Chapter 49

Xie Chen did not sleep well at night and woke up early in the morning. It was already daybreak. He covered Lin Shuge with the quilt that he had kicked off and stared at him silently for a long time, until Lin Shuge's eyelids moved a few times. Xie Chen thought he was about to wake up, so he quickly turned over, quietly left the room, and went to the kitchen to boil water for washing.

As soon as he arrived at the yard, he heard Lin Xuan's door open, and then Lin Xuan came out, "Erlang, good morning."

"morning."

Lin Xuan greeted him and prepared to wash up, huh? How did Jilang come out of his elder brother's room?

She stared at Xie Chen in confusion as he walked back to his room. He seemed to pick up something and walked towards her again. "This is for you. I forgot it last night."

What?

Lin Xuan opened it and saw that it was a pair of earrings with exquisite shape and bright luster. Is this a gift for her?

"Thank you, Erlang." Lin Xuan said sincerely.

Xie Chen waved his hand and went straight to the kitchen. When Lin Shuge came out to wash up, he saw the twins looking mysterious, their eyes always drifting towards the kitchen.

What's going on? What's in the kitchen?

As soon as they saw him coming out, the twins immediately pulled him aside, their faces flushed, and it was obvious that something good was going to happen, "Brother, Erlang gave us a gift today."

"What's the big deal? Isn't it good for him to come all the way back to bring you something?"

Lin Shuge yawned and said, "Go wash up quickly and have breakfast later."

Lin Qingyuan and Lin Xuan looked at each other. Does the elder brother remember that today is Erlang's birthday? How could he give gifts to his younger siblings on their birthdays?

"Or remind big brother?" Lin Qingyuan signaled with his eyes.

"Are you going or should I go?" Lin Xuan replied.

Lin Qingyuan gritted his teeth and said, "I'll go."

Over there, Lin Shuge found Xie Chen in the kitchen who had been missing since early morning. "Why did you get up so early? Why don't you get more sleep when you get home?"

Xie Chen used firewood to stir the stove fire and said, "I'm used to it."

Lin Shuge smiled faintly, "Did you send anything to A Yuan and A Xuan?"

"Yeah, I bought it on the way." Xie Chen put the fire tongs into the kitchen and answered casually.

He didn't hear Lin Shuge talking, so he raised his head and bumped into Lin Shuge's smiling eyes. He looked a little evasive and suppressed the urge in his heart, "Did they tell you?"

In the past, when Xie Chen gave gifts, he would pick out expensive ones, regardless of whether the gift was to his liking or not. Besides, even if the gift was not to his liking, who would dare to gossip about the second son of the Xie family?

This time, I wanted to give something to Lin Xuan and Lin Qingyuan. I chose it after listening to the store owner's nagging. I don't know whether they like it or not.

As if they had telepathic connection, "They like it very much. They even showed it off to me secretly just now." Lin Shuge chuckled.

"Don't sit there. I want to invite Zhou Du to be my guest today. Please ask him if he is free. And please buy me something when you come back."

Xie Chen was puzzled. Lin Shuge was always very organized in his work, so why did he invite everyone to dinner only now? However, he always did what Lin Shuge said, so he thought that Lin Shuge was too busy to remember and agreed without saying anything.

After he left, Lin Shuge summoned the two people who were sneaking around the door in, "Don't hide, today is Zhongxuan's birthday, I sent him out, and I'll need your help later."

Lin Qingyuan breathed a sigh of relief, "So you knew, brother." I thought you had forgotten.

"You remember it all, how could I forget it?" He tapped Lin Qingyuan's forehead lightly.

"Brother, what do you need us to do?" Lin Xuan asked.

Lin Shuge assigned tasks to the two of them in this way and that way, and the twins nodded to show that they understood.

He saw the two of them split up and started preparing food. Since it was Zhongxuan's birthday, the preparations must be rich and varied.

While he was cutting vegetables, he heard a sound outside, as if someone was knocking on the door. He washed his hands and ran out to open the door.

Zhou Du was outside the door, holding two jars of wine in his hands. "I think I'm being nice, right? Your Lord Wei just came to my house and said you were going to treat us. Luckily you mentioned it to me, otherwise I would have let it slip."

"You don't know, that aura, it's true that he is a man who has been on the battlefield. If I didn't recognize his face, I would have thought he was looking for revenge on me."

He squeezed in familiarly, put down his drink, rolled up his sleeves and asked, "What do you need me to do?"

Lin Shuge handed him a small bowl and said, "Stir vigorously until white foam appears. If your hands get sore, let me do it."

Zhou stirred it twice with chopsticks, "What's the method?"

"You'll know in a moment."

The two people took turns stirring the egg whites. Without an egg beater, they could only stir it manually.

"Brother, I got it back." Lin Xuan came in holding a jar and handed it to Lin Shuge.

Seeing Zhou Du stirring something and shaking his hands, he took over and did it himself.

"My dear A'Xuan, I really can't take it anymore." Zhou Du collapsed in the chair. After all this, he felt like his soul was leaving his body.

But he couldn't sit still. Seeing Lin Shuge adding things to the basin, he stood beside Lin Shuge curiously and watched. He saw him adding milk to the egg yolk and stirring it himself, and he was amazed.

Finally, Lin Shuge added the beaten egg whites and egg yolks in proportion, poured them into the mold, and was ready to start baking.

He unveiled his new simplified oven, which caused Zhou Du to exclaim in amazement. This is actually a baking kiln. He drew a blueprint last time and asked Xiang Ligu to try to make it. Xiang Ligu didn't say anything at the time, but later helped him make one at home, but he hasn't tried the effect yet.

After Lin Shuge lit the fire, he put the cake dough in. Zhou Du followed him and asked a question every now and then, which made Lin Shuge very annoyed. He stuffed a handful of garlic into his hand and asked him to peel it before he stopped.

While things were going in full swing here, Xie Chen's side was not going smoothly. He took a message to the Zhou family as Lin Shuge had said, but he still couldn't find the Yipinzhai that his brother mentioned.

He asked several households along the way, and they all said they had never heard of it. Just as he was about to walk out of the city, he ran into Lin Qingyuan who was rushing over.

Lin Qingyuan told him that Lin Shuge had remembered the name wrong. It was not Yipinzhai, but actually Suweizhai, so he asked him to come and tell him to prevent him from making a wasted trip.

Xie Chen nodded and followed Lin Qingyuan towards Suweizhai. "Ayuan, what is my brother doing now?"

Lin Qingyuan had a natural expression and said, "Brother said he was a little tired and was resting. Yes, he was resting."

Is my brother taking a rest? Aren’t we having a banquet today?

Xie Chen looked at Lin Qingyuan in confusion. Lin Qingyuan didn't react and continued to add to his story out of guilt.

The two went to Suweizhai to buy the snacks that Lin Shuge had asked them to buy, but Lin Qingyuan said he wanted to go find Wan Ying and Wu Yuanguang, as his brother had also invited them today.

Xie Chen patiently followed him to the Qian family and the Wu family. The three of them gathered together and it was unknown what they were planning. He watched the three of them whispering. Wu Yuanguang also secretly glanced at him a few times. Xie Chen glanced back indifferently, which scared Wu Yuanguang so much that he turned back immediately and dared not to look around again.

When the three of them finally finished talking, Qian Ying patted his chest and said that he wanted to go to the store to buy something. How could he go to a visit empty-handed? So the three of them ran towards the alley with high morale.

Xie Chen followed slowly behind.

Qian Ying whispered, "He didn't notice, did he?"

Wu Yuanguang said timidly: "Probably... Probably not, I don't even dare to look at him."

Lin Qingyuan made the final decision, "Never mind. Anyway, the task assigned by elder brother is to hold Erlang back and not let him go back before the evening hour."

The three of them looked at each other, and Qian Ying had no choice but to use the skills he had used to cause trouble in the shops in Ganzhou. He started looking for trouble as soon as he entered the shops. Some shopkeepers recognized him as a member of the Qian family and did not bother to fight him. Some shopkeepers were very angry and wanted to hit people directly. Xie Chen stretched out his hand to stop them, and Qian Ying quickly took out money and the shopkeepers calmed down.

The three of them ran to several stores. Seeing Xie Chen's face getting darker and darker, Wu Yuanguang trembled, "Lord Wei, you won't hit me, right?"

Several people have seen Xie Chen's skills. Qian Ying swallowed and looked at Lin Qingyuan, "A Yuan, if Wei Langjun makes a move, you have to help me stop him."

Lin Qingyuan was not afraid. He said with some pride, "No, don't worry. Erlang looks cold, but he is actually a very nice person. He always likes to act like a spoiled child with my eldest brother at home."

who? Lord Wei? behave in a spoiled manner?

Qian Ying and Wu Yuanguang turned around and glanced at Xie Chen, who was emitting cold air. They really couldn't associate this word with him.

Xie Chen watched the three people's small movements coldly. At first, he just suspected that Lin Qingyuan was stalling for time, but now he is almost 100% sure. If there is any trouble again, he will not care.

However, given Lin Qingyuan's personality, he is not likely to tease him. Could it be that his brother told him to do so? What do you want to do today, brother?

"Erlang, we have bought the things, let's go." Lin Qingyuan said.

Xie Chen looked at the other two people, Qian Ying and Wu Yuanguang, and said cautiously: "Lord Wei, I'm sorry to bother you today."

"It's okay, let's go." Xie Chen took the lead and walked in front with big strides, and the three followed closely behind him.

Xie Chen thought as he walked, if it was his brother's idea, then it meant that his brother was hiding something from him, so he sent him away today. He turned around to look at the three breathless people.

Their eyes were wandering and their expressions were unnatural, especially Wu Yuanguang, who immediately hid behind Lin Qingyuan after looking over.

But why did his brother hide it from him and even instruct Lin Qingyuan to find two other people to go around in circles with him?

Banquet, my brother is going to host a banquet today. Does that mean my brother is going to invite others, but he is not among them? Thinking of this, his heart ached, and for some reason Wei Huan appeared in his mind? So my brother was afraid that I would mind, so he asked Lin Qingyuan to send him away and he hosted Master Wei alone.

He recalled that when he came back, he saw Wei Huan and Lin Shuge behaving intimately, and that Wei Huan even wanted to reach out to help his brother remove the fallen flowers on his head. He felt mixed emotions, angry and jealous. At this moment, he was furious and lost all his reason.

He looked miserable, like an abandoned puppy. He said, "I'll go back first, you guys follow me," and rushed home.

"Erlang, Erlang, wait for me." Lin Qingyuan shouted from behind.

It’s over. It’s still more than half an hour before the You hour.

Xie Chen traveled all the way home and finally arrived home. Standing at the door, he heard a commotion inside, mixed with the teasing voice of a strange man. He pushed the gate open fiercely.

There was complete silence for a moment, and everyone stopped what they were doing. Lin Shuge asked in astonishment, "Zhongxuan, how come you came back so soon?"