Gu Changfeng, who was lying under the young man, clenched his teeth, his muscles tense, his angular face was flushed, and his calm black eyes were reddened and watery. The young man wandered around his body as if he was about to kiss every part of his skin. His lips and tongue seemed to carry an electric current, which made him tremble. He tried his best to endure it and try to not make a strange noise.
"Changfeng..." The young man's face was like flying flowers*, a pair of scorching black eyes reflected a little him, and his heart trembles with the intense desire and passionate affection.
*fēi huā: the artistic conception is very beautiful, such as falling water, such as white snow, adjective verb, the artistic conception is beautiful.
His adam's apple rolled. Gu Changfeng's hand who was originally holding the bedsheet turned to hold the young man's face. Then put his lips on his head. "Okay..."
His eyes burst with dazzling light. Shen Yanbei was surprised and happy, his fingers tremblingly brushed across the waistline that made him addicted, then touched his pants...
The heavy panting and depressed groaning intertwined, the temperature in the room suddenly rose.
"Ugh!" Suddenly Gu Changfeng snorted, his eyes widened.
Shen Yanbei, sweating profusely. He lowered his head and kissed the corners of his lips, and couldn't help muttering, "Changfeng... Changfeng..."
The negative distance made the two fleshy bodies like dry wood meet a raging fire, seemed like they would burn at the next second. The unfamiliar pleasure made Shen Yanbei who was a novice unable to extricate himself. It caused Gu Changfeng, who had never experienced the most mysterious aspect of human nature, to go insane.
"Yanbei..." Gu Changfeng with red eyes screamed against his shoulder. He couldn't help but leaned back, tears streaming out of his eyes.
Shen Yanbei's eyes were terribly deep. He did not hesitate to infect every inch of the person under him...
The room was full of ecstasy, but there was laughter outside the room.
Sitting in a pile of people on the three floors outside, Su Qingze who was the center of attention flushed.
"Xiǎo gōngzǐ, let's toast again!" The excited villagers filled the wine and took turns to toast.
It was really incredible that their small village had such a gōngzǐ of aristocrat family to live temporarily!
Facing the enthusiasm of the villagers, Su Qingze was a little bit overwhelmed. "Dear uncles and aunts, I have been enough to taste. Feel free to you for drinking!" After drinking the wine in his hand, he hurriedly put down the glass and left as if fleeing.
"Xiǎo gōngzǐ, don't leave. You haven't said what kind of guy you like yet!" an aunt shouted.
"What are you talking about? No matter what your background, you must marry a big official! No one of us is worthy of him!" the other person said.
"Huh! I just want to ask!" Aunty smiled.
Su Qingze, who was hurriedly walked to Shen Qiukui's house with Ming'an, breathed a sigh of relief. Ming'an was a little worried. "Young Master, is it alright for you to expose your identity like this? What if someone with bad intentions plots against us?"
Su Qingze didn't care. "I just stayed in the village and don't wander around. Gu Dàgē and the others are here again, who dares to plot against me?"
"You can say so but caution is the parent of safety!" Ming'an looked serious.
"Okay, okay! I know! Give me a hand quickly, I'm dizzy..." Su Qingze frowned.
"You drank too much alcohol! You must drink the hangover soup later!"
"Got it! Ming'an, stop talking!"
A beautiful woman stared at the two figures as they walked away, her apricot eyes were full of jealousy.
"Wanru, why don't you go to the banquet? That dish is delicious!"
Seeing the woman standing on the side of the road in a daze, the familiar villagers approached and asked.
Lin Wanru was taken aback and hurriedly gave out a smile. "I have eaten at home. Auntie, you can go."
The villagers did not agree. "Besides enjoying the meal, you can have fun there. Today is Shen Xiucai's crown ceremony. He used to treat you so kindly, why don't you go to congratulate him?"
Lin Wanru's face was stern. "Aunty, you are right. It's just that Shen Yan gēgē and his family Fulang..." With a grievance on her face, Lin Wanru smiled reluctantly. "I still don't want to go over. If not, it might hard to avoid misunderstanding..."
The villager understood and comforted her. "Of it's the reason. But don't worry too much. I heard that Shen Xiucai is not a difficult person to deal with, and he will not specifically target you."
"I hope so..." Lin Wanru smiled, but not reaching the bottom of her eyes.
Back at Shen Qiukui's house, Su Qingze slumped directly on the bed. Ming'an stepped forward to remove his shoes and socks.
"My head is dizzy..." Su Qingze, with a flushed face, laid on the pillow. His big black eyes were misty.
Ming'an wiped his hands and face with a hot towel. After gave him the hangover soup, he covered him with a quilt. "Okay, Young Master, you just need to sleep."
With raised eyelids, Su Qingze cried out in a daze. "A-heng" and fell asleep.
The soft voice fell in Ming'an's ears, Ming'an became even more worried. "Young Master, A-Heng is thousands of miles away. You always think of him as a friend. Don't you know that you look like a wife waiting for his husband?"
"It's okay to have such a good friendship when you were young. But you are all at the age of getting married. It's not fine to keep continue like this, is it?"
The young man didn't know the feeling of the sorrow of the other party, even laughed in his dream. The young man who had seen the joys and sorrows of the world would cherish everything in front of them even more.
The room was quiet, and the air was filled with unspeakable smells.
Shen Yanbei's head leaned against the man's shoulders. He asked softly, "Are you okay?"
Gu Changfeng closed his eyes and panted slightly. The remaining love signs were still there, which made his body was trembling slightly. Never thought that such deep soul fusion would make him unable to resist the other party with his deep inner strength.
After calming down his breath, Gu Changfeng opened his eyes and said with a hoarse voice, "I'm fine..." The two of them were close skin-to-skin, the temperature between each other was transmitted to each other. Even if they were naked, they didn't feel cold. It was just that being exposed and seen by the other party's eyes still made him uncomfortable.
Shen Yanbei brushed away the hair scattered on his forehead and looked deeply into his eyes. "This is just the beginning. I will keep doing this to you in the future."
The red color that had been fade on Gu Changfeng's face became deep again.
"But Changfeng," Shen Yanbei rubbed his unclear mole between his eyebrows with his finger. "Love is not about patience, but joy for each other."
"You have to tell me if you feel uncomfortable, don't worry about it."
"What I want to give you is supreme bliss rather than forbearance. It's not about my unilateral satisfaction and joy."
The young man's eyes were filled with helplessness and distress, Gu Changfeng only felt that he was about to drown in those eyes.
"I will…"
Only then did Shen Yanbei kiss his face with satisfaction and get up to fetch water.
Gu Changfeng sat up straight and picked up the clothes that had fallen on the floor. He was strong and fit. Even if he first experienced this love, there was no discomfort in his body, except that his body was slimy and sweaty.
Looking at the place on the bed that was wet by some liquid, Gu Changfeng's face was hot. When Shen Yanbei returned, the love sign on the bed had been cleaned up and new sheets were changed.
After cleaning themselves personally, Shen Yanbei dragged the person to take a nap. But Gu Changfeng wanted to take a look at the condition outside. As Shen Yanbei's Fulang, there were certain things he must do.
"Shen Xiucai... is he alright?" Seeing Changfeng came out, the young and old wives asked caringly.
"It's okay. He just already asleep." Gu Changfeng glanced at the banquet that had been cleaned up. Said with gratitude on his face. "Sorry for troubling you, my sisters-in-law."
"Why are you being so polite!" The wife in a floral dress felt warm when she heard that.
Gu Changfeng smiled embarrassedly. Hearing that Su Qingze drank too much, he went to Shen Qiukui's house.
The young man slept deeply and Ming'an was taking good care of him. Gu Changfeng became relax and nodded to Shen Qiukui.
"Wait!" Shen Qiukui hurriedly called out when he was about to leave.
Gu Changfeng looked back at him and asked him what was wrong with his eyes.
"That..." Shen Qiukui paused, looking at Gu Changfeng embarrassed. "I heard from Su Gōngzǐ that you want to hire someone to raise chickens in the bamboo forest. Is that true?"
Gu Changfeng nodded. Shen Yanbei's energy was now being spent on research and learning, while he still had to teach Zhou Yu, so he couldn't take care of it.
"Can I propose this job?" Shen Qiukui was a little nervous. "I take care of the chickens and ducks in my house alone!" Pointing to the hen with a group of chicks in the yard, he said, "I had raised this hen since childhood. I experience to breed the hens or pick eggs for the hens to brood their chicks!"
Gu Changfeng followed his gaze and saw that the hen was very strong and the chick was also very lively.
"Still you can not do this alone." No one ever saw someone could raise chicken in ten acres of bamboo forest.
Shen Qiukui's eyes lit up. "There is another person who also wants to do this job! It is Wu sān-gē's wife, sister Jinhua!"
Gu Changfeng thought for a while and said, "Okay. I'll go back and talk to my husband first."
Shen Qiukui was happy. "Great! Thank you!" His mother was in poor health and had to spend a lot of money to see a doctor and take medicine. So he was very enthusiastic about making money!
"You're welcome." Gu Changfeng said mildly. The other party was a capable Shuānger, so it helped them a lot in raising those chickens.
He then smiled and pointed to his neck. "The weather is getting hot, so there will be a lot of mosquitoes. You can smoke the house with wormwood so that you won't be bitten and left red marks!"
Gu Changfeng was startled. He subconsciously covered his neck, his face flushed unnaturally. "Thank you for your reminder."
Shen Qiukui smiled. "Tell me when it's time to work!"
Gu Changfeng turned and left with an "um" sound.
Shen Qiukui couldn't help laughing when he saw him hurriedly leaving with his red ears. People in the village said that Shen Xiucai's family fulang was a cold person, but in fact, he was actually just a shy person!
Since he had tasted the meat, Shen Yan still wasn't satisfied. Every time he saw the person, he always wanted to touch him.
Gu Changfeng was really worried about him. Because Shen Yanbe had to work hard on his studies, he was afraid that it would hurt Shen Yanbei's spirit, so he didn't dare to mess around with him.
Shen Yanbei also knew that it was not a time to indulge. Anyway, the person wouldn't go anywhere and always beside him. He would be able to always eat him whenever he turned his head, so right now it was time to cultivate his spirit. So he could use the energy to prepare for the imperial examination.
Although Shen Yanbei's temperament was a little loose in his previous life, it did not hinder the fact that he was a true scholar. Since childhood, Shen Yanbei had never made his mother worry about his studies, he even still could help his mother with work. Everyone envied Mother Shen for having a smart and filial son. At that time, Shen Yanbei vowed in his heart that he would make his mother get rid of that scumbag and made her living a good life. Unfortunately, as soon as he was admitted to college, Mother Shen passed away.
This was an irreparable regret in Shen Yanbei's heart. Now since the situation was forcing him, he had to upgrade his class status to make his wife living happily in the future. Therefore, Shen Yanbei gave 101% focus for the imperial examination. It took a few days to sort out the knowledge in the mind of the original owner. He even read the book Li Zhiyuan gave him. Wrote down what you should write and marked out the places that you didn't understand. Shen Yanbei arranged the problem he couldn't solve, then had to take an opportunity to ask Li Zhiyuan on the day of Li Zhiyuan's son's birthday banquet.
Su Qingze said that his brother-in-law liked a diligent and serious person in the study, so he would be willing to help if he asked him sincerely. Shen Yanbei's impression of Li Zhiyuan remained with the young man who came to the field to check the farming situation that day. Although they did not have a deep friendship, Shen Yanbei was still grateful for his book donation. So he packed a lot of fun gadgets for his son.
Early in the morning on the day of the banquet, Shen Yanbei, Gu Changfeng, Su Qingze, Zhou Yu, and Ming'an would go to the banquet by riding Uncle Shen's ox-cart. This was the first time Zhou Yu went out with Shen Yanbei. The young man was surprised and nervous. He was afraid that he could not do well, which made Shen Yanbei losing face.
Ming'an, a qualified servant of a large family, understood his mood very well. On the bullock cart, the two sat together and muttered. Ming'an told Zhou Yu a lot of things to pay attention to when traveling.
Along the way, all they could see were green. At this time, the temperature gradually rose, the wind brought a trace of heat, and summer came quietly. With sufficient rain and suitable temperature, the crops in the fields began to grow wildly. The crops of the Shen's Family grew up to a meter high, and clusters of seedlings in the fields had been sprout. The tender yellow fur of the ducks had faded, and now being covered by the white furs. The fish seeds in the water also thrived.
Everything was flourishing well.
"What's the name of this mountain? What's fun on that mountain?" Su Qingze asked, holding a long reed grass in his hand and pointing to the green hill next to the village.
"This is Huaqiu Mountain. The mountain is quite good!" Zhou Yu enthusiastically introduced the wild fun of the mountain, such as hunting birds and eggs, catching chickens and snakes.
Su Qingze's eyes lit up. "Wow! You are so bold to dare to catch snakes too!"
Zhou Yu scratched his head embarrassedly. "In fact, we didn't catch it purposely. The snake was about to steal the wild eggs, so we caught it when the egg was in the snake's mouth..."
"Then what you were gonna do with the snake?" Ming'an was full of curiosity.
"Eat it!" Zhou Yu took it for granted.
"The snake is so long and so thick..." After making a gesture, Zhou Yu continued, "We picked up dry wood and made a fire to roast it!"
"Is this... delicious?" Su Qingze hesitated.
"It's fragrant!" It was rare for the children of the poor to taste oil and salt all year round. They also seldom ate meat. So it was the happiest thing to catch some small animals in the mountains to relieve their greed.
Shen Yanbei, who was on the side, was also aroused by hearing this. He scratched the palm of Gu Changfeng. "Should we find some time to go to the mountain?" They all said that we should rely on the mountain, so the wild things on the mountain must be very rich! It was a pity that he hadn't gone to the mountains for a long time.
"Okay." Now the weather was hot, so the temperature in the mountain was not so cold. It was fine to go for a walk sometimes. The most important thing was that he had regained his internal strength, so it wouldn't be a big problem even if he encountered beasts.
Suddenly, a carriage slowly came closer. It was wrapped in brocade on all sides and the windows were covered with a curtain of gauze. Suddenly, when the veil was lifted away, it revealed a man's face with plain features.
The man glanced out of the window, then his eyes fell on the few people who were sitting in the bullock cart in front of him talking and smiling.
He frowned slightly. Thinking of what the villagers said, he carefully looked at the two unfamiliar teenagers, one thin and the other fat, his brows became tighter.
Hearing the sound of a carriage came from behind, the people on the ox-cart turned their heads to look and then caught the man's gaze unexpectedly.
Shen Yanbei did not change his face. He joined his hand in salute at the man. "Li Juren." The man who was sitting on the carriage was Li Yi!
Li Yi smiled at a few people for an unprecedented time. He raised his hand to let coachman stopping the carriage, and looked at the people with a pleasant look. He said, "The sun is rising high. Since the bullock cart is running slow, it will make you burn. It happens that my carriage is spacious, why don't you come up and sit together?"
Hearing this, several people were stunned. They looked at each other, and all saw suspiciousness in each other's eyes.
Shen Yanbei smiled slightly and said, "We don't dare to bother you. This mountain scenery is pretty good, so it's okay to walk slowly and watch the view."
Being rejected, Li Yi didn't show any dissatisfaction. "It doesn't matter if you are used to it, but Su gōngzǐ probably can't bear it." After that, his expression was gentle. He said to Su Qingze, "Since we have the same destination, I don't know if I can invite Su Gōngzǐ to drink tea together?"
Before Su Qingze could answer, Ming'an snorted coldly. "My young master isn't used to riding in such a simple carriage!"
Li Yi's face was a little ugly, but he still persuaded him with patience. "Although the carriage is simple, but can protect from the sun. We shouldn't let Gōngzǐ suffering by the sun."
"No. I like riding a bullock cart." Su Qingze directly rebuffed. If he really couldn't endure suffering, he would have asked people to pick him up long ago!
He squeezed his fist, Li Yi tried his best to keep a smile. "If this is the case, I won't disturb Su Gōngzǐ enjoying the scenery. See you at the county office."
Su Qingze nodded lightly.
"Cih. Cih. Cih!" Ming'an snorted at the carriage who had been going away. "What a fake courtesy!"
"That's right!" Zhou Yu echoed angrily. "He must have known the identity of Su Gōngzǐ so that's why he stubbornly flattering like that!"
Like everyone thought, Li Yi really wanted to climb to Su Qingze. Knowing that what he did last time didn't disgrace Shen Yanbei, instead, he still could show off, Li Yi was full of anger, jealousy, and regret at the same time.
Why it was not him meeting such a noble person? If he could make friends with a son of such a famous family, it would definitely help him in his future career! If he attended Shen Yanbei's crown ceremony that day, he probably could be acquainted with him...
The ambitious Li Yi might think so but he didn't know that the other party was disgusted with him.
"I have seen many types of person, but I have never seen such a very thick-skinned person like him!" Ming'an was full of disgust. "When we came for morning tea at the restaurant before, he indulged his friends by letting them grabbing our dim sum. Now he pretends as if nothing happened. Even do not say a word to apologize. Cih!"
"What happened?" Shen Yanbei couldn't help asking when hearing the words eating dim sum in the restaurant.
Ming'an immediately told them the domineering actions of Li Sheng and Wang Cheng on the day the Tongfu restaurant opened. Shen Yanbei was taken aback. "Is one with a mole on his chin and the other with a cyan brocade robe with a sharp-mouthed monkey cheek?"
Ming'an nodded fast. "How do you know them Shen Gōngzǐ?"
Shen Yanbei said helplessly, "The one with moles is Li Sheng, the eldest son of Li Yuanwai in Lijia Village, and the young man with the sharp-mouthed monkey cheeks is Li Juren's in-law Wang Cheng."
"No wonder! It turns out to be a nest of snakes and rats!"
"I heard from the shopkeeper that the two of them were also disrespectful to the magistrate's wife who came to the restaurant for morning tea, then the magistrate awarded them ten hit by the board."
"What?" Su Qingze widened his eyes, puffing up his chubby face. "How dare they bully my sister!"
Ming'an was also angry. "Xiaojie shouldn't only let them be hit by the board, they should be locked up in jail!"
Zhou Yu doesn't agree with Ming'an's statement. "This only treats the symptoms, not the root cause. It's all because of Li Juren!"
Everyone was silent for a while.
Shen Yanbei said without any expression. "Li Juren gathered most of the village chiefs before. He wants the villagers in nearby villages to raise funds to build public schools. He will serve as the dean."
"This kind of person wants to teach and educate people?" Ming'an exclaimed. "Can he teach students well?"
Su Qingze also doubted it. On the day Shen Yanbei dealt with the thief, he missed it. He only learned the situation from the mouths of the villagers. If Shen Yanbei was not fully prepared at that time, he was really sure that Li Yi would shelter the Lijia Villager who stole the ducks.
Could this kind of immoral person be the head of a school?
"I'll talk to my brother-in-law about this matter later," Su Qingze said sternly. The imperial court encouraged the building of schools, and special funds would be allocated for public schools. Therefore, the establishment of public schools was not a trivial matter. It needed to be reported and approved first before processing.
"Thank you!" It was indeed a good thing to build a school, but he was afraid that the money from the hard work of the villagers would be misused. Even more afraid that Li Yi would mislead these children.
After enduring the shaking of the cart, they finally arrived at the county and directly went to the official residence behind the county government. Because of the banquet held today, there were many carriages parked beside the vermilion gate behind the mansion. Many gentlemen came with the gift waiting by the side of the gate, and the housekeeper was busy greeting them. Those with invitations stepped forward to show the invitations and then came in. Those without invitations could only wait for the housekeeper to send someone to report.
Seeing an ox cart coming from a distance, the housekeeper was happy, and immediately let someone open the middle door to let the ox-cart enter.
What happened? Everyone was dumbfounded. Those of them who come with courtesy and sincerity were no better than a few hillbillies who plowed the fields?
The ox cart stopped and Su Qingze jumped down. The housekeeper looked at him up and down, he smiled, "Fūrén has been waiting for you early in the morning, you have to meet her quickly!" The boy in front of him lost weight, but he looked more energetic.
Then he turned his head and said to Shen Yanbei, "Lǎoyé is in his study. Shen Gōngzǐ please come in!"
Shen Yanbei glanced at Gu Changfeng, Gu Changfeng whispered, "I'll see the Fūrén." The men and women sat in separate seats. He was a Shuānger, so he had to sit in ladies' side. Although he didn't know how to deal with the ladies and madam, as Shen Yanbei's wife, he must learn how to build a relationship.
Shen Yanbei smiled to let him not be nervous, then he took Zhou Yu together with the housekeeper to see Li Zhiyuan.
"Gu Dàgē, let's go! I'll take you to see my little nephew!" Su Qingze greeted him.
Gu Changfeng nodded and walked to the Moon Gate with Su Qingze.
In the study, Li Zhiyuan looked at the two letters on the table with complex expressions. As before, one of these letters was for Su Qingze. The difference was that this time there was a gift—a pair of well-made longevity locks. The letter for him wrote that it was a birthday present for his son. It also mentioned that the imperial court nowadays was just in the process of recruiting people. So he was told to pay attention to those who have real talents, regardless of the background and profession, especially those who were helpful to the people. In particular, he was told to pay attention to the situation of fish, rice, and duck co-raising, and had to report the results.
Su Qingze might have told the other party about raising fish, rice, and duck together when he replied to the letter. He didn't dare to mention it before because the result hadn't been seen yet.
Su Qingze might just regard it as a funny thing, but he didn't expect that person to really cared about this matter...
At the end of the letter, he told him that he could let Su Qingze do what he wanted like losing weight, as long as it was not harmful to the body.
Li Zhiyuan actually was a little scared. He was afraid that the person would be disgusted with Su Qingze because of his fat appearance. So that was why he strongly agreed and permitted Su Qingze to go to Shenjia Village to cultivate his body. But it turned out that this fear was useless. It seemed that whether Su Qingze thin or fat, as long as he was happy, he didn't bother about his appearance!
"Hah..." Li Zhiyuan sighed, full of anxieties. For Su Qingze, he didn't know whether this kind of doting habit was a good or bad thing.
"Dàrén, Shen Xiucai is here." The housekeeper knocked gently on the door.
Li Zhiyuan sorted his thoughts and said, "Come in."
"Xuéshēng* greets County Dàrén." Shen Yanbei joined his hands in salute and bowed respectfully.
*refers to a person who studies in schools at all levels.
Li Zhiyuan was very satisfied with his humility and asked, "Is Qingze back?"
"Su Gōngzǐ and my fulang go to see Fūrén."
Li Zhiyuan nodded and let Shen Yanbei sit down. Shen Yanbei first thanked Li Zhiyuan for the book and the Four Treasures he gave on the day of his crown ceremony. Then he said in a straight-forward manner, "Dàrén's handwritten books help xuéshēng a lot. It's just that xuéshēng is slow-witted, so there are still many points that I can't understand. I hope Dàrén can enlighten me!"
Li Zhiyuan was about to ask him how he felt after reading the book. Since Shen Yanbei directly asked it, he just said, "You can say it."
Shen Yanbei was not polite and immediately showed the problem out. The two had different views on certain concepts, so the discussion about the current policy had been a bit intense for a while.
Shen Yanbei relied on the broad vision of future generations, while Li Zhiyuan focused on the national conditions of his own country. Luckily, the contradictions could be easily resolved under certain circumstances. Shen Yanbei could not help but sigh that he only read a few books. It turned out that he still knew too little about the condition of this current time and space.
Li Zhiyuan looked at the contemplative young man in front of him, but he was secretly startled. A person's origin usually greatly limited a person's horizons, but Shen Yanbei was different. This young man saw the problems for the long-term needs, and also was able to grasp the key of the point, even could draw inferences about it. His learning ability was quite strong! No wonder the other person asked him to pay attention, this young man was indeed a promising person with great potential!
In the side room connected to the mansion's master bedroom, the little birthday star Li Lin was wearing a red robe with a happy character, sitting at the table holding a piece of golden silk honey jujube cake. This jujube cake was soft, slightly sweet, and had a slight milky fragrance. The little birthday star was very happy when eating it.
Su Wanqing watched her son happily ate a piece, then nodded. "This Tongfu Restaurant is indeed on a different level." Today, they hosted a banquet on their son's birthday to welcome guests from all over the world. So they especially invited Tongfu Restaurant's chef to come over to take care of the food. Early in the morning, Chef Shen made fragrant silk porridge and delicate and easy-to-digest pastries for eating.
His son, who had never liked porridge that much, even finished a bowl of shrimp porridge. He also took the initiative to eat the snacks. Su Wanqing was very happy in her heart.
"Jiějiě!"
When she heard the boy's hearty voice, Su Wanqing smiled and narrowed her eyes at Su Qingze as soon as she raised her head.
"Come back?" Su Wanqing stood up to greet him. But she could no longer smile. After not seeing him for a while, the boy had lost weight! That looked very obvious at a glance! The face that used to be white and tender was getting thinner, which made the contours of the facial features became clearer. The young man also seemed to have grown taller a bit. Before, he was round as pearls and smooth as jade, but now he gradually looked like a green pine. He even looked thinner when he was standing in front of this stall and big man...
No. It was not a man!
Su Wanqing stared at the pale mole between his eyebrows.
"Uncle!" After little birthday star saw Su Qingze, his eyes lit up, and struggled to get out of his seat. Lan Ling, who was watching him on the side, hurriedly put him down.
As soon as his feet touched the ground, the little birthday star took the jujube cake and rushed over. "Eat cake!"
"Hey! Good!" Su Qingze hugged his nephew. Not being polite, he really took a bite of the cake in his hand. The little birthday star giggled and stuffed the rest of the jujube cake into his mouth.
Lan Ling was shocked: "Oh, Shàoyé, eat slowly!" He quickly brought milk and gave the little birthday star a mouthful.
"Don't act senselessly!" Su Wanqing glared at her son and younger brother and looked at Gu Changfeng softly. "This must be the family fulang of Shen Xiucai?"
His facial feature was sharp like knives, and the eyes were pure and bright. He might not have the slenderness of ordinary Shuānger, on the contrary, there was a kind of tough masculinity. His action and expression were not flattering at all. Instead, he was calm, a kind of person who was indifferent and unconcerned.
Su Wanqing couldn't help but appreciate and be curious at the same time. In this world whose people really cared about appearance, it was not an easy task to live calmly without fear of others' eyes.
"I greet Fūrén." Gu Changfeng joined his hands in salute. The woman's eyebrows were very similar to Su Qingze, but Su Qingze's looked more youthful and heroic. He could almost imagine what Su Qingze would look like when he was completely slimming down.
Su Wanqing smiled cordially. "Please sit down! It may be hard for you since Qingze has bothered you all this time."
Gu Changfeng smiled embarrassedly. "It's okay." The woman looked friendly and approachable. Her gestures were gentle, which could easily make people feel good.
"Don't speak for him. I don't know if his temperament was getting wild after living there?" Su Wanqing smiled and shook her head, letting Hongrui serve tea.
Gu Changfeng's eyes were serious. "He's so good. He loses weight quickly." Su Qingze was young and had a valuable identity. No matter what he did, the villagers were very tolerant and often called him for fun things. Because always ran and jump everywhere, it made him getting thinner day by day.
Su Wanqing was startled, then laughed.
Gu Changfeng Feng frowned slightly, and said with a serious face, "My husband said, if he continues to walk and move more, he will lose weight faster."
"No, no, I don't mean that." Su Wanqing sighed with a smile. "I just didn't think that one day his wild nature would turn to be good!"
"Jiějiě!" Su Qingze shouted dissatisfiedly with his little nephew in his arms. "Where do I act like that?"
"Yes, you are not wild." Su Wanqing took her son over and wiped his mouth with the cloth towel that Lan Ling handed over. " You only used all the energy which were forced to be trapped when you were young!"
"Fūrén," a little maid came to inform. "The Fūréns and local gentlemen now are waiting in the flower hall."
Su Wanqing looked at the hourglass and said to Gu Changfeng, "It's not good to make the guest waiting so long. Shall we go now?"
Gu Changfeng stood up, which mean that she could do as she pleased. Su Wanqing hugged her son and led Gu Changfeng and Su Qingze to the Flower Hall, surrounded by her maidservant.
The female guests were arranged to have a banquet in the flower hall, while the men gathered in the lobby of the second yard. Before the county magistrate arrived, the person with the highest status in the hall was actually Juren Li Yi. Although Dongjiang County was not that poor, there were not many scholars and only a few people who had been admitted as Xiucai. Not to mention the one who passed the provincial civil service examination. So these local gentlemen gave Li Yi a lot of faces. Plus because of Li Yuanwai's flatter, Li Yi became the focus of all the people.
The old scholar sitting beside took a look at Li Yi and said with a straight face, "Self-satisfaction will incur losses, modesty will receive the benefit."
Someone laughed. "Lao Guo, what are you whispering about Li Juren?"
This old Xiucai was the father of Shen Youcai's eldest daughter-in-law, Guo Xiucai, who was a straightforward person. Hearing this, he immediately said, "A scholar should be humble and studious, not being complacent instead!"
Li Yi's face was a bit ugly. Li Yuanwai said in a meaningful way, "Old Guo Xiucai, you should say this to your good student."
Hearing this, everyone laughed. It was well known that Guo Xiucai married his daughter to a villager in Shenjia Village because he was interested in the other party's family's solid background and that family had a child who was expected to pass the exam to be a Xiucai. But who knew that the other party's family's background was fake, the boy was an arrogant person, and his family was unable to support the wall*.
*metaphor for a hopeless person, unable to help him grow.
"You!" Lao Guo Xiucai flushed.
At this moment, Li Zhiyuan walked in with the housekeeper and Shen Yanbei.
Everyone stood up to bow one after another. "I greet Dàrén!"
Li Zhiyuan smiled and waved his hand. "Today is my son's birthday banquet. I am grateful to everyone for coming to congratulate me. I have prepared some wine, so please don't be polite!" As soon as the voice fell, some maids started to serve the food and beverage.
Everyone said yes. Many people were staring at Shen Yanbei, and those who didn't know were wondering who this young man was and how could he be close to the county magistrate.
Li Yi clenched his fists under his sleeve, really jealous.
This poor star was really a lucky bastard! First, he climbed to Su Gōngzǐ and now also to the county magistrate!
Shen Yanbei just smiled politely at the doubtful glances cast by everyone.
Li Zhiyuan took the first place, took a glass of wine, and said to everyone, "All of you here are outstanding figures from Dongjiang County and had given a lot to the prosperity of Dongjiang County. This official will toast you!"
"Dàrén speaks seriously!" Li Yi said, "This is what we as Dongjiang County people should do!"
Others echoed, "Li Juren is right!" "That's true!"
Shen Yanbei. "..."
This Li Yi was very good at flattering!
Li Yi looked at Li Zhiyuan sincerely. "I hope that under Dàrén's authority will make Dongjiang County go further in the future! We also toast Dàrén!"
"Okay!" Li Zhiyuan picked up his wine glass and was about to drink. Unexpectedly, a small servant rushed in.
"Lǎoyé, it's not good—"
"What's the matter?" Li Zhiyuan asked with a frown.
"The young master accidentally ate a potted fruit in the flower hall. Now he is so uncomfortable that he is crying. Fūrén wants you to hurry over!"
Li Zhiyuan was shocked, "Hurry up to find the doctor!" After finishing speaking, he didn't care about anyone and ran straight to the flower hall.
Shen Yanbei hurried to keep up. It might a bit rude to suddenly run to the female guests' side, but suddenly he didn't want to bother about that.
Everyone glanced at each other. Li Yi stared at Shen Yanbei's back and gritted his teeth. "Let's go to take a look too!"
In the flower hall, Su Wanqing was coaxing her son into her arms. The little birthday star cried and snotty. His lips were red and swollen, looked very pitiful.
Lan Ling knelt on the ground, crying and kowtow. "It's all this núbì's fault! It's all núbì's fault for putting this flower here!"
"Lan Ling jiějiě, get up first!" Su Qingze also felt sorry for his nephew, but it wasn't Lan Ling's fault. There were a lot of potted plants in the flower hall, and two of them were covered with pinky-red fruits that looked extremely good. These two plants were placed at each side of the main table. As soon as his sister took a seat, his little nephew picked it up and played it, and even put it in his mouth!
"Wangqing!" Li Zhiyuan hurriedly came closer, seeing his son's appearance, his brows wrinkled. "What's the matter?"
"Zhiyuan!" Seeing Li Zhiyuan, Su Wanqing breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Lin'er has become like this after eating this fruit!"
After understanding the cause of the incident, Li Zhiyuan said with a dark face, "Throw these two things out!" These two pots of flowers were given to the Su's Family a year ago. It was said that it was from other countries. They brought them from Qinghe because they looked prosperous and blessing. Who knew that this thing would actually harm people!
Shen Yanbei, who had just arrived, watched the little young servant rudely lifted the two potted flowers. His pupils shrank, and he hurriedly shouted, "Wait a minute!"
Gu Changfeng hurriedly stopped the young servant and took down the flowers.
Shen Yanbei glanced at Gu Changfeng and walked quickly to Su Wanqing's side. He carefully looked at the little birthday star and asked, "Is there any sugar? Sugar water is also good. Give him a drink!"
Su Wanqing was startled, and was about to ask someone to bring the candy, when an unfamiliar voice sounded, "Shen Xiucai, you are not a doctor, so don't mess around!"
Li Yi, who followed, said to Li Zhiyuan with a serious expression, "For the sake of the young master's safety, it is better to wait for the doctor to see it before making a decision."
Li Zhiyuan hesitated, Li Yi was right, but his son looked really uncomfortable...
"This is hot pepper. It tastes more pungent than green onion, ginger, and garlic. It won't be a big case if you eat it by mistake. Just eat something sweet to ease it." Shen Yanbei picked out the pepper and smelled it, and the long-waited spiciness filled his nose, which made him happy!
Li Yi scolded, "Nonsense! If it isn't that big deal, why Xiǎo gōngzǐ is crying so hard like this!"
Shen Yanbei's answer was... he directly ate the pepper!
"Yanbei!" Gu Changfeng frowned, his face full of worry.
The familiar spiciness lingered on the tip of his tongue, Shen Yanbei almost burst into tears!
Finally, he found the pepper!
Boiled fish! Spicy chicken! Spicy hot pot! Mapo tofu!
Everyone's eyes widened when Shen Yanbei ate the pepper directly. Su Wanqing hurriedly said, "Bring sugar water!"
Soon the sugar water was brought up, Su Wanqing carefully fed his son. The little birthday star drank a big sip of water and stopped crying. Then he reached out and took the initiative to hold the bowl and drank a bowl of sugar water!
Li Yi's face was gloomy. His fists under the sleeve were tightly clenched.
After the little birthday star finished drinking the sugar water, he smacked his mouth and started crying again. "It hurts!"
Su Wanqing and Li Zhiyuan looked at Shen Yanbei, Shen Yanbei comforted him, "The spiciness will not disappear all of a sudden, it will only gradually fade away. Just find something for him to play with, and it will be fine after a while."
"Shen Xiucai, I advise you to stop to pretend to understand!" Li Yi sneered.
Ignoring Li Yi's cynicism, Shen Yanbei asked Zhou Yu to take out the present box. "This is a little bit of care from the xuéshēng for the Xiǎo Gōngzǐ. I wish Xiǎo Gōngzǐ a happy birthday! Wishing you the best of health and happiness!"
It was so scheming! He gave the gift under the watchful eyes of the people! Even though you didn't want to accept it, you still had to accept it! Everyone scolded Shen Yanbei for being cunning in their heart.
The young man looked natural and sincere. Li Zhiyuan opened the box hesitantly.
Everyone came forward and then looked dumbfounded. There were no valuables things in the box, only some colorful wooden blocks, and a few books.
"This?" Li Zhiyuan picked up the book and flipped through it. The more he looked at it, the more solemn his expression became.
Putting down the book, Li Zhiyuan took out the small wooden block. "How to play this?"
"This is a building block." Shen Yanbei smiled and used the blocks to build a house in front of everyone.
The little birthday star stopped crying, staring at the blocks with bright eyes. He eagerly stretched out his hand. "Daddy! I want it!"
The stone in Su Wanqing's heart fell to the ground. She gratefully glanced at Shen Yanbei, letting the people take the toy aside for her son to play with.
The little birthday star, accompanied by his maid, was playing the blocks. He was smiling so hard that they could see his teeth. Li Yi's face was stained with ink, feeling too hateful toward Shen Yanbei.
This accident might a bit shocking but not dangerous. Everyone returned to the banquet. This time, everyone did not compliment Li Yi again but toasted Shen Yanbei with a smile while inquiring about the gadgets. Who didn't have many children these days? The county magistrate didn't let them take a look at the book, but those building blocks were indeed good things! They could see Xiǎo Gōngzǐ didn't stop to play and had forgotten the pain.
Seeing that everyone was so curious about the toys, Shen Yanbei intended to sell that, but he suddenly remembered the two pots of peppers.
"How do you know that it is pepper?" Li Zhiyuan asked curiously.
"My restaurant's private rooms' names are sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, and salty. But actually, there is no spicy dish!" The name and the decoration of the private rooms were naturally based on the five flavors. Since there was no chili and pepper, he had to use ginger.
Li Zhiyuan was stunned. "We can use this for cooking?" There were dishes in the private room named after the five flavors. But he had not eaten spicy dishes yet.
"Yes." Shen Yanbei replied. Without a roundabout way of talking, he directly begged for two pots of pepper.
Li Zhiyuan smiled and said, "You can take it. When the new dishes have been launched, I'll come to taste it."
This time, Li Zhiyuan didn't use "this official", but "I". The subtle gap made Shen Yanbei squinted. "Xuéshēng will be waiting for you!"
For those who confused, it's the side story in a modern setting~
Because of the limited ingredients, Shen Yanbei made a very simple two dishes and one soup: hot and sour potato shreds, braised pork, tomato beef soup.
The man was embarrassed to just sit and wait to eat, so he stood aside and occasionally handed him a plate.
When Shen Yanbei washed his hands and came out of the kitchen, the dishes and chopsticks were already on the dinner table and the rice too.
Shen Yanbei was not polite, He directly sat down. When he lifted his chopsticks, he first gave the man a piece of braised pork.
"Try it!"
The man was taken aback. "Thank you..."
The young man looked at him expectantly, and his eyes burning hot. The man unnaturally lowered his gaze, picked up the braised pork, and stuffed it into his mouth.
What he first felt was the springy meat. His teeth chewed the meat. This piece of meat had no greasy fat. When he kept chewing, you could feel the meat gradually melting...
These sensations progressed layer by layer, and the strong and inviting scent poured straight into the nasal cavity. Gu Changfeng pertinently praised, "It's delicious." This food was a hundred times better than he made, even the taste was in the same level as a restaurant chef made.
Shen Yanbei just laughed. After his mother passed away, he never cooked anymore. So at first, he was afraid that his craftsmanship wouldn't be the same as before.
"Then try this soup?" Shen Yanbei pushed the soup over.
The man was a little embarrassed. "I can do it myself..."
"It's okay. Just eat!" Shen Yanbei said with a smile.
They were a stranger who had just met, but he took care of him so enthusiastically. It didn't look like someone who just met for the first time...
Unexpectedly, the words Shen Yanbei said before that he was someone that he liked suddenly appeared in his mind. The man hurriedly took the food with his chopsticks, didn't dare to think deeply.
These a bowl of rice and three kinds of dishes were eaten by two big men until nothing remained. After the meal, the man took the initiative to clean up the dishes and chopsticks.
It had been a long time since he had a good home-cooked meal like today, which made him eat more. In the morning, he was injured and bleeds, which made him became lazy. All he wanted to do right now was to lie down for a while. But it was not good laying in other people's homes, especially in the home of a straight guy who knew that he was interested in him.
So when the man came out, Shen Yanbei said, "Thank you for your kindness! I won't disturb your afternoon, so I'm leaving!"
The man glanced at him, took out his wallet, and pulled out some money. "You can use it first to find a place to stay."
Shen Yanbei and his quiet black eyes looked at each other for a while. He intended to say that he didn't need money, and he had a place to live. But under the man's gaze, he actually took the money in a wicked manner.
"You don't worry I'll leave without paying back?" Shen Yanbei raised his eyebrows.
"I know you." The man said seriously.
Shen Yanbei looked at his eyes, and the corners of his mouth raised. "This is not fair, isn't it?"
The man frowned slightly, not sure what he meant.
"You know me, but I don't know you."
The man was stunned.
"I don't even know your name." Shen Yanbei sighed. "If I meet you on the street in the future, I don't know how to call you if I want to greet you..."
"Gu Changfeng. My name is Gu Changfeng."
The man's low voice sounded, Shen Yanbei smiled slightly and said, "Gu... Changfeng?"
The man nodded, his eyes deep. Shen Yanbei smiled lightly, "Then I'm leaving, Changfeng."
His tone was natural and familiar as if had been calling it thousands of times.
Gu Changfeng was stunned and then sent him out with a hum.
Shen Yanbei waved his hand and turned around without reluctance.
Gu Changfeng stared at him for a long time until the young man's straight and sturdy back disappeared from his sight before turning around and entering the house. The room was as quiet and dull as it had always been. It seemed that the young man who was sitting at the dinner table picking food for him with a smile just now was an illusion.
Turning on the TV, Gu Changfeng sat on the sofa without expression. Although his eyes were staring at the TV, his thoughts flew to nowhere. He didn't come back to his senses until a familiar name came on the TV.
"Hello, Mr. Shen, why do you want to dissolve the father-son relationship between you and your only son, Mr. Shen Yanbei? Does your statement have legal effect?"
"Mr. Shen, you and Mr. Shen Yanbei have dismissed the father-son relationship. Then to who will you hand over God of Cookery Group to inherit?"
"Mr. Shen, do you have another son?"
Gu Changfeng frowned tightly and stared at the middle-aged man surrounded by reporters on the TV. The middle-aged man in suit and leather shoes looked quite majestic, but his facial features were not like Shen Yanbei's.
Hearing the reporter's question, the middle-aged man didn't say a word but got into the car under the protection of bodyguards.
The fist beside him could not help clenching, Gu Changfeng's eyes were full of worry.
This morning, Shen Yanbei told him that he was swept out of the house by his father. He only thought that Shen Yanbei was quarreling with his father. He didn't expect things to be so serious...
Gu Changfeng became even more worried when he thought of the young man who was making food and vegetables for him with a bright smile before. Father Shen was so unfeeling, he directly froze Shen Yanbei's bank card, and the real estate under Shen Yanbei's name might have been transferred. No wonder Shen Yanbei said that he was homeless now...
Gu Changfeng felt a little grateful, fortunately, he had given him some money for emergency needs. It was just that people like Shen Yanbei who was used to the life of a rich young master might also have high requirements for the quality of life. It was estimated that this little money will not last long...
The heart that had just been put down lifted again.
In fact, Shen Yanbei's situation was not as bad as he thought, and Shen Yanbei himself did not take this matter to heart. Shen Yanbei didn't leave immediately after walking out of Gu Changfeng's enclosed compound. Instead, he walked around and found out the situation of the nearby vegetable market before stopping a taxi back to his usual apartment.
The old man Shen wanted him to give up by severing the relationship between father and son, but he was not the kind of dude who couldn't do anything. Even though his financial source was cut off, he wouldn't be in despair. Not to mention that he still had his own job and savings, even his mother left him a lot of "money for marriage"!
It was a pity that this "money for marriage" could only be kept.
Shen Yanbei threw himself onto the bed, feeling very depressed. It was hard to meet a person you crush, but the other person was actually a straight man! He had to be very restrained in his words and deeds for fear would make the other party being disgusted!
Hey! Although it was only a short time to get along, he could see that the other person had a good personality! Such a strong man with a good figure and a good personality had always been what he wanted to look for...
"Gu Changfeng..." Shen Yanbei looked at the white ceiling in a daze.
His arms, waist, hips, legs..., he didn't know what kind of work he did to develop such a good figure. But if he worked as a security guard at the bar he used to go to, most of them came out of the army...
It was said that the army was a passionate person, it was not rare to like the same sex. Moreover, Gu Changfeng didn't show any obvious dislike and didn't take seriously his confession. Perhaps he had seen this kind of this in the army so he was more being tolerant of this?
Thinking of the women's electric car that Gu Changfeng drove before, the small flame in Shen Yanbei's heart was suddenly extinguished. That car must belong to his girlfriend! But he lived in the house which had one bedroom and one hall, and he didn't see any woman's trace there...
Shen Yanbei's mind was messed up. He suddenly thought that the other party was a straight man and had a girlfriend, on the other hand, he suddenly thought that the other party did not show disgust for him and that there was no trace of a woman in the place where he lived.
"F**k you uncle!" He suddenly covered his head with the quilt. Shen Yanbei closed his eyes and stopped thinking about it.
What was the use of thinking so much? Direct action was the absolute principle*!
*actions can change things and create value.
"Ding..." His phone rang, showing a text message came in. Gu Changfeng, who was drinking water, opened his eyes and looked a little complicated.
"Your card with the end number of 6868 XX month XX day XX bank income (another bank remit) XXXX yuan, balance XXXXXX yuan. (XX bank)"
He had just given him money yesterday, and today it had been paid back directly to his bank account. Holding the phone tightly, Gu Changfeng lowered his eyes to cover the dark light under his eyes. He thought they had been friends after having eaten a meal and told each other their names, but...
The lips were pressed into a straight line. Gu Changfeng opened the thermos cup in a daze and took a big sip of water.
"Coach!"
Hearing a clear voice calling him, Gu Changfeng turned his head to face a bright smiling face. It was a fatty boy with white skin, a round face, black eyes, and a very bright appearance.
"Hello." Gu Changfeng greeted gently. He met the boy one night when he was going jogging. At that time, several hooligans blocked the boy in a corner and robbed him. So he beat them all away. The young man looked at him with admiration and kept asking him to accept him as a student and teach to practice martial art. But he was just a fitness coach, so he declined him. Who knew that the next day he would meet the young man downstairs in the gym, and then the young man became his student.
"Coach, what kind of sports are we going to do today?" The young man looked at him eagerly.
Gu Changfeng put the water down and said, "Did you feel uncomfortable in any way?"
"There is no discomfort, but the hands and feet are so weak that it can hardly be lifted." The young man said truthfully.
"It's like this at the beginning, just get used to it in two days." Gu Changfeng stood up. "Go do a warm-up first."
"Yes!" the young man replied, obediently doing the warm-up. He bent over, kicked, and turned sideways. The young man did it seriously, looked clumsy and cute.
This was the first official job he had since retiring, and the salary was not bad too. Before finding a better way to earn a living, he planned to work as a fitness coach for a while. After so many years in the army, he returned to society again, he was still unable to adapt. His temper was tedious, so it was still hard for him to deal with such a complicated relationship in this society. Therefore, simply teaching the students to cultivate their bodies was the best choice for now.
Two more students came to the class one after another. Gu Changfeng taught with all his heart and responsibility. It was almost eleven o'clock after cleaning up. So it was time to get off work.
"Coach Gu, do you want to join us having a drink?" The two male coaches in the gym asked him.
"No, thank you." As a result of years of military life, he lived self-discipline and was not that curious or enthusiastic about the city's rich nightlife.
The muscular, flat-headed male coach looked disapproving. "Young people have to go out to play more when they are young and get to know beautiful girls more, or they will not be so free when they get married in the future!"
"True, Coach Gu!" Another coach also echoed. "The younger sister there is so pretty and gentle, why not you follow us?"
Gu Changfeng declined with a faint smile. Their gym rule was more formal, the owner was strict, and the atmosphere was better. So there was no messy relationship between the coach and the students. Even though after getting off work, both male and female coaches loved to go to nightclubs, but this was everyone's freedom.
After saying goodbye to his colleague, Gu Changfeng took the elevator to the garage on the first floor to pick up his small electric car.
The location of the gym was in the downtown area, with pedestrian streets and shopping malls nearby. He also could see the brightly lit night view of the city as soon as he stepped out of the main road. Gu Changfeng calmly crossed the busy street and turned into the nearby residential area, intending to take a shortcut home. When passing a certain community, a cat suddenly emerged from the flowerbed next to him. Gu Changfeng had no time to brake, so he had to move the car sideways.
"Scram!"
The stern male voice sounded extremely clear in the night, Gu Changfeng suddenly raised his head. Under the dim street light, the young man standing next to the tree with one hand in his pocket had cold eyebrows. His tight lips showed his extremely unhappy mood. Two tall men in black suits were standing in front of him, and one of them said, "Master, don't difficult us."
Shen Yanbei snorted. "You can't understand human words?"
Another man in a black suit was talking with someone. After hearing the order of the other party, he hung up the phone. Then he winked at his companion, they slowly moved their hands to Shen Yanbei.
Gu Changfeng's face was sinking. He stopped the car and rushed to block the man in the black suit. The man in the black suit was taken aback, he didn't expect someone coming out to help.
"Changfeng!" Shen Yanbei was surprised and delighted.
Gu Changfeng had only time to make an "um". His head tilted, avoiding the fist thrown by the opponent, and at the same time, a right uppercut hit the man in the black suit.
"Uh..." The man in the suit screamed painfully while clutching his abdomen.
The other man hurriedly rushed over when his companion was beaten. Gu Changfeng knocked him out with one kick.
"Ah—" The man in the black suit slammed straight into the flower garden.
Shen Yanbei's eyes widened. So handsome!
The man in the black suit clutching his abdomen knew that he encountered such a difficult opponent. He didn't dare to continue and hurriedly helped his companion to run away in a messy appearance.
"Go back and tell your boss, since the relationship between father and son is severed, then I have nothing to say with him. Don't bother me again in the future!" Shen Yanbei shouted to the man in a black suit. "I don't care about his stinky money!"
After shouting, Shen Yanbei felt that most of the anger in his heart had disappeared. Looking back, Gu Changfeng's dark eyes were looking at him.
"How can you be here?"
"Just passing by." Gu Changfeng said truthfully.
Shen Yanbei's eyes fell on his women's electric car, and he asked carelessly, "This car is yours?"
Gu Changfeng shook his head and nodded. "It's mine." His house was sub-leased to him by a girl. The girl asked him if he wanted this electric car when she was going to return to her hometown. It happened that he was short of a transportation tool, so he bought it for a few hundred dollars.
Shen Yanbei thought sourly: He must have bought this car for his girlfriend! Maybe he just sent his girlfriend home!
Gu Changfeng saw that his face was not so good, probably it was because of the man in the black suit just now.
Shen Yanbei grinned reluctantly. "Thanks for helping."
"You're welcome." Gu Changfeng walked to his electric car and exhorted, "You must be careful in the future and try not to go out alone at night."
"Okay. Be careful on the road!"
Seeing Gu Changfeng's figure disappear into the night, Shen Yanbei sighed heavily.
Such a good and handsome man was not his...
"Why does Shen Xiucai have so many whimsical ideas?" Su Wanqing glanced at his son who had a great time playing with building blocks and had forgotten to eat.
"It's a natural talent..." Li Zhiyuan handed the small book that Shen Yanbei had given to Su Wanqing. "This book is quite interesting, it is suitable for our son."
"This is?" Su Wanqing's eyes lit up. She quickly opened it.
In this book, which was as small as a palm, each piece of paper was painted with many kinds of images. The images contained daily necessities such as animals, fruits, etc., and there was the name of each image on the top of it. The paper was thick and hard, with a small round hole punched on the left side and strung together with a string. This book was easy to read and durable. So we shouldn't be afraid of the children would tear the book.
"Really interesting!" Su Wanqing was extremely satisfied with this book of insight. Compared with those precious gifts, Shen Yanbei's two gifts that could make his son happy and learn something while playing were the most meaningful gifts!
Li Zhiyuan nodded. "It seems Qingze make such good friends."
"Of course. How can my brother's vision be wrong?" Su Wanqing opened the book of knowledge. "Son, do you want to eat this?"
Hearing his mother's call, the little birthday star turned his head and saw two fat eggs on the book. His mouth grinned, showing two little tiger teeth. "Eat eggs!"
Li Zhiyuan touched his nose and said in his heart: Your brother's vision was more than good, it's so good! Because he usually didn't make friends casually!
Su Qingze, who had a good vision, was replying to the letter. "A-Heng, my brother-in-law asked me to thank you for giving Lin'er such a valuable gift. Including your gift, Lin'er received many birthday gifts today. But Lin'er's favorite is the building block toy given by Shen Dàgē..."
"I'm telling you! Lin'er almost had an accident today! Fortunately, Shen Dàgē could solve this matter..." The young man happily wrote the pepper story into the letter with his pen.
"Shen Dàgē asked for the two pots of plants called peppers. Seeing his happy look, he will definitely make a good meal for Gu Dàgē when he gets home!" Su Qingze looked a little contemptuous. "They actually eat the meat behind my back. They think I don't know but I am pretending not to know! By just smelling it, I can know there is meat on the food! It's because they are afraid that I can't hold my gluttony, but how can my will be knocked down by two pieces of meat?" Su Qingze wrote proudly. "I am working hard now. If we can meet this fall, I will wear a horseback outfit and go hunting in the autumn with you! Your Mo Yan is so handsome. You have to let me take a ride at that time!"
Su Qingze wrote all the interesting and fun things that happened recently in the letter, and also specifically mentioned a certain narrow-minded person that cause trouble to Shen Yanbei.
"That Li Juren is really annoying. The people around him robbed my dim sum and insulted me last time. After knowing my identity, he wanted to flatter me this time! He thinks who he is?" Su Qingze snorted while brushed. "A- Heng, are you still in the capital? Can you help me to collect some questions and excellent articles of Qiūwéi in the past few years? Gu Dàgē has taken good care of me this time, so I want to help Shen Dàgē. If he passes the provincial examination, he will participate in next year's Qiūwéi!"
"That Li Juren looks down on others just because he is a talented person. If Shen Dàgē passes this provincial examination, he will be beaten by the reality and be angry to death!"
After writing the letter, Su Qingze wrote on the envelope. "Dear A-Heng".
Although they keep communicating, they hadn't seen each other for more than a year. So he didn't know if the other's appearance had changed. Su Qingze sighed. He had many friends, but it was because he was the youngest son of Su's Family. A-Heng was the only person who wouldn't tease him of being fat.
Thinking of the promise he gave to Shen Yanbei on the road, Su Qingze put the letter on the table so Ming'an could send this letter later, then went to Li Zhiyuan by himself.
Li Zhiyuan's face turned to be black when he heard that it was because of Li Yi's backing so that two men dared to insult his wife so aggressively. These days, he looked through the files of the past two years, personally examined the links among these people, and found that there was Li Yi's shadow in many things. He was already suspicious at that time, but he didn't expect that this person was the one who helped to add fuel to the flame*.
*tuībōzhùlán: to aggravate a dispute by a third party; increase troubles.
"Since there are no tigers in the mountains, the monkeys become kings!" Li Zhiyuan said solemnly, turning around and taking a few books out. "Give it to Shen Yanbei. After he writes the articles, ask him to come to me to check it!" He just took office as a new official. It was an inconvenience to attack these local scholars and Li Yi had a lot of friendship with these local gentlemen. Without direct evidence to prove that Li Yi had a bad virtue, he couldn't do anything to Li Yi. At this time, the wisest way was to let Shen Yanbei stand up to contend with it as soon as possible.
Su Qingze nodded. As soon as he returned to Shenjia Village, he gave the book to Shen Yanbei.
"Thanks for Dàrén's kindness." Shen Yanbei was very grateful. After discussing with Li Zhiyuan, he clearly saw his shortcomings. Now Li Zhiyuan had given him other textbooks and assigned him homework. It was obvious that he wanted to teach him in person!
Su Qingze smiled. "Shen Dàgē, have you taste that pepper?"
"I haven't. I put it there!" Shen Yanbei pointed to the vegetable field in the backyard. As soon as he went home that day, he removed it from the flowerpot and transplanted the whole tree with the roots and mud to the ground.
"Just put that kind?"
"No. When the weather is fine, pick off the mature peppers and save them." Shen Yanbei said, "I'll let you taste it later!"
"Okay!" Su Qingze looked forward to it.
When preparing dinner, Shen Yanbei watched his wife calmly pressing the grass carp in one hand and a kitchen knife in the other hand. A large piece of fish was sliced into countless slices of moderately thick fish under his hand.
"Wife, your hand skill is really amazing!"
"Because I have practiced a lot." Gu Changfeng smiled. He turned around to pick up the potatoes and placed them on the chopping board, brushing the skin then cutting it. The thickness of the potato shreds was also the same.
Shen Yanbei couldn't help but lean over to kiss him. "Wife, you look very good when you smile. Well, you look good too without a smile."
Gu Changfeng's face was a little red. Shen Yanbei stared at him and continued, "Now it looks very beautiful."
The color on Gu Changfeng's face could not help but deepen, Shen Yanbei only smiled lightly and started cooking after he appreciated it.
"Oh, it smells good!"
"I can't help but drool!"
When the dishes were on the table, Su Qingze, Zhou Yu, Ming'an, gathered around the table and sucked their saliva.
"What are you doing standing there? Sit down and eat!" Shen Yanbei poured a glass of wine for himself and Gu Changfeng. He cooked five dishes for dinner: fried egg with chili, hot and sour potato shreds, fish with pickled cabbage, fried pork with chili, and fish head with chopped pepper.
"Uhuk Uhuk Uhuk!" Su Qingze held scrambled eggs with chili peppers with chopsticks. It was so spicy that he burst into tears, and smacked his mouth. "So spicy! So spicy!" The strange and compelling taste was like a fire, simple and rough, straight down to the throat!
Ming'an hurriedly brought him water, "Young Master, drink water!"
Su Qingze hurriedly took a big gulp. Zhou Yu saw that his eyes were moist and his lips were bright red, the hand holding the chopsticks didn't dare put take it.
"It's okay. It's just choking. Just eat slowly." Shen Yanbei put chopsticks on hot and sour potato shreds made by Gu Changfeng then he said, "This is only a little bit spicy, you can try it."
The potato shreds were crispy, soft, spicy, and sour. The strands of sourness and continuous spiciness stimulated the taste buds, which made people didn't want to stop eating.
"It's delicious." Gu Changfeng carefully tasted the distinctive taste of the tip of his tongue. It was different from the pungency of onion, ginger, and garlic. This kind of taste was pure and straight to the bottom of people's hearts, really amazing!
Seeing that Shīfu had eaten it, Zhou Yu clamped a small piece of fried pork hesitantly. The fleshy pork belly was thinly sliced, looked brown, and he could smell spicy from far, mixed with salty fragrance. Zhou Yu swallowed his saliva, carefully stuffed the meat into his mouth...
"Good..." Zhou Yu's eyes widened. He quickly took two bites of rice. "It's delicious!"
Su Qingze with red eyes. "..."
After everyone had tasted the dishes, Shen Yanbei found that Su Qingze and Ming'an couldn't bear eating spicy food, Zhou Yu liked spicy food, and his wife could eat spicy food.
Those who didn't like spicy that much were more fond of hot and sour potato shreds and sauerkraut fish. Shen Yanbei finally had a general understanding of the people's acceptance of spicy taste here. People couldn't bear the completely spicy food. But food mixed with spicy and sour were acceptable. Shen Yanbei raised his eyebrows, thinking that there was anything else he could do!
The ducks in the farm field were taken care of by Xu Lǎobó. Xu Lǎobó had a big black dog, he tied the dog there to watch the ducks at night. After the last time incident, no one would dare to move their hands to his ducks. He also had started to raise the chickens in the bamboo forest and these chickens were taken care of by Wu sān-gē's wife Jinhua sǎozi, and Shuang'er Shen Qiukui. All the work at home except cooking was under his wife's care. His daily task was to read. If he was tired, he would go to the backyard to see the melons and vegetables or cooked in the kitchen...
He was not the type of person who read the book to death. Apart from studying hard, he also wanted to find something else to adjust his mood. Now he found it one!
In the evening, After washing, Shen Yanbei stuffed himself in the quilt early and waited. Gu Changfeng then met a pair of fiery eyes as soon as he came out.
"Changfeng..."
Shen Yanbei, who was lying on the bedside, stared straight at him, who had been completely refreshed after taking a shower. He called him out with a soft smile.
"Do you want to continue reading?" The oil lamp in the room was swaying. It was too dim and easy to hurt the eyes. Gu Changfeng was going to light it up.
"No, I don't. I'll do it tomorrow. I have something to tell you." Shen Yanbei asked the person to come.
Gu Changfeng walked over. Shen Yanbei sat the person on the bed and dried his hair. The injury on the head was healed long ago, leaving only a pale scar. The hair in his hand was as black and thick as the skin of its owner. When Shen Yanbei looked at the shoulders covered with black hair, his mind was running wild.
The dim light fell on Gu Changfeng's resolute face, softened his face line but still couldn't obscure the light shining in his deep eyes.
...Actually, he could dry his hair using his internal strength, but he didn't. Because every time he didn't wipe his hair, the young man would wipe his hair after telling him to dry his hair before going to bed. He could clearly feel the scorching gaze of the young man behind him and also his rapid breathing that gradually became heavy...
"Changfeng..." Shen Yanbei grabbed his shoulders and said with his head tilted in his ear. "Let's do it? Then talk after we finish?"
His ear burned at a speed visible to the naked eye. Shen Yanbei smiled and kissed his ears. Gu Changfeng's body stiffened, and his hands on his knees tightening.
One hand got in from the bottom of his shirt and stroked his abdominal muscles back and forth.
Gu Changfeng's breathing became faster.
A hard and fiery thing was pressing his sensitive waist from behind...
Shen Yanbei's restless hand moved down. The voice in his ear was hoarse and full of passion and desire.
"It's wet."
A "boom" sound exploded in his head. Gu Changfeng's eyes flashed with embarrassment... and finally, all turned into turbulent and depressive sentiments under Shen Yanbei's hands.
"Yanbei..." Gu Changfeng cried out impatiently, looking for Shen Yanbei's lips.
Shen Yanbei smiled and kissed him. "Is it comfortable?"
Gu Changfeng nodded honestly. Shen Yanbei took his hand and put him under him. "Don't be embarrassed, Changfeng. If you love someone, you will want to have s*x with him, want to occupy his body cruelly, every inch of..."
Before he finished speaking, Gu Changfeng suddenly turned around and changed their position.
The man's honey-colored skin was tinged with a reddish color, and the dark eyes were full of undisguised love.
"Yanbei..." Gu Changfeng followed Shen Yanbei's action by lowering his head and licking down his neck.
Shen Yanbei took a deep breath, and his eyes scanned the perfect chest and abdominal muscles, and finally landed on the bulging wet fabric.
"Yanbei..." Gu Changfeng buried his head on his neck and did not dare to look at him. He put his hand under the pillow and took out a box of ointment then stuffed him in his hand.
Shen Yanbei's eyes flashed, feeling guilt and moved at the same time. "I was negligent." Gu Changfeng cared about his body and didn't let him mess around, but he didn't concern about his needs.
Gu Changfeng's face flushed. He wanted to do it, but Shen Yanbei didn't take the initiative to speak. He also couldn't simply open his mouth to beg love.
"It's me who is not good," Shen Yanbei turned around putting the person under him again and blamed himself, "I don't even know if my husband is starving."
"Stop talking..." The red on Gu Changfeng's face was already like blood.
"Okay, I'll stop speaking. Let's have dinner!" Shen Yanbei smiled and kissed his chest.
...
After eating and drinking, the two laid on the bed. "Changfeng, I want to soak some capers and sour radish." Shen Yanbei hugged the person, fingers lingering on the skin that felt very good. "It will be summer soon. These sour and crunchy side dishes are match right for dinner." These people here could only make sauerkraut, no one had ever made these side dishes. These side dishes were low-cost, so it was okay to pickle them in large quantities. They also could add this dish to their restaurant's new menu.
"When the peppers are harvested next year, you can pickle the hot and sour ones. It will be more delicious!"
"Um..." Gu Changfeng replied softly, feeling lethargic. He was hacked by Shen Yanbei three times just now, now he still felt light as a feather.
Seeing his half-closed eyes and his eyebrows looked soft and obedient, Shen Yanbei's heart became soft. He kisses his forehead. "Go to sleep." He put his arms around the person and closed his eyes then fell asleep.