New York, United States.
Issou woke up early in the morning. Between the two options of "continue to eat fried chicken, fries, and burgers" and "go out and buy ingredients to cook for myself", she decisively chose the latter. After changing her clothes, she picked up her keys, wallet, and phone and left the house.
Although Issou had just moved to New York, with the help of her landlord, Stan Lee, she had a rough understanding of the neighborhood. The place she was going to today was a raw materials market where she could buy authentic Chinese ingredients.
Although the raw materials market was a bit far from where she lived, fortunately, there was a direct subway line, so when she left the house, she went straight to the subway station.
However, when she passed by a neighbor's house, Issou subconsciously looked up and saw that the neighbor's door and windows were closed. Obviously …
No one was at home.
However, she was not surprised because when she signed the lease, Old Stan mentioned it to her.
Her neighbor, Mr. Lecter, was not only an excellent psychologist, but he also occasionally gave lectures at universities as a professor.
This week, he happened to have a lecture, so if Issou wanted to visit Mr. Lecter, she would have to wait for him to come back.
With this in mind, Issou looked away and walked faster toward the subway station.
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The New York subway was one of the oldest public underground railway systems in the world, and it was also one of the most important modes of transportation in the city.
To put it simply, the New York subway was not only old, but it was also crowded.
However, for Issou, who had experienced the morning rush hour of China's Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou subway, the congestion was not a problem. The problem was …
The New York subway did not have a security gate.
Issou: "…"
Was there no one who felt particularly insecure?!
She subconsciously turned her head to look at the passengers waiting for the subway, but she found that all the New Yorkers were very calm.
New Yorkers: "…"
Of course.
After all, they were people who experienced the war in New York.
Issou: "…???"
Issou was about to look away when he inadvertently saw the magazine in the hands of one of the passengers. On the cover was a young man in a suit.
She had to admit that the young man on the cover was indeed very handsome, even if it was just a static cover, but those beautiful blue eyes were really too charming, and the unruly and frivolous smile on his lips added a bit of charm to him.
But what attracted Issou the most was a single word on the cover.
Batman。
Batman?
Issou was stunned. Was that man an actor? Is Batman really going to make a live-action movie? Could it be some fake material again?
Issou realized that every time they said they were going to shoot a live-action movie, it turned out to be an animated movie. "…"
The DC and Marvel comic companies were always like this, and yet, not a single one of them had been beaten to death. They were really lucky.
"Be careful."
Issou, who was in a daze, did not notice that the subway had arrived. As a result, she was pushed by the people behind her. Fortunately, someone helped her from behind.
The grateful Yi Su subconsciously turned her head to take a look, only to meet a pair of deep blue eyes.
Wow.
So there really is a sea of stars hidden in someone's eyes.
"Are you okay?" The owner of the blue eyes looked at the black-haired girl who was staring at him blankly, and his lips curled up into a smile.
"Uh, I'm fine." When Issou noticed the other party's gaze, she quickly came back to her senses and had a bright smile on her face. "Thank you so much for just now."
Otherwise, she would have been a fool.
"You're welcome, I don't think anyone would have the heart to not help a cute girl like you, right?"
The man said as he withdrew his hand and walked into the subway with Issou. However, after he finished speaking, he felt that what he just said was a bit ambiguous, so he added, "Emm, I meant to help."
"Haha." When Issou heard the other party's words, she could not help but laugh. She said, "In fact, I don't think you need to add that last sentence at all. Although there are a lot of cultured scum nowadays, you don't look like that kind of person."
After that, Issou felt that something was wrong, so she changed her words. "Emm, what I mean is, you're really good-looking, you don't look like a bad person at all."
Issou's words made the man, Charles Xavier, laugh. Although it was a bit impolite, as the most powerful telepath on Earth, he was certain that the black-haired girl's ability was —
Issou was not lying.
"Forgive me for thinking that you only look sweet, but I didn't expect you to have such a sweet mouth."
Charles's almost transparent blue eyes looked at Issou with a smile. The slightly drooping corners of his eyes made him look particularly sincere and kind. He said, "You're really a Sweethearts."
Is he sexually harassing me or flirting with me?
Issou silently looked at the other party's appearance —
Yeah.
Flirting with me.
"Hearing" Issou's honest words, Charles could hardly hide his smile.
To be honest, although it was confirmed that Issou was not the mutant they were looking for, Charles was not disappointed at all. After all, she was really too interesting and too cute.
When they arrived at the meeting place, the members of the X-Men saw Professor X in a good mood. "Professor, are you sure she's the mutant we're looking for?"
Charles shook his head. "No."
Everyone else: "…???"
If she's not, why is Professor smiling so happily?
#
Issou, who had just waved goodbye to Charles, was also in a good mood. After she got off the subway, she went straight to the raw materials market.
The black-haired girl, who planned to make crab roe soup dumplings today, bought all the ingredients on the list and took a taxi home. But —
She was in such a hurry that she did not notice that the TV in the raw materials market was broadcasting a news report about a consulting detective from London and Scotland Yard working together to solve a big case.
After Issou got home, he changed his clothes and went straight into the kitchen.
Because he had already dealt with the old hen when he was at the raw materials market, Issou directly washed it with clean water and put it into a cold pot. After the blood was boiled, he washed it with hot water again and put it into the pot to simmer.
Then Issou put the boiled pork skin into the pot together with onion, ginger, fish sauce, and other seasonings. After adding some clean water, he waited until it was soft and tender.
After the steamed crab was removed, he took out the crab roe, crab meat, and various seasonings and set them aside. After the crab shell was dipped in oil, he stir-fried it over a small flame until the crab oil came out.
After everything was done, Issou put the crab roe, crab meat, chicken soup, crab oil, and seasonings into the frozen pork skin and stirred it evenly.
Then, he took out the dough that was kneaded with high-gluten flour, rolled it into a round ball, and began to make soup dumplings.
Issou spread out the rolled round ball in his hand and took out an appropriate amount of filling. When he finished, his slender fingers moved, and in the blink of an eye, a crab roe soup dumpling came into view.
Each crab roe soup dumpling had exactly thirty-three folds, and each fold was like a chrysanthemum petal. At this time, when they were all placed together, they looked like clusters of beautiful jade chrysanthemums.
After putting the crab roe soup dumplings into the steamer and putting them into the pot of boiling water, Issou was in a good mood. He hummed a song as he cleaned up the kitchen. Smelling the fragrance wafting in the kitchen with the steam, the black-haired girl felt all her tiredness turn into water and was completely absorbed by a sponge.
But …
When Issou took out the steamed crab roe soup dumplings from the pot, she seemed to hear some movement outside. She was a little curious, but before she could turn around to see what was going on, she saw a huge, green guy appear from the kitchen window without warning.
For a moment, Issou was so shocked that her heart almost stopped beating. "…!!!!?"
The big guy's eyes fell on Issou, and he growled at her, "Hulk wants to eat!"
Issou, whose mind had gone blank, suddenly sucked in a breath of cold air.
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