Relying on one's own hair

"Why don't you eat it? This dish doesn't suit your taste?"

Van Lundin's voice suddenly sounded above his head, and Qiao Ran hurriedly said, "No, it's pretty good."

As he spoke, he stuffed a chopstick of vegetables into his mouth and chewed hard.

Valentin glanced at him, wiped the corner of his mouth with the napkin that was on hand, put it down and continued eating.

Qiao Ran looked at the smear of sauce on the snow-white napkin, and was embarrassed for a moment. He must have looked so stupid just now!

Forget it, we eat together every day, maybe Van Lundin has become accustomed to him, otherwise how could his movements be so natural.

Because of this episode, Qiao Ran almost forgot what happened before. After a while, he realized that Fan Lundin hadn't paid attention to his mobile phone, so he could only remind him, "Someone sent you a message just now."

Van Lundin picked up the phone and looked at it, then made a direct call.

Qiao Ran ate as if nothing had happened, but the tips of her ears moved slightly.

"Grandma, I just left and I'm eating now."

What, was Elaine Valentin's grandmother?Qiao Ran was stunned for a moment, and then felt a tinge of indescribable shame for her messy thoughts just now.

"In grandma's kitchen, with a friend, the neighbor I told you about."

Van Lundin continued to talk on the phone, and glanced at Qiao Ran again, "No need, he is a bit introverted, and he doesn't know how to deal with strangers very much."

Qiao Ran couldn't help opening her eyes wide. Are you talking about me?It seems that it is.

I don't know what Elaine said, but Valentine seemed unable to resist, so he handed over the phone, "My grandmother wants to talk to you, just say a few words."

Qiao Ran became nervous in an instant. Taking over Valentine's cell phone was like picking up a hot yam. After clearing her throat, she said cautiously, "Hi, my name is Qiao Ran."

A somewhat old but brisk voice came from the phone: "Hello, Xiao Qiao, I am Elaine, the grandmother of Fan Lundin. I heard that you are of Chinese descent, what a coincidence, and so am I! Thanks to you for taking care of Fan Lundin during this time ,Thanks a lot."

This voice reminded Qiao Ran of Grandma Mary, not to mention that the other party had a similar blood with him, so he immediately relaxed a lot, and said like Yi Lian chatting about family affairs: "You are welcome, Valentine is also very kind to me. Take care. Some time ago, the landlord took back the house I rented, and I had to find another place to live. He saw that I was inconvenient, so he rented out an empty room to me, which saved me a lot of trouble."

Valentine put his fist to his lips, coughed lowly, and reminded Qiao Ran not to talk about moving.It's a pity that Qiao Ran was so focused on talking to Yilian that she didn't notice.

Yi Lian was surprised: "So, you two live together now? He didn't even tell me, it's too much."

Is this serious?Qiao Ran was a little strange, afraid that Elaine would be angry with Fan Lundin, so she said tactfully, "Maybe he's been busy recently, so he hasn't had time to talk about it yet."

"Hmph, he's busy. Isn't he on a long vacation? Xiao Qiao, you are a good boy, but my grandson has a bad temper and is very stubborn. Please bear with me for my sake. If he messes up If you get angry and bully you, you tell me immediately, and I will clean him up for you!"

Valentin vaguely heard what Elaine said, and the corners of his eyes twitched involuntarily.

Qiao Ran smiled and said, "Van Lundin seldom loses his temper with me now, and his lion plays well with me, don't worry."

This time Elaine was really surprised, "You mean his spiritual lion? Are you not an ordinary person, why can you see it and play with it?"

"Yeah, I used to be a guide when I was young, and then something happened." Qiao Ran briefly explained his situation, "So I can see Ah Mao—well, that's the name I gave it , and have a particularly good relationship with it.”

Lion heard Qiao Ran talking about himself, and leaned over to rub his shoulder affectionately.

Yi Lian was silent for a while, seemingly thoughtful, and after a while she comforted her: "Little Qiao, maybe one day your mental body will come back, don't be discouraged."

Although Qiao Ran didn't have much hope for this, he still said: "Well, thank you, I have recovered a little mental strength now, and my physical condition is much better than before."

"That's good. Xiao Qiao, it's a pleasure meeting you today. I'll treat you to this meal."

Qiao Ran hurriedly said, "How embarrassing, I was the one who invited Fan Lundin to dinner tonight."

Yilian scolded and said: "Usually you cook for him, how can you invite him to dinner? It's too disgraceful. Besides, I opened my grandmother's kitchen, and I am the master of my site. Today's meal must be Let me treat you, and then let Valentine treat you, or I shall be unhappy."

Qiao Ran was both surprised and moved, and it was hard to refute Elian's intentions, so she agreed, "Okay, thank you."

"You're welcome, you should. If you don't want to cook, you can ask Valentine to bring you here, you know. Okay, I won't bother you, eat slowly, and I'll hang up first."

After finishing the call, Qiao Ran returned the phone to Van Lundin and said sincerely, "Your grandmother is so kind and capable, and opened a restaurant with such good taste, why didn't you tell me just now."

"It was opened only recently, you don't know now." Fan Lundin said without shame, "Do you want to add two more dishes?"

Although Elaine is getting old, she can't stay idle, and enjoys opening restaurants. "Grandmother's Kitchen" has blossomed all over the Commonwealth, with hundreds of chain stores. A

The one in the city only opened a week ago, mostly because of the fact that Van Lundin is here.

A few days ago, Yi Lian asked him to come to eat, but he wasn't very interested. Anyway, Qiao Ran would cook for him. Although the taste was a bit worse, the meaning was different. It was purely a coincidence that he came here to eat today.

Qiao Ran immediately shook her head: "No need, these are enough."

Even though it's Yilian's treat, she can't eat without restraint.

No wonder Van Lundin likes to eat Chinese food. With such a grandmother who is a superb cook, of course he doesn't like other dishes.

However, compared with Elaine, my cooking skills are not as good as 01:30. Why is it that Fan Lundin can still eat it? Could it be that there is something wrong with the taste, and I can't tell the good from the bad?

Qiao Ran rejoiced secretly in her heart, and thought that if she saw Elaine one day, she must ask her for advice, and strive to improve her cooking skills so that Fan Lundin is impeccable!

Having had a pleasant meal tonight, and having met such a charming and approachable old lady as Elaine, Qiao Ran was in a good mood on the way back until he and Valentine arrived home.

The door of the house was open, and the things in the house were in a mess, everything that could be smashed was smashed, and what couldn't be smashed was also pushed crookedly.Even the housekeeping robot R7 fell to the ground, and its round head was sunken into a big hole, which seemed to be broken.

Valentine's face darkened instantly.

The lion lowered his head and sniffed for a few times, then furiously furious, stretched his neck and roared towards the corridor.

Thanks to its being a spiritual body, neither its shape nor its voice exists at all for ordinary people. Otherwise, the lion's roar would probably scare everyone in the building into heart attacks.

Qiao Ran rubbed her ears, took a breath and asked, "Did a thief come? Do you want to call the police?"

But it shouldn't be, isn't the thief's purpose is to steal things? This is clearly someone who came in to deliberately destroy.But the surveillance camera in the corridor is broken, I don't know if the police can catch people.

Sure enough, Van Lundin said with a cold face: "It wasn't a thief, it was the landlord of Room 1917 who brought people to smash it. I won't let them go."

Qiao Ran was taken aback, and then understood that the last time the landlord wanted to extort his rent deposit, he was taught a lesson by Fan Lundin, and Ivan, who moved in after only three days, was scared away by Fan Lundin, so he held a grudge against him. Heart, find someone to take revenge when both of them are not at home.

If ordinary people encountered such a thing, they might have to admit that they were unlucky, but it is a pity that Valentin is not an ordinary person, so the unlucky person in the end is the landlord.

Qiao Ran couldn't help but mourn in silence for the landlord.

Immediately afterwards, he saw the mess on the balcony, and the shelf where the plants were placed was also completely overturned to the ground, and the planting soil was scattered all over the ground.Onion, garlic and mint are fine, but the key is that the pot of strawberries, the most delicate, was pressed at the bottom, and the flower pot fell to pieces.

Qiao Ran's heart tightened, and she hurried to the balcony to pick out the strawberries from a pile of sundries, and sadly found that several half-grown fruits were crushed.The biggest and most popular one that is about to mature is gone, maybe it was picked off and eaten by someone.

After three months of hard work, Qiao Ran was so distressed that it was more painful than losing a thousand points.

Ahhhhhh that's too much!

If the landlord were here now, Qiao Ran might break his principle of "a gentleman speaks but not hands" and kicks him hard.

"it's here."

Van Lundin picked up a dirty strawberry from the mound next to it, took it under the faucet, rinsed it carefully, and then handed it to Qiao Ran, "It should still be edible."

Qiao Ran felt better immediately, but she didn't pick it up, and said without thinking, "Eat it, I was going to treat you to dinner tonight but I couldn't, so this strawberry is my compensation." .”

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he felt that something was wrong. A strawberry was nothing, not to mention it fell into the soil and became dirty. How could it be appreciated by Valentine's pickiness and exquisiteness.If people are willing, they can buy as much as they want, and it is a piece of cake to just get a basket and eat it as a meal.

He hurriedly reached for it, and said with a sneer, "Haha, I'm just kidding!"

However, Qiao Ran's hand was empty, and Valentine put the strawberry into his mouth one step ahead of him.

Qiao Ran: "..."

After a while, Qiao Ran couldn't help swallowing, and asked him expectantly, "Is it sweet?"

Valentin swallowed the flesh, which was still pantothenic. "Sweet."

Qiao Ran smiled instantly, "I knew it would be very sweet! Next year I must grow a few trees, and I can eat enough at once!"

As if he had eaten that sweet strawberry himself, he felt both regretful and satisfied, then bent down and began to tidy up the messy balcony diligently.

Seeing this, Fan Lundin felt much more relieved. Just now she was so angry that she wanted to kill someone, but now she can calmly pick up the cleaning tools and clean the house with Qiao Ran.

The two of them were sweating after cleaning up everything that could be cleaned. Qiao Ran went to take a shower first, and after a while, Fan Lundin followed up with the plastic wrap in the bathroom.

Qiao Ran's face felt hot first, and then he hurriedly said: "The wound is completely healed, there is no need to wrap it up today, really!"

He turned his back to Valentine and pulled down his T-shirt a little, showing his shoulder, which was indeed completely healed, and it didn't matter if it got wet.

He didn't have to go through the test like last night, and Van Lundin didn't know whether he should be thankful or regretful. His eyes moved from Qiao Ran's injured part to the middle of the back of his neck.The marks and marks left by me are still clearly visible, but they will gradually fade in a few days until they disappear completely, and Qiao Ran may not notice them from the beginning to the end.

But it doesn't matter, sooner or later...

Probably because he was silent for too long, Qiao Ran pulled up his T-shirt and raised his head uneasily.

"You wash up." Valentine turned and went out.

Qiao Ran breathed a sigh of relief, took some cold water and patted his hot cheeks, and then touched the cat's paw print on the back of his neck.He had just felt Valentine's eyes rest on this part, but neither of them said anything.

No wonder he felt flustered and weak-legged when Van Lundin came into close contact with him these days. The sentinel completed the primary bond with him and left a mark on him, like a stamp stamped on a quarantine-qualified pork in the market, and ordinary Pork is of course different.

Bah, bah, he's not a pig!

Qiao Ran hesitated for a moment, took off her clothes and started to take a shower.