Chapter 31. The Finale: Painful Onset(1/3)
Ruan Yue took the thanks and asked politely: "Can I open it now and see?"
Yaoyao nodded and said, "Of course it's OK."
Ruan Yue carefully removed the packaging paper velvet. It was an exquisite box inside. The box was not big, but it looked very distinctive. I don’t know what it contained inside.
Ruan Yue opened it and saw countless small footballs, big and small, lying inside, each football with its name signed on it.
"This is... a small football model from the side over the years?" Ruan Yue asked in surprise.
"Yes, each of the fronts above is different. In the past ten years, the most famous football stars signed on by each of them. I took photos one by one!" Yao Yao said with a smile.
"Wow, Sister Yaoyao, you are so great!" Ruan Yue's eyes were amazingly bright. Not to mention the price of this kind of thing, it is not something you can buy with money.
It is really not easy for Yaoyao to buy ten at a time.
Because of the role of this set of football, Ruan Yue squeezed between Yaoyao and Su Wan, and his attitude changed amazingly. He was even more timid to Yaoyao than to his biological mother Su Wan.
The dishes ordered by several people finally came up with Ruan Yue's surprise voice. This is a regular Western restaurant and rarely can you eat such authentic steak in China.
No matter how good or expensive the domestic steak is, all aspects, such as beef, ingredients, as well as chefs and kitchen utensils, are all very important. This place is even more authentic and delicious, as the most famous eat steak restaurant in New York.
Everyone had a happy meal, except for Yuying, everyone was having a good time.
After returning to his residence, Yaoyao's opposite decoration was praised, and finally Yuying found some confidence.
Yaoyao has a straightforward personality. To put it bluntly, he is a little nervous. He is not aware of Yuying's personality and some entanglements with Su Wan. He is the one who is most enthusiastic about the beautiful Yuying here except Ruan Yue.
Yaoyao was also stayed here because of the invitation from Su Wan.
In the afternoon, several people sat in the restaurant for lunch, watching the traffic flowing downstairs talking. It was almost time for dinner, Cheng Bin called Ji Tianxi and said that he had gotten off work. In order to express his gratitude, Su Wan invited Ruan Haoyang to invite Cheng Bin here. She was preparing to cook a Chinese meal in person to express her gratitude to Cheng Bin.
Although Cheng Bin has been in the United States for nearly twenty years, he still misses the taste of his hometown, so after hearing this, he readily agreed.
Su Wan was not embarrassed, so she made an appointment with Yaoyao to buy vegetables at the market downstairs. After all, this is the Ruan family's property. As the only legal heir of the Ruan family, she is more qualified to be the owner of this apartment than anyone else. Now she wants to thank Cheng Bin. He is likely to become the one who saves Ruan Haoyang. She naturally has to be polite to her, regardless of what Yuying would think.
Su Wan and Yaoyao bought more than ten kinds of dishes at the market and rushed back to the apartment.
After helping the servants and Su Wan wash the vegetables and prepare the ingredients, they got off work early at Su Wan's instructions.
Su Wan walked to the kitchen and looked at the tidying food for helping the maids. She first put the Tianma Pigeon soup and started stewing it, then carefully cleaned the crabs. After waiting for the scalding, she put them in the pot.
During this period, Yuying also came in and fiddled with the electric stew pot for a while. She didn't know what soup she was making, and Su Wan didn't care about her.
Su Wan chose Kuaidun this time. The reason why she stewed this soup was mainly to be better at Ruan Haoyang.
After more than an hour of soup, I called the police. The other dishes prepared by Su Wan were almost the same. Once the soup was ready, I immediately steamed the hairy crabs and called Yaoyao and Ji Tianxi to help me set up the dishes and chopsticks.
After all the food was served, Cheng Bin happened to come.
Looking at the full table full of dishes, lobsters, crabs and other seafood, home-cooked sweet and sour pork, etc., they were very Chinese-style, and praised Su Wan for his virtuousness, saying that Ruan Haoyang had married a wife, saying that there were no such girls in the United States now. Except for Ji Tianxi's unhappiness, Yuying was so strange that she didn't speak out.
In addition to praise color, Cheng Bin also had his eyes straight when he looked at Yaoyao whom he had never seen before!
Before the meal, Su Wan served everyone with soup, first Cheng Bin, and then served a bowl of it in the order of seating. Everyone present praised it as delicious. On the contrary, the American-style potato soup cooked by Yuying was ignored!
Cheng Bin rarely drinks such authentic soup in the United States, and hurriedly asked what Su Wan stewed it.
Su Wan said bluntly, Cheng Bin couldn't help but look at the pigeon and turtle left in the soup base. Suddenly his face changed, he covered his mouth with discomfort and ran quickly towards the toilet.
Several people looked at each other, and in a moment, a violent sound of vomiting came from the toilet. Su Wan felt guilty and disgusted. Could it be that he had put the wrong thing?
No, the ingredients are all brought from China, but the turtles and pigeons were bought in the vegetable market today. I think the United States pays great attention to food safety, so there is no problem!
Ji Tianxi was signaled by Su Wan's eyes and went to the bathroom to see Cheng Bin. Cheng Bin had already vomited a lot.
"What's going on? Do you want to take him to the hospital?" Su Wan said uneasy.
Yuying smiled but said nothing. Su Wan looked at her... Why did she seem to be a little gloating? Did she know long ago?
Su Wan's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that she put something strange in the soup?
But it’s wrong. People who are doing it are fine even if they have a patient like Ruan Haoyang. Why is Cheng Bin vomiting so much?
"Sister Su, I know why!" Yao Yao, who has lived abroad for many years, suddenly reacted.
"Why?" Su Wan asked in confusion.
Yao Yao said: "That... your pigeon and turtle have heads, limbs, and even... eyes are there!"
Most of the United States believe in Christianity. Many of them are particularly sensitive to limbs and heads, especially things with eyes. Yaoyao is not very concerned about it because the people at home are domestic and can be eaten in the market. However, Cheng Bin... at first didn't know that it tasted good, but it would be strange if he didn't vomit after knowing it!
After Su Wan knew the reason, she felt even more guilty.
However, she can’t blame her. This kind of soup is in China, especially in Guangdong, but when it comes to a very nutritious soup dish, why does it get here...
"Wan'er, you have a good intention, you can't blame you. Don't worry, I cooked thick soup. Although other things, crabs and lobsters have eyes, they are not taboos!" Yuying comforted.
However, in Su Wan's opinion, her words and expressions were hypocritical.
She clearly knew that she had deliberately wanted Su Wan to make a fool of herself!
After a few minutes, Cheng Bin, who was vomiting so much, walked out with Ji Tianxi. Fortunately, he was generous and felt a little embarrassed. He smiled and said, "I'm so embarrassed to let everyone down!"
Su Wan stood up quickly and said, "No, I'm sorry, I should be right. I should have asked clearly in advance. I only remember to ask Tianxi about your taste and food that are not good, and I forgot this."
"You can't blame you, after all, it's like this in China. I'm just not used to you..."
Although Cheng Bin was not familiar with it, a happy dinner became boring and everyone lost their interest!
Cheng Bin glanced at him, and after rinsing his mouth, he lost his appetite and said, "Eat it, it's okay for me."
He made it, but he didn't want everyone to look ugly, so he barely accompanied everyone to eat a few bites. However, because the other dishes were very good and Yaoyao's role, Cheng Bin, who was more fond of the beauty than Ji Tianxi, quickly forgot about the unhappiness just now and ate a lot.
The dinner finally didn't leak again, but Su Wan took away the remaining half of the soup and instead let everyone drink the potato soup prepared by Yuying, which made Yuying take the limelight. Su Wan didn't care, but Yuying was slightly proud.
In the evening, after dinner for a while, Cheng Bin said goodbye and left. Before leaving, he mysteriously pulled Ji Tianxi out with him.
Ruan Haoyang and Ruan Yue went upstairs, Yaoyao went to his room to clean up, bathe, and got off work. In the living room, Yuying and Su Wan were left alone.
Su Wan knew that Yuying stayed alone should have something to say to her, so she didn't leave and deliberately gave her a chance. She wanted to see what Yuying was going to say to her, or... why did she change her personality? In the past, the gentleman struggle, and now, why did she make such a hurry?
"Wan'er, I really don't know how to tell you something, but..."
"Just say it just because there is nothing here, so you don't have to worry about it." Su Wan said calmly, his tone was not bad, but it revealed his unfamiliarity.
Su Wan is already very polite to a person who pretends to be pregnant and wants to break up his "family".
"Since you are so direct, I'm not afraid to speak directly." Yuying said.
"Well, let's talk, haven't you given up on Haoyang? Why is this time more anxious than before? You are so outstanding, you won't really not be able to find a boyfriend, right?" Su Wan looked at Yuying with a smile, with a hint of sarcasm, and said.
"Give up?" Both of them were very soft. After hearing Su Wan's words, Yuying raised her eyebrows slightly, raised her voice a little, and said, "Have I ever said such a thing?"
Su Wan didn't want to say much, but just looked at Yuying with dissatisfaction.
Yuying thought for a while and said, "Yes, I said it once, but... I have a premise."
"Preparation?" Su Wan chuckled, as if she had heard some funny joke.
"Yes, my premise is...you must be able to be really with Haoyang. I said, I don't care about taking the next best. If one day you can't catch Haoyang and give him a chance to slip away from him, I will definitely get a chance to get a shot!"
Yuying said word by word: "You have not married him, but you have hurt him and Yue'er. Now, you and I have no advantage except that you are Yue'er's biological mother. You are even worse than me. You married Haoyang for your brother. What's the result? I have been silent in New York for so long and haven't bothered you. Now Haoyang has not had much time, so I can't just let go. So... Isn't my life too regretful?"
As she said, her face turned pale, obviously she was very taboo and afraid of Ruan Haoyang's condition. It was not until this moment that Su Wan realized that the people who were worried about Ruan Haoyang were the most worried about Yuying.
No wonder, it used to be fine, but there were still many days, but now it’s different. Ruan Haoyang may be able to bid for his life in two months. How much time can Yuying have?
But... does she really love Ruan Haoyang, or... she must win by herself?
"Do you think you have not been able to capture his heart for so many years. Will he choose you in just two months?" Su Wan asked with a smile.
Yuying said: "That's because he thought you were dead, and he felt guilty."
"If I die, he should give up and accept you more easily. Why did you fail to succeed?"
"..." Yuying couldn't answer such a tricky question for a moment.
"Yuying, let it go!" Su Wan's tone suddenly slowed down and said, "Just you said, Haoyang really has not much time left. Maybe he will leave us at any time. Let's not make things difficult for the sake of arrogance, so that he can feel the warmth in his life. Can't it be okay?"
It was the silence of achievement again. Yuying looked at Su Wan, and after a long time, she looked at Su Wan and said, "No!"
"Yuying, why are you so stubborn? Even if you win in the end, so what? Haoyang... The chance of recovery is almost zero. Even if you get him, it may just make you even more sad. Why are you doing this?"
"What about you? Are you not?" Yuying looked at Su Wan and said with confusion: "When will you really have a good time with Haoyang? It's because he only has the last two months? I'm at least better than you. I love him for at least ten times or twenty times as much as you!"
Su Wan was silent. Although she was reluctant to admit it, she knew that Yuying was telling the truth.
Yuying and Ruan Haoyang have known each other for so many years, and she can be regarded as a childhood sweetheart. She has indeed loved Ruan Haoyang more than ten times more than herself.
but……
"Does the time you love someone be calculated by the length?" Su Wan sneered, and looked at Yuying with a hint of contempt in her tone and said, "What's more, now is the time for Haoyang's life and death. Are we going to be arguing about this issue? Even if you win, so what? Even if you love Haoyang for a longer time than me, so what? If you really love him so much, why does Haoyang still have no reaction to you?"
"You..." Su Wan has always been gentle and weak. Yuying never expected that her active tuning would attract such mean words. She was very angry at the moment, but it was not easy to get into trouble. After a moment of speech, she looked at Su Wan reluctantly and smiled: "If it weren't for your appearance, Haoyang..."
"Even if it wasn't for her appearance, I would never love you." Just as the two women were glaring, Ruan Haoyang didn't know when the corner of the stairs appeared, and said to Yuying with a cold face.
"Haoyang, you...when did you come down?" Yuying looked at Ruan Haoyang with a panic expression, but the next moment she returned to looking at Ruan Haoyang as usual.
Su Wan was also very surprised. Why did Ruan Haoyang suddenly come down? Listening to his tone and expression, what they were talking just now... Did he hear all of them?
Ruan Haoyang slowly walked to the two of them, sat down beside Su Wan with a calm face, and his defense and indifference towards Yuying were already very obvious.
Su Wan thought about it for a moment and then felt relieved.
To be continued...