Chapter 23 Once upon a time, there was a good job in front of me

Chu Ran glanced at Li Fu and felt that he was a bit pitiful and a bit innocent. It was not easy to continue blaming him. After all, he was still young, and it was normal for him not to think things through.

But, now it has become like this, what can I do?

Chu Ran couldn't help but worry about Li Fu. "How can we clean it up in such a short time? And the roof is leaking so badly, it will take time to repair it. I don't know when it can be fixed."

There are only two of them, plus Uncle Xing, which makes three people in total. How long will it take to clean up the mess?

Li Fu listened to Chu Ran silently without saying anything until Chu Ran looked at him, then he said "Oh" meaningfully.

"Let's go check on the clothes first."

Chu Ran and Li Fu waded through the water carefully. Chu Ran opened the closet. The clothes inside were placed relatively high, so they were fine.

Chu Ran breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the clothes are all good.

Chu Ran took out the clothes inside and stuffed them into Li Fu's arms. Li Fu didn't have many clothes, and with his shoes, the two of them could take everything.

Coming out of the yard, Chu Ran couldn't help but sigh and said to Li Fu, "There's nothing we can do. You should stay here with me for a while. When you've finished tidying up your place, you can go back."

Li Fu, whose face was completely covered by his clothes, said: "...Yeah."

Zhao Zhongyi entered the courtyard again. Having seen so much, his eyes, as sharp as those of a firefly, could detect some differences.

Soon, Zhao Zhongyi looked at the two and asked, "Are you two living together?"

"Yes." Chu Ran said, "His house is leaking, so he's staying with me for a while."

Zhao Zhongyi didn't express any opinion. He asked Chu Ran to move the chair out for him. His tone didn't sound like begging at all, but Chu Ran didn't care. He went into the house to move the chair out, and Li Fu went over to help spontaneously.

Zhao Zhongyi's favorite recliner was moved back into the yard. Zhao Zhongyi lay down comfortably on the chair and instructed Chu Ran to get the unfinished wood carving that he had placed there a few days ago.

Zhao Zhongyi took out a carving knife from his arms and continued carving on the wood.

Li Fu was watching from the side, and after a moment, he took the initiative to walk towards Zhao Zhongyi.

Li Fu didn't know what he said to Zhao Zhongyi, so Zhao Zhongyi gave Li Fu a new piece of wood and the carving knife in his hand.

Afterwards, Li Fu moved a stool, sat alone in the yard, and began to carve the piece of wood in his hand.

Zhao Zhongyi put down the wood in his hand and continued to drink his tea.

Both of them had their own things to do. Chu Ran thought that the time he and Li Dingning had agreed to meet was approaching, so he went out first to keep the appointment.

Chu Ran arrived early and waited there for a while before Li Dingning came over.

The previous few times Chu Ran met Li Dingning, he felt that he was not very happy. This time when he met him, he felt that he seemed to be even more unhappy.

However, Chu Ran didn't care whether he was happy or angry. As long as he finished telling the story, his mission was accomplished.

However, just as Chu Ran opened his mouth and prepared to tell his newly prepared story, Li Dingning suddenly spoke up, "At the beginning, you said that we would meet once every seven days and then tell me a story. Now the time is getting longer and longer. What's wrong? Do you have so much work to do on weekdays? You can't even spare the time to tell this prince a story?"

Li Dingning is a prince, he can't empathize and understand how difficult and tormented Chu Ran is as a low-level eunuch, making a living in the palace. Just like rich people, they can never understand the suffering of the lower class people.

Fortunately, Chu Ran did not expect Li Dingning to understand. He only needed Li Dingning to have a little good impression of him, and to remember the insignificant friendship between them and give him a hand at the critical moment. Chu Ran would be very satisfied.

"I've really been too busy lately." Chu Ran said, "I'm not deliberately trying to put you off. I just can't spare the time. And, as I said before, it takes some time to think of stories. I've told you a lot of stories, and it will take more time to think of more stories."

Li Dingning's tense expression relaxed a little. He thought for a moment and said, "I've thought about it. Since you have to do so much work, why don't you follow me? If you follow me, you only need to tell me stories and don't need to do anything else. Is that okay?"

Chu Ran was stunned.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Li Dingning asked again, "I'm asking you a question. Is this okay?"

Chu Ran came back to his senses and looked at Li Dingning hesitantly.

Li Dingning's suggestion was undoubtedly very tempting to Chu Ran. He now had to get up early every day and sweep the floor from morning to almost evening, which was actually very hard. But if he followed Li Dingning and just told him stories, his work would obviously be much easier, at least not so tiring.

"Then I..." Chu Ran hesitated for a moment and said, "If I follow His Highness, where will I live?"

Li Dingning said: "Of course, you live where this prince lives."

Chu Ran asked again: "Can I still live in the same place as before?"

Li Dingning shook his head: "That's not possible. There are rules in the palace. You have to rest in the palace where you serve."

"Can I have some time to myself? When can I go back home to rest at night?"

Li Dingning said: "What do you mean by your own time? At night, you must coax this prince to sleep before you can go back to rest."

"Besides telling you stories, can I play by myself the rest of the time?"

"No, since you are my man, you must follow me all day long. Wherever I go, you must follow me."

"oh……"

Chu Ran lowered his eyes with a gloomy expression, which means that if he chose to follow Li Dingning, he would have no time for himself, and unless Li Dingning fell asleep, he could not go anywhere.

Moreover, he couldn't go back to his current residence to rest...

Although the work is indeed easier, but...what should Li Fu do?

By then, his house might be taken back. Li Fu's house is leaking and can no longer be lived in. In that case, wouldn't Li Fu have no place to live?

If you think in this way, it seems that multiple-choice questions with two choices don't seem so difficult.

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness, but it is not necessary."

Li Dingning immediately showed an angry expression, "So you are rejecting this prince?"

Although it wasn't a good idea to say it directly, Chu Ran still gritted his teeth and said "hmm".

"How dare you reject this prince?" Li Dingning became even angrier. In his life, no one had ever rejected him. Chu Ran was definitely the first one. Li Dingning said, "Okay, then don't regret it. From now on, this prince doesn't need you to tell stories. We will go our separate ways and never see each other again!"

After saying these words, Li Dingning frowned, glared, and walked away angrily.

Looking at Li Dingning's angry back, Chu Ran couldn't help but sigh: Oh, it's such a pity to give up on someone you finally managed to hold onto.

After a while, Chu Ran comforted himself again, saying that if the old legs didn't go away, new legs wouldn't come. Maybe there would be stronger thighs waiting for him to hug.