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When Morgan grinds the coffee beans until Shirley thinks they are qualified, he puts down his hands and realizes that when he maintains a posture for a long time and then returns to his original position, his arms seem to be no longer his own. It's indescribably cool.

Seeing him moving his limbs belatedly, Shirley, who was sitting on the sofa with her legs crossed, put down the book in her hand with a smile, "Are you okay?"

Morgan nodded, smiling a little hard, "Actually, it's okay. After all, I'm used to holding a gun at work, but I didn't expect it to be so laborious to grind this."

Shirley leaned back, smiled casually and raised her hand, "Because it takes a long time, it's easy to make your body stiff. Fortunately, you are on vacation, and you still have time to rest for a while."

Hearing what she said, Morgan leaned back on the sofa comfortably, flexing his wrists and couldn't help being happy, "You're right."

Shirley smiled, raised her hands and rested her head on the armrest, and said with interest: "It's hard to imagine how busy you are at work to make you so happy about the holidays?"

"It depends on how long the criminals are willing to stop for us to rest," Morgan replied helplessly, then smiled angrily and raised his hand and nodded in her direction, "For my mood, I imagine you People who live idyllic lives like this don't understand."

Shirley pursed her lips amusedly, "Sorry for being so idle?"

"Hmm, I forgive you." Morgan answered solemnly, and couldn't help laughing when she saw her innocently winking. She sat up as if she had rested, "Let me borrow the bathroom."

"Go." Shirley raised her finger and pointed to the inside, put her legs down from the sofa, picked up the kettle and walked to the kitchen, "I'll boil some water."

Morgan nodded with a smile, got up and walked around behind the couch, saw Lucas lying on the floor looking a little tired, so he didn't bother to tease him.Going straight into the bathroom, Morgan couldn't help but feel a little puzzled when he saw that there was only a bottle of hand sanitizer and a box of toilet paper in addition to the basic facilities.

After washing his hands and walking out, Morgan subconsciously looked towards the open door on the right, but he couldn't see a bed inside.Frowning and looking up upstairs, he recalled Shirley's insistence on renting the third floor.

Go back to the single sofa and sit down. When Shirley took the boiled water and returned to the sofa and sat down, Morgan asked suspiciously, "Wouldn't it be more convenient to live on the first floor?"

Shirley was warming two coffee cups with hot water, and asked with a smile without raising her head, "Why do you say that?"

Morgan raised his hand to support his chin, and replied with a thoughtful face: "There are almost no daily necessities in the bathroom. When I walked out, I happened to see that there was no bed in the bedroom. I remembered that you insisted on renting the third floor."

"Well, I forgot to close Lucas' door." Putting the two warmed cups aside, Shirley raised her hand to signal him to sit down.She put the kettle aside, smiled and looked at him who got up and walked, "But... are you trying to profile me?"

Morgan walked to her right side and sat down, and smiled at her disapprovingly, "Sorry... But compared to the profile, I think I'm just a little curious."

Shirley pursed her lips and smiled, looked at him intently, and said casually, "It's just a habit passed down from the family."

Hearing her answer, Morgan didn't delve into it any further. He looked away at the coffee table, turned his head and raised his eyebrows to look at her with a smile, "Then, come and teach me how to conduct this experiment about coffee."

Xue Li regained her senses, pointed to the equipment in front of her and explained the process roughly, and emphasized a few points for attention.Watching him pour the hot water at the right temperature into the lower pot according to the amount, and instructing him how to correctly install the filter element into the upper pot.

After that, Morgan moved the lighted alcohol lamp under the lower pot, so that the rubber edge of the upper pot inserted obliquely against the spout of the lower pot.The two of them stared straight at the movement of the pot, and Xue Li said: "Actually, there are not many skills in this process. The main thing is to observe carefully and control the time of each stage. In this way, the taste of the coffee brewed in the end Only then will it be mellow."

Morgan nodded repeatedly, and after seeing continuous large bubbles in the pot, he asked, "Is it ready now?"

Pursing her lips and raising her eyebrows with a smile, Shirley leaned back and made a look of "it's none of your business, hang on high", "Hey, Derek, that's exactly what you're going to learn. I've already I told you all the steps, and the taste of the coffee we drink next depends entirely on you."

Hearing what she said, Morgan had no choice but to give up, turned around and straightened the upper pot in a funny way, "Okay, okay, then you are ready to be a qualified guinea pig."

With her arms folded in front of her chest, Shirley watched his awkward movements amusedly.When the other party stuffed the upper pot into the lower pot, they put in less effort and failed, and were afraid that the utensil would not be able to bear it if they put in too much effort.I had to work harder little by little, and fiddled for a long time before I succeeded.

The upper pot is gradually filled with water, and the bubbles become smaller and smaller.Seeing Morgan looking here and there for coffee powder, Shirley smiled and stood up to help him get the coffee powder that had been ground but not taken out before, and handed it to him, "Here."

"Thank you." Morgan patted his head with an annoyed smile, took out three spoonfuls of coffee powder and poured it into the pot.Looking around and wondering where to put the remaining coffee powder, Shirley reached out to help him get the small drawer containing the coffee powder, "You're welcome."

Morgan turned his head slightly and smiled, and quickly recovered his senses and picked up the stirring bamboo spoon on the side and stirred it left and right.Press down to make all the coffee powder submerged in the water, he focused on his watch and waited for 30 seconds before stirring for the second time.

He then waited another 20 seconds for a final stir before removing the alcohol lamp.Gently wrap the side of the lower pot with a slightly damp rag on the side, and can't help but watch the coffee in the upper pot fall into the lower pot in amazement.After separating the upper and lower pots according to the method Shirley said, he secretly poured the coffee into the coffee cups in front of the two of them.

Seeing him turning his head and looking at her with bright eyes, Shirley tilted her head funny and raised her hand to touch her lips, then looked back at him solemnly after putting down her hand, "Okay, I'm ready to be a guinea pig. "

"Oh!" Morgan, who felt quite good about himself, protested with a smile, moved his arm and pushed her, "Don't do that, maybe it tastes good."

Shirley covered her mouth and smirked, raised her eyebrows and confirmed: "Do you think it will be delicious?"

Morgan shook his head with a smile pretending to be modest, "I don't know, but I think it shouldn't be bad."

"Okay..." Shirley smiled, picked up the cup and sniffed it, "The bitterness may be a bit heavy..."

Seeing that Morgan almost reached out to force her down her throat, Shirley smiled and turned her head.After taking a sip and aftertaste a few times, he nodded in satisfaction, "But since it's your first time, the taste is pretty good."

Hearing what she said, Morgan was even more complacent, and hurriedly picked up the cup in front of him to take a sip, and frowned involuntarily before swallowing it.

Seeing his expression, Shirley couldn't help laughing twice, "Haha, isn't it delicious?"

Morgan winked in embarrassment, swallowed the bitter and mushy coffee reluctantly, licked his lips and asked with a smile, "Is this not bad, Shirley?"

Shirley explained with a serious smile, "I said, for the sake of your first cooking."

Morgan hesitantly confirmed: "In other words, judging from my level, it's really not bad?"

Seeing her nodding her head affirmatively, Morgan was happy again, but still found it hard to swallow after two sips.But he didn't want to waste the first cup of coffee he brewed, so he simply put down the coffee cup and took out two cubes of sugar from a plastic box on the coffee table to add, then turned to look at Shirley, "Do you want it?"

Seeing his undisguised disgust, Xue Li frowned amusedly, and comforted herself in a serious way: "No need, it's good to have a change of taste once in a while."

Morgan, who accepted her serious teasing completely, couldn't help but shook his head with a smile. After putting it back into the plastic box, he leaned leisurely on the sofa, turned sideways and drank the almost aroma-less coffee covered by three strange flavors, "How long do I need How about brewing a different flavor of coffee?"

Xue Li thought about it seriously, "It depends on how high your consciousness is in judging the fire, don't worry, it's just a matter of time."

Morgan nodded reassuringly, and the two didn't speak any more.Shirley drank the coffee in the cup thoughtfully, put down the cup, took a look at the gift box beside her, and put it on her lap.Leaning on the sofa and turning her head to look at Morgan, she asked with a smile, "I suddenly remembered the other colleague you mentioned before, didn't she go to Denver with you?"

Finally swallowing his last sip, Morgan sat up and put down his coffee cup.Hearing her words, he couldn't help frowning, and looked at her with interest, "How do you know she's not here?"

Raising her legs and sitting on the sofa, Shirley straightened her body and leaned back on the sofa.The whole person was facing Morgan, and she spread her hands with a relaxed smile, "Well... I still remember you said that it was a gift two years ago, and we already knew that the giver was a woman."

Seeing Morgan, who was sitting on the right side looking sideways at her, listening attentively, Shirley went on to say: "Henry is almost four years old, and I think no matter how good the relationship between your colleagues is, his mother is unlikely to make a special trip for him. You customize gifts."

Morgan nodded with a smile, and asked suspiciously, "Isn't there still Emily?"

Shirley sat upright and recalled her impression of Emily with a smile, "Yes, but I had a conversation with her before, so I have a little understanding of her words and deeds. I feel...she doesn't Too much like the kind of lovely woman who would do these things. I mean, Miss Prentiss, obviously a lot more serious than the other one."

Morgan nodded with a smile, and laid her head on the sofa leisurely, "Then what do you think that lovely woman will look like?"

Smiling and pursing her lips, Shirley recalled Morgan's smile on the cup, raised her hand casually and gestured twice, "Well, I think...she should love to laugh a lot, and she will be more serious than the rigorous Miss Prentiss." Vibrant. Therefore, we should prefer brighter colors in the selection of clothing."

Xue Li came back to her senses, looked away at the smiling Morgan, frowned slightly and said with a smile: "In the end, from the point that she thought of comforting you, she must be considerate, and her relationship with you is also good." Pretty intimate..."

Seeing that Morgan was only smiling happily at this moment, but there was no excess love in his eyes, Shirley raised her eyebrows and leaned sideways on the sofa while hugging the pillow beside her, and added: "Okay, but you are never Couples, maybe more like family. And she is not with you, is it because she is on vacation recently?"

Hearing his words, Morgan smiled and put down his right hand by his side.Turning to face her, put her head on the back of the sofa with her left hand raised, "You're absolutely right, but she's not on vacation. It's just that she doesn't have to run around with us because she's a tech support person." move."

Shirley frowned suspiciously, "What does that mean?"

Listening to Morgan's rough mention of Garcia's working methods and the work content of the field staff, Shirley nodded thoughtfully.After a while, he raised his eyes and looked at him hesitantly, and asked with emotion: "It must be very hard for you to keep fighting criminals, right?"

Morgan nodded heavily, "Not only physically, but also mentally. Sometimes their crazy actions are still unimaginable after we have experienced a lot."

Hearing what he said, Shirley raised her eyebrows with interest, "How is it unimaginable?"

Lowering his eyes and pulling his mouth, Morgan looked up and saw her sitting up straight, and smiled helplessly, "Trust me, you won't want to know."

She waved her hand in disapproval, and Shirley smiled and stretched out her hand to push his shoulder, "Let's listen to it, or just teach me how to avoid danger if I encounter it."

Listening to her words, Morgan thought for a while, then confirmed with a smile: "Are you sure you want to know?"

Hesitantly frowned, Xue Li quickly nodded affirmatively, "Yes, but compared to their cruel behavior, I'm more curious about how you caught them."

Morgan smiled, put down the hand that supported his head and put it on the sofa, closed his smile and said in a slightly mysterious tone: "Okay, are you ready to join our adventure?"

Shirley raised her eyebrows and said with a serious smile, "I can't wait."