Ru Yue pursed her lips in a funny way and went to pick up what Zhong Chen brought.
The stuff is heavy, not like ordinary fruits or malted milk.
But at this time, she couldn't take it apart. She thought that she could return it to him early tomorrow morning, so she called Zhong Chen: "Okay, guest, please sit down. Thank you, guest. It's really hard to come all the way."
It’s not easy, please sit down and drink tea.”
Zhong Chen happily sat down, poured himself tea and drank, and looked at the dishes on the table with great interest: "Oh, today's dish is better than the one at Songyu Restaurant, not bad, Ru Xin, let's go out to eat!"
His voice was quite loud, and his expression was extremely happy. No matter his actions or words, he carried a completely different sense of pride than before.
It seems that he likes today's meal very much and also likes to celebrate the New Year with everyone.
Ru Yue was thinking this in her heart, and being influenced by his cheerful energy, she started to speak casually: "Yes, Xinxin, come out to eat quickly, it's Chinese New Year! It's Chinese New Year. Let's finish eating early. Let's watch the Spring Festival Gala together."
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"Come on!"
Ru Xin also cheered, jumped out of the room with the dog, and climbed directly onto the table: "Brother Chen! My sister has cooked a lot of dishes, and said you must like this fried fish, please eat more!"
"Really? In fact, I like to eat not just fried fish, but also whatever your sister cooks!"
Ru Yue, who had just turned around to get something from the stove, couldn't help but paused with her hand: "..." She didn't even hesitate to praise others. What happened?
Ru Yue couldn't help turning her head to look at him.
She happened to catch Zhong Chen smiling at her.
Those eyes were sparkling, as if they had a lot to say, and it would not be an exaggeration to say they were full of emotion.
Ru Yue was shocked and immediately turned her head back.
This is weird, is he blatantly showing off?
What do you mean?
Ru Yue suddenly felt her heart beating very fast.
While I was in a daze, I heard Zhong Chen's voice again: "Do you want to bring this dish over too? I'll get it for you."
Ru Yue stood aside as if startled, then turned to look at him: "Ah, yes, you can take it."
Zhong Chen held the bowl in his hand and turned his head to look behind him, where Ru Da Tao was talking to Ru Xin.
He immediately approached Ru Yue, bringing with him the familiar smell of male pine: "After dinner, can you give me some time to talk?"
Ru Yue's eyes widened and she replied with two words for a long time: "...What?"
"You seem to be absent-minded? That's okay. We'll talk about it after dinner."
He walked away with the bowl in his hands.
Ru Yue felt that her heart had gone away before him, and her hands and feet were a little reluctant to move, and she even knocked over a bowl. Fortunately, the bowl was just some rice. She picked up the rice and calmed herself down.
mood.
But it's hard to calm down.
I always think about his smile, his expression, and what he said.
Let’s talk? What on earth is he going to talk about?
Is that what she thought?
Ru Datao was picking up dishes for Ru Xin. Seeing that Ru Yue hadn't come over yet, he started shouting: "Xiaoyu, what are you doing? Isn't it ready yet? Stop it, there are a lot of dishes, you should sit down and eat too. Recently
You've been working the hardest, come and sit down."
"Hey, I'm here."
Ru Yue randomly picked up a bowl and sat down.
I don't know if Ru Da Tao left it intentionally, but the only vacant position is Zhong Chen's lower right hand.
As soon as Ru Yue sat down, Zhong Chen gave her a piece of jellyfish with chopsticks: "Not bad! It's been a busy day, thank you for your hard work, chef!"
Ru Yue looked at the contents in the bowl and her face started to turn red uncontrollably.
What is this man doing?
In the past, he would say hello to everyone before eating, and say hello after finishing the meal. The meal was complete, but he had never served anyone food.
Ru Yue looked up at him.
He nonchalantly gave a chopstick to Ru Xin who was standing beside him: "You can try it too."
Ru Xin happily took the jellyfish into his mouth and said vaguely "Thank you", but boldly ordered Zhong Chen: "Brother Chen, I want that meat too. The braised pork made by my sister is so delicious. I
Out of reach."
"Okay! Come on, I'll give you some meat!"
Zhong Chen took a piece of meat for Ru Xin, put down his chopsticks, and suddenly turned to look at Ru Yue: "What are you looking at me for?"
Ru Yue quickly turned away: "It's nothing. I just think you are very happy today."
Zhong Chen smiled: "Yes, I am very happy today."
Ru Yue couldn't help but start to ask: "Because you found out that you made a lot of money in a year when you checked out?"
"What's so nice about making money? I've invested so much money and spent so much time and energy. Isn't it the right thing to make money?"
"Then, is it because of the Chinese New Year?"
"What's so exciting about the New Year? It's been decades."
"Is that because today's dish suits your appetite?"
Zhong Chen paused and finally raised his eyes to look at her: "Well, this can be considered a reason."
"So, is there any other reason?"
"Yes. Other reasons. Are you curious?" Zhong Chen looked at Ru Yue.
Ru Yue really couldn't stand his beautiful eyes that focused on people, and lowered her head: "Uh... no. Eat, eat."
Ru Datao didn't know why and was still making fun of it:
"Xiao Zhong is a good person. After making money, he gave out red envelopes to the neighbors. When I came back just now, I heard an aunt praising you, saying that you give money to a few old people and unemployed women in the alley every New Year. This year, you still have money.
It was given in advance, on New Year's Eve, and she was so happy."
Zhong Chen picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Ru Da Tao: "Thank you, Uncle Ru, for the compliment, because these aunties took good care of me when I was a child. Now that I have made money, I should thank them. Uncle Ru drinks tea.
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"Thank you, Xiaozhong. I'll also give you a cup of tea. Thank you very much for taking care of us these days and allowing our family to rest here for so long."
"Actually, I should be the one thanking you. You stay here so that I can have hot food and rice to eat."
"Oh, hot dishes and rice are not my thing! It's all made by Xiaoyu."
"Okay, I'll pour tea for Xiaoyu." Zhong Chen actually poured a cup of tea for Ru Yue and even called Ru Yue by her nickname.
Ru Yue's whole body became excited.
Zhong Chen today is so abnormal!
She raised her eyes to look at him, but he just smiled at her: "Drink tea."
"……Thanks."
Although Zhong Chen is abnormal, the atmosphere is really good.
His happiness infected everyone, Ru Xin was chattering about the delicious food, and Ru Datao discussed with him some things that happened in the county from time to time, and he answered them very patiently.
Ru Yue occasionally raised her head to look at him, feeling very emotional in her heart.
This man can be lively and gregarious as long as he wants to.
It's not that he doesn't like to interact with others by nature, it's just that he's too lazy to care about others.