Chapter 97 Ignition
One only regrets not having read enough books when he needs them. Lexington now finally understood the meaning of this sentence.
But it is not too late to mend the situation. After seeing Su Xia off, Lexington went to the library almost immediately and brought home a pile of books.
If you want to win a man's heart, you must win his stomach.
On the coffee table in front of the sofa where she was sitting, there was a pile of recipe books, ranging from dim sum to soups, from home cooking to banquets, from the eight major Chinese cuisines to Japanese cuisine. Of course, there were also books on makeup, clothing, and jewelry matching, as beauty is a feast to the eyes.
Lexington picked up the recipe book first, but after just a quick glance at it, he felt overwhelmed.
Stir-fry, stew, simmer, roast, grill, boil, warm, steam, braising, sauce, smoke, sauté, pickle… these are just the tip of the iceberg. Are there so many ways to cook Chinese food? Just learning these terms takes a lot of time. It doesn’t seem so easy to acquire cooking skills comparable to those of Yixian.
Lexington was confident that she was a great beauty, but which ship girl in the naval base was worse? Everyone's scores were not low, and they were evenly matched opponents, so details determined success or failure.
Lexington put down the recipe book and picked up the books on makeup. He just glanced at them and closed them. He knew basically everything he needed to know. Some things seemed to be written randomly, and it was different for different people. He didn't understand them very well. Otherwise, he would just look at fashion magazines... The most suitable exquisite beauty for work, Chinese medicine to maintain complexion, and fake makeup is better than good looks, all of which are useless knowledge.
Lexington put down the book, picked up the laptop from beside him and placed it on his legs. He hunched over, supported his face with his left hand, and slid his right hand on the touch screen of the laptop. Then he typed with one finger, hit enter, and continued to swipe on the touch screen.
The sound of footsteps came——
Lexington looked up and saw her sister Saratoga walking into the living room with messy hair, yawning as she walked. She asked casually, "Are you awake?"
"Yeah." Saratoga responded casually, stepping on her slippers and standing next to the coffee table. Seeing the books piled on the coffee table, she laughed, "Sister, do you have to work so hard? Is it really necessary... There are recipe books and fashion magazines."
"As for..." Lexington said, not embarrassed at all. If you don't work hard and others work hard, then you will fall behind. This is not an exam where you win by passing the passing line or getting a certain score. It is an exam based on the proportion of admissions. You must be better than others.
Saratoga then picked up a book and lazily sat on the sofa without straightening her posture. She lay down on the sofa and laughed as she read: "There are many types of makeup, including stage makeup, smoky makeup, daily makeup, etc. In our lives, the most common one should be daily makeup... Yeah, I learned something."
Lexington said: "Gaga you really need to learn about what makeup is..."
"I'm still young and don't need makeup..." Saratoga said, "Sister, I didn't mean to say you're old."
"I know."
Saratoga threw the fashion magazine aside, reached out to the coffee table, touched a recipe book and took it back.
"A Complete Book of Chinese Cuisine?" Saratoga laughed. "Sister, I'm not trying to discourage you, but cramming at the last minute won't work."
"It is better to sharpen your spear before the battle, even if it is not fast." Lexington said, "I asked Xingxing to ask Yixian for some brine and bean paste for me. He has been gone for more than an hour and still hasn't come back."
"Under the current circumstances...are you sure Yixian will give it to you?" Saratoga asked.
"Yes, Yixian wouldn't be that stingy." Lexington said, "If she was that stingy...it would be easy."
"Why is it easier for Yixian to be stingy... I don't understand."
Lexington hesitated to speak, as some things can only be understood and cannot be expressed in words.
There was a sudden knock on the door.
"Delivering newspapers..."
Lexington had a laptop on his lap and couldn't get up.
Saratoga walked to the door and saw Kongxiang carrying a cross-body bag filled with newspapers.
Saratoga took the newspaper from Kongxiang and asked, "Kongxiang, why are you delivering newspapers here..."
"Tashkent asked her to do this... She said that Kirov sister gave her an extremely heavy task, to deliver all the newspapers within half an hour. She couldn't finish it alone, so she asked us to help deliver the newspapers." Kong Xiang said, her face was covered with sweat, and it was obvious that she had been running to deliver the newspapers.
Saratoga took the newspaper and didn't care. It was just a newspaper, but a large part of it was various advertisements, mostly supermarket sales, and the rest were some landscape photos, essays, outdated jokes, and of course some major news from the outside world. Anyway, there was rarely anything that was really worth everyone's attention.
Kong Xiang smiled and said, "Sister Jia Jia received the newspaper..."
"Got it." Saratoga waved her hand, signaling Kongxiang to leave. She flipped through the newspaper casually, and her expression suddenly changed, "Kongxiang, have you read this newspaper?"
"No." Kong Xiang said, "I got the newspapers from Tashkent and rushed here to deliver them. I want to be the first one to deliver all the newspapers."
Saratoga reached out and pinched Sora's cheeks, saying, "You are really Richelieu's little princess... Let's go, send her off quickly, and be careful not to fall."
"Yeah." Kong Xiang nodded heavily and ran away.
Saratoga returned to the living room with an expressionless face and handed the newspaper to her sister.
This is a beach villa.
Missouri was sitting on the sofa in the living room, crossing her legs and reading a newspaper.
Wisconsin, the short-haired woman, had just woken up from a nap, but she had tidied herself up before going out. Her hair and clothes neatly arranged. At this moment, she walked from the kitchen to the living room with a cup of coffee. When she saw Missouri, she shouted, "Sister, do you want coffee?"
"don't want."
"What newspaper are you reading... Is there something wrong? Your expression is so gloomy, as if you want to kill someone ."
"I thought I had the best time, the best place, and the best people... I never expected... Richelieu... to be so powerful..."
"What happened?" Wisconsin walked to the sofa, put the coffee on the coffee table, took the newspaper from her sister's hand and started reading. She was expecting big news.
What a big photo - Richelieu is leaning against the admiral and kissing the admiral.
The title in big bold: Richelieu forcefully kisses the admiral and wins the first prize, but the outcome is still unknown!
Read the text again——
Today, our reporter filmed Richelieu forcefully kissing the admiral, who did not resist...
As we all know, Lexington was the first to achieve the achievement of holding hands with the admiral, and was the first to capture the admiral. However, Richelieu was not to be outdone, and the hot French girl soon came from behind and won the admiral's first kiss...
Richelieu did surpass Lexington, but the 100-meter race was only halfway through. It was still unknown whether anyone could surpass her and who would be the admiral in the end...
We all know that the admiral used to be unscrupulous, but as he officially moved into the tutelary fort, everyone generally felt that his personality was no longer what it used to be. He was no longer a carnivore, but a herbivore. What methods should we use to deal with a herbivore...
Why was Richelieu able to surpass Lexington? What secret did she have? Was it because of her beauty or her passion? I think it was because she was more passionate and proactive, while Lexington was too conservative...
There were a lot of articles in the newspapers that praised Richelieu's extraordinary methods. If one wanted to be the first to capture the admiral, he could not be as conservative as Lexington, but had to be proactive like Richelieu, otherwise he would just sit and wait for death.
Wisconsin could imagine what would happen in the garrison as this newspaper came out.
"Kirov is really good. I have always underestimated her." Compared to her sister Missouri's gloomy expression, Wisconsin smiled happily, "I think she is more likely to stir up trouble than me."
Missouri glanced at her sister and said, "Why are you smiling so happily? You are also a wedding ship..."
"I am a wedding ship, but I don't care..." Wisconsin said, "There is excitement to watch, and I like watching excitement the most."
Wisconsin watched everyone's fun, even if it was his sister's. He didn't mind adding fuel to the fire and said, "Sister, what are you going to do now?"
"Cold dish." Missouri said unhappily. She thought she was the one pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger, but unexpectedly, Cheng Yaojin appeared halfway.
"I suggest going straight ."
How could Missouri be so excited ? She said, "Take you as a meeting gift?"
"That's fine... As long as there's something exciting to watch, I can be the prop."
“…”
"I suggest that everyone go out and fight like we did against Mutsu. With so many people, are you afraid that we can't fight against Richelieu?"
"This time is different from that time. Richelieu did not use illegal means like Mutsu did. So...you have to admit defeat."
"I will never admit defeat. We are fighting till the last moment... I won't talk to you anymore. Let me see what's going on in the group first..."
The beach house conversation was certainly not the only one.
This afternoon, newspapers from Tashkent, Fantasy, Horrible, Alvise, and Island Wind were delivered to every household, and conversations were going on everywhere. In the four-bedroom and two-living-room house, in the living room of the large flat, on the rooftop of the residential building, in the bar, in the supermarket, in the garden, in the pavilion, on the beach... the discussion never stopped, and everyone was talking about that one thing.
However, Suxia and Richelieu were still unaware of the center of the storm and the focus of the conversation. They were walking on the cobblestone path under the shade of the trees beside the pond.
