What It’s Like Being a Vampire

Xia Libing took the pair of chopsticks and tried to pick up some vegetables, and they joined hands as expected.

Nana had praised the pair of chopsticks that Xiang Kun gave her more than once in the group before. She used to pick up vegetables and often accidentally missed them, especially when eating out and using pointed chopsticks , even more so. But using the chopsticks that Xiang Kun gave her was very handy and held them very firmly.

Nana even said that this pair of chopsticks may be one of the culprits for her weight gain of five catties in recent months

And now the pair of chopsticks in Xia Libing's hands, although they are almost completely different from Nana's pair, they look much longer, longer than ordinary chopsticks, the rear part is square, and then gradually changes to the front part. Compared with the pair of chopsticks that Xiang Kun gave Nana, the ends of these chopsticks are much sharper, but in Xia Libing's hands, they are very flexible, labor-saving and handy to use.

In Xia Libing's view, picking up vegetables and eating with chopsticks is a "one-handed, high-frequency, laborious lever movement".

Therefore, from the perspective of pure work, the lighter the material of the chopsticks, the closer the center of gravity to the fulcrum is the best. Of course, there are many other factors to consider when actually using chopsticks.

Although the vast majority of people know how to use chopsticks, everyone does not necessarily use chopsticks in the same way. Parents usually don’t pay too much attention to correcting chopsticks when they are young. Anyway, as long as they can be picked up, it’s just like writing with a pen or using a keyboard. Just like typing, there are also various techniques, so for different people, different hands, and different postures, different chopsticks have different adaptability, although the same chopsticks can hold vegetables for dinner.

The way Nana holds the chopsticks is relatively "non-standard". Similar to holding a pen, when holding vegetables, the ends of the chopsticks often cross, so when clamping, the front end can only be just closed at most, and the two chopsticks are parallel. Chopsticks with pointed ends made it difficult for the front ends to close completely, and it was often easy to hold vegetables unsteadily, so the chopsticks that Xiang Kun gave her were flat-headed, and she used them very smoothly, and the length and center of gravity were just right.

Xia Libing's way of holding the chopsticks is relatively standard, mainly because the upper chopstick is moving and opening, no matter how it opens or closes when picking up vegetables, the tail keeps a little distance, so the pointed chopsticks are easy to use. Pointed chopsticks are not only lighter in overall weight and easier to use, but also have a center of gravity closer to the fulcrum, making it easier to perform some delicate operations such as picking fishbone.

"How's it going? It's pretty smooth," Xiang Kun asked with a smile as he watched Xia Libing gesture with his chopsticks.

Xia Libing looked up at him and nodded, "Very good."

She thought in her heart that it was obvious that when Xiang Kun gave chopsticks to different people, he "customized" them according to their habits. But judging from the feeling of using the pair of chopsticks in hand, the degree of "customization" is a bit too high.

The way to hold chopsticks is suitable for pointed and flat heads. It is said that it can be judged only by careful observation.

But the pair of chopsticks that Xiang Kun gave her were very suitable in terms of length, center of gravity, and thickness. The movements of controlling the clamping, opening and closing were very labor-saving and free, so a lot of observations were needed.

At least Xia Libing thinks that if she were to make it, regardless of the difficulty of making chopsticks, the data collection of chopsticks alone would require a lot of observation samples and detailed adjustments. It is best to have the cooperation of users, through the use of semi-finished products, feedback and fine-tuning again and again. In this way, it is possible to achieve the current level of fit.

But Xiang Kun didn't do this. When he left Tongshi Town a few days ago, he suddenly said that he would give her chopsticks. Now there is a finished product. Judging from the details of the chopsticks, it should be just made. As for his performance, he is obviously very sure that the pair of chopsticks are perfect, and they will definitely fit his own way of use. He has not received any feedback from himself. Why can he be so sure? How can he be so confident?

Xia Libing took out the chopsticks and played with them for a while, then put them back in the box, and put the box in the backpack that Xiang Kun used to pack her clothes.

She also has some other directions of suspicion, but she has to wait until she goes back to verify.

"Aren't you going to order a drink?" Xia Libing asked, looking at the Americano in front of her.

"I just came here after dinner, and my stomach is very full." Xiang Kun replied.

Xia Libing didn't ask him what he wanted to drink, but instead said, "Let's play a game."

"Playing a game" Xiang Kun was still thinking about what excuse to use to get Xia Libing to put her chopsticks in the bedroom after going back tonight, as close as possible to her bed, when she suddenly heard such a proposal, everyone For the surprise "what game to play"

Xia Libing took out a one-yuan coin from his pocket and said, "Let's play coin guessing."

Naturally, Xiang Kun could tell at a glance that the one-yuan coin lying in her palm was the one she had established a "supersensory connection" with herself. It was the one she wanted to go to before sending her to the bullet train in Tongshi Town a few days ago. .

Guess the coin

Isn't this giving points?

When Lao Xia was in Tongshi Town, he offered to ask for coins. Xiang Kun knew that there was something wrong with Nana's "lucky coin", so now he wanted to verify it directly.

"Okay, how do you guess?" Xiang Kun smiled, "You can't just play alone, it's interesting to win or lose."

Xia Libing nodded, "Then lose once and treat yourself to a meal."

"Okay." Xiang Kun secretly smiled. He didn't mind Lao Xia finding out that there was something wrong with the coin. On the contrary, he was looking forward to Lao Xia's "discovering" something from the coin.

So, guessing coins or something, he didn't plan to release the water.

Lao Xia asked him to guess a few times, so he was ready to invite a few meals, even though he didn't like to eat.

Xia Libing held the coin in his hand, carried it behind his back, exchanged it, passed it from his right hand to his left hand, and passed it from his left hand back to his right hand, and then put both fists in front of him for him to guess.

Without the slightest hesitation or pretense, Xiang Kun just falsely tapped her right fist.

Xia Libing nodded, and said very calmly, "I lost." There was no sense of surprise or annoyance, as if she knew the result a long time ago.

After guessing four times in a row, Xiang Kun still guessed right every time.

But what was a little funny to Xiang Kun was that at the beginning of the third time, Xia Libing secretly replaced the "super sensory connection" coin, stuffed the coin under his thigh to hold it down, and replaced it with an ordinary coin.

Xia Libing's technique was actually very secretive and very fast, but Xiang Kun had a "supersensory connection" with that coin, and could basically sense its exact location at any time, so he knew immediately when it was replaced.

Although it was impossible to rely on "supersensory connection", Xiang Kun could still easily guess which hand the coin was in with his "strength".

He can switch the visual mode of infrared thermal imaging to observe. Thermal imaging is not X-ray, so it cannot directly penetrate to see the situation in the fist, but the blood flow of the fist holding the coin and the fist without the coin are slightly different, so the heat There is a difference, and in the case of preset goals, he can instantly find the difference between the two and make a judgment.

So it's the same as guessing the "super sensory connection" coin, without any hesitation or mistake.

After a total of five times, Xia Libing stopped playing with Xiang Kun, put away the coins, and said, "I owe you five meals, let me know when you are free, I have prepared the ingredients, you come to my house .”

Xiang Kun was stunned for a moment, and asked for confirmation, "Let me ask you, who will prepare the ingredients when you prepare them?"

"You." Xia Libing said very simply, resolutely, and as a matter of course.

"Hey, hey, that's not right." Xiang Kun pointed to himself, then to Lao Xia, and gestured with five fingers, "It's me, I won you, five meals ah"

Xia Libing nodded, "Yes, I invite you to dinner. I bought the ingredients, please come, you don't want to eat them raw, so you can cook them, salt, oil, other seasonings, pots and other kitchen utensils Also, you bought them last time when you came here, if there is anything missing, you can tell me, and I will prepare it in advance. Of course, you can also eat it raw.”

Seeing Lao Xia saying this in a serious and natural way, Xiang Kun couldn't laugh or cry, "You are not Lao Xia, you are Yang Laosan wearing Lao Xia's skin?"

Xia Libing suddenly widened his eyes, and looked at him with a "surprised" expression, "How did you see that?"

Xiang Kun laughed. Lao Xia is an excellent sneer maker. He is worthy of being cousins ​​with Yang Laosan. Most of the time, he is cold and alienated, but he still has the same funny gene in his bones. However, according to the monitoring of various sensory information, Lao Xia has not had any major emotional fluctuations since the beginning, at least from the physiological feedback of heartbeat, breathing, smell, and micro-expressions. This is different from before. Same.

In comparison, Xia Libing's mood will really change significantly, and it will be during the meal.

"Are you Xiaokun?" At this time, a woman in her forties who was across the table diagonally across the table stared at Xiang Kun for a few moments, then suddenly got up and walked over, asking him directly.

Xiang Kun followed the prestige and made a surprised expression, as if he had just seen her, and then turned into surprise, "Oh cousin, what a coincidence"

This middle-aged lady is the daughter-in-law of Xiang Kun's father's cousin, that is, his cousin's wife. She just entered the coffee shop not long ago.

In fact, Xiang Kun had already noticed her cousin sister-in-law when she came in, but according to Xiang Kun's judgment, the last time she saw her was during the Spring Festival last year. Now that I have changed so much, not to mention ordinary relatives, even my mother didn't recognize him when I met him for the first time, and I guess his cousin would not recognize him, so he didn't plan to take the initiative to say hello.

Unexpectedly, my cousin really recognized it.

"When I was two or three, I went to the table with my aunt, and she said that you are now playing individuation, and you shaved your head. I just saw your head, and I remembered what my aunt said, and I was thinking that you should also come back for the New Year. Yes, and the more I look at it, the more familiar it becomes. I didn't expect it to be you." While speaking, the cousin's eyes moved between Xiang Kun and Xia Libing, and her eyes gradually narrowed, as if to hide her burning face. The fire of gossip.

"Yeah, I just arrived in Erythronia in the afternoon. Cousin, are you here for a drink with your friends?" Xiang Kun stared at the three tables at the table where his cousin came over, and the word gossip was also engraved on his face. The middle-aged lady smiled friendly and nodded her head as a greeting.

"That's right, it's a coincidence that some of our old classmates and sisters came out to talk. This beautiful young lady is so beautiful." The cousin looked at Xia Libing again and asked.

Xiang Kun pointed to the backpack that was now at Lao Xia's feet, and said, "This is my friend's younger sister, who works in Erythronia. When I come back this time, my friend asked me to bring her something."

"Oh, my friend's sister, you should take care of it, you should, you should talk, you should talk, you should not go back to work until after the ninth day of junior high school, remember to find time to come and play at home after the new year, you haven't come to my house for a long time You two nephews have been greedy for your red envelopes for a long time." After the cousin smiled and said a few words, she went back to her classmate's table, and then handed over "Come on", "I am optimistic about you", "Hey hey " expression.

Xiang Kun looked at his phone helplessly, and said to Xia Libing, "It's getting late, I'll take you back. How do you arrange tomorrow night? Have you been to your third uncle and third aunt's house?"

Xia Libing got up with the backpack that Xiang Kun brought her, and replied, "On duty."

"It's worth one night," Xiang Kun asked.

"It's worth one night." Xia Libing affirmed.

"Okay, then I'll see and bring you some supper later tomorrow night," Xiang Kun said.

"Okay." Xia Libing nodded.

The two walked out of the coffee shop. Xiang Kun, who was going to send Xia Libing back, glanced at her, told her to see you later, and then walked in the opposite direction.

Xia Libing's expression didn't change at all. After saying goodbye, he still walked towards the neighborhood he rented, without asking Xiang Kun or showing any surprise.

The neighborhood where she lived was not far from this coffee shop, and it took about fifteen minutes to walk there, so she didn't call a car, and walked directly with her bag on her back.

After walking for a while, she picked up her phone and saw a message from Xiang Kun on WeChat, "Someone is following you, don't turn around, keep walking home, I'll see what he's up to."

Xia Libing's expression was still very calm, and after returning an ok expression, he continued to walk home at a leisurely pace.

Not far away, the young man who was sheltering from the wind and playing with his mobile phone at the outer corner of the coffee shop looked up at Xiang Kun's back disappearing at the corner of the street, then walked in the direction where Xia Libing left, while using his mobile phone to People send messages.

But what he didn't know was that after walking to the corner, Xiang Kun paused for a while, and after confirming that the man was not looking at this side through the glass reflection of the car on the side of the road, he turned back.

Just arrived here, before entering the coffee shop, Xiang Kun noticed this man who was outside as cold as a drowning quail while playing with his mobile phone.

Because he found that the man seemed to be playing with his mobile phone, but his attention was actually in the direction of the coffee shop. But at that time, he didn't know that this person came for Lao Xia, so he didn't pay too much attention to it. But when he and Lao Xia came out, he noticed that the man's sneaky glance was fixed on the two of them, and his body was obviously tighter. He immediately realized that this man was staring at the old man outside the coffee shop. summer.