[Zhongyingmei] Hello stranger

After taking a shower and changing clothes, he walked out of the locker room, and his companion from the Morgan Branch called out.After standing outside the locker room with fishing gear on her back, she saw Shirley walk out.He greeted her with a smile, stood beside her and walked out, "I just made a reservation at a nice restaurant nearby, let's go eat first."

Shirley frowned awkwardly, and asked with a smile, "Is it too late to cancel now?"

Morgan pursed his lips in confusion, thought for a while and asked, "Do you have something to do?"

"Of course not...I have to go home to feed Lucas," Shirley gradually stopped, turned to look at Morgan who was looking sideways at her, and tilted her head to raise eyebrows at him, "not to mention, a professional chef Standing in front of you, would you still want to go out to eat?"

Morgan's eyes widened in surprise, he smiled, and continued walking beside her, "You know how to cook? But I didn't see any utensils in the kitchen..."

Xue Li, who was smiling confidently, raised her brows and bit her lips with embarrassment when he mentioned it, "If I told you that I installed the kitchen on the second floor without authorization, would you kick me out? "

Morgan glanced at her with a smile, then withdrew his gaze and became serious, "It depends on whether the food you cook is good or not."

Xue Li nodded her head seriously, and smiled with relief, "I'm relieved when you say that."

After leaving the gym, Morgan, who lives nearby, got into Shirley's car and drove all the way back to her house.Following her and Lucas upstairs, Shirley mixed the dog food for Lucas, poured a cup of yogurt for Morgan, asked him to sit down, and went to the kitchen.

Drinking yogurt, I looked around the second floor where only the kitchen and bathroom were in use.Morgan, who was sitting at the dining table, put down his glass, wiped his mouth, and finally went to the kitchen, "Do you want me to help?"

Shirley, who was spreading the eggs in the pan, turned her head and smiled at him, "What will you do?"

After thinking about it seriously, Morgan watched her shred the egg skin that was taken out of the pan, scratched her head and smiled, "I will put the bread in the oven, and I will also make creamed corn..."

Putting the shredded egg skins aside, Xueli took the time to cut the tenderloin and looked up at him, raising her eyebrows seriously and praising: "Oh, not bad!"

Cooperating with making fun of himself a few times, Morgan watched her put the seasoned shredded tenderloin into the pot, looked away to look at the other shredded ingredients, and asked curiously: "What kind of dish is this?" ? Chinese food?”

Quickly put the shredded pork tenderloin and other prepared ingredients on the same plate, Shirley took out the rice paper from the refrigerator and passed a line of warm water, said with a smile: "I don't know how to cook Chinese food, this is Vietnamese spring roll."

Eyes bulging, mouth pursed and nodding, Morgan watched her put several types of ingredients and two mint leaves into the rice paper, and asked in puzzlement, "How did you think of learning Vietnamese food?"

Continuing to fiddle with the food in her hands, Shirley lowered her head and smiled, "My sister is half Vietnamese, and I learned it for her when I was a child."

Hearing what she said, Morgan was even more confused. After thinking about it, he didn't ask further, but said: "It's rare to see a sister who is as considerate as you. It feels like you are more like..."

Before he could continue, Shirley, who had just cut the freshly wrapped spring roll into two small pieces, picked up a small piece and rolled it into a lettuce leaf, dipped it in lemon fish sauce, turned around and stuffed it into his mouth.Blocking what he hadn't said yet, she raised her eyebrows proudly, "How is it? Are you going to drive me out?"

Raising his hand to take a bite of the spring roll, Morgan chewed and swallowed carefully, feeling the coolness of mint in his throat.He ate the rest of his hand, tasted the delicious shrimp meat and soft but not rotten fruits and vegetables, and felt the aroma of tenderloin with the faint smell of fish sauce around his lips and teeth.

"Of course not, I'll wait for you at the dining table!" Morgan swallowed with a smile, turned around dancing and walked towards the dining table outside the kitchen.

Smiling and looking at the back of Morgan sitting at the dining table, Shirley vaguely remembered that noon 21 years ago, the voice of Jill, who was standing on tiptoe behind her, sucking her saliva, "Rosa, Rosa, I'm so hungry. Hungry, how long will it take?"

Rosa turned her head and smiled at her, raised her arms and pulled her behind her, "There are still 5 minutes."

"Oh..." Jill replied stupidly, staring at the oven intently.

Soon the cake was out of the oven, and Jill devoured the matcha cheesecake that had been cut in front of her, holding her face contentedly.After sitting for a while, he sighed depressedly, and heard a questioning voice from the right, "What's wrong?"

Jill put her arms down on the table, leaned on her arms, and looked at her on the right with her mouth puffed out, "Why can't I make cakes?"

Rosa smiled and squeezed her mouth, "In two years, I will teach you when you are my age."

Jill's eyes lit up, she immediately raised her head, and cheerfully swung her legs in the air, "Okay, don't forget, I'll be waiting for you!"

The little girl with a smiling face in her eyes drifted farther and farther away as if being spiraled into a black hole, and the last words that kept repeating in her ears were knocked away by the beep of the oven.Shirley slid her hand on the kitchen counter, and when she came back to her senses, she saw Morgan who was sitting on the floor and Lucas was making a fuss.

Funny looking back, Shirley stepped forward to take out the grilled chicken, peeled off the greased paper and cut it into a plate.After making a few more dishes one after another, they called Morgan to help serve them on the table, and the two began to eat with relish.

After the meal, Morgan took the initiative to wash the dishes, and Shirley didn't show any courtesy to him. She helped him send the things into the kitchen and left consciously.Sitting quietly and waiting with Lucas in his arms, Morgan, who soon finished his work, walked up to them and signaled that they were ready to go.

Putting down Lucas in his arms, the two followed him downstairs while talking and laughing.Before going out, Shirley suddenly thought of something and called out to Morgan, "Wait, I'll go upstairs to get something."

Morgan nodded in agreement, and soon saw Shirley approaching with a mysterious smile carrying a paper shopping bag, and couldn't help but ask amusedly, "What did you take?"

Shirley pushed him to go out, raised her eyebrows at him after locking the door, "Tell me, Mr. Profiler."

Morgan smiled helplessly and pursed her lips. She glanced at Lucas who was jumping up beside her, "We'll find out later, right Lucas?"

Lucas put down his curiosity when he heard his name, and walked back to Morgan's right.And Shirley turned her head and smiled at him, stepped into the driver's seat and waited for him to hug Lucas and sit in the co-pilot, and it didn't take long to drive to the tidal lake.

Parking the car at the cruise ship pier in the east, the two took Lucas to the lake.After choosing a boat and accepting the staff's inspection of the fishing license and preparing to board, Lucas stared at the clear water of the lake and was shivered by the oncoming spring breeze.

Morgan asked worriedly, "Is he cold?"

Xue Li raised her hand to beckon him a few times in a funny way, but seeing him turn a blind eye, she raised her eyebrows with a helpless smile, "He's never been in the water, so he might be a little scared."

Hearing what she said, Morgan felt relieved, knelt down and stroked his head encouragingly, "Be brave, boy! You are a little expert in the water, and there is nothing to be afraid of just riding a boat!"

Although his tone was quite sincere, Lucas just gave him a cold look after a moment's pause.When Shirley saw this, she simply picked him up and walked onto the boat, scaring him to kick his legs in a panic in her arms.

After hearing him whining a few times, he stopped and closed his eyes and pretended to be dead. Shirley comforted him with a funny face, "Don't worry about Lucas, if you really fall into the water, Derek will be there immediately." Jump down and save you, okay?"

Lucas still didn't move, Shirley asked Morgan seriously with a smile in her eyes, "Is that right?"

Seeing that Lucas was lying on Shirley's body stupidly and motionless, Morgan immediately agreed, and the next second saw him open his eyes and stretch his neck to look at him with secret joy, which made people feel uncomfortable for a while. There is an illusion that he will deliberately jump into the water.

The staff who took them on board couldn't help laughing at the scene, and after they all went up, they gave a few instructions and then untied the rope.The two rowed to the middle of the lake, Shirley turned around and sat opposite Morgan, and looked down to see Lucas still tremblingly sitting on the board.

Seeing his sad eyes, Xue Li stretched out her hand to touch his chin in a funny way, but saw that he just turned his head perfunctorily and whimpered a few times.And Morgan maliciously picked up some water from the lake and sprinkled it directly on his back, so scared that he finally changed his sitting position and retreated to hide beside Shirley.

Barking a few times in accusation at the laughing Morgan, he took a breather and lowered his voice to look at the water on the board, and tentatively stepped forward and scratched a few times with his paws.After hesitating to observe for a long time, he suddenly realized that this seemed to be no different from what he usually took in the shower.

Cautiously took a few steps towards the side of the ship, he was startled by the swaying ship and backed away again and again.Waiting for a steady pace, the bold one moved again, and after a while, he cheerfully raised his paw to rake on the side board.Sticking out his tongue at himself reflected on the sparkling water, raised his head and wagged his tail, watching the scenery on the distant shore uncomfortably.

The two looked away from him, Shirley touched his head, and looked at Morgan with a smile, "Okay, do you want to fish here, or where should we go for a while?"

Morgan got up and looked seriously, and finally pointed to the west, "Let's go there."

Seeing that he seemed quite professional, Shirley nodded in agreement.Called Lucas back to the board and sat down, turned around and rowed the oars, and after a while the two parked the boat on the west bank.

The cherry blossom trees on the shore are cut down extremely low, and the last branches hanging on the lake are extremely weak.A gust of breeze blows, and the pink and white petals flutter and fall.One of them landed on Lucas's nose, and he jumped up from the board in surprise, circling left and right with his paws raised.

Seeing him desperately trying to remove the petals that seemed to be stuck on his nose, Shirley stretched out her hand to help him remove them in a funny way, and put them on the boat board.Morgan stood up and took out the fishing rod, looked at Lucas who was sniffing the petals, looked up at Shirley who got up and walked, smiled and reached out to put a cherry blossom on her shoulder in her hair.

Shirley frowned and raised her hand with a smile, and casually smoothed her hair a few times but failed to take it off, "What is it?"

Picking out a soft bait and hanging it up, Morgan threw a rod into the lake, turned her head and saw it was still entangled in her hair, and smiled, "It's just a cherry blossom passing by...I think it's for your hair Some linger, so don't push it away."

"Okay." Shirley stopped, thought for a while and nodded in agreement, then folded her arms and watched him, "Now, why don't you demonstrate it for me first."