Chapter 51: Shock and Astonishment

  The night market in the north of the city, with lights shining everywhere, is like a long, bright dragon lying in the darkness.

  Linfeng, who had already parked his car in a parking lot, was walking with Su Yingxue into the bustling streets.

  Just now in the northern part of the city it seems to have rained a bit, the ground is still somewhat wet and slippery, and there are many muddy puddles in many places.

  Su Yingxue tried hard to avoid these puddles, but some mud still splashed onto her shoes and even calves, causing her beautiful curved eyebrows to furrow involuntarily.

  "What are you doing in a place like this?" Su Yingxue said with some complaint.

  Lin Fei turned back and smiled: "It's so late, you don't want to go eat Western fast food, do you? Wanting to eat something with flavor, we can only come to the night market."

  "Who says that only night markets have delicious food? Many star-rated restaurants are open 24 hours," Su Yingxue said with a pout.

  Lin Fei said somewhat innocently: "It was General Su who told me to choose freely, how did I know you wanted to go eat at a big restaurant? Otherwise, let's head back now?"

  "You're really going to drive me crazy... Hurry up and find a place to sit down, how long are you going to walk for? Eat quickly and leave quickly", Su Yingxue felt that the passersby around her kept glancing at her from time to time, feeling somewhat unhappy.

  No wonder she stood out, her demeanor, attire, and even her height, walking on the night market streets, was a bit like a crane standing among chickens, it's hard not to notice her.

  What made Su Yingxue feel most uncomfortable was that many of those rascals kept staring at her, revealing some lewd smiles, and she almost wanted to go up and slap them on the head with her shoe.

  Of course, she wouldn't avoid it just for this matter. After all, being the center of attention isn't something new to her; she's gotten used to it a long time ago. She simply purely dislikes it, that's all.

  Lin Fei smiled mischievously and said, "Don't worry, isn't it here yet?"

  As he spoke, Lin Fei led the woman into a liangpi shop and exchanged familiar greetings with the boss.

  "Old Yuan, bring two bowls of liangpi, and add more celery and garlic", Lin Fei yelled while casually finding a small table to sit down.

  The boss, Old Yuan, was a middle-aged northerner who was busy clearing a table. Seeing Lin Fei, he laughed and said: "Lin Fei, it's been a while since you've come! Ah, is this your little girlfriend? Well done! Such a beautiful young girl is hard to find!"

  Su Yingxue, who was hesitating to sit on the dirty-looking plastic stool, heard the middle-aged man's question and looked up with a glare: "Who is his girlfriend?!"

  Lao Yuan was clearly startled, and the other customers in the store also looked at Su Yingxue strangely.

  Lin Fei awkwardly forced a smile and said, "Don't talk nonsense, this is my boss. She didn't eat well at dinner, so I brought her here to have some midnight snacks."

  "Your boss?" Old Yuan had a weird expression, seemingly not understanding what was going on, but also too lazy to ask more questions. He looked at Su Yingxue's fierce appearance and turned his head to make liangpi instead.

  Lin Fei sighed and whispered to Su Yingxue, "Su, please don't be so startled all the time, what are you looking for?"

  Lin Fei found that the woman was scanning the surroundings of the store with her eyes, looking for something.

  "Where is the napkin?"

  Lin Fei was speechless, this woman wasn't even listening to herself, walked over to another table, greeted two customers who were eating, and handed the napkin to Su Yingxue.

  "How did you take tissues from their table?"

  Su Yingxue said strangely: "Is it possible that with so many tables in this store, only one box of tissues is used?"

  Lin Fei said matter-of-factly: "Do you mean one box per table? That's a bit of a waste, isn't it?"

  "This is also too inhumane, the service is too poor."

  Lin Fei was speechless with laughter and tears, "Su Zong, this is a small business, not a big hotel, having tissues is already good enough...... wait, we haven't even eaten yet, why are you taking out so many tissues?"

  Lin Fei saw the woman take out a dozen or so paper towels and clutched them in her hand.

  "Of course, it's the stool and table. There must be a lot of bacteria on this, and it's all greasy," Su Yingxue said seriously, then started wiping the stool and tabletop with tissues.

  Until she had used up twenty or thirty paper napkins, wiping the box clean, the woman was more or less satisfied, smoothed out her skirt and sat down.

  There were several customers in the store who had already been stunned, still the first time they saw someone eat a cold skin with so much preparation.

  Lin Fei also wiped away the cold sweat on his forehead, but seeing Su Yingxue's very calm expression, he knew that saying anything would be useless.

  This wasn't Su Yingxue intentionally trying to put on an act, but rather she felt that it was necessary to wipe herself clean a bit, and so she did. As for how others saw her, she didn't care.

  She has her own way of life and work principles, and will not change because of other people's eyes.

  "Do you often come here to eat?" Su Yingxue said, placing her hands on her thighs without touching the table, even though she had already wiped it clean.

  Lin Fei lazily picked up a pair of chopsticks and tapped them, "The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and it's always crowded. Eating hot food is not as refreshing as eating cool food. The flavor here is more authentic, Old Yuan and his wife are from Shaanxi Province, they make the real deal Guanzhong Liangpi, and the chili sauce is all made by himself."

  "What is liangpi?" Su Yingxue looked puzzled and innocent.

  Lin Fei's mouth twitched at the corner, "Su Zong, you can't have never had Liangpi before?"

  Su Yingxue shook her head, "Is it very delicious?"

  Lin Fei sighed and said: "It's also true, you should have been dressed in finery and eaten delicacies since childhood. I reckon this is your first time coming to the night market, just wait till it arrives and you'll know."

  Soon after, Lao Yuan brought two plates of liangpi and a series of accompaniments including bean sprouts, cucumber, and garlic.

  Su Yingxue watched as Lin Fei put these miscellaneous items into the liangpi, adding a few large spoons of chili sauce. Her big eyes sparkled with curiosity.

  Lin Fei saw the woman not moving, just staring at him stirring, and couldn't help but pout: "Su Zong, you should also add some seasonings to stir it up a bit. If you don't want to eat spicy food, adding vinegar is fine too, or just adding some celery and bean sprouts will do."

  Su Yingxue asked matter-of-factly: "Didn't you prepare it for me to eat?"

  "Huh?"

  Lin Fei was taken aback and saw Su Yingxue looking at him with great expectation in front of the quickly stirred cool skin.

  He almost cried, it turned out that this young lady was going to use him as a servant.

  But this little thing can't disobey orders, Lin Fei swallowed his saliva and put the mixed liangpi in front of Su Yingxue.

  Su Yingxue looked at Lin Fei with a gloomy expression, but her eyes flashed with a hint of sly smile.

  "I eat relatively spicy food, if you can't handle it, Su, just return it to me," Lin Fei said, and then took another plate over to start adding ingredients and stirring.

  Su Yingxue picked up a pair of disposable chopsticks and picked up a piece of liangpi, starting to nibble on it in small bites.

  She furrowed her brow after savoring it carefully.

  "Doesn't taste good?" Lin Fei asked.

  "It's a bit strange, but... it tastes pretty good, just a bit too spicy", Su Yingxue said very seriously after some thought.

  "Or would you like this freshly mixed one?" Lin Fei said with a smile.

  "No way", Su Yingxue said: "I can accept it, and what I've eaten is not very hygienic to give back to you".

  Lin Fei smiled casually and said, "What's the big deal? That night I even kissed you mouth to mouth... uh..."

  Lin Fei just wanted to say that they had kissed countless times, tasted each other's saliva, and didn't care about this little thing, but when the words reached his lips, he found it wasn't right.

  As expected, Su Yingxue's whole demeanor changed, cold and stern like an iceberg, her eyes sharp as a knife blade, giving him a chilly stare.

  "Hehe...... Hehe...... Eat, eat...... Eat a bit more......"

  Lin Fei hastily buried his head and ate liangpi, almost forgetting to add chili sauce.