Hello, How Long Has This Been Going On?

Today's dusk is particularly beautiful, and the people in front of me are also very dazzling.

So Tao Zhi was in a daze for a while, and then responded: "Good evening."

A smile flickered in Huo Ran's eyes, as if he wanted to say something, but he held back in consideration of the presence of outsiders.

Then he looked at the group of colleagues behind Tao Zhiyue, and said hello politely: "Hello, I am Zhiyue's boyfriend, and my name is Huo Ran."

Through this period of getting along, Tao Zhiyue can judge from his subtle expressions that when he said this, his hidden tail must have been raised to the sky.

Tao Zhiyue turned his head and wanted to introduce his colleagues, but he saw a row of people behind him pinching each other's arms excitedly.

Xiao Song held his face together: "Why is it just two simple good evenings, it looks so like an idol drama! My face is blushing!"

Xiao Huang's face was distorted by her, and he still did not forget to summarize rigorously: "I have learned, but I haven't learned it completely. Alas, the key depends on the hardware."

It wasn’t long before Xiaoguan accepted the image of the apron’s housekeeper, but now it’s suddenly updated as a romantic idol drama, the data is overloaded, and the brain crashes out of gibberish: “Wai Wai Wai Apron…”

Fang Shiwu, the oldest present, took a step forward silently, trying to restore the dignity of this group of colleagues who lost their composure: "Hello, I am Xiaotao's colleague, Fang Shiwu."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand very calmly.

Huo Ran, who deals with all kinds of people every day, is very familiar with this action, and shook hands with him reflexively: "It's a pleasure to meet you."

The scene immediately fast-forwarded from the idol drama to the workplace drama.

Tao Zhiyue, who witnessed all this happening, tried very hard not to laugh out loud.

"How about...Leaving now?"

A ten-minute walk from the villa area, there is a big shopping mall and a food street. There are all kinds of restaurants, big and small, including Moonlight. That's why the employees of One Tree take pleasure in cheating on food.

Fortunately, it can be reached on foot and does not need to take a car, otherwise it would be hard to imagine what kind of foolish colleagues who suddenly become demented would do something stupid in a compact car.

Under the blowing of the summer evening wind, everyone gradually woke up from the dream, and attacked each other very embarrassedly.

"The most stupid thing just now was Quack, what apron? Is there a bug in your head?"

"You don't even know what I've endured... Ignorance is so good."

"This sentence is a bit familiar. You seem to have said the same thing last time."

"I also want to know why I always get hurt QAQ!"

"By the way, why didn't the boss come?"

"He said that he estimated that today would end very late, so he sent Mr. Rong home first, and went directly to the store later."

"Damn it, fertilizer is everywhere!"

In order to give everyone a buffer time to adapt, Tao Zhiyue and Huo Ran walked at the back, and occasionally heard a few words floating in front, which made people laugh.

Huo Ran was in a good mood: "Your colleagues are all fun."

"Yeah, so I'm very happy to work here." Tao Zhiyue took a look at his clothes, "Is there a dressing room in your office?"

"Yes!" Huo Ran nodded and said, "I think the suit is too formal and not very good. I spent a long time choosing clothes before going out. Is it handsome?"

Tao Zhiyue said without changing his expression, "Let's just force it."

"Barely?"

"...When you were at the door just now, what did you want to say?"

"Oh, I want to say, your ears are red. Why do you sometimes blush and sometimes your ears?"

"..." Tao Zhiyue turned away from him, "You are so annoying."

"It's very special to call you Zhiyue in front of other people for the first time."

"It feels ashamed."

"Is that called poached egg?"

"...250!"

"It's 520^-^"

When we arrived at Laoyue Hot Pot Restaurant, the four waiters who had been waiting outside greeted them with smiles and led them to the largest private room in the store.

Xiao Huang was shocked: "There are many people coming, and are there many waiters to greet you?"

"Wake up, it's obviously not the reason." Xiao Song took a big step with great spirits, "I'm a friend of the protagonist of the idol drama tonight. This opportunity is rare, so you have to experience it well."

Looking at the backs of a group of people driving straight in, someone at the door dissatisfied: "Why don't they have to line up?"

The waiter standing guard at the door to welcome guests kept smiling and explained: "Because it is a private room specially reserved for special needs, it is usually not open to the public."

"Special needs? What do you mean?"

"Because our store is relatively popular, not only customers, but also employees in the store often have dining and party needs, so we specially set up such a private room."

The waiter smiled and said, "For example, the boss will use it when he invites friends to dinner."

Walking into the private room, even Tao Zhiyue was surprised.

In the center of the round table is an oversized mandarin duck pot and a grill pan. The table is filled with all kinds of dishes, such as beef and mutton, seafood, vegetables... a variety of small ingredients are neatly placed on the trolley beside it.

In addition to the dining table, there are sofas and coffee tables in the private room. There are the most common party supplies on the coffee table, such as poker, dice cup, drinking turntable, and a bunch of casual snacks.

There is also a balcony outside the house, with a barbecue grill on the balcony, and a waiter is heating the charcoal fire.

"We have all the signature dishes in this restaurant. May I ask what kind of milk tea or other drinks you want to drink? Or is there any dish that needs to be added?"

Everyone sat down in a trance, and mechanically took the menus handed over by the waiter one by one.

"It turns out that there is another way to open the moon..."

"I can eat barbecue and barbecue at the same time in a hot pot restaurant. Will anyone believe me if I post a post?"

Xiao Song is the most adaptable, calmly flipping through the menu, never forgetting the new product: "I heard that you guys have a new one, is this it?"

"Sugar oil cake...is it a sweet cake? Is it delicious?"

Hearing the word sugar pancake, Tao Zhi couldn't help but look at Huo Ran who was sitting beside him.

Under the cover of the large round table, Huo Ran was serious on the surface, and held his hand quietly behind his back.

He enthusiastically recommended: "Yanping's sugar pancakes are delicious, but it's a pity that it's hard to get them outside of Yanping. If you're interested, you can try them."

"Because the freshly fried ones are the best, I didn't serve them first." The waiter added with a smile, "If you have any requirements for taste, you can tell me, and I will try my best to meet them."

The slightly cool back of the hand was wrapped in the palm of another person, and the temperature was hotter than the sunshine in June.

The more Tao Zhi thought about it, he agreed: "I don't usually eat sweets, but I also think they are delicious."

"Then I want to eat!"

"I want it too, and I want the signature milk tea with some cream."

"There are so many dice cups that are so big, how can you drink milk tea? Of course, you want cold beer. You must not go home upright today."

"Procedure Huang, you can't even roll me on pp, why do you think you can win with real dice?"

After a brief shock, under the temptation of food, everyone quickly returned to their normal state, laughing and laughing.

Tao Zhiyue ate a sugar pancake that he hadn't seen for a long time, the taste was almost exactly the same as the one he ate in Yanping, and the memory of Huo Ran deliberately eating it in front of the people in line suddenly came to mind.

Huo Ran obviously also thought of that day, in the curling heat rising from the hot pot, there were tacit smiles on the faces of the two of them.

In order to hold more food in his stomach, Tao Zhiyue decided to stand on the balcony for a while, "I'm going to grill skewers, what do you want to eat?"

"Corn and Eggplant!"

"I want chicken wings, thank you Tao Tao!"

"Mutton skewers, of course! Would you like to roast it for you?"

Huo Ran consciously stood up with him, "It's okay, I'll bake it for him."

Seeing the two figures standing next to each other in harmony, everyone let out a sound of "Oh~" in understanding.

"Have any grilled lemons? I'd like a pot."

"That's great, I added some food unexpectedly, it's sour."

With his back to everyone, Huo Ran leaned over and whispered, "This time it's the ears."

"I found a pattern temporarily. When it was just the two of us, it was blushing, and when others were present, it was red ears..."

Tao Zhiyue, who was suddenly seen through, made a decisive decision, grabbed a handful of meat skewers and stuffed them into his hand, "If you are free, serve everyone well."

"Okay, then I'll serve you first, grill some beef skewers." Huo Ran said confidently, "It's just turning over and sprinkle some seasoning, there will definitely be no problem."

"How many times have I said, don't set a flag..."

Looking out from the balcony, there is a large residential area. At this moment, the lights of thousands of houses are flickering, and the room behind is filled with laughter, and familiar faces are chatting excitedly.

Tao Zhiyue seldom thought of the word happiness before, but later, he could truly feel this feeling of his heart being wrapped in clouds every day, and at this moment, he reached a certain peak.

Huo Ran will always do better than he imagined, no amount of words will pale in front of his actions, but Tao Zhiyue still wants to say thank you.

His voice fell into the burning flames.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome." Huo Ran didn't realize it, he lowered his head and concentrated on wrestling with the beef skewers in his hand.

"I'm a little panicked now, do you smell burnt? Why is it burnt even though I've been turning it over?"

"...You put it down, let me do it. The fire is too hot."

"No, I have learned my lesson, and I will definitely be able to do it in the next round."

"Then I'll help you turn the heat down a bit."

Tao Zhiyue bent down and adjusted the damper, and asked curiously, "By the way, why would sugar pancakes come out when fishing for the moon?"

"You didn't buy the moonlight too, did you?"

"That's not true." Huo Ran shook his head.

Just as Tao Zhiyue was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he heard him say, "It's just an investment."

"...is there any difference?"

Huo Ran pondered for a while: "What's the difference between paying all the money and half the money?"

Tao Zhi smiled jealously: "It makes sense."

Evil rich people.

While speaking, the door of the private room was pushed open, and everyone followed the prestige.

"Is it my kung fu goose intestines? Oh, hello, boss!"

"Boss, you are so slow to come, come and sit down."

Jiang Ye is here.

The door of the private room was facing the balcony, Tao Zhiyue happened to meet his gaze, and greeted him by the way.

Jiang Ye nodded to him as usual, and then saw Huo Ran beside him, his expression seemed to froze.

Then he nodded towards Huo Ran, and turned his gaze back to the round table.

Tao Zhiyue was very surprised, turned his face and asked Huo Ran: "Do you know each other?"

Huo Ran seemed to be trying to remember something, and after a while he said, "I don't know him, is his surname Jiang?"

"Yes, Jiang Ye."

"That should be it. I have met an uncle named Jiang who looks very similar to him." Seeing his puzzled face, Huo Ran explained, "My dad knows Uncle Jiang, so maybe he knows me too."

Tao Zhiyue had been curious about Jiang Ye’s origins before, and probably guessed that he might be a rich second generation who came out to make a living, but his too indifferent attitude towards life and the behavior of starting a company are very contradictory. This is almost the biggest mystery in One Tree Game Company. , tied for first place with Renshulian.

I didn't expect to get an answer from Huo Ran today.

"Although it is a business, it is inevitable to hear some gossip... I won't tell you the specific content, it's all bad things."

"His new life seems to be going well, though."

"new life?"

Huo Ran thought about how to describe it, "I am a very optimistic person, but if I were put in his position, maybe I would feel that life is meaningless, like a walking dead."

Hearing his words, Tao Zhiyue was stunned for a long time, and the scene he saw when he got off work that day suddenly appeared in his mind.

The weeping-leaf banyan tree faces the sun, its leaves fluttering in the wind, and Jiang Ye sits beside it, drawing quietly on the sketchbook with his eyes focused.

At this moment, Tao Zhiyue seemed to understand why Jiang Ye liked a tree.

Huo Ran finally succeeded in roasting the perfect beef skewers, and the fat shrunk into small **** was full of aroma. He raised the seasoning jar and asked professionally: "How spicy do you want?"

Tao Zhiyue didn't respond, Huo Ran saw that his expression seemed to be distracted, so he took his hand hanging by his side, put the beef skewers into his hand, and squeezed his fist again.

"Let's have a bunch of original flavors first, what are you thinking?"

The remaining heat of the charcoal fire spreads from the barbecue sticks.

"I'm thinking, what would I like if I didn't meet you."

Huo Ran stood up straight in an instant, and raised the tenth level of alert: "Why do you suddenly think about such a dangerous question?"

After thinking for a long time, Tao Zhiyue came to a conclusion: "I think, I should regard the code as my lover."

Knowing that the enemy is not a human being, Huo Ran felt relieved and asked curiously, "Why is it a code?"

"Because this is my only hobby and the thing I am most familiar with, I will feel very comfortable staying with it, as if every day is meaningful."

"Without it, getting up, eating and going to bed in the same way every day seems to have no motivation."

The orange-red flames under the grill fluttered in the night.

"It's hard for me to love the world."

"But it's so much easier to love someone or something that connects me to the world."

"The beef is very fragrant, you roasted it very well."