"Axiang, Axiang..."
"Brother Sen, what's going on?" Axiang ran out of the room and asked.
"Where's Yulan, why is there no one in the room?" Zhou Sen came back and found that Bai Yulan was not at home. Why was she, a pregnant woman, running around so late at night?
"Isn't Sister Lan in the house? What I saw just now..." Axiang couldn't help but panic. It's true that Sister Lan hasn't come back yet.
"Really?" Zhou Sen asked suspiciously.
"Yeah, maybe we went for a walk after dinner." Axiang smiled awkwardly.
"Why is she taking a walk at night? Besides, if she was taking a walk, why didn't she ask you to follow her?" Zhou Sen said suspiciously, "Uncle Chang didn't see her either, and you are the only one left in the house?"
"No, isn't Sister Xiaorou back? Look at the lights in her room." Axiang pointed to Jiang Rou's room.
"Okay, if there's anything else to eat at home, just get me some." Zhou Sen said. I really can't get enough of Japanese food. No wonder the Japanese are all short and very thin, like monkeys. .
"There was leftover food, but the food was gone. I ate it all in the evening..." Axiang said.
"Okay, I'll make Yangzhou fried rice and seaweed and radish soup." Zhou Sen said directly.
"Brother Sen, how about I do it?"
"It's better that I do it myself and help me." Zhou Sen shook his head. He was a professional agent. Axiang was lying at first glance. Bai Yulan must have gone out and hasn't come back yet.
She rarely goes out to socialize at night, and she usually brings Axiang with her when socializing, but today she didn't even bring Axiang. This must be very unusual for this person.
But Chang Bo was not here, so she must have brought him with her. Since there was someone around, he could rest assured.
If anything happens, Chang Bo is much more reliable than A Xiang.
If you eat the leftover steamed rice at noon, you can have a big bowl later, which is more than enough to make a Yangzhou fried rice.
It's late at night, so I'd better make a smaller list of food, and I have to consider leaving some for Bai Yulan and Chang Bo, just in case they might need it.
Cut the side dishes, add less diced bacon, it won’t be a problem if you eat less, then onions, ginger and garlic, a little chili...
Heat the oil in the pan and add a little lard, so that the fried rice will have soul.
Soon, a large portion of steaming Yangzhou fried rice was ready. Finally, it was drizzled with sesame oil and sprinkled with chopped green onions.
Perfect!
There was a commotion outside. It was Bai Yulan and Chang Bo who were back. They seemed to be a little hasty in their steps.
"Axiang, go out and see if your sister Lan and Chang Bo are back from a walk?" Zhou Sen said to Axiang.
"Oh well."
Axiang was eager to report the news quickly, so she rushed out from behind the stove, three minutes faster than Lucy.
Meow!
Speaking of Cao Cao, Cao Cao had really arrived. A white shadow flashed past, and Lucy had already jumped on the table, smelling the aroma of fried rice.
"Little greedy cat, I won't miss you." Zhou Sen walked over, picked it up, stroked its hair, and patted its little head.
Lucy screamed twice in protest, trying to break free from Zhou Sen's hand, but she didn't have the strength, so she could only stop struggling obediently.
This bowl of rice was definitely not enough for three people. Zhou Sen thought about it and decided to make something else.
Seeing the flour on the cabinet, Zhou Sen put Lucy down, washed his hands, took a scoop of flour, poured some warm water into the pot, and started kneading the dough.
…
"Sister Lan, Brother Sen is back..."
Bai Yulan and Chang Bo looked at each other, what should they do? If they came back earlier, it would be easier to fool them.
"Miss, I think you should tell my uncle about this matter. My uncle is not an unreasonable person. He can ignore your past with Lao Ma, so there must be no problem in this matter." Chang Bo said.
"Well, it's okay to hide it like this. Besides, it was Komori's suggestion to fund Thirteen Flying Eagles." Bai Yulan nodded.
"Miss, I will go back to the house first," Chang Bo said.
"Uncle Chang, you haven't eaten yet..."
"It's okay, I'm not hungry." Chang Bo said, "Besides, I still have some snacks in the house, so I won't be hungry."
"It's so late and the snacks are too hard. Why don't you let Axiang make some for you?"
"Miss, Brother Sen is in the kitchen. He just made fried rice..." Axiang pointed in the direction of the kitchen and said.
"Miss, haven't you eaten too?"
"Brother Sen has made a lot. He definitely can't finish it by himself, and when he made it, he deliberately added less salt." Axiang's observation was really meticulous.
"Axiang, Axiang..."
"Here we come, Brother Sen."
"Help me take this fried rice to the restaurant. Also, ask Yu Lan and Chang Bo to come over and have some. After taking a walk, if your stomach happens to be empty, you can have some more." Zhou Sen ordered, "I'll make some more. I'm afraid I won't have enough noodles."
…
Put the noodles in the pot, cook them, take them out, and fill a big basin.
In the restaurant, Zhou Sen brought the steaming noodles in and saw Bai Yulan and Chang Bo sitting there, and the fried rice was still there.
"What's wrong? The rice doesn't taste good when it's cold, or is it because I didn't cook it well?" Zhou Sen asked.
"Xiao Sen, don't you have anything to ask?" Bai Yulan said.
"What do I want to ask?" Zhou Sen chuckled, "Even if I want to ask, I have to eat enough to have the strength to ask."
"Come on, I'll serve you some food."
The Yangzhou fried rice was delicious. Although it was a little cold, the taste was still there. Three people ate a large bowl of fried rice and finished it in a short time.
Bai Yulan still has one in her belly, and her appetite is much larger than usual. She is very good at eating, at least twice as much as usual.
This is very scary, but at this stage of pregnancy, a woman is indeed the most able to eat. As long as she doesn’t have any physical discomfort, she doesn’t need to control herself in any way and just pay attention to her nutrition.
Maybe she was frightened by eating too much. After Bai Yulan finished eating the fried rice and a bowl of noodles, she glanced at the noodles in the big basin and subconsciously put down her chopsticks.
"I ate too much and couldn't sleep for a while..."
It's okay not to explain, but to explain forcefully would be a bit cover-up.
"Miss, uncle, I'm full and I'll go back first." Chang Bo immediately put down his chopsticks and said. He is old and doesn't consume much, so he doesn't eat much.
"Ah Xiang, accompany Yu Lan back to the room first, and I'll put away the dishes." Zhou Sen stood up and said.
"oh."
Axiang also felt that something was wrong in the atmosphere, but in line with the principle of saying too much, she would be wrong, so she chose to keep her mouth shut.
…
When Zhou Sen returned to the bedroom upstairs, Bai Yulan had already changed into her pajamas, half lying on the bed and sitting under the quilt.
Zhou Sen put on his pajamas and came over.
"Xiaosen, come here, I have something to tell you." Bai Yulan waved her hand.
"Yu Lan, you want to explain to me about going out at night, so there's no need for that." Zhou Sen said, "Everyone has their own little secret. This secret can't even be told to the closest people. This is very embarrassing. Normally, as long as the couple is loyal and trusting, it’s not a big deal.”
"Don't you want to know?"
"You want to say, I am willing to be a listener, but if you don't want to say it, then don't force it, after all, this is your privacy."
"But don't you want me to be honest with you and have no secrets?" Bai Yulan asked.
"Of course, human nature is selfish. I naturally hope that you don't have any secrets from me. But you are a person, an independent individual, not my vassal. It is normal to have your own secrets." Zhou Sen said, himself There are many secrets, and I haven't confessed them to Bai Yulan.
"Xiao Sen, do you have a secret that I don't know?" Bai Yulan asked.
"Of course, I have many secrets, but I can't tell them, as that will bring you danger and trouble." Zhou Sen met Bai Yulan's gaze and admitted calmly.
Can he tell Bai Yulan the secrets of the Japanese?
Bai Yulan stared at Zhou Sen for three seconds. Of course she knew that Zhou Sen worked for the Japanese and had many secrets hidden in him. Naturally, she couldn't tell others casually. She recognized this and couldn't force Zhou Sen. Go keep these secrets to yourself.
"Okay, don't think too much, go to sleep. It's getting late and I have to go to work tomorrow morning." Zhou Sen opened the quilt and sat on it.
"Xiaosen, my senior brother is coming to Ice City."
"Senior brother?" Zhou Sen just lay down, and his closed eyes suddenly opened. The relationship between this senior brother and his junior sister has never been simple. Subconsciously, a sense of crisis suddenly broke out.
But he soon felt relieved. Bai Yulan was pregnant with his own flesh and blood. She was the child's mother. No matter how deep the relationship between the senior brothers and sisters was, it could not compare to the love between a biological mother and child. What's more, they had never been together before. Now there is no chance.
If there were really signs of "reviving old feelings", would Bai Yulan still tell him?
"Really, where is he? If it's convenient, please find a time to invite your family to have a meal and I can get to know him." Zhou Sen said.
"he……"
"What, is it inconvenient?" Zhou Sen was surprised.
"His current identity is the seventh among the Thirteen Flying Eagles. He is a wanted criminal by the Japanese. Sneaking into the Ice City is dangerous enough. If he comes to our house, I'm afraid he won't come and will also implicate us." Bai Yu Lan explained.
"That's true. Did he come here specifically to see you, or did he come to Bingcheng for business?" Zhou Sen asked curiously.
"He came here knowing that we were funding them behind the scenes." Bai Yulan could only tell the truth.
"How did he know this? Didn't Chang Bo and you come forward when contacting him over there?" Zhou Sen was surprised.
"When we contacted us, we used the relationship between old brothers. He was a thoughtful person and guessed that no one else in Bingcheng could contact these runaway old brothers except us, so he came over. However, he didn't say anything to me. Anyone who leaks information can be trusted by the old brothers who contact us and will not leak even a word to the outside world," Bai Yulan explained.
"It's not that I don't trust them, but on Thirteen Flying Eagles, we also need a fixed contact person. If we don't change people, we can reduce risks. The premise must be reliable." Zhou Sen considered.
"Aren't you worried about your identity being exposed?"
"He's already here, is there any use in worrying?" Zhou Sen said, "Besides, he's still your senior brother, can I still make him?"
