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Chapter 37 Hot Pot
At 7:30 in the evening, in the Yanyan hot pot restaurant.
Xu Xinghe wore a small apron and sat face to face with Gu Nai in front of the mandarin duck pot, and began to serve his third plate of meat.
"Come here, you're welcome, try this too!"
Seeing that Gu Nai didn't move his chopsticks frequently, Xu Xinghe only put a few dishes into the mushroom soup pot. He thought he couldn't let go, so he generously took out a large spoonful of meat from the hot pot and handed it to him. In front: "Well."
"Thank you, no need." Gu Nai smiled and shook her head, explaining: "I have a bad stomach, so I can't eat spicy food very well."
Happily, Xinghe Dian is still perverted and spicy.
Team Leader Xu was stunned for a while, then took the spoon back: "Then you said earlier, we won't come to eat hot pot. There are also tea restaurants nearby, and the taste is also very good."
Gu Nai said gently: "It's okay, I can still eat mushroom pot and tomato pot."
Xu Xinghe shook his head and looked at him with regret: "The non-spicy hot pot lacks soul. After you take good care of your stomach, we can have another meal."
Gu Nai nodded with a smile: "Okay, I'll treat you next time."
Xu Xinghe was naturally polite, and thought that Gu Nai was also polite, so he didn't pay much attention to it, but nodded and continued to solve the remaining plates of meat: "Then you can put more in the mushroom pot. Come on, this Crab Roe and Fish Roe Fortune Bag is also delicious.β
The two of them worked together to solve the first wave of meat in less than twenty minutes.
Xu Xinghe put down his chopsticks and leaned behind the sofa, intending to take a break to digest.
Gu Neisi gently picked up the square towel and wiped his mouth, then asked warmly, "The Ark seems to be not very peaceful recently, do you usually work overtime?"
Xu Xinghe replied casually: "Actually, it's not bad. When I first entered the Ark last year, it was common to work overtime until 11 or 2 o'clock. This year, it has been much better, and I even achieved 9 to 5 for a time."
Team Leader Xu patted his stomach, re-scanned the menu, and planned to order a drink to relieve his tiredness.
"The workload has been more than usual recently, but it's okay, the problem was solved in time, otherwise we might not be able to eat dinner today... What would you like to drink? Is sour plum juice okay?"
Gu Nai asked, "Is there any dark beer?"
"Eh?" Xu Xinghe raised his head and looked at him, "You still drink?"
Gu Nai smiled and asked: "I don't look like someone who can drink?"
Xu Xinghe: "..." Not like that.
He looked at the beer options on the menu, struggled for two seconds, raised his head and persuaded Gu Nai with a serious face: "People with a bad stomach should not drink, drinking will hurt their health, and I don't often drink it even with a good appetite like me. , here's some corn juice, why don't we have a sip?"
Gu Nai looked at him for two seconds and smiled, "Listen to you."
Then continue the topic just now: "That's right, the Ark is the largest data center in the Gamma galaxy after all. Thousands of hackers are staring at it every day. This wave of petty troubles is nothing."
"Why? Do you want a bigger wave?" Xu Xinghe had a black line on his face, "It can't be said to be a petty prank, this time the hackers have two tricks. You know, 999 tried to invade our system. Viruses will always be intercepted by the Ark defense system, but this time it actually found a loophole to exploit... However, I heard that it was also because the old section of the second group violated the rules and opened the external email, which gave the virus a chance. He They are already old people of Fangzhou, I donβt know how to make such a low-level mistake, I am afraid I will be punished this time.β
"Speaking of which department do you work in? Front-end R&D department?" Xu Xinghe asked.
Gu Nai replied: "No, I am also engaged in system maintenance, and now I am in the third group."
Xu Xinghe asked curiously, "Then why haven't I seen you before?"
Gu Nai smiled and pushed up her glasses: "It means that Team Leader Xu doesn't care about the new colleagues very much."
Xu Xinghe: "Oh, are you a new recruit this year?"
The third group is a large group, with more than 20 people in the whole group. This year, two new children were recruited in the spring recruitment. It is normal to have new faces that Xu Xinghe has never seen before.
Gu Nai said, "You can say that."
Xu Xinghe suddenly remembered something: "Is that new intern also assigned to your group?"
Gu Nai smiled: "It seems that Team Leader Xu really doesn't care much about these matters - the intern came to report yesterday."
Xu Xinghe: "...That's it."
Since he showed no interest in the gossip about his colleagues, Ajia and the others seldom mentioned it in front of him. Even the news that the intern was going to be divided into three groups was mentioned when he listened to other colleagues chatting during the lunch break. of.
Xu Xinghe asked, "Then he really studied finance?"
Gu Nai replied, "He studied a double degree in finance and computer science."
Xu Xinghe nodded: "Well, that's not too outrageous, I started to hear that he studied finance."
After a pause, he added: "But our department didn't recruit interns before. It's quite outrageous for him to come in."
Gu Nai smiled and looked at him without saying a word.
Xu Xinghe suddenly sighed: "I almost took a double major in mathematics and computer science when I was in college, but then I became lazy and thought I would major in computer science. You should read more books in college."
Gu Nai asked: "Leader Xu wants to keep improving, so why don't you continue reading? With your grades at the time, it is also possible to guarantee a postgraduate degree or a direct postgraduate degree, right?"
Xu Xinghe suddenly froze.
Silence spread between the two.
After a long while, Xu Xinghe took a sip of the corn juice on the table, and then whispered, "I don't want to anymore."
Gu Nai looked at his face carefully, and suddenly said: "It's okay, there is no end to learning, and there is a chance to learn whenever I want. I had to drop out of school when I was in high school, and I have read it all the way until now."
Xu Xinghe raised his head and asked curiously, "Why did you drop out of school?"
Gu Nai smiled: "The family is poor and can't afford the tuition."
"..." Xu Xinghe couldn't tell if Gu Nai was joking for a while, "How could this be? Didn't Capital Star already have full coverage of compulsory education?"
I grew up at the Welfare Institute, and even went to university. With the current medical education policy of Capital Star, there should be no such thing as dropping out of high school because of a poor family?
Gu Nai replied with a smile, "I didn't grow up in Capital Star."
Xu Xinghe was slightly startled, speechless.
Gu Nai Tuo cheek looked at him and suddenly said, "It's time to start making vermicelli."
Only then did Xu Xinghe come back to his senses: "Come on, come on."
The two then began to eat the second wave of hot pot.
It was almost nine o'clock in the evening when Xu Xinghe received an email from Ling Changfeng, asking if he needed to send someone to pick him up now.
Xu Xinghe thought for a while, then raised his head and said to Gu Nai, "How about we eat here first today?"
"Okay." Gu Nai nodded, glanced at the electronic device on Xu Xinghe's wrist intentionally or unintentionally, and asked with a smile, "The family urged?"
Xu Xinghe: "..."
Considering that no one in the entire Ark should know who his "family" is, Xu Xinghe answered truthfully: "It's not a reminder, it's just too late, ask if you want to come pick me up."
"It's great." Gu Nai said with a smile, "Team leader Xu's married life is really enviable."
Xu Xinghe was slightly taken aback. Although he admitted that he enjoyed the hot pot dinner tonight and chatted a lot with Gu Nai, after all, the two of them only met yesterday, and talking about their married life at once always made him feel strange. of.
What's more, what's the envy of your married life? ? Ling Changfeng will not go home for three days or two.
Xu Xinghe complained in his heart like this, but said, "Uh... I've won the prize."
"Then we'll meet again next time."
"An appointment next time."
Xu Xinghe settled the bill and walked out of the hot pot restaurant with Gu Nai.
"Go back first, I'll wait for them to pick you up." Xu Xinghe said.
Gu Nai nodded and waved at him: "See you next time."
The back figure soon disappeared into the night.
Xu Xinghe waited for about four or five minutes when a low-key pure black car came slowly and stopped at the door of the hot pot restaurant.
Without the military license plate, it looks like an ordinary black commercial vehicle.
However, Xu Xinghe recognized at a glance that it was the vehicle of the Marshal's Mansion, so he opened the rear door to get in the car.
As a result, the hand just touched the door handle, and the door opened from the inside.
Xu Xinghe was stunned.
"...Didn't you say send someone to pick me up?"
Xu Xinghe was a little surprised when he looked at Marshal Ling who suddenly appeared in the back seat.
Why did you come by yourself?
Ling Changfeng looked at him sideways: "You come up first."
"Oh." Xu Xinghe knew that it was not safe to open the door like this, so he quickly got into the car, closed the door, and waited until he was seated before listening to Ling Changfeng's reply, "I'm out for a drive."
Xu Xinghe: "?"
"Why did you come in this car? No one is following?" Xu Xinghe asked.
In his impression, Ling Changfeng's trip, although he can't say how flamboyant it is, the general safety must be guaranteed.
Ling Changfeng replied, "Someone is following, but you can't see it."
Xu Xinghe: "...Oh."
Ling Changfeng asked him, "How did you eat tonight?"
Xu Xinghe: "The hot pot is not bad. How about you?"
Ling Changfeng: "Nutrition agent."
Xu Xinghe: "..." It was my extra question.
After a few seconds of silence in the car, Ling Changfeng suddenly said, "You seem to like hot pot very much."
Xu Xinghe nodded: "Yes, hot pot is one of my favorite foods."
Ling Changfeng: "You said before that you have no hobbies."
Xu Xinghe: "?"
He couldn't keep up with Ling Changfeng's train of thought: "Is hot pot also a hobby?"
Well, to put it bluntly, it is considered a "hobby".
"Anyway, I really like it. Not to mention that the hot pot is delicious, it also has a good atmosphere. It can bring you both physical and mental happiness." Xu Xinghe mentioned his favorite food, and his interest came, and he described to him: " Especially going to eat hot pot with friends, a few people get together to chat and drink... tea, it is very satisfying. "
Ling Changfeng looked at his high-spirited appearance, and suddenly said, "Then next time, let's eat together."
Xu Xinghe: "Yes, can you eat spicy food?"
Ling Changfeng: "Yes."
Xu Xinghe: "Then you are more delicious. My colleague has a bad stomach and can't eat spicy food. He has been cooking in a clear soup pot when he eats hot pot today... In fact, the hot pot still tastes good. I will let him nourish his stomach and bring him next time. He experiences the deliciousness of a hot pot."
Ling Changfeng heard the words, a pair of different pupils slowly slanted over: "Next time?"
Xu Xinghe shrugged: "That's what I'm saying, it's hard to nourish my stomach. I don't know when I will wait next time."
Ling Changfeng's thin lips pursed slightly: "Why is there a next time?"
Xu Xinghe was stunned: "Why? How normal is it to have a hot pot appointment between colleagues."
Ling Changfeng asked, "You used to have dinner with your colleagues?"
Xu Xinghe thought for a while: "It's not very often, but it does happen once or twice a month. In addition to the number of appointments with my classmates, basically one meal a week."
Ling Changfeng: "..."
Xu Xinghe: "Why are you looking at me?"
For a moment, Marshal Ling wanted to ask why he had never received such an invitation.
However, the words passed around his mouth for a while, and finally turned into a light-toned exhortation: "Eating too much hot pot is bad for the stomach."
Xu Xinghe: "?"
He found that Ling Changfeng was also quite fickle at times.
"Then do we have a hotpot appointment next time?" Xu Xinghe was a little confused about what Ling Changfeng meant.
Ling Changfeng: "About."
Xu Xinghe: "..."
The black sedan galloped at high speed on the empty track, passing through the bustling and bustling city center.
Xu Xinghe looked at the scenery outside the window for a while, and suddenly remembered something: "By the way, how many people attended the weekend class reunion you mentioned earlier?"
Ling Changfeng replied: "Tentatively set five, plus family members, a total of nine people."
"Huh? Who else has no family?"
"Qin Yuan."
"Why?"
"He is currently single."
"Ah??" Xu Xinghe was stunned, "Major General Qin is single?"
Ling Changfeng glanced at him sideways: "What's wrong?"
Xu Xinghe felt a little unbelievable: "How could he be single?"
Ling Changfeng asked back, "Why not?"
"Because he's thoughtful, he knows how to take care of people, he's humorous and talkative, and he also has a lot of rhetoric... Doesn't he call himself an omega's friend? He should be very fond of omegas, right?" Xu Xinghe asked.
Ling Changfeng: "..."
He pursed his lips and said indifferently, "But he spends."
Xu Xinghe: "?"
"I've had many girlfriends."
"..."
"The news broke out more than five."
"..."
"Do omegas like this?" Ling Changfeng frowned slightly, "Delicate mind, humorous and talkative, and rhetoric?"
"Not everyone likes it, but this kind of character is very popular in love, and it has nothing to do with the abo attribute." Xu Xinghe commented: "Dating with Qin Yuan, you should get a good sense of love experience."
Marshal Ling felt that the air in the car was a little stuffy.
He lowered his eyes, his eyes dimmed slightly.
After a few seconds, he heard Xu Xinghe add: "But the marriage experience may not be so good. After all, if you have too much emotional experience, it will make your spouse feel uneasy, right?"
"En." Ling Changfeng raised his eyes again.
Staring at his little spouse for two seconds, he replied lightly, "That's it."
"Speaking of whichβ" Xu Xinghe suddenly realized something, and asked him in a low voice, "Will it be bad for us to discuss Major General Qin's emotional experience behind our backs?"
Ling Changfeng: "It's okay, you can talk to your face on weekends."
Xu Xinghe: "..."
"There will be a group of people talking with you."
"..."
Xu Xinghe's face was a little weird: "What do you guys usually talk about at parties?"
Ling Changfeng paused slightly, as if he was unwilling to continue this topic, he just said, "You will know when you go."
The author has something to say: Qin Yuan: I have mastered a lot of love skills, but I am still single