On the first day of the Chinese restaurant's opening, Issou did not expect the business to be better than she expected. Of course, what surprised her even more was that one of the customers was the man who helped her out at the subway station that day and prevented her from falling down in public.
"It's you?" Issou looked at Charles in front of her with a hint of surprise on her face. She then smiled and said, "I didn't expect to see you again."
Hearing this, Charles glanced at Issou. The black-haired girl in a snow-white chef's robe smiled so sweetly that he could not help but smile even more. "I heard from one of my students that your cooking skills are very good, so I came here to support you."
"Student?" After Issou asked Charles to sit down, she asked, "Are you a teacher at Empire State University?"
After all, there was only one school nearby.
Charles said, "No, my student's name is Jean Grey."
Hearing Charles's words, Issou's hand that was pouring tea for him almost trembled.
Student's name is Jean Grey?
So he's a teacher at Academy X?
Issou blinked and said, "So you're Jean's teacher?"
"To be precise, I'm a teacher and principal." Charles's gentle blue eyes looked at Issou with a smile. "My name is Charles Xavier."
"Wow, principal?"
Issou glanced at the young Charles. Before she could react, she heard his name.
Issou, "…!!?"
Wait a minute!
What did you say your name was?!
Although Yi Su was someone who had broken through the Dimensional Wall and knew very well that the world she was in now was different from the world she used to be in, even so, she still felt a little dizzy every time she suddenly encountered a storyline character.
She glanced at Charles. From his thick hair to his healthy legs, the black-haired girl was a little conflicted. Wasn't Professor X bald and wheelchair-bound?
Of course, Charles had no way of knowing what Issou was thinking when he did not use his superpowers. Looking at her reaction, he only thought that she was surprised that he was the headmaster.
After all, compared to Charles Xavier, outsiders were more familiar with Professor X, right?
Charles looked at Issou and asked with a smile, "What's wrong? Don't I look like one? "
In order to confirm whether Issou was a mutant or not, Charles deliberately went to look for her. However, his plan was not to contact her directly. He did not expect her to almost fall.
Charles, who had been paying close attention to Issou, could not remain indifferent, which was why they had a brief encounter.
This time, although Charles also approached Issou with a purpose, he did not want to and did not intend to deceive her.
Of course.
Not deceiving did not mean that he would be completely honest.
Charles, who had this thought, did not know that when he took the initiative to say his name, he had fallen off the horse.
"No." Issou came back to her senses when she heard this. She shook her head and said, "It's just that you look too young."
However, although he was young, Charles's elegant and gentle temperament was very convincing. People were only surprised that he was already the headmaster of a university, but they did not doubt the authenticity of his words.
"Hiahia, I'll take that as a compliment." Although Charles was already a role model, he still had a cute and lively smile. He smiled and said, "You know, in order to maintain my image in front of the students, I started to wonder if there's a generation gap between me and my peers."
At this point, he put his hands on the table and raised his head slightly to look at Issou like a well-behaved child. He said, "Emmm, there shouldn't be a generation gap between us, right? Issou. "
The Professor X in front of her was a far cry from the Professor X in Issou's imagination. At least, she never thought that the Professor X in the manga/anime, who always faced the world with a soft heart no matter how many hardships he went through, would be so young and childish.
If Issou did not know in advance, she probably would not have associated Charles with the mutated human leader. After all, Charles looked too harmless.
His red lips and white teeth gave him a scholarly look, which made him look harmless. Especially his pair of blue, almost transparent eyes, with the slightly drooping corners of his eyes, made him look like he was constantly using Puppy.
His eyes were aggressive, so sincere and kind that it made people worry that they would hurt him.
Such a person, with his not so broad shoulders, was able to hold up half the sky for so many mutated humans.
It was unbelievable just thinking about it.
"Hmm." Issou blinked and pretended to be serious. "I admit that you are indeed very young, but three years is a generation gap, I think between us …"
The black-haired girl pretended to count with her fingers. "There are at least two generation gaps, right?"
When he heard Issou's words, Charles's eyes widened slightly, as if he could not believe that she would say such "hurtful" words. He said, "Issou, I thought you would be friendlier to me."
The black-haired girl looked at the "hurt" Charles and could not help but smile. "Please believe me, I also want to be friendlier to you, but you have to know that if I'm friendlier to you, then I'll be too unfriendly to myself."
Charles looked like he was twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, and Issou was only twenty-one years old. Logically speaking, no matter how good-looking he was, there was no way she would allow herself to be a few years older for no reason.
Hearing this, Charles immediately reacted. He smiled and gave Issou an apologetic look, then said, "Well, I almost forgot that the person standing in front of me is a young and beautiful lady."
To be honest, Professor X's mouth was much sweeter than hers.
When Issou heard this, his lips curled up. He handed a menu to Charles and said, "As compensation, there will be a young and beautiful lady to serve you."
Charles smiled and said, "It's my pleasure."
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In the kitchen, Issou scooped up a snakehead fish from the water and began to butcher it. Clarice, who was standing by the window, saw her delicate little boss butchering the fish in such a straightforward manner. The contrast was so great that she was a little confused.
But soon, Clarice was attracted by Issou's exquisite knife skills. With a flash of the knife, the snakehead fish that was originally intact was sliced into pieces in the blink of an eye.
Looking at the fish bones that were cleanly sliced by Issou's knife, Clarice felt that even if she ate slowly, she would not be able to finish it so cleanly.
Just as she was thinking about it, she suddenly heard a sizzling sound, and a fragrant smell of fried food suddenly assailed her nose. She could not help but swallow silently as she stood by the window.
Before applying for the job, Clarice only thought that before her identity as a mutated human was exposed, she would be able to earn enough money to cover her living expenses for a period of time in "My Chinese Restaurant" so that she could continue to wander around and not be so poor.
But now, she changed her mind — —
It would be best if Issou never found out about her identity as a mutated human and let her be a waitress in "My Chinese Restaurant" for the rest of her life.
It did not matter if she did not get a raise, as long as her meals were covered.
Issou did not know what Clarice was thinking. When she saw that the water was boiling, she blanched the fish slices one by one. Because the fish slices were fragile, she did not move much.
After the fish fillets were cooked, they were poured into a pot with soaked soybean sprouts. Then, minced garlic and Sichuan pepper were sprinkled on top of the fish fillets. Finally, hot oil and fried dried chili were poured over the fish fillets. Then, the dish was ready to be served.
When Charles looked at the Spicy Boiled Fish that was served on the table, the steaming steam with a spicy aroma hit his face. However, the bright red chili made him flinch a little.
Charles said, "I think this Spicy Boiled Fish is a bit like the poisonous apple in the Queen's hand."
It was delicious and tempting, but poisonous.
Hearing this, Issou looked at Charles with a smile, "So, are you Snow White?"
Charles: "…"
Seeing that Charles could not help but twitch his mouth, the smile in Issou's eyes deepened. She reached out and patted him on the shoulder, "Trust me, you will enjoy it very much."
Hearing this, he remembered that he had volunteered to let Issou recommend him, so Charles did not want to run away. He picked up his chopsticks and put a mouthful into his mouth. The stars in his blue eyes suddenly lit up.
The fish slices that had just entered his mouth were firm and smooth, as if they would melt in his mouth without chewing. The soybean sprouts were crispy and delicious. When he chewed together with the fish slices, Charles felt that other than the freshness in his mouth, there was also a crispness in his mouth.
Originally, Charles had asked Clarice to prepare a glass of ice water for him, but he did not realize that this glass of ice water was useless. When he ate the Spicy Boiled Fish, his mouth was spicy, but it was not dry. After the spiciness, there was a slight numbness, but it was not bitter.
The two flavors of freshness and spiciness intertwined perfectly in his mouth. Although it was numb, the spiciness was very satisfying.
Just like Charles now, even if he gasped softly due to the spiciness, he could not bear to put down the chopsticks in his hand. The spiciness entered his chest through swallowing, opening up his stomach and stimulating his appetite.
Now Charles understood why Issou recommended him the Spicy Boiled Fish after asking him if anything had happened recently that made him unhappy. After eating it, the depression, powerlessness, and unhappiness that he had accumulated from his meeting with Eric and parted on bad terms were all shattered at once.
Charles only felt that all the gloominess in his chest was swept away in an instant. The combination of the tender and fragrant fish fillet, the spicy and fragrant chili, and the crispy and delicious soybean sprouts in his mouth made him feel refreshed. Together with the sweet white rice, it was simply satisfying to the point that all his worries disappeared.
Seeing that Charles could not stop eating, Issou curled his lips. "How is it? I didn't recommend it wrong, did I? "
Hearing this, Charles nodded. He picked up the tissue beside him and wiped the fine sweat on his forehead and the tip of his nose. He smiled at Issou and said, "It's very good, Issou."
He gave her a thumbs up. "It's so delicious that it can't be compared."
Issou was naturally very happy that his food was liked by others, so when he saw that Charles was curious about why the Spicy Boiled Fish he ate here was different from other Chinese restaurants, he patiently explained it to him.
"Let's not talk about other things. Let's talk about the choice of fish. Most Chinese restaurants will choose to use basa fish, but because it's not a live fish, its meat is not tight, it's hard to slice thin, and it's easy to cook." Then, she added, "Of course, there are also Chinese restaurants that choose to use fresh catfish, but it's not as delicious as grass carp or snakehead fish."
In fact, most Chinese restaurants chose basa fish because it was common and cheap in the United States, and Americans did not like to pick out the bones when eating fish, so basa fish without any meat bones was very suitable for them.
Charles asked curiously, "So, did I eat grass carp or snakehead fish today?"
"Snakehead fish." Issou said, "Snakehead fish have relatively few bones among freshwater fish, and the middle part is very suitable for making fillets. In addition, the meat of snakehead fish is very tight and fresh, easy to slice thin, and it melts in the mouth."
"It does melt in the mouth." Charles smiled at Issou. "But after eating it, I'm a little worried."
"Hmm?" Hearing this, Issou looked at Charles in confusion and heard him say in a worried tone, "I'm worried that after tasting the food you made today, everything else will become tasteless."
Hearing Charles's words, Issou burst out laughing. She originally thought that Jim was the only one who liked to eat sweet things today, and that was why he had such a sweet mouth.
But now, it seemed that Charles was not to be outdone either.
Issou said to him with a bright smile, "So, I welcome you to come visit when you're free."
"Of course." Charles answered Issou, but in his heart, he was thinking, even if I'm not free, there's still Cotter, right? Otherwise, I can ask Stephen for help.
Stephen Strange, Dr. Strange, "…"
No!
I'm not a professional!
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When the evening market came to an end, it meant that Issou's work for the day was over. The black-haired girl, who had been busy all day, was very glad that she chose to live nearby because it would not take her long to go home and have a good rest.
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