Chapter 73 Ex-wife Bai Yueguang 6 The one who is close to the water gets the moon first

Because of the important discovery during the day and to welcome Yan Xia's arrival, the team leader arranged a roasted whole lamb dinner for everyone that night.

When Ali came out of the tent, the aroma of food was already wafting through the camp.

Several barbecue grills were placed next to the campfire. On the largest grill were two roasted whole lambs. The team leader and several herdsmen were standing by, turning the lambs over from time to time. The oil coming out of the lambs crackled in the fire.

Judging from the portion, it's enough to feed about ten people.

The leader was surrounded by a circle of children, all with bright eyes, drooling at the delicious mutton.

Ali was not interested and found Song Yuqing not far away. She and Chen Pei were standing in front of a small barbecue grill. They each held a small knife and were busy peeling eggplants.

Ali held onto the salt bag that was about to fall from the shelf and asked them, "Aren't we having roasted whole lamb tonight?"

"Yeah," Song Yuqing peeled one and put it on the plate. "But Mr. Sheng also asked the team leader to prepare a lot of other ingredients. Maybe he wanted to eat some. We went to check it out and decided to grill some eggplant ourselves."

Ali nodded: "Then I'll go wash my hands and help you."

The place to wash hands was at the other end of the camp. When Ali came back after washing his hands, he saw Sheng Yu and Yan Xia.

The two stood side by side. Sheng Yu rolled up his sleeves to his elbows, revealing his well-defined arms. He skillfully turned the ingredients on the shelf over, the flames illuminating his lowered brows.

Because his right hand was weak, Yan Xia followed him and helped pass things from time to time. When Ali walked by, he happened to see her standing on tiptoe to wipe the sweat off Sheng Yu's forehead.

Ali shook the water off his hands and looked away.

More than ten minutes later, the team leader and the herdsmen brought two roasted whole lambs to the long table, and Ali and the others also came over with two plates of roasted vegetarian dishes.

Song Yuqing took Chen Pei to clean up the barbecue grill and told Ali not to go with them to help, as they would be back soon.

The team leader gave a few instructions and quickly left to get them some drinks.

Ali stood there, suddenly feeling a little out of place.

She set the table and chairs, and worried that it would be cold after dark, she took out three more blankets.

When I came back, there was still no one at the table. There was only a scarf draped over a chair, which was what Yan Xia wore during the day.

Ali placed a blanket on the chair and sat opposite it.

With a warm fluffy blanket covering her legs, Ali leaned against the back of the chair and looked up at the dark blue sky. The evening breeze blew the hair by her ears. She slowly closed her eyes to the melodious singing of herdsmen in the distance.

Perhaps she had been thinking about too many things in the past recently, causing her to unconsciously start to waver. After they left and returned to their respective tracks, she should no longer have this feeling.

"Sister! Look!" Song Yuqing had sat down next to her without her noticing, holding a lifelike little thing in her hand. "Chen Pei and I discovered a while ago that the store over there actually sells felt dolls."

"This belongs to Little Snow Leopard. When I saw it, I wanted to buy it for you."

She glanced at Chen Pei behind her and said, "But Chen Pei said he wanted to give you a surprise. He was afraid that I would let it slip if I bought it in advance, so he kept it in until just now and then secretly went to buy it."

Ali was stunned at first, but then she saw Song Yuqing and Chen Pei looking at her expectantly. She carefully took the little snow leopard in her hands, lowered her head and blinked vigorously: "Thank you."

"You're welcome!" The two people in front of her laughed and sat down next to her.

Sheng Yu and Yan Xia also walked over from a distance.

Yan Xia looked at the table and suddenly said "Huh!", and said to Sheng Yu, "Those plates of meat you roasted are all placed across from me. There's such a big roasted whole lamb blocking the middle, it's going to be hard to hold when we eat later."

"How about we sit on Miss Xiao's side? The wind is less there."

Ali, who was joking with Song Yuqing, heard this clearly. She looked up and saw Sheng Yu gentlemanly pulling out the chair covered with a scarf so that Yan Xia could sit down. "Right here."

Ali lowered his eyes and rubbed his fingers on the blanket on his legs.

Seeing that Sheng Yu did not agree, Yan Xia did not force him anymore. She sat down obediently, her eyes never leaving Sheng Yu beside her.

For some reason, she thought he would want to sit with Miss Xiao.

However, now it seems that she was overthinking it.

Sheng Yu noticed that her eyes were moving between him and Ali. He lowered his eyes, picked up the knife on the table and played with it casually.

Everyone at the table sat down quickly. The leader poured a bowl of barley wine, said a few symbolic words, and everyone started eating.

The team leader wore gloves and cut from the joints of the lamb legs, skillfully using a short knife to separate the whole lamb. Song Yuqing exclaimed in amazement at how amazing he was.

Sheng Yu picked up a few pieces, cut them into small pieces suitable for eating with a knife, put them on a small plate and handed it to Yan Xia who was at a loss as to how to start.

She took it, feeling somewhat flattered, and carefully tasted the mutton he had cut himself.

Sheng Yu wiped his hands expressionlessly, picked up the barley wine in front of him and drank it slowly.

While looking up, he saw that Ali had not touched the piece of mutton in front of him, but had eaten a lot of the skewers on the barbecue plate.

Sheng Yu's eyes moved slightly, and he put the rim of the cup to his raised lips and drank it all in one gulp.

The food on the table was quickly cleared out. Song Yuqing patted her bulging stomach and said she couldn't eat anymore, while grabbing another skewer and putting it in her mouth.

"Mr. Sheng, with your cooking skills, you can open a barbecue restaurant."

Unexpectedly, Sheng Yu actually responded to her words and said, "I did think about it the year I graduated."

"Then why didn't they open it in the end?" Song Yuqing asked while eating, "You can't be going back to inherit the family property, right?"

Sheng Yu took a sip of wine and said nothing.

Yan Xia glanced at him and bravely advised: "Your hand is still injured, drink less."

Sheng Yu remained silent.

After eating and drinking, Song Yuqing didn’t want to go back to bed so early, so she suggested playing some drinking games.

Seeing everyone was interested, she thought for a moment and said, "How about we play a game where you have it and I don't? The first person to finish folding it loses. The loser gets to treat everyone to a feast when they return to West Sea after this trip!"

Ali smiled and said, "Okay."

No one else had any objection, so Song Yuqing was ready to go and briefly explained the rules of the game.

Seeing that everyone understood, she held up ten fingers, looked at her untouched wine glass, and spoke first: "Well...those who drank just now, break a finger."

Song Yuqing pointed at Yan Xia again and said, "Start with Miss Yan, and go clockwise until you reach Chen Pei."

Yan Xia broke off a finger when she heard this. She had just drunk some wine.

Sheng Yu, Ali and Chen Pei also broke one each, only Song Yuqing did not move.

She smiled and narrowed her eyes: "Ms. Yan, it's your turn now."

Yan Xia looked at the things on the table, feeling a little distressed, but then he smiled again: "Those who haven't graduated from college yet, break one finger."

Song Yuqing's face, which had just been full of joy, fell again. She shook her head and said, "Miss Yan's trick is really hard to defend against. She is targeting us both."

Next, go to Shengyu.

He looked around at everyone and said calmly, "If you have someone or something you haven't forgotten for years, break a finger."

As he said this, he broke off one for himself first.

Song Yuqing widened her eyes: "Mr. Sheng, don't you understand the rules of the game? You asked the question yourself, how come you lost..."

Moreover, what kind of question is this? Is it a torture of true love?

Sheng Yu frowned calmly: "I know."

When he said this, he was thinking of the eye contact with Ali a few hours ago.

He was sure that it was no coincidence.

He was sure that she still had feelings for him, and he wanted to hear her say it herself.

Seeing Sheng Yu say this, Song Yuqing didn't ask any more questions. If he lost in the end, he couldn't blame her for blackmailing him.

But it must be said that Mr. Sheng's method of hurting the enemy by a thousand and hurting himself by eight hundred was indeed effective. All five people present broke a finger at once.

It was Ali's turn. She thought for a moment and said, "Those who have never raised a cat, break a finger."

Song Yuqing cheered and hugged A Li, shaking him. "Sister, you really are my sister. We mentioned raising two cats in the car on the first day, and I didn't expect you to remember it! Woo woo woo, I will always follow such a gentle and considerate person like you..."

Ali couldn't help laughing. She shook him until he was dizzy and finally managed to break free from her clutches.

"Of course I remember, but why are your cats named Cai Cai and Lao Lao?"

Song Yuqing chuckled, a little embarrassed: "Because neither of us is good at studying, every time it comes to the end of the semester, we always hope that the teacher will show mercy and give us a passing grade. How do you say that..."

The two looked at each other and said to Ali in unison: "Teacher, Caicai, laolao."

A smile appeared between Ali's peaceful brows, and the three people sitting together laughed together.

Yan Xia was the only one of the five people who had never had a cat. She folded a finger and looked at Sheng Yu, who didn't move his finger. "Grandpa specifically mentioned that you're allergic to cat hair, but you actually have a cat? When?"

But before Sheng Yu could answer, Song Yuqing asked again.

After several rounds, Sheng Yu and Ali had three fingers left, Song Yuqing and Chen Pei had four left, and Yan Xia had five left.

This round, it’s Shengyu again.

He raised his eyelids lazily: "Those who have had two or more relationships, break it."

Facing him, what caught his eye was a finger that Ali lowered without hesitation.

His confident expression suddenly froze on his face and his brows furrowed.

Ali didn't look at him, and said to Song Yuqing and the others, "What about you?"

"Of course not," Song Yuqing rubbed against Ali coquettishly, stretching out her tone, "We are each other's first love..."

Ali got goosebumps all over his body and pushed her away with an unbearable look on his face: "Showing affection again."

The two were joking around when Chen Pei suddenly said to Sheng Yu, "Hey? Mr. Sheng, I remember you didn't fold it just now, why did you fold it again now?"

Sheng Yu raised his eyes slightly, even colder than usual: "There have been too many times, I forgot for a moment."

Yan Xia's eyes immediately tightened. She had never heard him mention these things before.

"Oh oh." Chen Pei agreed in a daze. Seeing Sheng Yu's unhappy face, he didn't dare to ask any more questions.

After one round, the right to speak returned to Shengyu.

At this time, Yan Xia and Chen Pei had three, Ali and Song Yuqing had two, and Sheng Yu somehow only had one left.

Under the tense and expectant gazes of the crowd, he leaned forward and crossed his elbows on the table: "Those who want to stay with their current partner forever, give up."

Song Yuqing was too tired to complain about his questions. Everyone was in the game channel, and only Mr. Sheng jumped to the emotional Q&A channel.

It turns out that such a handsome and wealthy man can also be trapped in love.

Song Yuqing snapped off a finger with great force and shook it: "We broke it! What's going on?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Sister Xiao next to him and Miss Yan opposite him also broke their fingers, leaving only Mr. Sheng among the five people.

There was a darkness in his eyes. He raised his head with a smile, looked straight at the person opposite him, slowly folded his last finger, and his tone was as cold as ice.

"I broke it too."

"game over."

For a moment, the scene was a little awkward, and even Song Yuqing didn't know what to say.

Yan Xia, who was sitting next to him, looked away in disbelief, and tried to stay calm by reaching for the water cup in front of her, but her hand trembled and the entire cup of water spilled onto the table, and then quickly flowed onto her legs.

Fortunately, there was a blanket that Ali had placed there earlier, so his clothes were not too wet.

Seeing this, Ali handed over the tissue in front of him.

Yan Xia was busy checking his condition and didn't notice her movements.

Ali could only stand up slightly and wanted to put the tissue in front of Yan Xia, but his outstretched hand was stopped by another hand halfway.

She looked up in surprise and saw Sheng Yu taking the tissue she handed him from bottom to top, almost wrapping her hand. "No need, Miss Xiao, please stand up."

His voice was extremely low, and apart from being slightly hoarse, no emotion could be heard in it.

Ali suddenly let go, and the tissue fell into Sheng Yu's palm, and their hands separated as soon as they touched in the air.

Sheng Yu suddenly clenched his palms as if he had been electrocuted.

A herdsman sitting next to him brought a towel and quickly helped Yan Xia wipe the table and his body clean.

Sheng Yu sat down slowly, with a hint of surprise in his eyes and the tips of his ears turning red.

Just now, when their hands were intertwined, her fingers gently brushed across his palm.

It felt like being scratched by the kitten they once had.

Sheng Yu looked at the person opposite him uncertainly. She had already looked away and there was no special expression on her face. She seemed not to notice his emotional fluctuations.

Over the years, he has faced too many complicated and difficult things in the business world, but in fact, there is a solution behind every seemingly unmanageable problem.

And he can always find it quickly and accurately.

Sheng Yu clenched his palms, then loosened them, and fell into a long period of thought.

*

At night, after washing up at the herdsman’s house, Ali walked towards his tent.

The bustle of a few hours ago had faded, and the camp was quiet, with only a few lights still on.

She crossed her arms and quickened her pace.

Suddenly, there was a deliberately low sound of footsteps behind me.

Ali was so frightened that his hair stood on end. He kept walking and quickened his pace as he walked towards the light.

The person behind her also quickened his pace and forced Ali into a corner before she turned around.

There was a yellow street light overhead. Sheng Yu's tall figure easily cast a shadow over her. His brow bones cast a faint shadow in the dim light, and he was looking at her thoughtfully.

Ali put his hands in front of him, his eyes alert: "Mr. Sheng, why are you deliberately following me so late?"

"It was Miss Xiao who suddenly walked in front of me. Why are you blaming me for deliberately following you?"

He approached step by step with a calm voice, and Ali's back hit the cold wall, with no way to retreat.

She had just taken a shower, her body was damp with moisture, her eyes were watery, and her skin was like porcelain enamel stained with a light glow, making her lips and teeth look even redder and whiter.

Ali's whole body was tense, his face full of resistance.

She pushed him away while Sheng Yu wasn't paying attention, wanting to run out, but Sheng Yu held his bandaged right hand in front of her: "Push it here. If you push it away, I'll let you go."

He did it on purpose.

Ali gritted his teeth secretly, but was helpless.

Sheng Yu still looked arrogant, but he felt secretly relieved in his heart.

He knew that she was the softest-hearted.

The two were deadlocked for a moment.

Sheng Yu took a step back from her safe distance and spoke first: "I want to ask you..."

"I don't want to hear it."

Seeing that Ali was about to leave again, he quickly grabbed Ali's hands and smoothly unlocked the fingerprint lock of her phone before she could react.

Since he couldn't get anything out of her, he could only tell her what he was going to do through his actions.

Seeing that his phone was unlocked and snatched away, Ali suddenly became anxious.

She desperately pounced on Sheng Yu and stood on tiptoe to grab it: "Give me back my phone!"

Sheng Yu held up his phone, tapping away rapidly on the screen while still finding the energy to tease her: "In the wilderness, on a dark night with a strong wind, is Miss Xiao throwing herself at me?"

Ali ignored his smooth talk and scratched and kicked him, wanting only to get the phone back.

After struggling for a while, Sheng Yu's own phone rang and was hung up.

He finally stopped, grabbed her soft and boneless wrist with one hand, and pointed the phone screen at her: "This is my number, remember it."

There was a brief dial record on the screen.

Ali was so angry that his face turned red. He snatched the phone away and said, "Who wants to remember this? I'll delete it right away!"

"Don't be angry," Sheng Yu covered the screen and suddenly slowed down his tone, "I'm also thinking about you and your boyfriend."

What a mess.

At this moment, Ali just wanted to get his phone back and leave immediately.

"Your boyfriend is far away abroad. If anything happens to you here, he won't be able to come back..." Sheng Yu's voice ended with a rising tone, carrying a hint of the casual evening breeze.

"So what?" Ali glared at him.

Sheng Yu stood up straight, put his hands in his pockets, and raised his eyebrows at her: "There is an old saying that a distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor."

"Miss Xiao is here all alone. If I were your boyfriend, I would definitely want you to have someone who can take care of you."

Ali sneered: "The person Mr. Sheng was talking about, isn't that you?"

Sheng Yu approached her again, and her senses were infinitely magnified in the darkness. The smell on his body was the same as the scent of shower gel lingering on her neck.

Ali looked at Sheng Yu who was getting closer and closer. There was a mixture of reality and illusion in his eyes. His thin lips were stained with a layer of crimson, making him look very suitable for kissing.

In the distance a strong wind blew the prayer flags on the horse posts. The cloth had frozen stiff in the night, and the rustling sound was like the breaking of dead branches.

"Miss Xiao's boyfriend is abroad. I wonder if you two have heard this saying?" Sheng Yu spoke softly with an ambiguous tone.

Ali frowned and stared at him unkindly.

Sheng Yu paused deliberately, the bright moon reflected in his eyes, appearing deep and open: "Those who are near the water will see the moon first."