under hope

"tick tick tick"

"The alarm clock rang. The doctor who was cooking in the kitchen hurriedly ran back to the bedroom to turn off the alarm clock, and then went back to stir-fry the food in a hurry.

He planned to cook something for Xiao Lu today, and wanted to try to see if Xiao Lu could accept vegetables. After all, no matter what, you can't just eat canned food.

I have to say that since taking this job, his life has been different from before.

It's like he has a new pursuit, and it's no longer the same as before. Just immerse yourself in research

""Ding Ling Ling"

The time agreed with the senior sister came, and the other party opened a video call for me on time.

The senior sister is one grade older than me and currently serves as the director of the biochemistry department. Only a doctor is not good at leading others.

"Ha - why do you think of cooking? how? Have you found the right one on a blind date?"

The sleepy look of the senior sister appeared on the screen. Only when talking to old friends like them, she would not be in a hurry to put on makeup.

"I've never been on a blind date. I'm sorry to bother you so early. I just want to make something to take to the institute."

He responded to the senior sister while preparing various seasonings that might be used.

"Are you planning to live there?"

The senior sister rolled her eyes at him, and then glanced at the things he prepared.

"It doesn’t take so much to fry shredded potatoes, and it’s not difficult. Have you cut the potatoes?"

The senior sister left the camera, leaving only her voice confirming his progress.

"Yes, it has been cut and soaked in water."

He replied looking at the camera.

On the screen, pieces of clothing were thrown onto the bed in front of the camera, and the subtle singing voice of the senior sister could be heard.

"That... I actually tried it myself in advance, but it was not ideal.……"

He turned to look at the burnt black potato shreds that had been dumped into the trash can, and scratched his head in embarrassment.

"Be careful, you don't need to fry it for so long. Just add chopped green onion and ginger first, and season with salt and chicken essence."

The senior sister returned to the camera. She took care of her messy hair and changed into regular clothes.

"Got it, I'll try again."

The doctor rolled up his sleeves seriously and followed the steps taught by the senior sister.

"Eh! You didn’t put any shredded potatoes, why did you sprinkle some salt in them?"

The senior on the screen shouted loudly to stop the doctor who was trying to salt the green onions, peanuts and ginger in the pot.

"Oh, the seasoning should come after the shredded potatoes, right? Feel sorry."

The doctor quickly put down the salt bag, turned over the chopped green onion and ginger a few more times, and then added shredded potatoes with the tacit approval of the senior sister.

"If you get married like this, you will only make people mad."

The senior sister angrily made a sharp comment on his behavior of spreading salt in advance just now.

"Okay, you should understand everything next."

Speaking, the senior stood up and stretched her body comfortably.

Although she is similar in age to the doctor, her face has almost no wrinkles and her skin is well maintained. She still looks like a young and graceful lady.

On the other hand, the doctor , being busy at work for a long time has not only made his hair thinning, but also has a lot of blackheads on his face.

But there is one thing that everyone doesn’t understand. The senior’s figure and appearance are not bad, but she has never been married. According to the senior herself It said"there is no suitable candidate".

No wonder, after all, the senior sister is so good

"oh! It's done. It feels pretty good this time."

Turn off the stove, the shredded potatoes in the pot exude an attractive fragrance and golden luster

"You taste it."

The senior sister suggested.

The doctor picked up a few sticks with chopsticks, put them in his mouth and tasted them carefully.

"This time it was good, neither salty nor bland. Thank you, senior."

He clasped his hands across the screen and thanked him repeatedly, and then he started to put the shredded potatoes into the lunch box.

"Hey, is this the only time you have made an appointment with me so early?"

The senior sister suddenly asked

"ah? Yes, I don’t think of the senior sister’s ingenuity."

But his compliment didn't seem to be very helpful to the senior sister. It seemed that the senior sister even sighed?

"Okay, if there's nothing to do, I'll hang up. It's time to go to work later."

The senior sister rubbed her eyebrows and reached out to hang up the video.

"Bye-Bye."

He also hurriedly said goodbye before hanging up. After simply washing his face, he took his lunch box to work and continued to go to the research institute today. As soon as he opened the hatch, Xiao Lu quickly came over. , he stretched out his hand to hug Xiaolu and greeted each other happily.

"good morning doctor"

"Well, good morning, Xiaolu, too. After saying hello

, Xiaolu covered the doctor's eyes with her little hands and said mysteriously in a childish voice:

"Doctor, Xiaolu, she has a new friend, she wants to meet you"

——new friend? Hongchang cloned another one?

This was the doctor's first thought, but he still followed Xiaolu's rhythm and responded expectantly:

"Really? Take the doctor over quickly."

So, under Xiaolu's vague instructions, the doctor slowly groped his way into the lounge.

"This is it, now you can stretch out your arms and hug the front."

A voice that was more mature than Xiao Lu's came from in front of him, but the doctor was still thinking about Xiao Lu's vague instructions. He hugged him forward without thinking too much.

"Um?"

The touch in his hand was that of harder scales, and the thing in his arms was heavier than Xiao Lu.

"ah! The doctor found Xiaolan!"

Little Green happily let go of his hand, which also allowed the doctor to regain his sight.

In his arms was a mermaid that was bigger than Little Green. Counting the tail, it could reach her abdomen; her whole body was covered with blue. scales, now looking at the doctor with a proud look on his face

"Oh——, are you the doctor? According to Xiaolu's standards, my scales are blue, so I can call them Xiaolan."

The mermaid in her arms playfully wrapped her tail around his legs, waiting expectantly for his reply.

"sure. Xiaolan, let me go first, and you will have a physical examination later."

The doctor patted the fish tail wrapped around his leg as if nothing had happened, and even touched Xiaolan's hair.

"oh oh."

Xiaolan let go of the doctor obediently, but she was a little surprised at the man who was responsible for taking care of her.

"Eh? Why doesn't it work? I remember the book said that if you wrap them around with their tails, most people will give in, right? Could it be that he is older and has more experience?"

Xiao Lan bit her lip lightly and looked at the doctor who was playing with Xiao Lu unwillingly.

"Why do you ignore me so much? I'm obviously new here, shouldn't I take more care of you?"

The more she thought about it, the angrier Xiaolan felt, which made her want to play a prank.

"what is this? Is it delicious?"

Xiao Lan noticed that half of the lunch box was exposed from the doctor's coat pocket, and took out the lunch box with nimble fingers.

"Xiaolan, that is..."

Before the doctor could explain, Xiaolan immediately said loudly:

"What, is it really delicious? Hum hum, then it's all mine!"

Xiao Lan proudly hugged the lunch box and quickly twisted his body to escape from the lounge.

"Delicious, that one?"

Xiao Lu asked, pointing in the direction Xiao Lan left.

"That's right, I originally wanted to give you a surprise, so be careful, little green."

The doctor asked Xiao Green to hug his neck, and then quickly chased after Xiao Lan who was running away.

"Xiaolan! Stop, that's..."

Because Xiao Lu was on top of him, the doctor didn't dare to take too big a step, so he could only rely on his voice to stop Xiao Lan, who was twisting so fast.

"What? I can’t hear clearly, it must be delicious!"

Xiao Lan deliberately shouted louder than the doctor. The upper limit of the treble of a mermaid is much higher than that of a human.

The doctor kept chasing Xiao Lan, and Xiao Lan seemed to never tire of it.

They ran around the research institute several times, The doctor's speed gradually slowed down, and Xiao Lu also became a little sleepy.

"Um...Doctor, I want to sleep."

Xiao Lu's eyelids were fighting, and she fell asleep again with her head on the doctor's thin hair.

Seeing that he couldn't catch up with Xiao Lan, and Xiao Lu was already asleep, he could only give up and find a place to put Xiao Lu first.

Be careful. Pushing Xiao Lu's hand away, the doctor let her lie on the water bed, which he had just discovered when he was chasing Xiao Lan.

After placing Xiao Lu, the doctor hammered his sore thigh and turned around suddenly

"ah!"

Xiaolan, who was peeking out with half her head exposed outside the door, screamed in fright, and her hands holding the lunch box loosened up.

"oops!"

The doctor hurriedly stood up and rushed towards Xiao Lan, but the lunch box still fell to the ground.

Golden potato shreds were scattered on the ground, and a gap was broken in the lunch box.

"Um? Mmm...so spicy!"

Xiao Lan sniffed the smell in the air, suddenly covered her nose and stepped back a long way.

"Alas, I had known I wouldn’t use plastic."

The doctor was very discouraged. He was cleaning up the ground in despair, shaking his head and sighing.

However, he was still confused about the"very spicy" thing Xiaolan said. Could it be the taste of ginger? The mermaid's sense of smell may be sharper than that of humans. , or maybe he didn't deal with some of the food.

The doctor didn't get angry at Xiao Lan, but just threw the broken lunch box and the dirty potato shreds into the trash can.

"call——"

The doctor stood in front of the trash can and let out a long sigh of relief. He turned around and found Xiaolan hiding aside and looking at him from a distance.

He smiled at Xiaolan, and then went to the communication room to contact the purchasing department.

"Why isn't he angry? The book says that this situation should lead to anger?"

Xiaolan was in disbelief at the doctor's reaction, and a new prank idea came to mind.