Song Huai was a little bit broken, and was still trying to get rid of the man's confinement, a little angrily: "... If you don't blame it, who the hell is it?"
On the contrary, Li Chengxiao hugged Song Huai a little tighter: "If you keep doing this, you will only feel more panicked."
Song Huai asked angrily: "...Then can't you fucking put on another pair of pants?"
Anyway, I can buffer it.
"Shh, don't make noise, go to sleep." Li Chengxiao said in a low voice, "If you talk again, I'll really just sleep like this without wearing anything, anyway, I'm used to that."
Song Huai: "..."
Although these words were threatening, they were really effective, and Song Huai immediately fell silent.In the dark night, Li Chengxiao smiled helplessly.
**
Song Huai got up very early the next day because he had to go to Li's work today. Although he knew that Li Chengxiao would definitely accommodate him and start later, he didn't want to delay Li Chengxiao's work because of himself. After all, Li Chengxiao He is really busy with work, and he doesn't want to hold him back.
When they arrived at the dining table, Song Huai was surprised and asked, "Aunt Qin? When did you come back?"
"Master Huai, good morning," Aunt Qin greeted Song Huai with a smile, and then said, "I just arrived not long ago, just an hour ago."
Last night, she received a call from Li Chengxiao, saying that Li Jinfeng and Zhao Yuanshu had returned from their trip. She was afraid that the two elders would not be used to eating without her at home. Aunt Qin hung up the phone and was still feeling emotional. Said, but in fact, he is more careful than anyone else. For example, Li Zifan would not call this call, but...
Some people, once their minds are off, they selectively turn a blind eye to some things.
So, she drove the earliest bus non-stop from her hometown in the countryside. Seeing that there was still time, she made another breakfast.
Song Huai sat at the dining table, drank two mouthfuls of porridge, and couldn't eat anymore.
During this period of time, his stomach seemed to be fed by Li Chengxiao to the point where he only recognized the man's craftsmanship. He used to think that Aunt Qin's craftsmanship was good, but now he doesn't want to eat it.
Seeing this, Aunt Qin asked with concern: "What's the matter, Young Master Huai? What's wrong with you? Why can't you eat?"
Song Huai smiled at Aunt Qin, and explained: "It's okay, Aunt Qin. I was full last night, so my son won't be hungry now."
Li Zifan just came down from upstairs. He took breakfast from Aunt Qin and said with a smile, "Aren't you used to Aunt Qin's craftsmanship? You are used to it by my brother."
Song Huai just smiled and didn't say much.
On the contrary, Zhao Yuanshu, who came back from watering the flowers in the yard outside, took over the conversation and asked Song Huai, "Ah Xiao often cooks for you during this time?"
It was obviously a very simple question, but Song Huai didn't know how to answer it, and he didn't know if he was thinking too much. He could always feel a kind of inexplicable unwillingness in Zhao Yuanshu's tone.
Li Zifan said: "Isn't it? Since this time, my eldest brother has left early at noon and evening every day, just to buy food for Ahuai and cook."
Song Huai frowned and didn't speak.
If he hadn't guessed wrongly, with Li Chengxiao's low-key personality, it would be impossible for him to tell his employees that he left work early just to buy groceries.The only person who might know the truth of the matter is probably Chen Zhizhang.
But Chen Zhizhang is Li Chengxiao's special assistant, and he has not been fired after working for so many years. It must be because he and Li Chengxiao have cooperated very well. Without Li Chengxiao's instruction, it would be impossible to give him a hundred courage I won't go around talking about it.
So here comes the question, how did Li Zifan know about this?
Unless... Li Zifan has been watching his and Li Chengxiao's every move in a corner they can't see.
Song Huai suddenly felt a little creepy and couldn't help shivering.
Upstairs, Li Chengxiao stood in front of the full-length mirror and repeatedly ensured that he looked handsome before going downstairs.Just as I went downstairs, I happened to encounter such a lively scene.
He greeted Zhao Yuanshu and Aunt Qin, ignored Li Zifan as usual, and finally looked at Song Huai: "Can't eat?"
Song Huai shook his head: "No, actually I'm almost full."
Li Chengxiao is not so easy to fool, he glanced at the breakfast in front of Song Huai, and found that Song Huai didn't move his chopsticks at all, so he took off his suit jacket, put it on the back of Song Huai's chair, and rolled up his sleeves , Said: "Just wait a minute, I'll be fine soon." He lifted his feet and was about to go to the kitchen.
If only he and Li Chengxiao were at home, Song Huai would not be embarrassed, but besides the two of them, there are three other people present, especially Zhao Yuanshu. He can feel Ms. Zhao's strange eyes on his body, making him uncomfortable all over.
He hurried to grab Li Chengxiao's hand: "Don't worry, I'm really full and I can't eat anymore."
Li Chengxiao frowned: "No."
The moment he walked towards the kitchen again, Zhao Yuanshu said, "Ah Xiao..."
Li Chengxiao turned around: "Mom, what's the matter?"
Zhao Yuanshu was a little embarrassed, he hesitated for a while before opening his mouth: "When will you be able to cook? I don't even know."
Li Chengxiao didn't expect Zhao Yuanshu to ask this, he was taken aback for a moment, and then said calmly: "It's very early, when I was studying abroad."
The expression on Zhao Yuanshu's face froze, and he said in embarrassment, "Did you cook by yourself when you were abroad? Why... I haven't heard you say that."
Li Chengxiao replied, "You didn't ask at that time", then turned and went to the kitchen.
Others may not have seen it, but Song Huai was sitting next to Li Chengxiao at that time, he clearly saw the loneliness and self-mockery in the man's eyes, and his heart suddenly seemed to be pulled by something.
Some pain.
A quarter of an hour later, Li Chengxiao came out of the kitchen with a food box in his hand.He said to Song Huai: "I'm running out of time, let's eat in the car."
Song Huai was still immersed in the emotion just now, upon hearing this, he just nodded dumbly, and then followed Li Chengxiao out of the villa.
In the car.
Song Huai was sitting in the passenger seat, holding the food box in his hand, but he didn't open it for a long time.
Without squinting, Li Chengxiao said, "If you don't eat any more, it will be cold."
Song Huai opened the lid, and on it was a golden fried egg.He told Li Chengxiao that he didn't like soft-boiled eggs, he would only eat eggs that were cooked to perfection.
The scene that just happened at the dining table kept replaying in his mind. After pondering for a while, he asked, "Li Chengxiao, did you really learn to cook when you were studying abroad?"
Li Chengxiao's face sank like water, he just said "um" and didn't say much.
Song Huai was puzzled: "Shouldn't the school have a cafeteria? Or, if the school cafeteria is unpalatable, there must be many restaurants around."
Young masters like them, who grew up in rich clothes and fine food and lived a carefree life, must have never touched the spring water. It is impossible for them to cook their own three meals a day. For them, problems that can be solved with money, Neither is a problem.
Li Chengxiao: "The school cafeteria and nearby restaurants serve Western food. I'm not used to it, and my stomach doesn't feel very comfortable after eating it. It takes at least an hour to take a taxi to the nearest Chinese restaurant."
Song Huai said cautiously: "Then...you haven't told...your family?"
Generally speaking, when you go to such a far place, you will share your life there with your family no matter what.
Li Chengxiao seemed to be lost in memory. At this morning rush hour, he waited for two green lights before driving the car through the intersection, and then said, "Why didn't you say that?"
It's not a rhetorical question, it's a declarative sentence.But with such a sure tone, Song Huai smelled helplessness and self-mockery in it.
Song Huai pursed his lips, not knowing how to speak.
From the corner of his eye, Li Chengxiao caught a glimpse of Song Huai's tangled face, and it was a little funny: "You can ask whatever you want, and I won't hide anything from you."
"...what did you say?"
Li Chengxiao said casually: "I called my parents and said that the eating habits here are not suitable for me, and I would vomit after eating."
He remembered very clearly that when he made this call, he was so thin that he was almost out of shape because he vomited for several days in a row, and he was relying on glucose infusion in the hospital to continue his life.
Compared with Li Zifan, because he grew up with his grandfather, he is not very close to his parents. As long as it is not particularly difficult or something he cannot bear, he will generally not tell his parents.
But that time, he really couldn't hold on any longer, so he made the call.
but……
Song Huai asked: "Then how did they answer you at that time?"
It happened to be a red light again, Li Chengxiao closed his eyes, and said in a low voice: "They said, boys should suffer a little bit."
Song Huai was taken aback: "How old were you then?"
Li Chengxiao turned his head to look at Song Huai, and a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Probably, he's only 17 years old."
Song Huai felt an inexplicable pain in his heart.
At 17, he was still in high school at the time.
He thought, 17-year-old Li Chengxiao, a young master who had no worries about food and clothing since he was a child, has no one to rely on in a strange country with no relatives. Unexpectedly... the family just let him be strong alone.
But what Li Chengxiao didn't tell him was that when Li Zifan was in college, he didn't go abroad and was only in other provinces. Because he complained that he was not used to the school's food, Zhao Yuanshu bought a house near his school and hired a cook. I cook for him every day, for fear that he will be uncomfortable somewhere.
Song Huai asked again: "So, you have no choice but to learn how to cook Chinese food by yourself?"
Li Chengxiao said "hmm" again.
The two of them stopped talking, and the atmosphere in the car suddenly became a little depressed.
Song Huai took a bite of the egg, it was crunchy, the taste he loved.He stared at the food box and said, "This skill of yours will be useless after you return to China, right? So you have to thank me, I let you pick up this skill."
Li Chengxiao knew that Song Huai said that on purpose, and deliberately used a cheerful tone, just to make himself happier.This guy...it really hurts him more and more.
His heart warmed up, and he tilted his head to look at Song Huai with a faint smile: "Well, I hope that in this life, you can make me not forget this skill."
Song Huai put a piece of broccoli in his mouth, turned his head to look at the office building retreating rapidly outside the car window, and hummed, "See how you behave in the future!"
As he said that, the smile on his face didn't diminish.
When getting off work at noon, the employees on the 32nd floor smelled a fragrance.This smell was nothing else, but the smell of food that was forbidden by Young Master Li not to be smelled in the office.
Who dared to challenge the authority of the boss after eating the bear's heart and leopard's guts?
For a moment, everyone looked at Song Huai.
Let alone the 32nd floor, looking at the entire Li Group, there is no other person who dares to blatantly go against Young Master Li, except for Song Huai.Even if it is Li Zifan, even if everyone knows that the two brothers are not compatible, they have never seen Li Zifan challenge his brother in public.
At this time, Song Huai, who was in the center of everyone's eyes, woke up leisurely.This morning he woke up earlier than usual, and his biological clock has not been adjusted for the time being. He has been sleepy since 10:30 in the morning. He just wanted to lie on the table and close his eyes for a while, but he did not expect to open his eyes again. Clicked.
Song Huai sat up straight, and then found that his colleagues in the front, back, left, and right were all staring at him, and then looked further away, and found that not only these people, but almost the entire 32nd floor's eyes were locked on him alone.
Song Huai: "??"
Is there something dirty on your face?
Or did you accidentally say something weird in your sleep when you just fell asleep?
Sucking his nose, he frowned: "What's the smell?"
Everyone looked at him with a look of "you continue to pretend".
Song Huai looked blank, and blinked innocently: "What are you looking at me for? I've been sleeping!"
The young lady in charge of sales smiled: "But it doesn't mean you won't order takeaway in advance."
Song Huaijiu: "..."
Well, who made him an ex-con?
"But it's really not me this time," Song Huai said seriously. He sniffed again as he spoke, and seriously smelled the fragrance floating in the air. He felt inexplicably familiar, but he couldn't figure out why. .
After following the scent for a while, Song Huai said, "It seems to be coming from the stairs."
As he said that, he turned on his toes and walked towards the stairs. The left and right bosses were not on the 32nd floor and he didn't know where he was going. Besides, there would be nothing wrong with following the mascot Song Huai. Anyway, the young master was not willing to punish him. So everyone became bolder, stood up from their workstations one after another, and followed Song Huai.
Just followed all the way to the 31st floor, and then...
They all widened their eyes in astonishment!
On the 31st floor of the empty no-man's land, a small house has been built at some point. The style is that of a rural house. There is a plaque on the top of the small house, on which are written a few large characters in strong script:
Huai Huai の private dining hall.
Song Huai's eyes lit up, and his heart felt inexplicably warm again.
In this world, apart from a certain young master, he really couldn't think of anyone else who called him "Huai Huai".
Wearing a white chef's uniform, a chef's hat on his head, and a spatula in his hand, Li Chengxiao came out of the hut and stared at a group of people.
Li Chengxiao: "..."
He never thought of letting his subordinates see himself dressed like this.
He is the eldest son of the Li family group, don't you want to lose face?
The employees were stunned.They've seen their CEO Li in a suit as an elite, and they've seen their CEO Li in overalls moving bricks in the workshop facing a pile of engines and lighters, but...
chef?
President Li still has this skill?
Li Chengxiao's face sank, his voice became cold, and he asked coolly in a tone that could freeze three cows to death: "Abandonment of duty during working hours, don't you want to mess around anymore?"
Everyone panicked and jumped up the stairs, fearing that if they were a little slower, zombies would eat their heads behind them.
Only Song Huai stood still.
Song Huai stood where he was, trying to hold back a smile, his shoulders kept shaking, and his face turned red.
Li Chengxiao had no choice but to sigh: "Laugh if you want."
It's all his own fault, thinking that today is the first day of the opening of "Huaihuaiの餐堂", so he had to think about some sense of ceremony, and forced Chen Zhizhang to make a set of chef uniforms overnight, and if he couldn't get it, he would deduct His performance bonus for the quarter.How could Chen Zhizhang dare to be negligent? He used all his connections to get a set of chef uniforms that matched the figure of their boss Li.
It's just that the young master has calculated thousands of times, and he didn't calculate that his employees would see him as a cosplay chef.
Inexplicably ashamed.
However, Song Huai really wasn't polite to him, so he didn't hold back anymore, the "hahahaha" laughter was so soul-stirring, that rare young master Li blushed.
Song Huai laughed enough, and the emotion in his heart slowly returned to his senses. He walked up to Li Chengxiao, leaned against his arm and asked, "Li Chengxiao, when did you build this house?"
"Just this weekend," Li Chengxiao said. Taking advantage of the fact that there were no people in the company on weekends, he asked someone to arrange this. The most expensive material was used, and it did not contain harmful gases such as formaldehyde, so there was no need to dry it. Ready to use.
"At that time, I thought it would be more convenient for you to cook in the future. Aunt Qin will come back sooner or later, because my parents will also come back sooner or later. After all, old people's habits are hard to change. They have long been accustomed to Aunt Qin's cooking..."
Li Chengxiao paused, and continued: "I didn't expect my parents to come back so early, so Aunt Qin came back too, but as long as she comes back, basically I have nothing to do with the kitchen at home. I was afraid that you would not be used to her dishes, so I came up with such a way."
Unexpectedly, this morning, I actually saw that Song Huai was not used to Aunt Qin's breakfast.
Song Huai is not the kind of wolf-hearted person, he has a steelyard in his heart who treats him well.When he first saw this small house, he was a little moved.
The man in front of him first set up a dedicated obstetric examination room for him to take care of his little thoughts and prevent others from finding out that his body is different from ordinary people's pregnancy. Now, to take care of his appetite, he built such a room. A small house dedicated to cooking for him.
It's as if he doesn't have to worry about anything, that man will settle everything for him, and he just needs to live responsibly.
In front of the small room is a set of tables and chairs made of solid wood, one table with two chairs, not big, just enough for Li Chengxiao and Song Huai.
Li Chengxiao brought out the prepared meals from the small room, put them on the table, and called Song Huai to come over for dinner.
Song Huai sat down at the table with a feeling of emotion, and the emotion in his heart had not dissipated before he heard Li Chengxiao ask, "Are you hungry?"
Song Huai nodded, he was indeed a little hungry.What's more, the dishes in front of him are delicious, delicious, and cooked according to his taste, even if he is not hungry, he can eat them all.
He reached for the chopsticks, but Li Chengxiao snatched them away first.
Li Chengxiao grabbed two pairs of chopsticks, stared at Song Huai, and said calmly, "Want to eat? Please."
Song Huai: "??"
Li Chengxiao: "As long as you ask me, this small house is yours, and I," he pointed to his chest, "is your exclusive chef."
Song Huai: "??"
He looked confused and asked logically: "When are you not my exclusive chef?"
Li Chengxiao: "..."
The young master frowned, as if there was such a reason, he was speechless.
Song Huai frowned, thought of some bad things, and looked unhappy: "Could it be that you have someone else besides me? Say, who is it?"
"How old? Where do you live? Do you look better than me?"
"Can he bear you a child?"
Li Chengxiao almost doubted his life: "??"
He was obviously in the upper hand just now, why has it become like this now?
He just wanted to blackmail Song Huai so that he would not move out of his room, that's all.
Who told him to say before: "When the time comes, don't beg to live in a room with me."
Young Master Li felt that it was very necessary for him to explain to himself now, otherwise if Song Huai misunderstood that he had a bad face outside, he would really not be able to clean up by jumping into the Yellow River.
He grabbed Song Huai's hand and said, "Huaihuai, don't get excited, I mean—"
The young master was anxious, his brain short-circuited, and he reversed the subject, verb and guest, and said nonsense: "I beg you, please give me a chance to be your exclusive chef, and I will cook for you every day from now on." Eat, you can give me a face, okay?"
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he was stunned.
Song Huai blinked: "??"
Did he just get it wrong?Still got it wrong?
Who is "one pregnancy and three years stupid"?
He looked at Li Chengxiao and smiled: "Okay, please beg me again."
Li Chengxiao: "..."
**
After eating, Li Chengxiao went to wash the dishes.Song Huai leaned against the door, admired the beautiful man washing the dishes, and asked, "Why don't you buy a dishwasher?"
Li Chengxiao just smiled and didn't speak.
When designing this hut, Chen Zhizhang also suggested that he buy a dishwasher, which is convenient and easy, but he refused.Cooking for Song Huai and washing the dishes for Song Huai himself can make him feel the down-to-earth and simple feeling of daily necessities.
That's something the dishwasher can't bring.
Song Huai shrugged, boredly looked up at the plaque again, "Did you choose the name?"
"Well, I wrote the words too. Do you like it?"
Song Huai nodded: "That's right." He walked up to Li Chengxiao, smiled and pushed his shoulder against Li Chengxiao's arm, and asked teasingly, "I didn't expect you to be quite fashionable, and the 'that' in the middle actually used Or the Japanese katakana 'の'."
In fact, Li Chengxiao was confused for a moment in his heart. Fortunately, he is knowledgeable and proficient in many languages, so he knows what Song Huai said "の".He thought about the words on the plaque carefully, and found that the "of" in the middle really looked quite similar to the Japanese katakana "の".
However, what Eldest Young Master Li would never say is that the reason for this misunderstanding is entirely because he wrote quickly when he wrote, and the effect came out after a series of strokes.
He didn't intend to tell the truth of the matter, otherwise he could guess it with his fingernails. If that Song Huai knew the truth, he would mercilessly run on him and call him an "old man".
Young Master Li's "old" heart can't stand this kind of enigma and contempt from Xiao Xianrou.
**
When Li Chengxiao and Song Huai returned to Li's villa, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening, and they had dinner at the company - the spoon served by Chef Li.
"Eldest Young Master, Young Master Huai, are you back?" Aunt Qin asked, "I'll get you some hot food."
"No need, Aunt Qin," Li Chengxiao said. He glanced at Li Jinfeng, Zhao Yuanshu, and Li Zifan who were talking happily in the living room. The expressions on their faces were dull, "Huaihuai and I ate at the company."
Aunt Qin was taken aback: "Does Mrs. Li have dinner now?"
In her impression, Li's canteen seemed to only serve breakfast and lunch.
Dinner is also available, but it must be agreed in advance, and it is only for overtime workers.
Just as Song Huai was about to speak, Li Zifan's voice came from the living room: "You don't know, the elder brother renovated the 31st floor of the company into a cafeteria to cook for Ah Huai, and the chef is my brother!"
Song Huai frowned, feeling inexplicably upset.Li Zifan's words... Although every sentence is true, the tone makes people listen, as if he is a vixen who confuses the king and makes Li Chengxiao ask for him.
Sure enough, he looked up in the direction of the sofa, and saw Ms. Zhao Yuanshu's eyes that couldn't be called friendly.
Song Huai: "..."
He sighed and took the initiative to say hello: "Uncle, aunt."
Zhao Yuanshu said "Yes" indifferently, and Li Jinfeng beside him gave a smiley face: "Ah Huai, I haven't seen you for a while, but you have gained a little weight."
Probably the couple's attitudes were completely opposite. After meeting Zhao Yuanshu, Song Huai was a little surprised when Li Jinfeng was so polite to him.
He didn't pay close attention to Li Jinfeng last night, and he was still resting during dinner this morning, so this meeting tonight was his first real meeting with Li Jinfeng.
It has to be said that Li Zifan and Li Chengxiao are brothers, one is like a mother and the other is like a father.Although Li Chengxiao's temperament is not the same as his father Li Jinfeng's, but in terms of facial features alone, the eyebrows and facial contours are [-]-[-]% similar to his father Li Jinfeng, which makes Song Huai have no reason to treat this sixty-year-old The uncle has a good impression, not to mention that Li Jinfeng always has a smiling face compared to Li Chengxiao, the cold and cold young master who always makes people feel less alienated.
Li Zifan accepted Li Jinfeng's words, and said with a smile: "It must be, under the careful care of my elder brother, it's no wonder that Ah Huai is not fat."
Hearing this, both Song Huai and Li Chengxiao's expressions darkened.
Song Huai subconsciously looked at Zhao Yuanshu, and sure enough, this woman's complexion turned ugly.
Li Chengxiao frowned, and said to Li Zifan in a bad tone: "If you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb."
Song Huai felt that Li Chengxiao was very handsome at the moment.
Li Jinfeng has long been accustomed to the way the two brothers get along, and said cheerfully: "There is nothing wrong with Ah Xiao doing this. He will be with Ah Huai sooner or later. A man who loves others is a real man."
After speaking, he took Zhao Yuanshu's hand: "Yuan Shu, tell me, is this the truth?"
Only then did Zhao Yuanshu's complexion improve, and she cast a reproachful glance at her husband: "How old is he, I don't know how to be ashamed."
Song Huai looked at Ms. Zhao who had changed her face. She couldn't see any traces of pretentiousness on her face, and he knew in his heart that Li Jinfeng and Zhao Yuanshu were really in love.
However, generally speaking, children born to a loving couple should also have a gentle personality, because they have lived in a world of love since they were young, so they are full of warmth towards this world.
But why is Li Chengxiao so indifferent?
After Li Chengxiao said, "Mom and Dad, you talk first, Huaihuai and I will go up first", then he took Song Huai's shoulders to go upstairs.
"Ah Xiao, wait a minute."
Zhao Yuanshu's voice came from behind, Li Chengxiao and Song Huai paused, they looked at each other, and then turned around in unison.Li Chengxiao asked: "Mom, what's the matter?"
On the contrary, Li Chengxiao hugged Song Huai a little tighter: "If you keep doing this, you will only feel more panicked."
Song Huai asked angrily: "...Then can't you fucking put on another pair of pants?"
Anyway, I can buffer it.
"Shh, don't make noise, go to sleep." Li Chengxiao said in a low voice, "If you talk again, I'll really just sleep like this without wearing anything, anyway, I'm used to that."
Song Huai: "..."
Although these words were threatening, they were really effective, and Song Huai immediately fell silent.In the dark night, Li Chengxiao smiled helplessly.
**
Song Huai got up very early the next day because he had to go to Li's work today. Although he knew that Li Chengxiao would definitely accommodate him and start later, he didn't want to delay Li Chengxiao's work because of himself. After all, Li Chengxiao He is really busy with work, and he doesn't want to hold him back.
When they arrived at the dining table, Song Huai was surprised and asked, "Aunt Qin? When did you come back?"
"Master Huai, good morning," Aunt Qin greeted Song Huai with a smile, and then said, "I just arrived not long ago, just an hour ago."
Last night, she received a call from Li Chengxiao, saying that Li Jinfeng and Zhao Yuanshu had returned from their trip. She was afraid that the two elders would not be used to eating without her at home. Aunt Qin hung up the phone and was still feeling emotional. Said, but in fact, he is more careful than anyone else. For example, Li Zifan would not call this call, but...
Some people, once their minds are off, they selectively turn a blind eye to some things.
So, she drove the earliest bus non-stop from her hometown in the countryside. Seeing that there was still time, she made another breakfast.
Song Huai sat at the dining table, drank two mouthfuls of porridge, and couldn't eat anymore.
During this period of time, his stomach seemed to be fed by Li Chengxiao to the point where he only recognized the man's craftsmanship. He used to think that Aunt Qin's craftsmanship was good, but now he doesn't want to eat it.
Seeing this, Aunt Qin asked with concern: "What's the matter, Young Master Huai? What's wrong with you? Why can't you eat?"
Song Huai smiled at Aunt Qin, and explained: "It's okay, Aunt Qin. I was full last night, so my son won't be hungry now."
Li Zifan just came down from upstairs. He took breakfast from Aunt Qin and said with a smile, "Aren't you used to Aunt Qin's craftsmanship? You are used to it by my brother."
Song Huai just smiled and didn't say much.
On the contrary, Zhao Yuanshu, who came back from watering the flowers in the yard outside, took over the conversation and asked Song Huai, "Ah Xiao often cooks for you during this time?"
It was obviously a very simple question, but Song Huai didn't know how to answer it, and he didn't know if he was thinking too much. He could always feel a kind of inexplicable unwillingness in Zhao Yuanshu's tone.
Li Zifan said: "Isn't it? Since this time, my eldest brother has left early at noon and evening every day, just to buy food for Ahuai and cook."
Song Huai frowned and didn't speak.
If he hadn't guessed wrongly, with Li Chengxiao's low-key personality, it would be impossible for him to tell his employees that he left work early just to buy groceries.The only person who might know the truth of the matter is probably Chen Zhizhang.
But Chen Zhizhang is Li Chengxiao's special assistant, and he has not been fired after working for so many years. It must be because he and Li Chengxiao have cooperated very well. Without Li Chengxiao's instruction, it would be impossible to give him a hundred courage I won't go around talking about it.
So here comes the question, how did Li Zifan know about this?
Unless... Li Zifan has been watching his and Li Chengxiao's every move in a corner they can't see.
Song Huai suddenly felt a little creepy and couldn't help shivering.
Upstairs, Li Chengxiao stood in front of the full-length mirror and repeatedly ensured that he looked handsome before going downstairs.Just as I went downstairs, I happened to encounter such a lively scene.
He greeted Zhao Yuanshu and Aunt Qin, ignored Li Zifan as usual, and finally looked at Song Huai: "Can't eat?"
Song Huai shook his head: "No, actually I'm almost full."
Li Chengxiao is not so easy to fool, he glanced at the breakfast in front of Song Huai, and found that Song Huai didn't move his chopsticks at all, so he took off his suit jacket, put it on the back of Song Huai's chair, and rolled up his sleeves , Said: "Just wait a minute, I'll be fine soon." He lifted his feet and was about to go to the kitchen.
If only he and Li Chengxiao were at home, Song Huai would not be embarrassed, but besides the two of them, there are three other people present, especially Zhao Yuanshu. He can feel Ms. Zhao's strange eyes on his body, making him uncomfortable all over.
He hurried to grab Li Chengxiao's hand: "Don't worry, I'm really full and I can't eat anymore."
Li Chengxiao frowned: "No."
The moment he walked towards the kitchen again, Zhao Yuanshu said, "Ah Xiao..."
Li Chengxiao turned around: "Mom, what's the matter?"
Zhao Yuanshu was a little embarrassed, he hesitated for a while before opening his mouth: "When will you be able to cook? I don't even know."
Li Chengxiao didn't expect Zhao Yuanshu to ask this, he was taken aback for a moment, and then said calmly: "It's very early, when I was studying abroad."
The expression on Zhao Yuanshu's face froze, and he said in embarrassment, "Did you cook by yourself when you were abroad? Why... I haven't heard you say that."
Li Chengxiao replied, "You didn't ask at that time", then turned and went to the kitchen.
Others may not have seen it, but Song Huai was sitting next to Li Chengxiao at that time, he clearly saw the loneliness and self-mockery in the man's eyes, and his heart suddenly seemed to be pulled by something.
Some pain.
A quarter of an hour later, Li Chengxiao came out of the kitchen with a food box in his hand.He said to Song Huai: "I'm running out of time, let's eat in the car."
Song Huai was still immersed in the emotion just now, upon hearing this, he just nodded dumbly, and then followed Li Chengxiao out of the villa.
In the car.
Song Huai was sitting in the passenger seat, holding the food box in his hand, but he didn't open it for a long time.
Without squinting, Li Chengxiao said, "If you don't eat any more, it will be cold."
Song Huai opened the lid, and on it was a golden fried egg.He told Li Chengxiao that he didn't like soft-boiled eggs, he would only eat eggs that were cooked to perfection.
The scene that just happened at the dining table kept replaying in his mind. After pondering for a while, he asked, "Li Chengxiao, did you really learn to cook when you were studying abroad?"
Li Chengxiao's face sank like water, he just said "um" and didn't say much.
Song Huai was puzzled: "Shouldn't the school have a cafeteria? Or, if the school cafeteria is unpalatable, there must be many restaurants around."
Young masters like them, who grew up in rich clothes and fine food and lived a carefree life, must have never touched the spring water. It is impossible for them to cook their own three meals a day. For them, problems that can be solved with money, Neither is a problem.
Li Chengxiao: "The school cafeteria and nearby restaurants serve Western food. I'm not used to it, and my stomach doesn't feel very comfortable after eating it. It takes at least an hour to take a taxi to the nearest Chinese restaurant."
Song Huai said cautiously: "Then...you haven't told...your family?"
Generally speaking, when you go to such a far place, you will share your life there with your family no matter what.
Li Chengxiao seemed to be lost in memory. At this morning rush hour, he waited for two green lights before driving the car through the intersection, and then said, "Why didn't you say that?"
It's not a rhetorical question, it's a declarative sentence.But with such a sure tone, Song Huai smelled helplessness and self-mockery in it.
Song Huai pursed his lips, not knowing how to speak.
From the corner of his eye, Li Chengxiao caught a glimpse of Song Huai's tangled face, and it was a little funny: "You can ask whatever you want, and I won't hide anything from you."
"...what did you say?"
Li Chengxiao said casually: "I called my parents and said that the eating habits here are not suitable for me, and I would vomit after eating."
He remembered very clearly that when he made this call, he was so thin that he was almost out of shape because he vomited for several days in a row, and he was relying on glucose infusion in the hospital to continue his life.
Compared with Li Zifan, because he grew up with his grandfather, he is not very close to his parents. As long as it is not particularly difficult or something he cannot bear, he will generally not tell his parents.
But that time, he really couldn't hold on any longer, so he made the call.
but……
Song Huai asked: "Then how did they answer you at that time?"
It happened to be a red light again, Li Chengxiao closed his eyes, and said in a low voice: "They said, boys should suffer a little bit."
Song Huai was taken aback: "How old were you then?"
Li Chengxiao turned his head to look at Song Huai, and a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Probably, he's only 17 years old."
Song Huai felt an inexplicable pain in his heart.
At 17, he was still in high school at the time.
He thought, 17-year-old Li Chengxiao, a young master who had no worries about food and clothing since he was a child, has no one to rely on in a strange country with no relatives. Unexpectedly... the family just let him be strong alone.
But what Li Chengxiao didn't tell him was that when Li Zifan was in college, he didn't go abroad and was only in other provinces. Because he complained that he was not used to the school's food, Zhao Yuanshu bought a house near his school and hired a cook. I cook for him every day, for fear that he will be uncomfortable somewhere.
Song Huai asked again: "So, you have no choice but to learn how to cook Chinese food by yourself?"
Li Chengxiao said "hmm" again.
The two of them stopped talking, and the atmosphere in the car suddenly became a little depressed.
Song Huai took a bite of the egg, it was crunchy, the taste he loved.He stared at the food box and said, "This skill of yours will be useless after you return to China, right? So you have to thank me, I let you pick up this skill."
Li Chengxiao knew that Song Huai said that on purpose, and deliberately used a cheerful tone, just to make himself happier.This guy...it really hurts him more and more.
His heart warmed up, and he tilted his head to look at Song Huai with a faint smile: "Well, I hope that in this life, you can make me not forget this skill."
Song Huai put a piece of broccoli in his mouth, turned his head to look at the office building retreating rapidly outside the car window, and hummed, "See how you behave in the future!"
As he said that, the smile on his face didn't diminish.
When getting off work at noon, the employees on the 32nd floor smelled a fragrance.This smell was nothing else, but the smell of food that was forbidden by Young Master Li not to be smelled in the office.
Who dared to challenge the authority of the boss after eating the bear's heart and leopard's guts?
For a moment, everyone looked at Song Huai.
Let alone the 32nd floor, looking at the entire Li Group, there is no other person who dares to blatantly go against Young Master Li, except for Song Huai.Even if it is Li Zifan, even if everyone knows that the two brothers are not compatible, they have never seen Li Zifan challenge his brother in public.
At this time, Song Huai, who was in the center of everyone's eyes, woke up leisurely.This morning he woke up earlier than usual, and his biological clock has not been adjusted for the time being. He has been sleepy since 10:30 in the morning. He just wanted to lie on the table and close his eyes for a while, but he did not expect to open his eyes again. Clicked.
Song Huai sat up straight, and then found that his colleagues in the front, back, left, and right were all staring at him, and then looked further away, and found that not only these people, but almost the entire 32nd floor's eyes were locked on him alone.
Song Huai: "??"
Is there something dirty on your face?
Or did you accidentally say something weird in your sleep when you just fell asleep?
Sucking his nose, he frowned: "What's the smell?"
Everyone looked at him with a look of "you continue to pretend".
Song Huai looked blank, and blinked innocently: "What are you looking at me for? I've been sleeping!"
The young lady in charge of sales smiled: "But it doesn't mean you won't order takeaway in advance."
Song Huaijiu: "..."
Well, who made him an ex-con?
"But it's really not me this time," Song Huai said seriously. He sniffed again as he spoke, and seriously smelled the fragrance floating in the air. He felt inexplicably familiar, but he couldn't figure out why. .
After following the scent for a while, Song Huai said, "It seems to be coming from the stairs."
As he said that, he turned on his toes and walked towards the stairs. The left and right bosses were not on the 32nd floor and he didn't know where he was going. Besides, there would be nothing wrong with following the mascot Song Huai. Anyway, the young master was not willing to punish him. So everyone became bolder, stood up from their workstations one after another, and followed Song Huai.
Just followed all the way to the 31st floor, and then...
They all widened their eyes in astonishment!
On the 31st floor of the empty no-man's land, a small house has been built at some point. The style is that of a rural house. There is a plaque on the top of the small house, on which are written a few large characters in strong script:
Huai Huai の private dining hall.
Song Huai's eyes lit up, and his heart felt inexplicably warm again.
In this world, apart from a certain young master, he really couldn't think of anyone else who called him "Huai Huai".
Wearing a white chef's uniform, a chef's hat on his head, and a spatula in his hand, Li Chengxiao came out of the hut and stared at a group of people.
Li Chengxiao: "..."
He never thought of letting his subordinates see himself dressed like this.
He is the eldest son of the Li family group, don't you want to lose face?
The employees were stunned.They've seen their CEO Li in a suit as an elite, and they've seen their CEO Li in overalls moving bricks in the workshop facing a pile of engines and lighters, but...
chef?
President Li still has this skill?
Li Chengxiao's face sank, his voice became cold, and he asked coolly in a tone that could freeze three cows to death: "Abandonment of duty during working hours, don't you want to mess around anymore?"
Everyone panicked and jumped up the stairs, fearing that if they were a little slower, zombies would eat their heads behind them.
Only Song Huai stood still.
Song Huai stood where he was, trying to hold back a smile, his shoulders kept shaking, and his face turned red.
Li Chengxiao had no choice but to sigh: "Laugh if you want."
It's all his own fault, thinking that today is the first day of the opening of "Huaihuaiの餐堂", so he had to think about some sense of ceremony, and forced Chen Zhizhang to make a set of chef uniforms overnight, and if he couldn't get it, he would deduct His performance bonus for the quarter.How could Chen Zhizhang dare to be negligent? He used all his connections to get a set of chef uniforms that matched the figure of their boss Li.
It's just that the young master has calculated thousands of times, and he didn't calculate that his employees would see him as a cosplay chef.
Inexplicably ashamed.
However, Song Huai really wasn't polite to him, so he didn't hold back anymore, the "hahahaha" laughter was so soul-stirring, that rare young master Li blushed.
Song Huai laughed enough, and the emotion in his heart slowly returned to his senses. He walked up to Li Chengxiao, leaned against his arm and asked, "Li Chengxiao, when did you build this house?"
"Just this weekend," Li Chengxiao said. Taking advantage of the fact that there were no people in the company on weekends, he asked someone to arrange this. The most expensive material was used, and it did not contain harmful gases such as formaldehyde, so there was no need to dry it. Ready to use.
"At that time, I thought it would be more convenient for you to cook in the future. Aunt Qin will come back sooner or later, because my parents will also come back sooner or later. After all, old people's habits are hard to change. They have long been accustomed to Aunt Qin's cooking..."
Li Chengxiao paused, and continued: "I didn't expect my parents to come back so early, so Aunt Qin came back too, but as long as she comes back, basically I have nothing to do with the kitchen at home. I was afraid that you would not be used to her dishes, so I came up with such a way."
Unexpectedly, this morning, I actually saw that Song Huai was not used to Aunt Qin's breakfast.
Song Huai is not the kind of wolf-hearted person, he has a steelyard in his heart who treats him well.When he first saw this small house, he was a little moved.
The man in front of him first set up a dedicated obstetric examination room for him to take care of his little thoughts and prevent others from finding out that his body is different from ordinary people's pregnancy. Now, to take care of his appetite, he built such a room. A small house dedicated to cooking for him.
It's as if he doesn't have to worry about anything, that man will settle everything for him, and he just needs to live responsibly.
In front of the small room is a set of tables and chairs made of solid wood, one table with two chairs, not big, just enough for Li Chengxiao and Song Huai.
Li Chengxiao brought out the prepared meals from the small room, put them on the table, and called Song Huai to come over for dinner.
Song Huai sat down at the table with a feeling of emotion, and the emotion in his heart had not dissipated before he heard Li Chengxiao ask, "Are you hungry?"
Song Huai nodded, he was indeed a little hungry.What's more, the dishes in front of him are delicious, delicious, and cooked according to his taste, even if he is not hungry, he can eat them all.
He reached for the chopsticks, but Li Chengxiao snatched them away first.
Li Chengxiao grabbed two pairs of chopsticks, stared at Song Huai, and said calmly, "Want to eat? Please."
Song Huai: "??"
Li Chengxiao: "As long as you ask me, this small house is yours, and I," he pointed to his chest, "is your exclusive chef."
Song Huai: "??"
He looked confused and asked logically: "When are you not my exclusive chef?"
Li Chengxiao: "..."
The young master frowned, as if there was such a reason, he was speechless.
Song Huai frowned, thought of some bad things, and looked unhappy: "Could it be that you have someone else besides me? Say, who is it?"
"How old? Where do you live? Do you look better than me?"
"Can he bear you a child?"
Li Chengxiao almost doubted his life: "??"
He was obviously in the upper hand just now, why has it become like this now?
He just wanted to blackmail Song Huai so that he would not move out of his room, that's all.
Who told him to say before: "When the time comes, don't beg to live in a room with me."
Young Master Li felt that it was very necessary for him to explain to himself now, otherwise if Song Huai misunderstood that he had a bad face outside, he would really not be able to clean up by jumping into the Yellow River.
He grabbed Song Huai's hand and said, "Huaihuai, don't get excited, I mean—"
The young master was anxious, his brain short-circuited, and he reversed the subject, verb and guest, and said nonsense: "I beg you, please give me a chance to be your exclusive chef, and I will cook for you every day from now on." Eat, you can give me a face, okay?"
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he was stunned.
Song Huai blinked: "??"
Did he just get it wrong?Still got it wrong?
Who is "one pregnancy and three years stupid"?
He looked at Li Chengxiao and smiled: "Okay, please beg me again."
Li Chengxiao: "..."
**
After eating, Li Chengxiao went to wash the dishes.Song Huai leaned against the door, admired the beautiful man washing the dishes, and asked, "Why don't you buy a dishwasher?"
Li Chengxiao just smiled and didn't speak.
When designing this hut, Chen Zhizhang also suggested that he buy a dishwasher, which is convenient and easy, but he refused.Cooking for Song Huai and washing the dishes for Song Huai himself can make him feel the down-to-earth and simple feeling of daily necessities.
That's something the dishwasher can't bring.
Song Huai shrugged, boredly looked up at the plaque again, "Did you choose the name?"
"Well, I wrote the words too. Do you like it?"
Song Huai nodded: "That's right." He walked up to Li Chengxiao, smiled and pushed his shoulder against Li Chengxiao's arm, and asked teasingly, "I didn't expect you to be quite fashionable, and the 'that' in the middle actually used Or the Japanese katakana 'の'."
In fact, Li Chengxiao was confused for a moment in his heart. Fortunately, he is knowledgeable and proficient in many languages, so he knows what Song Huai said "の".He thought about the words on the plaque carefully, and found that the "of" in the middle really looked quite similar to the Japanese katakana "の".
However, what Eldest Young Master Li would never say is that the reason for this misunderstanding is entirely because he wrote quickly when he wrote, and the effect came out after a series of strokes.
He didn't intend to tell the truth of the matter, otherwise he could guess it with his fingernails. If that Song Huai knew the truth, he would mercilessly run on him and call him an "old man".
Young Master Li's "old" heart can't stand this kind of enigma and contempt from Xiao Xianrou.
**
When Li Chengxiao and Song Huai returned to Li's villa, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening, and they had dinner at the company - the spoon served by Chef Li.
"Eldest Young Master, Young Master Huai, are you back?" Aunt Qin asked, "I'll get you some hot food."
"No need, Aunt Qin," Li Chengxiao said. He glanced at Li Jinfeng, Zhao Yuanshu, and Li Zifan who were talking happily in the living room. The expressions on their faces were dull, "Huaihuai and I ate at the company."
Aunt Qin was taken aback: "Does Mrs. Li have dinner now?"
In her impression, Li's canteen seemed to only serve breakfast and lunch.
Dinner is also available, but it must be agreed in advance, and it is only for overtime workers.
Just as Song Huai was about to speak, Li Zifan's voice came from the living room: "You don't know, the elder brother renovated the 31st floor of the company into a cafeteria to cook for Ah Huai, and the chef is my brother!"
Song Huai frowned, feeling inexplicably upset.Li Zifan's words... Although every sentence is true, the tone makes people listen, as if he is a vixen who confuses the king and makes Li Chengxiao ask for him.
Sure enough, he looked up in the direction of the sofa, and saw Ms. Zhao Yuanshu's eyes that couldn't be called friendly.
Song Huai: "..."
He sighed and took the initiative to say hello: "Uncle, aunt."
Zhao Yuanshu said "Yes" indifferently, and Li Jinfeng beside him gave a smiley face: "Ah Huai, I haven't seen you for a while, but you have gained a little weight."
Probably the couple's attitudes were completely opposite. After meeting Zhao Yuanshu, Song Huai was a little surprised when Li Jinfeng was so polite to him.
He didn't pay close attention to Li Jinfeng last night, and he was still resting during dinner this morning, so this meeting tonight was his first real meeting with Li Jinfeng.
It has to be said that Li Zifan and Li Chengxiao are brothers, one is like a mother and the other is like a father.Although Li Chengxiao's temperament is not the same as his father Li Jinfeng's, but in terms of facial features alone, the eyebrows and facial contours are [-]-[-]% similar to his father Li Jinfeng, which makes Song Huai have no reason to treat this sixty-year-old The uncle has a good impression, not to mention that Li Jinfeng always has a smiling face compared to Li Chengxiao, the cold and cold young master who always makes people feel less alienated.
Li Zifan accepted Li Jinfeng's words, and said with a smile: "It must be, under the careful care of my elder brother, it's no wonder that Ah Huai is not fat."
Hearing this, both Song Huai and Li Chengxiao's expressions darkened.
Song Huai subconsciously looked at Zhao Yuanshu, and sure enough, this woman's complexion turned ugly.
Li Chengxiao frowned, and said to Li Zifan in a bad tone: "If you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb."
Song Huai felt that Li Chengxiao was very handsome at the moment.
Li Jinfeng has long been accustomed to the way the two brothers get along, and said cheerfully: "There is nothing wrong with Ah Xiao doing this. He will be with Ah Huai sooner or later. A man who loves others is a real man."
After speaking, he took Zhao Yuanshu's hand: "Yuan Shu, tell me, is this the truth?"
Only then did Zhao Yuanshu's complexion improve, and she cast a reproachful glance at her husband: "How old is he, I don't know how to be ashamed."
Song Huai looked at Ms. Zhao who had changed her face. She couldn't see any traces of pretentiousness on her face, and he knew in his heart that Li Jinfeng and Zhao Yuanshu were really in love.
However, generally speaking, children born to a loving couple should also have a gentle personality, because they have lived in a world of love since they were young, so they are full of warmth towards this world.
But why is Li Chengxiao so indifferent?
After Li Chengxiao said, "Mom and Dad, you talk first, Huaihuai and I will go up first", then he took Song Huai's shoulders to go upstairs.
"Ah Xiao, wait a minute."
Zhao Yuanshu's voice came from behind, Li Chengxiao and Song Huai paused, they looked at each other, and then turned around in unison.Li Chengxiao asked: "Mom, what's the matter?"
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