Chapter 25: The Taste of Home
"It's good to be rich. Bai Maxiao looked at the departing Jin Santu and sighed in his heart.
Last night, he and Jin Santu went crazy all night in the night market in Fuhai, and the next day he flew back to Xingang on his private plane, and when he got off the plane, he was escorted all the way back to his aunt's house.
Make an appointment with Jin Santu to go back and prepare, and meet tomorrow on the mountain.
"Bai Ma Xiao?" This familiar voice that gave Bai Ma Xiao a headache remembered behind him, this little aunt was really in the supermarket.
"Auntie......"
"You didn't come back for the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays, why did you come back on New Year's Day? Could it be that the school finally found out that they had admitted the wrong person and drove you back?" The aunt carried a watering can, casually watering the flower pots visited in front of the store, and mocked him bitterly.
"The school arranged for me to go to Japan to study, and let me go home and clean up these days. Bai Maxiao was very proud to talk nonsense, and he always did so in the face of his aunt's ridicule.
The aunt put down the kettle, patted the ash on her hands, and didn't look at him, "Tonight is your brother's birthday, there is a cake in the refrigerator that I failed to make, you ate it, it's a pity to throw it away." After saying that, he went back to the store without looking back.
"Cut, use me as a trash can again!" Hakuma Xiao whispered dissatisfiedly.
Bai Bird Ling on the side was a little puzzled by his attitude, "Why are you angry? β
"How do you see that? Use me like a trash can and eat what she did fail. β
"Didn't you notice?" she pointed to the cardboard garbage pile next to the door, including a pink cardboard box the size of a microwave, which looked like a cake box. "It's all packed with cardboard boxes that have been dismantled and pressed into cardboard, only this cake box hasn't had time to be pressed into cardboard, and it looks like it was just delivered today. It takes a day for this cake to be ordered, which means that she ordered it yesterday. Since I ordered a cake, I wouldn't be making my own cake today. β
Bai Maxiao was stunned for a while, and said in disbelief: "Maybe she did it yesterday, and she gave up after a few failures, so she hurriedly went outside to order a cake." β
"If you made it yesterday, you should have eaten it or thrown it away last night, and the cake will taste worse if it has been left for so long. Besides, she didn't know that you would be back today, and she wouldn't keep this trash can for you. I think she just doesn't want to show her love for you. β
Bai Maxiao waved his hand impatiently, "I don't believe it, you don't know how I've lived for more than ten years, so you can say that." β
Bai Bird Ling smiled helplessly: "I can also see that her expression like this has become a habit, and it must have been like this for more than ten years." β
He didn't want to dwell on that anymore, "Alright, let's go inside." I was going to take you to dinner at the restaurant I've always loved tonight, but I forgot that today is my cousin's birthday, so I think I'm going to have dinner at home in the evening. β
The two returned to his aunt's house, his room was still as clean as three months ago, although the food, clothing, housing and transportation at Phoenix University were much better than here, but after all, it was a place where he had lived for almost twenty years, and he could smell home as soon as he returned here, as if the past four months were just a dream, but the living White Bird Ling on the side, as well as the racket bag on his back were reminding him that this was not a dream, he was still the white horse Xiao who was wanted by the whole spirit world.
Shiratori Ling sat on his bed and tossed on the bed, "Your bed is quite comfortable. β
"Okay, why don't you try to get into bed with me tonight?" said Bai Maxiao with a wicked smile, this was the first time he had tried to tease her.
"Forget it, you're just injured and it's not appropriate for you to sleep on the floor. Shiratori Ling said naturally.
Bai Maxiao imagined a lot of the consequences of molesting her, or being beaten, or ignored, or shyβthough this was unlikelyβbut he never expected such a result, and he didn't know if he pretended not to understand.
"What next, sit here for an afternoon?" Shiratori Ling looked at his small bedroom, there was really nothing to do.
"I was going to come back and take a look, so I'll take you to Newport for a walk. I didn't expect it to be my cousin's birthday, and it seemed that I had to help my aunt work in the afternoon. But now I have something to do, I don't have a gift ready, can you accompany me to pick a gift for my cousin?"
Speaking of birthdays, this kind of itinerary has never appeared in Shiratori Ling's more than 30 years of amnesia, let alone buying gifts. But it's better than being here for an afternoon.
Speaking of which, Shiratori Ling found that if it had been, it was normal to be bored in the room for an afternoon, but since the past few months since she came out with Hakumashio, she has become less and less used to being bored. Especially the two months that guarded him, it was simply tormenting.
"And when are we leaving?" said Shiratori Ling, a little impatient.
"It's almost noon, so why don't we leave now. Dinner is down, but I can take you to the restaurant I mentioned for lunch. "The night view of that restaurant is great, so Hakuba didn't think about taking her there at noon. But there is no way around it now.
"Where's the people? go to bed as soon as you come back?" Come out and get lunch!"
An aunt's voice came from outside the door, and Bai Ma Xiaoxin said that it was okay now, and even lunch was lost.
When it comes to preparing lunch, Shiratori Ling has never done anything before, and now that she thinks about it, she thinks of herself as an isolated person who has never done anything. Looking at it this way, many of her first times were spent with Bai Mashino, and she naturally won't let go this time, "I'll help you." β
As soon as the two of them walked out of the room, they ran into their aunt at the table full of vegetables in the living room. When the aunt saw the white bird ling, she was surprised and said, "Where did this girl come from?"
Bai Ma Xiao glanced at Bai Bird Ling with a smile, and when he came back just now, his aunt didn't even look at him, and he didn't even pay attention to the fact that he brought someone back.
"This is my classmate, Ling Shiratori. β
"Hello Auntie. β
The aunt immediately put down her work, walked up to her, held her hand and said, "Ouch, this kid is still so blessed, and has such a good-looking female classmate as you? β
"Auntie, this is my classmate, not a teacher. Bai Maxiao was angry and funny, no matter how much my aunt said this, it sounded like he was saying to his teacher, how could classmates use such polite words.
At the dining table, Bai Maxiao helped to choose leeks, and Aunt Bai Birdling sat opposite him, and the aunt had been looking at her a lot, and she couldn't close her mouth happily.
Choosing vegetables is the basic skill of almost every ordinary person, but Bai Bird Ling didn't understand it at all, and picked up a bean sprout with some embarrassment and asked, "This...... How should I get it?"
Bai Maxiao snickered in her heart, and said in her heart that you are going to be unlucky, according to her aunt's temper, she must have scolded her twice, such as "Such a big girl can't even choose vegetables, how will she marry in the future?!" and so on.
"Ouch, she looks so handsome, she looks like a beautiful girl, she definitely won't do this kind of thing, my brain is really useless, girl, go and rest, I'll just come with this kid, don't get your clothes dirty." Oops, this dress looks very expensive......"
Bai Maxiao's eyes widened in shock, and the hand that chose the leeks was also stunned in place. The aunt glanced at him and immediately changed her face: "Choose! After being a college student for four months, you can't even choose a dish?!"
This is simply a double standard! Bai Maxiao scolded in his heart and continued to choose his leeks.
"No need, Auntie, you better teach me, it's fun to watch. It seems that not only the aunt will change her face, but even the white bird Ling, from the indifferent little sister who met for the first time, to the slightly cheerful introverted little princess, to now in front of the aunt has become a well-behaved little daughter-in-law.
Women are fickle, no matter what age they are. Bai Maxiao said in his heart.
Shiratori Ling learned very quickly, although choosing bean sprouts is indeed the easiest to choose a dish, but she is also very quick with her hands and feet, and she will choose most of them in a short time. The aunt was even more happy as if she had won the lottery, "Look at this girl, she is beautiful and works well, who married you is really a blessing for a lifetime!
Every time an aunt meets a good-looking girl, she will ask if she has a partner, and it seems that there is a mysterious matchmaker organization in her circle of friends, where various aunts exchange resources with each other and match wildly.
"Not yet. β
"Hey...... Oops......"
Bai Maxiao knew that she was going to say that Lao Wang Xiaoli is a good kid, and I have time to introduce you to know each other and so on.
"Oops...... If you were the daughter-in-law of our White Horse family, it would be great. β
Rushing through his throat in one breath, Bai Maxiao coughed in shock, and his face turned red all of a sudden, "Auntie, what are you talking about, we are just classmates......"
"What's wrong with classmates? Girl, let me tell you, our little handsome, that's good-looking, good-working, and promising......"
By the way, this is the home of his cousin Hakuma Jun, and the Hakuba family refers to their home, not himself. Only then did Bai Ma Xiao react, and her aunt actually wanted to introduce Bai Bird Ling to her cousin!
If she becomes his cousin......
"Bang!" Hakumashi drank all the water on the table and slammed it on the table. The aunt was startled by him, and was about to get angry, when she heard a knock at the door, and the aunt immediately changed her face again, "Oh, our Xiaojun is back!" Her tone was full of joy and expectation, as if the two could get married on the spot as soon as they saw each other.
Cousin Bai Majun walked in, greeted his mother first, and said in surprise when he saw Bai Maxiao, "Brother Xiao, are you finally back?"
Hakuma smiled reluctantly.
"Mom, this is ......"
The aunt immediately jumped up from the chair, walked between the two, and introduced it very formally: "This is Bai Bird Ling, your brother's classmate." Girl, this is our Xiaojun. Handsome, right?"
Bai Bird Ling also stood up, looking at Bai Ma Jun who was stunned, staring at him wordlessly.
Bai Majun didn't know what to say for a while, and the atmosphere suddenly became awkward, and she was a little embarrassed to look at her. The aunt on the side was snickering happily, Bai Maxiao knew that the aunt must have felt that the two of them fell in love at first sight, and it seemed that hugging her grandson was just around the corner.
The more he looked at it, the more angry he became, and he bypassed Shiratori Ling to his cousin, and hugged him with open arms, separating them between the two, "Brother, I want to kill you." Saying that, he hugged his body very childishly and turned around for half a circle, turning his cousin's back to Shiratori Ling, and he slammed his chin on his cousin's shoulder, giving Shiratori Ling an annoyed look.
When he looked at it like this, he realized that Bai Bird Ling's face at this time was not a expression, but a frown, as if he had seen something very suspicious.
Next, Bai Tori Ling was arranged by her aunt to accompany her cousin in the living room, and Bai Maxiao was dragged into the kitchen to work, giving them a "two-person world".
Even at lunchtime, it became a blind date scene, and Bai Maxiao suddenly felt that he was unprecedentedly redundant.
In the afternoon, according to the itinerary, they went out to buy gifts for their cousin.
All the way, Hakuma was sulking. He didn't know why he gave birth to this nameless fire, maybe he couldn't get used to his aunt's chaotic mandarin ducks.
But after a few questions from Shiratori Ling, this fire is inexplicably bigger.
"How old is your cousin?"
"I'm five years older! I just graduated last year!"
"Did he like to drink coffee before?"
"He used to drink it every night when he was in high school, and he hasn't been paying attention lately!"
"What does he like to do when he's alone?"
"He must have done it when no one was around!
What kind of problems are these!, Bai Maxiao cursed in a huff.
"Why don't you ever ask me how old I am, what I used to like, what I like to do!"
She stopped talking. Hakuba Shino was about to turn into a balloon.
The two of them were not talking, and seemed to have their own thoughts.
In the evening, to Hakubashio's surprise, instead of celebrating his birthday at home, they went to a shopping mall in the center of Newport.
What's even more unexpected is that the place to celebrate her birthday happens to be the restaurant that Hakuba Xiao has been planning to take her to.
This restaurant is located on the top floor of the shopping city, and the window position overlooks the city, and the lights of the high-rise buildings at night are bustling with traffic, which is extraordinarily magnificent.
Although everything went according to his plan, he was not happy, after all, there were only two of them in the plan, and the extra aunt and cousin were extremely unpleasant.
Bai Maxiao was absent-minded throughout the meal, especially listening to his aunt instilling the idea that his cousin was a peerless good man to Shiratori Ling over and over again, making him feel like he was on pins and needles.
The birthday party ended with the aunt taking out the customized cake brought from home, and the whole process Bai Tori Ling was positive and happy, as if she was a member of the family, and he Bai Ma Xiao was an outsider.
After blowing out the candles, when it came to the gift giving session, Bai Maxiao took out a watch he picked out in the afternoon, which was not very expensive, but it was not cheap, and this gift was expensive for a student. My cousin happily put it on his hand.
Shiratori Ling took out a pack of expensive imported coffee.
She even prepared a gift, too! Although Bai Maxiao had guessed it when she bought coffee in the afternoon, especially when she had just asked her cousin if he liked coffee. But somehow it's still very unpleasant.
Bai Majun frowned and took it, she immediately showed some disappointment: "You don't like it?"
The aunt gently slapped Bai Ma Jun with her elbow, and Bai Ma Jun smiled and said, "No, I like it very much." Thank you, Xiaoling. β
Xiaoling, Xiaoling, is she so familiar with you? I remembered that I had known her for a few months before I changed my words, and this guy was called that on the first day we met, I always felt that I had suffered a big loss.
......
"When did your cousin never like coffee?" On the way home, Shiratori Ling seemed to be still struggling with the matter.
Bai Maxiao said angrily: "I don't know! It seems that he hasn't seen him drink since he went to college!"
"Yes......" Shiratori Ling nodded thoughtfully.
At the suggestion of the aunt, they walked back, by the way, after a walk. But her original plan was to let her son go with Shiraiya Ling, but Shiratori Ling didn't seem to have this mind and kept walking by Bai Maxiao's side. "After all, there are a lot of people, so maybe you are shy. The aunt comforted herself.
"Thank you. Suddenly, Shiratori Ling said.
Bai Maxiao was confused by this sudden thank-you, "What?"
"For the first time, I felt what home tastes like. It's been over thirty years, I don't remember anything, and I don't know where my family will be. β
originally thought that she was a white horse who naturally liked autism, but at this time she realized that her autism was actually a kind of helplessness.
"I'll help you find your family. Didn't that boss also say that you need my help. β
"That's why you asked Mo Jun to send you to Japan, right?"
That's true, I heard that guy from the Juhe Association say that Shiratori is a big family in the Japanese spirit world, maybe you can find them in Japan to know her background. However, there is another reason, Tranquility said that Japan did not join the UG, which means that Japan is not in the UG's sphere of influence, so there is no need to worry about the pursuit of UG. Although being wanted by the whole spirit world is equivalent to being wanted by the whole world, but at this time, Japan has become his only paradise.
Suddenly, Hakuma Xiao stopped, and almost at the same time, Shiratori Ling also stopped.
The two looked ahead, and at least a hundred people were walking towards them. The men were all dead-faced, their clothes were in tatters, and the strangest thing was that they did not look like they were walking, and their bodies did not sway, as if they were drifting on the ground with their feet.
It's not hard to see that these things are ghosts.
More than a hundred ghosts appeared at the same time and were walking towards them.