Chapter 363 I like you enough
Liu Nanshan picked up the chopsticks and said happily: "Eat, eat!"
As he said that, he picked up a piece of fried hairtail and put it in Richard's bowl: "Try this. I used a secret recipe to remove the fishy smell. It is very light and almost unnoticeable. When frying, I strictly control the heat to ensure that it is fresh, fragrant and crispy. You can even chew the bone spur."
Then he picked up another piece of braised pork and gave it to him: "This is one of my specialties. The fat in the pork is basically stewed out. It's not greasy at all."
Gu Xuelan patted him and said, "You're still right, show some respect to others. This is not the norm in foreign countries. Let others pick up what they want to eat."
Liu Nanshan disagreed. He felt that Richard had come from afar and his first meal was at his house, so he must play the role of a good host and take good care of him: "My chopsticks are unused, they are clean! Besides, if he doesn't recognize these dishes, I have to help introduce them to him."
Gu Xuelan held the spoon and scooped the soup: "What are you introducing? People can't understand you in Chinese."
Liu Nanshan picked up another braised prawn for Du Yunkai: "Yunkai is here, he can help with the translation."
Gu Xuelan laughed: "It just causes trouble for others."
Du Yunkai had already interpreted it for Richard, and he also laughed at this time, saying, "Aunt, what you said is really sad. It is us who have caused trouble for you and uncle. Fortunately, the foreigner didn't understand, otherwise he would not be able to eat."
Richard didn't understand these conversations, but he didn't care. Liu Nanshan's action of picking up food for him didn't make him feel uncomfortable at all, because he could feel something called "love" from Liu Nanshan's expression and tone, which was the care and love of an elder for a younger generation.
Richard was sensitive to the emotions that others projected onto him. He could see that Liu Nanshan's care was revealed inadvertently. He did not just regard himself as a guest, but also as a junior like Xu Qingsong and Du Yunkai.
Xu Qingsong also gave him a shot of prevention, reminding him not to be scared by Liu Nanshan and Gu Xuelan's enthusiasm. Richard thought, how could that be, he wouldn't, this is the family atmosphere he has always longed for!
When the children bring their friends home to play, the parents prepare a sumptuous dinner to entertain them warmly. Everyone eats, drinks, talks and laughs together. What a pleasant and warm scene.
Richard was so moved that he expressed his feelings very directly, saying a lot of words. Unfortunately, the two elderly people opposite him didn't understand, so they had to ask Du Yunkai to translate.
Richard was thinking at this moment, why he had not thought of learning Chinese before, otherwise he could speak it himself. He was worried that Du Yunkai's translation would not express his meaning. He must learn this language well in the future and strive to achieve barrier-free communication as soon as possible.
Over here, four people create their own atmosphere, and over there, two people create their own barrier.
Xu Qingsong stretched out his chopsticks to help Liu Wangxue pick up the food that she couldn't reach.
"Give me another piece of spicy chicken." Liu Wangxue said.
Xu Qingsong picked up a piece and put it in his bowl: "I'll make you fried shrimp tomorrow."
Liu Wangxue smiled secretly and whispered, "No wonder I felt like something was missing from this table of food. It turns out it was you who made it."
Xu Qingsong touched her leg under the table, lowered his head to drink his soup, and whispered to her: "What you said is really dangerous."
Liu Wangxue pushed him back, holding the spicy chicken with her chopsticks, and asked him, "What's dangerous?"
Xu Qingsong finished his soup and said, "If your father hears this, will he be nice to me?"
Liu Wangxue lowered her head and smiled.
Xu Qingsong continued, "Think about it. Your daughter finally came back, and you prepared a large table of dishes. But your daughter wanted to eat what her boyfriend cooked. Who wouldn't be sad? If so, you might get angry. Who would you vent your anger on? Your daughter's boyfriend."
Liu Wangxue swallowed the spicy chicken and said, "I won't tell anyone. I won't let him know."
"You can't show it," Xu Qingsong brought back a piece of shredded pork with fish-flavored sauce with chopsticks and reminded her, "You have to be considerate of me. Even if I cook something delicious tomorrow, you can't show it too obviously."
Liu Wangxue also picked up the dish with her chopsticks: "Why? It's tomorrow, not today. Can't I praise my boyfriend?"
"I'm not stopping you from praising me, but you can't praise me too obviously. It's best to praise your father at the same time." Xu Qingsong said with a smile, "It will take at least two or three days for your old father's enthusiasm to calm down."
Under the table, Liu Wangxue's legs were pressed against his. "Let me tell you, my dad was critical of my two previous boyfriends. How come he is so satisfied with you?"
When she was in Hai City, Liu Wangxue would take time to video chat with her family almost every day. At first, her parents, especially her father, rarely mentioned Xu Qingsong. The most they said was that she must ask for help if she encountered any problems that she couldn't solve, and that they were far away and couldn't take care of her, so she could ask Xu Qingsong for help.
After they parted ways in Zhouzhuang last time and Xu Qingsong returned to the courtyard, his father mentioned Xu Qingsong more often on the phone, always saying "Qingsong this, Qingsong that". She even suspected that the two of them were going to become close friends regardless of age difference.
Oh my, Liu Wangxue thought, it turns out that Mr. Xu’s attack started early in the morning.
Xu Qingsong picked up a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs for Liu Wangxue: "The previous two?"
He stretched out his legs and hooked Liu Wangxue's leg next to him, locking her ankles with his feet: "Why do I only know one Ren? You didn't tell me the truth."
He didn't even want to say the word "boyfriend", not even the word "boyfriend" in "ex-boyfriend". Now the title of "boyfriend" was exclusive to him, and he didn't want to associate it with the bad past at all.
Liu Wangxue took a bite of pork ribs and said, "Don't interrupt me. Let's finish the previous topic first."
"Okay." Xu Qingsong said, still locking her ankles, with a smug look in his eyes, and quickly switched back to the previous channel, "Yes, how come he is so satisfied with me?"
Liu Wangxue nudged him lightly with her elbow: "I'm asking you!"
Xu Qingsong took a bite of rice and said with a smile: "Of course it's because I'm good enough, sincere enough, and ah..."
"And what?" Liu Wangxue waited for him to continue. After two seconds, she saw that he put on disposable gloves and concentrated on peeling shrimps, as if he didn't intend to continue, so she asked.
Xu Qingsong put the clean shrimp tails in her bowl, and continued to peel one, saying slowly: "Besides, I like you enough."
During the course of one night and one day, he said "I like you" many times, and Liu Wangxue felt her heart beating faster every time she heard it.
Sitting at the dining table at home, he said it again, although in a very low voice, probably only the two of them could hear it, but it still suddenly made Liu Wangxue feel ashamed, the kind of adolescent shame that comes from being caught by parents.
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