[Beauty and the Beast 2012 Doujin] Love Hunting

PS: This chapter was uploaded on September 9nd, and reissued after slight modification on September 2th

☆, flirting

"It's a beautiful bluebird," she said.

"Well, it's slim." This was the first thing he noticed.

"Looks like it didn't swallow an oversized Christmas ball," she said.

"Or didn't eat all the cake?—in fact, it's because spring came and it took off its thick down coat." He said with a smile.

Catherine laughed too, and then she woke up.

Catherine opened her eyes and looked about, and it turned out that she was dreaming—a dream about the robin, and about him.

For the first time in many years, she woke up with a smile.

She half sat up and looked at her watch, it was just seven o'clock.

She got up and walked to the window sill, and opened the curtains. She couldn't help but stare at the scene in front of her—a bluebird really landed on her window sill!

She suppressed her excitement, quietly went to the bedside to get her mobile phone, and took a picture.After thinking about it, he typed out a sentence and sent it to Evan along with the picture.

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Evan heard laughter and opened his eyes.

He was in his own home, on his own bed, and she was not by his side.So where does the laughter come from?

Just wondering, the phone rang, took it over and clicked on it, it was from Catherine, a blue robin was standing on the window sill, and there was a sentence: "Spring is coming."

Seeing the picture and her text message, Evan couldn't help laughing, replied her a text message, then got up and went to the living room, put the phone on the desk, and went to the bathroom.

Catherine had just finished washing her face, and when she heard a text message from her mobile phone, she quickly wiped her face, picked up the mobile phone next to the sink, clicked on it, and saw his reply: "Spring has come, you can see that the robins have lost weight. "

Catherine pouted and replied to Evan.

Evan returned to the living room after washing up, turned on the phone, and she replied: "It seems that you really care about this matter."

Evan smiled, said something back to her, then went downstairs with his mobile phone, put it on the dining table, and went to the kitchen to make breakfast.

Catherine was juicing when she got a reply: "Actually you would care too. You won't be able to maintain a 32-25-33 if you don't control it."

Catherine bit her lip and sent him a quick text message.

Evan brought the breakfast to the dining table, picked up the phone, clicked on it, and she replied: "You even know this?! Oh, I forgot, it's Tess!"

Evan thought for a while and replied.

Catherine was eating bread with ham, and received his reply: "Yes, Tess told me, I wonder if you will be angry?"

Catherine drank the juice, thought for a while, and gave him a brief reply.

Evan waited while eating, and went upstairs with his mobile phone after eating, changed his clothes and got ready to go to work.

Hearing the notification of the text message on the mobile phone, she opened it and saw her reply: "I don't know either."

Evan looked at the clothes on the coat rack, picked up the cashmere plaid scarf, thought about it, took a photo of it, and typed a sentence: "Then I'd better wear this auspicious scarf today." Then send it to her.

Catherine returned to the bedroom, changed her clothes, and received a text message from Evan, as well as a picture.After watching for a while, she frowned and smiled.

She put away her cell phone, thought for a while, went to the bedroom to pick up the bottle of rose water, rubbed a little behind her ears, then took her police badge and gun and went to work.

**********

It was Saturday, and Catherine came to the police station early because she had a mission and had to cancel her vacation.

Not long after, Evan also came.Seeing Catherine, greeted her with a smile: "Hi, Kate, good morning."

Catherine saw the scarf at a glance, suppressed a smile, and said coldly, "Good morning."

Evan approached her and asked in a low voice: "It seems that you are still angry?" He seemed to smell something, sniffed, and said, "The scent of roses is not too strong, and you can't feel it if you don't smell it carefully." .”

Catherine squinted at him, but said nothing.

Evan said, "I'll go upstairs and get you a cup of coffee."

Catherine thought for a moment, then said, "Thanks. I think I can go upstairs and get my own coffee, and then I'll stop by your place for a while." Then she gave him a mischievous wink.

This glance was like a sharp arrow that shot directly into the heart of Master Evan with a "swish".

It wasn't pain after being shot, but a feeling I had never felt before.

He only felt sour and weak from the abdomen to the heart, as if an electric current had been passed through, and then other parts of the body also had strange reactions: weakness in legs and feet, itchy throat, and dry mouth and tongue.

He couldn't speak, but his body seemed to be drawn by her gaze, and he couldn't help approaching her, reaching out his hand to touch her.

Catherine immediately took a step back, turned sideways and whispered, "Watch your hands! Someone is coming."

Evan stopped immediately, obediently withdrew his half-stretched hand, and before he had time to look back, he heard Tess's slightly weak voice: "Hi, Kate, it's so early, are you feeling well? I'm here today. It's a big disappointment if Evan doesn't seize the opportunity this time, you two—"

Speaking of this, she saw Evan who turned around, a little at a loss, and Catherine who was blushing, and changed the topic: "No, there is a situation!"

As soon as the words came out, Tess, who had a weak face, swept away the depression just now. Her eyes lit up and she was extremely excited. She looked at Catherine, then at Evan, and suddenly stretched out her hand excitedly, pointing at the two and shouting. : "You——you guys lied to me together! Tell me, what happened? To be honest, I'm in charge of keeping it secret. If I don't tell you, I can't guarantee that I won't accidentally miss a sentence from Joe today... ..."

At the end of her speech, she raised her voice and lowered her face.

Evan and Catherine looked at each other quickly, and found that they had forgotten to do one thing from last night to this morning - to inform Catherine's partner and best friend, Evan's best buddy, about the latest progress of the two of them. Tess spared no effort to bring them together.

Now it is only a temporary remedy.

The two exchanged eyes for a while, and finally decided that Evan would intervene: "I'm sorry, Tess, we just confirmed the news. I don't know if your body can withstand the impact of this news, so I didn't inform you in time, but now It seems that our concerns are justified, are you sure you are in good health now?"

Catherine also echoed: "Yeah, Tess, you don't look like you've recovered."

Tess took a deep breath, suppressed the anger that was about to burst, and said coldly: "Thank you for your concern, but for me now, the most important thing is not the body, but you want to hide it. You are so ungrateful people? Am I wrong about you?"

Upon hearing this, Catherine hurried forward to Tess and said, "I'm sorry I didn't tell you in time, Tess, I hope we can make it up."

When Tess heard this, she was still her partner and knew what she wanted.

Tess settled down, thought for a while, and said, "Well, let me think about it—there is an important progress in the next step, don't hide it from me!"

Speaking of this, she suddenly said treacherously: "Or you have actually reached the next step?"

Catherine was stunned at first, then blushed and was speechless.

When Evan saw his girlfriend showing signs of becoming angry again, he hurried forward to smooth things over. He said, "Thank you for your concern, but now you should care more about your own affairs. Look, Joe is here."

When Tess turned her head, Evan and Catherine walked upstairs quickly one after the other. When Tess was about to chase, she heard Joe's voice: "Vargos, how are you? Come to me .”

Tess followed Joe while looking back at the hateful two who had no conscience.

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Evan and Catherine went upstairs, and Catherine went to the forensic room first. After a while, Evan came in with two cups of coffee and handed one to her.

Catherine took a sip, held the cup in her hand, and asked him, "Do you think Tess will tell Joe?"

Evan thought for a while and said, "I don't think so."

Catherine asked: "Are you sure? I know her. She is still angry and won't let it go so easily."

Evan looked at her and asked calmly: "Did you always tell her the first time you had a boyfriend before? Is she used to you like that?"

Catherine didn't speak, but looked at him with her head tilted.

Evan was unmoved, and said to himself: "It seems so, she may not be used to it now. But she is so enthusiastic about our affairs, she must be the only insider who wants to do this. If we say Get out, she won't be the only one anymore, it will be a lot less fun - don't worry, she will keep it a secret for us."

Catherine felt that what Evan said was right, and Tess would not lose the fun of gossip about them just to show off.

Seeing Catherine let go of her worries, Evan said, "Let's treat her to dinner at noon, as compensation."

Catherine nodded yes.Evan asked again: "Do you have any plans for tonight?"

Catherine looked at him and said, "No, do you have any plans?"

Evan said, "I want to keep cooking for you, would you like to?"

Catherine turned her face sideways and pretended to think about it before saying, "Well, I can't think of a reason to refuse."

Evan laughed, then changed the subject and asked, "Before Tess showed up this morning, you said you wanted to come upstairs by yourself, do you have anything to say?"

Catherine squinted at this guy who was pretending to be confused, and said with a smirk, "I had something to say just now, but I don't have it now."

Evan said, "Really? But I happen to have something to say right now—"

As he spoke, he moved closer to Catherine, pushing her to the edge of the dissecting table, making her unavoidable, then he leaned down, put his face next to her ear, and whispered, "The way you blinked just now was so ecstatic︱ Well, you can try again tonight—”

At the end, while brushing her hair away, he stuck out his tongue and licked her small helix lightly.

The ambiguous words, the suffocating distance, and the electric shock-like feeling in the ear made Catherine jump to one side in shock, and said angrily in a low voice with a blushing face: "You don't have to think about it tonight, wait for it tonight Yours will be white eyes!"

Evan straightened up, and said unhurriedly: "Oh? Then I just try to see if I have the reaction this morning after being blinded by you." After speaking, he smiled and watched Catherine leave the forensic room as if fleeing .

**********

This evening, Evan didn't get rolled eyes because Catherine was busy enjoying the food.

Before get off work, Evan made an appointment with Catherine. He went to the supermarket to buy things, and she went home first, and then he went to Catherine's house to make dinner for her.Then, Catherine ate the legendary British Sunday dinner - roast beef pudding.

After eating the last piece of Yorkshire pudding, Catherine remembered something, frowned and said: "I think I may gain a kilogram after this meal, and you - don't seem to like fat people?"

Evan asked, "How do you know?"

Catherine said, "You forgot you said I'd turn into that fat robin if I ate too much."

Evan said: "The fat robin is actually cute, I like it very much."

Looking at her, he went on to say: "Besides health, what you like is the most important thing. Be honest with yourself, for example, you look beautiful when you are thin, but for the sake of your appetite, you lie to yourself that being fat is also beautiful."

Catherine nodded and said, "That's right. But when you're with a chef like you, it's easy to become gluttonous, and then trick yourself into thinking fat is beautiful."

Evan said: "Thank you for the compliment. In fact, it is not difficult to do, just find a way to consume excess calories." Then asked her: "Do you like to exercise?"

Catherine said: "Fortunately I like it."

Evan said: "That would be great. Also, eat a bigger breakfast so dinner won't be a burden."

Catherine heard him say this, remembered that today is Saturday, and asked: "We have Sunday dinner tonight, what will we have tomorrow night?"

Evan thought for a while and said, "Tomorrow night? Let's have Chinese food tomorrow night."

The author has something to say: Because the kitten has Chinese ancestry in the play, some Chinese elements have also been added to this article~

The young master is from aristocratic background, and there are no noble men who can't flirt or cheat, so the young master is basically born with this skill, and there is no need to learn it~

A preview, Chapter 12 "Picking", the scene of the young master and little C kissing in the street on Valentine's Day, so stay tuned

☆, deep kiss

"Do you need so many ingredients to make a dish? Are you sure you only cook one main dish?" Catherine took out the key to open the door and asked Evan.

Evan carried a big paper bag, entered the door behind Catherine, put the paper bag containing ingredients into the kitchen, and said, "I'm only making one dish tonight. In fact, one of the ingredients is missing."

"Really? What's missing?" Catherine put down the things in her hand, and took the coat and scarf that Evan took off.

Evan said: "Dried chilies are missing. Because it's not suitable for spicy food at night."

Catherine hugged Evan's coat and scarf, and asked casually, "Why? Why doesn't it fit?"

Evan said: "Because eating spicy food before going to bed will affect your rest and-"

He pointed to his face and said, "There will be things growing on his face." He said and handed the phone and key case to Catherine.

He took the things out of the paper bag and said, "One thing is missing, and three things are too much."

Catherine put the clothes on the sofa and asked, "Which three?"

Evan rolled up his sleeves and said, "There are more green peppers, red bell peppers, and corn kernels." Then he said, "Tonight's cooking is a modified Chinese dish. By the way, the staple food tonight is rice."

Catherine said, "Then I'm looking forward to it. Can I help you?"

Evan said, "You take a break, or watch TV, and I'll do it myself."

Evan went to cook, Catherine went to the bedroom to change her home clothes, went back to the living room, turned on the TV, and watched casually.

She felt a rare relaxation, as if this was life—and this was what he gave her, and she was enjoying the relaxation he gave her.

Turning his head inadvertently, he saw his clothes and that auspicious scarf on the sofa.

He wore it like this every day, and was teased by Tess again when he was on a mission today.

During the daytime today, they went to Chinatown to investigate a shooting case. Tess pointed to the Chinese New Year decorations there and said to her: "He likes the festive scarf you sent so much, why don't you give him a red lantern or this red rhombus?"

The "red rhombus thing" Tess said was called a "Chinese knot", and she knew that she had seen that pattern when she was learning to weave.

From winter to spring, he couldn't keep wearing a scarf.Maybe she should give him one more thing to keep with him all year round.

Moreover, Valentine's Day is coming soon, this time she wants to make something by herself instead of buying something for him temporarily.

So—she saw his key case, thought for a while, and had an idea.

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Four and 10 minutes later, Catherine ate a modified Chinese dish - Kung Pao chicken and rice.

Evan asked: "How is it? Is it delicious?"

Catherine chewed the peanuts and said, "It's delicious! It's fragrant and crispy, and the chicken is very tender and nutritious."

Evan asked, "Do you like rice?"

Catherine said: "I like it, it's fragrant and soft. I think I'm in love with Chinese food."

Evan said: "But now I can only cook this Chinese dish. It seems that I will continue to learn how to cook Chinese dishes."

Catherine said, "You're so clever that nothing will trouble you."

Evan said: "Thanks, it seems I have to learn."

Catherine smiled, and after a while, she suddenly asked, "What color do you like?"

Evan thought for a moment and said, "I like thick, textured colors."

Catherine said, "Don't like pastels?"

Evan said, "Well, except white."

Then he asked her: "Why do you like purple? Purple is between warm and cold, free and uncertain..."

Before he finished speaking, Catherine said: "I like its versatility, from red to blue, there can be endless combinations and changes, purple red, purple gray, black purple, blue purple, pink purple, light purple. "

Evan said, "Maybe I should have given you purple pajamas last time?"

Catherine said: "No, that pink pajamas are very nice, I like it very much." After finishing speaking, she added: "I am willing to accept changes."

Evan said, "Thank you."

Catherine asked, "Thank you for what?"

Evan said, "Thank you for being willing to change for me."

Catherine said, "So how do you say thank you?"

Evan said, "Well, keep it secret for now."

**********

The "temporary" that Evan said lasted for two weeks.

Sunday, February 2, morning.Evan flipped through the desk calendar, tomorrow, February 13th, Valentine's Day.

This is his and her first Valentine's Day, and he has been thinking about how to spend it.

She seemed to be used to his care these days, and she seemed to be planning something.

One day last week Tess said to him mysteriously: "Your scarf should be washed and put away, because—you will receive another gift that is easy to carry with you."

Is she going to give him something for Valentine's Day?

She didn't say anything, and he didn't ask.Anyway, everything will be revealed tomorrow.

Evan looked at the red mark on the desk calendar again, he needed to arrange and take care of her more carefully, and give her an unforgettable Valentine's Day.

However, before that, he learned that he would call her.

After dialing the phone, he asked, "Kate, how do you want to spend Valentine's Day this year?"

When she received the call, Catherine was comparing two small pendants. When she heard him ask, she casually said, "Valentine's Day, isn't it roses, chocolates, candlelight dinners, night movies, what else can there be?"

Evan raised his eyebrows and said, "It seems that your predecessors were all boring people."

Catherine was a little dumbfounded, and asked him: "It seems that you have any special arrangements?"

Evan said confidently: "An unforgettable Valentine's Day, expressing my heart."

Catherine rolled her eyes and asked, "Then I'm really looking forward to it. Do you want to go to your own restaurant to have a big meal and see the scenery?"

Evan frowned and said, "That's just as tedious, I don't want to spend our first Valentine's Day in that old-fashioned way."

Evan said to Catherine after he was too close and couldn't hear her: "I want to invite you to my house as a guest, treat you to dinner, and take a look at my residence by the way."

Catherine said, "Well, that sounds like a very creative look."

Of course Evan recognized the irony and said, "You won't be disappointed, please trust me. Also, please wear formal clothes to the appointment tomorrow, and I'll pick you up."

Catherine thought for a while and said, "Okay."

Putting down the phone, Catherine smiled.

Of course she believed in him. Everything he did for her these days, and what he did for her earlier, was natural and heart-warming.

She didn't know how to get close to people, so he walked towards her step by step, cautious and generous, which made her expect and cherish this relationship unconsciously.

She wanted to repay his affection on such a special day -- with this little homemade craft in her hands.

**********

On the morning of Valentine's Day, Catherine came to the police station. Tess whispered to her as soon as she saw her, "I'll collect the flowers for you. I've also read the card. His handwriting is so beautiful!"

Catherine ignored her, took the large bouquet of red roses, lowered her head and smelled them, the aroma was overwhelming.

She took out the card, which said in flowing round letters: "To Catherine, today is our first Valentine's Day, I wish you a happy Valentine's Day!" Signed "Your Evan".

Catherine looked at the flamboyant words, as if she could see his flying heart.Thinking of the way he was writing, a sweet smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Tess looked at her and asked, "Do you have any plans for today?"

Catherine said: "There is no special arrangement. I will go to his house for dinner tonight."

Tess lowered her voice and shouted: "Kate! After you got on good terms with him, the requirements for dating became less and less. I also thought he would take you to his own restaurant for three or four hours of big meals. The big window looks at the scenery of Central Park."

"He said it was boring and he didn't want to spend our first Valentine's Day the old-fashioned way," Catherine said.

Tess narrowed her eyes and said, "I don't believe that going to his house to eat is more romantic than going to my own restaurant."

Catherine said, "I'm just as eager to see what he'll surprise you as you are."

Catherine put away the card, put it back, the phone rang, opened it, and Evan sent: "These half-open rosebuds can make another small bottle of rose essence, so please take it to the forensic room after receiving You'll have another Valentine's Day present after work in the afternoon."

Seeing this strange idea, Catherine frowned and smiled again.

Tess looked at her partner's strange expression and asked, "What's wrong?"

Catherine said, "I'm getting another gift tonight, using these as ingredients." She pointed to the roses.

Tess' eyes widened: "What? Use these to make perfume?"

Catherine said: "Yes. I think it is very good, not a waste."

Tess said: "Very well, you two have a good understanding and thought about it together. But, can he guess the gift you gave him?" Without waiting for Catherine to answer, she said, "I bet he can't."

Catherine said, "As long as you don't tell him."

Tess: "How could I tell him? I just reminded him that he will receive an auspicious and festive gift that is easy to carry around."

Catherine said, "You've talked enough," taking the flowers and going upstairs.

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Seeing Evan, Catherine said directly: "I believe you, you will give me an unforgettable Valentine's Day, such as making rose essence with roses given to my girlfriend as a second Valentine's Day gift."

Evan said: "It's very memorable and very environmentally friendly, isn't it?"

He took the flowers and said, "I have to do some preparatory work in this spare time." Then he opened the package, tore off the petals and put them into the prepared flask.

Catherine asked, "Can I help you?"

"No, I can do it myself. You're a distraction here," Evan said, looking up at her.

For some reason, Catherine blushed and said to him, "See you later." Then she walked out of the forensic room quickly.

Evan smiled and said to her back: "See you tonight."

**********

Before getting off work this day, Evan made the perfume, went home and changed into formal clothes, and then drove to Catherine's house with the perfume to pick her up.

Knocking on the door, he took out the perfume and gave it to Catherine, saying, "The second Valentine's Day gift."

Catherine took it and said: "Thank you." Let him in, she went back to the bedroom, and changed clothes in a while.

Seeing her outfit, Evan's eyes immediately brightened.

She is wearing a white lace slim dress with a V-neck, three-quarter sleeves, double layers, white lace on the outside, and a white low-cut dress on the inside, which is slightly shorter than the lace outside.

The shoulders, back, arms and thighs of the skirt are hollowed out lace, which is both elegant and romantic on the body, but also vaguely sexy, clearly outlining her exquisite and petite figure.

If you get closer, you can still smell the faint fragrance of roses.

Evan looked up and down twice, raised his head and said, "I hope my arrangement tonight will not disappoint this beautiful dress."

Catherine said, "I sprayed your gift all over me, so—"

She raised her right hand and said, "I want to give you a gift that you can carry with you."

As he loosened his fingers, a small red object hung down and appeared in front of Evan.

Evan couldn't believe it: "This, this is..."

Catherine said: "This is a Chinese knot, which symbolizes good luck."

Evan took it and admired: "It's a beautiful handicraft, did you go to Chinatown to buy it?"

Catherine said, "No, I did it myself."

Evan couldn't believe it: "You did it yourself?"

Catherine said, "You know I can knit, and it's easy to learn. Get your house key."

Evan seemed to come to his senses just now, and said, "Are you going to use this Chinese knot to exchange keys? It's a really good idea. You use this, and I'll use the spare key." He took out the house key to Catherine while speaking.

Catherine took it, tied the red Chinese knot on the key, handed it back to him, and said, "That's a good idea."

As he spoke, he took out his house key from his handbag and lifted it up, and there was also a similar Chinese knot tied underneath it.

Evan seemed a little disappointed: "It's very thoughtful, so thoughtful."

Catherine handed him the coat with a smile and said, "Thank you."

Evan laughed too.He took the coat and helped her put it on carefully, and the two went downstairs to Evan's car.

Catherine wanted to inquire about his arrangements today and asked why he was so formal.

Evan decided to follow his girlfriend's example and save the answer to the end.

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Evan walked up front to pick up the car.At this moment, a gust of wind blew, blowing Catherine's side hair onto her face, some of which still stuck to her lips.

Evan opened the car door and looked back, he stopped and reached out to remove her hair.Catherine just waited for Evan's answer and didn't pay much attention.

Evan looked at her and explained: "This is our first Valentine's Day. Of course, it should be grand, focusing on the content and heart, and not too much on the form."

He said and looked around.

Today is Valentine's Day, and now it's off-duty time. Couples are walking in pairs on the street, and the whole street seems to be filled with happiness.And he was sure he was the happiest one.

Evan turned his head to look at Catherine, and said with regret: "But now I realize that I am too low-key and reserved, because I really want to show off my happiness and let everyone know that we are in love."

Catherine teased him in a good mood: "Are you trying to say that dating me has made you superficial?"

Evan said, "Yeah, because—I want to do a superficial thing right now."

As he spoke, he lowered his head to Catherine's face, and when he was near her nose, he stopped, looked at her red lips, and said, "I don't want to eat your lipstick here."

Catherine looked at him and smiled, then she stood on tiptoe, raised her face, slightly parted her red lips, slightly stuck out her tongue, showing a little tip of her tongue, closed her eyes, and waited for his arrival.

This tactful gesture of invitation, waiting to be picked, and bold but shy expression, like a red rose in bud with dew in the morning sun, make people want to kiss and caress.

Evan couldn't help holding his breath. He held her face in one hand and supported her waist in the other, carefully avoiding her lips, opened his mouth and directly caught the tip of her exposed tongue with his tongue, and kissed her deeply. Taste, kiss slowly and reverently.

She let him embrace him like this, raised her head and accepted his soft kiss obediently, as if she was doing the most common thing, forgetting to be shy.

And not far from them, the originally noisy street with people coming and going suddenly became quiet and silent.It seems that all the voices and crowds disappeared quickly, and only the two of them were left, embracing and kissing each other, isolated from the world for eternity, and only the breath and taste of each other could be felt...

After an unknown amount of time, reason finally returned to Evan's mind.He reluctantly withdrew first, then raised his head and said while panting, "I want to show off my happiness here, but I don't want to show off my gaffe here."

Catherine opened her eyes, suppressed the surge of emotion, looked at his lips and said, "Then you'd better wipe off the lipstick on your mouth first."

Evan pursed his lips nonchalantly and said, "No, it can just be used to continue showing off happiness.

The author has something to say: the sweet Valentine’s Day night is about to begin, the young master doesn’t like to follow the crowd, he likes to take an unusual path, SO, his Valentine’s Day arrangements are also different in every way, please continue to look forward to it~

Also, please leave a comment after reading it. I don’t know if I see a click but I don’t see a comment.

☆, hallucination

Catherine stood in front of an antique three-story building, stared blankly for a while, then turned to Evan and asked, "Are you sure this is your residence and not your special arrangement today?"

Evan took out the key tied with a red Chinese knot, embraced her and kissed her forehead, then walked towards the door.While walking, he said: "I live here. We agreed to invite you to my house today, and take a look at my residence. Have you forgotten?"

Catherine came back to her senses and said, "I haven't forgotten, but it's too—" She couldn't think of the right words, and got stuck.

Evan continued her words: "Is it too ancient?" He let go of her while talking, walked to the door, opened the switch of the door and the door, pulled his right hand in, and said, "Miss Chandler, please visit the ancient times." people's dwellings."

Catherine walked towards the room in the direction of his hand, and in an instant she felt as if she had entered Austen's novel through a time tunnel.

The house is not particularly large. Entering from the doorway, there is a staircase at the end of the line of sight. On the right is the large living room with a large fireplace against the wall.Judging from the indoor temperature, it should still be enabled now.

In front of the fireplace is a sofa and coffee table, and there are several oil paintings on the wall, all of which are portraits of people, and they look very old.Against the wall on the right is a wine cabinet that is almost as high as the wall, on which various wines, wine glasses and porcelain are scattered.On the left side of the stairs, there is a study in the front and a kitchen in the back.

Evan followed her through the door, motioning for her to take off her coat while hanging it up himself.

He looked upstairs and said, "The bedroom and bathroom are on the second floor. We'll go up after dinner."

Catherine handed him the coat and asked him, "Do you rent this house? There aren't many houses like this in New York."

Evan took it over and explained to her while hanging: "This is my father's property in the United States. It has not been lived in for a long time. Before I came to New York, he sent someone to tidy up the place and give it to me to live in."

Catherine looked at him and couldn't help teasing: "Didn't he give you a cook and a housekeeper?"

Evan raised his eyebrows: "My grandmother had this suggestion, but I didn't accept it-I can cook by myself, and the clothes can be sent to the laundry room, and someone will come to clean them every week. I think life in New York is very convenient."

Speaking of this, he looked at Catherine: "The most important thing is, I don't like living with strangers."

Catherine didn't know what to say. After knowing that he didn't watch TV, she felt again that she might really have found an ancient boyfriend who came out of a novel.

Evan led her and let her sit on the sofa. He sat next to her and discussed with her: "I didn't prepare any candles. Let's have dinner under the electric light tonight."

Catherine was digesting the information she had never heard before, and said casually: "Well, it's up to you, whatever you want."

After she finished speaking, she thought to herself: "It's better to light candles when eating in such a house."

Evan seemed to hear her heart, and said, "I like the light to be brighter when I eat, otherwise it will affect my mood."

Catherine looked at him and said seriously, "Okay, Evan, let's have dinner under the electric light."

Evan looked at her, smiled, then stood up and said as he walked towards the kitchen, "I'm sure you won't be disappointed."

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After a while, Evan came and called Catherine to dinner, and they came to a long table outside the kitchen, and he pulled out a chair for her and asked her to sit down.

There are some ordinary foods on the table, including beef, soup, bread, and drinks.

Evan said: "I prepared it in advance this afternoon, and it was almost ready before I picked you up."

Catherine has eaten Evan's cooking, and she thinks he is really talented, and the food is delicious, beautiful, and fast.

Before this, she always felt that he wasted his talent by not being a cook, but today, listening to him talk about his family affairs, he must have lived a different life from childhood to adulthood. Learning to cook must be his hobby, not forced to learn. of.

Evan looked at Catherine drinking the drink and asked, "Do you regret not having wine tonight?"

Because of the red on the desk calendar