There is no moon tonight, not even a single star can be seen, the sky is dark, and the ground is deep and bottomless.

The people sitting in the yard put their hands casually on the stone table, on which there is a wine jar and an empty cup. The extra cup is there intentionally or unintentionally, waiting for someone to come. Sun Ji holds a cup in his hand, which has been emptied. His eyes are staring blankly ahead, with no sadness or joy on his face, without any expression.

A black figure walked out silently from behind him, without scaring the people who were drinking. Sun Ji didn't even blink, but he knew who the person was. Perhaps he expected this person to come, as if it was their silent agreement.

Picking up the wine jar, the visitor filled the glass with wine, drank it in one gulp, and poured himself another glass. Apart from the sound of water flowing, there was only the sound of air flowing between the two.

"If you don't like it, why did you agree?" the visitor asked.

After a while, Sun Ji raised his eyes, looked at the person sitting opposite him, and smiled with his lips raised.

Why did you agree if you didn't like it? Then - "What is liking? Tell me." With a smile on his lips, he was really smiling. Sun Ji looked straight at the person opposite and asked.

A lantern was hung far away in a corner of the yard, and the light could not reach them. He looked at Gan Weiqi and knew that this person was looking at him, but he could not see the other person's face or his eyes.

But Sun Ji didn't know that he couldn't see the other person's expression clearly, but the other person could see the smile on his lips clearly. Gan Weiqi just looked at the smiling man, his eyes from his eyes, down his nose, to his lips, his throat rolled, and he pursed his lips without saying a word.

It was not the first time that the two of them sat together to drink like this. Since the first time they drank together, they always met unintentionally in the countless nights that followed. The two of them drank a glass together, sometimes they would say a few words, and sometimes they would just drink a glass of wine and then disperse, each going back to their own place.

In the past, Sun Ji didn't like drinking so much. Alcohol is a thing that can make people drunk and dreamless. Sometimes it can be a good thing, but the most helpless thing is that even though you know that this thing can make you drunk, you dare not drink so much, for fear of getting drunk.

It seems that life should have a confidant, someone who can be by your side when you need him, but who should this person be? What kind of person can be by your side? Sun Ji is sometimes confused, just like at this moment, there is a knot in his mind and he can't figure it out. For

a while, the person opposite was silent again, and Sun Ji didn't know what the other person was thinking.

Tired of laughing, the smile on the corner of his mouth also fell, he restored his previous expression, and just looked at the person opposite.

After a while, a man in black stood up from his seat, walked in front of him, and stood up.

Sun Ji raised his head. He drank a little wine and was not drunk. His mind was still clear. He didn't know what this person was going to do by suddenly walking in front of him. "Huh?" He sniffed and asked.

Suddenly, his lips felt warm and soft. It took Sun Ji a while to realize what had landed on his lips.

By the time he realized what had happened, the other person had already stood up and left. The tall figure stood in front of him. The cold voice was completely different from the touch of his lips. He asked him, "Do you like it or not?"

"..." Sun Ji.

He was so angry that he laughed. He kept sitting there, looking up at the person who asked him the question, but he couldn't even laugh. "I'm serious." The man said, and there seemed to be some unspeakable anger.

Sun Ji suddenly couldn't laugh anymore. He could only stare at the person in front of him. At this moment, he knew that the man was really serious, but what did he mean by serious? There was a faint answer in his heart, but he didn't want to believe it, nor did he want to face it.

"Wei Qi, I promised my grandfather, grandma, and my father." After saying this, even he laughed, and Sun Ji couldn't laugh anymore. He didn't know whether he was telling this to others or to himself.

So no matter whether you are serious or joking, there are some things he will not change.

The person standing in front of him stopped talking. Sun Ji knew that Gan Wei Qi was staring at him. This person was unhappy, even if he didn't say a word.

When did he know this person so well? Because he always drank with him without saying a word? Even if this person didn't say a word, he could more or less guess in his heart whether this person was in a good or bad mood at that moment, whether he was happy or sad or angry.

But this person is like a mystery to him. He can never see him clearly, nor can he touch him. This person is clearly in front of him, but he feels that he is very far away.

"You can't do it." Gan Weiqi said.

The cold voice seemed to come from the throat. Sun Ji knew that this person was angry. Until that person left him, the empty cup on the table was put back to its original position, as if that person had never appeared.

Can he not get married?

Like it, or not? Sun Ji raised his hand and touched his lips. The place that was touched, the hand that was put down, had a dull look on his face. Thinking of that kiss with soft warmth, there is an indescribable feeling in my heart.

The night passed like this. Except for themselves, no one knew that they sat together at night and drank two glasses of wine, doing such intimate things that only lovers would do. However, they were not lovers, and they could not even be lovers.

Some people can't let go of everything just because they want to. They always have their concerns and responsibilities to take care of.

So yes, he can't.

The next day, Sun Ji told him that he was going back to Fenshui. Cao Xiangnan knew that Sun Ji was going back to deal with family matters. "If you want to go back, go back. I'm here. I'll stay here for a few days." He said.

The day after tomorrow is Madam Shen's birthday. After Madam Shen's birthday, she will probably go to Fengdu with Shen Zhengyang. What he was considering now was whether to send Wanfeng and the children back to Fenshui first, and then go from Fenshui to Nanyang, and then go to Fengdu via Nanyang. This journey was too long, and he was not so confident with the children following him.

"Okay." Sun Ji was relieved that Cao Xiangnan stayed here.

Carrying a simple bag, Sun Ji took the two boys of the Sun family and boarded the boat that went back to Fenshui. The people standing on the shore saw the boat going away, and only the clenched fists at his side revealed his inner thoughts.

The Shen residence was decorated with lanterns and red lanterns with the Chinese characters "longevity" on them hung high. The residence was carefully cleaned and decorated inside and outside, with large Chinese characters "longevity" on them everywhere. The old lady's 60th birthday was no small matter. Even the Shen residence, which usually kept a low profile, made a big event for the old lady's birthday.

However, the Shen residence did not send many invitations back. In the entire Nanyang City, only some prominent families received them. Not many people could receive the invitations sent by the Shen residence.

"Be careful, if you bump into something, you'll be punished." The big furnishings were carried into the house one by one, and the master followed behind, fearing that these little servants would knock over these valuable things.

"Hurry up and clean this place, everything is clean."

"Move this screen over a little."

Everything in this room was not pleasing to the eye, and everything had to be adjusted. Those

who moved things moved things, those who wiped the table wiped the table, and everyone in the mansion was busy, rushing to arrange and clean the mansion before their old lady's birthday.

Things were moved in and out of the house. Shen Zhengyang helped his mother with her grandmother's birthday. It had been a long time since the Shen family had held such a grand wedding. This time, they had to do it well. His grandmother's birthday could not be sloppy at all.

It was two days later that Shen Xiaoshao knew that Cao Xiangnan had come to Nanyang. Then he hurried to Yipinzhai. When he met Cao Xiangnan, he naturally also met Qi Wanfeng and several children who had come to Nanyang.

"I didn't know you had come to Nanyang, and you didn't send someone to send a letter to the Shen family." Shen Zhengyang also blamed Cao Xiangnan for not sending a letter to the Shen family. When he saw Wanfeng and the children had come, Shen Xiaoshao invited Cao Xiangnan to bring Wanfeng and the children over.

"This..." Cao Xiangnan hesitated. He did not bring Wanfeng and the children here to attend Old Madam Shen's birthday celebration at the Shen Mansion. But now that Shen Zhengyang had spoken, he could not refuse outright. He could only say, "I'll see when the time comes. If it's appropriate, I'll take Wanfeng and the others with me." "What's appropriate or not?" Shen Zhengyang looked at him with a look on his face. Why are you hesitating so much when you come to my Shen Mansion? Isn't this giving me no face?

His look made Cao Xiangnan laugh and cry, but he didn't really lose his mind and agree to it.

After being tired at home for so long, Shen Zhengyang was unwilling to move when he was paralyzed here. Seeing the tea at hand, he didn't even want to move his hands. He just wanted someone to feed it to his mouth. It was a pity that Bai Zhi, who served him, did not come in with him. If Bai Zhi was here, one look from Young Master Shen would have told everyone what he was going to do.

There were still many things to do in the mansion, and Shen Zhengyang would go back to the mansion soon. Before leaving, he did not forget to leave two notes for Manager Fang and Cao Xiangnan.

After receiving the note from Young Master Shen, Manager Fang touched the bright red note and said to Cao Xiangnan, who gave him the note, "Boy, it seems that I am still blessed by you today." Otherwise, this note belonged to their Yipinzhai, and he, the manager of Yipinzhai, really had no qualifications to get it.

"Huh?" Cao Xiangnan asked, not understanding.

"I knew you didn't know!" Manager Fang looked disappointed.

Some people seem to be naturally insensitive to gossip. They go in and out of the building every day, but they never hear any gossip from the guests who eat there. After listening to Fang, the shopkeeper, Cao Xiangnan finally understood what was going on. In Fang's slightly disgusted look, he laughed dryly twice.

As for those who went back to Fenshui, they also went back to Fenshui when the sun went down.