Hu Qiang's Decision

Chapter 220 Only Be Friends, Not Lovers

"Miss Ye, how does this chicken soup taste? Is it still to your taste?"

After hearing Hu Qiang's question, Ye Zhen Zhen, who took a sip of the soup, tapped her lips expressionlessly, and then continued to look at Hu Qiang expressionlessly.

Seeing her expression, Hu Qiang said anxiously: "Why, is it not good? Is it salty or bland? Could it be that it feels a little too greasy? It shouldn't be, I took oil."

Ye Zhen Zhen suddenly chuckled: "No, it's delicious, moderately salty, fresh but not greasy, very good chicken soup."

"Scared me." Hu Qiang breathed a sigh of relief, "Then try chicken again, chicken is the real nourishing body, chicken soup is just a seasoning, and the nutritional content is incomparable with meat itself. As a scientist, you should understand, right?"

"Yes, I know." Ye Zhen Zhen nodded with a smile, "Then I'll try again, but the chicken soup is delicious, and the chicken should not be too bad."

After finishing speaking, Ye Zhen Zhen used chopsticks and a spoon to pick up a piece of cut chicken thigh in her own bowl, blew it lightly, and then carefully took a bite.

After eating two mouthfuls, Ye Zhenzhen put down her chopsticks and spoon, gave a thumbs up to Hu Qiang on the opposite side, and nodded with a smile: "It's delicious, very good!"

"Great." Hu Qiang smiled, "Then why don't you try this garlic greens and this egg fried tomato?"

After finishing speaking, Hu Qiang took the initiative to pick up the serving chopsticks, put a chopstick between the two hot dishes, and gently placed them on the plate in front of Ye Zhenzhen.

Ye Zhen Zhen laughed and said: "Mr. Hu, I just twisted my foot, not my hand, I can pick up vegetables by myself, so you don't have to take care of me like that."

"Really." Hu Qiang scratched his head after putting back the serving chopsticks, "I'm sorry, I forgot for a while.

Well, maybe I treat you as a sick number, subconsciously, my mother was sick before, and I was like this..."

Speaking of this, Hu Qiang quickly shut up.

Well, the "my mother" he just mentioned actually refers to the mother in the previous life, not the current mother.

Otherwise, if you talk too much, you will lose it. It is not a good thing to remember the past life too clearly, and you will talk bald if you are not careful.

No wonder the protagonists who write time-travel novels are basically orphans, and it is the orphans who are the most difficult to get through.

Ye Zhen Zhen is obviously a person who is very good at winking.

When she found that Hu Qiang suddenly shut up and looked a little lonely, she smiled resolutely and said nothing, then picked up the chopsticks, lowered her head and ate two mouthfuls of the dishes Hu Qiang sent respectively on her plate.

"Yeah, delicious!" Ye Zhen Zhen nodded after eating two mouthfuls of food, "Very good!"

"Hehe." Hu Qiang smiled, "Really?"

"Of course it's true." Ye Zhen Zhen nodded with a smile, then took the initiative to pick up the serving chopsticks, "Come on, I'll try this vegetable salad again."

After finishing speaking, Ye Zhen Zhen picked up a vegetable salad with her serving chopsticks and put it on her own plate.

After putting back the serving chopsticks, Ye Zhen Zhen picked them up with her own chopsticks and put them in her mouth.

"Yeah, this is delicious too!" Ye Zhen Zhen gave her thumbs up again, "Mr. Hu, all the dishes you cook are very delicious! It's amazing!"

"Then I'm relieved!" Hu Qiang deliberately made an exaggerated chest-patting movement, "I haven't done it for a long time, and my hands are a little raw. I'm afraid it won't suit your taste. You don't like the food you made."

"No no no, you really did a good job." Ye Zhen Zhen smiled, "The taste of a five-star hotel is just like this."

"That's an exaggeration." Hu Qiang laughed, "This is the standard of home-cooked food, but I don't care about comparing it with big hotels."

"No, no, no." Ye Zhen Zhen laughed, "I was watching from the side when you were cooking, among other things, your knife skills are really good, your knife skills are as fast as a sewing machine, as fast as a sewing machine. Acrobatics are just as good-looking, just because of your knife skills, if you go to a five-star hotel to apply for a job, you will definitely be hired."

Hu Qiang laughed again, thinking that this is my knife skills, it is clearly given by the system.

However, the knife skills given by the system are really awesome. He really didn't think about it at the time, he just wanted to chop vegetables, and the hand holding the knife started to move automatically, cutting out the shape he wanted to cut almost perfectly.

That feeling is hard to describe.

How should I put it, Hu Qiang also cooked and cut vegetables and meat before he became a top-notch knife artist, but the thickness of the cuts was uneven, which was often not what he thought.

However, with top-level knife skills, no matter whether it is cutting meat or vegetables, it is easy to grasp, and it feels particularly silky.

That's right, silky smooth.

Anyway, as long as he picks up the kitchen knife and starts to cut meat and vegetables, then as long as his brain sends out a vague idea, such as slicing, shredding, dicing, or a vague command to cut thicker or thinner, his hands will It can be executed quickly, and it is executed quite amazingly.

For example, shredded, it can really be as thin as a hair.

For example, slices can really be as thin as A4 paper, and the thickness is uniform.

Even if you want to be cool, you can easily do all kinds of tricks, such as throwing a cucumber up and then cutting it into three pieces in the air with a knife.

In the process of cutting vegetables, he can also play with the knife, turning the kitchen knife back and forth at the fingertips, not too easy.

Of course, he didn't show Ye Zhen Zhen intentionally to play swordsmanship before, it was purely out of interest and he did it casually.

The so-called desire to kill with a sharp weapon, and desire to show off with a unique skill.

Suddenly I have a good skill, and I have the urge to show it to others.

It's just that Hu Qiang usually doesn't have much chance to show off his skills, or doesn't dare to show off.

This time, maybe she felt that Ye Zhenzhen was more reliable and her mouth was stricter, so she couldn't help showing off to others, to satisfy her desire to show off her skills.

But that's all, there are really no other ideas.

In fact, although he has not been in contact with this Ye Zhenzhen for a long time, Hu Qiang can tell that this Ye Zhenzhen has a good family background, a high degree of education, and has never experienced hardship since childhood.

It may be due to the factors of her living environment since she was a child. Although she looks very polite, thoughtful and approachable on the surface, she is actually quite cold and selfish in her bones, and it is difficult to get too close to others.

Her so-called approachability is more of a kind of politeness and pretense.

Maybe she will be different after getting acquainted, but at least for now, she is not the kind of person who can easily be friends with you, but she is definitely not the kind of person who likes to gossip.

This kind of person, it's good to show off your skills appropriately, be handsome, and have fun.

At least Hu Qiang can be sure that the other party will not like him or hate him just because of his few small skills.

That's fine.

This kind of relationship that is neither far nor near is exactly what Hu Qiang wanted.

"Mr. Hu, why don't you eat?" Ye Zhen Zhen asked suddenly.

"Ah, no." Hu Qiang smiled, "I'm not very hungry, you eat first."

"I'm not very hungry, you came to my house to cook so many dishes?" Ye Zhen Zhen blinked with a smile, "Mr. Hu, you really want to chase me, don't you?"

"That's definitely not the case." Hu Qiang laughed, "I've said it before, I'm really a technical itch. I happened to meet a patient like you, so I came here to show off, including my medical skills and cooking skills, that's all."

"Understood." Ye Zhen Zhen nodded with a smile, "So, seeing that I can recover quickly under your medical skills, and seeing that I can eat well and like your cooking skills, you will be very happy, that's it Is it?"

"Yes, that's it." Hu Qiang chuckled, "Miss Ye is really smart."

Ye Zhen Zhen smiled slightly: "Mr. Hu, do you often do this? How often do you help others in private like this? And take the initiative to cook for others?"

Hu Qiang shook his head: "That's not true, it depends on fate. I don't do this easily. It just happened that you were injured and you are a neighbor. I came here on a whim to help you treat and cook a dish by the way."

After a short pause, Hu Qiang continued: "To be honest, I live alone for a long time, and generally speaking, I am too lazy to cook at home.

After all, I am alone, and if I come back late from overtime, cooking is too troublesome.

So when I am alone at home, I basically go out to eat, or order takeaway, so I can make do with the next meal.

But if there is someone to eat with, then of course I like to cook.

Of course, don't get me wrong, Miss Ye, I don't mean anything else.

I just think, um, it’s better to have more people to eat, at least someone who can chat, can you understand what I mean? "

Ye Zhen Zhen opened her mouth with a smile, then nodded lightly:

"If I understand correctly, you want to say that you just want to be friends with me, and a good friend and a good neighbor who can eat together like now, but you don't have anything wrong with me.

At the same time, you also hope that I don't think too much, don't think too much, and hope that in the future, I can eat and chat casually like now, without involving the relationship between men and women.

To put it bluntly, you want to establish our relationship early, just be friends, not lovers, and then enjoy the life of just being friends, is that right? "

"Yes, that's it!" Hu Qiang clapped his hands fiercely, "Miss Ye is really smart! The summation is too good, and it's in my heart! That's it!"

Ye Zhen Zhen smiled slightly and shook her head lightly.

"Why, aren't you happy?" Hu Qiang frowned.

"No." Ye Zhen Zhen smiled softly, "I mean, if you have this idea, you should have said it earlier!

Just tell me directly, why are you beating around the bush like this?

If you had told me that earlier, I would have agreed!
In that case, I would have drank your chicken soup and eaten your delicious dishes long ago!

There is no need to eat instant noodles at home all day, or order takeaway all day.

I've been eating instant noodles for the past few days, and I'm almost turning into a little raccoon. "

"Ah?" Hu Qiang was taken aback.

Ye Zhen Zhen smiled slightly, then sighed:

"To be honest, Mr. Hu, my family is not here, and I just came to Shanghai to work and live, and I don't have many friends here, but that doesn't mean I don't want to make friends.

Don't look at me like this, I look very cold, but I'm not. I'm very, how should I put it, I like to make friends and play with friends, but everyone doesn't play with me, they always think I'm the kind of tall Cold Goddess.

Of course, I don't make friends blindly. After all, making friends is also about eye-catching. It's not just about anyone. You have to have the opportunity and you have to be pleasing to the eye.

I had friends before, but unfortunately after returning to China, we went our separate ways, so we rarely communicated with each other.

Then I am usually very busy at work, and I am too tired when I go home. I just want to sleep and rest, and I have no time to go out and make friends.

And when I first came here, I was the only resident on this floor, not even a neighbor.

It's rare to have a new neighbor like you, and it's rare that Mr. Hu is such a nice person, and you know so many... secret skills!

As you said, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. Neighbors communicate most frequently. Having a good neighbor is a blessing in itself.

Then, I love to eat, and you love to cook.

I have no current plans for a relationship, and neither do you.

In addition, you and I both have the desire and need to make friends.

You see, we are a perfect match! "

Hu Qiang was stunned: "So you mean, you want to make friends with me?"

"Yes." Ye Zhen Zhen smiled and blinked, "Why, don't you want to?"

"Of course I want to." Hu Qiang said with a smile, "I'm afraid of climbing high."

"What are you talking about?" Ye Zhen Zhen laughed, "I'm just an ordinary migrant worker, similar to you."

"Do you not care that I am a man?" Hu Qiang asked.

"What's the matter?" Ye Zhen Zhen said.

"What does making friends have to do with men and women? The key is to see whether the three views are compatible, and whether you are right-tempered.

I think Mr. Hu is a nice person, at least we can chat, and you are helpful, so I feel very safe.

So, I really hope to be friends with you.

I don't know if I have the honor to be your friend? "

"Hehe, that's what you said." Hu Qiang smiled and patted his head.

"Well, if you make friends, make friends.

But let’s talk about it first, after we get to know each other well, you great scientist, don’t look down on me because of my low level. "

"Hahaha." Ye Zhen Zhen covered her mouth and smiled lightly, "No, no, but I am afraid that you, a miraculous master who knows both Chinese medicine and cooking, will look down on me."

"Where is it, just joking and joking." Hu Qiang smiled and shook his head.

Ye Zhen Zhen smiled slightly: "Since we are friends, you don't need shoe covers when you come to my house.

Also, when eating, there is no need for serving chopsticks.

Don't look at me as a student, in fact, I am not that particular, nor do I have a strong cleanliness.

Let's just eat normally.

From now on, I will be in charge of eating, and you will be in charge of cooking.

I will clean the dishes and chopsticks.

How about our neighbors cooperate with each other to make life better? "

Hu Qiang smiled: "Okay, I see. Then next time when your feet are healed, I invite you to my house for dinner. I don't need shoe covers or serving chopsticks."

"That's good." Ye Zhen Zhen said with a smile, "I'm also looking forward to visiting your house in the future, Hu."

"Ah?" Hu Qiang was taken aback, "What did you call me?"

"Old Hu." Ye Zhen Zhen smiled, "We are friends now, and you are older than me, so I will call you Lao Hu and you call me Zhen Zhen, can't you?"

"This..." Hu Qiang looked puzzled, "If it's called that, I, I'm afraid people will misunderstand it."

"What's the matter?" Ye Zhen Zhen smiled, "I'm not afraid of the shadows slanting, and we just call each other in private, what's the problem? Friends always call by their full names, it always feels weird."

Hu Qiang sighed: "Miss Ye..."

"Why do you still call me Miss Ye?" Ye Zhenzhen tilted her head with a smile, "It's more common, call me Zhenzhen."

Hu Qiang smiled dryly: "Yes, Zhenzhen."

"That's right!" Ye Zhen Zhen laughed, "Old Hu!"

Hu Qiang who heard this sound was stunned again, and suddenly a figure appeared in front of him in a trance.

Taking a closer look, it turned out to be Ouyang Murphy.

At this time, Ouyang Murphy was dressed in the costume of an ancient Ming Dynasty woman, with his hands on his hips, standing aside and glaring at him.

"Well, you old Hu, dare to steal women behind my mother's back? Are you itchy? Or don't you want to live?"

"No, ma'am, how dare I, never dare!"

"Don't quibble, I think you've been a little drifting lately, you need to clean up, you stand up for me, I can't beat you to death!"

"No madam, I really don't have one, I really just want to help out, I really just want to make more friends!"

"I see that you clearly want to cheat, don't run, stop for me! I'll beat you to death first, and then go with you!"

"No!" Hu Qiang yelled fiercely, "I'm not, I'm not!"

"Old Hu, what's wrong with you, Old Hu?" Ye Zhen Zhen suddenly asked strangely.

"Ah?" Hu Qiang was taken aback, then looked again, and found that Ouyang Murphy was not wearing ancient clothes at all, and he was still at Ye Zhen Zhen's home.

After blinking, Hu Qiang shook his head and laughed: "Ah, no, maybe I have been busy with work recently and haven't had a good rest, so I was in a trance just now and lost my mind.

You don't have to worry, I'll get a good night's sleep later and get some rest. "

"That's it." Ye Zhen Zhen nodded, "Recently it's been cold in spring, hot and cold, many people have caught a cold, you have to pay attention, don't just treat others and ignore yourself."

"I will, I will pay attention." Hu Qiang came back to his senses and smiled, "Okay, let's not talk about that, let's eat the vegetables, it will not taste good when it is cold, you should eat more of that black chicken, It’s helpful for your injury, so hurry up!”

"So much fat, you want me to gain weight?"

"How come, you don't have a fat-prone physique at first glance, not so easy to get fat."

"Hahaha, Lao Hu, you are really good at talking, I owe you a good word!"

"By the way, Zhenzhen, what kind of sports do you usually like?"

"I, let's go for a run, but I'm usually busy with work, so I usually run at night."

"Hey, me too, let's run together another day?"

"Okay, let's run at night together some other day!"

"Definitely, definitely, next time!"

……

(End of this chapter)