Still Thinking About It
This time, Sun Miao was truly tired out ruthlessly; she felt that her hands could almost not be lifted, and her entire arms were aching ruthlessly. Su Ruixi was stunned for a moment, lifted her arm, and upon loosening her hand, saw Sun Miao’s arm smash directly onto the sofa—she truly did not have a single bit of strength left.
“Susu-jie, I can’t make dinner tonight.”
In Sun Miao’s voice, there was still a bit of guilt. Her saying this made Su Ruixi unable to hold back, and she laughed: “Am I Zhou Bapi1 in your heart? You are already like this, and I would still make you cook? Let’s go out to eat tonight, let’s go to Yuan Fu Tower2. I heard Yuan Fu Tower’s head chef, Jiang Ping, has improved her culinary arts quite a bit recently; many people are praising her. You also take a rest, let’s go out to eat.”
Sun Miao rubbed against Su Ruixi’s embrace; there was no reason not to agree.
Seeing that she still looked like she had no energy, Su Ruixi reached out her hand and gave her arms a good massage. However, Su Ruixi was thinking in her heart: Even if Jiang Ping makes food that is delicious, in my heart, she cannot compare to Sun Miao. I only hope it won’t be so bad that I can’t eat more than a few bites. Otherwise, if Sun Miao sees it, she will definitely feel distressed.
She would also feel guilty for not making me delicious food.
After Sun Miao rested for a while and recovered, Su Ruixi pulled up Sun Miao, who was lying like a corpse3 on the sofa, and dragged her directly into the bathroom, letting her take a shower first.
“Is there a bad smell on my body?”
Sun Miao inquired, but Su Ruixi shook her head: “It is that the body is too fragrant; it is all the smell of Bridgehead Pork Ribs4. I am afraid that I won’t be able to control myself and will take a bite out of you.”
Su Ruixi’s joking words made Sun Miao’s entire spirit improve by a large section. When she came out of the bathroom and saw Su Ruixi was still in the room, she was actually somewhat surprised. Su Ruixi patted the spot beside herself, holding a hairdryer in her hand: “Come here, today I will provide service for you~”
“Okay.”
Sun Miao leaned directly over and sat on the edge of the bed. Su Ruixi sat on a chair, cautiously and solemnly drying Sun Miao’s hair.
But a young lady like her had never done this kind of work before—blowing someone else’s hair was completely different from doing your own. When her slender fingers slipped between Sun Miao’s locks, she couldn’t help but accidentally tug on them. This made Sun Miao grimace in pain. Finally, after Su Ruixi got the hang of it and let Sun Miao enjoy the experience for a moment, Sun Miao discovered that a small tuft of hair had been pulled out.
Su Ruixi guiltily hid that lock of hair behind her back, but was still caught by Sun Miao: “Susu-jie! You pulled out my hair!”
“You saw wrong!”
The two played around for quite a while, and Sun Miao could be considered fully recovered. She changed her clothes and was even pressed onto the stool by Su Ruixi, who applied makeup for her. Compared to drying hair, Su Ruixi was much more handy with applying makeup. In less than a moment’s effort, she stripped a light makeup5 onto Sun Miao.
Sun Miao faced herself in the mirror and nodded with satisfaction: “Susu-jie applies it beautifully.”
“That is of course.” As soon as she spoke, that aojiao6 little expression came out.
After finishing makeup, Sun Miao also found the small qipao7 she had bought together with Su Ruixi earlier. She truly didn’t have many clothes; aside from a few small skirts, it was just white T-shirts and jeans. At any rate, she was going out to eat with Su Ruixi and had applied makeup, so she had to dress up a bit no matter what. Seeing her like this, Su Ruixi also changed into a qipao.
The weather was slowly getting cold now; it was the end of September and had already entered autumn, so going out at night was a bit chilly. Su Ruixi found two small jackets and draped one over Sun Miao. Once the two were dressed up, Su Ruixi carried her bag, and Sun Miao conveniently stuffed her own phone into Su Ruixi’s bag.
“You don’t even bring a bag yourself when going out.”
“I don’t have that habit. Besides, Susu-jie has a bag, so I’ll save myself from carrying one.”
Su Ruixi gave a charming rebuke and did not stop Sun Miao’s behavior. Changing shoes, Su Ruixi started the car and took Sun Miao out the door. At this hour, there were actually quite a few people leaving the residential district; driving on the road was relatively slow, and they happened to be seen by people in the district. Inside this district, the people who knew Sun Miao were definitely more numerous than those who knew Su Ruixi.
“Aiyo, Xiao Sun, you are dressed so beautifully today, going out to play?”
“Yes.”
“It’s rare to dress so beautifully; are you going to find little youngsters to play with?”
The ones asking these words were all aunties and grandmas of older age; Sun Miao couldn’t really say much, but Su Ruixi was different. She simply braked directly, leaned herself out a bit toward the window on Sun Miao’s side: “Auntie, Xiao Sun does not have a boyfriend, and will not look for little youngsters to play with. She is my girlfriend; she only plays with me.”
Su Ruixi’s bold speech was truly available at any time and any place; the auntie was given a jump of fright by Su Ruixi. She looked at Su Ruixi and then looked at Sun Miao; seeing Sun Miao did not deny it, she then realized with hindsight and said “Oh, oh” a few times. After speaking, Su Ruixi stepped on the gas pedal and drove toward the outside of the district.
Sun Miao whispered: “Susu-jie, speaking like this, tomorrow the entire district will know our relationship.”
Su Ruixi at this moment had a particularly Domineering President8 side: “What’s wrong, can’t let others know?”
Sun Miao didn’t have this kind of thought at all; she only felt: Susu-jie is so dashing, I love her so much!
Sun Miao shook her head: “No, I am happy.”
Hearing Sun Miao’s words, Su Ruixi also became happy.
They were a couple, and hadn’t done anything that violated the law and committed crimes9; what was there that couldn’t be known by others? She wished the whole world knew about her relationship with Sun Miao, so that no one would have the guts to dare covet Sun Miao.
But Su Ruixi did not expect that just as they drove to Yuan Fu Tower, the person coveting Sun Miao arrived. Perhaps she was sold out by the waiter when making the reservation; Yuan Fu Tower’s boss, Yuan Xiangyi, was standing directly at the entrance. Seeing Sun Miao, she walked over particularly excitedly. Fortunately, she hadn’t forgotten to greet Su Ruixi; she first nodded to Su Ruixi and shouted “Miss Su,” and after that, she looked fervently at Sun Miao.
“Yo, Little Boss Sun, your great chariot has arrived10. Coming to our house to eat dinner? Quick, quick, quick, Jiang Ping heard you were coming and forcefully pushed away two banquet tables, just waiting to serve you a few signature dishes. Hurry and taste them, give some opinions!”
Yuan Xiangyi had a reason for being this excited. Last time Sun Miao sold Lion’s Head with Crab Roe11 at their doorstep, Jiang Ping received quite a bit of inspiration after eating it. Now her cooking was getting better and better; even her master couldn’t help but praise her several times, appreciating that indigo comes from the indigo plant but is bluer than the plant12.
Yuan Xiangyi consciously felt she couldn’t secure Little Boss Sun; Su Ruixi was watching from the side, and Sun Miao’s heart was set on setting up a stall, so it was impossible for her to come to Yuan Fu Tower to be the head chef no matter what.
If she doesn’t come, she doesn’t come; occasionally coming over to eat a meal and giving Jiang Ping a tiny bit of guidance, that was also good.
As a chain store owner engaged in the catering industry, Sun Miao was still Yuan Xiangyi’s key observation subject. Yuan Xiangyi was very clear that there was a roadside fried skewer stall that, because they went over and secretly learned a small hand of Sun Miao’s classic fried skewer trio, now had business getting better and better. It was heard that they were pondering taking over a shop to do work seriously and properly.
It could be seen that as long as one was a cook, and could learn from pain and become more ambitious, one could capture some gains. Even that head chef met in Qingdao previously, because of Sun Miao’s relationship, realized the principle of “there is a sky beyond the sky13,” sank his heart down, guarded against arrogance and rashness, and looked to be becoming more and more up to the mark.
So facing Sun Miao and Su Ruixi coming to their Yuan Fu Tower to eat, Yuan Xiangyi was particularly happy.
Yuan Xiangyi was happy; Su Ruixi was not that happy. She knew that Yuan Xiangyi had always attempted to abduct her family’s Sun Miao. Sun Miao was out setting up a stall every day and not at home; today she was even tired until her arms hurt. If a capitalist like Yuan Xiangyi really poached Sun Miao over, wouldn’t their family’s Miao-miao have to toss the ladle until her arms ached every day?
As soon as she thought of Sun Miao being locked in a dark and sunless small kitchen, swinging a big spatula and cooking over there every day, Su Ruixi’s heart ached endlessly.
Sun Miao was natural and graceful: “Okay, thank you.”
Yuan Xiangyi personally took them to a private room and started making recommendations like an ordinary waiter. Lion’s Head with Crab Roe was definitely the signature. Yuan Xiangyi guaranteed with full confidence: “Jiang Ping’s Lion’s Head with Crab Roe now has somewhat a few points of Little Boss Sun’s flavor; you can really try it.”
“There is also this Huaihua Fen14; it is definitely not as delicious as what Little Boss Sun makes, but the materials used are very particular, and some precious materials were added. You can also try it. Over here with us, it counts as being sold relatively cheaply.” Indeed, Yuan Fu Tower’s Huaihua Fen was only 50 yuan per portion; compared to the other dishes in their house, that was much cheaper.
Under Yuan Xiangyi’s recommendation, Su Ruixi ordered about three dishes: one portion of Lion’s Head with Crab Roe, one portion of Fenzheng Rou15, plus one portion of Xiqin Baihe16. Additionally, Huaihua Fen counted as dessert, to be served after the meal.
First to arrive was the Lion’s Head with Crab Roe. It seemed Jiang Ping had been thinking about letting Sun Miao taste the Lion’s Head with Crab Roe she made for a very long time; she had prepared it early on, just waiting for the order to be placed to bring it directly over. As an expert, Sun Miao knew with one taste: Jiang Ping indeed had some stuff.
But to say it compared with what Sun Miao made, there was some gap. Su Ruixi ate a mouthful and still felt it wouldn’t do.
“Chef Jiang Ping’s craft indeed improved a bit, but Miao-miao, what you make is still more delicious. Moreover, the people who can improve are not only Jiang Ping alone; what she makes perhaps has three points of your style from back then, but compared to the current you, it lacks too far.”
Su Ruixi was speaking completely the big honest truth. There was no one else in the private room, so Sun Miao nodded in agreement. As for the Huaihua Fen, that was even more of a no-go. Su Ruixi drank a mouthful and put down the spoon: “No go, too sweet. As an after-meal dessert, it is too failed. Not only can it not freshen the breath, but on the contrary, it makes the inside of the mouth become sticky and greasy.”
When the two finished eating and Su Ruixi prepared to pay the bill, Yuan Xiangyi came again. Wearing a smile, she directly inquired how it was. Su Ruixi was not polite and said what she had just said to Sun Miao once again. Yuan Xiangyi took somewhat of a blow and couldn’t help asking: “Is it… really this no-go?”
Sun Miao was still a good person; she couldn’t watch anymore and could only comfort a few sentences: “Actually, it is quite delicious. It is just that some expensive materials were used inside the Huaihua Fen, which conversely made the flavor change somewhat. It is originally a street snack; there is no necessity to get it onto the dining table. Chef Jiang Ping’s culinary arts also have improvement; just looking from the Lion Head’s mane17, one knows she put in great effort, and also improved a lot.”
“Sigh, but she is far inferior to you.”
Hearing this sentence, Su Ruixi immediately pulled Sun Miao away. Don’t take her for not knowing; if Yuan Xiangyi was allowed to eat things made by Sun Miao a few more times, Sun Miao could become the white moonlight18 that Yuan Xiangyi seeks but cannot obtain.
The author has something to say:
Su Ruixi: Detestable! Why is everyone thinking about my girlfriend!
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