Chapter 52 Sister Anan, You Are Here

Gu Nan heard the sound of jumping footsteps coming from the small door at the end of the main room, and she knew that Lin Jingzhe had come.

So she stood outside the door and waited patiently, maintaining a very polite social distance.

The footsteps became clearer and clearer, and the next second, Gu Nan saw a pale and thin young man walking out of the door slowly with a cane.

He smiled before he spoke, his slightly narrow eyes slightly curved, as if he was a little shy and a little nervous, and said to Gu Nan:

"Sister Anan, you're here."

His voice is very special, with a smile in his tone and a bit of the fresh crispness of a teenager. His Mandarin is standard and his pronunciation is clear, which is very pleasant to listen to.

"I'm a little slow, sorry to have kept you waiting."

When he said this, his eyelids drooped slightly, and his expression was embarrassed and a little sad, as if he was very ashamed.

Gu Nan looked at him and said slowly, "It's okay. Just walk slowly and don't bump into anything."

Lin Jingzhe undoubtedly inherited his parents' superior looks, with delicate eyebrows, eyes and facial features, but his complexion was not very good and looked a little sick.

But he doesn't look much like Lin Layue, and his temperament is completely different.

Lin Layue's good looks are those of a man, with his expressive eyes, sculpted face, and muscular body. His sullen personality is both distant and aggressive. Lin Jingzhe's good looks are those of a teenager, harmless and with a sweet smile. He's the kind of school hunk that every young girl secretly loves.

However, the school handsome guys are usually philanthropic, setting fires everywhere but never closing the net.

Lin Jingzhe smiled shyly, walked to the door and opened the bolt on the inside of the small guard door, "Sister, come in quickly, it's very hot outside."

The old tiled house was cooler than the reinforced concrete buildings in the city. As soon as Gu Nan stepped in, she felt a slight chill on her body. She casually put her travel bag on the bamboo chair beside her.

Lin Jingzhe stood not far away, examining Gu Nan calmly while saying, "Did the journey go smoothly?"

Indeed, as Lin Layue said, she was a very beautiful girl, without any makeup, fresh and neat. When his eyes swept over his left leg, there was no strange color as he had imagined, but it was as light and fluttering as if he was sweeping over a healthy leg.

But he would not jump to conclusions so easily. In any case, her arrival was too abnormal.

"It went very smoothly." Gu Nan smiled and looked back at him, "What were you doing just now?"

Lin Jingzhe closed the small guard door and said, "I figured my sister would be here soon, so I was about to cook."

Gu Nan glanced at the time. It was almost eleven o'clock. It was indeed time to cook, so he said, "Don't be busy. I bought some cold dishes. We can stir-fry some vegetables for lunch. You can pack up in the afternoon and have a good rest tonight. We will catch the 9:30 bus back tomorrow morning."

After saying that, he walked towards the small door that Lin Jingzhe had walked out of earlier, "The kitchen is from this side. I'll cook lunch at noon, you can take a rest."

Lin Jingzhe had never expected that she would not put on airs at all. She went to the kitchen without saying anything. He quickly followed her and said, "Let me do it. The wood stove is not very convenient."

The kitchen had poor lighting, the firewood was piled high, the stove was not tiled, and the wall where the stove was built was smoked black, giving it a gray and dirty feel.

But when I actually used them, I found that both the stove and the wooden pot lid were scrubbed clean and not slippery or sticky at all.

It seems that Lin Jingzhe is a good child who pays attention to hygiene, so living together will not be too difficult.

She was somewhat satisfied.

Lin Jingzhe followed him in and saw Gu Nan lifting the lid of the pot and about to wash it. His heart suddenly tightened, and after a moment of hesitation, he realized what was happening and breathed a sigh of relief.

He lives alone, so of course he does whatever is comfortable for him. He seldom does housekeeping, but he just wants to get by.

But yesterday, when he learned that Gu Nan was coming, he spent the whole afternoon doing a thorough cleaning. He was so tired that he even used up all the detergent, which made him very sad.

He felt a little uncomfortable when he thought of this, and he didn't know why he worked so hard to get that much.

The rice was cooked, with only a faint spark flickering in the stove and the air filled with the aroma of rice.

Gu Nan saw a basin of picked water spinach next to the water tank and said, "Let's have water spinach for lunch."

Lin Jingzhe wiped the non-existent sweat from his head and said, "Okay."

Gu Nan took down the pressure cooker for stewing rice and put an iron pot on it. Lin Jingzhe relit the fire, and the two of them worked together to stir-fry a large dish.

After Gu Nan finished washing the pot, Lin Jingzhe served the dishes and set the table.

Gu Nan took out the cold dishes he bought in the morning from his travel bag: a box of braised beef, a box of braised chicken feet, and a box of mixed vegetables.

"I don't know your taste, so I ordered everything slightly spicy to see if you can get used to it." Gu Nan said.

As soon as I opened the lid, the aroma of sesame oil and coriander dominated my taste buds.

Lin Jingzhe glanced at the three full boxes, his nose twitched slightly, and saliva quickly secreted from his mouth.

In this era, not being able to afford meat seems incredible, and even sounds like a joke.

But this is indeed his life as a single person. He grows his own vegetables and eats whatever he grows. He eats seasonal vegetables over and over again until he vomits, and he doesn't eat any meat for ten days or half a month.

The last time they ate meat was when Lin Layue was going on a long trip, so he went to the street to buy a pound of meat for him.

Lin Jingzhe lowered his eyes and restrainedly picked up a piece of braised beef in front of him with chopsticks, trying his best not to let Gu Nan see his loss of composure.

Beef and sesame oil seems to be a popular and classic combination. There is always such a dish at the banquets in the village, and he likes the taste very much.

The sesame oil aroma of today's braised beef is not strong, but it seems to be more numb and spicy than the ones I have eaten before.

As soon as he took a bite, his cheeks involuntarily heated up, feeling hot and burning.

He chewed it slowly, leaving a lingering fragrance on his lips and teeth, leaving a long aftertaste.

"Why are you eating so politely? Are you sorry?" Gu Nan teased him with a smile and put a large piece of beef in his bowl with a chopstick.

Then he said with a look of disgust: "Your brother is very fierce when eating. He can eat a whole bowl of rice in one bite. You really should let him learn from you."

Speaking of Lin Layue, Lin Jingzhe relaxed a little, picked up a piece of beef and put it in his mouth, and said calmly, "How big is the bowl?"

Gu Nan gestured, "It's a bowl this big."

Lin Jingzhe: "Then he has regressed. He used to be able to eat two bowls of this size."

Gu Nan was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing, falling on the table with laughter, "You are funnier than your brother. He never tells me jokes."

Lin Jingzhe used the action of eating to hide the uncontrollable corners of his mouth, but his heartbeat was accelerating and the temperature on his face continued to rise.

He mumbled, "I can't tell jokes either."

"No, you're very good at it." Gu Nan smiled and put more food into his bowl. Large chunks of beef piled up like a small mountain in his bowl. "You're too thin. Eat more."