Chapter 115: That Candied Haws (Part 2)
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Yang Zheng previously... to be more precise, the last place he worked was a large gym.
There were several office buildings within a large compound, two of which the Li family occupied. One building was used for teaching, and the other was where the staff lived and ate.
But now, there are other institutions in this compound.
The compound is an old building, and many things around it are also old.
Breakfast shops are different, fruit stalls are different, but pastry shops are the same.
It really is a 20-year-old brand. Seeing a pastry shop, Yang Zheng smiled.
She didn't like cakes very much, but whenever they went to attend events attended by Mr. Li, she liked to buy some cakes here - as gifts for Mr. Li. Even though she knew he wouldn't eat them, or that he would probably never see them, it was still a thoughtful gesture.
Thinking of this, she walked in and found that although the shop might not have changed, the people inside were still different.
The salesperson in the future was a sweet-looking young lady, but now, she is a middle-aged woman with thinning hair.
Last time, there were all kinds of exquisite pastries. Regardless of whether they tasted good or not, they looked very nice anyway. This time, well, they were all traditional pastries.
Yang Zheng looked around but didn't think any of them were delicious, so he bought a candied haws.
In fact, this candied haws is different from the one she ate last time. That time, the candied haws had various varieties, some wrapped in oranges, some in walnuts, some in blueberries, and some with various fillings. This time... it was hawthorn.
But Yang Zheng still bought one and walked out with it.
Because there were several institutions in the courtyard, no one came to check. Yang Zheng walked in and saw a red brick building. She was a little surprised. Their previous building was also only three stories high, but it was made of reinforced concrete and had large floor-to-ceiling windows. She knew it must be different, but... was it so different?
It's a complete reconstruction!
She looked around and walked back. Just as she turned a corner, she saw a person.
The man, wearing a black woolen coat, had sharp eyebrows and bright eyes. He was talking to someone beside him. Some sycamore leaves fell, and the hem of his coat swayed slightly in the wind.
Li Yinuo!
Yes, it was Li Yinuo.
When he came in, Yang Zheng was still looking at the yard and the buildings, but now, he was looking at him with stars in his eyes.
Li Yinuo was very sensitive to gazes. He could actually feel it the moment she looked at him. In the past, his first reaction would have been to look over. But even though he didn't look at her this time, he had already noticed who it was.
The people around him were still talking, but his mind was a little blank.
There was a panic in his heart that he had never felt before, and for a moment he had the urge to turn around and leave.
"Yang Zheng" Li Yinuo didn't look up. Wu Qing beside him had already seen Yang Zheng, "Why are you here?"
"ah"
"You don't recognize me."
Yang Zheng blinked, reluctantly glanced at her face, then looked at Li Yinuo again, saying, "I know her."
Wu Qing couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Others were chuckling. Everyone around Li Yinuo knew there was a talented young woman completely obsessed with him, and they found it quite amusing. Their Boss Li was incredibly kind and disciplined, but when it came to love... well, that depended on whether it had any impact on the heretics. If someone said his marriage could eliminate the heretics, he'd probably get married right away.
At this moment, everyone was not laughing or sneering, they just thought it was funny. No one noticed that at this moment, Li Yinuo's eyes drooped slightly.
He could no longer pretend not to know. He raised his head and wanted to smile, but he saw Yang Zheng's bright eyes again.
Those eyes, black and white, clear and bright, full of stars, every star... is him.
"Mr. Li!" Yang Zheng called out crisply.
"...Are you coming to participate in the competition?"
Yang Zheng nodded vigorously. She was too excited and wanted to do something - how long has it been! How long has it been since she last saw their General Manager Li! This was not like the last time, when she had posters and photos, but now... it hasn't been released yet.
She was so excited that she raised the candied haws next to her.
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Li Yinuo, who had never experienced the baptism of fans, didn't know that this was a normal behavior of young fans. If it were a few years later, no matter what the fans gave him, he would accept it with a smile and then turn to the assistant beside him. But at this moment, he was really stunned.
Fortunately, Yang Zheng over there sent it over and knew something was wrong!
This is not a figurine!
It was either packaged cakes and flowers or a bunch of candied haws. How could Mr. Li take it?
Good fans will never embarrass their idols. She immediately turned her hand back and took a bite of the candied haws: "I just heard this one is pretty good."
The hawthorns wrapped in sugar coating were fried crisply. Wu Qing beside him laughed again. Li Yinuo smiled and said, "Is it from the pastry shop in front?"
Yang Zheng nodded vigorously.
"Then I'll buy one when I get back."
Yang Zheng nodded even harder. This was their CEO Li. Even if he didn’t eat, he wouldn’t embarrass his fans.
Li Yinuo walked over. Yang Zheng was eating her candied haws. Her heart was like a little sparrow, flying and flying again... Wait, sparrow. Yang Zheng tilted her head. Why did a silly flying thing appear in her mind? She didn't raise birds, nor did she like this kind of thing. But why did her heart feel so beautiful when she thought of the bird?
Yang Zheng went back after eating the candied haws. Earlier, she was able to win the competition based on her past accumulation, but now... it depends on her hard work.
Well, she has accumulated a lot of aura now, and she can use it when needed.
Over there, Li Yinuo and his companions walked out of the courtyard, and when they looked up, they saw the pastry shop.
"Yang Zheng probably bought his candied haws there." Wu Qing said with a smile, and Li Yinuo also smiled, "If we want to open a dojo, the main structure here won't be suitable."
"But this Red Mansion has a certain commemorative significance. I want to think of a way..." Although it has commemorative significance, it is not a cultural relic after all, and what they are going to do will have a great impact on the world. She did not say anything more about the pastry shop and candied haws. It was just a small episode and did not even make a splash in their itinerary.
That day, Li Yinuo read a lot of documents and met many people. In the dead of night, he once again went into the training room. At his level, sleep was no longer necessary, and even if he did, it would only take a short time. He took a shower, and just as he was about to enter the office again, he stopped and slowly walked out.
There was no one else in the entire Li family now. He walked out the door and headed outside.
There are no buses anymore. It is different from the scholar time and space that Yang Zheng knows. The big cities there have special night buses, but here, even in the imperial capital, the buses only run until 11 o'clock at the latest.
But there were already people on the street, as the sky was already getting a little light.
At this time, it was already early morning.
It was very cold, and the breath turned into ice. People walking on the street hunched their necks and bent their bodies slightly, but Li Yinuo didn't feel anything. He walked slowly and finally arrived at the pastry shop when it was bright.
Generally speaking, pastry shops don’t open so early, but this one is completely old-fashioned. The pastries are old-fashioned, and the owner is an old-school person who believes in going to bed early and getting up early. Even though there is no business this way, she still does it.
The middle-aged woman was wiping the table and was surprised when she saw Li Yinuo - she had never seen anyone come to buy things so early.
"Buying things"
“…Do you have candied haws?”
"Ahh... the sugar isn't cooked yet. We have to wait a while."
Li Yinuo nodded: "Okay."
The woman was stunned for a moment before she was sure that he really wanted to wait. She hurriedly went to set up a pot to boil sugar, and asked while busying herself: "Do you want anything else?"
"……No."
The woman was curious and wanted to ask what was going on, but Li Yinuo's aura was so strong that she couldn't open her mouth. In the end, she introduced the candied haws at home, saying it was a century-old brand that had been passed down for decades. Not to mention anything else, even the house belonged to the family: "I thought I could keep the things handed down from my ancestors, but it seems that I can't keep them anymore. Nowadays, fewer and fewer people like to eat this kind of traditional cakes. In fact, I use good things here. Look at this candied haws, I really use sugar to make it. I don't know what others use."
As she spoke, she had already made a string of candied haws, wrapped the bottom stick with a napkin, and handed it to Li Yinuo.
Li Yinuo took it and walked out. He didn't eat it immediately, but just walked back with it.
There are more and more people on the streets, some riding bicycles, some riding electric vehicles, and some taking buses. The buses are very small, with no more than twenty people on board. This has caused many people to criticize, asking why they cannot be bigger, as there were double-decker trams a hundred years ago.
A hundred years ago, there were no semi-permanent passages...
The current situation is the result of our best efforts to maintain it.
People pushed hard onto the bus, but it could only hold twenty people.
Li Yinuo walked slowly. He didn't know how long it had been. He took the candied haws in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully. In a trance, he seemed to see a little girl with her mouth stuffed with food and some residue at the corner of her mouth.
He lowered his eyes, ate one, and immediately felt the crispness, as well as the sour and sweet taste...
It wasn't particularly delicious, but it was different from anything he had eaten before.
He ate it very slowly and carefully, as if it was delicious. He was reluctant to eat it, but after finishing the whole one, he did not eat any more.
That afternoon, Li Yinuo went to the semi-permanent passage again.
Yang Zheng naturally didn't know all this. For the next few days, she stayed in the guesthouse arranged by Zhongzhou Province.
As the face of Zhongzhou Province in the imperial capital, the conditions of the guesthouse are naturally excellent. It has been upgraded in the past few days, and various materials containing spiritual energy have been provided to those who are going to participate in the competition.
Then on this day, the national competition finally arrived.
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Because I've been updating this story sporadically, I only realized yesterday that I'd already written over 300,000 words without realizing it. Far away...
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