Chapter 15 Do you want to be cuckolded...?
Chapter 15
When the production team reheated the ingredients that the guests had partially cooked, Luo Xiaoran also helped out, trying his best to salvage the taste and texture of those ingredients.
"Thanks to Xiao Ran's help," Lin Ning said, taking another goose leg that Chu Xingli had scooped out of the pot and handed to him, praising as he ate, "otherwise these geese would have died in vain."
[Haha, Ningning is so good, she doesn't forget the well-digger when she drinks the water]
[Hug: (Smugly, hands on hips) Don't you even know whose husband you are?]
I'm genuinely puzzled why these two couples, who seem so harmonious, would want to divorce.
“Hey? Teacher Zhu, you were born in the Year of the Ox, and your name is Daniel,” Chu Xingli recalled the name Lin Ning had covered up when everyone introduced themselves, and suddenly had a whimsical idea, “You can call me Big Ox.”
This will make up for the regret of not being able to say it this afternoon.
Chu Xingli was obviously joking.
He has a good impression of Lin Ning, and naturally he will show a friendly and gentle side to Lin Ning's lover.
Moreover, Zhu Ji has a very genuine and lovely personality, and it's not difficult to get along with him at all.
Zhu Ji was expected to refuse with a smile, but after hearing Chu Xingli's words, his blue eyes suddenly lit up and his expression became serious.
He raised his arm, grasped Chu Xingli's hand, and shook it up and down: "I love this name so much! Thank you, brother, thank you for giving me this name."
Chu Xingli: "..."
Luo Xiaoran: "..."
Lin Ning: "..."
It took Chu Xingli a while to regain her composure: "Teacher Zhu, I was just joking."
Zhu Ji raised a finger to stop Chu Xingli from retracting the "gifted name": "No jokes, starting tomorrow, please call me Da Niu. I really like this new name."
World-renowned pianist Zhu Ji has received a new name today – Zhu Daniu (竺大牛).
Look at how pathetic he is, yet he seems to actually like it (laughs while covering face)
[Haha, so true! My foreign friends love to choose names that they think sound impressive, but which actually sound a bit silly to Chinese people.]
[I can vouch for this. I've met foreign friends named Zhu Tiedan and Feng Suancai. Compared to them, Zhu Daniu, though a bit rude, was still passable.]
[hahaha, I also have a foreign friend who's taken a liking to the surname Fu and insists on calling himself Ximen Dagongren. Note that it's "gongren" (palace servant) not "guanren" (official). He says he also wants to be the Grand Eunuch.]
Lin Ning just wanted to end the topic as soon as possible, and hoped that Zhu Ji would forget his new name when he woke up tomorrow morning.
So he shifted everyone's attention: "When we came out just now, we vaguely heard what sounded like an argument next door?"
In this world, no one dislikes gossiping.
Regardless of gender, age, or profession.
Eating melons can help people get rid of their current troubled mood, put aside annoying and tedious matters, and devote themselves wholeheartedly to the act of eating melons.
Even Lin Ning, who seems obedient, compliant, and good-tempered, is no exception.
Chu Xingli had just pulled Lin Ning to sit on the sofa in the living room to eat goose legs together when she heard this and immediately became extremely excited: "You heard that too?"
Lin Ning nodded: "I didn't hear very clearly. I don't know if it was Brother Bao and the other two, or Sister Lu and Brother Zhou."
Chu Xingli hadn't heard enough of Bao Keming and Qiao Manyun arguing, but even if she went up now, the two of them would probably have finished arguing by now. She might as well chat with Lin Ning about something interesting.
It was just a pity for Zhu Ji, who was trying to take his wife for a walk.
"Ningning and I are going out for a walk," Zhu Ji said, trying to use his not-so-clever eight hundred cunning schemes to shift the conversation from the four of them to the outside. "Do you two want to come along?"
Chu Xingli had already changed into her pajamas and was ready to eat the goose leg, then wash up and go to bed. She didn't want to get dressed and go for a walk in the middle of the night.
She didn't want to be in an overly ambiguous, romantic relationship with Luo Xiaoran.
So he declined Zhu Ji and Lin Ning's offer: "No, I'm a bit tired today, I don't have any energy, so I won't go for a walk."
Zhu Ji didn't believe Chu Xingli's words at all, and even bluntly exposed his excuse: "You're talking nonsense. You were very strong when you were tearing at the goose leg just now."
Chu Xingli turned to look at Lin Ning: "Ningning, can you teach Da Niu that 'biting' is not used to describe people?"
[laughs] When will Zhu Da Niu's Chinese improve significantly? It's so frustrating!
He talks about it so smugly, while everyone else suffers.
[Hug: (Raises hand) I'm one of the victims]
Zhu Ji admitted his mistake and corrected it, but he was still resentful of Chu Xingli's charm: "You call me 'wife Ningning,' are you trying to cheat on me?"
As if possessed, Chu Xingli quickly glanced at Luo Xiaoran beside her and shook her head: "I have no experience in this area, nor do I want to."
His story-filled and pointed answer caused Qiao Manyun, who had just come downstairs to get some water, to twist her ankle.
She stood by the kitchen island, holding a cup, too guilty to look up and greet the four people in the living room.
Finally, Zhu Ji took the initiative to speak to her: "Sister Manyun, are you also here looking for goose legs?"
The stewed goose that Luo Xiaoran was cooking smelled so delicious and layered that he was completely convinced that everyone who was sneaking downstairs at that moment was there to steal the goose to eat.
Qiao Manyun shook her head awkwardly: "No, I came to get some water."
Chu Xingli let out a sneer without any attempt to hide it.
Qiao Manyun's face turned even redder, and she hurriedly took her water glass and went upstairs.
Even if she were stupid, she would realize at this moment that Chu Xingli had heard her and Bao Keming arguing in the room. She couldn't help but quickly review the situation in her mind, thinking back to whether she had said anything she shouldn't have.
She always seemed very guilty when she was around Baobao and Ranzi.
[And the hug seemed to be directed at her; could they have had some kind of conflict before?]
Zhu Ji's politeness was measured and appropriate. After asking Qiao Manyun a question, he shifted his focus back to his friend.
"Don't you two really want to come out and have a heart-to-heart talk with us?"
“A world of four is too crowded, and Xiao Ran is also very tired today…” Chu Xingli said, turning back to look at Luo Xiao Ran.
The last few words he spoke were highly suggestive; with each word, he conveyed to Luo Xiaoran through his eyes his desire not to go out for a walk.
Luo Xiaoran instantly understood.
With a "thump," without even a forward sway, he collapsed headfirst onto the cushion next to the sofa and closed his eyes tightly.
Zhu Ji gasped in surprise: "...Is he that sleepy?!"
Chu Xingli nodded with feigned regret: "Yes, he stewed five geese today, he's exhausted."
Like Zhu Ji, Lin Ning was utterly astonished by Luo Xiaoran's rapid fall asleep: "But he... you hadn't even finished speaking before he..."
“It’s voice-activated,” Chu Xingli said with a smile, waving her hand to indicate that she was used to it. “We play like this at home too.”
What games do you play? Tell us more.
[Haha, it's true, when others go on TV: they show off their love. When Ranzi goes on TV: he stews five geese.]
[Young and healthy, I can fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow.]
[Student, sleeping is not allowed here.]
[Aww, it's so sweet! That's Luo Xiaoran! He's always so cold, but he's as happy as a puppy in front of his wife!]
[Okay, okay, it's worth it to see Ranzi-ge so love-obsessed sometimes o(╥﹏╥)o]
In the end, Lin Ning and Zhu Ji went out for a sweet walk hand in hand, leaving Chu Xingli and Luo Xiaoran in the living room.
The two sat on the sofa in silence, waiting for Chu Xingli to finish the remaining goose leg.
"Buzzing—"
My phone vibrated in my pajama pocket.
Chu Xingli stood up, took the wet wipe Luo Xiaoran handed him, wiped his hands, and took out his phone with his clean hand.
Upon seeing that the caller ID on the screen was his older brother, Chu Xingli immediately turned off the microphone behind his waist and answered the phone: "Big brother."
Luo Xiaoran lowered his eyes and casually turned off his microphone.
Everyone has this flaw.
When answering the phone, you lose the ability to judge everything around you.
Take Chu Xingli for example.
"Let me wipe it for you." Seeing that it was inconvenient for him to wipe with one hand, Luo Xiaoran took out a wet wipe, gently held Chu Xingli's wrist, and carefully wiped away the oil stains that had seeped onto his fingertips.
As he did this, he would occasionally glance up at Chu Xingli's expression, prepared for Chu Xingli to react and suddenly pull her hand back.
However, Chu Xingli had long been used to being taken care of by Luo Xiaoran, and coupled with her unconscious actions when answering the phone, she did not notice that her hand had been held by Luo Xiaoran. He even took the opportunity to slide his hand along the web of her thumb in an extremely ambiguous manner to the base of her ring finger, gently stroking the ring mark left by years of wearing rings.
Chu Lianqing was always very meticulous and cautious in his work.
He didn't waste any time and went straight to the point: "Have you picked your wheat?"
He was busy all day with the important matter he was about to tell Chu Xingli, and didn't have time to watch Chu Xingli's live stream.
Vivian summarized and reported her brother's performance on the show to him.
...This kid is so obsessed with gossip that he always forgets he's recording a show instead of sitting in his office waiting for the Beast Brothers to deliver the gossip to him.
Chu Xingli knew, of course, that her brother knew about her experience today, and responded with a smile: "I've taken them off."
"How are you feeling today? Are you tired?" Chu Lianqing rarely showed concern for his younger brother, which made Chu Xingli suspect that he might be up to something.
"Brother, did I do something wrong?"
Having been overshadowed by his older brother for many years, the young Chu Zong, who was already feeling smug and complacent, had subconsciously begun to feel guilty.
But Chu Lianqing spoke to him like this today entirely out of pity.
“Xingli, your car accident,” Chu Lianqing said, “was not an accident.”
Chu Xingli's pupils suddenly contracted.
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