Can't beat me
Chapter 2 of "What is the Crime of the King of Qi" explains the background of the article and the relationship between the characters, which is a link between the previous and the next chapters. Chapter 3 is as follows:
"Jingliu is most afraid of eating lard, a fear that can be traced back to the time when a pig walked through the vegetable garden.
Song Yiran didn't know it at first. He rummaged through the drawers and cabinets in the kitchen, pacing back and forth in the three-acre space, the number of steps comparable to traveling around the world, just wanting to find the small ceramic jar of lard.
He took off the caps of all the bottles and jars to see what was in people's heads. There were sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty flavors, but there was no paste-like lard - there cannot be paste in people's heads, but lard is necessary for stir-frying vegetables.
He looked at the row of bottles and jars in the cupboard with a look of despair. How could the kitchen, a place full of swords and gossip, have a bunch of useless soldiers?
Greens and lard are a pairing established by our ancestors, irreversible and irreversible. Until recently, some people disdained the greens' mundane nature and paired them with the elegant, fresh-tasting tea seed oil. The trend of "healthy fat loss" is gaining momentum.
Song Yiran could cook even without rice. To ensure a balanced taste, he sautéed a few pieces of lean and fatty meat with some vegetables in tea-seed oil, adding a richer flavor to the fragrant dish. He confidently brought the food to the table.
Unexpectedly, the emotions of the three people were too crowded.
Jing Liu saw the golden flat lumps on the vegetables from a distance. In fact, he was already sure in his heart, but he still walked to the front of the vegetables to take a closer look.
Song Yiran only now understood that he was searching for the enemy to avoid wasting his ultimate move.
"Don't let this thing appear on my dining table again... Uh, I still can't believe you used tea seed oil to stir-fry and then added pork fat. You don't have any special feelings for pigs, do you?"
In fact, Song Yiran stir-fried the meat until it was extremely dry and fragrant. You couldn't see the boundary between the fat and the lean meat with the naked eye, let alone taste the greasiness of the fat when you put it in your mouth.
"My intention wasn't to use pork slices instead of lard, I just wanted to add flavor. Besides, you can just eat the vegetables."
"So, that clanging noise in the kitchen just now was you looking for lard?" Jing Liu tentatively lifted a piece of greens with the tip of his chopsticks, but after thinking it over, he decided not to do it and instead picked up a piece of avocado baked egg. He brought it to his lips, took a sip, and then vomited uncontrollably.
"I told you not to use lard. Ugh, cough! cough!"
What does this exaggerated reaction have to do with lard? It seems the chopsticks are poisonous!
Song Yiran quickly filled a bowl of soup and handed it to him, pushing the spoon to his side. "Sorry, drink some soup to calm your nerves."
Later, he didn't even dare to pick up the vegetables from the plate, for fear of irritating the devil.
I thought everything was going smoothly. As the dinner was drawing to a close, Jing Liu suddenly held Song Yiran's hand as he was pouring more soup and said slowly:
"If you drink any more, you won't be able to eat the vegetables. That plate is all yours, don't waste it."
Song Yiran was like a pillow that had fallen asleep. He loved eating vegetables. Just as he took two bites with his chopsticks, Jing Liu suddenly moved his chair, rushed to the kitchen, accurately found a small ceramic jar, and placed it in front of Song Yiran with a "bang".
"Hey, you like eating lard? Eat it, let me see how to eat it, drink it directly?" Jing Liu covered his mouth and nose, and decided to wash his hands after thinking about it.
Song Yiran was truly distressed. He had just turned the house upside down, but why couldn't he find the lard? But it also indirectly saved his life. If he had found it and added it to the dishes, Jing Liu would have torn the house apart to get rid of the smell—and he would have been the one buried.
…
When Song Yiran left, he was holding the bottle of lard in his hand, and Jing Liu said that he could drink it on the way.
…
The day’s work is finally over.”
Yu Ran clicked publish. Comments and interactions soon followed.
"Hahahaha, the ending is actually, the frustrating day is finally over."
"Kids, Teacher Ranyuan is back but Xiaoshen isn't. I'm a little uncomfortable without him in the comment section."
Someone replied to this comment, and the @ account has been cancelled, saying, "Mr. Xiao may not know that Mr. Ranyuan has returned to the stage?"
So, everyone followed suit and posted a series of @s below.
"It's impossible that he doesn't know, right? Xiao-sensei and Ran-sensei have such a good relationship. If he really doesn't know, there's only one possibility..."
Yu Ran was completely confused. How could someone be @ed when their account was already cancelled? He tried clicking on it, and it turned out that the person's account was still there, but the ID had been manually changed to indicate that the account had been cancelled.
Was it intentionally changed to hide something? This clue might be a time machine, helping Yu Ran recall the past. He absolutely couldn't miss it again.
He registered a new reader account to avoid being exposed. Then he asked in a pretentious manner:
"I'm a new fan of Ranyuan. Who is this Xiaoshen everyone is talking about?"
The question fell on deaf ears. It should be said that those who knew the inside story didn't comment, and those who commented were attracted by the article and didn't know the inside story.
In this case, there is another trick, he asked:
"New fan, does anyone have a fan group for this book? Please!"
Someone replied to the group's number that evening, but that person added that Ranyuan was no longer in the group, having left a year ago. Their group has only survived to this day purely out of passion.
Yu Ran thought to himself, Ran Yuan is in the group this time.
It shouldn't be considered "voyeurism", right?
There are about a hundred people in the group. After the orientation, some people continued the previous topic - they were discussing the plot of "What is the Crime of the King of Qi".
Fan Yu Ran sincerely complimented the author Ran Yuan, and only after he confirmed that there were many people online in the group did he ask:
"New fan, please help me, who is this Xiaoshen everyone is talking about?"
"This seems to be the question every new fan has." said someone with a high-level title in the group.
Yu Ran specifically tagged him to pursue the victory.
"Xiaoshen is Mr. Ranyuan's best friend in real life. For all their interactions, you can see the pinned comments in each chapter of "Shi Tong Shui Huo". (Thinking of this, I still feel that Mr. Ranyuan loves me so much and takes the trouble to pin my comments every time)"
"The sense of ritual is unique."
"Xiao Shen is a man or a woman, but the way he's addressed sounds like a girl's. Why don't you call him your girlfriend?" Yu Ran really looks like a rookie.
"Actually, Xiaoxiao and Xiaoshen are nicknames given to him by his fans. His ID has always been "Account Deleted." We can't just call him "Xiao" (meaning "Xiao is cancelled"), right? And Xiaoshen really likes the three-pointed "Xiao" character, so remember not to call him by the wrong name."
"It is said that it is a boy. She should not be his girlfriend. The interaction between the two is quite normal and there is no sweet feeling. If they are lovers, how could they resist showing off?" another person added.
"Xiao Shen once replied to his fans that he was a boy, but that was a long time ago." said a person who has always been shallow.
Many people asked for screenshots, including Yu Ran. That person said that it was too early and the records were long gone.
Some people also said that Xiao Shen just liked the comment "It's a boy" at that time.
There are many different opinions.
Yu Ran silently digested the information.
Originally, he thought the biggest clue was the name "Xiao", which might correspond to his real name in real life. Now, it turns out that it is actually a nickname given by fans.
However, does Yu Ran really have such a good male friend?
Even if there was, Yu Ran was very suspicious about his mentality when he pinned the post every time. Was it to show off? Or to cherish it?
At that time, would he really have such feelings for a friend?
If their relationship was really that good, why had he never visited her in over a year?
The most common thing in Yu Ran's life is problems, but no answers; there are interrogative sentences and rhetorical questions everywhere, but no declarative sentences.
As soon as I try to figure out the endless stream of questions, I'll be back to where I was before that night's talk.
Twisted and internal friction.
So, just be a "three no monkey".
The next day, Jiang Liu said he'd have lunch at the studio. Yu Ran finished and took it over. From across the street, he spotted Jiang Yu standing at the door. It was obvious he couldn't recognize a straight mop.
Yu Ran is not afraid of him, or rather, he doesn't care about him at all. Even if he meets him, he has a legitimate reason.
I strode across the street and looked up to see Jiang Liu on the balcony of his second-floor studio. Then, my phone rang. It was a WeChat call.
Jiang Liu never made phone calls. Apparently, this time the situation was urgent, so he lowered his voice to a very low pitch, as if trying to reduce the weight of each word so that it could travel along the line from one end to the other. "Hey, Yu Ran, I saw you on the pedestrian island. Don't come over yet, my brother is..."
Yu Ran really wanted to say he wasn't afraid of Jiang Yu, but he had a hunch that the conflict between the two brothers wasn't entirely his fault. So, he followed suit and spoke in a whisper:
"It's okay, I can wait for him to leave. You're hungry, so I'll go buy you some dessert from Yikoutian. You can eat it right away."
"No, no." Jiang Liu persuaded him slowly, "He won't leave. You can understand it as squatting and waiting is his job..."
"Oh..." Yu Ran was confused, but still tried to brainstorm, "I'll lead him away, and you sneak out and meet me in front of Yikoutianmen, okay?"
"It's the only way."
The two exchanged glances, trust and tacit understanding surging between their eyes. One was on the busy road, and the other was on the terrace on the third floor. It didn't matter that they were so far apart.
Jiang Yu was surrounded by a dark shadow. He looked up to see who it was and tried to escape into the shadow, but it was too late.
"What are you doing here?" Jiang Yu asked the question even though he knew the answer.
"I didn't expect to see you here, kid."
"WC, who allowed you to call me that? Even my brother never calls me that."
"Oh, you're such a good brother to your brother. I was just about to ask you where he was. He's not home either."
Jiang Yu was very alert, with an expression that asked, "Why are you looking for him?"
"Your brother apologized to me last time, but I didn't forgive him. He felt bad and said he'd treat me to dinner today. I went to his house but no one was there and I couldn't get through on the phone, so I had to wait for him here. What about you?"
"Who, who apologizes to you, my brother?!"
"A son's debts must be paid by his father. If your father hasn't paid it back, then it's your brother's turn to pay for your sins. Don't you know that an elder sister is like a mother and an elder brother is like a father?"
Jiang Yu wondered where he hadn't apologized. That night, his brother had even recorded the NG scenes. Didn't he send them to Yu Ran? Or maybe he felt it wasn't sincere enough, so he apologized in person?
Jiang Yu failed to stand up for his brother, causing him immense grief, and in the end, he had to be the first to admit his mistake?!
This made Jiang Yu, who was obsessed with his brother, very angry!
"Actually, I know where he is." Jiang Yu relied on his talent to make himself an actor. The source of his talent was his eyes, which were good at deceiving people and also good at attracting people's love.
"where?"
…
Jiang Yu mentioned the name of a private restaurant, "909 Private Room, he has been waiting for you for a long time."
"You won't come with me? You little brat, you're the one who started it all."
"No, I'm afraid of seeing my brother." Jiang Yu's excuse at the time was, "Let me be the 0 in 909!" Suddenly, it felt like saying that was agreeing to their rekindled relationship, like comparing myself to a third wheel between the couple. This went against my principles.
Yu Ran hailed a taxi and muttered, "No one took the order for a long time, so I might as well call your brother and ask him to pick me up. He wants to apologize anyway, so I dare not refuse."
Jiang Yu hurriedly called a luxury express car and waited with him at the intersection. He was furious at Yu Ran's words that said "I dare not refuse".
You will be embarrassed later, Jiang Yu thought happily.
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"Master, let's go to Yikoutian Dessert Shop." Yu Ran rolled up the car window.
"Young man, why are you taking a taxi when it's so close?"
"It's not me, there are other people who are stupid and rich." Across the window glass, Yu Ran smiled brightly. What he meant by waving goodbye was actually that you still need to practice to fight with me.
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