While talking, Nan Weiguo took the initiative to help Nan Zhener pull out the chair.
Great care.
Nan Xing sat across the dining table, feeling deeply hurt in her heart.
As both daughters of the Nan family, Nan Weiguo's concern for her was false, but his concern for Nan Zhen'er was genuine.
I don’t know if it’s true to the old saying, if you have a stepmother, you must have a stepfather.
Seeing Nan Xing lowering her head and eating the food silently, Nan Weiguo realized that what he had done was a little too obvious, so he stood up and gave her a hairy crab from the center plate.
"Xing'er, I heard that you like to eat seafood. This is fresh food sent from Yangcheng Lake by my father. Come and try it."
Nanxing had a series of equipment for opening crab shells at hand, but she did not move.
"Sister, isn't this your favorite thing to eat? Why don't you use the chopsticks?" Nan Zhen'er looked towards Nan Xing, "Don't you know how to eat?"
Nan Xing glanced at her sideways.
Seeing Nan Xing's ugly face, Nan Zhen'er happily picked up a pair of golden scissors and said, "Sister, look at how I opened the crab shell..."
Nan Zhen'er wanted to give Nan Xing a personal demonstration, but Nan Xing didn't even look at her and just picked up the tool next to her.
"Well, first open the crab belly and crab bucket and separate them from the crab body. Then use scissors to cut off the crab legs and claws, as well as the two ends of the crab leg joints, so that the crab meat can come out with just a push. ”
Nan Xing was unhurried, moved skillfully, and quickly put a piece of tender and juicy crab meat into his mouth.
Under Nan Zhen'er's stunned gaze, Nan Xing mixed himself another bowl of sauce.
Then put disposable gloves on your hands.
Take the crab meat and dip it lightly in the sauce, and the taste will be endless.
Nan Zhen'er looked at it and felt a little unhappy.
In her understanding, Nan Xing had always lived in a small mountain village, a remote place like that. Nan Xing had probably never even seen a hairy crab.
But just now I saw her peeling off crab meat, she was very skillful, she had reached the level of proficiency...
It's like hairy crabs are her daily meal.
How did Nan Xing do it?
Could it be that Nan Xing had worked as a busboy in a restaurant before and often watched rich people eat like this, so he learned it?
This is the only possibility that Nan Zhen'er can think of.
"Xing'er, have you ever eaten hairy crabs before?" Nan Weiguo was also surprised.
In his memory, he had never taken Nan Xing to a restaurant.
Knowing that Nan Xing likes to eat seafood, he also accidentally heard a servant mention it.
I didn't expect it to be a hit-and-miss, it was true.
Nan Xing took a paper towel to wipe his mouth and said casually: "When I was a kid, there was a river near the village. When summer came, my friends and I would go fishing and catching shrimps in the river. There were also wild crabs in the river. Anyone who comes and goes knows that. Why eat it?"
Hearing this, Nan Zhen'er breathed a sigh of relief.
She thought there was something really special about Nanxing.
Unexpectedly, it was an experience I found by the river when I was a child.
Oh, then there is nothing to attract her attention.
"So that's it," Nan Weiguo nodded, with an indescribable feeling in his heart. He changed his hand and put another hairy crab on the plate in front of Nan Xing. "Since you like to eat, then eat more."
Nan Xing stared at the hairy crabs on the plate, her eyelashes trembling, "If you have something to say, why don't you just say it? I don't like to beat around the bush."
She would never be so stupid as to think that Nan Weiguo called her home just to have a meal.
Nan Weiguo coughed a few times and put down his chopsticks, "Xing'er, eat first. After dinner, we'll talk to dad in his study later."
really.
Nan Xing curled her lower lip coldly.
No matter how rich the food on the table was, my appetite suddenly disappeared.
Probably Nan Weiguo would treat her well only when he needed her.
Nan Xing put down his chopsticks: "I'm full and want to take a look in the utility room. Is it locked?"
At this time, Nan Zhen'er hurriedly stood up and said, "Sister, are you full after just a few bites? Eat more. I will accompany you later."
Nan Xing's cold eyes fell on the other party.
When did Nan Zhener become so kind?
When something goes wrong, there must be a monster.
"No need." Nan Xing refused coldly.
Nan Zhen'er was rejected. A hand under the table pinched her thigh, and she smiled softly, "Sister, please drink a glass of honey water before you leave. This is the honey brought by Aunt Zhang from her hometown. It's very sweet." "
Seeing that Nan Xing was indifferent, Nan Zhen'er deepened the smile on her face and said innocently: "Sister, are you afraid that I will put medicine in the honey water? If you don't believe it, I will have a drink too."
In full view of everyone, Nan Zhen'er drank up a glass of honey water, which made her cough uncontrollably.
Qin Peicen couldn't stand it any longer. He took out the key to the utility room and slapped it on the table. "Head of the house, take a look at Nan Xing's attitude. Ever since he stepped into this house, he has never put on a good face. Speaking of which, , we Zhen'er don't owe her anything!"
Nan Weiguo also felt that his face was dull, and he was smiling but not smiling, "Xing'er, your sister is also kind-hearted. For the sake of your Aunt Qin, you just..."
Nan Xing pursed her lips tightly, stood up, walked around the dining table, and picked up the key in front of Qin Peicen.
Then, he took a few symbolic sips of the honey water prepared by the servant.
Just now, she didn't do it for Qin Peicen's sake.
But for the sake of the key in his hand.
With this key, she can successfully enter the utility room and take away her mother's things.
Seeing Nan Xing drink the honey water obediently, Nan Zhen'er winked at Xiaofang, and Xiaofang immediately followed Nan Xing out.
Nan Xing took the key and walked quickly to the utility room.
After passing through several corridors, Nan Xing suddenly stopped.
He glanced behind him from the corner of his eye for a moment, "If you know the truth, get out of here, or you'll be walking around without food."
Xiaofang, who was hiding behind the pillar, was startled. She didn't know when Nanxing discovered her.
There was a threat in Nan Xing's words. She didn't dare to stay for a second and left with the rabbit's tail between her legs.
There was silence all around, and a clear moon above illuminated the courtyard.
Nan Xing lowered his head and looked at the key in his hand, then walked under the moonlight to a locked room.
It probably hasn't been cleaned for a long time. The utility room is very messy and the smell of dust is there as soon as you open the door and walk in.
Nan Xing turned on the light, and the dazzling light instantly illuminated the entire room.
In a more conspicuous location, Nan Xing found the jewelry box containing the emerald necklace.
The rich and dazzling gemstones are paired with trapezoidal square diamonds in a staggered design. Under the light, the light is alluring.
This is the jewelry my mother once wore.
Inexplicably, Nan Xing felt a little heavy in his heart.
I remember that before my mother left, she gave her a wooden box with a mortise and tenon structure.
He said there was something important inside and asked her to find a way to open it.
Nan Xing secretly inquired, and the only way to open the wooden box was to find the only key in the world.
If you insist on using brute force to solve it, the contents inside will be destroyed along with the mortise and tenon joints.
