Chapter 36 The Last Time
What Qin Bingwu is worried about now is that she finally managed to make Gu Siyan hate her less, but it seems that a steak has brought everything back to the starting point.
She soothed him:
"Grandma, don't be angry. The young master may just have a poor appetite and can't eat. I saw that he ate very little before. My steak is indeed not fried well. How about I cook a bowl of noodles later? I am the best at cooking noodles. The young master will definitely be able to eat it."
The old lady was very pleased that Qin Bingwu was so sensible:
"Wuwu, just spoil your big brother. With his picky personality, he might not be able to find a girlfriend in the future. You don't have to cook noodles for him. He will starve to death if he doesn't eat a meal."
Although the old lady said this, she still hoped in her heart that the relationship between the two siblings could be as good as that between the fourth and fifth siblings.
So after dinner, Qin Bingwu went into the kitchen, and the old lady gave her a few more instructions:
"He can only eat slightly spicy food, so you should use less chili. His taste is opposite to that of the fourth child. He prefers less oil and salt, and focuses on the original flavor."
Qin Bingwu hummed, asked the chef for some bones to make soup, then kneaded the dough, washed the vegetables, and fried an egg...
Carrying the tray, Qin Bingwu came to the study door again and knocked on it.
The light inside was on, and a man's cold voice came out:
"who?"
"It's me, Master. You said you had no appetite tonight, so I cooked you a bowl of noodles. Noodles are easy to digest. Can I come in?"
It was quiet inside. Qin Bingwu lowered her eyes and looked at the noodles in the bowl.
He didn't say that I couldn't enter, so I took it as his consent.
Qin Bingwu pushed the door open and walked in, holding the tray steadily in her hands.
"Who let you in?"
The man stared at the computer screen without looking up. The bright white light reflected on his handsome face. The financial graph on the screen vaguely appeared in his deep black eyes, with a sense of forbidden distance.
"Master, noodles don't taste good after being stored for a long time. Eat some while they're still hot."
When Qin Bingwu brought the bowl of noodles over, her eyes suddenly fell on the open gift box of snacks in the trash can in the corner, and her fingers paused.
He...he saw the broken snacks?
Gu Siyan noticed her pause and a hint of coldness appeared on the corner of his lips:
"You knew my heart was broken, but you still sent it to me, Qin Bingwu. Just treat me perfunctorily once, and forget it. I gave you a chance, but you didn't cherish it. Why are you trying to please me again now? Take your noodles away."
Qin Bingwu clenched the tray with her fingers. It seemed that he had discovered the broken heart early on, but he calmly told the old lady that she didn't want to eat sweets. It was easy to tell that she knew the mistake but refused to change.
It is impossible to mend the fold after the sheep have been lost.
This man is terrifyingly smart.
However, in order to regain some favorability, Qin Bingwu calmly explained:
"I know the Young Master is angry. I thought he wouldn't eat my food for dinner, so I served him a burnt steak. I was wrong. I promise I put my heart into this bowl of noodles. It's really delicious. Can't the Young Master give me another chance to make it up to you?"
The man took his finger off the mouse and picked up the bowl of noodles.
Before Qin Bingwu had time to be happy, she saw him pick up the bowl of noodles, walk to the trash can, pour out the whole bowl of noodles, mix it with the broken snacks, and even throw away the bowl.
"No, get out."
After the man spoke, he added: "Remember to take the trash with you."
Rubbish?
Qin Bingwu's fingers, which were gripping the tray tightly, turned pale. She bit her lower lip and looked up at him:
"I spent two hours making this bowl of noodles, and you called it garbage without even trying it. Does that mean you think everything I do is wrong?"
The man didn't like her questioning tone:
"Yes, you didn't do it carefully and perfunctorily, and you still feel wronged?"
Are you feeling wronged?
certainly.
Everyone feels wronged when their hard work is wasted and looked down upon.
She should have expected it.
"If someone treats me well, I will naturally be more attentive to them. If I continue to flatter someone who treats me badly, then I either have ulterior motives or I am just being a jerk.
First, I don't expect to get anything from you, and second, I don't want you to misunderstand me, so I dare not put my heart into it.
This bowl of noodles is my last act of shamelessness.”
After saying that, Qin Bingwu went to pick up the garbage and turned to leave without any reluctance.
It was quiet in the study.
The air was filled with the complex aroma of leftover food.
It has the freshness of bone broth and the sweetness of dim sum.
The combination was so turbid that it made him feel upset.
He turned off the screen in a panic and fled the room. When he met the housekeeper, Gu Siyan ordered:
"I'm going to clean up my study."
The steward bowed and said:
"Has the young master finished eating the noodles cooked by Miss Qin? This is the first time I've seen such a young girl making hand-pulled noodles. When she showed off her skills in the kitchen, the head chef gave her a thumbs-up and praised her repeatedly."
The man paused. "Are those noodles handmade by Qin Bingwu?"
"Yes, it's truly handmade. From the noodle soup to the noodles, washing the vegetables and frying the eggs to make the臊子 (臊子), it took two hours. The back of my hand was even chopped by the greasy oil while frying the eggs. I had to try it two or three times before I was satisfied with the taste. Miss Qin didn't even let the chef interfere. The pastry chef even joked that he wanted to learn the art of making ramen from Miss Qin."
Gu Siyan recalled how angry she was when he threw the noodles and the bowl into the trash can.
“…People who treat me badly…”
The housekeeper asked someone to clean up the study. On the corridor, the man fell into the silent night, as if he had merged into one with the night.
Qin Bingwu returned to the busy one-on-one study life. She had too much homework to do, so she got up early every day according to her biological clock, exercised, studied, and took various courses, making rapid progress.
Qin Bingwu discovered that Gu Siyan came back to the old house more often, no longer only on the first and fifteenth day of the month. At least in the three days when he returned to Beijing, she saw him no less than five times.
The gym in the morning, the restaurant at noon, the garden for a walk after dinner, the poolside where I played with Gu Siyue, grandma's physiotherapy room...
People who are presidents don't need to go to get off work on time. Gu Siyue even joked with him:
"Brother, aren't you afraid that grandma will urge you to get married?"
The man pursed his lips, glanced at Gu Siyue, and his eyes moved away from her.
Then Qin Bingwu and Gu Siyue burst into laughter.
If the Qin family didn't call, this happiness would have continued until school started.
"What's up?"
"You don't even want to call me dad now, right? Qin Xiaocao, explain to me why you targeted your eldest brother in Sui City? Why did you make him fail the civil service exam?"
Qin Bingwu walked to the corner:
"I'm not targeting Big Brother, but I can't do anything about it."
"Do you think we'll believe you? If it weren't for your eldest brother's classmates helping him, he would have been arrested. Qin Xiaocao, I want you to find a way to get one million right now. You've hurt your third and eldest brothers like this, you must compensate them."
"One million?"
"The factory workers haven't received their wages for two months. You asked the Gu family to help, but nothing happened. I don't expect you to get any orders. What's one million to the Gu family? Hurry up."
"Oh, you're so simple-minded. I don't think I need to compensate them for anything, so I won't agree to this request. I can't do it. If you have nothing else to say, I'm hanging up now."
Qin Bingwu hung up the phone, turned around and saw Gu Siyan not far away. She pursed her lips and lowered her eyes:
"Young Master?"
"Need money?"
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