two-way love

Lin An didn't reveal too much, he only said that the people who come will get along very well, so Wu Yi doesn't have to worry.

Wu Yi didn't dare to ask again, thinking that there might be only two or three uncles and aunts, but when the two came back on Friday night, they were surprised by the big bags and small bags they purchased and how cautious they were in making the menu, which made him lose his balance all of a sudden. .

Wu Yi once read a horror story in a novel magazine donated to the orphanage by a volunteer organization, a horror story about an adopted girl who was scratched and knocked unconscious and thrown on the railroad tracks because she made her adoptive parents lose face in public. Although Dean Feng discovered and dealt with these few pages of the magazine in time the next day, it still left an indelible shadow on his young mind.

Maybe the ones who came were not the ordinary friends that uncle said, but colleagues at work or... high-level bosses!Wu Yi felt that the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. He didn't even understand the "chicken and rabbit in the same cage". If those people asked him to test him, he couldn't answer it...wouldn't it make his uncles laugh at him? ?

Wu Yi frightened himself, intertwined with messy dreams at night, being ridiculed by a circle of adults for a while, waiting for the roaring sound to go away under the bridge hole for a while, the hideous expression of the woman crying and laughing for a while, and Lin An handing it to him. Tang's hand... his nerves were tense, his mind was muddled, and he woke up before six o'clock.

He stared fixedly at the snow-white ceiling with his eyes open, covered in cold sweat.

The slight sound of the door opening downstairs was extremely clear in the quiet darkness. Wu Yi vaguely heard movement downstairs, and immediately got up and got out of bed to check.

There was a warm light coming from the stairs at the end of the corridor, and he walked over quickly.

Lin An rubbed his eyes and walked out of the kitchen. He was about to turn off the light when he heard a sound. He looked up and saw Wu Yi standing in the corridor on the second floor. He asked with a smile, "Did it wake you up?"

The warm yellow light shone on Lin An, and the shadows from the backlight made his smile extraordinarily gentle.

The panic in Wu Yi's heart dissipated a lot, and he subconsciously said "um", then shook his head quickly when he came back to his senses: "No..."

Lin An explained softly: "Nothing happened, it's just that the glutinous rice to be used today needs to be soaked an hour in advance, and I've already done it. It's still early, so go back and get some sleep!"

The cold and uneasy feeling in his heart gradually disappeared as the gap closed, Wu Yi felt a warm feeling flowing from his heart, and he nodded: "Yes."

Lin An raised his chin at him: "Go back, the temperature is still a little low now, don't catch a cold."

Wu Yi obediently turned around and walked into the corridor. The light from the kitchen came in, and he could vaguely see the silhouette in front of him. After Wu Yi went into the bedroom and lay down, he heard a switch and a series of slight footsteps after a while—Lin An waited. After such a period of time, it is speculated that he turned off the light and left after entering the room.

Wu Yi turned over and buried his face in the pillow, feeling his eyes burning.

Without the bonus of negative emotions, Wu Yi slept so soundly that he was a little confused when he woke up.There is no dream, the whole journey is full of deep black sweetness, and the bones are overflowing with comfort and satisfaction.He sat up slowly, glanced at the alarm clock from a distance, and confirmed the current time. The minute and hour hands moved quite high, one was pointing to 11, and the other was about to point to 9!

Wu Yi was stunned for a moment, and the few sleepy bugs left were killed in an instant—it was almost nine o'clock!He had never woken up so late in his memory!

He hurriedly changed his pajamas to wash up, tidied up hurriedly and went downstairs, thinking in horror and remorse: won't all the guests come? ——Then I must have embarrassed them!

Stumbling downstairs, the spacious living room downstairs was very quiet, only the sound of conversation seemed to be heard at the other end of the kitchen. Wu Yi took a few short breaths to slow down his fast heartbeat, and walked towards the kitchen.

There are some small snacks neatly arranged on the dining table, of all kinds, including Chinese and Western styles.

The two stood side by side in the kitchen, Lin An turned his head to chat with Wu Chenfang, and while chatting, he suddenly quickly reached out and stroked Wu Chenfang's face, leaving a clear white line.Wu Chenfang was stunned, closed his eyes and sighed, then bent down without saying a word, holding Lin An with one hand and pressing on his face, Lin An couldn't break free, a cream was rubbed against the top of the apron.

Wu Chenfang straightened up, and kindly reminded: "Don't look down, if you lower your head, it will rub against your collar and chin."

Lin An could only stiffen his neck: "It's too much!"

Wu Chenfang freed one hand and gently grabbed his face: "Who is more exaggerated, huh? Not honest at all."

Standing behind them, Wu Yi couldn't help laughing.Although his movement was small, it also attracted the attention of the people in the kitchen.

Wu Chenfang looked at him sideways: "Wake up?"

The white marks on Wu Chenfang's face were not wiped clean, and there was a faint one left, which was a bit funny, Wu Yi lowered his eyes and held back his smile: "Well, I'm sorry, I slept through..."

Lin An turned his head. Wu Yi lowered his head and looked as if he was blaming himself. Seeing that appearance, he suddenly softened his heart, and smiled amiably while holding the stainless steel eggbeater filled with cream: "I haven't slept, it's your usual sleep. Waking up too early, children sleep more is good for health!"

"Lin An."

"Ok?"

"It's all over, here."

"..."

Lin An silently put down the eggbeater, took off the apron, and washed off the cream on his chin. He was not in a hurry to get a new one, but asked Wu Yi, "What do you want to eat this morning? Steamed buns and fried dough sticks? Or make porridge for you?" under?"

Wu Yi answered "anything is fine" as usual, and Lin An got used to it. He steamed two steamed buns for him, heated a glass of milk, and cleared a corner of the dining table for him to sit down and have breakfast.

After the meal, Wu Yi didn't clear up the dishes and go upstairs as usual, but took the initiative to ask them: "Me, can I help?"

Wu Yi probably suffers from long-term malnutrition. He is shorter than the average 12-year-old boy, thin and small. After more than half a month, he has not seen any improvement except his face. Lin An heard his words, originally Wanting to say "We're busy, you go upstairs to rest!", before opening his lips, Wu Chenfang took the first step: "Okay, there are some bags of nuts on the coffee table, you can take a plate from the cupboard, a bag of nuts Open it, peel them one by one and put them on the plate. If you can’t find a seam and can’t pry them, don’t worry about it, just put them in directly. Arrange them neatly, and greet them when the time comes—they’re all slackers, let them do it themselves Peeling probably made a mess everywhere."

Wu Yi nodded in response: "Okay."

When Wu Yi took the plate and went to the sofa and coffee table, Wu Chenfang smiled and whispered to Lin An: "Since it's a 'family', we are the only ones who work, and let him idle alone--that's so strange, yes Bar?"

Hearing this, Lin An smiled softly, "You're right."

After tearing apart the bags, Wu Yi found that although Wu Chenfang said "peel the shells one by one", there are actually only three shells: pecans, macadamia nuts and pistachios.He already knew pistachios, and he had never eaten or seen the first two, but they smelled very sweet, and Wu Yi guessed they must be delicious.

The pistachios are easy to peel, except for the ones that are completely closed, but the shell of the macadamia nut is very thick. Wu Yi picked and sewed it hard for a long time, but the small nut did not budge.He had no choice but to give up the bag first, and instead went to peel the pecans. The skin was thin, and he could peel it off even if he tried hard, but it was not easy to peel. He peeled less than ten pecans back and forth, and the first four fingers of his hands became red and hot. up.

Wu Yi rubbed his fingertips lightly, and sighed in his heart: No wonder you said you have to prepare in advance...

Lin An came out with the baked puffs, saw Wu Yi staring at his fingers, put down the puffs and went over immediately: "What's wrong? Are you hurt?"

Wu Yi shook his head: "No."

Lin An lowered his head, the plate was really neatly divided, one sector for each type of nut, the number of pecans was increasing, and the fine shells were also piled up, the only thing missing: "Where are the tongs?"

"Ok?"

"Show me your hands," Lin An gestured to him, and smiled helplessly when he saw his red fingers, "You didn't just peel them with your hands, did you?"

Wu Yi: "..."

Lin An found a pair of walnut crackers at the bottom of the fruit plate where the nut bag was placed, and took a pecan to show him: "For pecans, use pliers to hold them like this." Hearing a "click", Lin An Ann separated the shells and nuts and showed him, "No, it's like this."

Wu Yi pinched the corner of his clothes unconsciously, and said timidly, "I'm sorry... I don't know..."

Lin An finally couldn't hold it back, put down the pliers, rubbed his hands on Wu Yi's head, and lowered his voice to scold him for the first time: "I should say 'I'm sorry', but the direction of the question should be 'I didn't take the initiative to ask myself Unclear things'—what's the matter with you kid, can't you grasp the point?"

Wu Yi blushed in embarrassment: "I..."

Lin An interrupted him: "Do you know how to open macadamia nuts?"

Wu Yi paused, and shook his head slightly after a while.

"There is an iron piece in the bag, look," Lin An took a fruit in one hand, found the iron piece with the other hand and took it out, and pried it against the crack, "This opened it." He took the iron piece Put it down, and handed the round milky white nuts to Wu Yi, "Try it."

Wu Yi didn't dare to take it: "This is for the guests..." Teacher Feng said that the food for the guests must be complete.

"It's just a few good friends visiting, so you don't need to be so cautious. Just eat it! Eat a few more if you think it tastes good, and it doesn't matter after you finish eating! At worst, just pretend that this bag doesn't exist." Lin An stuffed it into his hand , raised his chin at him, beckoning him to eat.

Wu Yi held the nut and looked at Lin An hesitantly. Seeing that he had no intention of leaving, he reluctantly put it into his mouth slowly, thinking: It's just one, I don't want to leave. I will eat it again, even if it is for guests, it should not be visible on the plate.

The rich milk flavor overflowed from the cross-section at the moment of biting, breaking through Wu Yi's psychological defense...

Seeing that his eyes suddenly opened slightly, Lin An seemed to be startled by the taste, so he pried two more and handed them over, and asked him, "Do you want to eat?"

Wu Yi took a deep breath and managed to stabilize his mind: "No."

"You're such a stubborn kid!" Lin An didn't try to persuade, and put two on the plate, "I'm going to do something else, what do I want to eat—the ones on the table over there don't matter, just take it. Dads can still make you hungry and greedy, and the family is not bad for this, so why not train you?"

Lin An usually likes to emphasize his identity, and he hopes that the "parent-child relationship" stipulated by the law can make Wu Yi get closer to them.Wu Yi also knew what he was thinking, but the time was too short for him to change his attitude and accept it happily. Before hearing the word "Dad", he just felt ashamed, but this time, for some reason, a warm current suddenly appeared in his heart , in a trance, there is an illusion that I really have a harbor that I can rely on.

Lin An went back to the kitchen, and Wu Yi carefully handled the last two kinds of nuts according to Lin An's demonstration. After they were all arranged, according to Wu Chenfang's arrangement, he put all kinds of snacks that had cooled and solidified on the table one by one.

The light and sweet smell in the kitchen also began to be diluted by the oily smoke. Lin An even squeezed out two fried small crispy fish in the middle, and insisted on feeding them to Wu Yi.

Seeing that the morning was coming to an end, just before noon, the first doorbell rang.

Lin An cut the vegetables in half, and the pork liver in Wu Chenfang's side was being stir-fried, and neither of them had time to make a move. Wu Yi heard the doorbell rang twice, panicked for a while, and took off the transparent plastic gloves, Take the initiative to open the door: "Come, come!——"

"Yes, I'm sorry, I've been waiting for a long time!" He explained stutteringly while pressing the doorknob, and when he saw the people outside the door, his voice stopped, "Eh?!"

A man and a woman stood at the door. The man was holding a short-haired girl in his arms. He had never seen these two people before, but he knew the smiling woman.

Yang Wan criticized him with a smile: "Yiyi, children are not allowed to open the door casually at home. Before opening the door, you must confirm who it is - didn't your fathers teach you?"

Wu Yi was stunned, and looked at her nervously: "Yang, Teacher Yang..."