evening tide

The meals are served, including boiled beef drizzled with hot oil, fragrant corn ribs soup, sour and appetizing sweet and sour lotus root slices, as well as a cold cowpea and stir-fried seasonal vegetables.

As mentioned earlier, Chao Xin doesn't know how to be friends with people, but she actually chose a very effective one by mistake, because cooking at home and eating together and then washing the dishes is the most homely routine and the easiest way to make friends quickly. A way of getting close to people.

When the corn rib soup was served, Xiang Wan reached out and moved the placemat over naturally, just like the habit she had developed before.

"Do you live with your parents?" So Chao Xin asked a lot.

"No," Xiang Wan lowered his head and set the table and chopsticks, "I don't have parents."

Chao Xin was startled: "I'm sorry."

"fine."

After this conversation, the atmosphere between the two became a bit awkward, because Chao Xin belatedly remembered that she had heard Xiang Wan's acceptance speech at the Sound Festival, and she said that she was a homeless man .

The acceptance speech was so well spoken that Chao Xin, who was sitting in the audience, suddenly thought of a sentence or two in the middle of the night.

But she is not as educated as Xiang Wan, she doesn't remember the whole thing, and she hasn't searched again.

How could a tramp have such a bookish air?How can a homeless man have a pair of bright and moving eyes?The homeless should be the same as himself, not interested in the surroundings, and even occasionally disgusted with the world.Laugh, not because of joy, but because of "should", cry?Chao Xin never cried.

She called the make-up remover Papai to come out for dinner, the hair rope on the back of the action was broken, and her hair fell loose. Chao Xin looked back, squatted down to pick it up, wrapped a few hairs and threw it into the trash can, and then thought about it , There is no extra hair tie in the house, so I took out a disposable chopsticks, raised my hands and twisted the bun, and tied my hair behind my head.

A strand or two of broken hair drooped around her face, full of wildness, and Xiang Wan thought of her taking off her high heels again.

Paipai came out slowly, greeted Xiang Wan again, and sat on the left hand side very politely.

After a lot of tossing, she no longer had the strength to be a monster, and she was a little less shy, and decided to be a gentle and cold adult.

Chao Xin reached out for the bowl first, and filled Xiang Wan with a bowl of soup.

"Try the saltiness, if it doesn't work, I'll add some more salt."

Xiang Wan took it with both hands and took a sip: "Just right."

Chao Xin nodded, then reached out to signal for the card to hand over the bowl.

Paipai became awkward, because the first bowl was always given to her before.

"I'll do it myself." She pouted.

Xiang Wan opened his eyes, and Chao Xin took it easy: "Ignore her."

Using the serving chopsticks, he picked up a piece of pork ribs for Xiang Wan.

How can there be vinegar to eat at both ends, inexplicable.

Chao Xin's cooking is really delicious, even better than Yu Zhou and Ms. Zhao's. The heat is moderate and the saltiness is moderate, especially her corn ribs soup. The sweetness of the corn seems to be trapped in the meat, but it is not greasy. It is not greasy at all, and the meat tendons on the ribs are so badly stewed that they fall off after a light bite.

Xiang Wan ate very contentedly, and the tip of his nose was covered with sweat, which looked more like a watery grape.

Chao Xin found this little girl very interesting, because she ate very piously and slowly, and she had to act pretentiously before she picked up the chopsticks. When she wiped her mouth, she only held the corner of a paper towel, just like in a court drama.

Moreover, his eyes lit up when he ate the ribs, but the next chopsticks gave him the cold cowpea that didn't catch a cold.

So Chao Xin raised his hand again, and held another small rib for her.

The little girl's eyes lit up again.

Chao Xin raised the back of his hand, pressed it against his lips, and cleared his throat lightly, but his eyes narrowed slightly, and his smile was a little flamboyant.

Probably visiting someone's house as a guest, I'm sorry, she thought.

After dinner, it was getting late, Paipai volunteered to wash the dishes, and originally wanted to show off in front of Xiang Wan, but her worried mother didn't receive her signal, so she just said: "Then you wash, I will send it back to the teacher."

Papai opened his mouth wide in disbelief, and the water splashed against the foam of dish soap on his hand.

Chao Xin frowned while handing Xiang Wan the clothes, reminding her: "Waste of water."

He waved to Wan, said goodbye, and went out with Chao Xin.

The temperature difference between day and night is large, and it is colder at night. Even in the basement, I can feel the biting wind. While unlocking and opening the car door, Chao Xin held down the phone and said: "Hey, Brother Jiang, I'm sorry, I just saw your phone. Message, I will send the account in a while, thank you Jiang Ge."

She said such a sentence during the act of taking a seat, she said it very lightly, and her words were very polite.

Xiang Wan waited for her to finish speaking, put down the phone, and then closed the car door, fearing that the sound would disturb her.

The thoughtful gesture made Chao Xin look at her and smile, and called up the route in the navigation: "There is no traffic now, about 40 minutes, if you are tired, you can move the seat back and lie down."

It means you don't have to sit so upright.

But Xiang Wan was not used to lying in front of others, so he shook his head.

The car drove to the ground, and when it reached the traffic light at the first intersection, Xiang Wan opened his mouth: "Guqin, I can do it too."

"Huh?" Chao Xin made a final sound without turning his head.

"If you don't mind, I can help Papai make up lessons."

Chao Xin snorted and smiled without a smile: "Thank you, but there is no need, you are not responsible for the reward."

"It's not free." Xiang Wan shook his head, his eyes glinting faintly under the reflection of the front windshield.

Only then did Chao Xin take a look at her.

"I'm also tutoring English, but my oral English is not very good, and I always make jokes. I think, take a foreign teacher class with Pai Pai."

There is one more thing she didn't say, in fact, Su Chang can also hire a foreign teacher for her, but she is a little afraid of the blond man, and she doesn't dare to open her mouth when facing it alone.

Perhaps it was because in the past, my father was a main fighter, and he always wrote a letter to conquer Fanbang.

When she was young, her second elder brother would often scare her, saying that the Fanbang barbarians would eat human beings like their own hair and drink blood.

But Xiang Wan feels that now is a good opportunity, not only can he save Chao Xin a sum of money, but also get what he wants, which is a win-win situation.

"My guqin attainment is very high, very good, very good." She didn't know how to apply for the job, so she turned sideways and said seriously.

Chao Xin laughed, did you say that you are highly accomplished?

"Really?" she asked softly.

"Yes, I recommend myself." Xiang Wan used the words she used when she first asked Peng Hou for a role.

Chao Xin moistened his lips, and once again felt that she was a bit interesting. She looked like a lady, and she was generous even when she was not familiar with her. But after chatting a few more words, she found that she was a little clumsy, clumsy that didn't fit in with this world.

It just so happens that Chao Xin especially likes people who are out of tune with this world.

She said "deal" in her heart, but unconsciously added another sentence, wanting to hear her answer again.

"Guqin one-on-one, foreign teacher one-on-two, or casual listening, then the Guqin lesson fee should be more expensive than the foreign teacher, and you will suffer."

"Then," Xiang Wan pondered, "Teacher Chao cooks for me."

Chao Xin felt that he wanted to laugh a little too much today. Generally speaking, most people would just ignore it, and the two sides would not refuse after a few polite words, but Xiang Wan said seriously, asking her to cook for her.

It seems that I am really thinking about whether I will suffer or not.

Chao Xin let out a breath, and raised his hand to push back the hair that fell on his chest.

Xiang Wan's home is far away from Henghu International, and it has been nearly an hour and a half since he came back home.Papai is very well-behaved. He finished washing early, changed into pajamas and lay on the bed, but he was still asleep, playing with his mobile phone with his legs crossed.

Chao Xin knocked on the door first, and then twisted the door and went in after hearing a tone of "please come in".

"Is it Hua Mulan today?" She looked at the braid that Papai had braided for herself, and there was a yellow flower on the hair tie.

"You are so childish," Paipai despised her in a hoarse voice, "Today is Teacher Xiang's girlfriend fan."

Beautiful and sweet.

"You are only in the fourth grade." Chao Xin reminded her by flipping her hair.

"There is someone in our class who is in love, you know? That fat guy." Paipai put down his phone and crawled over enthusiastically, with his nightdress covering her calves.

"He passed a note to my class at the back desk. I was a transfer station. They invited me to eat sausage between classes."

The girl's sweet voice is sweet.

"It's all starch. If you eat too much during adolescence, you will become fat later on." Chao Xin said.

Papa whimpered.

Chao Xin went to the end of the bed and sat down: "Two news, one good news, one..."

"good news."

"Your girlfriend, Teacher Xiang, will give you Guqin lessons on Saturdays."

"Oh my god." Paipai exclaimed, put his arms around Chao Xin's neck, looked at her with emotion, and felt that she was the No. 1 parent in the world.

After a while, he withdrew his hand again, biting his nails, his big eyes flickering: "Where's the bad news?"

"She listens to the foreign teacher's class with you. In the future, if someone stares at you, will you take it seriously?"

Papai hummed and laughed, and the little milk said: "It's not too bad, it's okay."

But she was suddenly alert again: "Auntie, let me ask you."

"Huh?" Chao Xin stood up and cleared the desk for her.

"Are you crooked?"

Chao Xin put the pencil case: "I'm not interested in these."

"Ha, that's good." Paipai let out a long sigh of relief.

After a while, he said: "Is it not easy to find this oil bottle with me?"

"The oil bottle, who said that?" Chao Xin put the lid on the pencil case.

"It's on TV."

"With or without you, I'm not interested." Chao Xin put away the Chinese documents, and underneath was a diary with cards spread out.

She instinctively wanted to close, but her eyes were faster than her hands.

The green handwriting reads: "I finally saw her again, and we had dinner together. She is not as gentle as I imagined, but she is much more beautiful than the last time I saw her. I want her to call me Chao Bei, but she Called my card..."

Chao Xin took a light breath and closed the diary.

The writing is very sincere, but Paipai has never been a fan of Xiang Wan's girlfriend, and Chao Xin knows it.

"Go to bed early."