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In a blink of an eye, it is the Mid-Autumn Festival again.

This year, Jiang Yu thought about a two-person world, and gave the nanny and life assistant a vacation early.There are only her and Cheng Suran left in the house. The house is still as big, and there is each other's breath everywhere. The smell of home is no longer as cold and quiet as it used to be.

The two plan to go grocery shopping together today, cook for themselves, and go to the park to put lanterns in the evening.

"Go to the vegetable market. The dishes in the morning are relatively fresh. By the way, buy a live chicken and make a special dish of our hometown." Jiang Yu stood in front of the full-length mirror, adjusting his collar while talking, his fingertips inadvertently lifted the hem of his clothes, revealing Slightly conspicuous knife wound scars on the abdomen.

"The vegetable market..." Cheng Suran hugged her from behind, caught a glimpse of the scar, and gently covered her with his palm, "It's dirty and noisy, I'll go in alone, can you wait outside?"

Feeling the scorching heat in his palm, Jiang Yu's body stiffened slightly. He held that hand, turned his head and rubbed her face, and smiled at the mirror.

"Do you think I'm not suitable for going to the vegetable market?"

"Yes, sister is a fairy." Cheng Suran kissed her ear.

She really couldn't imagine what it would be like for Jiang Yu's 1.8-meter tall figure and supermodel temperament to appear in the noisy and messy vegetable market.

Jiang Yu was so teased that he couldn't stop laughing, "It seems that someone's beautiful fantasy is going to be shattered today."

"Ok??"

"Let's go, let's go."

"Hey, Jiang Keke, I'm serious..."

"Seriously invalid."

"..."

Cheng Suran couldn't resist her, curled his lips, and bit her ear tip lightly, then reluctantly let go of the scar, and held her hand instead.

Go out, go downstairs, and take the scooter specially used by aunts to buy vegetables.

At the entrance of the vegetable market, Jiang Yu skillfully put on his hat, locked the car, and led Cheng Suran in together.Cheng Suran's impression of the vegetable market is "dirty and messy". She hasn't been there for many years, but she doesn't know that today's vegetable market can also be planned and arranged in a clean and orderly manner.

Looking around, it was spacious and bright, and she was slightly relieved.

Full of uncles and aunts.

"Potatoes, bacon, flour..." Jiang Yu took out his mobile phone to read the memo, read out the ingredients he wanted to buy as if talking to himself, and then looked around.

At that moment, she smelled the most pristine fireworks in life. They were just an ordinary and ordinary couple. They made plans for daily necessities and ran each other's small home. They were ordinary but warm.

"I still need to buy shrimp," Cheng Suran reminded, "I want to make three flavors of steamed buns."

"Then we split into two groups?"

"No, I want to watch you."

puff.

Jiang Yu couldn't help laughing, and stretched out his hand to scratch her nose, "Can I still lose it?"

Cheng Suran pursed her lips and remained silent.

Facts have proved that her worries are completely unnecessary.

Jiang Yu is very proficient at picking vegetables and meat. It can be seen that he often visits the vegetable market. He has rich life experience and occasionally bargains.

She is wearing ordinary black long sleeves, jeans, and flat shoes today, without any decorations, casual and simple, but her height and demeanor are too eye-catching, and people who pass her will always look back at her.

It's like breaking into a strange world, out of place here.

After strolling around for about half an hour, the two of them had a lot to gain, and finally came to the live poultry area. Jiang Yu picked out a larger rooster, packed it in a sack and left.

"Wait," Cheng Suran stopped her, "I haven't killed yet."

There is a long queue for the paid chicken killing service next to the booth.

Jiang Yu shook the big cock, "Go back and kill yourself."

"?"

Cheng Suran was dumbfounded, "You? Killing a chicken? Can you do it?"

She couldn't help but imagine Jiang Yu killing a chicken again.

Jiang Yu raised his eyebrows, "Don't worry."

"..."

On the way back, Jiang Yu suddenly remembered something, turned the car around, walked around two streets, and came to a dessert shop with a lot of people.

"What's wrong?" Cheng Suran was full of thoughts about killing chickens, only to realize that the place where the car was parked was not his own basement.

They are still outside.

Jiang Yu unbuckled his seat belt, smiled, "I'm going to do some shopping."

"Oh, good."

Cheng Suran looked down at his phone.

She was looking for a tutorial on killing chickens, worried that Jiang Yu would not be able to handle it, and hoped that she could help a little by making up lessons.The big rooster who was thrown in the backseat seemed to know his fate, flapping his wings frantically in the sack.

A few minutes later, Jiang Yu came back and handed over the paper bag in his hand, "Look what this is?"

Cheng Suran stared at the bag for a moment.

Strawberry Donuts!

She looked up in surprise.

"Didn't you say you didn't buy it yesterday? Come early in the morning and you'll have it." Jiang Yu brushed away the broken hair on her sideburns.

This shop is very popular in Jiangcheng, and there are not many freshly baked desserts left until just after noon. Cheng Suran has always remembered the strawberry donuts since he tasted them. Just mentioned a word.

She wrote it down.

Cheng Suran was stunned, her heart seemed to be tickled, she put on her gloves, took a donut, and handed it to Jiang Yu's mouth, "Ah——"

Jiang Yu opened his mouth cooperatively and took a bite.

Soft and fluffy, fruity and sweet.

"You eat, I drive."

"Don't move..." Cheng Suran stared at her lips nervously.

Jiang Yu was startled, "What's wrong?"

There were sauce stains on her lips, but she didn't know it. Cheng Suran smiled slyly, and slowly leaned over, carefully kissing those lips, brushing the tip of her tongue over the sauce-stained skin, making a sound of enjoyment.

Soft and warm.

"Well--"

Jiang Yu's hands and feet stiffened immediately.

"It's so sweet." Cheng Suran stepped back in time, took out a tissue, wiped her lips for her, and said solemnly:

"You got strawberry jam on your mouth."

Jiang Yu suddenly realized, laughed out loud, and lightly poked her forehead with his index finger.

……

Back home, the two began to process the ingredients.

Jiang Yu put on a full set of protective clothing, which was tightly wrapped from hair to the soles of his feet. Then he took the big rooster and stepped into the toilet farthest from the bedroom, opened the window, and prepared to kill the chicken.

Cheng Suran brought her tools and hot water, moved a small bench and sat at the door to watch.

Seeing the big rooster fluttering its wings, Jiang Yu stretched out his hand to grab it out of the sack, knocked it out neatly with a stick, picked up a brand new kitchen knife, cut its throat, and let the blood out... The big cock struggled a few times in her hands, He stopped moving, and the toilet immediately flowed into rivers of blood.

Scald in boiling water, pluck the hair, wash the blood stains, open the body and remove the internal organs.

All in one go.

Cheng Suran was stunned.

The toilet was filled with a foul smell, which could be smelled through the glass door. She couldn't stand it anymore, turned around and backed away, closed the outermost door, and sprayed the air freshener fiercely.

She leaned on the wall, gasping for breath, and suddenly a sour feeling came to her heart...

How can you be so proficient?

It must have been done frequently when I was a child, so that after so many years, the memory of my brain is still deep and clear-at the age when I should be afraid of seeing blood.

She doesn't want to eat any special dishes, and she doesn't want Jiang Yu to do these things just because she is greedy and curious, which will bring back bad memories... She is a treasure that should be loved and cared for in her heart.

Cheng Suran fell into deep self-blame.

In the toilet, Jiang Yu finished handling the big cock, washed the blood on the ground and body, came out with a basin, took off his protective clothing and threw it inside, and quickly closed the door.

The fresh air system will take away the smell.

"Of course?" She saw Cheng Suran leaning against the door in a daze, and walked over suspiciously. "What's wrong?"

Cheng Suran raised his eyes in a daze, met her concerned gaze, and was in a complicated mood. He whispered, "Is it okay to eat this dish only for today? We won't eat it in the future..."

"Why?" Jiang Yu didn't know why, but soon thought of something, and said in a teasing tone: "It can't be disillusionment, you were scared by me, right?"

Cheng Suran shook his head vigorously, "No."

Jiang Yu looked at her and stopped talking.

"elder sister?"

"elder sister……"

Cheng Suran was a little panicked, and hugged her, "I don't think the way you kill a chicken is scary..."

"I know."

Jiang Yu's lips curled into a gentle smile, and he sighed softly, "Of course, the past is over, and it's not a shadow to me. Now I have you and our home, and my life is better than I imagined." Looks so much better, you don't know...how happy I feel every day."

She used to want to die alone.

But fate made her meet Ranran.

Sometimes she wonders if the suffering she suffered in the first half of her life is only for this sweet luck in the second half of her life.

"You..." Cheng Suran's lips trembled, "How do you know?"

Is this man the roundworm in her stomach?

Jiang Yu's smile deepened, he took her hand, and pressed it lightly on the left heart, "It told me."

Cheng Suran bit her lip and lowered her eyes.

"I think, since we are going to make this dish, we should start from the beginning to the end, start from preparing the ingredients, and do it by ourselves, so that it will be more sincere." Jiang Yu kissed her forehead reassuringly.

"Then... I'm going to knead the flour..." Cheng Suran turned around and slipped away.

……

The hometown specialties that Jiang Yu is going to make have no name, but fill the chicken stomach with the guts hollowed out, including glutinous rice, diced carrots, peas, corn kernels, etc. After stuffing, put a layer of secret sauce on the whole chicken , wrap in tinfoil, and place in the oven.In order to take care of Cheng Suran's taste, she did not add chili powder.

When the finished product came out of the oven, the aroma filled the entire restaurant, making Cheng Suran's mouth water.

Her three flavors of steamed buns are also ready.

Shrimp, crab roe, pure meat.

Jiang Yu managed to lose two kilograms, but he couldn't resist the "temptation" made by his lover himself, so he ate everything, including the soup.Cheng Suran, who had eaten a whole chicken, was too much to walk. The two of them sat at the dining table for a long time before getting up, and decided to go out for a walk in the afternoon to digest food.

Before going out, Jiang Yu took a shower.

As soon as she finished washing, she received a call from her assistant.

Mina was caught at customs, the assistant said.

Hearing this news, the big stone in Jiang Yu's heart finally fell to the ground, and the thorns that had penetrated into the flesh and blood were pulled out by the roots.

It's all over.

No matter what happens in the days to come, she will no longer face it alone.

……

A full moon rises in the night sky.

Yuhu Park still holds the lantern display event. Just after [-]:[-] p.m., the parking lot is already full.

Jiang Yu led Cheng Suran for a walk in the corridor of lantern riddles.

Jade Rabbit lanterns are hung on both sides of the promenade, filled with hazy and soft warm light, illuminating one riddle after another on the paper.They guessed all the way, guessed and guessed, and they all remembered this day many years ago.

[Confidence in yourself? ]

[Not so much. ]

[Sister believes in you. ]

It turned out that this was the second Mid-Autumn Festival they spent together.

"Of course/sister..." The two spoke at the same time.

Then they were all taken aback, laughed, and said in unison: "You talk first."

Jiang Yu: "You speak first."

Cheng Suran: "No, you talk first."

"..."

The warm light made Jiang Yu's face softer, and her eyes glowed hotly. She stared at Cheng Suran quietly, as if hesitating to speak, and then turned her gaze to the lake, "Let's go put the lanterns."

Cheng Suran was caught off guard, thinking that she had something else to say to him, feeling a little lost for a moment, so he followed her gaze, "Okay."

He swallowed the words that came to his lips.

The lake reflected the shadows of the lighted pavilions. Large and small lanterns floated on the water. This year, lanterns in the shape of mooncakes were added. Jiang Yu didn’t even look at them. He bought Jade Rabbit lanterns just like last year.

The two found a place with few people along the bank, squatted on the ground, took out a pen and paper and began to write and draw on the paper.

"How about just drawing two rabbits?"

"Okay, but..." Cheng Suran thought for a while, "Don't draw me as a short rabbit, I must be as tall as you!"

Jiang Yu burst out laughing.

"Forcibly grow taller, never turn over."

"Who do you think will never stand up?" Cheng Suran stared, pretending to be angry.

Jiang Yu hurriedly coaxed her: "Tell me, myself, I will never turn over."

Cheng Suran raised his eyebrows proudly.

She took out her mobile phone and turned on the flashlight to shine on the paper. Jiang Yu used his mobile phone as a mat, and began to draw seriously with the beam of light. After a while, two rabbits of the same height jumped onto the paper.

Long ears, big front teeth.

"It's not too bad." Cheng Suran was very satisfied.

The two rabbits were holding hands, with love in the middle. Jiang Yu thought for a moment, then started to write, and wrote a blessing next to it: fireworks in the world, time lasts forever.

Then she handed the pen and paper to Cheng Suran, "Come."

Cheng Suran silently recited the words in the vigorous handwriting, raised his head, saw himself in those eyes that were brightened by the candlelight, and jumped heavily.

After staring at each other for a long time, she lowered her eyes and added a sentence on the paper: There is a sea of ​​people alone, morning and evening.

The lanterns with best wishes were put into the water.

drifting drifting...

Drift farther and farther.

In a daze, Cheng Suran remembered this time last year, when she was squatting on the shore watching the lantern, the rabbit lantern that seemed destined to float floated in front of her and told her that there was someone there.

"elder sister……"

"Ok?"

"I want to ask you a question, it's been a long time." She turned her face away, her eyes a little lost.

Jiang Yu looked at her, as if he knew what she wanted to ask, his lips moved, almost unable to restrain himself from speaking, but finally held back.

"what?"

"Did you go back to the hotel to accompany me during the Mid-Autumn Festival six years ago?"

"Yes."

Jiang Yu answered without hesitation.

She knew she was going to ask this.It was they who remembered the same day, the same event, and the same knot in their hearts.

Cheng Suran's eyes turned red in an instant.

Jiang Yu took a deep breath, hugged her in the dark shadow where no one could see, and kissed her gently on the face, "I know, I was the one who fell in love first."

As soon as the voice fell, the shoulder was punched lightly and hard.

A hot tear splashed down his neck.