When Xi Yueting heard the movement, he came out and looked at it, and he was talking about a dog, but the man said to Xi Lanyu: "This beast has raised him for so long, and he hasn't recognized his master." ”

How did Ning Zhi hear it, and how did he think that these words were referring to Sang scolding Huai.

She glanced at Xi Lanyu and saw that he was expressionless, I don't know if she was used to it, or if she was thinking too much.

Xi Lanyu stood at the door frame, with one hand in his pocket and the other looking in Ning Zhi's direction: "You don't want to see her?" ”

Xi Yueting was not enthusiastic, turned inward, and his voice carried a little bit of the vicissitudes of his age: "Come in." ”

There was a thick darkness in the room, and there was a twilight air.

Ning Zhi glanced at Xi Lanyu and whispered, "He doesn't seem to like me very much......

Xi Lanyu sneered, and his tone was extremely mocking: "He's not targeting you, go in." ”

The decoration of the Xi family's old house has a sense of age, and as soon as Ning Zhifang stepped inside, he felt as if he was in his sixties and seventies.

The furnishings were quaint, using the kind of old-fashioned wood that Ning Zhi had only seen at her grandmother's house when she was a child, and she noticed that through the lobby, there was a small room with the door unclosed, and there seemed to be two black-and-white photographs placed inside.

Ning Zhi realized in an instant that these were the two deceased relatives of the Xi family.

Xi Lanyu suddenly stopped, and said to Ning Zhi, "You go first." ”

He turned and pushed the little door wider, and stooped inside.

For some reason, Ning Zhi did not leave, she saw that Xi Lanyu took a few sticks of incense from the table, held them up in front of the burning candle and lit them, he did not say anything, only stood silently for a while, bowed respectfully four times, and then inserted the incense into the incense burner.

A kind of familiarity that seems to have been done countless times.

The oppressive atmosphere in the room, almost instantly, made the gloomy aura on Xi Lanyu's body even heavier.

……

As soon as he entered the study, Xi Yueting first looked at Xi Lanyu with a calm face: "Have you ever been incense?" ”

Xi Lanyu said "um" and sat down on the old-fashioned rattan chair beside him.

Xi Yueting's face looked better.

He turned his head and pushed a red wooden box on the table to Ning Zhi, as if it had the meaning of an old-fashioned patriarch's remarks: "Our Xi family's ancestors are big families, and when it comes to our generation, there are not so many rules, but this bracelet has been left to my daughter-in-law for generations, and this rule cannot be broken in my hand, so you can take it and put it away." It's called Ning Zhi, right? Since you have been married, you will live a good life with Lan Yu in the future, and strive to add a grandson to our Xi family next year. ”

In just a few words, Ning Zhi frowned when she heard it, and she suddenly understood why Xi Lanyu had such a strange personality.

She didn't take the wooden box on the table, but said, "You should keep it for me." ”

Xi Yueting was unhappy for a moment: "Let you take it, twist and pinch what it looks like, a little family spirit." ”

Ning Zhi was speechless, she really wanted to say: The Qing Dynasty is dead, can you not be so feudal and pedantic.

But when she saw Xi Lanyu sitting in the corner, she didn't say anything after all, and held back her words.

The moment Xi Yueting finished speaking, Xi Lanyu got up, scooped up the wooden box on the table, and put it in the palm of Ning Zhi's hand, "Take it." ”

Xi Yueting "hummed".

Xi Lanyu ignored him, bowed slightly, grabbed Ning Zhi's shoulder, got up and walked out.

Ning Zhi had guessed that the relationship between their father and son was not good, but she never imagined that it would be such a faintly tense state, like an enemy.

It's not as good as a stranger.

Quickly walking to the side of the car, Na Demu did not know where to run, and there was a moment of silence in his ears.

Ning Zhi suddenly realized that Xi Lanyu was still holding her shoulders until this moment.

She could no longer feel the coldness of his body temperature, as if they had been close to each other for too long, and the temperature of the two of them tended to be the same.

Ning Zhi shook it lightly and said, "It's okay, no one is watching here." ”

Xi Lanyu took his hand away, hung it at his side, and silently twisted his fingertips.

-

On the way back, Ning Zhi looked at Xi Lanyu and stopped talking.

He unbuttoned his suit, pulled his tie loose, and leaned back against his seat to close his eyes.

Xu is Ning Zhi's gaze was too obvious, he didn't open his eyes, only opened his lips, and his voice was indifferent: "Don't ask." ”

Ning Zhi retracted her gaze and looked out the window, how could she not know that this was the part that Xi Lanyu didn't want to mention?

People probably have some secrets that are not enough to be outsiders.

Yes, everyone has it.

Xi Lanyu has it, and she has it too.

Ning Zhi didn't have such a strong curiosity, let alone ask.

She just vaguely felt that something was strange, and now when she got in the car and saw Xi Lanyu, she suddenly remembered where the strangeness was.

Why don't Xi Lanyu and his father look alike at all?

She wanted to ask if there was any medical reason.

But he didn't want to say more, so forget it.

-

Back in Beijiangwan City, it was already noon, when the sun was blazing.

The aunt of the villa called and said that she had something to do today and might not be able to come.

Ning Zhi threw the bag, sat on the sofa, and looked at Xi Lanyu: "Why don't I get some casually?" ”

Ning Zhi was just casually polite, after all, he was very picky, where was he used to eating what she cooked.

Who knows that Xi Lanyu does not play cards according to common sense.

He leaned on the sofa, turned on the computer, raised his eyes to look at Ning Zhi, and said in a rather indifferent tone, "Yes." ”

Ning Zhi: ?

Chapter 16

Ning Zhi propped his head on one hand and sat on the sofa in contemplation.

Since she was a child, her cooking skills have not only not improved, but even have a tendency to regress.

Ning Zhi cooks, only to cook the vegetables, barely eating.

She won't dislike herself, it's a big deal to make do with it.

But Xi Lanyu ......

Ning Zhi was a little worried, she knew this, why did she have more mouths?

She looked at Xi Lanyu, who was staring at the computer screen: "Are you sure you don't have taboos?" ”

Xi Lanyu said "um".

His cold eyebrows were reflected on the screen.

How to look at how not to eat the fireworks of the world.

Ning Zhi hesitated: "Then I really get it casually?" ”

Xi Lanyu still didn't look at her, and after reading the document in front of him, he turned sideways slightly: "You don't know how to cook?" ”

The tone is not like an interrogative sentence, but like full of certainty.

Ning Zhi was a little strong in her bones, and the more she said that she couldn't do something, the more she wanted to try it.

So she sat upright and took the job.

She didn't exaggerate, but just said matter-of-factly: "Say yes first, I'll only do a little, and if it doesn't taste good in a while, don't blame me." ”

Xi Lanyu gently tugged his lower lip: "Okay." ”

……

After a while, Ning Zhi's order arrived.

I don't know if the security guard here has been trained, this time he changed someone, but when he opened the door and handed it to her, he still shouted "Mrs." very loudly, and the words were correct and round, and even the tone of the voice was the same.

Ning Zhi's heart was already numb, and he took it over with an expressionless face.

Referring to the beginner's quick cookbook, Ning Zhi bought some vegetables, steak, and pasta, and she prepared pasta with steak salad.

Xi Lanyu has a high-end kitchen configuration, and there is everything.

Ning Zhi simply selected the vegetables, threw them in the dishwasher, and adjusted the vegetable cleaning mode.

While waiting, Ning Zhi tore open the steak bag and threw a piece of butter into the pan.

When the butter melted, she was about to toss the steak in.

Suddenly, the oil splashed everywhere, crackling non-stop, Ning Zhi's face was calm, but the hand holding the steak shook and was startled.

This is not the worst, Ning Zhi is about to turn off the fire first and let each other calm down for a while.

Suddenly there was a fire in the pot.

The flames jumped higher and higher, and it was useless for Ning Zhi to turn off the knob.

Seeing that the next thing was to blow up the kitchen, Ning Zhi pushed open the sliding door, and his tone was a little subtle innocent, "Xi Lanyu, your kitchen seems to be on fire." ”

……

Xi Lanyu threw away the computer and took three steps and two steps to the kitchen.

He didn't care about the cuffs, scooped up the dry rag on the side, wet it, and threw it into the pot that was on fire, and then found the lid that Ning Zhi put on the side, and "snapped" the lid.

The action flowed, and only a few drops of water fell on the shirt.

The small fire in the kitchen was quickly extinguished.

Ning Zhi breathed a sigh of relief silently.

Xi Lanyu didn't speak, leaning on the cooking table with his back back, and glanced at Ning Zhi while pulling up his cuffs.

That probably means: You got me this thing after working on it for so long?