Under meals

The heavy rain can't stop people from rushing to gourmet food, and the snack street is still crowded with people on rainy nights.

The canopy was set up, the street lamps were lit up in warm orange tones, and the air was filled with the aroma of food, mixed with the faint smell of rain, which made people's appetite soar.

The two first ordered the roasted pig's trotters strongly recommended by Tao Mingzhuo.

While waiting for the meal, Jing Ci heard Tao Mingzhuo ask herself: "Is there anything you would like to eat more? I will arrange it for you later."

Jing Ci shook her head, and replied: "I haven't been here before, maybe I should trouble you to recommend it to me."

Tao Mingzhuo's tone was full of astonishment: "Is there really a person in this city who has never been to this snack street?"

Jing Ci didn't say anything, but patiently explained: "Because before I went abroad, this was a park open to the public for free."

Tao Mingzhuo: "...It's okay, just follow me, there are many delicious things here."

Jing Ci smiled gently at him: "Thank you."

Tao Mingzhuo let out a somewhat uncomfortable "hmm".

Because of the difference in body shape between the two, Tao Mingzhuo's coat was a bit too big for Jing Ci's body, especially the sleeves, which almost covered Jing Ci's palm.

Jing Ci hesitated for a moment, worried that the sauce on the food would stick to the cuffs, so she rolled up the cuffs carefully.

In Jing Ci's eyes, Tao Mingzhuo is a somewhat different existence.

Because what he showed in front of Jing Ci has always been a kind of awkwardness, but it seems that he can't help but care about his own state.

As if he had been restraining his emotions, Tao Mingzhuo always looked clumsy and embarrassed when he expressed his concern.

The skin is also a little thin, and he always stammers without saying a word, and his face and ears turn red together.

Jing Ci looked at Tao Mingzhuo who was walking in front.

The young man was tall and strong, holding a steaming snack in his hand, because he gave himself the coat, at this time he was only wearing a thin short-sleeved T-shirt, showing beautiful arm muscles.

Jing Ci looked away.

In fact, in Jingci's plan at the beginning, he just wanted to maintain a simple relationship with Tao Mingzhuo in the company.

The reason why he didn't tell Tao Mingzhuo about his illness was firstly because Jing Ci didn't want to use the so-called "illness" to kidnap the other party. He didn't want Tao Mingzhuo to take eating with him as a duty that must be fulfilled, but he could Use the most relaxed state to eat, so as to achieve the best meal effect.

And considering that Tao Mingzhuo has a lot of colleagues and friends around him, he may leak his illness, which is something Jing Ci doesn't want to see.

Jing Ci never expected that apart from eating, the two would have more intersections in private life.

That night at the nightclub, after she took the initiative to disclose her sexuality, Jing Ci once thought that Tao Mingzhuo would choose to keep a certain distance from herself.

After all, Jing Ci clearly remembered that Tao Mingzhuo had told himself before that he already had a "sweetheart", which was the reason why he refused to have lunch with him before.

Before that, Jing Ci always believed that Tao Mingzhuo's sweetheart should be the little girl in the company who always appeared with him and joked with him.

The strange thing is that normal straight men will react more or less uncomfortable when encountering such a situation.However, Tao Mingzhuo not only accepted it quickly, but also did not show any awkwardness or unnaturalness when getting along with himself these few days.

This made Jing Ci a little confused.

When he was in a trance, he heard Tao Mingzhuo ask himself: "Whirlwind big potato?"

Jing Ci came back to her senses and replied: "Yes."

Tao Mingzhuo asked again: "Another hot dog stick?"

Jing Ci: "Okay."

Tao Mingzhuo seemed to know this newly opened snack street very well, and he led Jing Ci skillfully through the crowd.

His eating speed can be said to be very gifted. He can finish the snacks bought at the previous stall almost before walking to the next stall.

Jing Ci stared at Tao Mingzhuo's side face, and tried to follow his rhythm to eat. Although the food was really delicious and satisfying, it was still slower than Tao Mingzhuo's speed.

After a while, Jing Ci's hands were full of food.

Tao Mingzhuo had just bought two bowls of fresh roasted cold noodles at the stall. When he turned around, he saw that Jing Ci was holding a lot of things in his hands, and he had no hands left to pick up the bowls of roasted cold noodles.

Tao Mingzhuo was stunned for a moment, before reacting belatedly: "Did I eat too fast?"

Jing Ci shook her head: "I ate too slowly."

Jing Ci paused when she saw Tao Mingzhuo's figure.

Tao Mingzhuo was hesitant to speak, hesitated for a while, and said, "Actually, you...don't always come to accommodate me."

"If you think I'm walking too fast, or eating too fast, you can tell me directly without always considering my feelings," he said.

Jing Ci was taken aback.

Then he saw Tao Mingzhuo took a deep breath, and said again: "And every time we eat together, you always ask me what I like to eat, and always ask me to order something I like..."

Tao Mingzhuo's voice was a little dull: "Why...why can't you think for yourself?"

In fact, Jing Ci has never felt that he has done anything to "accommodate" Tao Mingzhuo. His starting point is always to hope that Tao Mingzhuo can eat happily, so he is willing to make some compromises so that Tao Mingzhuo can eat more deliciously. .

But what Jing Ci didn't expect was that Tao Mingzhuo felt a burden for her too much compromise.

Jing Ci hesitated for a moment and said, "Then can you...help me get something?"

Tao Mingzhuo was silent for a while, nodded, stepped forward, and took some cold snacks from Jingci's hands.

Jing Ci thanked softly, thought for a while, and made a food request to Tao Mingzhuo for the first time: "Can you buy me a dumpling ice cream?"

Dumpling ice cream is one of the more popular Internet celebrity foods in this snack street. As the name suggests, it is normal ice cream with a bunch of dumplings inserted on it.

When queuing just now, Jing Ci saw that many passers-by were holding such a full cup in their hands. He thought it should be because the taste was relatively good.

Jing Ci has never been too fond of ice cream. What really attracted him was the glutinous rice balls stuck on top of the ice cream.

The glutinous rice balls are round and small, strung together on bamboo sticks, and the embellishment of soybean powder makes them look even more attractive. In addition, Tao Mingzhuo can eat with her beside her. Jing Ci thinks that she should enjoy this meal very much. A dessert.

Tao Mingzhuo froze for a moment, then said, "Okay."

Ten minutes later, Tao Mingzhuo walked towards Jing Ci with two cups of dumpling ice cream in his arms.

Tao Mingzhuo's eating speed was still excellent. Jing Ci saw Tao Mingzhuo slurping one ball at a time, and within a short while, more than half of the whole cup of ice cream went down.

Jing Ci hesitated for a moment, preparing to keep up with Tao Mingzhuo's speed this time, so she also lowered her head and swallowed two glutinous rice dumplings in one go.

It's delicious, but after chewing for a while, Jingci found that the glutinous rice dumpling is very tough, and the dry soybean powder dries up the moisture in the mouth, so it can't be chewed at all for a while.

The mouth was filled with sticky glutinous rice balls, Jing Ci frowned.

While trying to swallow, Jing Ci suddenly felt a chill coming from the back of her hand, only to realize that the ice cream had already melted a little because she ate too slowly.

Tao Mingzhuo had already finished eating the ice cream in his hand. Just as he threw the cup into the trash can, when he turned around, he found Jing Ci holding the ice cream in front of him.

Jing Ci said vaguely: "You... can you... help me..."

There were too many things in her mouth, and Jing Ci could only spit out a few simple words with difficulty and vaguely.

Even if Tao Mingzhuo had helped him share some, Jing Ci had too many things in his hands, and the ice cream melted faster than he imagined.

Jing Ci decided to take out the tissue in her pocket and simply wrap the ice cream cup, but only if Tao Mingzhuo could free up this hand for herself.

He hesitated for a moment, and brought the cup of ice cream closer to Tao Mingzhuo's face.

However, for some unknown reason, Jing Ci noticed that Tao Mingzhuo's face turned red instantly.

Jing Ci was a little puzzled, thinking that Tao Mingzhuo didn't understand what she meant, so she reluctantly pointed at the cup of ice cream with the other hand holding the snack, and at the same time signaled with her eyes, can you help me take it.

Then Jing Ci saw that Tao Mingzhuo's expression became suspicious, he seemed a little at a loss, and stammered: "You...I..."

Jing Ci was really speechless, he could only try to swallow what was in his mouth, and then he lifted the ice cream in his hand a little further.

He spoke with some difficulty: "I... am going to dissolve... you..."

It was not easy to talk with food in his mouth, and Jing Ci choked on the soybean powder. He frowned, turned his head and coughed twice.

When he raised his head, he found that Tao Mingzhuo was staring at him blankly.

After a while, Jing Ci heard him say to himself hesitantly: "You, stop talking, finish what you have in your mouth first, I... I already understand."

Jing Ci thought that Tao Mingzhuo finally understood what he meant, he suppressed the itch in his throat, and nodded.

They stood among the crowd, Jing Ci saw Tao Mingzhuo walking in front of her step by step, and stopped.

Tao Mingzhuo looked into Jing Ci's eyes.

Just when Jing Ci thought that Tao Mingzhuo was about to reach out and take the ice cream, she saw Tao Mingzhuo pursing his lips hesitantly, then lowered his head, and put his face close to his hand——

He took a big bite of the ice cream in Jing Ci's hand.

Jing Ci was startled: "...?"

The young man always took a big bite when he ate, and he bit off the melted part of the ice cream in one bite, turning it into a small hill with a flat top.

The lights of the night market were warm and bright, illuminating the puffed cheeks of the young man, as well as some melted ice cream on the corners of his mouth.

After a long while, Jing Ci saw Tao Mingzhuo's adam's apple move, and then heard a "gudong" sound, it was he who swallowed the ice cream in his mouth.

He straightened up, first looked at Jing Ci's face, and then his expression became a little evasive, obviously embarrassed, but trying to pretend to be calm.

Jing Ci saw Tao Mingzhuo lowered his head, raised his hand, and wiped his mouth carelessly.

"Is this... is this okay?" Jing Ci heard the young man ask in a low voice.

The author says:

Xiaojing: ...Huh?