Chapter 188 Tanning (Two-in-One) I can do it seven times a night tonight. …

"What do you mean by betrothal gift?" Yue Lanshan's flattering smile froze. "Yu Shang's surname is Yu now, and he is a member of the Yu family. When he grows up and gets married, the Yu family should be in charge of everything."

Tian Ruan raised his hand and beckoned Lu Qiuyan and Yu Shang, who had stood up, to sit down. "This is a major event in life, we must settle it clearly."

Yu Shang frowned: "Marriage is too far away..."

"How far is it? In two years, you will reach the legal age for marriage. Even if you don't get married by then, you can get engaged and get a certificate. The betrothal gift will be at least hundreds of millions. Can you come up with it all at once?" Tian Ruan glanced at Lu Qiuyan.

Lu Qiuyan: "...Why are you looking at me?"

Tian Ruan only had Lu Qiuyan as his "daughter-in-law" in his heart. He said with the aura of a head of the family, "Our Yu family is a wealthy family. Although we don't care about the five million, we must show the proper etiquette. Since Mr. Yue has come and keeps saying that he wants to recognize Yu Shang, we have to show some sincerity."

Yue Lanshan, as a scholar with a sour mind, was not fooled by Tian Ruan's words. "Madam Yu, you misunderstood, right? This five million is to buy out the relationship between me and Yu Shang, and to hand over Nuonuo to you. After this, we have no relationship, and I should not pay the betrothal money."

Tian Ruan glared at him coldly. After being with Yu Jingmo for a long time, he had also learned some of Yu Jingmo's temperament. When he looked at people like this, it was like looking at an ant.

Yue Lanshan was so cold that he shuddered, his heart and liver trembled slightly, "What I said... is not right?"

Tian Ruan: “There’s nothing wrong with that.”

"That……"

"At least you let me see clearly that you are equally cold-blooded to your son and daughter. You are also as irresponsible as ever. This way I can rest assured."

"What?"

Tian Ruan stood up calmly and said, "I won't adopt your daughter. You should give up on this idea."

Yue Lanshan was startled and stood up, slamming the table. "Why? Don't you like her very much? Do you pity her?"

Tian Ruan: "I have read many more novels than the sour poems you wrote. You'd better stop using your moral blackmail tactics. It's no wonder that you have achieved nothing so far by taking advantage of other people's sympathy."

“…”

The biggest pain point of attacking a literary middle-aged man is that no one reads the books he writes. After pursuing so-called freedom for half his life, he is still mediocre and has no achievements at all.

Yue Lanshan raised his hand tremblingly, and stammered: "You, you..."

Tian Ruan boasted: "I'm great."

Lu Qiuyan chuckled: "Good job."

Tian Ruan walked out of the coffee shop with his tail up, "Son, let's go."

Yue Lanshan chased them out and kept trying to dissuade them, trying to make them change their minds. Tian Ruan just waved his hand and the bodyguards rushed up and held Yue Lanshan down. Then, the three of them got into a stretch limousine and drove away.

In the car, Yu Shang's brows were always furrowed.

Tian Ruan said: "Yu Shang, you have seen the true face of Yue Lanshan, so don't worry about what happens next."

Yu Shang said calmly, "You're speaking more and more like my dad."

Tian Ruan was stunned: "What does your dad smell like? Mint and citrus?"

“…”

Lu Qiuyan crossed his arms lazily, "It's not the taste of the mouth, it's a temperament."

Tian Ruan shyly replied: "Oh."

Speaking of Yu Jingmo, Yu Jingmo's call came.

After Tian Ruan answered the call, she seemed to smell the scent of Yu Jingmo. It is said that when you miss someone or something, the first thing that comes to mind is the smell.

"I'm at the airport. If you want to buy anything, you can buy it on the way. I have about half an hour of free time." Yu Jingmo said concisely.

Tian Ruan: "Going back to Su City now?"

"Yes. The flight ticket has been booked."

"Let me see if there's anything I want to buy. We'll be there in a minute."

After hanging up the phone, Tian Ruan asked the two people in the back row if they wanted to buy anything, and Lu Qiuyan said, "No."

Yu Shang: “No.”

Tian Ruan: "I want to buy some local specialties."

There happened to be a local specialty shop on the side of the road, so Tian Ruan went in and bought bean paste, hot pot base, Qingcheng Mountain bacon, Qingcheng tea, and Shu embroidered handkerchiefs.

Although Shang Yu said he did not want to buy, he ended up placing an order for a dozen porcelain-based bamboo vases.

Lu Qiuyan bought some bacon and mailed it back home.

The store provides mail-order service, so you don't have to worry about buying too much. The three of them returned with a lot of stuff - maybe shopping really can increase happiness, even Yu Shang felt much better after seeing it.

Tian Ruan held a handkerchief in her pocket and gave it to Yu Jingmo after arriving at the airport, saying, "The mandarin ducks playing in the water on it are just like you and me."

Yu Jingmo folded the handkerchief and put it neatly into the pocket of his suit. "Yes."

Yu Shang and Lu Qiuyan, who couldn't bear to watch, looked away at the same time.

Together with Assistant Xu and bodyguards, they flew back to Su City.

At around 1 p.m., the housekeeper called and said the food was ready.

Tian Ruan: "...You should have told me earlier. I've already eaten on the plane."

"I'll send Lu Qiuyan back." Yu Shang suddenly said.

Lu Qiuyan quickly refused: "No, I'll take a taxi myself. You're already spending a lot of money to invite me to sit in first class."

Seeing that Lu Qiuyan insisted, Yu Shang did not force him. He watched him get on the taxi before getting in his own car to return to the manor.

The father and his two sons were riding in the same car, which was the stretched sedan that Tian Ruan used on his wedding day. It had a comfortable space and a small refrigerator. Tian Ruan opened the small refrigerator and took out a bottle of iced mineral water. He unscrewed it and took two sips before it was confiscated.

Yu Jingmo said: "Ice water is bad for the stomach, drink less."

Tian Ruan: “It’s hot.”

"Drink it at room temperature."

Tian Ruan thought to himself that he would just eat two ice creams when he got home.

The car was filled with the scent of wood essential oil. The driver held the steering wheel steadily and the car was almost not shaking. Yu Jingmo casually processed a few messages on his phone and said casually: "This lawsuit is not difficult and easy to win."

Yu Shang lowered his eyes: "Yeah."

On the plane, after hearing the whole story, Yu Jingmo made a decision in a few words - to file a lawsuit and seize custody of Yue Nuonuo.

This way, we don't waste five million and the problem can be solved once and for all.

Yu Shang did not comment on this, and only said, "I will follow Dad's arrangements."

Tian Ruan didn't know much about the law, so he asked, "Yue Lanshan is Yue Nuonuo's biological father. Can he really take over the custody?"

Yu Jingmo had some knowledge of law and said, "It's true that Yue Lanshan is Yue Nuonuo's father, but in terms of blood relationship, Yu Shang is Yue Nuonuo's brother and also has guardianship responsibility. As long as we can provide evidence that Yue Lanshan has been unemployed for many years and has no ability to raise the child, the responsibility of Yue Nuonuo's guardianship will naturally fall on Yu Shang."

"But Yu Shang is just a student."

"He's over 18 years old and has a lot of assets under his name, more than enough to support a little girl."

Tian Ruan was relieved: "Then let's sue."

By spending at most a few hundred thousand yuan, you can take over the custody of Yue Nuonuo, keep her away from her inactive father, and get her better treatment. It's worth the money. At least it wasn't spent on Yue Lanshan.

However, after taking away the custody of Yue Nuonuo, the Yu family really had no time to take care of her - at least Yu Jingmo, Yu Shang and Tian Ruan had no time to take care of her.

I don't feel comfortable leaving it to a nanny.

When Tian Ruan raised this question, Yu Jingmo thought for a moment and said, "You can foster the child under the name of my third brother and his wife. They have always wanted to have another child, but they just haven't gotten pregnant yet."

Tian Ruan: "Will Yu Ti agree?"

"Ask first."

For such an important matter, of course, I have to ask in person.

When they returned to the manor, Yu Tifeng ran out: "Uncle, uncle, brother and sister-in-law, where are brother and sister-in-law?"

Yu Shang said calmly: "If you want a brother and sister-in-law, you can ask Yu Jun for them."

Tian Ruan: "Yu Jun? Does he have a girlfriend?"

"We've been talking about it. We change one every three days."

“…”

Yu Ti said with a chill, "I won't play with him. I only have one brother, and that's you."

Tian Ruan didn't have time to care about a marginal NPC like Yu Jun. He took out a handkerchief embroidered with tomatoes from his pocket and handed it to Yu Ti. "This is a gift I brought you. I wish you happiness and success in everything."

Yu Ti happily took the handkerchief and said, "Thank you, little uncle. You are so kind. Remember to bring me a gift."

The housekeeper and servants bowed in unison: "Welcome home, Sir, Madam, and Young Master!"

Tian Ruan waved his hand, as if he was a leader inspecting him, "Is everyone okay?"

The housekeeper smiled and said, "All good."

"That's good."

"Mr. Du did come to visit you once. I don't know why. When he found out you were not here, he left."

"My elder brother?" Tian Ruan checked his phone. "He didn't call me."

"Maybe it's nothing important."

This was the only explanation. Tian Ruan decided to call Du Henbie back later.

After not breathing the fresh air of the manor and seeing the familiar faces of the servants for nearly ten days, Tian Ruan felt extremely at home and shouted, "Auntie Liu, Sister Zhang, I sent your gifts by mail. They will arrive in two days."

Aunt Liu was still wearing an apron, obviously busy for most of the day. She smiled and said, "I'm glad that Madam is back. Why would you bring a gift?"

Tian Ruan understood them a little bit, and knew that he had to give them small favors from time to time so that they would be more motivated to do things - just like Yu Jingmo would give him gifts every month, and every night, they would be particularly passionate.

It can be seen that human nature is to like gifts.

"Sir, Madam, are we ready for dinner now?" asked another servant.

Yu Jingmo took off his coat and handed it to the servant, then said to Tian Ruan, "Wash your hands first."

Yu Jingmo rubbed Tian Ruan's claws carefully, rich foam slipped out from between his fingers, and he rinsed them three times with clean water before wiping them clean. Yu Jingmo lowered his head and kissed Tian Ruan's slender white fingers, saying, "Tonight, these hands are mine."

Tian Ruan glanced at the dragon's nest, her face flushed, and she nodded, "The hands are yours, and the mouth is yours too."

"And Huahua is mine too."

After hearing this, Tian Ruan felt a tingling sensation throughout her body and quickly shook off his hand and ran out of the bathroom - how shameless! She didn't hold it back outside, but started flirting as soon as she got home.

It is true that men are in their prime at around 31. They have the most energy around 30 and can desire anything anytime and anywhere.

When Yu Jingmo walked out of the bathroom, he was wearing a white shirt and black pants, looking neat and clean, yet with a strong sense of imposingness. It was hard to tell how he had just teased his wife to the point of blushing.

Tian Ruan let the warmth on her face fade away for a while, then turned her head to glance at him. Her brown pupils were like amber, shining with a bright light, and full of resentment and sadness.

Yu Jingmo took his hand and said seriously, "Madam, let's go have dinner."

The servants also saw this scene of a harmonious couple living in mutual respect.

At least in front of Yu Ti, Tian Ruan had to save face as the uncle. He sat at the dining table to the left of Yu Jingmo and said, "Yu Ti, you haven't eaten Liu Ma's cooking for a long time, right? Come on, eat with a big appetite today."

The main reason was that Tian Ruan had let go of his appetite and couldn't eat much.

Yu Ti: "I've already eaten the durian pastry and yam blueberry cake made by Aunt Liu today."

"Durian pastry? Yam and blueberry cake? Why haven't I tried it before?"

Aunt Liu: "...Madam, this is the snack I made today. Miss Yu Ti just wanted to try it. I'm saving it for you."

Tian Ruan nodded and suddenly asked, "Yu Ti, do you eat durian?"

Yu Ti didn't understand: "Eat it, durian is so delicious."

"That's right." Tian Ruan glanced at the father and son who didn't eat durian. "Durian is so delicious, but some people say it tastes like poop."

"If durian is poop, then what's the difference between us and dogs?"

"... Let's not talk about this anymore. Let's eat. The sweet and sour pork ribs made by Aunt Liu are delicious. Eat more."

Yu Ti nodded.

The late lunch was quite enjoyable. After the meal, the four of them drank tea in the small tea room.

Tian Ruan drank hawthorn tea. He ate a lot, so he had to drink some hawthorn tea to aid digestion - it can also be called hawthorn water.

Yu Jingmo elegantly brewed tea for himself, gave a cup to Yu Shang, and asked slowly, "Yu Ti, do you want a sister?"

Yu Ti drank the same hawthorn water that Tian Ruan drank. Even with a lot of honey, it still didn't taste good. Hearing this, she paused drinking her tea, her pupils trembling: "Uncle, are you saying that my dad also cheated on his wife like Uncle Fadada and had a daughter?"

"……no."

"How ridiculous!" Yu Ti put down the teacup heavily, "I'm going to tell my mom!"

Tian Ruan quickly stopped him: "It's not your father."

Yu Ti became even more panicked: "That's my mother? She secretly gave birth to a daughter with someone else?"

"Neither is your mother."

"Who else?" Yu Ti was confused. "Apart from my parents, my family can't give birth to a younger sister."

Yu Shang pinched the bridge of his nose and said, "It's not a birth, it's adoption."

"Adopt?" Yu Ti reacted for a moment, "Oh, adopt? I was scared to death. It's okay then."

"So you want it?"

"I think it would be best if I had a little sister who was like a doll. I could dress her up." Yu Ti began to fantasize, "I'll buy her a lot of pretty little dresses, and when she grows up, I'll teach her how to put on makeup."

Tian Ruan recalled the unbearable past in the opera troupe and said, "Forget about putting on makeup."

Yu Tifeng's eyes widened: "My makeup skills are a little bit poor, but I still have room for improvement!"

Yu Jingmo made the final decision: "Since you want a sister so much, I will give you one. Not only does she look like a doll, she is also sickly. You must take good care of her."

Yu Ti: "If a girl named Lin falls from the sky, I will definitely take good care of her!"

Tian Ruan: "Lin is a good surname, so your sister should be named Lin Qiang? Qiang in Qiangwei sounds like Qiang, which sounds like Qiang. I hope she grows up healthy and strong."

Yu Ti smacked the name, "Lin Qiang is so nice. I'm going to have a little sister... When can I see her?"

"At least half a year, at most two months." Yu Jingmo estimated.

"I want to see her right now. I want to play with her during the summer vacation!"

Then Yu Ti went home and started to act like a spoiled child, rolling around and insisting on seeing her sister as soon as possible, and even went to Old Man Yu to make a scene. Originally, Mr. Yu was quite dissatisfied with Shen Wanyue and Yu Xinglong's plan to adopt a daughter. After all, the Yu family was wealthy and powerful, and with one more person, they would get a bigger share of the pie.

But after hearing that she was Yu Shang's half-sister and suffered from hemophilia, Mr. Yu softened his attitude and called to say that he would do his best in the matter and that he had more connections in the officialdom.

Next, we just have to wait for a court summons to be served to Yue Lanshan.

Tian Ruan didn't need to worry too much. He called Du Henbie and asked, "Brother, I went to summer camp a few days ago. Did you come to see me?"

Du Henbie said calmly, “Well, Helansi ran away again.”

"…How much did he roll this time?"

"Four billion."

“…”

The two brothers were speechless and remained silent.

After a while, Tian Ruan asked, "Brother, where are you now?"

"Su City."

"Why don't you go find him?"

"Why should I go find him?" Du Henbie sneered, "Go find him and get another 8 billion from me?"

Tian Ruan took a deep breath and said, "But four billion, we can't just let it go like this, right?"

Du Henbie: "Just consider it as a breakup fee."

"...Brother, let's sever our relationship and you give me 4 billion."

"You wish."

Tian Ruan rolled his eyes, but then he remembered that he couldn't see the other side, so he said weakly: "Brother, you should go find He Lans. If you don't find him, he will really be gone."

Du Henbie said nothing.

Tian Ruan couldn't figure it out, "Why did he run away? Did something happen to you?"

The last time, Helans ran away because he had lost all his family members, which can be understood as self-abandonment. What about this time? You can't suddenly go crazy, right?

Du Henbie was silent for a moment, then said, "A few days ago, my ex-ex-boyfriend came here to borrow money from me, and I lent him money."

Tian Ruan: "…………So it's you, big brother, who's going crazy. Your ex-ex-boyfriend asked you to borrow money, and you actually gave it to him?"

"It's only about 100,000 yuan. His family's business is losing money, so he hopes I can help him out. I only lent it to him because of our past friendship."

"Hollands knows?"

"...He looked at my phone. It happened that my ex-ex-boyfriend sent me flirtatious messages. Then he ran away and took away 4 billion from me." Du Henbie said, "How could Helan Si be angry about such a thing? He did it on purpose."

Tian Ruan also felt that He Lan Si would not be jealous of an NPC without a name. He probably ran away from home because he was crazy. "You two are a perfect match."

Du Henbie: "Instead of mocking me, you might as well think about where Helan Si will go."

"France." Tian Ruan guessed, "If he wanted you to find him, he would go to France."

If you don't want to be found, then you really break up.

After Du Henbie calmed down these days, he vaguely guessed what Helan Si was thinking, but this kind of thing should not be told to outsiders, so he said, "I know."

Tian Ruan didn't want to buy the CPBE anymore, so he quickly said, "Brother, you must go find him. There is no one in the world who is more worthy of you than He Lan Si."

Du Henbie hung up the phone.

Tian Ruan felt sad and told Yu Jingmo about it.

Yu Jingmo was incredibly efficient. He went to the group in the afternoon, held a meeting, and came back in the evening to read the newspaper. He said without surprise: "Holans has always been like this. Others adapt to him, not him to others."

Tian Ruan: "The more beautiful a rose is, the more thorns it has. It's normal for a beautiful woman to have many thorns."

Yu Jingmo put down the newspaper and looked up at him, "Beauty?"

"Yeah, isn't Helansi beautiful?"

“It’s not within my aesthetic range.”

"...Aesthetics need to be diversified. Mr. Yu, you are an old-fashioned person."

Yu Jingmo's phoenix eyes were cold, and the outline of his profile was reflected in the sunset glow. He opened his thin lips and said, "Go upstairs and take a shower, then lie on the bed and wait."

Tian Ruan: "I haven't eaten yet."

"I'll feed you."

“…”

Tian Ruan was fed all kinds of nutritious meals.

There was too much food, and his hands couldn't hold it steadily, his mouth was too full, and Huahua was even more miserably teased.

Yu Jingmo hugged his knees and asked, "How powerful is the old antique?"

Tian Ruan couldn't answer. He felt like he had turned into a puddle of water and couldn't move. Only when Yu Jingmo shook him could he make the sound of water.

The sound of gurgling water rises and falls in the valley.

Giant dragons frolic in the valley, coiling, sniffing, or charging.

Until the ground in the valley shook and the waves splashed, as if to bury the dragon into the water.

Tian Ruan refused to beg for mercy and was fried over and over again five or six times.

The power of antiques is truly terrifying.

When Tian Ruan couldn't walk anymore, he remembered how to write the word "regret". His legs were shaking and he couldn't go down the stairs at all.

I could only get off the elevator stealthily.

Yes, there are elevators between the floors of the manor, but they are not often used.

The lowest level of the elevator was not the first floor, but the wine cellar. Tian Ruan went to take a look, but because there were no windows, only air vents, he felt the air was stuffy, so he came up quickly.

"Madam, why are you taking the elevator?" The butler was about to get some wine when he suddenly saw Tian Ruan's figure behind the door and quickly took two steps back.

Tian Ruan walked out slowly and said nonchalantly, "I also want to be lazy occasionally."

The housekeeper smiled and said, "Madam, go have breakfast."

Tian Ruan went to have breakfast. He hadn’t eaten Shengjian for a few days. As soon as he took a bite, he was so moved that he almost cried, “Home-cooked food is still delicious.”

Aunt Liu said distressedly: "Madam went to summer camp and got tanned."

Tian Ruan was shocked: "Really?"

He looked in the mirror last night and didn't notice that he had become darker, but others' perspective would not be wrong.

Aunt Liu: "Actually, it's just a little darker, it doesn't affect your beauty."

Tian Ruan didn't believe it, so he ran to look in the mirror, and stared at his wheat-colored self in the mirror, "Ah——"

There is a kind of tan, which is when you wake up after being exposed to the sun for a few days and find that you are tanned.

Tian Ruan couldn't accept it. He applied sunscreen every day, but he still had pale skin!

In the evening, Yu Jingmo came back from get off work and looked around, "Where's the Madam?"

The housekeeper said, "I'm sorry, but the lady knew she was tanned, so she hid away from everyone."

In fact, Tian Ruan not only hid himself, he also pulled the curtains of the guest room. He was so sure that as long as it was kept away from light, it would come back safe and sound.

There were two knocks on the door.

Tian Ruan poked his head out from under the quilt, "Who is it?"

Yu Jingmo: "Me."

Tian Ruan got out of bed and opened the locked door. In the darkness, only his eyes were bright, "Mr. Yu, you're back."

Yu Jingmo reached out to turn on the light in the room.

Tian Ruan quickly stopped him: "No!"

Yu Jingmo said: "I wonder if you came back for nothing."

Only then did Tian Ruan agree to turn on the light.

After staying in the darkness for a long time, Tian Ruan felt the glare when the headlights were turned on and closed his eyes. After a while, his face was held by a big hand. He didn't dare to open his eyes, "Did I come back in vain?"

Yu Jingmo stroked the young man's soft lips with his thumb and said, "Bai is back a little bit."

"Really?"

Yu Jingmo kissed him and said, "When you go to America, you'll find that rich people like to get a tan."

Tian Ruan: "But I'm not American. I won't look good if I'm dark."

"Who said that? You look very exotic like this. I bought you some Dunhuang clothes. Try them on and dance for me. I can do it seven times tonight."

“…”