Chapter 55

When they sat down at the dining table, they looked very satisfied with the food.

I didn’t know what to eat last night, but today I saw that the table was quite full.

There are cold dishes, hot dishes and a soup.

Ming Yunle took a bite and was satisfied. He said, "This time it's good. Just in case, I will always take the recipe and look at it again every time I make a new dish. I used to think it was troublesome to see you holding the recipe, but now it seems more reliable."

Ruan Yan said: "These are the experiences and lessons I learned after the accident."

"You missed it too?"

"I sometimes make mistakes. Last month I tried to make a new dish. I put too much sugar in it, and it turned out completely different. After that, I've always remembered it the same way. But I rarely make new dishes that are difficult and complicated."

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The clothes became thinner and thinner, summer was getting closer and closer, Ming Yunle's flowers bloomed again, and there was another photo in Ming Yunle's photo album.

After receiving Xia Chen's invitation, Ming Yunle went to Xia Chen's villa again.

On the night he went there, Xia Chen was preparing to watch a football game. When he saw him coming, he pulled him over to watch it with him.

Ming Yunle stayed in Xia Chen's villa for three consecutive days.

On the fourth day, Ming Yunle and Ruan Yan made an appointment to go out and play. They met at Xia Chen's place again.

Ming Yunle lay on the recliner and waited for a while. Feeling something was wrong, he looked at his watch.

They agreed to meet at 1:00 p.m., but it was already 1:10 p.m. and Ruan Yan had not arrived yet.

Ming Yunle felt strange because Ruan Yan was never late.

Not only does he never arrive late, he also arrives early, usually ten to twenty minutes early.

"I'm here." Ruan Yan ran over and said, "I got the time wrong."

So that's how it is.

Ruan Yan said, "Didn't we change the time last night? Later, I forgot about the change and still remembered the time of two o'clock."

Ming Yunle recalled that his change of time last night was indeed very sudden, and he only mentioned it in one sentence.

Ming Yunle saw that Ruan Yan was sweating and said, "Then you should have just told me, why are you running away?"

Ming Yunle asked him to take a break first and said, "Don't worry if you remember it wrong next time. Just sit for a while. There's nothing urgent."

Hearing him say this, Ruan Yan sat down.

Ming Yunle said: "I discovered one thing, you have never been late once."

"Well, I really don't like being late. Don't just blame me, you've never been late either. There have been many times when you've been there much earlier than usual. The last time I arrived, you had already been there for quite a while."

Ming Yunle said, "I have this habit. Sometimes I get ready early, and then I'm bored, so I go early. If I find that I'm too early, I'll go for a walk around, and after a while, it's almost time to meet up."

"How early was the first time you arrived?"

"About an hour and a half. But I happened to be nearby when we agreed to meet, so I wasn't early. Except for this time, when we agreed to go to the amusement park in City A, I was almost an hour early."

Seeing that he was thirsty, Ming Yunle poured him a glass of water and said, "Drink some water. Your throat is hoarse."

With this movement, the hood of the hoodie fell off.

Ruan Yan took a sip of water and asked, "Did you cut your hair?"

Ming Yunle touched his hair and said, "Well, I cut it a little shorter, so I can change my hairstyle."

Ruan Yan also remembered Ming Yunle saying that he changed his hairstyle every once in a while, and said, "This one suits you very well. Which one will you change to next time?"

"I haven't chosen yet, but there are only three options left, so it's relatively easy to choose."

They sat here for a while. Ming Yunle saw that Ruan Yan had drunk some water and seemed to have recovered, so he said, "Then let's go."

It was a bit sunny today. After walking out from the parasol, Ming Yunle felt that he would definitely sweat after going out like this.

But will it be late when I come back? Although it is hot now, it may be cold by then.

Ming Yunle hesitated for a moment and then said, "Wait for me, I'll go change my clothes."

Bring a thinner jacket when the time comes. The sun is too bright now, so wear a baseball cap.

Ming Yunle asked Ruan Yan: "Do you want a baseball cap?"

Ruan Yan also took a look at the weather and said, "Yes."

After Ming Yunle changed his clothes and came down, Ruan Yan looked at his watch and found that it was exactly two o'clock in the afternoon.

Ruan Yan looked at the time and felt a bit embarrassed. He said, "It seems that the time change was in vain. We sat here for a while, and you changed your clothes. By mistake, it became 2 o'clock again."

They didn't have any other special arrangements, so they were quite casual. Then Ruan Yan suddenly wanted to get a haircut.

Ruan Yan went to the barber shop to get a haircut, and Ming Yunle was right beside him.

The barber shop that Ruan Yan went to was recommended by Ming Yunle, and it was quite far away.

It wasn't until Ruan Yan walked in that Ming Yunle asked, "Didn't you say you'd get it cut next week?"

Ruan Yan said helplessly, "I'll have to get my hair cut sooner or later anyway, and now that I have some free time, I might as well get it cut. And we're all here."

After leaving the house, Ruan Yan touched his hair and said, "I'm still a little uncomfortable. It's been a long time since I last had my hair cut. Otherwise, I might not have bothered to get it cut again."

Ming Yunle said: "I have tried cutting my own hair before."

Ruan Yan asked, "Did it succeed?"

"It's a complete failure." "You added 'completely'?"

"Yeah." Ming Yunle thought about the situation and said, "I regretted it after the first cut, so I went straight to the barber shop. It wasn't really an attempt, after all, I gave up after just one cut."

After they came out of the barber shop, they had missed dinner time.

But this time they were not very hungry, because they were well prepared, so they ate a little to fill their stomachs before cutting their hair.

It didn't take too long to get my hair cut, but it still took a while for it to digest.

Ruan Yan hesitated a bit and asked, "Are we still eating tonight?"

Ming Yunle was also a little hesitant. It was only four o'clock when it came time for dinner, so it was already dinner time.

But from experience, if you eat so early and eat so little, you will still be hungry at night.

Ming Yunle: "It's better to eat less."

They went to a small restaurant. Since they were not hungry, they only ordered one dish for the two of them, and the portion was not large.

The two of them shared a dish and each had a bowl of rice, and they felt that was enough.

Ming Yunle said: "This is probably the least expensive dinner we've had recently."

They went out, but didn't go back immediately. Instead, they walked around the neighborhood.

The temperature difference between day and night in City A was quite large at this time. When they came out of the mall and were blown by the night wind, Ming Yunle suddenly thought that it was a good thing that he brought a coat.

Even if it is very thin, it plays a big role at this time.

They left the mall and saw that it was getting late, so they decided to go back.

They returned to Ruan Yan.

Ming Yunle found that he now spends half a month here every month.

Ming Yunle put his hands behind his head. After a while, he stretched out a hand and said, "Hand me my phone."

His cell phone was somewhere else and it had just been ringing several times. He had no idea what it was ringing for.

When Ruan Yan came back, he brought Ming Yunle's cell phone with him.

The phone was placed in Ming Yunle's hand. After Ming Yunle unlocked it, he saw that all the messages were sent by Xia Chen alone.

He took a look and found that she was asking him if he wanted to make cold noodles with him in a few days.

Just a few days after he mentioned the cold noodles, Xia Chen came to ask him out.

Ming Yunle replied casually: "Okay, when the weather gets warmer in a couple of days, we'll start."

After replying, Ming Yunle put his hands behind his head again and asked, "What flavor of cold noodles do you like? Now that the weather is getting hot, I need to think about making cold noodles. If you have any flavor you like, I can give it priority."

"I don't have any particular preferences. I like anything delicious. But I also want to make it together."

"Sure." Ming Yunle sat up and said, "I've collected quite a few recipes for cold noodles, and they all look delicious."

"Let me see."

Ming Yunle flipped through his collection of recipes for making cold noodles and handed the phone to Ruan Yan.

Ruan Yan looked at it for a while and said, "It's really good. I don't think we had cold noodles many times last summer. We also said we wanted to eat something cool, but why didn't we think of it?"

Ming Yunle: "The more I try to think of something, the harder it is to come up with."

After saying that, Ming Yunle lay back down. Ruan Yan continued to look at the cold noodles and said, "It seems that this summer we don't have to worry about what to eat three times a day."

"Well, when you don't know what to eat, just eat cold noodles."

After they chatted for a while, Ruan Yan found that Ming Yunle was distracted. After he spoke, he did not respond for a long time and stared at the ceiling in a daze.

Ruan Yan stopped looking at his phone and instead looked at Ming Yunle who was distracted.

After a long while, Ming Yunle said, "Have you noticed that even though we ate two meals, the total amount we ate was not as much as usual?"

Ruan Yan couldn't help laughing and asked, "Are you hungry?"

Although he asked this, based on his understanding of Ming Yunle, he was definitely hungry.

Ming Yunle turned over and said, "If I had known this earlier, I should have eaten more. Why didn't I notice this at the time? I just thought that eating two meals was too much, and I should definitely eat less at the last meal."

Ruan Yan asked, "Would you like some midnight snack?"

"No, it's too late." After saying that, Ming Yunle sighed and asked, "Aren't you hungry? Didn't we eat together?"

"I ate a little more with the first meal, so I wasn't hungry."

Ming Yunle thought for a while, then checked the time. He still hadn't eaten. He got up, drank a few sips of water, and lay back down.

"I seem to be feeling better." Ming Yunle said, "I'm going to eat more for breakfast tomorrow, maybe three sandwiches."

Ruan Yan: "We can also go to the breakfast shop."

Ming Yunle turned over again and said, "The food in that restaurant is delicious. I really want to go there for breakfast."