Tony didn't know if the look in Issou's eyes made Clark feel that there was something strange about this question.
He only knew that there was something strange about this question.
He and Steve had just pushed the door open and entered.
They heard Wanda ask this question.
Tony "Old Driver" Stark immediately got the wrong idea.
His first reaction was — —
Which unlucky man was not only fast,
But also so fast that everyone knew about it?
Then his second reaction was — —
Wasn't this "My Chinese Restaurant"? How could someone drive in public?
"Tony? Steve? "
Hearing movement behind him, Issou subconsciously turned his head and saw Tony and Steve.
He immediately asked them with a smile,
"Why are you here?"
Issou noticed that Steve was still wearing the Captain America uniform and guessed,
"Did you just finish a mission?"
"Mhmm." Steve nodded to Issou, and his blue eyes fell on her.
"Tony and I just happened to be here.
So we planned to come and see you. "
Steve noticed that in addition to Issou and the three mutant waiters from "My Chinese Restaurant", Bari and Clark were also there.
He immediately greeted them. "You guys are here too?"
"Yes." Bari and Steve were also there.
Tony and the others greeted them.
Then, he told them the reason why they were here.
"Clark wanted to try Issou's cooking.
So I came with him. "
Steve noticed Bari and Clark.
Tony naturally noticed them too.
He glanced at where Issou and the others were standing.
Then he locked his gaze on Clark. He said meaningfully, "I just heard them say that you're fast?"
Clark: "…"
He didn't know why, but when Tony asked this question, he felt that there was something strange about this question.
Wanda didn't know what Clark was thinking. When she heard Tony's question, she nodded and said, "Yes, Pietro and Bari are competing to see who's faster. I heard that Superman is also very fast."
Bari first came to "My Chinese Restaurant" to eat at the same table as Tony and the others. Later, the Avengers came to eat with Diana and the others, so it was obvious that Tony and the others knew the identities of Bari and Clark.
In fact, this was indeed the case. Hearing Wanda's words, Steve glanced at Bari and Clark with a surprised expression, "Did you tell them?"
Although he didn't come to "My Chinese Restaurant" with Bari, he heard from Diana and Bruce that Bari didn't reveal to Issou that she was the Flash.
As for Clark, it was needless to say. Although they were not a team, because the Avengers and the Justice Alliance had cooperated before, they had specially created a group for the members of the two superhero teams to get to know each other.
It could be said that except for Tony and Bruce who still didn't like each other, the others had a good relationship. It was precisely because of this that Steve was sure that Clark had never been to "My Chinese Restaurant" before today.
So, did something happen?
Steve was a little curious. Otherwise, why would Bari, who knew Issou, and even Clark, who came to "My Chinese Restaurant" for the first time, lose his identity?
"Emmm …"
Hearing Steve's question, Bari thought of what happened just now. He spread his hands and said, "A little accident happened, so I confessed to Issou and the others."
Although Steve didn't know what Bari meant by a little accident, seeing that Issou and the others were not injured and looked normal, he didn't want to ask.
He nodded and smiled, "Fortunately, I didn't pretend that I didn't know Bari and Clark's identities."
Otherwise, it would be equivalent to acting in front of a group of people who knew the truth.
Upon hearing Steve's words, Izzo and the rest couldn't help but laugh. Meanwhile, after Tony overheard their conversation, he realized that Superman wasn't 'fast' as he thought when Walter and the rest said that he was' fast '.
However …
Tony raised one of his eyebrows slightly. He glanced at Clark, Bari, and Pietro one by one. He smiled mischievously and asked, "As men, are you sure you want to see who's faster?"
After Tony discovered that Wanda and the others were driving a fake car, he openly drove the real car directly onto the highway. He really didn't care that most of the people present didn't even have a driver's license.
Wanda, who didn't have a driver's license: "…???"
Clarice, who didn't have a driver's license: "…???"
Issou saw this and shrank in between the two girls who didn't have a driver's license, pretending that he didn't have a driver's license: "…???"
As for Bari, Clark, and Pietro, although they were all newbies, they still didn't know what Tony was talking about.
Therefore, the expressions of the three immediately became a bit awkward and complicated, especially Bari and Pietro. One said that she was faster than the other, and the other said that she didn't believe it. In the end, the two of them even wanted to compete to see who was faster.
The main point —
All of this happened in front of the three girls without any reservations.
Bari: "…"
Pietro: "…"
This was awkward.
"Ahem." After Steve heard Tony's words, he couldn't help but clear his throat. Of course, he didn't think too much at first, but after hearing Tony's words, how could he not understand?
After all, when it came to driving, there were many experienced drivers in The Avengers.
However, this wasn't the Avengers Mansion, and not everyone here was an Avenger. There were even three girls here, so he had to remind the experienced driver. "Be careful, Tony."
When Tony heard Steve say this, he clicked his tongue. He was about to say that it was the 21st century, and it was normal to drive in front of the girls and let them feel the speed of the car.
Unfortunately, before Tony had time to say this, he saw the three girls looking at them blankly, especially Wanda. When she saw Pietro blush, she was even more confused. Tony silently swallowed his words.
For a moment, the atmosphere became a little quiet and a little awkward. When Issou was thinking about whether to quickly skip the topic, he noticed that someone was looking at him.
The black-haired girl subconsciously turned her head and saw Clark looking at her with his wet blue eyes that resembled Bambi's.
After a moment of awkwardness, the superhero couldn't help but think of the way Issou looked at him after Wanda asked him the question, so the way he looked at her suddenly became a little strange.
Issou, who was trying to hide his custard bun persona: "…???"
Issou didn't know why Clark was looking at him like that. When she met his eyes, she tried to make her expression look righteous and innocent.
Issou didn't want to admit that he had a custard bun persona before, but when he thought of the conversation between Bari and Pietro just now …
Issou: "…"
Sorry, I tainted it.
Then he thought of the reactions of the people present just now …
Issou: "…"
Sorry, I'm the only one who tainted it.
Under such circumstances, Issou … Issou had to admit that ever since she fell in love with reading novels on the Jinjiang app, her life had become more and more "colorful".
Tony didn't know that Issou and Clark were "flirting" with each other. Seeing that he couldn't continue driving, he had to change the topic. After he glanced around the Chinese restaurant, he asked Issou, "Sweethearts, is your afternoon market over?"
When Issou heard Tony's question, he nodded and asked, "Why? Tony, haven't you guys had lunch yet? "
"No." Tony shook his head at Issou. "I can't eat lunch without your cooking."
As he spoke, he blinked his large caramel eyes at her. "So you can do whatever you want for me? Sweethearts. "
Steve: "…"
So, wasn't the person who had lunch with him called Tony Stark?
After hearing Tony's words, Issou smiled and said, "Well, you'll have to ask Clark and the others."
"What do you mean?"
Issou's words not only confused Tony, but even Steve looked over curiously. What did this have to do with Clark and the others?
Upon hearing this, Issou told him that Clark came to New York to do an exclusive interview with Tony. Issou even added, "Clark learned from Diana that you like Chinese food here, Tony, so he specially came here to pack some delicious food for you."
"And Clark and the others happened to be at the last table, so after serving them the food, we turned off the engine and called it a day."
After saying this, Issou felt that he was being considerate and loyal, but …
When Clark received the packed food from Issou, he couldn't help but think of the delicious Chinese food he just ate. Clark: "…"
He suddenly didn't want to go through the back door.
He had to be a righteous person.
After listening to Issou's words, he waited for Clark to bribe him with the food made by Issou. He also decided to temporarily ignore the relationship between Clark and the old bat, Bruce, for the sake of the food, and agreed to do an exclusive interview with him: "…???"
#
As for Clark's sudden change of mind and his decision to not use the food to get in through the back door and to be a righteous person, even Issou and the others who were present at the time were dumbfounded, let alone Tony, who was originally waiting to be fed.
When Issou came back to his senses, he saw Clark desperately protecting the packed food she gave him. The black-haired girl almost burst out laughing, and every time she thought about it, she would laugh.
This wasn't because Issou was easily amused, but because Clark and Tony's expressions at the time were too funny, okay? If a screenshot could be made into an emoticon, it would definitely be —
Clark: Bowing to the food.jpg
Tony: Smile fading .gif
So when Hannibal came to "My Chinese Restaurant" and walked into the kitchen, he saw the black-haired girl inside laughing from time to time while she was putting food on a plate.
Looking at the happy smile on Issou's face, Hannibal's pair of blue eyes, which were originally as gloomy as the damp fog in London, suddenly softened a lot. He chuckled and asked, "Did something good happen to you today? Issou. "
Issou, who was still immersed in Tony and Clark's emoticon, did not expect someone to suddenly speak in the kitchen, so she was startled. She subconsciously turned around and saw Hannibal standing at the door.
She pretended to be angry and glared at him, then said, "You almost scared me to death."
Hearing this, Hannibal smiled good-naturedly and raised his hands to make a gesture of surrender. He said, "Okay, it's my fault."
Previously, Hannibal's vocal cords were injured, so there was a period of time when he could not speak. Later on, even when he could speak again, his voice was still a bit hoarse.
However, today, his voice was unexpectedly deep and magnetic, and with a hint of laughter, it sounded even gentler.
Seeing this, Issou could not help but laugh. She turned back to continue putting food on the plate and asked, "Why are you here today?"
"Of course I'm here to eat." Hannibal looked at Issou, who had her back facing him, and asked with a smile, "What? Don't you welcome me? Issou. "
"Of course not." After putting the food on the plate, Issou put it on the small window sill and asked Clarice to bring it to the guests' table. She turned to look at Hannibal and continued, "I'm just curious. Are you guys busy today? Why haven't you eaten yet? "
Hannibal's workplace was not like their Chinese restaurant. Under normal circumstances, when they started the evening market, Hannibal and the others would have already gotten off work.
If that was the case, he should have already taken care of dinner at this time.
"It's okay, we're not too busy." When Hannibal heard Issou's question, he said, "It's just that I deliberately pushed back the dinner time to now."
"Why?"
Hannibal's words made Issou feel a little strange. Thinking that he was going to visit today, she asked with a smile, "You're not afraid that there won't be a seat if you come to eat at a normal time, are you?"
Knowing that Issou was joking, Hannibal still pretended to be serious and said, "Isn't that normal? After all, who doesn't know how good 'My Chinese Restaurant' is now? "
At this point, Hannibal asked curiously, "How did you come up with the idea of naming your Chinese restaurant 'My Chinese Restaurant'?"
Issou raised her eyebrows, "Is there a problem?"
"A little."
Hannibal spread his hands at Issou and then said, "Previously, when Dwight and the others came to eat at your place, they kept mentioning 'My Chinese Restaurant' when they went back. As a result, many of my customers came to me and asked me if people in our line of work were very profitable, and why everyone who worked at my place opened a Chinese restaurant."
"Pfft."
Hearing Hannibal's "complaints", Issou could not help but laugh, but …
She said, "Isn't your line of work very profitable?"
Hannibal, "…"
She made so much sense that he was speechless.
Hannibal was already very handsome, and the scar on his face did not affect his looks at all. On the contrary, when he smiled slightly, it made him look like a dimple, which was especially charming.
So when the handsome and charming Hannibal looked at her with a helpless expression, it was Issou's turn to surrender. She said, "Okay, I shouldn't have told you the truth."
Hannibal …
Well, Hannibal was even more helpless.
"Okay, I won't say anymore." Issou met Hannibal's gaze and obediently changed the topic. "So you haven't said why you deliberately delayed dinner."
The black-haired girl did not believe Hannibal's reason just now. It was not that he did not have dinner with Dwight and the others before, but because the two were neighbors, he called in advance, and Issou saved a seat for them.
So how could Hannibal be worried about delaying dinner because there were no seats?
"If I came here during rush hour, do you think I'd still be standing here chatting with you?" Hannibal's excuse may have been a joke, but one thing was true — —
The business of "My Chinese Restaurant" was indeed booming.
Hannibal believed that if he had called Issou in advance, she would have been willing to save a seat for him. However, he came to "My Chinese Restaurant" today for more than just dinner.
He said, "I think this is the right time to come. Not only can I have dinner, but I can also talk to you. After you close, I can also give you a ride home."
"Oh my god."
Issou could not help but laugh. "Can you be more considerate? Mr. Lecter. "
"Hmm."
Hearing Issou's question, Hannibal put on a thoughtful look, then showed her a gentlemanly smile, and said, "Would you like me to carry you all the way home?"
Issou, "…"
Sure enough, it was okay.
#
This was not the first time Hannibal tasted Issou's cooking, but every time he tasted it, he could not help but be amazed by her cooking.
He used his chopsticks to pick up a piece of honey-glazed barbecued pork and put it into his mouth. The juicy barbecued pork did not feel greasy when it entered his mouth. Instead, it tasted great.
With every bite, it was as if he was releasing the sauce absorbed by the tender and juicy barbecued pork. The caramel sugar coated on the surface was completely mixed with the oil decomposed from the barbecued pork, filling his mouth with a sweet aroma.
In addition to the honey-glazed barbecued pork, the crispy barbecued pork also made Hannibal's eyes light up. He picked up a piece, dipped it in the white sugar, and then eagerly bit into it.
After being roasted, the skin was golden and tempting. With a gentle bite, Hannibal seemed to be able to hear a crisp crunch. If the skin was crispy, then the meat inside was fresh and juicy.
After the excess oil was roasted away by the high temperature, there was not the slightest greasy taste. Together with the white sugar, when chewing, a fragrant, crispy, and sweet taste filled his mouth.
When Hannibal tasted it carefully, the tip of his tongue seemed to be able to taste a trace of the sweetness of rose dew, and the nerves in his brain slowly relaxed.
… …
After eating and drinking to his heart's content, Hannibal felt completely satisfied. Looking at Issou, who walked out of the kitchen, he smiled and gave her a thumbs up. He said, "To be honest, Issou, I really want to ask you, how do you make this food so delicious?"
Hearing Hannibal's question, Issou looked at him with a smile, and then said, "Why? Are you interested in learning? "
"Actually, I'm very interested in cooking." Hannibal clasped his hands together and rested his chin on them. He looked at Issou, "If you don't mind, I'll find a chance to let you try my cooking?"
"Wow."
Issou looked at Hannibal in surprise and said, "You know how to cook?"
It was no wonder that Issou was surprised. She had known Hannibal for so long, but she really didn't know about this. Of course, she had never imagined that he could cook.
It wasn't that Hannibal looked like a person who couldn't distinguish between food and water, but that he was already a psychiatrist and professor at such a young age. Therefore, Issou felt that he had probably put all his talent into this area.
After all, no one was perfect. Just like her, no matter how good her cooking was, it couldn't hide the fact that —
She was a bad student.
Originally, Issou thought that she and Hannibal were the exact opposite. However, she never expected that even though she was a bad student, Hannibal was not necessarily bad at cooking.
"Of course I can't compare to you." Hannibal knew this very well. He even felt that there was probably no one in the world who could cook better than Issou.
He said, "So if you're willing to give me some pointers, I think my cooking skills will definitely improve."
"Of course, no problem." Issou made an OK gesture to Hannibal. "But we'll have to wait until the Chinese restaurant is on holiday."
Hannibal smiled at Issou and said, "No matter how long it takes, it's worth the wait."
Regarding the promise to cook together, Hannibal indeed needed to wait a little longer. However, there was another thing that he didn't need to wait for too long.
"Be careful on the road."
Issou waited for Clarice and the others to pack up before closing the door. After saying goodbye to them, he said to Hannibal, "Let's go."
When Hannibal heard this, he nodded at Issou, then raised his eyebrows and smiled at her. "Do you need me to carry you?"
In Issou's mind, Hannibal had always been an elegant gentleman. However, when he looked at her with such a smile and spoke to her in such a teasing tone, she inexplicably felt that he seemed to be a little more mischievous.
When she heard Hannibal mention this again, Issou couldn't help but laugh. She said, "No, I already know that you can be more considerate."
As she spoke, the black-haired girl walked side by side with Hannibal. Probably because the temperature had dropped again today, when they passed a corner, the surroundings were eerily quiet. Only the crunching of their feet on the snow could be heard.
"Fortunately, you're here." Issou turned her head and glanced at Hannibal beside her. She said, "Otherwise, I might have to run home like crazy tonight."
After all, after the incident with Smith, Issou learned that even if the street lights on both sides were bright enough, walking at night was still a certain amount of danger.
Hannibal looked at Issou. Even at night, he could clearly see her clear and bright eyes and the sweet smile on her lips through the street lights.
He couldn't help but smile as well. "It's just on the way."
When she heard Hannibal say this, Issou couldn't help but recall how he pretended to go out to buy something to coincidentally bump into her and send her home even though his foot was injured.
Because of this, even when he said that he deliberately delayed coming to "my Chinese restaurant" to have a chat with her, Issou still felt that his last sentence was the real reason.
Issou curled her lips and said, "Even if it's on the way, I still have to thank you, Mr. Lecter."
"If you want to thank me, then call me by my name," Hannibal said. "We've known each other for so long, and you've always called me Mr. Lecter."
"Okay."
Hearing Hannibal's words, Issou agreed without hesitation. When she opened her mouth to call his name, she paused. "Uh …"
Hannibal saw this and asked, "What's wrong?"
"I suddenly remembered …" Issou blinked. "You don't seem to have told me your name."
When Old Stan introduced her neighbor to her, he only said that his name was Mr. Lecter. Later, when she met Hannibal, his throat happened to be injured, so he didn't introduce himself. Dwight only called him Dr. Lecter.
So when she heard Hannibal say this, Issou finally realized —
She didn't seem to know her neighbor's name until now.
When he heard Issou's words, Hannibal was a little confused. "You don't know my name?"
He remembered that when he first met Issou, the first thing she said to him was —
Are you the Mr. Lecter that Old Stan mentioned?
So Hannibal always thought that Issou already knew his name from Old Stan, but because of their relationship, she had always politely called him Mr. Lecter.
But now that he heard Issou say this, it turned out that she didn't know his full name?
"Well, it seems that we need to formally reintroduce ourselves." When Issou saw Hannibal's reaction, she reached out her hand. "Hello, my name is Issou."
Seeing this, Hannibal reached out and shook her hand. "Hello, Issou, my name is Hannibal Lecter."
When she heard Hannibal's self-introduction, Issou was about to call his name, but the next second, the smile on her face froze —
Hannibal Lecter?
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
