Chapter 8 Chapter Eight Hungry Eyes

Ono assisted the supplier to unload the goods at the entrance of the restaurant, and then moved the delivered beer and drinks to the warehouse.Feng Lan could see clearly that when Cui Yan passed by Xiao Ye before leaving, she pretended to glance back at him casually. "Disaster!" Feng Lan scolded Xiao Ye inwardly.That night, after her inexplicable heartbeat and a little bit of ambiguity quickly disillusioned in the warehouse, she didn't pay much attention to him for several days.Ono still went her own way, and didn't take the change in her attitude to heart. Three or four in the afternoon is the busiest time in the restaurant. Except for a few employees who are working, everyone has to sing cheering songs together after the manager's routine work arrangement.

Today's cheering song is "Backgammon".I could only hear a chorus of various tunes: "... There is justice in the world, and there is always reward for giving. It is better to do what is said, and do the best if you want to do it. Backgammon..." This form was mandated by the overlord of the restaurant, Feng Lan's mother, and it was said to be very useful in boosting the morale of the staff.Feng Lan felt his scalp tingle every time he heard this chorus, but from another level, such a terrifying singing voice could at least make everyone feel sleepy in the summer afternoon.

Feng Lan leaned on the dining chair closest to the gate, listening to "Backgammon", watching Ding Xiaoye, who was carrying the goods, go in and out in front of her.It's good to be young, even the sweat seems to be more crystal clear in the sun.She imagined the shirt given to Zhou Taoran on Ding Xiaoye's body, and felt that her former self was ridiculous.If you really like someone, if he is good enough in your heart, you don't care what he wears at all.Just like a real beauty, people usually don't immediately think, oh, her eyes are so bright, her nose is so straight... People who look at her will only think that she is so beautiful, she is beautiful, and her whole body is harmonious, Adding one point is too much, subtracting one point is too little.It's the same with love, when you plunge into loving someone, you don't care about his strengths and weaknesses, the only thing you know is to love him, love him very much, even his breath is different.

Of course, Feng Lan was just using Ding Xiaoye in front of him as an example. The heartbeat that night was just an illusion catalyzed by a special situation and a special state of mind. Love should be something of a higher level, as if the soul naturally higher than the flesh.She would never love a waiter, and it was a waiter who didn't like her. Feng Lan was in a daze.The delivery van drove away, leaving behind a trail of choking black smoke.Ding Xiaoye passed by her for the last time and stopped for the first time. "What are you looking at?" He held a beer in his hand, as if he couldn't bear it, and seemed a little curious.

Feng Lan replied subconsciously: "You care about me?! Can I just look at the dirty things on the glass door?" She remembered that she didn't need to explain to him, and she was a little annoyed, so she covered it up and waved him away , "Don't dangle in front of me, so that I can't see clearly." Ding Xiaoye slowly turned around to look at the bright and clean glass door, playing with taste: "If you put on the hungry eyes just now, you might be able to see clearly." Not far away, "Backgammon" with a southern accent and a northern tune continued to roar: "...the world has its own justice." Feng Lan doubted his ears.

"What did you say? What look?" She asked forcefully, as if seeking proof. Ding Xiaoye fulfilled her wish, repeating two key words in a straight voice: "Hunger—thirst." Feng Lan was so angry that she couldn't speak for a while, but Hongxia climbed onto her cheeks faster than anger.She had the urge to cover her face and run away, but a voice shouted deep in her heart: She couldn't mess herself up at a time like this.This time, if she was defeated in front of Ding Xiaoye again, she would not even think about standing up straight in front of him in the future. She retorted angrily: "Who are you calling hungry? It's ridiculous! You think too highly of yourself, thinking everyone likes you? Narcissist, it's ridiculous!"

The dimple on Ding Xiaoye's left cheek appeared faintly, as if he was holding back a smile. Feng Lan seemed to have seen this expression of his before, when she was drunk and blindfolded.She unconsciously adjusted the skirt behind her, and there was nothing wrong with it.Today she is wearing trousers, and the top is also very docile. "What are you laughing at? Don't laugh!" At this time, "Backgammon" ended.Fangfang ran over to take the beer from Ono, and said with a smile, "You moved the whole truck by yourself? Why don't you wait for me to help you?"

The store manager greeted from a distance: "Ono, come over for dinner." Second Chef Ding also responded to him and said, "I didn't add so much salt this time, come and taste it." Ono's dimples deepened, and every subtle expression on his face was reflected in Feng Lan's eyes, as if he was provoking her... That's right, everyone loves me, don't they? Feng Lan wondered, how long has he been in the store?It seems that the "rectification movement" is still very necessary, let them sing "The Mantra of Purifying the Heart" tomorrow! She quickly filtered through the "suspicious people" that appeared just now.The store manager's child is already in elementary school, so it is said that he will restrain himself a little.The second chef... From the perspective of probability, it is enough to have a obsessed Liu Kangkang in the store.Could it be...it's Fangfang!

Alarm bells rang in Feng Lan's mind, why didn't he think of Fangfang before?She looked at her target suspiciously. Fangfang was wiping the table and preparing to let everyone have dinner, but her eyes were clearly full of concern when she glanced at the door.This girl is only 22 years old and has worked in the store for two years. She is usually honest and can't beat a fart with a stick.But after all, she is still a big girl in the cardamom age, how can there be a girl who does not have a spring? "You..." Suddenly discovered this "amazing secret", Feng Lan pointed at Ding Xiaoye, but couldn't think of what crime to charge him for, "You seduced my waiter!" She lowered her voice, snapped accusations.

Ding Xiaoye could no longer hide the smile on his face.He patted the dust off his hands and said, "This is not one of the things the store manager told me not to do before I joined the job." "That is to say, I didn't guess wrong?" Feng Lan was even more shocked.When did it start?She was completely in the dark.She couldn't help but glanced at Fangfang again. Fangfang is not very attractive and doesn't talk much, but she has a plump and healthy body and gentle eyes. Doesn't she meet Ding Xiaoye's vulgar mate selection criteria? It is true that the waves behind the Yangtze River push forward the waves ahead, and the waves of each generation are stronger than the waves of each generation.Feng Lan herself is dressed in a boyfriend style today, and she feels pretty good about herself. From Ding Xiaoye's point of view, this is no different from a small man.

Feng Lan's female consciousness was awakened late, and secondary sexual characteristics began to sprout when she was in middle school. She was quite ashamed of this, and she couldn't help but hunched over her breasts when she walked, for fear that people would see the clues of her chest. She didn't like it before the college entrance examination Wearing a skirt and running in physical education class, I found that my "burden" was not as heavy as that of my female classmates, and I was complacent.Knowing how to dress herself is a matter after college, but when she was approaching the age of 30, she fully understood that the phrase "those with small breasts are dead, and those with big breasts are vulgar" can only be used in the circle of women and Kangkang forever. be recognized. "I can't see it! She still has such thoughts." Feng Lan smiled a little forcedly. "Why didn't you say 'the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked'?" Ding Xiaoye raised the corner of his mouth and said, "She is much more than you." Feng Lan's already indescribable emotions were instantly ignited by these words into a rage, "Compare me with her!" Ding Xiaoye had a smile on his face, but his eyes were cold.He looked at her silently for a while before saying, "How are you better than her?" Feng Lan's breathing became short of breath, and his hands trembled slightly.There is no mirror in front of her eyes, but she also knows that her face must be very, very ugly now.Wrath, rage, rage... More humiliation.Ding Xiaoye's words, the way he looked at her, made her face burn with pain.She hadn't had such big mood swings for a long time, and even the moments when she found out that Zhou Taoran was married and cheated were far worse than this.Feng Lan opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything. He pushed Ding Xiaoye away from his face with all his might and ran out of the restaurant. With the scorching sun outside, Feng Lan didn't go too far.Ten minutes later, she was sitting in KFC in the opposite office building, holding a cup of ice cream and stuffing it into her mouth, but every bite was so hard to swallow. Feng Lan is not a person who doesn't know how to reflect on himself.She admits that she is a little "pretentious" occasionally, has a bad temper, cares about saving face, and is a little narcissistic... But she is definitely not an ugly person.Today, the self she saw in Ding Xiaoye's dark pupils was superficial, snobbish, hypocritical and brutal.What made her so ugly?The answer frightened her. Is it jealousy? She went so far as to eat the jealousy of another waitress for a waiter in her shop. this is too scary! Feng Lan has no prejudice against Fang Fang, this little girl came to work in Feng Lan's shop as soon as she came out of her hometown.Fang Fang was not learning quickly, Feng Lan felt that hard work could make up for it.Her younger brother was a little short of the tuition fee, Feng Lan also nodded and asked the accountant to advance her salary.She has always thought that she has done a good job in this regard, at least she is more enlightened than the previous generation, no one is high or low, and all living beings are equal.But in fact, this is not the case. Her sympathy for Fangfang, Xiaojiao, and Ah Cheng in the store has never changed the angle of overlooking.She showed them kindness, but deep down she still felt that she was different from them, that she was their boss.She can be friendly because she wants to.However, Ding Xiaoye blatantly put her and Fangfang in the same position as "competitors", she couldn't stand it! Feng Lan ate ice cream, dissected herself bloody, and rose to the height of human nature.When she took the last bite, she also accepted that she was far from perfect as expected, but she didn't intend to change deliberately.People live in a collective society. This society has its own code of conduct and value standards. You can pretend to ignore it, but it actually influences everyone's choices all the time.Yes, she was moved.For Ding Xiaoye.If there is a pool of spring water in her heart, he can see the slightly rippling waves. In fact, from the moment he came to the store for the first time and turned to face her under Kang Kang's introduction, there has been a dark tide under the water. Feng Lan knew it from the very beginning, even Tan Shaocheng saw it.Yet she concealed, resisted.Because she knows it's impossible.She grew up smoothly under the care of her parents and family. She studied hard for more than ten years, worked hard to build her own career, and made thousands of choices on the road of love. All of this is definitely not for her to fall in love with someone who has nothing, An unknown waiter, besides, the other party didn't take her seriously at all. Today's play may be a good thing for Feng Lan, as if a basin of ice water poured over her feverish head, it made her feel cold and awakened.She had to contain the situation and get out of this unbearable situation before the pool created a huge wave, it had to be done! When Feng Lan returned to the shop, Kang Kang had already returned, and was eating the braised hairtail brought by his mother in a small stove.As soon as Feng Lan appeared, Kang Kang ran over with a small lunch box and asked affectionately, "Sister Lan, my mother's hairtail fish is delicious, do you want to have a bite?" Seeing Feng Lan shaking his head, Kang Kang leaned into her ear again and whispered, "I heard that you might be my aunt... I also heard that Xiaoye pissed you off. Why? Tell me, I promise not to say it." Feng Lan pushed him away in disgust, "The oil in your mouth is almost rubbing against my face." "Xiaoye just has a stinky face. In fact, he is a very nice person. Don't fire him." Kangkang expressed his real concern. "As for it? What a big deal." Feng Lan smiled. "Greatness!" Kangkang showed her a thumbs up. Feng Lan will definitely not fire Ding Xiaoye, not because of her generosity, but because her self-esteem does not allow her to do such a behavior.She just wants to keep him in the store, just wants to look at him every day, and then successfully erases him from her heart without leaving a trace, this is the real victory. "But I still have to talk to Ding Xiaoye about today's matter. Kangkang, tell him to come to the small warehouse." The small warehouse is also lit during the day.A batch of stock just arrived today, and the inside looks even more cramped.Feng Lan didn't go in, she stood at the door and watched Ding Xiaoye take off his apron and come over. "Look for me, lady boss." Ding Xiaoye's eyes seemed to leave no trace of anything. "Well, I told you to come here. Just stand here and don't move." She instructed. Ding Xiaoye said: "There are a lot of customers in the store, and the store manager asked me to..." "I'm your boss. Now my job for you is to stand here, just stand, don't talk, don't move." Feng Lan said. Ding Xiaoye spread his hands, showing helplessness. Feng Lan raised the corner of his mouth and said, "During the eight-hour working hours, seeing you is my welfare." She took a step back, adjusted to just the right distance, and looked at Ding Xiaoye intently and unabashedly. Feng Lan went to Thailand on a business trip five years ago and ate an authentic Thai crab curry.Later, she opened a Thai restaurant and ate crab curry every day, and finally went from numb to bored, and now she lost her appetite just by smelling this dish.This has also become her valuable life experience. If she shows "hungry and thirst" for one thing, she can eat and drink as much as she can.When you get tired of it, you don't want to touch it anymore. Ding Xiaoye wasn't nervous, let alone dodged, and stood there without changing his expression, letting Feng Lan's eyes ravage him. They remained in this situation for nearly five minutes.Feng Lan adjusted her standing posture, her feet were a little tired.When she spoke this time, she was much calmer. "That's right, Ding Xiaoye, you are indeed my type. From your figure, appearance, talking and walking." She took a step forward, and they got very close.Feng Lan looked up, and the two sniffed each other, "I know you don't like me. It doesn't matter, we're not going to do anything anyway. What I covet is your color, I've seen enough just now...but that's all." Ding Xiaoye took out a small object from his pocket and handed it to her, "You dropped it on the ground when you lost your temper." Feng Lan saw that it was the beaded bunny that Cui Yan gave her.She took it, remembering the way Cui Yan looked at him, she smiled and reminded: "Cui Yan is different from Fang Fang. You'd better stay away from her, lest Zeng Fei break your leg, it would be a pity. " Ding Xiaoye repeated in a low voice: "Zeng Fei? The man with you?" "Speaking of which, you and Cui Yan are quite a match. If you really want something, it must be very exciting." Feng Lan walked past him, then turned around and said with a smile, "For the sake of reminding you, next time I made a mistake, you won't reject me, will you?" Ding Xiaoye was just kicking the joints between the floor tiles with his toes in boredom. Hearing this, he raised his head and smiled brightly.