and be reconciled with your dad." Zhang Zhengkai's voice was extremely fast: "I can even persuade my father to continue to cooperate with your father......"
Shen Jie didn't continue to accelerate: "What about the conditions?" β
"Be friends with me, ordinary friends." Zhang Zhengkai said.
"Be friends, what else?" Shen Jie turned into the road of advanced age.
"You pull my QQ out of the blacklist, don't block the phone......"
"Then you don't have to, right?" Shen Jie said: "Friends can also nod and say hello when they meet." β
Zhang Zhengkai swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "You can go home, you can continue to fall in love with Xiao Yao, I promise that I will no longer pester you and affect the two of you." I hope you'd better add my contact information back, but it's okay if you don't, I just want you to promise me one thing. β
Zhang Zhengkai paused, and Shen Jie didn't speak.
"Say what you want." Shen Jie stopped at the door of the "small shop" mentioned by her grandmother.
"I hope you," Zhang Zhengkai said: "Love yourself and fall in love, it's okay, but before you get married, you don't ...... him"
"It's none of your business, right?" Shen Jie interrupted Zhang Zhengkai.
"As long as you promise me this thing, I will stop pestering you immediately, I can cancel the marriage contract, I can let you reconcile with your father, and it will not affect your relationship with Xiao Yao," Zhang Zhengkai continued to speak, emphasizing his negotiation conditions: "You can even let my father continue to cooperate with your father......"
Shen Jie interrupted him impatiently: "Since you said that you are an ordinary friend, there should be no need to be responsible for what I do in this regard, right?" β
"I'm here for your good," Zhang Zhengkai defended himself weakly: "High school students may not be able to get married when they fall in love, I don't want you to suffer, and I don't want to see you lose the purity you once had...... And, and ......"
"And what?" Shen Jie raised her eyebrows.
"Nothing, and." Zhang Zhengkai said.
And when you and Xiao Yao break up, I can continue to pursue you.
"It can't be done," Shen Jie deceived Zhang Zhengkai and said: "What is it with him and me, you should die." Xiao Yao and I will definitely be able to get married in the future, and even if we break up, I won't consider you, do you understand? β
"You, you, you lied to me!" Zhang Zhengkai was aggrieved as if he was about to cry.
Shen Jie pointed to the small shop behind her: "Look at what this is selling?" I came out this time because I ran out of what I bought before, and I ran out of it, understand? β
Zhang Zhengkai's face turned pale.
"You, how could you be like this?" Zhang Zhengkai said: "You must be deliberate, deliberately ......"
Shen Jie stopped talking to him and turned around and walked towards the shop.
Zhang Zhengkai chased in: "I really like you." β
The location of this confession is really strange.
"I know," Shen Jie's tone sounded relaxed and softened, but Zhang Zhengkai felt that this might also be his own delusion: "Although you can't understand it, I can tell you that I'm also doing it for your good." β
"For my good?" Zhang Zhengkai said.
Big tears burst out of the young man's eyes, Zhang Zhengkai couldn't stand it anymore, turned his head and ran out of the store.
Shen Jie breathed a sigh of relief.
"Little girl?" The shopkeeper asked her, "What do you want to buy?" β
Shen Jie was embarrassed.
"I ...... I...... Do you have that ......?"
The girl bought what she wanted to buy, turned around and walked towards Xiao Yao's grandmother's house, and there was no problem along the way.
"What's wrong with you? Wrestling? After Shen Jie woke Xiao Yao up, the latter looked at her body and was taken aback.
"I fell, but nothing happened, don't worry." Shen Jie said as she stuffed something into Xiao Yao's mouth, and turned around to get him a glass of cold water.
"What's this?" Xiao Yao asked after swallowing the thing.
I don't know if it's an illusion, he feels that his heartbeat is starting to accelerate, and he is also a little uncomfortable.
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About an hour or so later.
Shen Jie sat at the head of Shen Tianyun's bed, looking at the fog outside the window with wooden eyes.
Xiao Yao turned on the TV in the room, and the screen was broadcasting a baseball game.
The sun hung high in the clear blue sky, and the audience was crowded, full of tension and anticipation. On the baseball field, the game has reached a critical moment, and the two teams are evenly scored, and now it is a watershed moment for victory and defeat.
In front of the pitcher's board, a strong player swings his bat and stares sharply at the opposing pitcher. The atmosphere of the audience froze, and time seemed to become extremely slow.
The pitcher waved his hand to pitch the ball, and a gleaming white baseball whizzed towards the center of the field at high speed. The player's eyes are fixed on the ball, and the timing of the blow is precisely calculated.
Suddenly, the player swung the bat vigorously, and it was a precise swing, and the moment the ball and bat met, there was a loud roar. The ball quickly changed direction and flew into the depths of the arena at breakneck speed.
The crowd erupted in cheers and applause, and fans stood up, staring intently at the baseball flying into the distance. The outfielders ran hard, but baseball was incredibly fast.
Baseball flew all the way over the wall in the outfield and straight for the home plate sign in the distance. At that moment, the whole stadium was filled with electric passion, because this moment would decide the outcome of the game.
Eventually, the baseball slammed into the home plate logo, causing a deafening bang, and at the same time, a dazzling spark burst through the air. The player began to run around the home plate at a blistering pace, and his teammates cheered him back to home plate as quickly as possible.
The referee's gesture clearly pointed to home run, ruling that it was a good home run. The cheers from the crowd were even louder, and the players were lifted high by their teammates to become the heroes of the audience.
The home run in this baseball game is a lasting memory, not only because it changed the outcome of the game, but also because it showcased the strength, skill and perseverance of the athletes.
The girl took the remote control and turned off the TV.
"Are you alright?" Xiao Yao pulled the girl's shoulder worriedly: "Will it be serious?" β
Shen Jie shook her head: "I'm fine." β
"I'm sorry, it's all my bad ......" Xiao Yao said, "I should ......"
"It's okay, I told you that." Shen Jie said: "Actually, it's okay. β
Xiao Yao: "...... Thank you for your hard work. β
The girl gently snuggled up to the young man's shoulder: "Now you are satisfied, right?" β
"I ...... I'm actually more worried about you. Xiao Yao said.
"I told you that I'm fine," Shen Jie raised her head, looked into Xiao Yao's eyes and said, "It's just an inexplicable melancholy." β
"I understand." Xiao Yao stroked Shen Jie's face and said.
"I ...... Can I lean on your shoulder and cry a little? Shen Jie said, "You are not allowed to laugh at me." β
"When...... Of course. Xiao Yao said.
Seven or eight minutes later, Shen Jie raised her head from Xiao Yao's shoulder, whose sleeves were already completely wet.
"It's a bit embarrassing, it's me who is hypocritical," Shen Jie smiled with tears: "I originally thought I didn't care so much, I thought I would be very free." β
"How come," Xiao Yao said sincerely, "I don't care about it, right?" β
"Help me get the wet wipes, over there, over there, where are you looking? Forget it, I'll take it myself. β
The girl took the wet towel and wiped her eyes: "I'm fine." β
"Ahh Well! Xiao Yao said.
"Husband." Shen Jie shouted crisply.
"Huh? Yes! Xiao Yao suddenly bulleted.
In his impression, Shen Jie really rarely called him that.
The last time she called me that, it was ...... When did it come? Xiao Yao thought.
"Dress," Shen Jie instructed, "I want to eat grilled fish, you grill it for me." β
"Roast!" Xiao Yao said: "Eat! β
"Eat, eat!" Shen Jie began to fold words again.
"Meow Mom, eat fish!" Xiao Yao shouted.
Looking at the eternal fog outside the window, Xiao Yao believed that the relationship between himself and Shen Jie was about to enter a new chapter.
"Wife......" Xiao Yao shouted with a sour nose.
"What's wrong, what's wrong?" Shen Jie said: "Ouch, why do you look like you're going to cry?" β
"I don't." Xiao Yao said.
"Come don't cry and hug." Shen Jie said.
"No," Xiao Yao said, "where are my trousers?" β
"You, oh, you." Shen Jie said.
About 20 minutes later, Xiao Yao and Shen Jie sat in the "Jinsha Hotel", at the same table where they sat with Xiao Xiong for dinner that day (August 17).
"Oh, don't help me, it's the same as the real thing," Shen Jie protested, "I can walk by myself!" β
"Is it really okay?" Xiao Yao asked a little uneasily, "Didn't you fall when you went out just now?" β
In the process of waiting for the fish to be baked, Shen Jie told Xiao Yao about the experience of being blocked by Zhang Zhengkai just now.
She told Xiao Yao the whole process, including the conversation between the two people, one by one.
"Ah, this ......," Xiao Yao said.
Grilled black fish was served.
This grilled black fish has an alluring golden brown appearance, and the skin is crispy and slightly caramel-colored, as if it is shimmering in the sun. The inside of the fish is white and delicate, revealing an enticing freshness.
A rich aroma of spices permeates the surroundings and is mouth-watering. The grilled black fish is evenly spread with lemon, garlic and fresh herbs, which penetrate the flesh during the grilling process and release a fascinating aroma.
"Let's pray."
Every bite of grilled black fish is a treat for the palate.
The skin of the fish is crispy and has a slight sweetness of caramel, and when you bite into it, the juice from the inside of the fish immediately explodes in your mouth, filling it with the delicious flavor of river fresh. The freshness of vanilla and lemon intertwine with the intensity of garlic to create a unique flavor while also maintaining the original flavor of the fish.
This grilled black fish has a crispy taste on the outside and tender on the inside, as well as a strong spice flavor, and Xiao Yao and Shen Jie both praised it and enjoyed it with relish.
"Delicious, right?" The proprietress of the Jinsha Hotel happily wiped her hand on her apron: "Come and eat more after it's delicious!" β
"Later, I told him," Shen Jie said to Xiao Yao, "although you can't understand it, I can tell you that I am also doing it for your good." β
"It's pathetic." Xiao Yao commented.
"Who do you say is pitiful?" Shen Jie raised her eyebrows.
"You are pitiful, you are pitiful," Xiao Yao hurriedly said: "This king and eight calves caused you to wrestle, and I will sooner or later - the next time I meet him, clean him up." β
"Forget it." Shen Jie said: "Don't plant yourself in it again. β
At this time, Xiao Yao's mobile phone vibrated on the desktop - it was Yu Luying calling.
"Hello?" Xiao Yao said.
"Hey......" Yu Luying said in a long voice: "Don't you call me when you eat grilled fish, right?" β
"Scream," Xiao Yao hurriedly said, "We are in the Jinsha Hotel, you can come." β
"Xiao Yao." Shen Jie lowered her eyelids.
"Huh?" Xiao Yao put down the phone and said, "What's wrong?" β
"If you dare to be sorry for me," Shen Jie said, "I will ask Uncle Johns to sink you into the Yellow River." β
"Shen." Xiao Yao said: "It must be sunk, and it must be sunk fiercely." β
(End of chapter)