Solstice Secrets

When Ling Dongzhi saw Tu Xiaobei chasing him, he couldn't help but screamed in his heart.

Looking over through the green plants, Huo Qing obviously hadn't figured out what happened, and looked at Tu Xiaobei sitting down at their table carelessly, looking at the two of them with noses instead of noses and eyes instead of eyes. Ten is a posture of coming to catch rape.Zheng Ci was humiliated, and his face was a little ugly.Unfortunately, the waiter happened to pass by their table and saw that there was an extra customer, so he came over and added an extra cup of tea to this table.This action seemed to give Tu Xiaobei some kind of reminder, as soon as he grabbed the teacup, he was about to splash it on Huo Qing's face.Although Zheng Ci quickly stopped her, Huo Qing couldn't sit still after the commotion in public, she picked up her leather bag and walked away quickly with a gray face.

Zhuang Zhou pushed the fish head with chopped peppers that had just been served to him, "This dish uses yellow lantern peppers that were airlifted from Hainan, try it."

Ling Dongzhi looked back from there, and after a while swept along the gaps in the green plants.

Zhuang Zhou is helpless, why does he feel that Ling Dongzhi is like a naughty child who watches TV and refuses to eat properly?

"Stir-fried bacon with dried radish, bandit duck," Zhuang Zhou began to report the name of the dish in a very seductive tone, "Cauliflower in a dry pot, salted duck in sauce... Well, this salted duck in sauce is very authentic. Don't you try it in the winter solstice? ?”

Ling Dongzhi was a little dumbfounded, "Are you coaxing the child?"

Zhuang Zhou smiled and shook his head, "Some people are worse than children, they eat when they eat, what's the fun?"

Ling Dongzhi picked up the food he put on his own plate and put it in his mouth, while saying vaguely: "I don't want to watch it. Everyone else's acting is over, so what else do I have to watch."

Zhuang Zhou glanced over there, Zheng Ci was walking out with a sullen face, Tu Xiaobei followed behind him, his face was uglier than his.Zhuang Zhou couldn't help shaking his head, "I don't know what's wrong with these two people."

Ling Dongzhi was a little surprised, "You also know them two?"

Zhuang Zhou nodded, "My father knew the older generation of Zheng's family, and our friendship in this generation was mediocre. As for the Tu family, we had a little holiday..."

Ling Dongzhi hurriedly said: "If you have any business secrets, don't tell them."

Zhuang Zhou said with a smile: "How can there be so many business secrets? It's just a matter of fair competition between the two companies. As a result, one of the parties always uses some unscrupulous means to engage in vicious competition. You say, this relationship can still work." Is it all right?"

"Is it okay?" Ling Dongzhi still had a piece of bacon in his mouth, his cheeks were bulging like a little squirrel, "Aren't you the one who engages in vicious competition?"

Zhuang Zhou asked him calmly, "What do you think?"

Ling Dongzhi put a piece of duck meat on his plate flatteringly, "Of course not. I trust you."

Zhuang Zhou had nothing to do with him, "Then how did you know them?"

"Me," Ling Dongzhi lowered his eyelids, rummaged through a pile of dried radishes for bacon with chopsticks, and explained in a flat tone, "I was classmates with Zheng Ci in college. We have a good relationship, and then Tu Xiaobei Just like today, I often find trouble with me. It was very unpleasant. Then they went abroad."

Zhuang Zhou grasped the crux of the problem very keenly, "Zheng Ci ever chased you?"

Ling Dongzhi raised his head and looked at him, with a slightly self-deprecating look in his eyes, "If you want to talk about chasing this matter, it would be better to say that I was tricked."

Zhuang Zhou raised his eyebrows, "What do you mean?"

Ling Dongzhi let out a sigh of relief, "One person confessed to you, and then said sorry within a few days, we can't be together, I'm going abroad... What would you think?"

Zhuang Zhou frowned, "Is that what Zheng did?"

Ling Dongzhi nodded, "The most terrible thing is Tu Xiaobei, he can not only play tricks but also sue, he has an older brother, you know? This guy sent a bunch of ruffians to the school to find fault, and even smashed my studio .At that time... anyway, the impact was pretty bad, you know, because of this, I almost didn't graduate."

Zhuang Zhou's eyes were a little dark, but his tone was full of disdain, "This is really something Tu Shengbei can do."

Ling Dongzhi could feel that Zhuang Zhou was a little angry, this kind of emotional fluctuation was not obvious, but he did feel it.For some reason, there was something subtle in his heart.

"You want to avenge me?" Ling Dongzhi joked with him. It wasn't his intention that the more he ate the meal, the heavier the atmosphere would be. "No, it's been 800 years. deal."

Zhuang Zhou didn't answer his words, but moved aside the fried dried radish with bacon in front of him, and called the waiter to serve another plate.

"There are enough dishes." Ling Dongzhi was very happy in his heart, and he pretended to persuade him, "What a waste of leftovers."

Zhuang Zhou seemed to have seen his little trick, and a smile appeared on his face again, "I'll buy you some bacon from him when I leave, and you can take it home, and steam it yourself to serve with rice, and get some celery and garlic sprouts Stir-frying is fine, it’s easy and delicious." He knows Ling Dongzhi’s cooking skills, and such delicious and easy-to-cook foods should be the most attractive to him.

Sure enough, Ling Dongzhi laughed so hard that his eyes narrowed, "Does their store allow customers to buy it like this?"

The smile in Zhuang Zhou's eyes deepened, "We can do what others can't do. Isn't there still a relationship with Kuan?"

Ling Dongzhi pretended to be polite, "That's so embarrassing."

Zhuang Zhou couldn't bear it any longer, and rubbed his head twice across the table, "It's alright, just make sense, and I'll take it seriously if you're more polite."

Ling Dongzhi quickly shut up.He also bought bacon in the supermarket, but the taste was much worse than that made in this store. Since Zhuangzhou could get it for him, he would be stupid to refuse it.What's more, such delicious meat, they will definitely like the small samples.But this thing has salt, so you can't feed them too much.

Zhuang Zhou's hand came down from his forehead, and squeezed his cheek, "Do you not like vegetables?"

"Who said that? Vegetables are my favorite." Ling Dongzhi shook off his hand unhappily, "They're all old men, watch your manners, Mr. Zhuang."

Zhuang Zhou continued to tease him, "Then let's have another stir-fried cabbage sum."

"It's enough, it's enough." Ling Dongzhi stopped desperately, "You can't waste food like this! It's too shameful!"

Zhuang Zhou laughed, it turned out that Ling Dongzhi still had such a playful side in his character.

Ling Dongzhi didn't bother to pay attention to his childish tricks. The fried radish with bacon had already been served. There were a lot of chopped red peppers in this dish, and it was the last meal.

"Eat slowly." Zhuang Zhou helped him move the plate in front of him, "By the way, are you going to the art exhibition awards ceremony?"

Ling Dongzhi asked him while chewing, "Are you going too?"

"Go." Zhuang Zhou said with a smile: "I heard that the award ceremony will be broadcast on TV. This is a cultural event in Binhai City this year. Zhuang is a sponsor, so it's just a good time for me to show my face to promote us. Well. It also looks like we support cultural causes or something.”

Ling Dongzhi originally didn't plan to go, but when he heard that Zhuangzhou was going, he felt a little shaken.

Zhuang Zhou added: "After the awards ceremony, there will be a dinner together. You contestants, the judges from the Provincial Painting Association, and our sponsors who have paid for it will have a meal and get together. I Ting He Kuan said that the location is set here."

"Then I'll go too." Ling Dongzhi's eyes lit up, and then he was a little annoyed, "But those people from the Painting Association are always drinking, which is annoying."

"It's okay." Zhuang Zhou smiled lightly, his eyes were calm, "I will be responsible for picking you up that day."

When I came out of Fu'anju, there was already a thin layer of snow on the ground.The light from the street lamps reflected the snow on the ground, and the air seemed to turn a warm orange.There were far fewer vehicles and pedestrians than during the day, and the wind stopped, and the sound of snowflakes falling could be heard in Lingdong Solstice.There is a special smell in the air, cool and refreshing.

Without the hustle and bustle of the day, the world in front of you becomes peaceful and beautiful.

Zhuang Zhou sent him downstairs, and when Ling Dongzhi opened the door to get off the car, he followed. Ling Dongzhi pointed to the lighted balcony on the second floor, "My house."

Zhuang Zhou saw the warm light, and also saw the little furry heads looking down from the French windows of the balcony.

Zhuang Zhou couldn't help laughing.

Ling Dongzhi put his hands around his mouth and breathed out, and said with a chuckle: "It's cold, they are all here for temporary refuge."

Zhuang Zhou noticed his little movement, took off his scarf and put it around his neck.The scarf is thin and soft, and it also carries the body temperature of another person. There is a special warmth when it is attached to the skin.

Ling Dongzhi suddenly felt unable to refuse.

Zhuang Zhou carefully tied the scarf for him, leaned over and pressed a light kiss on his forehead very quickly, "Good night, Winter Solstice, rest early."

"Good night." Ling Dongzhi felt a little embarrassed, but did not avoid it.

Zhuang Zhou laughed, waved his hands, and trotted back into the car.

Ling Dongzhi watched him leave, raised his hand to touch the place on his forehead that he had kissed, and smiled unconsciously when he turned around.