913: Barbecue
Jia Zan looked at Zhou Ziheng, but Zhou Ziheng just smiled at him faintly.
After the banquet, Yu Xiaoye was finally able to take his son back upstairs to rest.
After Zhou Ziheng sent off the last group of guests, he returned upstairs and saw his wife coaxing their son to sleep. He leaned over and sniffed the pleasant milky scent on his wife and son. He stared at his son's chubby face for a while and whispered,
"Xiao Ye, do me a favor."
Yu Xiaoye knew what he wanted to do:
"You haven't given up yet and want to bring them together?"
“It’s just to create an opportunity for them.”
Yu Xiaoye didn't want to laugh, but he really couldn't help it. The main reason was that he had never seen Zhou Ziheng take such a thing so seriously. Who would believe it if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes?
Yu Xiaoye smiled, her arms trembling. Her son lay on her chest, moved his head, spit out a mouthful of milk foam from his mouth, and soon fell asleep again.
"Tell me, what do you want me to do?"
"How about we take a day off next Sunday and treat them to a meal?"
Having said that, Yu Xiaoye couldn't help but give Zhou Ziheng some face:
"Then let's make it clear first. We're just having a meal. If Shao Xia doesn't want to, no one can force her."
"Of course!" Zhou Ziheng happily kissed Yu Xiaoye on the forehead, "My wife is so nice!"
As he spoke, Zhou Ziheng became dishonest and also got on the bed. Yu Xiaoye pushed him with his arm:
"My son is sleeping!"
"I want to sleep too!"
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On Sunday, Yu Xiaoye really called Shao Xia home.
On this day, Yu Xiaoye specially prepared a barbecue grill and planned to barbecue on the rooftop.
They skewered some fish, meat and vegetables, and also prepared some beer and drinks, which they took to the rooftop in advance.
The view here is broad, which is very suitable for chatting and easy to cultivate feelings.
Jia Zan knew very well why Zhou Ziheng asked him to come for dinner today. He felt very touched when he saw everything Zhou Ziheng had carefully arranged for him.
Others have helped so much, so there is no reason for me to let down, so I am waiting very attentively and looking forward to meeting Shao Xia.
This week, he saw her every day when he went to pick up his son from school. Now they were more familiar with each other than before. They were not as polite to each other as before, but because their son was always around, they couldn't say much.
Jia Zan was very much looking forward to seeing Shao Xia outside of school, and his heart beat faster than usual.
Zhou Ziheng encouraged him:
"Seize the opportunity, be proactive, and whether you can succeed or not depends on you."
It was almost ten o'clock when Shao Xia came upstairs while talking. When she reached the top floor, she saw Zhou Ziheng and Jia Zan making a fire on the roof. Shao Xia greeted them:
"Minister Zhou, Jia Le's father is here too."
Yu Xiaoye said beside him:
"We're all so familiar with each other now, there's no need to be so polite. Stop calling Jia Le dad all the time. I call him Brother Jia, so you can call him Brother Jia too."
Shao Xia smiled embarrassedly and did not change her words immediately. She walked over to look at the barbecue grill and saw a table full of ingredients next to it, including prawns, lamb, beef, pork belly, fish, mushrooms, leeks, eggplant, chili peppers and garlic slices, and some meatballs. There were also various sauces on the side, which made people's appetites whetted.
Jia Zan took the initiative to ask:
"What would you like to eat, Mr. Shao? I'll bake it for you first."
"I can bake too. Can I help you?"
"Okay, wait until I get the fire started. The fire isn't on yet."
Seeing Jia Zan's understanding, Zhou Ziheng smiled slightly. He handed the fan in his hand to Shao Xia:
"Help Jia Zan fan the coals so they burn faster. I'll go downstairs and get some more coal."
"good."
Shao Xia took a fan and fanned the charcoal.
Zhou Ziheng went downstairs, and soon after he went down, he started shouting upstairs:
"Xiao Ye, Zheng Zheng is looking for you——"
Yu Xiaoye: "——"
Yu Xiaoye saw Jia Zan and Shao Xia making a fire together, and felt a little uneasy about leaving them alone on the roof. However, Zhou Ziheng called her again from downstairs, saying that Zheng Zheng was looking for her. Shao Xia turned around and said:
"Xiao Ye, Zheng Zheng is looking for you. Go down quickly. I'll call you up when the grill is ready."
"Okay then, call me if you need anything."
Yu Xiaoye went downstairs and handed the rooftop to them.
There were only two people left upstairs. Jia Zan suddenly felt uncomfortable. Shao Xia was still fanning the charcoal diligently. When the charcoal was red hot, she pushed the charcoal apart and put some new charcoal on it.
"Brother Jia, the fire is ready, bring some shrimps over."
When Jia Zan heard Shao Xia no longer call him Jia Le Dad, he felt a sweet feeling in his heart. He agreed, took several strings of shrimps, put them on the grill, and said with a smile:
"This shrimp is really big. I've never seen one that big before."
“This shrimp is delicious.”
"Have you eaten it?"
"Well, Ono gave it to me. I don't know where she got it—grill a few more skewers of meat and fill it up."
"good."
Jia Zan took some of each and placed them on the grill. The two of them stood together, flipping the signatures on them back and forth, fearing that the fire would be too strong and burn the meat.
Inadvertently, their hands suddenly touched, and they both moved away quickly as if they had been electrocuted. Gradually, Shao Xia noticed something unusual.
Shao Xia originally thought that Yu Xiaoye called her over just because he was too bored taking care of the children at home and asked her to come over to keep him company and relieve his boredom. She didn't think much about it. But after she arrived, Zhou Ziheng and Yu Xiaoye both slipped away quietly, leaving only her and Jia Zan there.
Why?
Is it a coincidence, or is she overthinking it?
Shao Xia quietly looked up at Jia Zan, but when she looked up, she found that Jia Zan's eyes were also looking at her. Their eyes met, and there seemed to be two micro-electric currents in the air, from his eyes, straight into his heart, and Shao Xia suddenly understood everything.
She hurriedly avoided Jia Zan's gaze and lowered her head to grab the barbecue skewers, but because of her panic, she didn't see clearly.
She grabbed it randomly and ended up grabbing it on the grill. The hot wire mesh burned her and she screamed and immediately pulled her hand back.
"What's wrong? Did you burn your hand?"
"It's okay, it's okay." Shao Xia put her hands behind her back.
"show me."
"It's okay, it's really okay, it's nothing serious, just a burn."
"How can it not be serious? Let me see."
Shao Xia still refused, saying that her condition was not serious. Jia Zan ignored her objection and directly reached out and grabbed her wrist, brought her hand in front of him, and pried open Shao Xia's fingers.
There were two obvious red marks on the pads of the middle and ring fingers of the left hand caused by the wire mesh.
"Look, it's not serious, just a minor burn."
Jia Zan frowned:
"Isn't this serious? You might get blisters. I'll go downstairs and get you some burn medicine."
"No, no, no, Brother Jia, don't go down to get the medicine. This little injury is not worth making a fuss about. It's my own fault for being clumsy. Don't worry Xiao Ye and Minister Zhou. It's really not serious."
Jia Zan felt sweet inside when he was called "Big Brother Jia". He held Shao Xia's soft fingers in his hand, and suddenly his heart started beating fast:
"Doesn't it hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt. It just hurt a little when it was hot, but it really doesn't hurt."
"Luckily it's your left hand, otherwise you would have a hard time writing with chalk in class."
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