Chapter 11: Be a decent person
The rich aroma floated in the air and entered Xu Jie's nose.
Beef Wellington is actually steak wrapped in puff pastry, similar in form to samosa, which is a toasted bun, except that the skin contains a large piece of beef tenderloin.
Culture is an interesting thing. Foreign monks always seem to be good at chanting. We can see foreign young people drinking whiskey at parties, but we can never imagine domestic young people drinking white wine at parties.
Xu Jie cut off a piece of meat and put it in his mouth. The rich milky aroma, the soft and juicy texture, and the mellow aroma of the beef itself when chewed carefully, were just like first love.
With satisfaction, he looked at Su Yun opposite him, chewing vegetables slowly, which was very similar to the bitterness of a broken heart. He had only vaguely felt this kind of sadness when his grandfather's generation described the Great Famine.
Xu Jie is a kind person. He eats meat while his wife eats vegetables, and he always feels that he is abusing his other half.
He calmly pushed the plate of grilled lamb chops in the middle in front of the other person. If he lost weight after getting married, his fans would definitely think he was unhappy.
Su Yun noticed the man's little move, looked at him thoughtfully for a while, then used a knife and fork to cut one of the grilled lamb chops into several small pieces, picked up one of the pieces and handed it to the man.
"Um!"
"Um?"
Xu Jie raised his head in confusion, only to see the woman shaking the meat on the fork with a sweet smile on her face.
If he understood correctly, the other party wanted him to eat it.
Clothes!
I am ashamed of myself for showing off my love all the time.
He took a bite.
Well, it’s crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, without any smell of mutton, not bad.
Just as he swallowed the meat, another piece of mutton was handed to him.
Xu Jie felt that there must be some misunderstanding, so he leaned forward and said in a low voice, "You should eat."
Su Yun also moved forward and asked in a low voice, "Didn't you ask me to feed you?"
Xu Jie pursed his lips. It turned out that after communicating with his eyes for a long time, the two of them were completely on different channels.
Never mind, let’s just leave it as it is.
He also forked a piece of lamb chop and handed it to Su Yun's mouth.
Su Yun seldom eats meat, not because she doesn't like it, but as a female artist she has to always pay attention to her figure, which requires strict control over her diet.
She really wanted to tell the man, but the attentive eyes in the restaurant did not allow her to refuse, so she made up her mind and comforted herself that "I won't gain weight by eating only one piece" while biting off the piece of meat.
When people around saw Su Yun and her husband feeding each other, they couldn't help but look at them with envy.
Competition in today’s entertainment industry is extremely fierce. In order to maintain their popularity and value, artists are even afraid to get married. Even if they do get married, they choose to keep it secret and not make it public.
As a first-line female artist, Su Yun not only announced her marriage news on Weibo, but also went out to eat with her amateur husband openly. She is really brave for love.
"You eat it, I'm not hungry." Su Yun chewed the meat more than thirty times before swallowing it. This way she could increase the feeling of fullness by chewing it multiple times.
Xu Jie thought that the other party might have eaten too much meat and fish during the day and wanted to order a vegetarian dish to relieve the greasiness at night. A big star and a rich person would definitely have more than a dozen dishes in one meal, so Xu Jie started eating by himself.
Of course, we didn’t forget to talk about business.
"Tell me about your family's situation so I can be prepared before I go."
He wasn't nervous, just a little worried.
Given Su Yun's current identity and status, her family must have very high expectations for her significant other. Ideally, even if he is not a business tycoon, he should at least be an industry elite.
But now they brought a young reporter back. The huge psychological gap will definitely lead to emotional imbalance. He seemed to have seen the cold and violent scene of Su Yun's parents' cold words.
Maybe he would find a random excuse to get Su Yun away, and then throw a bank card to him: Here is five million, leave my daughter alone.
Well, achieve moderate prosperity immediately.
"My father is the dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at the Agricultural University, my mother is a professor at the History College at the Normal University, and I have a younger brother who just graduated this year and majored in computer science."
Su Yun said it lightly, but Xu Jie was stunned.
He never dreamed that the other party came from a scholarly family.
Such families are often conservative in their thinking, and conservatism also means old-fashioned and stubborn.
His and Su Yun's behavior of acting first and reporting later was extremely disrespectful in itself. Under such circumstances, leaving a good impression on Su Yun's parents would be harder than climbing to the sky.
The new son-in-law arriving tomorrow is definitely a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth.
In a trance, the image of his father-in-law holding a 40-meter-long butcher knife emerged in his mind , and the sound of sharpening the knife rang in his ears.
The meat doesn’t smell good anymore!
"What are their hobbies?" Xu Jie asked again.
He planned to use the most traditional way of "flattering" to make a good impression.
For example, if he likes drinking, he can bring two bottles of good wine. Or if he likes drinking tea, he can bring a few packs of good tea.
Although the couple is fake, the play has to be performed seriously.
After hearing this, Su Yun held her chin with her hand and said as she thought, "My father likes animals. He raised fish and birds at home in the early years, but later he was too busy with work to take care of them, so he gave them away. My mother likes reading books, especially old books. There are many books from the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China in her study, as well as some manuscripts and handwritten copies."
Xu Jie took a breath of cold air.
" Sister, that's not called an old book, that's called an ancient book."
As far as he knew, historians and literary scholars all liked to collect books.
But the problem is that the ancient books are very old. If you accidentally buy a fake, it would be better not to give the gift. Not only will you not get to eat the mutton, but you will also get into trouble.
Su Yun couldn't help laughing when she saw the man looking troubled.
"I have already prepared a gift for you. I asked a friend to buy Pu'er tea from Yunnan Province and skin care products from abroad. In fact, these are secondary. It's enough to show the thought. The most important thing is the character of the person."
She attached great importance to the word "character".
After hearing this, Xu Jie's mentality didn't change much.
Character is something too vague and subjective. Once you have a preconceived notion about it, no matter how well you perform in the future, it will be seen as a weasel paying a New Year's visit to a chicken with ulterior motives.
"How about..." Xu Jie said worriedly, "How about I go buy two koi? If you like them, I can raise them. If you don't like them, I can stew them."
Su Yun burst out laughing, her body swaying back and forth like a willow tree in the breeze.
"You are really a clever little fellow."
“…”
Xu Jie blushed, he was indeed a little desperate and was trying all sorts of methods to cure his illness.
What they lack is koi?
No!
What is lacking is a good son-in-law worthy of Su Yun.
Su Yun thought the man's blushing face was a little cute, and she couldn't help but reach out and pinch his face, smiling and comforting him: "Don't be afraid, I'm here."
Xu Jie rubbed his face and said, "Stop messing around. I'm trying to figure out a solution."
He is not afraid, and he is not going to see a monster, so how can he be eaten?
At most he will be scolded as a toad wanting to eat swan flesh. Now there are tens of millions of people scolding him, so what’s the difference between two or three more?
Isn't the key to try hard and give yourself a chance to prove yourself?
He also wants to be a decent person!
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