After buying coriander, Xie Qing wanted Xie Chen to take her around the community to find the villa Xie Xun mentioned.

Unexpectedly, when she shifted her sight slightly to the right, she saw the two-story building with a completely different style.

If greening is valued in this era, that piece of land would be suitable for landscaping, building a pavilion, and planting a few trees, flowers and plants.

But now it is a small villa, adjacent to Tan Yi's mansion, and the distance between them is no more than eight meters.

The villa is trapezoidal, with gray marble on the exterior walls. The shape is simple and tough, like large matchboxes placed in a staggered manner. The roof is flat and has an iron fence. It should be a large terrace.

Xie Qing got out of the car and walked a few steps forward with the plastic bag. Behind the villa was a three-meter-high wall, and the sea could only be seen from the second floor.

Although it looked a bit rustic, it was more private and safer than a fence.

Xie Qing had to admit that the house was practical and she liked it very much.

Xie Chen walked up to her and said proudly, "This is what big brother chose for you. Do you like it?"

Xie Qing said, "Thank you, big brother. Although I don't want to live too close to the leader, I still decided to buy it."

Xie Chen said, "Don't be polite. Big brother, I'll do it tomorrow. If you negotiate, I think it can be cheaper."

"Hey, what are you two looking at? Go upstairs to see the sea." Chai Yu stood in front of the villa with his hands on his hips, "Xie Yun is still waiting for coriander."

"Happy New Year, Brother Chai!" Xie Chen put his arm around Xie Qing's shoulder and walked quickly towards Tan Yi's house.

"Happy New Year, Happy New Year." Chai Yu took the Moutai liquor brought by Xie Chen, "It's a waste if you give this to Tan Yi, why not give it to me."

Xie Chen smiled and said, "I've prepared it for Brother Chai as well. It's in the trunk. Let Brother Chai take it when you leave."

Chai Yu patted him on the shoulder with a smile, "Thanks, brother."

Xie Qing felt that people like Chai Yu generally don't take Moutai too seriously, and his behavior today was a bit abnormal.

Could it be that he still has evil intentions towards Xie Yun?

Or...

Xie Qing was thinking, and Chai Yu's gaze turned to her again.

He said, "I heard that you and Old Tan just solved a false and wrongful case. It's amazing!"

Xie Qing said, "It has nothing to do with me. It's all Captain Tan's credit."

The three of them walked into the living room while talking.

Tan Yi bought a large villa, with at least 100 square meters on the first floor, decorated in a Western style, with cold black and gray tones everywhere.

The living room and dining room are connected, at least 60 square meters, with bedrooms on the east side and the kitchen in the northwest corner, where Xie Yun and Tan Yi are busy.

Gu Ling sat on the sofa and picked a small bag of bean sprouts. When he saw Xie Chen and his sister come in, he politely greeted them and went back to fighting with the bean sprouts.

Xie Qing should have gone into the kitchen to help, but she and Xie Yun were not in a relationship where they could help each other, so she sat down on the sofa next to Gu Ling and pulled the plastic bag towards her, "Mr. Gu, take a rest, I'll make the choice."

Xie Chen and Chai Yu went to the kitchen together, and soon returned with a garlic mortar and fried chili peppers, peppercorns and other ingredients.

Xie Qing saw that Xie Yun wanted to make boiled fish or boiled pork slices - these two dishes were very fashionable in the mid-to-late 1990s.

Chai Yu lay on the sofa like a master, directing Xie Chen to pound the chili peppers, sometimes saying that the force was not strong enough, and sometimes he used more force, and the whole living room was filled with his voice.

Xie Chen is also a young master. He has never done housework. He is happy to do anything and doesn't care about Chai Yu's bossing.

The two brothers were working. Gu Ling felt embarrassed to sit there and do nothing, so he got up and went to the kitchen to help.

Xie Yun was cutting tenderloin. Seeing Gu Ling coming in empty-handed, he asked, "Mr. Gu, have you picked the bean sprouts?"

The two were not in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship. They were still in the stage of rising affection, so they addressed each other politely and officially.

Gu Ling said, "Your sister took it. Is there anything I can do?"

Xie Yun looked around and said, "Mr. Gu, wash the cucumber."

Gu Ling rolled up his sleeves, found the cucumber on the ground, and took it to the vegetable washing basin to scrub it.

Tan Yi took off his glasses and wrapped a large brown apron around his chest. He was cleaning a large grass carp weighing five or six kilograms. He removed the gills, cleaned the internal organs, and scraped the scales. Although his movements were unfamiliar, his technique was correct.

Xie Yun asked curiously, "Captain Tan, can you cook fish?"

Tan Yi said, "No, but I can help."

Gu Ling was a little puzzled, "Cleaning fish is also a technical job. Has Captain Tan ever done housework?" This kitchen must be able to accommodate tens of thousands of items. He didn't believe that a family like Tan Yi would not hire a nanny.

Tan Yi cleaned up the fish scales and put the fish aside. "When I was a child, I lived with my grandfather, so I still had to do housework."

This explained it.

Xie Yun asked, "Does Captain Tan have any specialties?"

Tan Yi thought for a moment and said seriously, "Fried eggs, steamed eggs, and scrambled eggs with tomatoes, I'm pretty good at all of them."

"Haha!" Xie Yun couldn't help laughing out loud, "No wonder Captain Tan has so many eggs in his refrigerator."

Tan Yi began to clean the chopping board, "I'm busy with work, and basically have three meals a day in the cafeteria. Eggs are only for emergencies."

Gu Ling washed the cucumber and put it in a clean basin, "Police are really hard-working."

Tan Yi looked at Xie Yun, "It's the same for forensic doctors. Forensic doctor Cao, Xie's master, has lumbar muscle strain and often can't bend his waist."

Xie Yun nodded, "Yes, Qingqing was on duty on New Year's Eve and slept all day on the first day of the new year."

This is well said, like a good sister who cares about her younger sister.

Tan Yi turned his head and glanced at the living room. The little foodie who was good at cooking was picking bean sprouts slowly, and had no intention of coming in to help.

Why not help? The answer is self-evident!

He casually echoed, turned on the tap, washed the fish first, then washed the cutting board, and prepared to cut the cooked food.

Xie Yun learned to cook not to satisfy a man, she just felt that if she could cook a few specialties, she would not be shy when inviting guests at home.

At least she didn't have to ask the master chef to prepare salted food in advance and freeze it in the refrigerator like Tan Yi did, and when guests came, she would thaw, steam, cut and serve it on the table.

She cut the tenderloin, prepared the ingredients, and was about to deal with the prawns when Xie Chen came in with the mashed chili peppers, followed by Chai Yu, who was carrying bean sprouts and coriander.

Chai Yu took the initiative to ask for permission, "I can make blanched shrimps and steamed crabs. I'll cook these two dishes."

Gu Ling smiled and shook his head, jokingly saying, "Secretary Chai, you are so shameless. Who can't blanch and steam shrimps?"

Chai Yu chuckled, "Okay, then I'll leave these two dishes to you, Mr. Gu. I'm waiting to eat them."

Xie Yun said, "Where's Qingqing?"

Chai Yu glanced at the living room, "She must have gone to wash her hands. She said she's good at mixing cucumbers, so keep the cucumber for her."

Xie Yun said, "Okay, Captain Tan has some day lilies here, I've already soaked them. Secretary Chai, please do me a favor and let Qingqing choose the day lilies."

Xie Qing only mentioned mixing cucumbers, but she didn't ask Xie Qing's opinion and directly specified cucumber shreds, which was quite interesting.

"Okay, we'll start picking. If Xie Qing can't do it well, let her slap a cucumber as a token of her appreciation." Chai Yu found the basin of day lilies and left the kitchen swiftly.

Xie Yun was a little surprised. When did their relationship become so good?

...

Xie Qing came back from washing her hands, turned on the TV, sat on the sofa, watched the replay of the Spring Festival Gala, and picked vegetables.

Chai Yu sat next to her, occasionally taking one and helping to pick.

The skits at this time were so good that the living room was soon filled with the laughter of the two.

Xie Yun didn't expect that while she was busying around like a maid, others treated her like a guest and acted like a big boss.

She was unhappy, but she didn't say anything. She put the shrimp and crab into the pot, heated the pot, and began to cook sweet and sour pork tenderloin.

Shrimp scrambled eggs and sweet and sour pork tenderloin were her two best dishes. Now that she didn't have to make the former, she had to be more careful with the latter.

Frying, frying sugar color, thickening the sauce, adding tomato sauce... a sour meat aroma filled her nose.

Xie Qing said, "Sweet and sour pork ribs, Yunyun made this dish well, I like it."

Chai Yu nodded, "I can do it too, Mr. Gu and Lao Tan don't like sweets very much."

Xie Qing snatched the day lily that he was about to throw into the trash can, "Brother Chai has good observation skills, but his execution skills are a bit poor."

Chai Yu then realized that he had thrown away several day lilies and put the stems that should be thrown away into the selected day lilies.

He laughed.

"Hey!"

"What's wrong?"

"It's bleeding!"

"Go find iodine."

While talking, Gu Ling escorted Xie Yun out of the kitchen and sat down at the dining table.

Tan Yi went to find the medical kit.

Xie Chen, Xie Qing and Chai Yu gathered around...

The wound was not big, but Xie Jun's ten fingers were pointed and transparent white, plus the blood was dripping, it looked a bit scary.

Tan Yi brought the medicine box, took out the iodine and cotton wool, "Don't worry, the wound is neat, as long as it is not infected, it will heal in a few days."

Chai Yu nudged him with his elbow, "Can you speak? Girls' injuries are not trivial, especially when they are dancers."

Tan Yi retorted: "I'm a policeman, I won't make up lies, I want to hear what Secretary Chai has to say."

Chai Yu said seriously: "The wound is not big, and it is unlikely to leave a scar. Even if there is a scar, it won't hurt Yunyun's beauty."

Xie Yun was amused by him, "It's not a big deal for this little injury, it just means that everyone won't be able to eat boiled fish."

Gu Ling said, "It doesn't matter if one dish is missing."

Tan Yi also said, "There are plenty of salted goods and seafood, I'll make some scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and Xie Qing can make some mixed cucumbers."

Xie Chen nodded, "Yunyun and Gu can take a rest, I'll help."

The three of them went into the kitchen together.

Xie Qing looked at the grass carp that had been filleted one-third of the way, "This kind of fish is best eaten fresh, let me cook it."

Xie Chen was a little surprised, "Qingqing can cook it too?"

Xie Qing said, "I asked the master chef in our cafeteria for advice."

Xie Chen was a little proud, "Our Qingqing is smart."

Xie Qing thought to herself, Qingqing is not only smart, but also good at lying.

She has good knife skills, and she quickly prepared the remaining fish meat, chopped the fish bones, and mixed it with salt, cooking wine, cornstarch, egg whites, etc.

During the pickling period, she blanched the day lily, boiled the tomatoes, cut the cucumber into shreds, and fried some peanuts with the remaining oil from Xie Yun's frying.

Xie Chen used cold water to cool the day lily, squeezed out the water, and placed it in a small bowl with cucumber shreds.

Xie Qing added seasonings and peanuts, and asked him to mix them well, waiting for dinner.

She had already prepared one dish, but Tan Yi was still clumsily peeling tomatoes.

Xie Qing said, "Captain Tan, let me do it?"

Tan Yi quickly came over, "I don't have long nails, so I'm really slow at peeling. I'll go beat the eggs."

Xie Qing boiled the fish bones and observed for a while. Tan Yi's eggs were not beaten professionally. At best, he just stirred them, nothing more.

Seeing Xie Qing frowning, Tan Yi asked, "What's wrong? Is my technique not good?"

Xie Qing had already peeled the skin and cut it into small pieces in a few seconds. She took the bowl of eggs, put an appropriate amount of water in it, and stirred it "thump thump". When the eggs had a lot of white foam, she asked Tan Yi to heat the oil in a wok. When the oil temperature was high enough, she put the eggs in...

Xie Qing finished frying, and Tan Yi was responsible for serving the dish. He thought to himself, fortunately he didn't say in front of her and Chai Yu that he was best at scrambled eggs with tomatoes, otherwise he would have to live in peace for the rest of his life.

Home-cooked boiled fish is a simple dish for Xie Qing. Not long after Tan Yi left, she poured hot oil on the dish. The intense spicy aroma was everywhere. Xie Chen, Chai Yu, Tan Yi, and Gu Ling all ate the fish and praised it endlessly. The appetizers

were almost cold when the back dishes were served.

Xie Yun apologized and said, "I have no experience in the kitchen and got the order wrong. Otherwise, it wouldn't have cooled so quickly."

This was a fact and was very artistic, so much so that Gu Ling and Xie Chen didn't hear the hidden meaning.

Gu Ling said, "The community is well heated and it's not cold at all."

Xie Chen also said, "That's right, the main course is at the back, and the order doesn't matter."

The main course was made by Xie Qing, and it was delicious, which made Xie Yun's expression even more unnatural.

Tan Yi and Chai Yu looked at each other, and there was a hint of smile in their eyes.