Come on Darling - Chapter 11

After all, it is Ai Xiaoye’s mother’s birthday, and Ai Xiaoye doesn’t want to make the atmosphere too embarrassing.

Being urged, Ai Xiaoye went into the kitchen to look for Julian even though she was reluctant.

The kitchen is full of plates. Hot dishes are fragrant and cold dishes are crisp and fresh. The ingredients are almost the same as in previous years, but with a change of chef, not only the color, aroma, and the price are different.

Julian is carving carrot flowers. The white-skinned and red-hearted radish is crisp, tender and tender. It is turned into thin strips that are as thin as petals. It gently rolls up like a newly blooming peony. He placed the radish flowers and turned back to turn off the gas stove. Almost as soon as Ai Xiaoye entered the room, he heard the sound of oil swelling, and the plump fragrance came to his nose.

Julian’s fingers are slender and beautiful, and his movements are graceful. The long, dark eyelashes were drooping, focused, but lightly lifted. As if because he was doing it, the most pyrotechnic thing in the world suddenly became high-end and refined.

Uncle Ai Xiaoye and the others were all watching in the kitchen. They gave him a thumbs up after watching him cook a dish with their own eyes.

Julian smiled humbly, “You passed the award. Chinese food culture is extensive and profound, and I learned a little too-the taste is still not authentic, and I can’t find the trick.”

The interest of the three men was immediately mobilized-the Ai Xiaoye man was too well protected, and he was a little confused about his abilities. Even though they usually have their wives waiting for them, they would not cook and cook by themselves when they die of starvation, but they all think that they have the ultimate essence of cooking. .

One after another came forward to teach Julian the secret to making Chinese food authentic.

Ai Xiaoye: …Where did these laymen come from to guide Julian with confidence? Isn’t Julian the only one of these four big men who can cook? !

But it is undeniable that the three elders immediately became acquainted with Julian’s low posture.

Ai Xiaoye has to admit that although Julian is a robot, she might have a higher EQ than her.

Julian beckoned Ai Xiaoye, and the other three people knew Ai Xiaoye had come in.

Ai Xiaoye greeted the elders first, and Uncle Ai Xiaoye said, “Your dad makes things difficult for your boyfriend, don’t you feel bad?” Ai Xiaoye smiled. Instead, Ai Xiaoye’s father squinted at his brother proudly, “You want to make things difficult, you have to have a girl to bring your boyfriend back.” Uncle Ai Xiaoye said horizontally, “Ye Ye is the girl of our old Ai family, you think it is. Your daughter alone.”

The two brothers derogated each other, and they were so happy that they were degraded. Uncle Ai Xiaoye couldn’t stand it anymore, “What’s the matter, co-authoring bullied me without the surname Ai!”

The two brothers immediately unanimously said, “Look at the same person who served as our old Ai’s son-in-law, and Julian is here to help Ye Ye’s mother cook. Didn’t you want to beat our mother’s legs and pour tea to behave?”

Uncle Ai Xiaoye immediately smiled and said, “I was wrong, let’s go!” Before leaving, he patted Ai Xiaoye on the shoulder, “Okay Ye Ye, good young man!”

In such an atmosphere, people will relax involuntarily. Ai Xiaoye smiled happily, “Uncle, you are really insightful, I also think he is very good!”

She was in front of Julian while she was talking. Julian was holding a small plate for tasting the soup. When Ai Xiaoye came in, he took a small spoon of soup and was cold. At this time, he handed it to Ai Xiaoye’s lips and said, “Try it.”

Ai Xiaoye: When my dad is watching, you are not afraid of him sliding again?

Of course Ai Xiaoye’s father wouldn’t be slid in front of others, and he turned to uncle Ai Xiaoye to show off the watch that Julian gave him. Uncle Ai Xiaoye is also a fine person, and immediately said that he would go to visit, and the two left the kitchen without saying hello.

In the blink of an eye, there were only two of them left in the kitchen. Julian’s eyes were proud and playful, Ai Xiaoye’s face was a little red, and he quickly picked it up.

The entrance is delicious and the aftertaste is endless. Ai Xiaoye chewed, and tasted that there were particles in it that looked like meat but not meat, with a Q-like elasticity, and it was deliciously tender. Just praise, “It’s delicious, what is it?”

Julian said: “Crab-flavored sea cucumber soup, what you got is sea cucumber diced.”

Ai Xiaoye: …Daddy mistaken me!

Julian smiled and said: “So, you must maintain a tolerant heart, whether you are with food or people, you must give a second chance. Otherwise, you will definitely miss your favorite things and important people.”

Ai Xiaoye: “Okay, I understand…”

When pulling Julian back to the living room, Ai Xiaoye was actually a little confused.

She thinks Julian is very good. As long as you have the most basic honesty, you can hardly dislike her when you see him.

But there is no absolute guarantee-there are some people in this world who always think differently. For example, what others see is that you are smart when you are admitted to a prestigious school. What he sees is that you have high scores and low energy, and you may not be able to make a living in the future; what others see is that you buy a house by yourself to give your parents peace of mind. What they see is that you are a woman. It’s also from the other side; what others see is that you have a handsome boyfriend. It’s very lucky. What he sees is that you show off, maybe you are a cowboy.

Generally speaking, this person has enemies with you in 80%. But in some individual cases, this person may also be your relative.

Ai Xiaoye has lived so much, and has never done a career that is so great that others will hate her. But unfortunately, she seems to have met very difficult relatives.

Behind the Bogu shelf, Ai Xiaoye grabbed Julian and carefully checked his appearance.

Dark and soft hair, pass; gray-blue eyes, pass; smooth and white chin, pass; hard-collared white shirt, straight trousers, bright leather shoes…all pass. Why is there a smell of oily smoke?

Ai Xiaoye leaned forward quietly and sniffed it-a very faint smell of oily smoke, but the talent came out of the kitchen, this is not to be blamed.

She was still wondering whether to spray some toilet water on him, and suddenly she felt that her chin was hooked. Her vision dimmed quickly—”tweeting”, Julian kissed her on the lips.

Ai Xiaoye covered her mouth and reddened her ears and took three steps back, “You, you, you…”

Julian’s eyes drifted to the side, “I’m sorry, it’s too cute to hold it back.” Ai Xiaoye thought you would give me a gangster! Suddenly Julian looked at her again. The lines of his profile are beautiful enough to kill a cat. Especially those eyes, deep and gentle, the eyelashes are long and thick, and the ends seem to be light. Ai Xiaoye accidentally forgot that she was still angry.

Julian took her hand and said with a chuckle, “Don’t worry, leave it to me.”

When Julian held hands and walked in front of everyone, Ai Xiaoye seemed to be back in high school. At that time, her nerves hadn’t been tempered so rough and tough by the society. She was not a female man, but just a little girl.

It feels… very subtle, a little strange, a little cautious, a little at a loss, and it seems a little nostalgic.

Almost all people standing or sitting in the living room are women. There are certain things that women are tacitly aware of, regardless of whether they are eight or eighty years old, they can understand.

The moment they saw Julian, everyone had an expression of “Oh…”.

But the things after this meaningful silence are the most important.

Grandma Ai Xiaoye recovered from the surprise almost immediately, as if she had confirmed some kind of conjecture, and the anger on her face was about to explode soon. She tapped on the cane. Aunt Ai Xiaoye quickly came over. He looked at Ai Xiaoye with that kind of eloquent gaze-Ai Xiaoye hated this gaze. It’s more annoying than being framed—because you are framed, at least everyone has said what you are framed. This look seems to frame you and make you admit it.

Of course Aunt Ai Xiaoye didn’t think she was framing her. To say that she had scruples before, but after seeing Julian, she seemed to be the same as Grandma Ai Xiaoye, convinced of something.

Aunt Ai Xiaoye asked in a heavy and serious voice, “Ye Ye, who is this?”

This tone is really unpleasant. Ai Xiaoye said, “Julian, my boyfriend.”

Aunt Ai Xiaoye asked, “Julian, what do you do?”

In the same way, the feeling she asked was completely different from the feeling that Ai Xiaoye’s father asked. Ai Xiaoye still couldn’t hold back, and smiled: “Aunt, do you want to check your household registration?”

Grandma Ai Xiaoye knocked on the cane again, “Your aunt cares about you.”

Ai Xiaoye simply wanted to tell them: This is in my house, my parents are here, do you take yourself too seriously!

But Julian held her hand, and he smiled: “Yes, I will report to you slowly in a while. But you think it’s not too early. If you don’t eat lunch, the food will be cold.”

Seeing that the situation was tense, Ai Xiaoye’s mother knocked on the door in the study early and asked Ai Xiaoye’s father and uncle to come out.

Papa Ai Xiaoye just heard Julian’s words and said with a smile: “Don’t worry, eat and talk. Guoguoyeye, help your grandmother come and sit.”

Uncle Ai Xiaoye also smiled and said, “A house is full of our family. You are still afraid that Julian will bully Ye Ye.” He greeted him, “Julian also come and sit, today you are a guest.”

Grandma Ai Xiaoye still shows face to her two sons in front of outsiders. Finally no more to say.

Ai Xiaoye was a little uninterested during the meal. Fortunately, everyone’s attention is on Julian, and no one cares about her emotions.

Julian was aware of it, and while answering the people’s cross-examination, he picked up a swimming crab and peeled it for her. His rhetoric was nothing more than the same thing he said to Ai Xiaoye’s father. Only when Aunt Ai Xiaoye asked “how much money do you earn in a month”, she smiled softly, “It’s not convenient for me to answer this.”

Fortunately, Ai Xiaoguo helped out, “Have you heard, this is personal privacy, you can’t ask about it in foreign countries! I also ask for privacy, so I’m not allowed to ask how much I earn!” .

Uncle Ai Xiaoye also said, “Look at Ye Ye’s parents, why are you asking so much?”

As a result, this sentence was stuck in the gunpowder. Aunt Ai Xiaoye blushed and retorted, “I am Aunt Ye Ye, what’s wrong with her?” This table is there, and Julian said that he is a chef, which is simply too convincing. Strength. Aunt Ai Xiaoye’s tone is not as strong as before. He smiled and said to Ai Xiaoye, “Don’t think that Auntie is too nosy, I just heard some rumors that look good, and I am a little worried about you.”

Ai Xiaoye barely kept smiling and said, “Oh…”

Although she couldn’t imagine how Chu Xiu would arrange her, but she also knew that it was definitely not something to listen to, and naturally she wouldn’t want her aunt to say it in front of so many people. Don’t ask.

She just focused on watching Julian peeling crabs. He doesn’t need tools to peel crabs, regardless of the crab legs or the crab belly, he gently squeezes the crab and separates the meat from the shell, which is a magical skill. It didn’t take him a few seconds to peel a whole crab, and his hands were still clean. Put the crab meat on the Ai Xiaoye plate, and Julian pulled a paper towel to wipe his hands.

But they still underestimate the urgency of women to share secrets.

Aunt Ai Xiaoye still tentatively asked, “I heard that Julian takes money from you?”

Ai Xiaoye: …well, this seems to be the truth.

But it is still too hateful to be spoken out in public.

But now she understands why her grandma was so easily teased by Chu Xiu’s bitch-because in her grandma’s heart, Ai Xiaoye’s father’s things belong to the Ai family, but Ai Xiaoye is an outsider. What grandma Ai Xiaoye fears most is that the outsider Ai Xiaoye spent their Ai family’s money. What’s more, she actually wanted to raise a man!

Julian wiped his hands and looked at Ai Xiaoye’s mother with a smile, “Happy birthday aunt.”

Ai Xiaoye’s mother was still shocked and never recovered—an open-minded and optimistic mother, it would not be too painful to hear that her daughter actually spent money to raise a man by herself. She just stammered, “Uh, uh, happy.”

Julian smiled and said, “Ye Ye and I have chosen a gift for you and put it on your embroidery stand. Would you like to go and see it?”

Ai Xiaoye’s mother got up and left like sleepwalking, “Oh, let me see.”

Everyone at the table was silent, watching her mother Ai Xiaoye go to the living room, turn to the balcony, and walk back again.

When she came back, Ai Xiaoye’s mother was holding a gift box. Ai Xiaoye flushed red, thinking quickly in his mind: Is such a big gift box filled with clothes? shoe? Kitchen knife holder? Little kitchen treasure?

Ai Xiaoye’s mother had no intention of opening gifts at all, but everyone looked at her, and she couldn’t get rid of it. Bite the scalp and take it apart—there is a black leather bag inside. The workmanship is quite exquisite. The more chic thing is that the front is locked with a small golden lock with a few English letters on the lock.

Ai Xiaoye’s mother was a little annoyed-in her opinion, Julian should take out the checkbook and hit Aunt Ai Xiaoye on the face at this time. Why did she let her unwrap the gift inexplicably-and it was just a leather bag.

Fortunately, they are doing well-informed products. Wang Jiahui pointed to the leather bag and immediately asked excitedly, “Is that the Birkin bag of Hermès?”

Julian nodded.

Wang Jiahui is a little unsure again, “I heard that this kind of bag has to be customized one or two years in advance! Alligator leather? This is not a high imitation, I asked the original product to be 400,000 yuan smaller.”

Julian said: “It’s not difficult to get a spot, someone is willing to sell it.” He gave the key to Ai Xiaoye’s mother and smiled, “There is also a silk scarf inside. I think you might like it better.”

When Ai Xiaoye’s mother came out with a scarf, she felt refreshed. Of course she didn’t really believe that Julian would spend 400,000 yuan to buy her a leather bag-do you have to find an agency to rent a house if you really have this money? Three leather bags are enough to buy a nice villa in City A! But being able to find a place at this point is enough to exhale.

Ai Xiaoye’s mother also asked naughtyly, “How much is this scarf?”

Ai Xiaoye cooperated with the expression that the little money was not worth mentioning, and said, “Thousands of dollars, it’s not expensive.”

Ai Xiaoguo poked her and reminded in a low voice, “This model is more than 3,000.”

Ai Xiaoye turned her head and cried silently: … the meat hurts.

It was probably the 400,000 purse that calmed the place, and the chat in the second half was much brisk.

Ai Xiaoye’s uncle also asked Julian seriously, “Look, you know Ye Ye’s grandma, father, mother, and so many people. But we haven’t asked about your family situation. Your parents know Ye Ye. Does he approve of you being together?”

This is also a problem that everyone is more concerned about. Everyone stopped their chopsticks and wine glasses and looked at Julian.

Julian took Ai Xiaoye’s hand and said, “I can meet Ye Ye. My father is very happy for me. He will not object to our being together.”

Aunt Ai Xiaoye’s mentality is very good, she adjusted it immediately and smiled friendly, “Then when will your parents come to China and meet us? You see Ye Ye is not young anymore.”

Julian was a little embarrassed, “I’m afraid it won’t work for the time being,” he said, “Your “government” does not allow my father to enter.”

The tables were filled with breath-holding sound…In the short silence, only Ai Xiaohu was holding the baby bottle and biting the **** squeaky.

After a while, Aunt Ai Xiaoye asked cautiously, “What does your father do?”

Julian thought for a while, and said: “He is the leader of our family.” When he is not smiling, he is an alienated and cold aristocratic fan. Even if he talks seriously with you, he always feels like he is not in the same world. The weakest link in human defense is curiosity. Once the suspense is created, the listener is easily induced. The table of people looked at each other, and no one suspected that he was telling a lie.

Ai Xiaoye: Hey, it’s just a high imitation Hermès leather bag.

“Then…what does your ‘family’ do?”

“Do everything,” Julian said. “On the counter and under the counter, it depends on the situation.”

“…Killing?”

Julian replied solemnly, “Try not to kill.”

Ai Xiaoye knocked on the crab’s leg, smiled and endured internal injuries. Ai Xiaoye’s mother had taken it seriously, but after seeing Ai Xiaoye almost got under the table, she came back to her senses. Smiled and said: “Julian is teasing you.”

It wasn’t until Julian also laughed and said, “I’m kidding.” Everyone suddenly realized.

People are filled with righteous indignation when they are not fooled, but it is not easy to be held accountable if they are really fooled. Everyone laughed. Uncle Ai Xiaoye couldn’t help but asked again, “What the **** does your father do?”

Julian said, “He is just an ordinary civil servant.”

“What about your mother?”

Julian was silent for a moment, and said: “I haven’t seen it-she passed away while giving birth to me.”