Good "food" in pairs

Chapter 1: The driver who caused the accident on that day

"I'm really sorry about what happened back then." Tao Yan bowed his head deeply. "It's only now that I've gradually stepped into the society, and I realize how hurtful the things I unintentionally did before. I regret it very much. After graduation, I always wanted to Looking for you, I heard that you went abroad alone after attending two class reunions, and you left the Xiao family, what happened between you and him?"

"It's all happened a long time ago," Xie Xiaowei interrupted softly, "I've forgotten it, how can the monitor remember it so clearly?"

"You...you don't hate me?"

Xie Xiaowei rubbed his temples, smiled wryly and said, "At that time, I didn't know what to love and hate. Everyone was just a bunch of young students, and I forgot it when I grew up."

Tao Yan stared at Xie Xiaowei firmly, and finally shook his head: "I don't believe it, some things will hurt a person for a lifetime, it has nothing to do with being an adult or not."

"Tao Yan, Squad Leader Tao... For so many years, have you ever tried to think about why everyone was clearly afraid of Xiao Cheng, and they knew about my relationship with Xiao Cheng, but they still focused on doing something to me?"

Tao Yan was stunned for a moment, and said in a low voice, "Because of luck? When we did those things, we always held a kind of luck, thinking that these things would not be discovered by Xiao Cheng and the teacher, and you always have no temper, Xiao Cheng bullied you You never fight back, and you certainly won't go to the teachers and parents to complain."

"Of course not," Xie Xiaowei shook his head, a little dumbfounded, "Of course I didn't know at first, I always thought maybe I was born to be annoying." Tao Yan just wanted to interrupt when Xie Xiaowei continued: "Always After a long, long time, when I was working abroad alone, I gradually realized that you would do that, just like what you said, thinking that I, Xie Xiaowei, was just a pet and a playmate that Xiao Cheng kept. If you like me, you will pet me, and if you don't like me one day in the future, you can kick it neatly at any time."

Tao Yan raised his head in surprise.

"So Xiao Cheng just dotes on me and doesn't value me. In this way, there is nothing taboo about you being bullied." Xie Xiaowei grinned self-deprecatingly, "It's ridiculous that I have always naively thought that my relationship with him Just like my parents, there is no difference. Whether everyone in the school or those in the Xiao family... everyone can see what Xiao Cheng means to me. In the end, I am the only one who is kept in the dark and complacent. "

Tao Yan crossed his fingers uneasily. He didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only forcefully change the subject: "Let's not talk about this for now. By the way, what are your plans for the future? Have you figured out what kind of job to look for?"

When it comes to work, Xie Xiaowei's eyes sparkle, "My dream is to run a small restaurant of my own, but I don't have much savings and experience, so I will probably find a part-time job in a restaurant first. Let’s take a look at the current situation of the catering industry.”

"Go to work in a restaurant..." Tao Yan frowned, and those temporary workers in greasy robes appeared in his mind, serving dishes and delivering bowls in the dirty back kitchen.

"Hey, what a scary expression you have, I'm going to be a cook, cook."

"Even being a chef is not a high-level profession." Tao Yan was full of resistance to all dirty and messy jobs, and unconsciously brought out a little emotional color, "So, I know a friend who works in an accounting firm. I will write you a letter of recommendation, and you can go there to find a job in an office, at least the minimum food and clothing can be guaranteed.”

"Thank you for the kindness of the monitor, but I was not in the top grades when I was in school, and I haven't made much progress in these years. I am afraid that if I go now, it will be a hindrance and hurt your reputation in vain. I appreciate the kindness of the monitor. This letter of recommendation Believe me, I really can’t accept it, and working in a restaurant is more suitable for me.”

"You...how can you let yourself be depraved!" Tao Yan stood up abruptly, and said in an air of hatred, "Even if you can't return to the life of the Xiao family before, you can't let yourself live like this, right? , look at your current appearance, you are exactly the same as at that time—" Tao Yan belatedly realized that what he had said was too much, shut up halfway, and said dejectedly: "Sorry, that's not what I meant." Scanning his neat suit anxiously, he questioned his glamorous attire for the first time.

How bright he is at this time is how bleak Xie Xiaowei is at this time, but now it is not five years ago, at least for him, he no longer has such strong hostility and disgust towards Xie Xiaowei, so naturally I don't want to deliberately show off or belittle.Now Xie Xiaoyi has nothing, but looking at his expensive and exquisite outfit, no matter how he looks at it, he feels that he is deliberately exposing scars.

Xie Xiaowei rubbed his nose, "Squad leader is right, I used to be with Xiao Cheng, that was my admiration, the real me is like this, I don't have much money. I understand what you mean... and because of this, I understand myself better How many catties and taels."

Tao Yan squeezed the water glass and was speechless for a long time, his anxious and angry look, in Xie Xiaowei's eyes, gave him an illusion of unreality.Xie Xiaowei asked himself, when did his relationship with Tao Yan become so good, even before leaving school, Tao Yan still regarded Xie Xiaowei's existence as a thorn in his flesh, let alone the slightest friendship and communication.Forget it, I'm afraid that too many things happened in City G during the few years he left, since he came back, sooner or later he will figure it out.

After staying for a while, the rain gradually subsided, Xie Xiaowei got up to say goodbye.

When he walked to the door, Tao Yan suddenly said, "Sost Hotel!"

Xie Xiaowei turned around, "That... what do you do?"

Tao Yan said with a sigh of relief: "Xie Xiaowei, if you really want to be a chef, go to Soest Hotel. There is the best catering team in G City. It just happens that this season is recruiting students. I...I think I can get you an interview spot."

Xie Xiaowei was briefly surprised and then suddenly smiled: "This time I really thank the monitor."

"It's nothing, it's just a wish from an old classmate." Tao Yan turned his head away in embarrassment, besides, he didn't mention the Soster Hotel until the end. In the end, it was still selfish. He always cared about Xie Xiaowei and "that person" of.

Xie Xiaowei thought that Tao Yan was just acting on a whim, but he did not expect to receive another call from Tao Yan two days later.Tao Yan briefly explained the situation and arranged for him to go to the Soest Hotel in the city center for an interview next Monday.

Xie Xiaowei was a little caught off guard, this huge pie that fell from the sky disrupted all his arrangements at once.In his plan, the first thing to do when he comes back is to deal with the grievances and grievances with the Xiao family. For this reason, he must meet Mrs. Xiao and clarify many things. As for whether to draw a line with the Xiao family in the future or Going out to find another way out can only be concluded after meeting.Then there is work. He wants to save a large sum of money to redeem "that restaurant", manage his own little life well, and fulfill his unfulfilled wish back then.

Now, there is another favor in his plan.Xie Xiaowei scratched his head in distress, he never liked to owe favors to others, Tao Yan helped him a lot this time, and he will definitely repay him twice in the future.

After raising it for two days, the glutton in Xie Xiaowei's stomach became noisy again, thinking about Aunt Zhang's hot and sour noodles, and ran away with a limp.I haven't been here for a few days, and the food street is still empty, dilapidated and dirty. Because of the rain the day before yesterday, the ground is full of potholes and mud pits, and there are no pedestrians at all.

"Aunt Zhang! Do you have hot and sour noodles today!"

"Yes, I'll keep it for you." Aunt Zhang poked her head out with a smile, and brought out a big steaming bowl in a short while.Xie Xiaowei was also polite, and held it to a place near the door, enjoying the cool breeze, eating happily by himself.

"Aunt Zhang, are there still few customers today?"

"Hi, it's much better than last month. Maybe when the weather is cold, everyone wants to eat something warm, so there are always people in these two days. By the way, it seems that the number of customers in my small shop has gradually increased since you came. Woke up, so Xiao Wei, you must be Auntie's lucky star!"

"Then can I give Fuxing a [-]% discount for this meal?"

"Hahaha, you little slicker."

They were eating and drinking in the shop. At the corner of the street, a shiny black car was lurking there quietly like a black panther. There were four security guards in black standing around the car, as quiet as sculptures.If Aunt Zhang came over, she would definitely find out immediately - this car was the culprit who hit Xie Xiaowei that day.

In the car, a man in a suit was holding a bowl of hot and sour noodles in a silent trance.Through the car window, you can easily see the scene in the small shop. The small facade is half-new and half-old, and the only customer, Xie Xiaowei, is sitting by the street, gobbling down a bowl of cheap hot and sour noodles .

That person was really Xie Xiaowei, thinner and taller, although it was much different from the impression in his memory, but the moment he stepped on the brake that day, he realized that the person in front of him was Xie Xiaowei.

If Lu Yan wasn't by his side at that time, Xiao Cheng thought, he would have no idea what he would do next.Seeing Xie Xiaowei being knocked into the air, he could barely hold the steering wheel, his heart was squeezed in unbearable pain, and waves of fear came to his mind, as soon as he closed his eyes for the past two days, he would see blood and blood all over the ground. A crushed and bloody corpse, and the person who died under the wheel was called Xie Xiaowei.

Xiao Cheng stretched out his palm tremblingly, dense twitches were conveyed from his fingertips to his heart, and he couldn't suppress it no matter what—it was Xie Xiaowei, whom he loved to the extreme and now hated to the extreme.

He nearly killed him.

The butler who drove the car saw that the owner hadn't moved for a long time, so he couldn't help reminding: "Master, this hot and sour powder needs to be eaten while it's hot, look..."

Xiao Cheng lowered his eyes, his eyes were narrow and sharp, and when a faint shadow came down, it always gave people the illusion of a sinister owl.The housekeeper shut his mouth, not daring to speak.

Xiao Cheng stirred the thick oily soup, and the spicy aroma lingered on the tip of his nose. The cheap soup had not been carefully processed at all, and it was just greasy.Xiao Cheng frowned in disgust. He never bothered to take a look at such rough street food, let alone taste it in such a humble place.

In the store, Xie Xiaowei seemed to have not had enough food for many days, holding this bowl of unnutritious food without raising his head, and even had no time to chew every bite, and swallowed it whole in one gulp He didn't even care about splashing oil on his sleeves.

Xiao Cheng's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, he never expected to see Xie Xiaowei—Xie Xiaowei who looked like this.

Embarrassed, haggard, even miserable.

It shouldn't be like this, why is it like this, that Xie Xiaowei who abandoned him five years ago, abandoned the Xiao family, and turned to the embrace of a wealthy family, shouldn't he enjoy the high society life abroad with unlimited glory?How could he return to G City with such an embarrassing look like a lost dog?

Xiao Cheng felt a strange sourness in his heart, whether it was hatred or pain, the hot and sour noodles in front of him gradually cooled down, and could no longer arouse the appetite of the diners, Xiao Cheng threw the things out with a wave of his hand, and ordered the housekeeper to drive .

"Master?"

"Bring Xie Xiaowei to me." After a pause, Xiao Cheng added, "Don't hurt him."