The place I was assigned to live in was the west wing, and the yard alone was enough for a dozen people to play hide-and-seek. There were also pear trees planted on both sides of the yard. The only difference from the place where Situ Quan took me was that these pear trees did not bloom.
"You seem to particularly like pear blossoms?" I asked doubtfully.
Situ Quan smiled softly. I don't know if I saw it wrong. There was a bit of self-deprecation in that smile.
"My mother likes it."
Unknowingly, after two days of eating, drinking, and sleeping in Situ Mansion, that damn Yelu Zihan didn't even send anyone to come back to me. Logically speaking, I feel that I am living a comfortable life like this.
Yearning for it, but my heart just felt uncomfortable, wishing that Yelu Zihan would die in the gentle village and perish his country like King Zhou.
"What are you thinking about? Are you thinking so absorbedly?"
After staying at Situ's house for two days, I enjoyed delicious food and drinks. I also got used to Situ Quan's strange habit of popping up like a ghost when he had nothing to do. I swept away the inexplicable haze just now and said in a calm tone: "You don't know how scary people can be."
Is it scary?"
"When did you become so fragile?" Situ Quan looked disapproving.
"What are you doing here?"
"I'll personally cook something delicious for you to eat."
"Okay." My eyes were bright, I loved eating the most, but the excitement only lasted for a while. The next second it turned into frustration, my brows knitted together, and I asked suspiciously, "You cooked it——"
Can it be eaten?”
"Looking down on me?"
I didn't answer silently, but it was obvious in my eyes.
"Wait!" Situ Quan gritted his teeth, looking as if he was eating me alive.
An hour later, Situ Quan appeared with a wide apron tied around his waist, just like a waiter in a restaurant taking orders for a dish.
"steamed fish!"
“Osmanthus crab!”
"Donkey roll!"
“Soy sauce beef!”
“Braised duck feet!”
"Four happy meatballs!"
“Wine-filled meatballs!”
…
A dazzling array of dishes with all kinds of colors and aromas were placed on the table one after another. Not to mention, they looked like the same thing. As I looked at them, my stomach suddenly let out an unsatisfactory cry.
"Are you hungry? I want you to underestimate me."
"It looks kind of cool, but you have to eat it to know how it tastes."
As soon as he finished speaking, he quickly picked up the chopsticks and attacked the mandarin fish on the plate. While his hand was still in the air, he was slapped hard and he pulled it back painfully.
"Who didn't believe I could cook just now?"
He touched the back of his painful hand and argued aggrievedly: "Didn't I tell you that you have to eat it to identify it?"
"Yes, I know you are greedy, but no matter how hard you endure it, there is still a highlight to come. Eat the food I made, and you must follow the order to feel the deliciousness. You were so brazen just now, and now I think it is punishment to make you wait. I
Go and serve it, don't eat it secretly."
"Go go."
Situ Quan took two steps, and I picked up my chopsticks and aimed at the fish's belly. Unexpectedly, he turned back again. My chopsticks were hanging in the air, and I couldn't pick them up or take them back. I had to smile.
"You really are not allowed to eat secretly."
"I know, it's really annoying." He put his chopsticks back on the table, rested his chin on his hands, swallowed his saliva and waited.
The delicious food is present, and the aroma is fragrant. It turns out that the most painful thing is not not having anything to eat, but being hungry, and the delicious food is present, but you can't eat it.
"Here comes the main event." Situ Quan held up a large cup and shouted loudly like the waiter.