Painting Tang

The cafeteria is next to the river, and at night when the lights come on, the prosperous fireworks all over the river are sent to the window of the restaurant by the waves. As soon as you enter the door, you can hear the melodious piano sound, and the well-dressed waiter personally pulls Mu Jingchen and the others Open the chair.

Smelling the sweetness of cream and oatmeal in the restaurant, Yu Tang sniffed the tip of his nose quietly. Mu Jingchen took this little action into his eyes. He called the waiters and told them to pick out some desserts in the store and push them to the table. come over.

"Your name is Yutang?"

Mu Jingchen took Yutang to choose dishes, constantly looking for topics.

"Ah."

Yu Tang nodded, and after careful selection, he put a few choy sums on the dinner plate with satisfaction.

"You just eat this?"

Mu Jingchen was used to eating big fish, big meat, whole pigs and whole sheep in the military camp, so he immediately added two Benedict omelettes for Yutang,

"Look at how thin you are, you can fall if the wind blows."

"Thank you, Mr. Mu."

Yu Tang quickly chose the dinner, Mu Jingchen glanced at it, Xiao Haitang seemed to be quite picky, the dishes he chose were not many, but all of them were high-quality goods.

"Is this your first time eating buffet?"

"Well, the price of 100 yuan per person is not something ordinary people like me can afford."

"If you like, I can bring you to eat every day."

"I didn't know Mr. Mu before, so you don't have to treat me so well."

"We met each other in Panhualou a few days ago, how can we say we don't know each other?"

Mu Jingchen also picked up a plate full, and sat back at the dining table with Yu Tang. Not far from them was an indoor fountain carved in the shape of an angel, and the bottom of the pool was covered with golden coins. But across the street, there was an air of luxury that was incompatible with his life everywhere.

"I have to thank Mr. Mu for helping me out at that time."

"Heroes are extremely happy to save the beauty,"

Mu Jingchen smiled brightly, picked a piece of raspberry mousse from a cart of desserts by the table and pushed it to Yu Tang, "Assistant Xiao Yu, try this, this is the best dessert in this shop."

Seeing Yu Tang obediently taking a bite like a kitten being fed, Mu Jingchen immediately served another almond roll, wishing to feed all the delicious things in the world into Yu Tang's stomach at once. inside.

I saw Yu Tang paused, and asked a little embarrassedly, "Mr. Mu brought so much, can we pack and take home what we can't finish?"

"How much did you get paid as a model at military school?"

Mu Jingchen guessed that Yutang's life should not be rich, but he would not be so poor, so he suspected that the people in the military academy saw him as a bully and deliberately withheld his salary.

"30 yuan a day."

Yu Tang replied that 30 yuan was not a small sum at the time, but it was still a little short of paying for Yu Mian's medicine.

"Reluctant to spend?"

Mu Jingchen thought to himself, call the principal tomorrow and ask them to raise Yutang's salary, at least it must be enough for Xiao Haitang to eat the cake.

"No, there is a brother in the family who likes to eat dim sum, but the ones made in other places are not as delicious as here."

Yu Tang explained.The desserts in the cafeteria are handmade by invited Western chefs. In other cake shops, the cream is too watery or the cake embryos are too rough, but it is impossible for Yu Tang to spend 100 yuan every day to let Yu Mian eat a cake here. Dining room.

"It's easy to say, let them pack it up and send it to your home after eating in a while, as much as you want."

Mu Jingchen's spirits lifted when he heard that, isn't this a wonderful reason to send Xiao Haitang home?

"Mr. Mu doesn't need to go through such a lot of trouble... um."

Yu Tang was afraid that he owed Mu Jingchen too much, and was about to wave his hand to refuse, when Mu Jingchen fed him a piece of roasted duck with sauce.

"How is it? Is it delicious?"

"……good to eat."

"Assistant Xiaoyu, you don't have to be polite to me. Maybe you don't remember it, but you were kind to me two years ago to save my life."

Mu Jingchen propped his face and watched Yutang sip the snacks he was feeding, as if he was watching a domestic cat in captivity, but Xiao Haitang was much prettier than cats.

"Mr. Mu was joking,"

Yu Tang chewed the food in his mouth and swallowed it before responding, "I have been staying in the studio for the past two years, and I have almost no contact with outsiders. Besides, I have no strength to restrain a chicken, how can I save Mr. Mu? His life? Mister probably admitted the wrong person."

"Won't,"

Mu Jingchen just laughed, and while laughing, he forked two pieces of baked potato wedges into Yutang's dinner plate, "I didn't expect you to have such a bad memory, I even told you to wait for me."

Yu Tang looked at Mu Jingchen with an aggrieved expression, and felt the urge to touch his head...but that was the young master of the Mu family, and maybe he would be interrupted if he touched his hand.

Pressing her hand calmly, Yu Tang quietly raised her eyes to look at Mu Jingchen again. This young master was extremely handsome, and compared to Yu Tang's beauty, Mu Jingchen was more upright and handsome, but his eyebrows and eyes were full of emotion. Hiding a bit of innocence, it is hard not to think of those handsome military dogs in the army.

"A military dog..."

Yu Tang whispered to herself, blinked as if suddenly remembering something, and asked tentatively, "Has Mr. Mu ever been to Xianshou Mountain two years ago?"

"Not only did I go, I almost died there."

Mu Jingchen's eyes were full of moonshine and stars, and when he blinked, those shattered lights swayed into Yu Tang's memory, passing through two gray years and overlapping with the wounded little furry boy in Xianshou Mountain. Together.

"That's... Mr. Mu?"

Yu Tang couldn't believe it.

Two years ago, he went to the mountain to sketch with the students of the art department, and he lived in Xianshou Mountain.

At that time, someone told him that there might be wild Ganoderma lucidum growing in the depths of Xianshou Mountain. Yu Tang, who was worried about making money every day, of course wanted to try his luck. Who knew that Ganoderma lucidum could not be found, but let him pick up one that was dropped for hunting. The little fur boy in the trap.

At that time Mu Jingchen's face was covered in dirt, the blood and mud covered most of his facial features, no wonder Yu Tang didn't recognize him at a glance now.

Yu Tang rescued him from the hole, bandaged his wound and gave him water to drink. After Mu Jingchen woke up, he was in a hurry to contact Mu Jiajun. Before he had time to talk to Yu Tang in detail, he just asked Is Yu Tang from Yulin? He made an agreement with Yu Tang to wait for him to come back to repay his favor.

Yu Tang didn't know that it was the famous Mu Jingchen that she rescued, and she didn't take this matter to heart. It was only when she met Mu Jingchen's eyes just now that she saw his eyes as black as a military dog ​​that she finally finally rescued her. feel familiar.

"Two years ago, I went up the mountain with the army to practice, and one of them accidentally stepped on a trap and fell into the cave. If you hadn't found me, I probably would have confessed to being there."

Mu Jingchen smiled even more happily when he saw that he remembered what happened at that time, "I was in Panhualou a few days ago, and I recognized you at a glance."

"I didn't expect Mr. Mu to change so much in the past two years."

Yu Tang also smiled. In fact, Mu Jingchen's facial features have not changed much. The main reason is that he has grown two heads taller, and suddenly lost a layer of innocence.

"So don't worry, Assistant Professor Xiaoyu. I'm not trying to embarrass you, but to thank you."

"Mr. Mu is polite."

Yu Tang lowered his eyes to cut a piece of steak, the darkness in his eyes was blurred by the faint light outside the window.

Why him.

Yu Tang bit her lip lightly.

If at that time he recognized that the person who fell into the cave was Commander Mu's precious son Mu Jingchen, he would definitely, definitely not go to rescue him.

During the superficially happy meal, Mu Jingchen was particularly interested because Yu Tang recognized him, and Yu Tang kept smiling faintly, but his heart became more and more mixed.

Until the last lettuce leaf on the dinner plate was gnawed clean by the rabbit-like Yu Tang, Mu Jingchen had already put down the knife and fork and stared at him for a long time to admire,

"Is Assistant Professor Xiaoyu full?"

"Well, thank you Mr. Mu for your hospitality."

"Assistant Xiaoyu and I have a lifelong friendship, so you don't have to call me so unreasonably."

Mu Jingchen called the waiter to pay the bill, and at the same time told them to pack the cake into boxes.

"Mr. is my predecessor, and also the pride of Yulin City. I should continue to use the honorific title no matter what the reason is."

"Then, instead of calling you Xiaoyu Assistant, can I call you another name?"

Mu Jingchen expected that Yu Tang would refuse, so he didn't bother him any more. Instead, he handed him his coat in a gentlemanly manner, and picked up two stacks of packed snack boxes to send Yu Tang home.

"What does Mr. Mu want to call me?"

"Well... I have to think about it carefully."

Mu Jingchen smiled slowly, the car was already waiting at the door of the restaurant, and he helped Yutang open the door with great grace.

"Don't bother Mr. Mu, my house is in the back block, just walk for 5 minutes by yourself."

Yu Tang didn't intend to get in the car. Mu Jingchen saw his vigilance, so he didn't try to persuade him any more. Instead, he closed the car door and put his coat on Yu Tang's shoulders.

"Only 5 minutes? It's a pity, I want to spend more time with you."

Yu Tang didn't respond, but gently pinched her burning ears.

During the short 5-minute journey, Mu Jingchen was basically talking. He was not like other dandies who only boasted about nothingness and greasy cowhide. I couldn't help laughing.

The prosperous lights of Yulin City are suddenly blocked by a river that runs across the city. After crossing a narrow bridge, it seems that you have stepped into a dark hell from a luxurious fairyland of singing and dancing. It was the sound of rats squeaking and biting garbage, followed by a heavy smell of dust and rancidity.

This is the wilderness in the city, the slums.

"Sir, just send it here and return. I will live in that room."

Yu Tang really couldn't bear to see that Mu Jingchen's cowhide boots were stained by the stinky water from garbage retting, and he was often suspected by the neighbors that he was in the business of prostitution. If the young master is viewed by others, it will only strengthen their conjecture.

Although he didn't care what other people said or thought about him, some people would knock on his door, throw a handful of bills at him and want to touch him directly.

"…it is good."

Mu Jingchen seemed to see Yu Tang's concerns, and pretended to be obedient and handed him the lunch box in his hand, "If your brother likes to eat, I will ask someone to deliver it every day."

Yu Tang smiled and did not respond, and walked quickly towards the house under Mu Jingchen's persistent watch. Before he raised his hand to knock on the door, the door creaked and was slowly opened from the inside.

"Brother is back?"

The boy in the room was sickly white all over, but with a warm smile on his face, he took the two drawers of lunch boxes from Yu Tang sensiblely,

"My brother came back very late today."

"I had dinner with my friends, and I brought you some snacks, try it?"

Yu Tang rubbed his head, his younger brother has a disease that can't see the sun, and he seldom goes out, so he clings to him tightly.

"Is it the man who just sent my brother back?"

Yu Mian lightly brushed off the overcoat on Yu Tang's shoulder that she forgot to return to Mu Jingchen, "When did my brother have such a friend? I haven't heard of it before."

"Not too familiar,"

Yu Tang mentioned it, and deliberately avoided the topic of Mu Jingchen, "It's getting late, I'll help you boil the water, take a shower and go to sleep."

"But I want to wash with my brother,"

Yu Mian softly pulled Yu Tang to act coquettishly, "I'm scared by myself, brother will accompany me, okay?"