"Xiao Jin."
"Xiao Jin, do you feel better?"
"Why did you get out of bed?"
"What? Xiao Jin? Wait, let me wipe my face."
With Shi Jin's call, everyone in the kitchen looked over, then put down their work and moved closer to Shi Jin. Rong Zhouzhong couldn't open his eyes because of the onions, but he couldn't move over, so he used a tissue to wipe his face frantically, trying to get rid of the stinging pain in his eyes as soon as possible.
Shi Jin simply responded to everyone's greetings, then walked past Shi Wei Chong and Fei Yu Jing, walked to Rong Zhou Zhong, raised his hand and held the back of his head, pulled down his hand that was rubbing on his face, and said, "Do you want to destroy your eyes?"
"What...ah! What are you doing, you little bastard!"
Shi Jin suddenly scooped up a handful of water and splashed it on Rong Zhou Zhong's face, scaring him and making him scream.
"Don't move." Shi Jin held Rong Zhou Zhong's head as he tried to lift it up, took out a tissue and dipped it in water, carefully rubbed his eyes, then let go of his head, picked up the soap and washed his hands carefully, and finally took out a few tissues and stuffed them into his hands, saying, "Wipe your face quickly, you didn't wash the onion smell on your hands and rubbed your eyes, calling you an idiot is an exaggeration, okay, Go away, and don't touch the onions today."
Rong Zhouzhong had already calmed down when Shi Jin was rubbing his eyes. At this time, he stared at Shi Jin with water and paper scraps all over his face. Suddenly, he stretched out his hands and hugged Shi Jin in his arms. He rubbed his hair hard and said with gritted teeth: "You little bastard, you are so unlovable! Damn guy, you actually dared to touch my hair that I have styled with great difficulty. Do you know how important an actor's hair is!" Shi Jin
didn't expect him to attack suddenly. His hair was rubbed into a mess before he reacted. He immediately stopped him with his backhand. He reached out his hand to rub his hair, and said unhappily: "You ungrateful fellow, I helped you and you actually blame me, I'd rather you die of spiciness, you'd better be blind!"
Rong Zhouzhong was no match for him, and the hairstyle he had worked so hard on was ruined in a short while.
He pulled his hand in a rage and said: "Let go, let go! It's collapsed, it's collapsed, the hairstyle is collapsed!" Shi Jin rubbed his hair into a chicken nest before letting him go, and took his hand away with relief, saying: "You deserve it!" Then he turned around and stretched out his arms to hug Xiang Aoting who was standing beside him.
Xiang Aoting was stunned, and so were the others.
"Fourth brother, thank you for your birthday present, I like it very much." Shi Jin patted Xiang Aoting on the back and thanked him with a smile.
Xiang Aoting came back to his senses, and hurriedly hugged him back, patted his back and said, "I'm glad you like it. Has the fever gone away? Do you feel uncomfortable?"
"It's okay, the fever has gone away." Shi Jin replied, stepped back a little to let go of him, and looked at Shi Weichong who was standing aside.
Shi Weichong was looking at him quietly. When he saw him looking at him, he instinctively avoided his gaze, then quickly adjusted himself and smiled at him, saying, "Xiao Jin, long time no see."
It was more than a long time no see... Some emotions were about to burst out. Shi Jin pinched his palm, and also went forward to hug Shi Weichong, then quickly let go of his hand before his emotions overflowed, smiled back at him, and said, "I don't dislike Jiang, big brother, don't worry too much."
Shi Weichong was about to hug him back, but his hand just raised up, and then it became nowhere to put. His eyes dimmed for a moment, and then quickly covered it up, turned to help Shi Jin tidy up his clothes, and said, "I know."
Shi Jin smiled at him again, and then turned to Fei Yujing.
Fei Yujing took the initiative to extend his hand and asked, "Do you want a hug? I don't hate this kind of reunion of brothers."
Happy reunion, what the hell! Shi Jin
gave him a look of disdain, then stretched out his arms to hug him, paused for two seconds, pushed him away, and said, "Second brother, you looked so shabby when you washed vegetables just now."
Fei Yujing laughed after being disdainful, took back his hand and said, "I think I look much better when I wash vegetables than the third and fourth brothers."
"Hey!" Rong Zhouzhong protested.
Xiang Aoting also rarely defended himself: "I am definitely more skilled at washing vegetables than my second brother." Shi Jin
smiled as he watched them talk, shook their fingers silently, and finally looked at Li Jiuzheng, who had been standing in front of the chopping board without moving a step closer.
Li Jiuzheng was looking over here. When he saw Shi Jin looking over, he immediately lowered his head, leaned over and raised his hand to pull at his sweater, as if he wanted to cover the bloodstains on it.
"Xiao Jin." Xiang Aoting called Shi Jin in a low voice.
"It's okay." Shi Jin smiled at him soothingly, then walked to Li Jiuzheng's side and called, "Fifth Brother."
Li Jiuzheng's body stiffened and he looked at him sideways.
Shi Jin smiled at him, stretched out his arms to hug him, patted his back gently, and said, "It doesn't matter if your clothes are dirty, just change into clean ones. It doesn't matter if your hands are dirty, just wash them, you can do it... so can I."
So it's no big deal, hugging is not much more difficult than facing each other with knives, he can do it.
"Xiao Jin..." Li Jiuzheng's voice was a little shaky. He wanted to hug Shi Jin back and raised his hand, but
then he remembered that there was blood on his hand, so he slowly put his hand down, lowered his head and eyes, covered his red eyes, and said, "I'm sorry... I will dirty your clothes..." "It's okay, I'll just change into something clean." Shi Jin let go of him, smiled at him again, then glanced at everyone and said with a smile, "You guys are busy first, I'll take a shower and change clothes before coming over, I've slept for too long, I'm all smelly." After saying that, he ignored everyone's reaction, walked to the kitchen door, and held Lian Jun's hand again.
Lian Jun immediately held his hand back, stepped forward to block his figure, nodded to the Shi brothers, and took him away directly.
...
The chaotic and bad mood did not fade away until the hot water poured on his body. Shi Jin looked at Lian Jun who was bathing him, stretched out his arms to hug him, and rubbed him affectionately.
Lian Jun pressed his lower back and asked, "Are you warm?"
"Yes, thanks to you, baby." Shi Jin said sweetly and kissed his neck.
Lian Jun let him kiss him and continued to gently stroke his hair and back.
The bath took a full hour. Shi Jin came out of the bathroom refreshed. He took out a robe of Lian Jun and put it on. He sniffed the scent of Lian Jun on the robe with satisfaction. Then he poked Xiao Si in his brain and said, "Is there the Great Compassion Mantra in this world? If there is, play it in my brain on a loop. If there is no Great Compassion Mantra, then play nursery rhymes. The sillier the better. Keep playing them. Don't stop."
Xiao Si was almost scared to death by this request. He stuttered, "Jin, Jin Jin, what's wrong with you? Don't be crazy, I'm afraid..."
"How can you go crazy with Lian Jun here? Play it. You don't want me to have any psychological problems after eating today, do you?" Shi Jin comforted him. Just as he was about to close the closet, he thought of something and opened it again, taking out his own dark blue sweater.
Lian Jun had been with him the whole time. Seeing this, his eyes moved and he touched his hair. Shi Jin
looked back at him and said with a smile, "After the reunion dinner, I'll tell you a story."
Lian Jun touched the corners of his raised mouth and leaned over to kiss him, "Okay."
...
When Shi Jin returned to the kitchen, the fire had already been turned on and the dishes had started to cook. Xiang Aoting was in charge of cooking, Shi Weichong was helping, Fei Yujing and Rong Zhouzhong were in charge of serving dishes and clearing the bowls and plates, and Li Jiuzheng was guarding a pot of soup and watching the heat. His sweater was gone and he was only wearing a shirt.
Snap.
Rong Zhouzhong dropped the third plate. Fei Yujing closed his eyes patiently and said, "Third brother, you..." "
Shut up! I was careless." Rong Zhouzhong interrupted him angrily.
Fei Yujing turned his head and exhaled a foul breath, pulled away his hand that was about to pick up the debris, and said: "I can't believe that you and I actually inherited the genes of the same father, you..." "
I can't believe it either." Shi Jin continued, and walked into the kitchen. He first took a look at the fried snacks and spring rolls on the table, praised them for their good appearance, and then walked behind Li Jiuzheng and patted him.
Li Jiuzheng immediately turned his head to look at him, his eyes widened a little, and his gaze slowly fell on the robe on his body.
"Here." Shi Jin handed over the sweater in his hand and said, "The heating in the club is not turned up too high. It will be cold if you only wear a shirt. This is my sweater. You can wear it for now."
Li Jiuzheng moved his eyes to the sweater again, his eyes widened. After a while, he reached out to take the sweater, held it tightly, and said, "Thank you...Xiao Jin."
"It's okay." Shi Jin's mind was full of the melody of the nursery rhyme. He felt that he was the teacher in the kindergarten, facing a group of disobedient children who made mistakes, full of loving light, and not uncomfortable at all.
Wow.
Suddenly, there was another noise from Rong Zhouzhong's side. Shi Jin turned his head and saw that Rong Zhouzhong's thin knitted jacket was covered with water stains. He was holding a water cup in his hand and said in a fake voice, "Oh, I accidentally poured water on myself, Xiao Jin, my clothes are wet, can you lend me some clothes to wear?"
Everyone: "..."
Li Jiuzheng's expression suddenly sank. He quickly put on the dark blue sweater given by Shi Jin, then bent down and pulled out his orange sweater from the corner. It looked wrinkled like a piece of rag after what it had been through. He quickly walked to Rong Zhouzhong, put the sweater in his face, and said, "Put it on. I'll lend you my clothes."
Rong Zhouzhong was stunned at first, and then immediately exploded. He hurried to block his hand and said, "Who wants to wear this fishy garbage of yours? Take it away! Take it away quickly!"
"Put it on me, put it on quickly." Li Jiuzheng refused to give in, and held his shoulders to force him to change.
The two of them, one retreating and the other advancing, accidentally bumped into Xiang Aoting who was cooking. Xiang Aoting's hand, which was adding salt, was knocked crooked, and a lot of salt splashed into the pot, basically ruining the dish.
Veins popped out on Xiang Aoting's forehead, and he put down the spatula in an unbearable manner. He turned around and grabbed one of them with each hand, dragged them to the kitchen door quickly, and threw them out with a flick of his hand.
"Don't enter the kitchen again until you calm down!"
Bang!
Xiang Aoting closed the kitchen door, turned around and glanced at the people who were still in the kitchen.
"You should have done this a long time ago." Fei Yujing lowered his head and continued to clean up the dishes.
Shi Wei Chong kindly pulled a fig leaf for Rong Zhouzhong: "The third child has never done housework, so it's understandable that he can't do it well when he's in a hurry."
Shi Jin looked at Xiang Aoting's rare temper, and the tune of the childish version of "When you see injustice, you shout" just happened to ring in his mind. He couldn't help laughing, rolled up his sleeves and said: "How many dishes have you cooked? Let me help too. Lian Jun may not be used to the dishes you cook, and he has to avoid them."
The brothers: "..." Ah, this sudden feeling of frustration.
Outside the door.
Rong Zhouzhong and Li Jiuzheng stood side by side, staring at Lian Jun.
"Chat?" Lian Jun tilted his head to indicate the direction of the living room.
Rong Zhouzhong shook off the water droplets on his clothes, looked at Li Jiuzheng who quickly calmed down after being thrown out, and said, "Let's talk, but I have to change clothes first."
Li Jiuzheng suddenly came to life and put the "rag" in his hand on Rong Zhouzhong.
Rong Zhouzhong raised his eyebrows and pressed his neck with his backhand to beat him.
Lian Jun: "..."
...
After a whole afternoon of hard work, when it got dark, the reunion dinner, which was cooked by Xiang Aoting, helped by Shi Weichong, and supplemented by Shi Jin, was finally served. There were a total of twenty dishes, including fish, meat, soup, and snacks, which looked quite decent.
Everyone sat down at the table, Lian Jun and Shi Jin stuck together, Shi Weichong and Fei Yujing sat together, and Xiang Aoting pressed Rong Zhouzhong and Li Jiuzheng to sit beside him. The scene looked quite harmonious.
"Everyone should be safe and healthy in the new year." Shi Jin stood up and poured a glass of wine for several brothers of the Shi family and himself, and poured a glass of hot soy milk for Lian Jun alone, then raised his glass and said, "I wish you all a happy new year in advance, cheers."
The brothers of the Shi family all looked at the wine glasses in front of them, a little stunned - it seemed like the first time to be treated by Shi Jin like an adult, a very novel experience.
Fei Yujing was the first to come to his senses and stand up, holding up the wine, gently touching the glass held by Shi Jin, and said, "Cheers, happy new year."
Shi Jin smiled.
Rong Zhouzhong stood up second, followed by Xiang Aoting and Shi Weichong, and finally, Li Jiuzheng also stood up.
Everyone's glasses clinked together, the wine splashed, the aroma of food floated, and there was really a sense of reunion and warmth of a family spending the New Year together.
Shi Jin took back his glass, leaned over and clinked his glass with Lian Jun's, then drank the wine in one gulp, and said happily: "May this day come every year, every year!"
May this day come every year, every year, what a beautiful sentence.
The Shi brothers looked at him, drank the wine one after another, and felt mixed emotions in their hearts - if Shi Jin hadn't retreated, how could they have welcomed this "today" that seemed like a dream.
"What a fool." Rong Zhouzhong suddenly muttered, tilting his head and rubbing his eyes hard.
Shi Jin's face was stingy from the wine and he didn't notice Rong Zhouzhong's muttering. After he recovered from the alcohol, he sat down, picked up his chopsticks and greeted everyone with a smile: "Let's eat. Today we're going to taste Fourth Brother's cooking." Upon hearing that,
everyone sat down, picked up their chopsticks and started eating. For a while, the only sound in the restaurant was the sound of bowls and chopsticks hitting each other. The atmosphere became a little deserted and strange.
For the Shi family, the meaning of this reunion dinner is not simple and easy. Everyone was unconsciously immersed in their own thoughts.
Seeing this, Shi Jin wanted to say something to liven up the atmosphere, but Lian Jun held his hand.
"Don't force yourself." Lian Jun leaned close to his ear and whispered, then looked at Shi Weichong, took the initiative to bring up the topic and said, "Gua Ba gave me a message saying that the business of Mie and Ruixing has been well integrated. He sent me a new plan. Did you receive it?" Shi
Weichong didn't expect him to take the initiative to talk. He was stunned for a moment before he reacted. He quickly suppressed the emotions in his heart that were aroused by the reunion dinner and said, "No, I haven't checked my email these two days. I'll go take a look later."
Lian Jun nodded, then looked at Fei Yujing and said, "Are you busy recently, Lawyer Fei? The business integration between me and Ruixing involves some overseas business, which is related to new energy. I heard that you have handled a case related to energy before. If you are not busy, I would like to ask you to come and help."
Fei Yujing replied, "Okay, but you need to wait until after the New Year. I have to do a summary and annual arrangement at the end of the year, which will be quite busy."
"Then we will contact each other after the New Year." Lian Jun finalized the matter directly.
Shi Wei Chong was a little surprised and asked, "The overseas energy part? Is it the content of the new plan?"
Lian Jun replied, "Yes, this part is more important, and I may have to trouble you two to be busy for a while. Does Lawyer Fei need to see the plan first?"
"Yes, the sooner the preparation work is done, the better." Fei Yujing continued.
The three of them naturally started chatting about new energy, instantly changing the unnatural atmosphere of no one talking at the table. Shi Jin was stunned, looking at Lian Jun's handsome profile. After a while, his mood suddenly became cheerful.
- His baby is indeed the most reliable, considerate and gentle!
He smiled, shook Lian Jun's hand with his backhand, stood up, moved all the dishes he made in front of Lian Jun, and happily picked up dishes for him.
Rong Zhouzhong felt a toothache when he saw this. Recalling the scene on the island when he saw Lian Jun and Shi Jin eating affectionately, he could not help but said angrily, "You little bastard who was blinded by beauty!" Shi Jin's
ears twitched and he glared at him, saying fiercely, "You guy who can't help at all has no right to speak. Eat your onions!"
"You!" Rong Zhouzhong was angry, but had no words to refute. He picked up a sesame ball fried by Shi Jin, stuffed it into his mouth, and chewed it hard as if to vent his anger.
Shi Jin snorted in triumph, and then looked at Xiang Aoting next to Rong Zhouzhong with a happy look, motioned to him with the chicken wings he made, and said, "Fourth brother, try my cooking, I remember you like chicken wings."
Xiang Aoting said yes, took a chicken wing, and said, "I didn't expect Xiao Jin to remember what I like to eat."
Not only you, the original owner has memorized the dishes that all of you like to eat.
The scene of a family gathering together and celebrating the New Year with a false and happy smile appeared in his mind. Shi Jin tightened his palms, looked sideways at Lian Jun's face, washed his eyes and brain, and then cheered up again, looked at Li Jiuzheng, who was always quiet, and put a pile of snacks made of glutinous rice in front of him.
Li Jiuzheng looked up at him.
"You seem to like this... but eating too much glutinous rice will make you indigestible, so just try two." Shi Jin instructed.
Li Jiuzheng's lips moved, and a look of determination suddenly appeared on his face, and he said, "Xiao Jin, I want..."
Swish.
Rong Zhouzhong suddenly bypassed Xiang Aoting and poked the glutinous rice snack on the plate in front of Li Jiuzheng with a chopstick.
Li Jiuzheng shut up, took a look at the punctured glutinous rice snack on the plate, his expression froze, and he looked at Rong Zhouzhong grimly, then picked up the vinegar dish on the side, stretched out his hand and poured it all into Rong Zhouzhong's bowl.
Xiang Aoting, who was sandwiched between the two, had veins popping out of his forehead. He raised his hands and pressed down on the shoulders of the two men, and warned them in a low voice: "If you make trouble again, I will throw you all out. Eat your meal!"
Rong Zhouzhong snorted coldly, took back his chopsticks, and took back the glutinous rice snack on the chopsticks. He stuffed the snack into his mouth, chewed hard and looked at Li Jiuzheng provocatively.
Li Jiuzheng's face was full of murderous intent. He suddenly picked up the wine glass and said, "Let's compete?"
"Come on, who's afraid of who?" Rong Zhouzhong responded vaguely with a mouthful of food.
Xiang Aoting couldn't stand it anymore, so he simply ignored them, picked up his tableware and moved to sit next to Shi Jin, letting them torment him.
Shi Jin was so amused that he turned to Xiang Aoting and said, "You look more like a brother than the third brother. He is too childish."
Xiang Aoting looked at him sideways and replied, "No." No one at the table looked like a brother. Everyone was taken care of by the youngest brother, so how could they be considered brothers?
The atmosphere at the table gradually became lively. Shi Weichong and Fei Yujing were chatting with Lian Jun about business matters. Li Jiuzheng and Rong Zhouzhong were drinking together for no apparent reason. Xiang Aoting and Shi Jin were bragging about each other's dishes. Some were laughing and some were making noises. Everyone looked relaxed.
Lian Jun took a bite of the dish that Shi Jin brought over during the conversation, and looked sideways at Shi Jin who was excitedly talking to Xiang Aoting about the ingredients. He curled his lips and turned his gaze back to Shi Wei Chong and Fei Yu Jing, ready to continue the previous topic, but the two of them had stopped talking at some point, and were looking at Shi Jin just like him.
After a few seconds, Shi Wei Chong and Fei Yu Jing retracted their gaze.
The three of them looked at each other, and then tacitly continued the previous topic.
Some things don't need to be said, and everyone understands that the reason why everyone gathered here today is just to make one person happy.
The half-drunk Rong Zhouzhong also saw Shi Jin pulling Xiang Aoting to talk, and he made a jealous and disgusted "tsk" sound, then looked at Li Jiuzheng who was unconsciously looking at Shi Jin, reached out and tapped him on the head, poured him a glass of wine, and said, "Don't always act like you're going to kill someone. Today is a reunion dinner. Do you know what a reunion dinner means, silly boy?"
Li Jiuzheng held his head, remembering that Shi Jin had tapped him like this before, and said with his eyes downcast, "I don't know... Third brother, I don't know what to do. No one has taught me."
"If you don't know, then study hard." Rong Zhouzhong banged his head a few times to vent his anger, and scolded, "You have such a blockhead, I don't know who you are like, you don't know how to adapt... Study hard, while Xiao Jin is still willing to give everyone a chance, it's not good for the elder brother to be more fragile than the younger brother, you should know that when you are uncomfortable, Xiao Jin is definitely more uncomfortable than you."
Li Jiuzheng tightened his palm, suddenly picked up the bottle of wine, and poured it directly into his mouth.
Rong Zhouzhong was so scared that his chopsticks fell, and he reached out to grab the bottle in his hand, angrily: "That's white wine! I really explained the truth to a pig... Put it down! Put the bottle down quickly!"
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