Just like how Issou did not expect Winter Soldiers to come to "My Chinese Restaurant" without money for breakfast, and even thought of using his Iron Arm to pay for breakfast.
Winter Soldiers did not expect to come to Issou for food, and he even asked for money.
Hmm.
What is money?
In fact, it was no wonder that Winter Soldiers had no social survival skills.
After all, the purpose of the Hydra's brainwashing was to train him to be a puppet loyal to the Hydra, and not a well-rounded social talent.
Moreover, compared to the current Winter Soldiers, the former Winter Soldiers was really a puppet.
Not to mention other things, just eating this piece of meat was enough.
He did not need it at all.
So why would he need to know what money was?
The current Winter Soldiers was indeed a lot freer than before.
The main reason was that Chiasma took him away from the Hydra's secret base, and he could no longer stay in the frozen cabin like before.
But even so, it did not mean that Winter Soldiers could learn any social survival skills.
Think about how he ate the mandarin duck hotpot in "My Chinese Restaurant" for the first time.
That was because Chiasma had no choice but to ask Jack to pack it.
Think about how he ate the victory cake made by Issou without Chiasma's help for the first time.
That was the reward that Winter Soldiers received after violently killing a military team.
Think about how he sneaked into Issou's house and ate the dry fried beef river and pea and salted chicken porridge that she specially made for him.
That was what Dong Bing got by selling his beauty (cuteness).
So! So!
For Winter Soldiers, why did he need to bring money when he came to Issou for food? Wasn't it enough to bring him alone?
It was precisely because of this reason.
Therefore, when Dong Bing heard Yi Su ask him if he brought any money, he couldn't help but be stunned.
However, Winter Soldiers only lacked social survival skills because of the brainwashing, not because his brain was damaged. Especially after eating Issou's Chinese food,
His brain was gradually recovering.
So when he heard Issou's words,
Winter Soldiers understood.
If he wanted to eat, he had to pay.
However, it was a fact that Winter Soldiers was penniless now. Fortunately, he knew how to draw inferences.
Before Issou could finish his words,
He understood what she was trying to say.
No Money.
Let's barter then.
Issou: "…???"
Wait.
That..
That was not what she meant.
The black-haired girl's original plan was to call Steve.
She would tell him that Winter Soldiers was at "her Chinese restaurant." But who would have thought that Winter Soldiers's brain circuit would not match hers?
In fact, Winter Soldiers's brain circuit was not on the same channel as Issou's. Because although he did not forget what happened at Issou's house last time, what left a deeper impression on him was the plate of dry fried beef river and the bowl of pea and salted chicken porridge.
As for Steve, Sam, and Clint?
Oh.
For Dong Bing, after the events of that night, the three of them were the symbol in his mind — — — — -
Three!
Snatching food from him!
Eating! White! Food! Of!
Issou: "…???"
The black-haired girl would never have guessed that because of the supper she made, Dong Bing would remember Steve even though he was completely brainwashed after seeing him. Now, Dong Bing remembered Steve because he was one of the bastards who had snatched his salted chicken porridge. It was so unexpected that Dong Bing was caught off guard.
Back to the topic, it was precisely because in Winter Soldiers' mind, Steve was already a freeloader, so why would he think of asking him to pay the bill?
Even if he really wanted someone to pay the bill, considering Winter Soldiers' current status, shouldn't he call the Hydra and ask them to come over and pay?
But …
Winter Soldiers sneaked out this time, just like last time, so it was strange that he would contact Chiasma when he was not full.
Speaking of Chiasma, Winter Soldiers remembered that he wanted to come to "My Chinese Restaurant" to eat double
Plus lunch, but he was jointly rejected by Chiasma and Jack.
When they rejected him last time, they clearly said that they were righteous. Damn! Damn!
Chiasma and Baron Straker actually came to "My Chinese Restaurant" behind his back last night?!
To be honest, if it were not for this reason, Winter Soldiers would not have taken the initiative to come to "My Chinese Restaurant" to find Issou this morning.
Chiasma: "…"
Baron Straker: "…"
So they created an opportunity for Winter Soldiers?
Issou did not know what Winter Soldiers was thinking, and why he suddenly appeared in "My Chinese Restaurant". Just like how she was now facing Winter Soldiers' iron arm, she did not know how to react.
Logically speaking, Issou should be more determined —
Don't forget that Steve was still waiting for his Baki!
But …
That was Winter Soldiers' iron arm.
In the face of such temptation, Yi Su thought, not to mention her strong will, it was already amazing that she didn't betray him on the spot.
Although Winter Soldiers' iron arm was not as easy to touch as Jarvis Meow's physical body, or Wolverine's "cat ears", or even Captain America's big breasts were better to touch, but …
Just like Batman's pair of hard, plastic-like tips, and just like Loki's heavy antler helmet. Whether it was easy to touch or not was one thing, but this was the "XX of XX" series, okay?
In Issou's words, the cold iron arm was cold to the touch, but it was Winter Soldiers' iron arm.
So looking at Winter Soldiers' iron arm in front of him, Issou could not hold back his restless heart and silently reached out to him.
The black-haired girl first tentatively touched Winter Soldiers' fingertips, then reached out and squeezed them. The feeling was just as she imagined. The metal fingertips were hard to touch, and there was a bit of coldness unique to metal.
Winter Soldiers slightly lowered his eyes and obediently allowed Issou to touch his iron arm. When his eyes fell on his iron arm and the black-haired girl's fingertips, he could not help but frown.
It was not that he did not like Issou's action, nor was it that he felt uncomfortable. After all, although the iron arm replaced his left hand, it was still a little different from a real arm.
Although it was not to the extent that he would not react to being interrupted, but logically speaking, Winter Soldiers should not feel anything when Issou touched and squeezed like this.
But …
He felt a little itchy.
The places where Issou touched and squeezed with his fingertips felt as if there was a trace of electricity passing through, and there was a slight numbness.
Seeing Issou's hand gradually move up and squeeze his palm, Winter Soldiers only felt that it took him a lot of effort to restrain himself from suddenly closing his fingers and grabbing the black-haired girl's hand.
Issou did not know what Winter Soldiers was thinking. She squeezed his fingertips, palm, held his wrist, felt his arm, and touched the five-pointed star on his iron arm. She could not help but ask him curiously, "Do you feel anything?"
The black-haired girl knew that Winter Soldiers' iron arm was the black technology of Hydra. Not only could he use it freely when it was installed on his broken arm, but after he removed it, he could also control it remotely.
But Issou was curious. Would Winter Soldiers feel anything when she touched him like this?
Hearing the black-haired girl's question, Winter Soldiers raised his eyes slightly and glanced at her.
Most of the time, Winter Soldiers' eyes were always cold, so empty that it made people wonder if he was just a lifelike killing machine. But when he faced Issou, his gray-green eyes would always try to show more emotions.
Just like now, Winter Soldiers' green eyes seemed to light up with a trace of fire, melting the coldness in his eyes and looking at Issou with a bit of warmth.
He said, "Itchy."
Originally, it was just his fingertips, but now Winter Soldiers felt as if his entire iron arm was being electrocuted, flowing along his nerves and veins in the same direction.
"Itchy?"
Issou did not expect to get such an answer from a casual question. She thought that maybe because it was a metal arm, Winter Soldiers might not feel anything, or maybe because it was too advanced, so Winter Soldiers might feel something.
But even so, the black-haired girl did not expect Winter Soldiers to say that it was itchy.
Thinking of the strength she used to touch Winter Soldiers' iron arm, Issou seriously pondered a question —
So, after Winter Soldiers was the man with his own BGM, the little prince who stepped on the spot, was he still a sensitive boy?
Issou: "…"
Sorry.
She seemed to have become tainted again.
The Winter Soldier, who didn't know that the seemingly innocent girl in front of him was actually a silly and sweet Winter Soldier, nodded upon hearing Yi Su's words. He covered his heart with his right hand and said seriously, "My heart is itching."
The electric current surged towards his heart, making Dong Bing's entire heart feel numb. Wasn't it just an itch in his heart?
Issou: "…???"
What the hell was itchy?
When the black-haired girl heard Winter Soldiers' words, she was extremely confused. Why did she feel that her brain circuits could not find the channel that Winter Soldiers was on?
However, when she thought about how Winter Soldiers had worked so hard to get a bite of food, locked her up in a small dark room, pretended to be cute and obedient, and even let his watery green eyes come online, and even cheated to take the last bowl of pea and salted chicken porridge from Steve …
It could be said that in order to get a bite of food, there was nothing that Winter Soldiers wouldn't do. So when Issou heard his words, she tried to follow his train of thought and asked, "Are you sure it's your heart that's itchy and not your stomach that's itchy (hungry)?"
When he heard Issou's question, Winter Soldiers was stunned for a moment. After a while, the hand that was covering his heart silently moved down until it fell on his stomach, and then he looked at her silently —
You were just imagining things.
My stomach really is itchy (hungry).
Issou: "…"
Seeing Winter Soldiers' reaction, Issou did not know whether to laugh or cry, but what could she do?
Facing Winter Soldiers with his round face and watery green eyes, Issou of course —
She played along and pretended not to see his poor performance.
"Sit down first."
Issou said to Winter Soldiers, then asked Pietro and the others to make a pot of tea for him, and then she turned and walked toward the kitchen.
Mhmm.
But before making breakfast for Winter Soldiers, the black-haired girl sent a text message to Steve.
What?
Issou just touched Winter Soldiers' arm, and now she's calling Steve?
…
…
…
There's nothing wrong with that.
The black-haired girl thought in her heart. She was a ruthless woman. Thinking back to when she was in Gotham, didn't she also ruthlessly touch Batman?
So Issou sent a text message to Steve without any guilt, telling him that Winter Soldiers was at "My Chinese Restaurant".
Considering that it was rush hour, it might take Steve some time to get from Avengers Mansion to "My Chinese Restaurant", so the breakfast that Issou made for Winter Soldiers was not simple.
After checking the fresh ingredients that were delivered today, the black-haired girl poured a certain amount of water into the pot and waited for it to boil. Then, she poured in the rice and took out the snakehead fish to slaughter.
When Clarice came in and saw Issou holding a knife to the snakehead fish on the chopping board, she was inexplicably reminded of the first time she saw the black-haired girl slicing fish.
That was really — —
With a flick of the knife, the fish was sliced into thin slices.
In fact, that was indeed the case. Seeing it again, Clarice still felt that it was unbelievable. How could someone use a knife so skillfully?
It was as if she had practiced it thousands of times and did not need to use her brain at all. Her body already had a subconscious reaction when she picked up the knife.
If Issou knew what Clarice was thinking, then she would tell her — —
Not that she had practiced it thousands of times, but that she had indeed practiced it thousands of times.
Just like how she sliced ginger, even if she closed her eyes, she could still slice ginger into slices based on her feelings.
After the other ingredients were prepared, and the porridge base was ready, Issou picked up the chopsticks and began to pour in the previously sliced fish slices.
The most important thing about the Cantonese congee was to highlight the two words, Sheng Rou. The so-called Sheng Rou referred to the fact that after the congee was boiled, the other ingredients were poured in while it was still hot, and they were quickly boiled until cooked.
The black-haired girl held the chopsticks and skillfully scattered the fish slices that were stuck together. The benefits of thinly slicing the fish slices before were now apparent.
The thin fish slices began to gradually change color after being scalded by the boiling temperature of the porridge base. When the originally thin fish slices turned white, Issou turned off the heat.
"Can I eat? Issou. "
Because the afternoon market had not yet started, Pietro, who came into the kitchen and saw the cooked fish porridge, could not resist the temptation of the aroma and went directly to Issou.
"Didn't you eat enough just now?"
Issou scooped the cooked fish porridge into a bowl and said with a smile, "Don't think I don't know that you cheated just now to get the last piece of steamed shumaki."
As she spoke, the black-haired girl could not help but tease Pietro. "I say, aren't you worried that you'll meet another Bari?"
Originally, Pietro decided to pretend that he did not hear what Issou said and only answered her first question, but her last sentence made it impossible for him to pretend that he did not hear it.
"Impossible."
Pietro opened his mouth and said, "If so many people are faster than me, then how can I be called Fast Silver? I'll be called Slow Silver. "
"Pfft."
Hearing Pietro's words, Issou could not help but laugh. She said, "I don't know how many people are faster than you, but I know that if Clark made a move that day, you would be caught by two people at the same time."
Because as far as she knew, Superman Clark's speed was not slow either. Although he may not be as fast as Flash Bari, compared to Pietro …
Yes.
Fast Silver could indeed be called Slow Silver.
Pietro: "…"
Seeing Lucky Mascot's shocked expression, Yi Su sprinkled the sliced ginger and chopped green onions on the fish fillet porridge. Then, she sprinkled some pepper and peanut oil and said to him, "If you want to eat, just eat. There's still a lot of porridge."
With that said, the black-haired girl took the bowl of fish porridge and prepared to walk out. Winter Soldiers, who was sitting outside, could not wait any longer.
When Issou placed the bowl of fish porridge in front of Winter Soldiers, the door of "My Chinese Restaurant" was pushed open at the same time. The black-haired girl subconsciously turned her head and saw Steve rushing over from Avengers Mansion.
When Issou saw Steve pushing the door open, her eyes lit up, and so did Steve. Well, his eyes lit up not because of Issou, but because of Issou … Winter Soldiers in front of him.
"Ba …"
God knows how excited Steve was after receiving Issou's text message. Ever since he saw Winter Soldiers at Issou's house last time, he had not been able to find his whereabouts.
If it were not for the fact that he was not the only one present at the time, he would have suspected that seeing Baki again was just an illusion.
Even though Steve was not afraid of waiting, it did not mean that he liked it. So after knowing that Winter Soldiers appeared in "My Chinese Restaurant", he rushed over to Issou's place at lightning speed.
No kidding.
At that time, Steve was driving so fast that if his Harley were to be given wings, it would be able to carry him directly into the air.
When he pushed the door open and walked into "My Chinese Restaurant" and saw Winter Soldiers again with his own eyes, he finally felt relieved.
He was afraid that he was one step too late.
It was just that Steve did not expect that Winter Soldiers, who heard him push open the door and turned around like Issou, stood up from the chair. Before Steve could call out his name, he ran towards the kitchen as fast as he could.
Steve: "…!!!"
Seeing Winter Soldiers' reaction, while Issou was still in a daze, Steve's expression changed —
"… Baki!"
Obviously, when he saw Winter Soldiers run towards the kitchen as soon as he saw him, Steve could not help but remember that when he was at Issou's house, he also ran towards the kitchen when they were not paying attention, then ran straight out the window.
Because of the example last time, Steve did not dare to hesitate at all. He also ran towards the kitchen.
So …
The people in the kitchen seemed to have been hit by a pause button. They all looked at Winter Soldiers and Steve who ran in from outside with a dumbfounded expression.
Of course, the person who was even more confused was Pietro —
Because he was still scooping the fish porridge into his bowl, he felt Dong Bing's knife-like gaze on him. It was so sharp that he seemed to want to slice him into pieces.
Not as if.
He really wanted to.
Winter Soldiers did not expect that after seeing Steve's arrival, the first thing he did was to protect his porridge. But! Yes!
Who knew that before Steve, there was already someone who was secretly eating his fish porridge!
Winter Soldiers, who was in a bad mood, stared at Pietro with his gray-green eyes, exuding a particularly unhappy aura.
Pietro: "…???"
What did I do wrong?
I just wanted to eat a bowl of porridge.
Steve: "…!!!"
What did I do wrong?
Why did Baki's first reaction when he saw me was to protect my food?
Yes, Steve, who ran into the kitchen with Winter Soldiers, now realized —
Winter Soldiers did not intend to run away at all. He just wanted to protect his food!
So not only did Baki not remember him, but he also thought that he was snatching his food?
Winter Soldiers: "…"
What else?
Steve: "…"
His mood was complicated.
But no matter what, it was good that Baki did not run away. Steve, who was in a complicated mood, could only comfort himself in this way. However …
Looking at Dong Bing, who was eating the sautéed fish porridge in the bowl while protecting the sautéed fish porridge in the pot, and vigilantly waiting for Dong Bing to snatch his sautéed fish porridge, Steve …
Steve said that he could spend his own money to buy fish porridge, okay?
Winter Soldiers: "…"
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