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However, perhaps because the events of the previous few days have not faded away, the first thing Meng Huo recognized when he recognized Ling Shuang was not the surprise at her growth rate—but the sudden realization that she had already grown up. For so many years.

Meng Huo, who had always seen Xia Chuanzhen as a little girl, realized that Xia Chuanzhen was already a mature woman when he saw the grown-up Ling Shuang.

She was older than Ling Shuang, but perhaps because he often saw her on TV, Meng Huo didn't have a particularly deep understanding of her growth—until Ling Shuang appeared in front of him.

This guy who was a girl a few years ago has now grown into a young girl, maybe it is not surprising that he is a woman. Today's women are very good at showing themselves. In their twenties, they actually look like girls in their twenties.

And Ling Shuang is obviously not that kind of young girl. At the age of seventeen, she is already very good at dressing up. Her clean attire gives Meng Huo the feeling that if she is put together with Shen Jie, others will mistake her for her peers. Not surprising at all.

She seemed to use make-up to remove her childishness on purpose. If Meng Huo hadn't had an extraordinary memory, he really wouldn't have been able to recognize the child in a short time.

"Ling Shuang, I haven't seen you for a few years, you have grown up so much." ±dǐng±ǎn± Xiao± said, .◇⊕ Meng Huo said.

Ling Shuang was extremely happy that Meng Huo recognized her immediately.

"I knew Brother He Xi that you would remember me!" She hugged Meng Huo habitually, and her protruding buttocks clamped his arms, making Meng Huo frown slightly—this little guy has really grown up.

He pulled his hand away calmly and asked, "How did you become a cartoonist?"

"Because I like comics!" Ling Shuang saw Meng Huo's actions. Puckered his mouth slightly. Then untie the satchel. Said: "Brother He Xi, I brought you a lot of desserts, and they are still hot, so hurry up and eat them!"

She opened the satchel, and it was filled with carefully packaged desserts and biscuits. Meng Huo could smell the scent of these things even when he was standing. If Qin Ya smelled it, she would definitely drool.

"Is that why you were late?" Meng Huo frowned. He could tell from the aroma that these desserts were just made, and it seemed that the heat hadn't dissipated.

"That's right." Ling Shuang nodded: "I got up early this morning to make preparations, but the shop was so busy that there was no place for me to do it, so it took me a little longer."

A few days ago, after learning that Meng Huo would come to the studio today, Ling Shuang wanted to surprise him all the time.

Then the ingredients were prepared, and these desserts were made one by one by herself this morning.

"Hurry up, Brother He Xi, sit down quickly...these are delicious if eaten hot." Ling Shuang pulled Meng Huo to sit down. Then put the desserts on the table one by one, and said proudly: "I learned my mother's craft. I made the best desserts in the store."

Her movement attracted the attention of other assistants, and Bai Han looked at this side eagerly: "Ling Shuang, can I have one?"

"No, these are all for brother!" Ling Shuang immediately refused, and Meng Huo looked at Bai Han in surprise. She rarely said such things, especially to strangers. It seemed that she and Ling Shuang should very familiar.

But she may often go to He Xi's dessert shop with Qin Ya as a guest, so it's not surprising that the two know each other.

Meng Huo didn't eat dessert, he looked at these things indifferently: "Ling Shuang, this is not the reason for you to be late."

Ling Shuang was taken aback for a moment, then lowered her head and apologized weakly.

"Being late on the first day, I don't want such an assistant." Meng Huo asked, "Tell me, what should I do with you?"

"Just scold me..." Ling Shuang shrank her head, and then said: "Mr. He Xi, you can't be so stingy, right? It's so unfair to fire someone just because he was late once, at least twice!"

Meng Huo originally wanted to use the excuse of being late to drive away Ling Shuang's trouble, but Ling Shuang said this, which seemed to be arbitrary, and this girl actually said it twice, so it's better to go with the flow.

"Twice, right? That's fine. I forgive you this time, but if there is a next time...you don't have to come here."

Ling Shuang breathed a sigh of relief, she didn't believe that she had a second time!

But Meng Huo didn't finish his sentence, and he continued: "The two times I said are two mistakes, and being late counts as one. If you make another mistake, no matter whether you are late or not, you have to leave here."

These words made everyone around quiet, Tomato and Bai Han wondered at the same time - "Why is Mr. He Xi, who is usually very talkative, so cold today?"

Meng Huo had never been so angry because someone was late. Although Ling Shuang was late this time for a long time, his reaction was not like his usual reaction.

Ling Shuang stared blankly at Meng Huo, with anger in her eyes: "Brother He Xi, you want to drive me away, right?"

"No." Meng Huo flatly denied it.

"Then this is too much!" Ling Shuang yelled, and then stretched out three fingers and said: "If you want me to go, you have to be late twice and make mistakes three times. It can't be less than this!"

Meng Huo was displeased, but when he noticed that the cartoonists around him were all looking over, he still nodded, "Okay, that's three times."

Three times wrong, he can always find an opportunity. However, Meng Huo wanted Ling Shuang to leave so much, not because he hated this girl, but mainly because she was quite difficult to deal with - if she got too close, it might be even more difficult to deal with in the future.

After getting three chances to make mistakes, Ling Shuang's anger disappeared. She urged Meng Huo to sing about her dessert. Meng Huo couldn't stand her enthusiasm, so he picked up a piece of soft cake and put it in his mouth.

"How is it?" Ling Shuang looked at Meng Huo expectantly, "Aren't the ones I made particularly delicious?"

"...It's okay..." Meng Huo said reluctantly, although he didn't want to admit it, but the soft cake made by Ling Shuang was even more delicious than the soft cake he bought at He Xi's Dessert Shop before , she said that she inherited the craftsmanship of the proprietress, it seems that she is not lying.

"You have such skills, why do you still draw cartoons?" Meng Huo asked.

"Didn't I just say that, I like cartoons." Seeing that Meng Huo liked the desserts she made, Ling Shuang was very happy—she had been learning how to make desserts since she was a child. The craftsmanship is naturally not bad.

"But I think you are more suitable to be a dessert chef." Meng Huo couldn't help eating another piece of soft cake: "You don't inherit the family business. Your mother will definitely be sad."

"I will inherit the family business. Being a cartoonist is too tiring." But to his surprise, Ling Shuang said such a sentence suddenly.

Just when Meng Huo was surprised, Ling Shuang added: "However, I don't need to worry about inheriting the family business. My mother has many apprentices, and they do all the work in the shop. I just need to be the boss in the future." gone."

Meng Huo felt strange: "Then you can still take care of comics?"

"...I don't want to be a cartoonist, I want to be a cartoon assistant!" Ling Shuang said happily: "I want to be your assistant, Brother He Xi, to help you draw. You don't need to think about stories yourself— — that’s how it’s done.”

Meng Huo was startled, he didn't expect Ling Shuang to have such an abacus.

"But the manga assistant is also very tired..."

"Isn't it tiring being your brother's assistant?" Ling Shuang shook her head. She is smart and has already investigated the matter clearly. Being He Xi's assistant will definitely not affect her inheritance of the family business.

"I'm not afraid of being tired, my mother is still here!" She said this, and Meng Huo already understood that Ling Shuang's mother is still very young, and the problem of the dessert shop is nothing to worry about - just like the old lady in the past. Just like Meng Huo didn't have to pay much attention to the Meng family at the time, Ling Shuang had many choices.

Although a cartoonist cannot be said to be a youth job. But there are very few people who can do it for a lifetime, even if Ling Shuang has been in this industry for twenty or thirty years. In the end, there is enough room to go back and inherit the family business.

"Do you really like comics?" Meng Huo asked suddenly, "Or is there some other reason for coming here?"

"There are other reasons, but I like comics—brother He Xi, don't you know the best?"

Ling Shuang's words silenced Meng Huo. Indeed, he knew that Ling Shuang had been reading comics since she was very young. She likes comics, which cannot be fooled—and since she likes comics, no matter whether there are other For this reason, Meng Huo will not easily erase her dream.

He changed his mind. Just now, Meng Huo planned to find Ling Shuang's two mistakes and let her leave early, but if the other party really liked comics and came to be a comic assistant, then he couldn't do that.

Meng Huo likes cartoons, and because of this, he has no right to deny other people's likes - he gave up the idea of ​​"intentionally" driving Ling Shuang away, and decided to treat her and other cartoonists equally.

Of course, this does not mean that he will allow Ling Shuang to make two more mistakes and stay by his side. What he said can no longer be taken back. If he makes a mistake, he will let Ling Shuang leave. It's just that Meng Huo no longer plans to make mistakes for her.

The person Ling Shuang will take over is Bai Han—more precisely, she and another 30-year-old female cartoonist will take over Bai Han's job.

"Put away all the desserts, and I'll take a look at your paintings." Meng Huo wanted to see Ling Shuang's strength. Ling Shuang looked at the desserts on the table and said, "After I put them away, Brother He Xi, you have to take them away." Take them all back to eat."

Meng Huo hesitated for a while, seeing her persistent eyes, nodded and said, "Okay."

"Don't give it to others!"

"……it is good."

After Meng Huo agreed to these two conditions, Ling Shuang put away all the desserts with satisfaction, then put them in her satchel and handed them to Meng Huo. bag, another bag containing painter's tools.

"This is the picture album I drew." Ling Shuang took out a picture album and handed it to Meng Huo, and then dragged him to his desk, saying that he wanted Meng Huo to show him the painting.

"Then draw this studio in the form of comics, without drawing people!"

Meng Huo casually mentioned a topic, and after watching Ling Shuang write, he flipped through her album - he had seen the works and live demonstrations of eight other cartoonists before, and compared with them, Ling Shuang's paintings were not Pretty good. Her paintings are ǎn jerky, probably the least mature of the nine.

But Meng Huo was still surprised, because unlike others, Ling Shuang was a young newcomer cartoonist, and these paintings were already very good works among the newcomers, which basically met his requirements for assistants.

If the editorial department does not give priority to veteran cartoonists, but chooses assistants from the newcomer group, Ling Shuang will definitely be in the list.

"...Brother He Xi, the painting is finished!"

Not long after, Ling Shuang drew the cartoon of the studio. Meng Huo picked up the painting. Its quality was basically the same as that in the album, and it didn't take long.

Moreover, Ling Shuang's paintings have one thing that Meng Huo is very concerned about. Her sense of jerkyness lies in the content of the paintings, but she is no worse than others in terms of details that require assistants to take care of.

"Wait..." Meng Huo picked up the paintbrush, bent over and quickly drew a picture on it, then put it in front of Ling Shuang, and said, "Draw me with special effects, blacken and paste the net superior."

He told Ling Shuang what kind of special effects and nets he needed, and then stood aside and stared at her. The result was just as he expected - in terms of assistant work, Ling Shuang was no worse than the other eight cartoonists.

"It doesn't look like she's lying that she's going to be an assistant."

Meng Huo glanced at the calluses on Ling Shuang's fingers. They were different from the calluses that ordinary people used with pens. They were unique to cartoonists, which meant that she had indeed put a lot of effort into practicing drawing.

In this way, he has completely convinced Ling Shuang's liking for comics.

"...you are qualified."

So when Ling Shuang finished the painting, Meng Huoǎn agreed to her as his new assistant—the nine new assistants selected by the editorial department were of good quality, and he did not dismiss any of them.

"Passed? Did I pass!" Ling Shuang was stunned for a moment, then jumped up and hugged Meng Huo's hand: "I knew Brother He Xi would let me pass!"

Meng Huo withdrew his hand again. Although Ling Shuang pretended to be very similar, this girl obviously knew that she could pass, and she must have compared her painting skills with the other nine.

"Hee hee..." Ling Shuang was not angry when she saw Meng Huo's indifference, she turned her head and said to the others in the studio: "Everyone go to my dessert shop for lunch, I invite you!"

Naturally, the cartoonists would not refuse, but Ling Shuang turned her head to Meng Huo again: "Brother, you go too, besides desserts, we also have meals now."

Meng Huo didn't really want to go, but the store's products were really good, and he didn't dare to go there at ordinary times. Today, there were so many people, and they happened to go together, so there wouldn't be any trouble.

"Okay." He agreed, but when he arrived at the dessert shop, he still couldn't match the enthusiasm of Ling Shuang and her mother. In the end, except for this lunch, every meal of this holiday was settled at He Xi's Dessert Shop .

Meng Huo spent the two-day vacation with these assistants, but when the new week came, he had no time to appear here again, so he could only let Bai Han and Tomato guide these new assistants by themselves.

On Monday, "Stupid Quiz Summoned Beast" premiered on CCTV. (To be continued.)