no compromise

In high school, Ji Shen and Cheng Yueran were classmates.

Cheng Yueran's father passed away due to illness in his early years, leaving him and his mother in the family. Cheng Yueran shouldered the burden of the family at a young age.

Cheng's mother was helping out in a restaurant, and Cheng Yueran would take a detour every day after school to pick up her mother from get off work, and then the two of them would go home together.On weekends, he would occasionally go to the store to help. The colleagues and bosses in the store were very kind to their mother and child, and sometimes they would be invited to dinner together.

Cheng Yueran is very smart, and usually takes part-time jobs online or with the help of classmates without delaying her studies to earn money.

His personality is also good, and he will not feel inferior and cowardly because of family reasons. In addition, he is good-looking, with a delicate face and a tall and straight figure, so he is also very popular with his classmates and teachers.

At the age of youth and restlessness, Ji Shen noticed this different classmate because of an accidental reason, and the more he paid attention, the more attracted he felt.

Under the long-term attention, Ji Shen had a vague and ambiguous affection for Cheng Yueran, but because the timing was wrong, he did not take any substantive actions. After the college entrance examination, Ji Shen discovered Cheng Yueran's secret, and finally decided to act .

"Hey, Ji Shen!"

Just after the last exam, Ji Shen was about to go to Cheng Yueran and ask him how to arrange the summer vacation. He planned to see what he could do to communicate with him more naturally and unobtrusively. Who knew that he had just left the exam room I was stopped by my classmates.

"How about going out for a while later?"

The classmate hugged Ji Shen's shoulder and winked.

No matter how you say it, Ji Shen is also a rich second generation, and he usually knows how to be a man. From time to time, he invites his classmates to eat and drink together, and he usually pays the bill. True or false, he has made a lot of friends.

Today is the last day of the college entrance examination, and maybe we will never see each other again in the future. Getting together can be regarded as a beautiful end to the three years of high school.

"Okay, I'm treating guests, everyone, everyone! By the way, have you seen Yue Ran? Call him together." Since you can't find someone alone, it's better to ask everyone to find him together.

"Cheng Yueran, I saw him just now, and he seems to have left after the exam." Another student tilted his head and thought for a while before answering.

"Going so fast, he shouldn't be busy working today." The classmate holding Ji Shen's shoulder took out his mobile phone and muttered, "I should have his mobile phone number, wait a minute, I'll ask him."

"Hey, Yueran, I'm Zhao Jing, that's right. Hey, where are you going? We plan to get together on the last day. Yes, it's our young master Ji's treat!" Zhao Jing smiled at Ji Shen, making a big effort Casting his eyes away, Ji Shen just returned a faint smile and didn't say anything.

"Where to eat? Today, I have to eat something good, so I'll go to Yuefu Building! Okay, just remember to be on time, ah."

After hanging up the phone, Zhao Jing turned around and explained to Ji Shen: "Yueran said that there is a part-time job that is paying wages today, and he went to collect the money and buy some things, and then go directly there. Ji Shao, I decided to book the Yuefu Building privately , you don't mind, do you?"

Yuefulou is a bit better than ordinary restaurants, but it is not very expensive.After all, everyone has been classmates for more than two years, so it's not good to really cost Ji Shen.

Ji Shen had no objection, he understood what student Zhao meant, but Yuefu Building was a place with good food for him, so it was really nothing.

A few people just called me and called him like this. Almost all the classmates in the class were called, talking and laughing, and walked out of the school gate, preparing to spend this last day of high school career.

Because the seats were reserved in advance, everyone was not in a hurry, and it was almost time for dinner when we arrived at the Yuefu Building.

Before reaching the hotel gate, a middle-aged man greeted him enthusiastically.

The man claimed to be the department manager of the restaurant, surnamed Zhu.

Manager Zhu first greeted Ji Shen with a smile on his face, and then took the students to the box in person, and did not treat them differently because they were only high school students. While walking, he congratulated everyone on the college entrance examination and wished everyone the best With good grades, I was admitted to the ideal university.

When we got to the box, after the students sat down, Manager Zhu asked the waiter to serve the food.

"Today's table, there is another talk, called "Splendid Future"! The dishes are also freshly prepared, and our hotel specially launched them to please the crowd. Look at this one."

Manager Zhu pointed to a milky white soup and said, "This dish is called "Bai Yi Qing Xiang", and the one over there is called "Pengcheng Wanli"!"

After introducing several dishes one after another, I wished the manager to see that it was almost done, raised the wine glass, toasted everyone, wished everyone a bright future, and then left first on the grounds of not disturbing.

Zhao Jing deliberately let out a breath and pretended to relax, and joked with a smile: "Today, I really got the honor of Young Master Ji. This is the first time I have seen the manager of Yuefu Building give such an enthusiastic and detailed introduction." .

Ji Shen slowly picked up the so-called "Peng Cheng Wanli" with his chopsticks, chewed and swallowed it, and then teased Zhao Jing: "In this case, then you should thank me and drink a few more glasses." Facing everyone, "This fish is not bad. Although the ingredients are ordinary, but the seasoning is good, and it has a good name. It is quite suitable for today's day."

Hearing Ji Shen's reply, Zhao Jing was not annoyed, he drank two glasses of thank-you wine easily, and shook his head to pick up the fish that Ji Shen gave a good review, muttering "I want to see what's special."

Remove the fancy name, the so-called "Pengcheng Wanli" is actually just an ordinary deep-fried turbot.

The method of this dish is also very simple. When cooking, first take out the fish, add salt and marinate it for later use, then mix well with the prepared tempura powder, and then put it in a 1% hot oil pan and fry it on low heat for [-] minute. When it is about half-cooked, take it out and set aside.

Coat the remaining fish bones with egg white liquid, put them into a 1% hot oil pan to set the shape, remove the pan from the heat immediately, and after 1 minute, put the pan on high heat and deep-fry for about [-] minute, until it is crispy, then take it out and set aside.

When frying, remember to constantly use a frying spoon to press down the middle of the fish bone as much as possible so that it can form a radian and hold the fish.

Then prepare the fish.

Leave the bottom oil in the pot, add sugar and tomato sauce when it is [-]% hot, mix it slowly over low heat, put the fried fish in a container made of fish bones, pour the prepared sauce and it's done.

As for the name, it's just because the finished product looks a bit like a bird with wings spread.

As for the "Bai Yiqing Xiang", it is nothing more than egg whites and lobster meat steamed in soup, topped with good flower carvings, and sprinkled with crab roe.

But the win is that the plate is very beautiful, milky white, small, and very delicate.

Suggested wine pairing: ClosStMichelBlancChateauneuf, dry white wine from Saint-Michel Manor

"Don't say it, it tastes really good!" Zhao Jing couldn't help but admire after taking a sip.

Ji Shen was calm on the face, but he was still thinking of Cheng Yueran who had not arrived yet: "After all, it is also an old store inherited. Speaking of which, classmate Yueran is coming soon, right?"

Zhao Jing took out his mobile phone and looked at it: "It's here. He sent a text message saying that he was downstairs, and asked which box we are in."

"Then I'll go down to pick him up, it's convenient and saves time." Before he finished speaking, Ji Shen got up and walked out, completely ignoring Zhao Jing's hand that he wanted to keep.

Is this convenient?

Zhao Jing thought about it, and felt that Ji Shen must have his reasons for doing so, so he ignored it and continued to eat and drink.

Ji Shen went downstairs calmly, pacing back and forth at the entrance of the lobby to conceal his inner tension and expectation.

He didn't quite understand what he was nervous about. After being divided into arts and sciences, we have been classmates for more than two years. Logically speaking, he should be familiar with every student in the class, but he is still confused about Cheng Yueran. .

He knew that there was this person in the class, he knew that he was very good, and he even had an inexplicable affection for him, but in the class, he and him rarely even stayed alone to talk a few words.

This gathering, no matter what, he had to take this step, otherwise, he was afraid that he would regret it.

Ji Shen, who was full of thoughts, didn't notice that the person he was thinking of had already arrived at the door, and when he was about to enter the hotel lobby, he was suddenly stopped by someone.

"Yueran, are you really not coming tomorrow?" The one who stopped him was Li Zhen, the boss who happened to drop him off on his way home.

"No, I need to make some preparations for my future life." Cheng Yueran rolled his eyes with a smile, he could no longer procrastinate.

Ji Shen probably has heard of Li Zhen. He used to hang out in various bars for a while. During that time, he heard a lot of people saying that there was a special bar called "Qing" in the next street. , the boss inside is called Li Zhen.

They all warned Ji Shen, don't provoke him if there is nothing to do, he can't afford it.

He didn't understand how an ordinary student like Cheng Yueran, who only worked as a part-time job, got along so well with the legendary Li Zhen, like an old friend for many years.

And he had actually secretly inquired that the nature of "Qing" is not single, it is more inclined to g'ay, so, Cheng Yueran works in g'ay bar, does he like men?

This sudden conjecture is actually illogical. No one stipulates that the person who works in the g'ay bar must be g'ay, but Ji Shen is looking forward to it very much. Rather than saying that this is a guess without reason, it is better to say that it is him He hoped that Cheng Yueran would be g'ay, he hoped that Cheng Yueran would like men as he thought, so that he would have greater confidence in being the person Cheng Yueran liked.

The author has something to say:

I'm not very good at describing characters' transitions, just a few people talking, or a character speaking in a long way, punctuation marks, or the description of when a character speaks.How can I be more natural?