The garage that had been covered in dust for a long time suddenly heard a roar.
The door of the library was pushed open, and a heroic and vigorous figure walked in.
The home of memory is intertwined with reality.
Li Kui narrowed his eyes slightly, stretched, looked around for a moment and couldn't help but smile: "Xu Zhao has kept the house very clean. Oh my, it feels different when I get home."
So comfortable!
But the huge villa was empty, and I didn’t know where Xu Zhao had gone.
'First look at how much time has passed.'
Thinking about it, Li Kui looked at the calendar hanging on the wall and raised his eyebrows.
April 4th.
Good guy, if he remembered correctly, it should have been December when he set off for Daming. Unexpectedly, it was already half a year before he came back.
But if you think about it carefully, it's actually quite normal.
The total time spent in the two worlds is almost a year, and this flow rate is reasonable!
then.
Li Kui took out his mobile phone and dialed Xu Zhao's number directly.
beep……
beep……
"Brother Kui!!!"
As soon as Fang answered, Xu Zhao's excited shouts came from the other end of the phone.
You can vaguely hear the noisy voices over there.
"Boss, let's have another fish soup noodle."
"I'll have another one too."
Li Kui subconsciously put the phone away from his ear and replied with a smile: "Ah, it's me."
“Oh my god, oh my god!
"Brother Kui, you are still alive. There has been no news for half a year. I almost thought something had happened to you!"
Xu Zhao was obviously so excited that he was a little incoherent.
'You don't match your words with your words.'
Li Kui looked helpless and was about to speak when he heard a childish voice coming in.
"Uncle Xu, what happened?"
It turned out to be Hao Kaixin's voice.
"Happy, please wait first."
The footsteps moved quickly. After a while, the other end of the phone became noticeably quieter. Xu Zhao asked:
"Brother Kui, where are you now?!"
"I'm at home now." Li Kui frowned slightly: "Why are you with Kaixin?"
"It's a long story, and I won't be able to explain it clearly for a while."
Xu Zhao said straightforwardly: "Brother Kui, why don't you come over now and come to Ping An's store."
"Okay, I'll come over."
The phone hangs up.
‘What can’t be explained for a while?!’
Li Kui frowned and returned to the garage.
The taxi drove out of the villa, got on the highway, and headed straight into the city.
Winding highway bridge.
There was heavy traffic in the early morning.
This is Binhai City where I have lived for more than 20 years.
…
…
In front of me is the familiar but not very familiar Ping An store.
What remains unchanged is the crowd of guests.
What has changed is the dishes sold.
A huge iron pot stood at the entrance of the store, with steaming white mist rising. Inside were dozens of kilograms of silver carp bones, and the milky white soup was extremely fragrant.
Xu Zhao skillfully scooped up a bowl of fish soup, added noodles, sprinkled with chopped green onions, added some MSG, and handed it to the guest while already making another bowl.
In the small kitchen of the store, Hao Ping'an was handling fish, meat and vegetables seriously; among the crowd, Hao Kaixin, who was wearing a ponytail, was running back and forth like a hard-working little bee.
Li Kui blinked, a little unresponsive.
But I felt inexplicably happy in my heart.
"Why are you still standing there!"
Hao Kaixin saw the familiar figure at a glance, ran over and put an apron into his hand, shook his head angrily and went to help.
"ha--"
Li Kui smiled knowingly and started to work quickly.
Ordering, serving noodles, and serving dishes, it was obviously much easier to have one more person to help. An hour passed in the blink of an eye, and the passenger flow during the morning peak gradually decreased.
"Come to Brother Kui and try the fish soup noodles in the store."
Xu Zhao brought a bowl of noodles and placed it in front of Li Kui, along with a bottle of beer.
"Okay, thank you."
Li Kui's body was full of the smell of oil smoke. He lowered his head and sniffed twice, moved his index finger, picked up the chopsticks and started to devour it.
"Brother Kui, where have you been for the past six months?"
Xu Zhao asked doubtfully: "You said you needed to go out for something. I thought you would only go for ten days and a half at most. How could it take so long?"
“So fresh and fragrant.
"I have been serving the noodle soup for a long time, and I have been thinking about this bite for a long time. It is indeed delicious and delicious."
Li Kui took a comfortable sip of fish soup and said a little helplessly: "You know my identity. I have a mission to go to a far away place, and I was delayed by other things later, so I came back late."
"Oh~"
Xu Zhao understood immediately.
He had previously speculated that Li Kui, who had not been heard from for so long, might be completing a mission from the underworld, such as an arduous task like the Happy Community. However, the guess was always a guess, and Li Kui could not be contacted.
boom!
A small plate of peanut side dishes was placed heavily on the table.
"When you are traveling far away, don't you know how to make a phone call to report that you are safe?"
Hao Kaixin wrinkled his little nose and said dissatisfied: "Do you know how worried we are about you?!
"I'm afraid something might happen to you, just like mom..."
As he spoke, his eyes suddenly turned red.
"Don't cry, don't cry. A girl's tears are all golden beads. It would be a pity to lose them."
Li Kui couldn't sit still for a while and immediately began to reflect sincerely: "Uncle Kui did something wrong in this matter. I will reflect deeply and promise that it won't happen again. I swear!"
Hao Kaixin stared at him.
After a while, she pouted and said, "Then I will reluctantly forgive you this time. Eat it quickly. The peanut side dishes are all just made by dad. They won't taste good when they are cold."
"Okay, I promise to eat it all."
Li Kui gave a funny salute.
Hao Kaixin smiled, flicked his combed ponytail at Li Kui, and went back to the store to help clean up.
"Hehe, hahahaha."
At this time, Xu Zhao's smile that he had been holding back for a long time was finally released.
This look of gloating over someone else's misfortune really deserves a beating.
"Hey, let's eat together."
Li Kui lifted the bottle cap with his thumb, picked up a plastic cup and filled it up with peanuts. He asked curiously: "Tell me, what happened in the past six months, and why are you in Ping An's store?"
"Let me think about it, let me organize the language."
Xu Zhao threw a peanut into his mouth and chewed it, and said: "Let's start from the beginning. After Brother Kui left, I stayed at home all day, practicing and watching TV to kill time. Anyway, my life is pretty regular.
"Occasionally, guests would call, and I would drive to the house to sort out the belongings. It was a surprise once and then familiarity. About a month passed, and then one day Hao Kaixin called home and found out that you had not been at home for a month.
"We are all anxious, but there is nothing we can do..."
When he said this, Xu Zhao sighed quietly, causing Li Kui to take a sip of wine in embarrassment.
"Later, when I had nothing to do, I occasionally came to the store to help Ping An, and we gradually became familiar with him. After all, you brought me here to work before." Xu Zhao winked and joked.
"I'm sorry to trouble you during this time."
Li Kui sincerely thanked him.
"No trouble, Ping An is my friend too!"
Xu Zhao waved his hand boldly, and then raised his eyebrows at Li Kui: "Brother Kui, please remember to pay me these few months' salary later, and please reimburse me for the water and electricity bills of the villa."
"..."
Li Kui couldn't laugh or cry: "Okay, I will definitely reimburse you!"