Ten Years Against the Current of Rebirth

In the kitchen.

Li Zhibin looked at the busy Yao Yuanyuan a little at a loss.

He wanted to lend a hand to help, but he never cooked by himself and didn't know where to start.

"Jiujiu, help me..." Yao Yuanyuan hadn't noticed that there was a change of person behind her, and she subconsciously said it halfway. When she turned around, she found Li Zhibin standing there in a daze, "Why did you get in?"

"I'm here to help." Li Zhibin scratched his head, "Do you want anything?"

"Wash your hands, and then help me bring the cut pork tenderloin over there." Yao Yuanyuan began to direct.

Despite her family's favorable conditions, Pei Qinglan often had to go on business trips when she was a child, and she and her grandparents were the only three people at home.

So Yao Yuanyuan learned to cook from her grandmother very early, and her skills are pretty good.

After Li Zhibin received the order, he immediately walked to the sink, carefully washed his hands, and then handed Yao Yuanyuan the sliced ​​pork tenderloin soaked in cooking wine and light soy sauce on the chopping board.

After Yao Yuanyuan had just fried the ginger and garlic until fragrant, he poured the pork tenderloin into the pot and stir-fried for a while. The aroma of the pork wafted in the kitchen.

After a while, Li Zhibin came out with the fried shredded celery and pork and placed it on the dining table.

He glanced in the direction of the living room and found Xu Xing and Yan Chijuan sitting on each side of the sofa, and couldn't help but shake his head.

He even felt a little guilty as he walked back to the kitchen.

After all, during the Chinese New Year last year, he was the one who encouraged Xu Xing to do two things when he was complaining.

Although he was just complaining at that time, who knew that Xu Xing really planned to do this.

If Sister Yuanyuan found out about this, I don't know if she would fire him in anger.

"Are you still going to the library today?" Xu Xing asked.

"I'll stay here tonight." Yan Chiju put his chin on his hand and rested his elbow on the armrest of the sofa. He turned his head and looked out the balcony window, "Sister Niannian should be in the library."

Xu Xing really didn't know how to answer this.

"Is this a living habit? Is it tiring to study in the library every day?"

"Anyway, I won't be any more tired than I was in high school."

"Are you ready to take the postgraduate entrance examination in your junior year?"

"Um."

"What about after graduate school? What are your plans?"

"It seems you have any good suggestions?"

"I respect your own ideas more."

"Really?" Yan Chi smiled jealously, "But sister Nian Nian told me that you seemed to recommend us to the charity department of Qunxing."

"That's just an idea." Xu Xing coughed, "Is your relationship so good? Do you even share these things?"

"Do you think my relationship with Sister Niannian is bad?" Yan Chijie looked over sideways, "If it weren't for someone."

These words always feel familiar.

"Actually, the relationship could be better."

"Smelly and shameless."

Okay, let’s talk to death again.

Xu Xing got up and walked around the living room, then ran to the balcony and held on to the window sill, watching the sunset as the evening approached.

Yan Chijuan, who was in the room, took out his mobile phone and flipped through it casually. Occasionally he looked up at his back on the balcony, which was outlined with a shallow halo under the backlight of the setting sun.

The composition is quite nice.徾

She picked up her phone and took a photo, but Xu Xing turned around and saw his little movement, so she posed against the window sill again: "Aren't you considering taking another photo?"

"I'm taking a selfie, don't be so pretty." Yan Chiju put down the phone and quickly turned off the camera function on the phone's interface.

In the kitchen, Li Zhibin was still helping Yao Yuanyuan calmly.

The two of them worked together seamlessly, and Yao Yuanyuan also enjoyed the atmosphere.

Chatting while cooking is indeed much more interesting than going directly to a restaurant to eat.

"How are those two people in the living room doing?"

"Uh... Sitting on the sofa, it still looks like that."

"Then what do you think of Xu Niannian?" Yao Yuanyuan asked.

From Yao Yuanyuan's own perspective, although she has been in contact with Xu Niannian and occasionally met him in the company, she has never been a close friend.

The relationship chain with Xu Niannian is more from Yan Chiju to Xu Xing and then to Xu Niannian.

We can only be regarded as ordinary friends, so naturally we cannot talk about understanding each other.

Li Zhibin and Xu Xing have been classmates since they were young. They are also old acquaintances of Xu Niannian, and they should know them better than themselves.

But in front of Yao Yuanyuan, Li Zhibin really didn't know what to say.

It’s all Xu Xing’s fault!

"I'm just asking, you're not Xu Xing, why are you nervous?" Yao Yuanyuan was speechless.

"I just don't know what to say."

"Just say it normally."

"Actually, sister Nian Nian is quite nice." Li Zhibin scratched his head and said in embarrassment, "She has had a good relationship with Xu Xing since childhood, and she has always taken care of her younger brother. She is also generous, humorous and cheerful."

"So she has been planning this since she was a child?"

"Ahem..." Li Zhibin touched his nose to hide his embarrassment, "I really don't know this, but if you know you are not your biological child very early, it is quite normal to have other feelings for Xu Xing."

"What a bloody mess." Yao Yuanyuan sighed, "If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have encouraged jealousy in the first place."

Although Yao Yuanyuan later discovered that Xu Xing's take-off speed was too fast, she was worried about the future of jealousy and Xu Xing.

But at that time, Xu Xing showed no other thoughts, and his temperament did not seem to change due to his sudden rise.

So Yao Yuanyuan was once relatively optimistic about this relationship.

But no one could have imagined that the biggest change would come from the sister who was closest to Xu Xing.

"Things have already happened." Li Zhibin was a little helpless, "Let's not interfere with their choices."

"Let nature take its course." Yao Yuanyuan put the last dish into a bowl and handed it to Li Zhibin to take it out.

But before Li Zhibin walked out of the kitchen, Yao Yuanyuan gently pulled Li Zhibin's sleeve, stood on tiptoes, kissed him on the face, and said with a smile: "I'll reward you for your hard work."

"Um...no, no." Li Zhibin giggled happily, and immediately stopped raising the corners of his mouth, "I was supposed to cook, but I don't know how to cook..."

"It's okay, I'll teach you later." Yao Yuanyuan took off her apron, pushed Li Zhibin's back with both hands, and the two of them walked out of the kitchen together.

Before she was in love, Yao Yuanyuan always felt that love was just that.

Only after I actually tried it did I realize the beauty of it.

Besides, the target is still a little brother, and if she teases him a little, his reaction will be very cute, and it can be considered one of her daily pleasures now.

The two people in the living room resumed their sofa layout at some point.

Seeing the two people coming out of the kitchen so intimately, I didn't know what the taste was in my mouth.

"Come and eat." Yao Yuanyuan clapped her hands and greeted, "This is the first time you have tasted my craftsmanship."

"So, we are also influenced by A Bin?" Xu Xing stood up from the sofa and joked as he walked over.

"It's good that you know." Yao Yuanyuan snorted, "Not everyone can eat the food I cook."

"The dishes cooked by the birthday boy are definitely extraordinary."

Xu Xingxing walked to the dining table, first helped Yan Chijue, who was following behind him, pull out the chair, and then sat on the chair next to him.

Yan Chijiu glanced at the dining table.

The dining table in Yao Yuanyuan's home is in an oval shape. There are dark panels under the two long sides that can be flipped up to turn the table into a large round table.徾

But there are only four of us having dinner together today, so we don’t need this.

If you sit on the protruding arcs at both ends, you are too far away from the dinner plate.

At this time, Yao Yuanyuan and Li Zhibin were already seated across from them, and Yan Chijuan had no choice but to accept Xu Xing's kindness and sit down on the chair he pulled out.

After the four people sat down and started eating, Xu Xing took a sip and commented: "It tastes really good."

"It's delicious." Li Zhibin immediately followed.

"By the way, why don't you prepare a cake?" Xu Xing was curious, "Abin didn't mention it when he came here before. I thought you had already prepared it."

"I'm sorry, I'm past the stage where I like to celebrate birthdays with cakes." Yao Yuanyuan said calmly, "And if you eat too much, you will easily gain weight."

"Indeed, that's good." Li Zhibin also nodded, and the wife followed her husband, "Anyway, most of the time the cake is used to wipe the face."

"Oh, right." At this point, Li Zhibin suddenly remembered something, took out a small gift box from his trouser pocket, put it on the table and handed it over, "This is a birthday gift, happy birthday."

"Thank you." A smile appeared on Yao Yuanyuan's face, and she accepted it happily, "I won't open it now, and I'll look at it before going to bed at night."

At this time, Yan Chijue on the other side also said: "I have already placed your birthday gift in your bedroom."

"What did you buy?"

"Why don't you go and take it apart by yourself tonight?"

"You are not my boyfriend."

Yan Chijue: "..."

Li Zhibin's expression diagonally opposite changed again and again. He looked happy but didn't want Yan Chijuan to see that he was happy, which was quite awkward.

Xu Xing snickered beside him, but when Yan Chi took a jealous look, he immediately became serious: "So what did you give me?"

"It's just a piece of clothing, a down jacket for winter." Yan Chijue said, "What gift did you buy?"

"Me?" Xu Xing shook his head, "I asked for leave for her, and the boss came in person, which is the biggest gift, right?"

"It's so shameless." Yao Yuanyuan rolled her eyes.

But it’s okay if Xu Xing doesn’t give gifts.徾

If he gave it simply, it would seem that he didn't take it seriously, but if it was too expensive, it would seem embarrassing to compare it with Li Zhibin's gift.

In fact, if Xu Xing and Yan Chijuan were still a couple, Yan Chijuan would have given them only one gift, and there would not have been so many twists and turns.

…

After finishing the meal, Xu Xing volunteered to wash the dishes as a birthday gift.

Seeing that the big boss washed the dishes himself, Yao Yuanyuan accepted his argument.

The lights in the living room were turned off and plunged into darkness.

Yao Yuanyuan put on the horror movie she had prepared and pulled Li Zhibin to sit on the sofa and watch it.

Yan Chijuan sat aside and wanted to lean over to join Yao Yuanyuan to keep warm, but after taking a look at the couple, after thinking about it again, he got up and walked towards the kitchen.

"Why are you jealous?"

"Another birthday present for you."

After saying that, she opened the sliding door of the kitchen, walked in, and closed the door, returning their world to the two of them.

At this time, Xu Xing was still washing dishes.

"Huh? Why did you get in?"

Xu Xing turned around and was quite surprised to see Yan Chijiu walking in on his own initiative.

Yan Chijuan walked up to him and helped put the washed dishes into the cupboard, and then started to help wash them as well: "They are both fine, so I won't disturb them."

"It's not like we kissed, is it?" Xu Xing pulled the kitchen door curiously, looked out through the gap, and was pulled back by Yan Chijue.

"You are all bored." Yan Chijiu said, "They are watching a horror movie."

"Oh, so it's this routine." Xu Xing nodded, "Don't you see it?"

"If Sister Yuanyuan is not hugging A Bin, I wouldn't mind taking a look."

"That's true." Xu Xing laughed, and then said, "If you are scared, I can watch it with you later."

"You just want to touch me."

"You think too much. As long as you don't agree, I won't move."

"...We'll talk about it later."

Ten minutes later, the dishes were washed.

And the horror movies out there that last for more than a hundred minutes have actually just begun.

When Xu Xing and Yan Chijuan came out, they took a look at the sofa through the light in the kitchen and saw nothing indescribable.

The main reason is that Li Zhibin is too reserved. After holding Yao Yuanyuan's waist, his whole body froze without making any unnecessary movements.

Xu Xing was very doubtful whether this guy was watching the movie or not, and his attention was probably all on Yao Yuanyuan.徾

Behind him, Yan Chijuan turned off the lights in the kitchen, and the surrounding area suddenly fell into darkness.

Xu Xing walked toward the sofa with the faint light of the TV, and sat down on the sofa with Yan Chijuan.

The couch was quite spacious, and Yan Chijuan didn't dare to sit on the single sofa alone. After seeing Xu Xing sit down, he hesitated for a moment and sat on the empty seat between Yao Yuanyuan and Xu Xing.

After four people sit down, there is not much space.

However, there is still a quarter of a body gap between Xu Xing and Yan Chijuan.

The two of them were leaning on the sofa, and Xu Xing asked in a natural manner: "What is this movie about?"

"After the husband cheated on his wife, his wife went insane and drowned in the bathtub. The husband felt guilty and took his daughter back to the big villa in the countryside to relax, and then a series of bizarre things happened." Li Zhibin introduced the synopsis of the movie seriously.

.徾

After hearing this introduction, Xu Xing was silent for a moment: "Have you seen it?"

"It's written in the introduction."

"Stop talking and watch carefully." Yao Yuanyuan said.

All four fell silent.

The living room was filled with a gloomy atmosphere due to the eerie background music of the film.

Yan Chijuan looked nervously at the first-person perspective of her little daughter in the video, her heart beating to the beat of the music, and her eyes slowly shifted around the corner.

Fortunately, there was nothing after turning the corner.

But when the little girl turned around and was about to breathe a sigh of relief, a tall figure suddenly appeared in front of the little girl.

In an instant, Yan Chijue followed the little girl's mood and her heart beat violently.

When she came to her senses, her left hand was already holding Xu Xing's clothes tightly.

"Clothes are easy to tear and deform." Xu Xing thanked Yao Yuanyuan in his heart and stretched out his palm.

But Yan Chijue withdrew his hand: "I was just shocked, it won't happen again."