Twenty rings

It was a new pastry shop. The pastry chef came back from several European countries for more than ten years, and opened a very stylish dessert shop with a fusion of East and West.It is estimated that the marketing is also doing well, and it will become an "Internet celebrity" within two months.

The specialty of this store is that the drinks are quite cheap except for certain types, and the desserts are quite expensive.Zhou Minmin slyly held the dessert list in his hand, and handed it to Xia Ke's drink list: "Beverage senior, please, and dessert."

Not to mention that he is young, but when it comes to getting along with people and avoiding people's painful feet, Zhou Minmin is more thoughtful than Shang Tang.

Xia Ke remembered that he liked sweets, so he ordered fermented glutinous rice beer.Fermented glutinous rice is called Jiuniang in Nanjing. Zhou Minmin said: "Our family always eats this to cool off the heat." He praised him with bright eyes: "Senior is so kind, give me some wine."

Xia Ke was a little distracted. Once he pretended to be a vodka with white water and ice cubes. Shang Tang showed deep contempt for his drinking capacity.I said to myself, I just can’t drink liquor, other things are fine, especially beer, I have never been drunk.Shang Tang even wrote his eyebrows and nose full of contempt, beer, can it be considered wine?

So Xia Ke laughed, and then fooled his little classmate: "Cooked wine is not considered wine."

The fermented glutinous rice beer was served piping hot, which was really not considered alcohol.When it was hot, they added fermented glutinous rice, red dates and wolfberries, and each had a big cup. They sat by the window, the heating was turned on in the room, and small drops of water condensed on the glass window.In this cold night, the warm mist fills the air, and the wine smells sweet.

After the beer is boiled in this way, the alcohol is almost dispersed.Zhou Minmin ordered "Mossy Stone" and "Chunyun". The mossy stones were served on a slate plate, and there were really a few pebbles with green moss on the plate.Put it in your mouth, the pebbles are soft, made into pebble-shaped raw chocolate, and the green moss on it is also made of matcha powder.

Classmate Zhou likes good things, even if they are expensive, he knows that seniors also like good things—otherwise he wouldn't want to bring seniors here, and it's okay to go to food stalls.He concentrated on eating a piece of raw chocolate. The chocolate smelled like sparkling wine. It was a rare dessert with a slightly sour and slightly bitter alcohol. It was delicious.

He looked up at Xia Ke proudly, the senior was in the semi-dark corner, his face was well-defined, he was always smiling, kind of badass and handsome.After eating a piece of chocolate, cocoa powder on his lips, he casually licked his lips.

His lips are not thin, and the lip line is obvious, but more aggressive... Zhou Minmin only heard a bang in his ears, and the blood all over his body rushed through the blood vessels and concentrated on his head.

Xia Ke saw the little classmate drinking hot beer, and his earlobes turned red suddenly.

Drink too much, right?

Just as he was about to provoke his little classmate, Xia Ke suddenly felt something, and he turned his head.

Shang Tang pushed the door for a girl with ponytails, and the girl walked in with a smile, and Shang Tang also had a rare joy in her expression.

But this happiness froze at the moment of seeing Xia Ke.

Zhou Minmin told Xia Ke: "Oh, sister Ye."

The girl also saw him, hung up the down, and wore a red and black checked wool sweater. The color of the clothes made her face pale and rosy, with a good complexion, and she came over with a smile: "Minmin is here too."

Zhou Minmin smiled: "I should say what a coincidence, Sister Ye is here too."

"The store you recommended, how can I not take the time to try it?"

Shang Tang came, and Zhou Minmin smiled even more: "President."

Xia Ke adjusted his mentality very quickly, pretending to be very upright, the young man was very upright, and he also greeted him.He didn't look at Shang Tang, and smiled at the girl: "Don't bother you, we're leaving anyway." Ask the waiter to pack "Chunyun".

Xia Ke paid the bill first and went out, Zhou Minmin went out to look for it after getting the packing box.

The lights are on, and there is a lot of traffic and people coming and going.This is indeed a colorful and bustling city, he will not be able to find his seniors for a while, the crowds on the streets are empty in his eyes, and his heart is also empty while carrying a packing box.

He opened his mouth but couldn't make a sound, and finally saw Xia Ke walking towards him. It turned out that he was going to buy cigarettes, the cigarettes were stuffed in his pocket, and the lighter was still in his hand.

On the way back, Xia Ke seemed to be resting with his eyes closed, and didn't say much.Zhou Minmin hugged the packing box and didn't say a word.

When getting out of the car, there was a gust of cold wind blowing, Zhou Minmin watched Xia Ke light the cigarette, Xia Ke was burnt to the fingertips before reacting.

He has never smoked in front of Zhou Minmin, probably out of some kind of insistence that "smoking addiction is already helpless, but he can't lead to minors like his uncle did back then".

Zhou Minmin's snacks were still in his dormitory, Xia Ke let the familiar smell of smoke waft back and forth deeply in his lung cavity.He remembered the first time he smoked, in front of his grandmother's grave.Many things happened that year. First, his father had a son after his second marriage and completely denied him, and then his grandmother passed away.In front of the tomb, his eyes were dry and he couldn't cry. Anye smoked a cigarette facing the tombstone, so he lit a cigarette for him, and said plainly, "It's normal to be choked and cry when you smoke for the first time."

As soon as the smoke touched his lips, his tears could not be stopped.That was the only time he could remember crying.Smoking is a side effect.

Xia Ke said, "I can't quit today."

Zhou Minmin pulled the corners of his mouth but couldn't laugh, he said softly, "It's okay, senior. If you still want to quit tomorrow, I will accompany you."

I know, I know who you like-if you really like someone, you can feel who that person likes, the senior didn't say it, but those likes are written in his eyes and his smile.

I'm just sad that you don't like me.

Xia Ke was smoking a cigarette, and sent him downstairs to the apartment. Classmate Zhou looked at him and said, "Sister Ye is the daughter of my father's deputy."

Xia Ke didn't blame him at all, and patted him on the head: "Little friend, it's too deliberate." Before Shangtang appeared, he knew that the kid wanted him to see something with his own eyes, but he didn't know what it was.

Zhou Minmin didn't hide this time, he didn't even look like he was hiding, so he just stood there and looked at Xia Ke.

How short the time is, how can it be arranged without deliberation, he thought.

It seems that someone from the business senior's mother's side introduced Sister Ye to him, and they both had a good impression of each other, so they made an appointment twice in a week.Yes, twice, not the first time.

Zhou Minmin is rarely so obedient or stupid, with a kind of maturity that doesn't match his age, he said almost stubbornly: "Senior, I think you should know."

You should know what's going on.Later, if Senior Shang and Elder Sister Ye really fall in love, it will be too late.I want to let you know before it's too late, and then whatever, you do something to stop the person you like from being with someone else, or simply stop liking him.I want to give you a chance to make a choice and be a little happier.

He even wanted to say you wait for me, senior, you think I'm small, I will grow up.

But he didn't say it, the senior didn't want to hear it.

Zhou Minmin carried the packing box upstairs and entered the door, A Ke was sleeping, and the kitten was sleeping in addition to eating, and now it was sleepy.After a while, I yawned and walked out, biting the plastic bag and sniffing the dessert box.

The kitten has never smelled such a bitter taste, and what is called "Chunyun" in the box is a piece of kudzu cake.

Kudzu mochi is a Japanese dessert. Arrowroot powder is mixed with water and boiled until it becomes sticky. It is poured into a container to solidify, and then cut into small pieces. It is light brown and translucent. Sprinkle with sweet soybean powder and syrup to eat.It's just that the kudzu powder in this store is mixed with matcha, and the cloud molds used to condense out pieces of green clouds.The spring clouds should be emerald green, the deep and beautiful mountains and forests, the dew condensed on a spring night, and the inexplicable quiet heartbeat that blows into the night with the spring breeze.In the mouth and in the heart, it is fragrant, bitter and heavy, but there is always a sweetness.