Chapter 45 Coincidentally, you have to choose a new cook.

At night, the old house was quiet.

Jiang Keyu tiptoed into her children's room, and seeing that they were soundly asleep, she left quietly.

The carriage had been waiting in front of the old house half a quarter of an hour earlier, and Liu'an, who was sitting on it, was yawning.

Jiang Keyu stepped onto the carriage and patted his shoulder to wake him up. "Let's go."

At this time, few shops on the roadside are open.

But Qianqian Pavilion, located in Qingban Lane, is bustling from morning to night, and there are many people who are drunk at the door.

On the way here, Lu'an asked, "If you want to drink, shall we go back to the old house tonight?"

"Go back home." Jiang Keyu's concise voice came from the carriage.

"yes."

When Liu'an agreed, he had just arrived at Qianqian Pavilion.

The restaurant, which is well-known in the capital, has lanterns hanging high and looks magnificent. People are constantly coming in and out of the door.

As soon as Jiang Keyu got off the carriage, someone came forward to greet her and addressed her in a very cordial manner.

"My dear."

"Lead the way."

In the room on the third floor, Gao Luoshu, whose face had healed completely, was pacing back and forth at the door, while Chang Yunbai was standing at the window looking out. The two had been waiting for a long time.

"Why are you so slow?"

As soon as he saw Jiang Keyu, Gao Luoshu complained.

"Do you think everyone has no home like you?"

Gao Luoshu: “…”

What a rude thing to say.

Even though he heard their conversation clearly, Chang Yunbai did not turn around and his expression was indifferent.

Jiang Keyu walked into the room, glanced at the fine wine on the table, and asked bluntly, "Are you going to pay?"

"Where would I get the money?" Gao Luoshu said confidently.

Although she had expected this, Jiang Keyu still asked, "So what did you say about buying me a drink?"

"It's my treat." Gao Luoshu spread his hands, "It's just that I accidentally mentioned your name, so no one charged me."

Chang Yunbai sneered suddenly, "Why, your shopkeeper is so stingy that he won't pay you?"

"Do you want to die?"

Jiang Keyu asked without hesitation, instantly arousing Chang Yunbai's anger, "Why, you want to fight again?"

"Alright, alright!" Gao Luoshu quickly stepped between the two of them. "I invited you two to drink today so that you can talk about the mess you had before. It was just a fight, wasn't it? As soon as you met, you were like gunpowder, igniting at the slightest touch. What's going on? Did you two have a grudge against each other?"

"Then you have to ask him!" Chang Yunbai said unhappily, "Isn't he the one who started it every time?"

"Every time you don't deserve a beating, do you?" Jiang Keyu was not tolerant at all.

"Stop arguing!" Gao Luoshu raised his voice. It was not easy for him to suppress the momentum of these two.

He cleared his throat and said, "Ahem, all of you shut up and listen to what I have to say."

He put his hands behind his back, looked at Chang Yunbai, and said seriously: "Don't feel wronged. Who told you to pick a fight with his sister first? His sister is so gentle, kind, simple and harmless. If it was your sister, wouldn't you be worried?"

"And you." Gao Luoshu turned his head and stared at Jiang Keyu seriously. "You too, why are you so anxious to take action? You should at least give people a chance to admit their mistakes first."

Chang Yunbai: “?”

He kicked Gao Luoshu away and said, "You are so fair!"

"You made the first move this time!"

Gao Luoshu seemed to be finding fault with him and said indignantly.

Chang Yunbai rolled his eyes at him, too lazy to pay attention, and turned to face the window.

"Okay, stop pretending to be so serious." Gao Luoshu walked to the table and poured wine, personally serving it to them. He forced the wine into the hands of those who refused to take it. "Two brothers, our friendship of so many years is really going to be broken like this? I deliberately waited so long to call you all here, thinking that after so much time, you guys would have calmed down."

Jiang Keyu said nothing, just played with the wine glass.

Chang Yunbai didn't say anything, just looked outside.

The situation was so tense that Gao Luoshu had no choice but to "take action." He walked towards Chang Yunbai and forced his head to look at him. When he was pushed, he "made a comeback." When he was avoided, he persisted like a piece of taffy.

Jiang Keyu sat on a chair, holding her face with her hands and watching the show.

When Gao Luoshu hugged his arm for the thirty-eighth time, Chang Yunbai finally couldn't stand it anymore, "I really admire you!"

Chang Yunbai glanced at Jiang Keyu seemingly unintentionally and said angrily, "Didn't I not fight back the second time? I was beaten by you purely, and you're still not satisfied?"

Jiang Keyu raised her head and drank the wine in her hand, then said calmly, "I can forget about what happened before, as long as you don't show up in the teahouse again."

"Why?" Chang Yunbai said dissatisfiedly, "I didn't cause any trouble."

"Just because you don't cause trouble doesn't mean you're not an eyesore."

"You..." Chang Yunbai was very frustrated and speechless for a long time. He pulled Gao Luoshu and said as if to complain, "Look at his attitude!"

Gao Luoshu walked towards Jiang Keyu like a messenger of justice, but after being glanced at coldly by her, he lost all his momentum.

He immediately turned around and said righteously, "He's right. Don't you have anything to do when you go to the teahouse every day?"

Chang Yunbai: “?”

"Besides, do you know how people outside are making fun of you and your sister-in-law?" Gao Luoshu sighed and said earnestly, "I'm telling you the truth because I'm your brother. If word of your behavior gets to the higher-ups, even your future will be affected!"

"You still know the future." Chang Yunbai asked curiously.

Gao Luoshu glared at him and said, "Just because I don't want to be an official doesn't mean I don't know anything, okay?"

"Even he understands. How long do you want to be so willful?" Jiang Keyu interrupted, "Let alone others, how will the Lu family view you? The Lu family has been in power for two generations. They are not a small family."

He sighed imperceptibly, "Besides, your sister-in-law has done nothing wrong to you, so why would you want to put her down like this?"

"It's all my fault!"

"What else?"

The other two said in unison.

Chang Yunbai turned away angrily.

Gao Luoshu gradually lost his patience. "If you really can't let go of Zhou Heyue, just divorce your sister-in-law and marry her."

"You're also trying to persuade me to divorce?" Chang Yunbai was suspicious. "Could it be that Song Baoyuan asked you to come?"

"Why are you mentioning her again?" Jiang Keyu retorted first, then realized what he was saying.

Chang Yunbai opened his eyes wide in disbelief. "What's wrong with mentioning her? Is she so precious that I can't even mention her, or is she so fragile that even mentioning her will make her lose a piece of flesh? Do you think I'm bullying her when you hear her name?"

Jiang Keyu was silent.

"What did you mean by that just now?" Gao Luoshu asked knowingly, unable to suppress the corner of his mouth rising, "Of course, my shopkeeper and I are of the same mind."

Jiang Keyu: “?”

"How can you two be said to be in tune with each other? You're both equally naive!" Chang Yunbai snorted coldly, "Do you think a divorce is as easy as talking to you?"

"Is it difficult?" Gao Luoshu pointed his index finger to the side, "Isn't there a senior here? It hurts!"

He then cried out in pain as his index finger was almost broken by Jiang Keyu.

"Speaking of which." Chang Yunbai crossed his arms. "How do you feel after Jiang Shaoqing's divorce?"

Jiang Keyu was stunned for a moment. After being asked this question, he began to examine his own feelings.

It feels very chaotic, with more things to worry about every day, and it's no longer as organized as before, but... it's a lot more relaxed.

At least I feel more comfortable with Ayuan than before.

"It's okay." He said lightly.

Chang Yunbai had a questioning look on his face.

"It's not that scary." Jiang Keyu said calmly, "You can consider it."

Chang Yunbai was surprised. "Aren't you on Lu Shuran's side?"

Jiang Keyu raised an eyebrow and said, "It's none of my business, so why should I stand on either side?"

He narrowed his eyes slightly, "You reacted so strongly, maybe when you really mentioned divorce, you realized that you and your sister-in-law still have feelings for each other, and you can't bear to let go."

"No!" Chang Yunbai said without thinking, and he was stunned after he said it.

Jiang Keyu suddenly realized and pointed at him and said to Gao Luoshu, "He just can't bear to let go."

"No!"

"So you can't bear to let go." Gao Luoshu dragged out the last syllable, sounding meaningful.

Chang Yunbai was furious, "I said no, are you deaf?"

Under his dissatisfied gaze, the teasing in Jiang Keyu's eyes disappeared, and he spoke again, extremely calmly, "What are you arguing about? Is it shameful for you to have feelings for the wife who gave birth to your children with you?"

Chang Yunbai subconsciously opened his mouth to refute, but no words came out.

Gao Luoshu also said seriously: "There are only two paths before you now. Either you give up Zhou Heyue and continue to live a good life with your sister-in-law. Or you divorce your sister-in-law, fulfill your own wish, and marry Zhou Heyue. Don't be foolish again, it will delay everyone."

"But..." Chang Yunbai patted his head, as if he had a headache. "My marriage to Lu Shuran is not a matter between the two of us. I can't decide on a divorce based on this."

Jiang Keyu snorted, "Are you unable to make decisions, or are you afraid of the consequences? When your father was alive, we could understand your inability to make decisions. When you had no say in the huge Chang family, we could also understand your inability to make decisions. But now, your father is gone, and you have established your own business. What is stopping you from making decisions for yourself?"

"I……"

Chang Yunbai couldn't answer.

Jiang Keyu and Gao Luoshu looked at each other and instantly reached an invisible understanding.

The former sneered, "It seems that you are a coward and dare not take responsibility."

The latter sneered, "Tsk tsk tsk, you are a coward."

"I'm not!" Chang Yunbai said angrily.

Jiang Keyu said lightly, "Then you have feelings for your sister-in-law and are reluctant to leave her."

Gao Luoshu shook his head and sighed, "Doesn't that mean he loves both of them and is fickle?"

"I didn't!" Chang Yunbai said angrily.

The two sang in unison.

"Then why don't you divorce?"

"You're not a coward, and you're not fickle, so the only option is to divorce."

"Divorce if you want!"

There was a sudden silence.

Chang Yunbai's eyes paused for a moment, and he realized belatedly what he had said.

*

It rained quite a bit the next day, and the teahouse seemed much quieter.

Song Baoyuan sat by the window on the second floor, looking through the account book, and the sound of rain hitting the eaves was endless.

Feeling tired, she looked out the window and thought she could go home early today.

“Bang, bang.”

A gentle knock on the door briefly drowned out the sound of rain, and then the door was pushed open a crack.

Gao Luoshu showed half an eye and asked with a playful smile, "Can I come in?"

Song Baoyuan came back to her senses and said, "Come in."

"Mr. Chang didn't come today. Is the shopkeeper satisfied with my performance?" Gao Luoshu asked as if he was asking for credit.

Song Baoyuan asked curiously, "Who did he choose?"

"Who do you want him to choose?"

"Me?" Song Baoyuan shook her head. "I'm just asking casually. As long as he doesn't bother me anymore, he can choose anyone."

Gao Luoshu spread his hands and said, "Actually, I'm not sure either. I can only wait and see. However, if he chooses He Yue, you'll have to choose a new cook."

Song Baoyuan nodded, "Mr. Gao did remind me."

Before she could think about it, Xu Pingsheng appeared at the door, holding a child who looked about four or five years old.

"Madam Song, a woman with a child just came to ask if our teahouse needs any help. She said she used to work in the kitchen of Prince Ruyang's mansion and has a skill in making pastries. Even the former Prince Ruyang praised her."

"What a coincidence?" Song Baoyuan was surprised.

Xu Pingsheng didn't know what the trick was, so he continued, "I asked her to go to the kitchen first to try her cooking skills, and then give it to Madam Song to taste after it's done."

Song Baoyuan didn't react for a moment. Just when she felt thirsty, water came to her door?

"If he is really an old employee of Prince Ruyang's Mansion, then he is a treasure delivered to your doorstep." Gao Luoshu thought.

Song Baoyuan was puzzled, "Why do you say that?"

"Prince Ruyang acted frivolously and has been dead for almost ten years, but when people in the capital mention dandy, he is the first person they think of."

Gao Luoshu patiently explained, "This man is an expert at eating, drinking, and having fun. In his house, the maids must be the most beautiful, the wine must be the most fragrant, and the food must be the most exquisite. To be able to be recruited into his house, you must have something extraordinary."

Song Baoyuan was full of doubts, but thinking was useless.

She hesitated for a moment and said, "Xu Xiucai, when you go downstairs, please look for Qiao Yin. Tell her that it was my order and ask her to check this person's background first."

Her words surprised Gao Luoshu.

Faintly... she seemed a little different from before.