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Li Hua returned to China half a month later, first to City B, and then to City S.The agreed four-person party was arranged on May [-]th, the day of Mo Xiaoyun's birthday.

Li Hua personally came to pick us up at Folk Song Restaurant, and he drove the Cayenne that we had when we first met. Only now I know that this is already his most low-key car.

"Hello, Xiaoyun, I'm Ou Kaihua." Li Hua greeted Mo Xiaoyun with the most charming smile.

Mo Xiaoyun, who was always calm, rarely stuttered: "Hello... hello, last time...then what... about the ward, thank you..."

"It's a little effort, are you okay now?"

"Okay...he's recovered."

"Get in the car first." Li Hua opened the door of the back seat for us, and then went around to the driver's seat to drive.

As soon as I got in the car, my phone vibrated. I saw that it was from Mo Xiaoyun who was sitting next to me: "You're so handsome!"

I looked up, and she blinked at me with a reddish face.

I replied: "He is mine, don't even think about it!"

"Pure appreciation! You are the only one who can control this kind of rich and handsome."

"Actually, I can't control it either, but I don't want others to control it either, hum!"

"You are beautiful!"

"You two ladies," Li Hua jokingly said in the front row, "Actually, I don't mind you discussing me face to face, but you guys texting each other behind me will distract me because I'm too curious."

Mo Xiaoyun stuck out her tongue, and I couldn't help laughing out loud.

This is also the first time for me to visit a house in Lihua City S. The duplex river view room is really magnificent, and Mo Xiaoyun couldn't stop admiring it.

I dragged Mo Xiaoyun to look around for a while, and ran into the kitchen. Li Hua was beating eggs, and the counter was full of various ingredients. I asked curiously, "What are you doing?"

"Cake, to celebrate a birthday, of course there must be a cake." His shirt cuffs were rolled up to his elbows, and the hair on his forehead was hanging casually, even the most ordinary appearance like this looked thrilling.

Mo Xiaoyun showed a flattered expression, and walked to the sink to check the ingredients: "It's too much trouble for you, what can I do for you?"

"It's okay, I'll make it, you just eat it." Li Hua said.

"Let me wash the vegetables." Mo Xiaoyun took the vegetables out of the bag.

I continued, "Xiaoyun's family runs a restaurant, and they cook very well."

Li Hua smiled pointedly: "Kevin's cooking skills are also very good."

As soon as the words were finished, the doorbell rang, and Li Hua couldn't let go, so I ran to open the door.

Ou Kaiwen probably didn't expect me to be the one who opened the door, he was taken aback for a moment, and then showed a smile similar to Li Hua but much more shy: "Hello."

"They're cooking in the kitchen!" I walked into the kitchen with him.

Like Li Hua, every time he enters the house, the first thing he does is to wash his hands, and he washes his hands more carefully than Li Hua, probably due to a doctor's occupational disease.

"Let me chop the tomatoes. What do you want to cook?" Ou Kaiwen took Mo Xiaoyun's washed tomatoes and stood aside.

Li Hua was not polite to him, and pointed to all the ingredients: "Just watch."

Ou Kaiwen took a rough look and asked, "Red braised beef brisket, steamed fish in soy sauce?"

"Okay, it's about the same as I thought."

Ou Kaiwen started to work very efficiently, and his skillful knife skills were no worse than Li Hua's.

While cutting, he asked Mo Xiaoyun: "Is the operation recovering well?"

"It's no problem at all, thank you so much this time."

"You don't need to thank me anymore. Although appendicitis is not a serious illness, you are still in the recovery period, so you should pay more attention to rest."

"Well, my dad doesn't let me help in the restaurant recently."

The two of them were chatting one after another, while Li Hua was concentrating on making cakes on the other side. The kitchen was harmonious, and I was the only one who was redundant.

Although I have almost never cooked in the past twenty years, and I have never felt that there is anything wrong with it, but at this moment, I feel a little frustrated.

"Ruoqi, my computer is on the bar in the living room, can you check my emails for me?" Li Hua said to me.

"it is good."

I went to the living room, his computer was on, I pressed a button to jump out of the screen saver, and the screen returned to the password input page.

I thought about it, and without asking him, I walked to the French window to enjoy the open river view outside the window.The sunshine in May is just right, and the skyscrapers opposite are shining brightly under the sunshine.

"What's wrong?" A familiar breath came over, Li Hua hugged me from behind, his chin rested on my shoulder, the warm breath brushed over his face like the warm wind outside the window.

"The computer has a password, you should read it yourself." I didn't move, quietly enjoying the long-lost embrace.

He didn't really ask me to check my email, and I didn't understand his business at all, he just understood my embarrassing situation and played his empathy as always.

"Leon1206," he said, "the day the world was founded."

"Do you think I'm lazy?" I turned around and looked into his eyes, "I really can't cook...my parents at home rarely let me do it, so I hardly do any housework, but after……"

"It's okay," he didn't let me continue, "I'll do it in the future, and I'll hire someone to do it when I'm not at home."

His pampering made me even more sad: "Oh, don't pamper me so much."

"Why not? You are a little princess to your parents, and you are also to me."

I smiled and said, "I can still be a little princess now, in another ten or twenty years..."

"No matter how many years," he took the words, "it will be forever."

I was moved by the three words "forever", the sun bloomed dazzling flowers in his eyes, and my name was engraved on each petal.

"Your Highness," he leaned forward, "may I kiss you?"

I closed my eyes, and kissed like a sweet fruit, jumping between my lips and teeth, and I wrapped my arms around his waist, deepening the kiss.

The love was too strong, and we couldn't let go of each other's hands. He reluctantly let go until I was almost suffocated, and wiped my lips with his dry fingertips.

"I'm staying here for a week, are you coming?" He asked me, as if bewitched.

The heart is in turmoil, but reason still has the upper hand: "My mother's place, I guess I can't explain it..."

"Then I'll go back to City B next week, come with me?"

"Mr. Li, I'm going to the movie's premiere next week, and there are still a few road shows left. I'll show my face for you." I teased.

"I told Wang Rui'en that you don't need to go."

"Don't!" I was afraid that he would take it seriously, so I hurriedly stopped, "This is my movie, I'm going there."

He smiled slyly: "I know, I will come to the premiere."

"Really?!" I said pleasantly, and then I became nervous again, "But this makes me even more nervous... Although I often participate in some signing parties, reader sharing sessions, etc., attending such occasions in front of the media and the public is still more important. first."

"What are you afraid of, you are more beautiful than everyone on the stage."

"That's not what I'm talking about..." Although his words were wrong, I was still coaxed by his sweet words, "By the way, Kaihua, next month is your birthday, will you be in City B?"

"Should be there."

"Then I'll come over to celebrate your birthday with you then? What gift do you want?"

He shook his head: "In the past few years, my birthday has been spent at work. You are by my side, which is the best gift."

"Ahem..." Mo Xiaoyun coughed dryly behind us, "Excuse me, Li Hua, can I use that piece of bacon in the refrigerator?"

"Of course, anything in the kitchen is welcome."

Mo Xiaoyun winked at me, and went back to the kitchen tactfully. I asked Li Hua, "You seldom come here. Is there still something in the refrigerator?"

"My mother brought it here. Although I hired someone to clean it regularly, she still didn't feel at ease, so I gave her the key, and she would come over sometimes to check and add something by the way."

"Our two masters... Uh, I mean... Your master is standing here chatting with me and letting the two of them cook, isn't it good?"

"It's okay, I don't think they'll mind, and you'd like them to have some time to themselves, too?"

"Yes, yes! Don't you think they are a good match? Both of them are so kind and humble, and Xiaoyun can do all kinds of housework, and cooks well. Whoever marries her is a blessing."

"I also think they are quite suitable, but you are too active."

"Of course, if they get back together, Xiaoyun and I will just be..."

I stopped the car in time, but Li Hua didn't let me go, his eyes were very cunning: "What is it?"

I said it cheekily: "Sister-in-law. Look, today is a working day, but the four of us have a leisurely gathering here. Do you think we should enter a house?"

Originally, he was making excuses for his brazenness, but he actually felt that he was too reasonable.

"Well, that's right," Li Hua said jokingly, but his eyes were full of doting, "May your wishes come true."

Although I know Mo Xiaoyun's ingenuity, I still couldn't help but marvel when each dish was served: "Xiaoyun, you are too good!"

"A lot of it was done by Kevin."

I caught the clues keenly, and said in a long voice: "Oh ~ 'Kevin' is also very good!"

She secretly hit me with her elbow, and served me a bowl of soup in a small bowl: "You like it, salted and delicious."

"Wow!" I took the bowl and put it in front of Li Hua, "Try it quickly, Xiaoyun's pickled Du Xian is the freshest and most delicious!"

Li Hua flattered himself, took a sip of the soup, ate the ingredients, and then said sincerely in dialect: "It tastes good."

The local dishes are paired with dialect, which looks like a commercial in the 90s. I laughed so hard that Mo Xiaoyun was so surprised that she also switched to dialect: "Your dialect is so good, I thought you could only speak Cantonese."

Li Hua continued to answer in dialect: "I didn't speak much after I went to Hong Kong, but now I don't speak well."

Mo Xiaoyun's voice is soft and waxy, speaking in dialect is the best, we always communicate in dialect when we are alone, now with Li Hua, it feels very strange.

Ou Kaiwen could only smile bitterly: "It seems that I am the only one who is ashamed of my hometown."

In order not to embarrass him, I said in Mandarin: "It doesn't matter if you don't speak the local dialect. Let's eat more local dishes. Xiaoyun's wine and vanilla head are also delicious."

"I really like this." Ou Kaiwen picked up the grass head with his chopsticks very cooperatively.

Mo Xiaoyun looked at him nervously and asked, "How is it?"

Kevin Ou praised: "I haven't eaten such authentic and delicious dishes for a long time."

Mo Xiaoyun slightly lowered her eyes and raised the corners of her mouth, and said softly, "Eat more if you like."

I have a hunch that I'm really going to get what I want.

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