Meng Xiaozhi Sugar Core

After entering He Qianning's house, I looked around. As expected, it was an ordinary two-bedroom apartment. I could see everything at a glance: a bedroom, a study, a living room connected to a dining room, and a small kitchen next to the bathroom. The decoration was also based on the wooden decoration of the last century. The yellow wooden door frame and red wooden floor made the whole house look very old-fashioned.

However, He Qianning decorated the house very neatly and cleanly. The cups were neatly placed on the table and the floor was spotless, giving it a homely feel.

"How is it? Is it a bit simple?" She looked at me and said a little embarrassedly.

"Ah, not really. The decoration is just a bit outdated." I shook my head.

"Yeah, I think so too, so I bought wallpaper and will put it up in the bedroom later."

"How much is the rent here?" I asked curiously.

"One thousand and fifty a month."

"Wow, that's a bit expensive!" My monthly living expenses, including what Teacher Song gives me, is less than two thousand.

"Yeah, but what my parents give me is pretty good, so I can just let it go. Mainly because I don't like living with other girls." She explained, "My parents divorced when I was very young, and now they each give me a living allowance, which is not bad."

"Ah, that's it."

"It's nothing, I'm used to it anyway. I don't feel any fatherly or motherly love from them. My dad thinks I'm a girl, so he never treated me well since I was a child, and my mom only knows how to spend money on drinking and partying. Now she knows she was wrong back then, and she wanted to spend money to please me. As for me, I still take the money, but I don't have any other feelings. It's like two strangers." He Qianning said self-deprecatingly, "Let me pour you a glass of water. Let's not talk about my parents anymore, it's boring."

"Thank you..." After taking the water handed to me by He Qianning, I had some questions and felt sad. It's true that every family has its own problems.

"Where are Xiaoxiao's parents? You are so outstanding, your parents must love you very much, right?"

"Well, they were nice and loved me. It's just that they passed away ten years ago..." I nodded.

He Qianning's expression froze on her face. "Not here anymore...I mean."

"Yes, he passed away unexpectedly. My aunt raised me and my sister."

"Oh, sorry. I didn't expect it to be like this..." He Qianning was a little at a loss.

"It's okay. I've let it go just like you. No one's life is smooth sailing. Isn't it better to look forward?"

"I always thought I was miserable, but after comparing myself to Xiaoxiao, I felt that I was actually quite happy." She shook her head and asked, "Hey, didn't you say your girlfriend was coming too?"

"Oh, her. She can't come because of something." I was a little embarrassed.

"I see. I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of couple you two are!"

"That's a pity, maybe next time."

"Are you hungry? It's almost time for lunch, right? I'll make dumplings for you." He Qianning stood up and said excitedly.

"How about I make lunch with you?" I suggested.

"Eh? That's not good. You're a guest."

"What does it matter?"

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I stayed up all night to modify the camera lens. I will stop updating for a day tomorrow. I will not write tonight and I will go to bed.

Chapter 46: A Promise

"Who did you learn to cook from?" Looking at the busy figure in front of the stove, I couldn't help but sigh. There are always people better than you. He Qianning's cooking skills are obviously much better than mine.

"My grandma, my grandparents raised me since I was a child. Later, my grandma got old and she often couldn't remember how many times she added salt when cooking. Either the food was not salty enough, or she didn't add salt at all." He Qianning couldn't help laughing, "Later, I took over my grandma's job. At first, my grandma would guide me from the side, and then she gradually let me do it alone. In the end, I learned by myself by watching the chef's tutorials online and following them, and slowly my cooking became delicious."

"Ha, then I can only be considered a latecomer. Although I often cook at home, most of the time we eat in the cafeteria. My aunt is very busy at work, making money all the time, and doesn't leave much time for us."

"I understand. It must be very hard for her to be alone."

Forty minutes later, five dishes were cooked and neatly arranged on the table. I cooked two of them, fried tofu and scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and she cooked three, braised pork, beef with celery, and boiled vegetables.

Of the three dishes she cooked, the one that impressed me the most was the boiled greens. The unique thing about it is that the greens didn’t turn yellow due to cooking, but the leaves became greener, and the petioles were white and transparent. The shape didn’t become rotten due to boiling, and they kept their intact appearance.

He Qianning brought two bowls of rice and sat in front of me, pushing a full bowl of white rice in front of me.

"Let me try a bite of Xiaoxiao's cooking." She picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece of tofu I cooked.

"Hmm! Delicious, crispy on the outside but not hard, soft but shapely on the inside, fragrant in the mouth, with a mellow aftertaste. Very delicious." She commented.

"Thank you." I was a little flattered by her praise, "Let me try some of the vegetables you made."

I picked up a small green vegetable, dipped it in the sauce she prepared, and put it in my mouth. It was hard to imagine that the two tastes of crispness and softness could be combined in one food. It was just a simple green vegetable that had such a wonderful taste. Combined with the unique aroma of barbecue, cumin, seafood and other sauces, I was unable to describe this deliciousness in words for a while.

"How amazing! How did you do that?" I was so shocked that I was speechless.

"Is it delicious?" she asked with a smile.

"It's delicious, amazing. I'm far inferior to you." I nodded, but felt a little ashamed.

"Everyone has their own strengths. Just like studying, I can't be better than you. I feel dizzy and want to sleep when I hear the teacher's lecture. I didn't listen to the teacher's lectures in high school. Fortunately, art students don't have high requirements for academic subjects, otherwise I wouldn't even be able to get into university."

"It's so delicious. Next time I will definitely bring Tang Xin here to try your cooking."

"Tang Xin? Is she your girlfriend?" He Qianning asked me with her head tilted.

"Yeah. By the way, aren't you surprised at all? I like girls and all."

"I'm not surprised. There was one in our class before, and she liked me."

"Huh? Really? Then who are you?"

"Me? I don't have any feelings for her. I don't know what I like. I'm not interested in boys, and I don't seem to have any special feelings for other girls either." He Qianning lowered her head, looking a little dazed. "She has been pursuing me for a long time, and I am very touched. But I know that I can't delay her."

"Is that so...then aren't you worried that if I like girls and come to your house, you're just inviting a wolf into the house?" I asked cautiously.

"You?" He Qianning burst out laughing. "From your defensive look when you first met me, I knew you were a softie, and you let the wolf into the house. Aren't you afraid of being a sheep walking into the tiger's mouth?"

"You can't judge a person by his appearance. You really are not worried."

"Don't worry, you can't do anything about it," she answered nonchalantly, "Besides, if it was you..."

"What if it was me?"

"Nothing, hurry up and eat. If you don't finish eating, the food and rice will get cold."

"Oh, yes." I was attracted by the delicious food and didn't think about what she said anymore.

After the meal, because the cooked dishes were a bit too much for the two of us, we covered the dishes with plastic wrap and could be eaten for another day, so the only dishes that needed to be washed were two rice bowls and two pairs of chopsticks.

He Qianning took on this job alone and didn't intend to let me wash it.

"Then aren't you going to the cafeteria to eat?" I asked as I stood aside and watched He Qianning wash dishes.

"I usually go there at noon, but I'm used to going home to cook for myself at night."

"Aren't you tired?"

"Not tired, I'm used to it." She shook her head.

"Pfft..." I laughed out loud.

"Huh? Why are you suddenly laughing?" She was a little confused.

"Nothing, I just suddenly felt that there is a huge gap between the real you and your appearance."

"Huh? What do you mean?" she asked puzzled.

"When I first saw you, I thought you were a bad girl who hung out in bars and KTVs every day.'"

"Huh?!" she was shocked. "Is it because I permed my hair?"

"Not really, it's just the feeling that makes me feel that you are very mature. A feeling of seeing through the world but sinking into it." I replied with a smile, "I just didn't expect that it would be true. Don't judge a book by its cover. I didn't expect that the real you is like this."

"I've been to a bar before. I won't go there because it's boring. As for your appearance, well, isn't it because it's trendy?" She shrugged. "We art students also need to keep up with the trends and cultivate our aesthetic sense. On the contrary, if I hadn't told you, I would have thought you were a middle school student. If it weren't for your pretty face, you would have been an unknown person in the class."

"Is... is that so?" I smiled sheepishly. "Tang Xin also said that I don't know how to dress up."

"Ha, why don't I teach you how to dress up later?" She stopped, as if she had discovered something interesting.

"Forget it, let's talk about it later. I don't want to dress up in a flashy way." Please allow me to retain some small manly dignity.

"Is that so? But it's true. She's already so beautiful without makeup. If she puts on makeup, won't she seduce those boys?"

"Don't say that. I always sound like a vixen."

"Vixen, eh, come to think of it, you do look a bit like me! I think I've seen a vixen that looks similar to you somewhere before. Why don't you make a cosplayer next time? The quality of the cosplayers in our company is really not good enough."

"Your club?"

"Yes, I joined the anime club. After all, it's a professional club." She laughed, "Okay, how about being my exclusive cosplayer?"

"Ah? Well... okay..." I thought about it and realized that I had done this before, so it wouldn't matter if I did it once or twice more. I could also return a favor, so it wouldn't be a big deal. "But! Don't be too revealing. I don't like to show too much..."

"Okay...it's a deal?"

"Well, it's a deal."

Chapter 47 Final

The first semester is coming to an end, and the final exams are scheduled for all the classes in the schedule. Although the last half month is an exam week, the exam times vary between different grades and majors.

Our class was lucky, as all the exams were completed the week before, which meant that our class had winter vacation a week in advance. So, after the exams, all my roommates went home for the New Year. And I had to stay with Tang Xin because her class had two exams scheduled on the last day of the semester.

"So you came to my dorm?" I said helplessly as I looked at Tang Xin who was sitting on my bed and browsing her phone.

"Hehe, don't you welcome it?" She smiled with her eyes curved, her joy and excitement evident in her words.

"Well, how can I not welcome you? Have you finished your review? Are you okay for the exam?" Although I was happy, I was still a little worried about her exam.

"No problem, I have mastered all the knowledge points." She said casually.

“What if I fail the exam?”

"Failing a test? That's impossible."

"Don't set a flag." I sighed, "We'll be done with dinner soon, so it's about time for you to get up, right?"

"Oh, okay."

That's right, after Tang Xin learned that there was no one else in my dormitory at noon, she came to my dormitory with a small suitcase. After she came, she went to bed to rest without saying a word, leaving me alone in a daze.

"Where are we having dinner?" Tang Xin was wearing a brown plaid coat and a yellow sweater underneath, which outlined her beautiful curves. In addition, because she had just come out of bed, her face was as red as a peach and her lips were as flaming as fire, which was very tempting.

"Let's...let's eat outside. How about hotpot...hmm..." Looking at a pair of big eyes looking straight at me, the soft and sweet taste was fascinating.

"Wake-up kiss!" After a long time, Tang Xin licked her lips and said, "I must eat a bite of Xiaomeng before eating."

"..."