Chapter 44 The only victim - Quan Zhilong
The two were shocked when they were forced to follow Ye-eun to the supermarket. "Is it really necessary? We need a housewarming party just to move to a dormitory?"
If the two of you didn't seem like you could remain silent forever, who would want to help you move into a new house? Ye-eun complained in her heart that she had endured too much at such a young age.
She shook her small bag. It only contained money, so she could carry it no matter how heavy it was.
"Why is it that even though you've come to live in the YG dormitory, my mom still gives you your living expenses?" Quan Zhilong put his hand on Ye Eun's head, pretending to be angry, "Tell me, are you my mom's biological daughter?"
Ye-eun jumped up, just like the Mario game when she was a kid, and she dubbed, "diu!"
At the same time, a "ding" sound of gold coins came out of Quan Zhilong's mouth.
The tacit understanding between the two of them without any words made Dong Yongpei, who was one step behind, feel a little envious.
He is only fourteen years old this year. Because the other two dormitories are full, he has lived in the company dormitory for almost half a year. I don’t know if it’s because he looks fierce, but other trainees in the company don’t get too close to him.
Dong Yongpei, whose personality is totally inconsistent with his appearance, paused because the girl who was a few years younger than him suddenly came out from under his roommate's hand, turned around, pulled the corner of his clothes, tilted her head and asked: "Yongpei Oppa, what do you like to eat? Let's go buy it!"
His roommate put his hands on his hips and looked puzzled, "Lee Ye-eun, why? Wei! You can call everyone Oppa on the first day, why don't you call me Oppa!"
Ye-eun turned around and made a face at him, saying provocatively, "I called you unnie on the first day we met, and you cried, didn't you?"
Dong Yongpei carefully stole a glance at his roommate's face. Indeed, he hadn't noticed it before, but when he looked closely, she was quite delicate.
The topic had changed while he was in a daze, but the fight escalated.
"Also, why did you take carrots when you knew I didn't eat them?"
"Then why did you take some onions if I don't eat them?"
"My mom said eating carrots is good for the eyes!"
"Then eat onions, eat onions..."
Quan Zhilong couldn't figure out what the benefits of eating onions were. He was sweating. He turned around and grabbed his new roommate today, facing Yien's smug face, and said, "Quick, Yongpei, tell me what the benefits of eating onions are!"
I was so anxious that I forgot to add the honorifics. Dong Yongpei hesitated for a second, but did not remind him. Instead, he continued with the topic, "Um...scallions can barely be considered green vegetables?"
Both of them rolled their eyes at him. Dong Yongpei scratched his head in embarrassment. Okay, this was outrageous.
With this kind of playfulness, even the shy Dong Young-bae and Kwon Ji-ryong, who would unconsciously act cold and aloof in front of strangers, broke the ice.
Quan Zhilong put his arm around Dong Yongbae's shoulder and walked behind Ye Eun, whispering, "Look, she's always going to the buy one get one free and discount areas. Look at my left ear, there's an extra piercing, she gave it to me!"
Although he was full of complaints, in the crowded market, Kwon Ji-yong followed Ye-eun closely, keeping his eyes fixed on her, as if he was afraid of losing her.
Dong Yongpei lowered his head and smiled, and had a certain understanding of his roommate's duplicity.
Ye-eun also heard Quan Zhilong's voice behind her in the noisy supermarket. She threw two bags of buy-one-get-one-free paper into the shopping cart pushed by Dong Yongpei and glared at Quan Zhilong, "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have a single pierced ear."
She turned around and showed Dong Yongpei her right ear. "Here, if it wasn't for a one-for-one deal, I wouldn't do it. It hurts too much."
Quan Zhilong didn't expect that she heard all this. Feeling guilty, he lowered his head and rummaged through the things in the shopping cart, not to mention the various ingredients. "Why are you taking the paper?"
Ye-eun put her hands on her hips, stood on tiptoe and patted Kwon Ji-yong on the head, "Do you understand etiquette? You have to give paper when you move to a new house!"
In the questioning look of "Really?" from Kwon Ji-yong, Ye-eun nodded and added, "I bought it with your money."
Dong Young Bae had already laughed, but Quan Zhilong took two seconds to react, then said speechlessly: "Ah, Li Yien! You used my money to buy paper for me? I don't want it! Take it away! No, you can't use my money to buy groceries, right!?"
Ye-eun took it for granted: "Yes. What else? Do you have any shame to use a child's money?"
"Li! Yi! Well! Looks like I have to take care of the money!" It would be better to eat more meat instead of using the money to buy paper.
Seeing that he was really trying to snatch her wallet, Ye Eun covered her bag and rushed forward. She carefully avoided the shelves in the supermarket and turned her head hoping that he would stop. "What are you doing? This is a task my aunt gave me. She just doesn't trust you! Also, it would be so rude of me not to buy paper. You have to buy it!"
Quan Zhilong dodged a person and was furious. "Then isn't it rude for you to use my money to buy me a gift? Even siblings should settle accounts clearly!"
Ye-eun gave a thumbs-up gesture and said something ridiculous, "Wow, great. Your Chinese has improved a lot, but we are not siblings, so there is no need to settle accounts explicitly."
Dong Yongbae, who was left behind, scratched his head, a little confused. Should I also buy paper to congratulate my roommate on his new house? But he was Joe who went to his room.
Quan Zhilong, who finally got four bags of toilet paper, didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He put the toilet paper in the living room, stuffed the vegetables in the refrigerator, and collapsed on the chair in front of the dining table. "Then what? What are you going to do?"
Ye-eun and Dong Young-bae both stared at him.
Quan Zhilong's expression froze for a second. No way. No way.
"You can't cook!?"
Yien blinked and stretched out her white and tender little hand, "I'm only eleven years old, how can I cook."
"You are twelve years old!" Quan Zhilong had a blank expression. This man was so shameless that he said he was one year younger just to avoid cooking.
"Oh, you forgot that I'm Chinese. According to the Chinese age calculation method, my birthday hasn't come yet, so I'm only ten years old. I said I'm one year older." When Yi Eun saw Kwon Ji-yong stretch out his hand, she knew he definitely wanted to hit the back of her hand, so she decisively retracted his hand behind her back.
Dong Yongpei smiled awkwardly, "I can cook instant noodles..."
Quan Zhilong stood in front of the sink washing vegetables with an expressionless face. This kid is getting more and more rebellious as he grows up. He got angry when he heard the sound of Yi Eun slurping yogurt behind him, "Li Yi Eun, you're almost taking out all my snacks."
He didn't do anything, but he ate all his food.
Yien bit the yogurt straw in her mouth and said in a vague voice, "You don't want to drink the strawberry yogurt, isn't it prepared for me?"
Quan Zhilong's shoulders slumped. Really, this is the downside of knowing each other too well. "You know everything, why don't you come and help? I'll just cook some noodles, eat and leave quickly."
He never cooks at home, and there are only a few vegetable leaves in the sink, but the water is so full that it is about to overflow. She didn't even wear an apron, and now the hem of her clothes was dripping with water.
Ye-eun trotted into the kitchen, her face serious, and counted on her fingers all the peers whose contact information she had, "Ah, but I also called BoA unnie, Sekyung unnie, Hyuk-soo oppa..."
"?" Quan Zhilong turned his head to look at the dining table in the living room. The small square table was so small that only four people could sit on it. "No, do they have time?"
And why did you call so many people? Play house with Ye-eun?
Yien finished the last mouthful of yogurt, her face full of heartache, "Oh my god, my aunt said that in your current situation, you may not be able to get into high school, let alone attend the entrance banquet. Maybe the housewarming banquet* will be the most glorious moment of your life, Zhilong!"
She patted Quan Zhilong's bent waist, and was really worried. "When I go to junior high school, Zhilong still has a junior high school education. When I go to high school, you are still a junior high school student. When I go to college, master's degree, or even doctorate at the Institute of Science and Technology, you are still a junior high school student."
Quan Zhilong didn't even bother to wash the vegetables. He put his hands outside the sink, glanced at the confident Ye Eun, and sneered, "If you can go to Kaist to study at university, it must be because your uncle got in through the back door. If you can also study for a master's or doctoral degree there, I can go to Kaist to be a professor and be a colleague of your uncle."
Yien puffed out her chest, her eyes full of disbelief. Someone actually questioned her learning ability? From kindergarten to elementary school, I have always been the first! "Humph, if you don't believe it, then make a bet!"
"Let's make a bet, let's start with a small one. If I can get into high school, you have to buy me a gift." Quan Zhilong wiped his wet fingers dry, put his fingers on Yien's forehead, and said word by word, "Use your money!"
The atmosphere between the two seemed like they were about to get into a fight. Dong Young-bae hesitated for a second while holding Ye-eun's phone that was placed in the living room. "Um, Ye-eunxi, your phone is ringing."
He looked down at the "BoA unnie" on the small display screen and wondered, could it be Kwon BoA?
Then she quickly denied it, BoA, that’s BoA who has become very popular in the past two years! But BoA, who is only two years older than me, has already started touring!
"Really...it's really her!" When he saw Kwon Ji-yong and Ye-eun coming up with BoA, he was so nervous that he held his head with his hands.
I was shy to begin with when I saw girls, let alone seeing a dazzling artist in a cramped dormitory like my own.
He looked embarrassed, afraid that the other party would despise their small place.
Unexpectedly, the other three people didn't care at all. Quan Baoer even greeted him and then hugged Yien and complained crazily, "Hey, I rarely have a day off. You told me to come to the housewarming party, so I hurried over. In the end, where are the dishes!?"
Shin Se-kyung and Lee Hyuk-soo, who arrived a little later, also raised the same question.
"Where can you ask guests to cook for a housewarming party?"
Now that all his friends have arrived, Kwon Ji-yong feels relieved. There must be one person who can cook among so many people, right? He also doesn't have to worry about Ye-eun choking to death from the noodles he cooked.
"Hurry, who knows how to cook? Come on, the ingredients are all here!" He opened the refrigerator, which was full because he had just bought some new things.
Lee Hyuk-soo and Kwon Bo-ah, who came from wealthy families, looked at each other and shook their heads. On the contrary, Shin Se-kyung, who has a gentle personality and has loved making pastries since childhood, raised his hand and said, "Well, if the ingredients are sufficient, I can make pastries."
The oven in the kitchen that had never been used was finally put to use. Ye-eun looked at Shin Se-kyung, who was only one year older than her, with curiosity in her eyes. After expressing her admiration for Shin Se-kyung's ability to make such a difficult dessert, her unwillingness to admit defeat came up again.
Since Sekyung can do it, then she can do it too!
She learned from her mother how to wash and cut vegetables and add seasonings confidently.
In the living room, the four older people sat together playing games. Quan Baoer glanced at the backs of the two children with some worry. It didn't matter whether they ate or not. "They won't blow up the kitchen, will they?"
Lee Hyuk Soo said nonchalantly, "Blowing up a kitchen is only a TV show. In real life, no one can really blow up a kitchen."
Quan Zhilong sat on the ground and drew a card after Dong Yongbae, without even looking up, "Don't worry, Shijing should still be reliable. My kid, well, I guess he can only make dark dishes."
He suddenly stopped talking, something's not right! With Ye-eun’s personality, who would be the victim of making such a dark dish? ?
"Ye'en! Come and play, I'll cook noodles!" His face changed and he put the cards on the ground, but it was too late.
Ye-eun and Shin Se-kyung each held a plate of food.
On the plate in Shin Se-kyung's hand was a golden dessert that was cut into several pieces like a pizza. The slight browning on it did not affect its appearance at all, and the cut part was milky white, soft and glutinous, exuding the aroma of milk.
On the other side, the "hot dish" in Yien's hand was steaming hot. There were red blood streaks in a few pieces of half-cooked meat. Quan Zhilong took a closer look at the small yellow pieces, and after looking through the ingredients in his dormitory, he guessed that they should be potatoes. Undercooked meat with a sticky yellow color doesn't look good...
He turned to Shen Shijing with a serious expression and asked, "Is this made of milk?"
Shin Se-kyung smiled shyly and held the plate in front of them, "Yes, Oppa, didn't you say you don't like drinking milk? It's useless to put it there, so I made it into baked milk. Would you like to try it?"
Several people picked up a piece of roasted milk. It tasted sweet, had a soft and glutinous texture, and had a strong milky aroma. The dessert slid down the throat into the esophagus, and the whole person relaxed.
"It's so delicious!" Quan Baoer's eyes lit up. She didn't expect that this kid she didn't know had such cooking skills. She raised her thumb and praised, "Great, absolutely amazing!"
Several other people also sighed. Ye-eun looked left and right, then raised the dish in her hand and said, "Come and try mine!"
Quan Baoer's face froze, and she looked apologetic, "Oh! I forgot that the company said I had to lose weight, Ye En, look... I ate dessert today, which has exceeded the limit. If I eat more, I will be scolded."
Lee Hyuk Soo sat up straight, put his fingers on his knees, and said seriously, "I eat vegetarian food on this day every month. Sorry, Ye Eun."
Dong Yongpei became panicked when someone else said the excuse he had prepared. Meeting Yien's sincere eyes, he stuttered, "I, I'm allergic to pork!"
Ye-eun's lips curled up and she smiled happily, "Oh, it's okay if you're allergic to pork. This is chicken."
Dong Yongpei grabbed the corner of Quan Zhilong's clothes, his eyes full of "Save me, save me".
However, Quan Zhilong could hardly protect himself and hadn't even thought of an excuse of his own, so how could he have the mind to help him?
Dong Yongpei was isolated and helpless. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, "I'm allergic to chicken too!"
Yien looked down at the dessert made of eggs. Although she didn't know whether he was lying to her, she still noticed the repeated rejections from several people. Tears welled up in her eyes, but she tried hard not to cry.
When she turned to look at the last one, Kwon Ji-ryong, the smile on Ye-eun's face was no longer there. She stretched out her hand, holding her breath in her heart, and her tone became cold, "Do you want to eat?"
Seeing this situation, how could Quan Zhilong dare not eat? He pulled the corner of his mouth and said, "Eat, I'll eat."
He took the chopsticks from Ye-eun's hand and flipped them around in the plate a few times under everyone's admiring gazes. You definitely can’t eat meat, so let’s eat some potatoes.
Picking out the smallest piece of potato from the big ones, Kwon Ji-yong raised his eyes and carefully looked at Ye-eun's expression.
Yien's complexion finally looked better, and she looked at Quan Zhilong with anticipation.
He closed his eyes and put the chopsticks into his mouth with a fearless attitude.
"How is it?" Yeen blinked her big eyes. This was the first time she cooked in her life. In order to make the taste richer, she added all the seasonings!
Sweet, salty, sour and spicy. It was the first time that Kwon Ji-Ryong knew that a dish could have such a "rich taste". He chewed the food in his mouth, resisting the urge to vomit. After the taste of the seasoning wore off, his face changed.
Not potatoes! It’s Ginger the spy!
Yi-eun was still asking him about his feelings after eating, but Quan Zhilong had tears in his eyes and put his hands on Yi-eun's shoulders, "Really, the color, smell and taste are all gone."
"Ah?" Ye Eun didn't hear clearly, and was a little confused when she saw Kwon Ji-yong crying.
Quan Zhilong's tears dripped down his cheeks, "I mean it's delicious. I'm really, so touched."
"Is it so delicious that Zhilong is crying?" Yien couldn't believe it. She lowered her head to take the chopsticks from Quan Zhilong's hand and wanted to put a piece into her own mouth.
Quan Zhilong shed tears while tightly holding the chopsticks and stuffed another piece into his mouth. "Don't eat it. Isn't this made for my housewarming?"
Everyone behind Ye-eun gave a thumbs-up and expressed sincere admiration to Kwon Ji-yong, "What a warrior!"
Yi-eun looked at Kwon Ji-yong's expression suspiciously, and two seconds later she dropped her shoulders in frustration, "If it tastes bad, just spit it out..."
There are things in this world that you can't do well! ? Ye-eun covers her head in disbelief.
Quan Zhilong swallowed the potatoes in his mouth with difficulty. This time they were real potatoes, but they still tasted bad! He opened his mouth to show Ye-eun, “Ah, I’m done!”
He patted Yien's head and said earnestly, "Yien, promise me that you will remember this: there is no one in this world who is worth you cooking for, okay?"
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