Chapter 137 Birthday in progress
Kim Taeyeon's community is also very high-end. She ran all the way from the underground garage to her home on the 20th floor. The doorbell just rang twice before it was opened.
Without waiting for Kim Taeyeon to question, the three of them swarmed in and piled all the gifts into Kim Taeyeon's arms.
Today, Kim Taeyeon is dressed very festively. She is wearing a bright red sweater and comfortable elastic pants that highlight her figure. Her hair is in a unique big wave, but it was tied back by the owner, revealing her white forehead and delicate face. .
"Happy birthday." Li Menglong also tried to put the birthday cake into her hands, but it had no effect except for Kim Taeyeon's eye roll.
After placing the cake on the kitchen table, he had time to take a look at Kim Taeyeon's home. The decoration was very homely, and there were obvious traces of someone living a serious life. There were photos of Kim Taeyeon everywhere in the house, no matter who looked at them. Kim Taeyeon's home.
"What are you standing for? Come and sit. We have all bought gifts. I am the uncle today, so I don't have to do anything." Li Shungui greeted Li Menglong as if she were at home.
"Why, it's my birthday and I don't have to do anything!"
"Then our relationship is to spend money to work, right? We have so much free time." Li Shunkyu grabbed the dried fruit on the coffee table and stuffed it into his mouth. After eating a few mouthfuls, he felt a little sour. It was habitual. Just throw it to Li Menglong.
"Tch!" Without quarreling with Lee Soon Kyu, Kim Taeyeon began to think about what to feed these people.
Although I didn't mean to let Li Menglong come over to cook, I didn't mean for them to do nothing either! Although Jin’s mother prepared some side dishes before leaving, there was not enough for these people.
Walking to the kitchen silently, Kim Taeyeon began to look around for takeout orders, choosing the most expensive one in a while.
"Okay, let's talk. Do you still have food at home? Let me cook something." Xu pressed Li Shunkyu's head and signaled her not to speak: "For more than a month, you have been here with Li Shunkyu and Xu Xian. I’ve helped you a lot and I haven’t thanked you all the time. Let me borrow flowers to offer to Buddha today!”
"No, their matters are ours after all. You don't have to be so polite. You can use whatever is in the refrigerator!" Kim Taeyeon said shyly, covering her face.
"Do you dare to take back the last sentence?" Knowing that Li Menglong was going to do it, she couldn't stop her. Li Soonkyu could only complain about Kim Taeyeon, while secretly looking forward to the delicious food for a while.
Because the Jin family lived here permanently, the refrigerator was full, and there was also a separate kimchi refrigerator. Li Menglong kept swallowing his saliva when he saw it. This kind of home-made kimchi has the taste, the taste of home. .
He rolled up the cuffs of his shirt, which was still not as comfortable as his usual T-shirt. He ordered the ingredients in the refrigerator and wrote the recipe in a book. Kim Taeyeon looked at it with great curiosity.
"It's your birthday, boss, go and have a rest. Help me call Xiaoxian." After confirming the location of the seasonings, Li Menglong began to drive away Kim Taeyeon.
"That's so embarrassing."
"Okay, just cook me a meal next time you have the chance."
"Can I treat you to a meal? The most expensive one!" Kim Taeyeon affirmed in a serious manner.
Pressing Kim Taeyeon's shoulders, she turned her around half a circle and pushed her out of the kitchen: "Xiaoxian, come here and help."
"I'm sorry!" Xu Xian agreed crisply. He didn't feel that cooking was hard at all, but felt a little relieved.
Seeing that the first thing Xu Xian did after coming to the kitchen was to tidy up his clothes, especially when there was a greasy paw print on his chest, Li Menglong said with a smile: "If you beat up Lee Soon Kyu in the middle of the night one day, I will definitely help you!"< br>
Sticking the written recipes and ingredients on the refrigerator, and marking each one with a serial number, Xu Xian automatically began to wash the vegetables seriously, and at the same time stacked them on the edge of the stove. Li Menglong continued to chop, sort and prepare the vegetables.
The doorbell was rang a few more times, and the living room became a lot more lively. Every new girl said hello to Li Menglong in the kitchen. Li Menglong looked at what was edible and handed some to them. As a return gift.
There was a lot of noise on both sides of the door. On one side there were pots and pans and all kinds of stir-frying noises; on the other side there were several people and women chatting endlessly.
As Xu Xian began to serve the food, the group of people in the living room began to feel a little uneasy. Yuli secretly took a piece of beef and wanted to swallow it with her fingers.
Her eyes were shining brightly and she was about to eat some more when the back of her hand was patted. Kim Taeyeon stared at the plate of beef tenderloin: "Let's eat together later!"
"Hmph, I'll give you a break on your birthday." As the team's general attacker, Yuli turned to find a new favorite, and the conversation naturally began to revolve around this dish, and then the chef.
Yuli was surprised to find that there were seven sisters here, and all of them except her were very familiar with Li Soonkyu's assistant. Even Pani said a few words.
As the only bystander, Yuli felt it was really incredible. Although they couldn't be said to be high-minded when they were girls, they were not a group of people who were easy to get along with. Everyone had their own temperament and petty temper.
But it seems that Lee Mong-ryong gets along well with everyone, not to mention Lee Soon-kyu and Kim Taeyeon who are constantly praising him. Even Hyoyeon and Pani, who have not had a close relationship with each other, said that he is good, and the arrogant Jung Soo-yeon also followed suit. nodded.
At least at this moment, she, Quan Youli, was really curious about Li Menglong. The picture in front of her was enough: the table was filled with nine dishes, all delicious and delicious. Everyone was inhaling the aroma and swallowing saliva. But... There was not a single thing to eat. At this time, Li Menglong came out of the kitchen with a small soup pot. He opened the lid and said: "As the saying goes, there is no feast without chicken. Just one ginseng chicken soup can make up ten dishes. I wish Kim Taeyeon a happy future!"
"Hey! It's so pretentious to serve a dish, please sit down and start eating." Li Shungui said in disgust with chopsticks in his mouth.
"Shouldn't we blow out the candles and make a wish first?" Li Menglong turned around so that Xu Xian could help him unbutton the apron behind him.
"Should we have another cake fight? The food will be cold by then. Let's eat first and talk about the unimportant things later." Li Shunkyu forcibly pulled Li Menglong down and put a pair of chopsticks into his hands.
"Then let's eat first!" Kim Taeyeon saw Li Menglong asking for her attention and said generously. In fact, the important thing is not the cake, but because they are all here.
Li Menglong obeyed everyone's wishes, looked at it, tore off a chicken leg from the pot of chicken soup, and also took some sauce.
Everyone who has eaten with Li Menglong knows that Li Menglong always gives the food to others at first, and then he will rest for a while before eating. Li Shunkyu said that he was afraid that he would eat too fast and they would not be able to eat.
In fact, it was just that Li Menglong lost his appetite due to the oil smoke after cooking, and the food was usually given to the maknae, who made her the most obedient and lovable.
So when Li Menglong put the chicken legs into Yuli's bowl, the collective movements of several people stopped for a beat. They first looked at Xu Xian and then turned to Yuli neatly, making Yuli very uneasy.
"What's wrong! Isn't this the first time that Youli and I have dinner together?" Li Menglong smiled and explained.
"It scared me to death. I thought you didn't want to fall in love with the maknae. As the saying goes, a new generation replaces an old one!" The messy words in his mouth did not slow down Li Shungui's eating speed at all.
No matter how thick-skinned Yuli was over there, she was not familiar with Li Menglong after all, so she blushed slightly and thanked him, then she tore off some chicken in a ladylike manner.
But then she opened her eyes wide and looked at Li Menglong in disbelief. This ginseng chicken soup was really different from what she usually eats. The taste was very deep, and it was countless times more delicious than the usual dry soup.
As if he could understand her words, Li Menglong squinted his eyes and said lazily: "Eat more if it's delicious. Today's dishes are all vegetables, and the meat is chicken and beef. You won't gain weight!"
Having just finished eating a chicken drumstick, Yuli felt a little uneasy. At least half of the food in front of her had been finished. The ginseng chicken soup that amazed her only had a chicken skeleton left, and not even the soup was left.
Opposite Kim Taeyeon happened to choke on her food. Li Shunkyu picked up a bowl of chicken soup from the side and handed it to her. Looking at Kim Taeyeon's satisfied expression, Yuli became a little anxious.
No longer caring about the lady, she also started to join the fight. When her mouth felt dry after eating, she had an extra bowl of ginseng chicken soup on hand.
Turning his head, he found that Li Menglong was taking out a few strips of beef from Kim Taeyeon's bowl and handing them to Xu Xian. Seeing Yuli looking at him, he grabbed some more from Li Shunkyu and handed them to her, while pointing at the bowl of soup: "I If you haven’t drank before, drink it!”
As gentle as water, this word suddenly popped into Yuli's mind. Although she didn't know what he was like at other times, but so far, Yuli had ignored his existence throughout the whole process except for his express concern.
This is definitely not a disparagement, but should be a compliment to Li Menglong. You have to know that when you eat with a stranger you have only met a few times, you will ignore his existence. I can only say that he makes you familiar with him very well.
Li Menglong didn't eat much at all and was chatting with Xu Xian who was half full. Then he realized that Yoona had no time because of filming the TV series, and Xiuying was still on vacation with her boyfriend and couldn't make it back.
"Okay, okay, let's blow out the candles!" Li Soonkyu started to have fun after eating.
After clearing the dishes and chopsticks a little, the cake was placed on the table. Kim Taeyeon wore a low-quality paper birthday hat as a gift. Under the candlelight, she listened to the sisters around her singing birthday songs to her. There were also a few unharmonious bass sounds in the middle, and she finally shed tears of happiness. flowed down.
The last time they cooked their own food and ate at home was when they just debuted. As everyone became famous, made money, and moved out, birthdays also turned into going out to eat, and in the end, they gave each other gifts in advance and wished each other well.
Although the gifts given to each other are getting more and more expensive, Kim Taeyeon prefers the current atmosphere. At least there are people around who are happy with her, and there are people who can look forward to her wishes.
Pani usually stays with someone when they cry, and this time was no exception. She hugged Kim Taeyeon's shoulders and shed tears.
Everyone has a general understanding of Kim Taeyeon's mood. While she is happy and moved, she also feels indescribable sadness in her heart.
When the song ended, Kim Taeyeon clasped her hands together and made her wish: May they be by her side every birthday in the future.
When the candles were extinguished, Li Menglong held the cake and quickly retreated far away according to the route he had found in advance. As expected, the girls' puzzled questions came from the darkness: "Where is the cake? Why is it missing?"
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