Chapter 34 Don't joke around during the rainy season, I'll take it seriously.
Liang Yanzhe stopped and coughed: "Nothing more than a simple kiss?"
"Oh! This is good." Lin Fei leaned in and kissed him. "Time to sleep!"
Before Liang Yanzhe could react, she quickly got up and ran to the room, peeking through the door and revealing her bright, lively eyes.
"Actually, if you want to... it's not impossible, as long as you don't mind." She spoke softer and softer.
Liang Yanzhe couldn't help but chuckle.
She's so strangely cute.
Liang Yanzhe got up and headed towards the bedroom, and Lin Fei, sensing something was wrong, turned to run away.
He had long legs, and before she could run, he grabbed her, closed the door behind her, and kissed her.
Feeling frustrated after being locked out, Shunshun stepped onto the scratching post by the door and curled up to lie down.
Previously, it had the opportunity to come inside and sleep with its female owner at night, but recently it has been sleeping in the living room by itself until its male owner comes out in the morning, at which point it can go inside.
Lin Fei, who was trapped behind the door, was being kissed so hard she could hardly breathe. She eagerly responded to him, hoping to be allowed to breathe for just a few seconds.
The man's body was hard, but it felt comfortable against her; perhaps the faint woody scent on his collar had bewitched her, causing her to have a false impression.
Lin Fei thought he was really going to do something, so he placed his hand on his abdominal muscles, his fingertips tracing the concave curve in the middle.
It feels so good, I couldn't help but touch it a few more times.
His voice was hoarse: "Don't move."
Lin Fei bumped her shoulder against the light switch, and the main light in the room came on. The man's handsome face, filled with passion, caught her eye, making her gasp.
His bone structure is excellent, his skin is firm and close-fitting, and the soft light outlines his sharp eyebrows. His deep-set eyes and high nose bridge give his features a fierce look.
Lin Fei's heart was pounding rapidly.
My first thought was that she was eating too well and marrying such a handsome man.
As the saying goes, when marrying a man, one should always be after either money or sex.
She was lucky; she got all of them.
Liang Yanzhe raised his hand and wiped her lips: "You're drooling."
Lin Fei actually touched it, then realized he was teasing her and punched his shoulder: "You've become naughty! This isn't my saliva, it's yours!"
"Stop fooling around, get some rest." He smiled as he took one of her punches.
Lin Fei pushed him away, angrily saying, "Go take a shower, and don't loiter around in front of me!"
Liang Yanzhe walked into the dressing room without turning his head.
Lin Fei teased him deliberately, "Are you sure you don't need my help? I'm very willing!"
Liang Yanzhe took two steps back, stood by the door, and looked at her intently: "Are you sure?"
She swallowed hard. "Cough cough cough... I'm not feeling well, I'm not sure."
"Don't joke around like that next time, I'll take it seriously." He smiled slightly.
The man's smile was so alluring; she felt not just her face, but her whole body burning. She threw herself onto the bed and covered her face with it.
Perhaps due to increased fatigue during her period, Lin Fei fell asleep shortly after touching the bed, having vented her anger halfway through.
At seven o'clock in the morning, Liang Yanzhe got up on time for his morning exercise. When he returned, Lin Fei sat up in a daze, and then collapsed again a few seconds later.
Shunshun got the chance to enter the room, took Liang Yanzhe's sleeping spot, and slept next to Lin Fei.
After taking a shower, Liang Yanzhe changed into a neatly pressed suit and tied a tie and walked out of the dressing room. Seeing the 'mother and daughter' on the bed, he felt a little helpless. It seemed that he would have to clean the sheets again before going to bed tonight.
Shunshun keenly sensed his gaze, pricked up her ears, opened them to look, and silently called out.
A cat's low-frequency meows are inaudible to humans; they are a way of showing affection.
"Go to sleep, I don't mean anything by it."
Shunshun seemed to understand human speech, so she relaxed her guard and fell asleep.
Liang Yanzhe walked over to the side where Lin Fei was sleeping, bent down and kissed her cheek, and said softly, "Feiwen, good morning, you've gone out."
Lin Fei hummed in response and fell into a deep sleep.
She used to never wake up in the morning, but one time she discovered that Liang Yanzhe would tell her before leaving the house every day. In order not to disappoint his kindness, she tried to wake up, waited for him to say good morning, and then fell asleep again.
On the first day of her period, Lin Fei was able to sleep until the afternoon, but at only 11 a.m., she was woken up by the incessantly ringing doorbell.
Lin Fei reluctantly got up, put on a long cardigan, and walked to the entrance with squinted eyes.
The screen showed Liang Yanru with an angry expression.
Lin Fei didn't open the door, but pressed the chat button: "I don't mediate family conflicts, nor do I meddle in friendships. What do you need?"
Liang Yanru shouted towards the door, "Lin Fei, stop nagging and open the door for me."
It seems the young lady is quite angry.
Lin Fei opened the door, and Liang Yanru strode in, saying domineeringly, "I'm going to stay at your house for a few days. I really can't stand it anymore."
"Miss, what's wrong now? Did Tu Xia provoke you or Ji Peiqian?" This was very important to Lin Fei, as it depended on whether she was going to speak human language or ghost language later.
"My parents!" Liang Yanru kicked off her shoes, strode into the living room, and sat down on the sofa with her arms crossed.
Lin Fei's eyes darted around. If it was an old relic from the Liang family, it was better to remain silent.
In the past, no matter how much she tried to persuade her, Liang Yanru would still give in and obey her family's arrangements.
After all, everyone grows up in different environments and has a different personality. Liang Yanru also has her own troubles, and we can only respect all her choices.
"Have you had breakfast yet? Let's eat together." Lin Fei took out a sandwich from the insulated box. Liang Yanzhe had already cut it in half, just enough for the two of them. There was also freshly squeezed orange juice in the glass water bottle on the table.
Liang Yanru moved to another spot and sat down with her arms crossed.
In order to concentrate on listening to the young lady's rant, Lin Fei went back to his room to wash up first, splashing cold water on his face to get rid of the last bit of sleepiness.
"Is it because they arranged for you to go to the hospital without my permission?" Lin Fei sat down, picked up the 1L water glass next to him, and gulped down the water to moisten his throat.
Liang Yanru angrily stuffed a sandwich into her mouth and mumbled, "No, they've gone even crazier. They hope I can have a baby with Ji Peiqian this year. They really know how to time things. They assigned me a task on the fourth day of the new year and expect me to submit results by the end of the year. What's wrong with their brains? All they care about is urging me to get married and have a baby."
"Could it be... that we should ask them what their dreams are?" Lin Fei took a bite of the sandwich and felt that today's was better than yesterday's because the filling was her favorite chicken thigh meat.
Liang Yanru took an even bigger bite: "Ling Fei, whose person do you look like?"
"Eat first, then we can talk. There's no rush." Lin Fei picked up the fresh orange juice and brought it to her lips. "Drink it."
Liang Yanru swallowed what was in her mouth, took a sip of orange juice, swallowed it, paused for a few seconds, and then spoke excitedly: "They have never suffered in their lives. Their entire path has been arranged by their families. They have no dreams whatsoever."
Lin Fei: "So what do you think?"
“I’m only twenty-five years old, I haven’t even graduated with a master’s degree yet, how could I possibly have a baby?” Liang Yanru stared at the ceiling in despair. “They just talk nonsense and make things up, but I’m the one suffering. Don’t think that a C-section is a minor surgery just because it has the word ‘birth’ in it.”
"What about Young Master Ji? What does he think?" Lin Fei refilled the empty glass. "No rush, tell me slowly."
Liang Yanru drank another half cup, and her anger finally subsided a little: "I can't even hold back two farts."
Lin Fei: "Didn't you talk to him?"
After all, it was their child who was born.
Liang Yanru's remarks greatly surprised Lin Fei.
She said, "My parents just told me to have the baby, but they didn't say that the child had to be paid for by Ji."
Lin Fei: ...
While the logic is sound, one should still abide by public order and good morals during the marriage and not inexplicably accuse someone of being cuckolded.
"Young Master Ji... is it not working?" Lin Fei coughed a few times.
Liang Yanru, who was still raging, suddenly fell silent, her face flushed: "Fine..."
Lin Fei thought that since they were all adults, they should be more open-minded and said, "Then you should have a good talk and find out what he thinks."
“He’s a supporter of feudal ideology, he’ll definitely say yes with a blank expression.” Liang Yanru imitated Ji Peiqian’s tone. “Hmm, okay, let’s do it the way Mom and Dad say.”
Lin Fei almost suffered internal injuries from suppressing his laughter.
"And you? What do you think?" Liang Yanru asked.
Lin Fei's smile vanished, and she asked blankly, "What...should I think about this?"
It's not like she wants to get pregnant!
"Should I agree?" Liang Yanru slumped dejectedly onto the table. "If I don't do it, my parents will keep pressuring me for the next year, which is really annoying. But if I do do it... I don't want to! At this age, there are so many things I could do, why am I in such a hurry to have a child? And if I have a child just because I'm being pressured, how irresponsible would that be!"
“Well said, we won’t have any more children.” Lin Fei unconditionally sided with Liang Yanru. “If they ask again, just say we’re trying.”
"Have you forgotten what my family does?" Liang Yanru sighed. "If we try for three months and there's still no progress, Ji Peiqian and I will both have to be sent to the hospital for examination."
"Let Ji Peiqian go and talk to her." Lin Fei thought to herself that having a child is not a one-person affair, so why was Liang Yanru the only one being urged?
Liang Yanru asked uncertainly, "He's so indecisive. After we talk, he might side with my parents. Besides, I don't want him to be involved in too much of my family's affairs."
"It's not a solution for you to run away to my house, is it?" Lin Fei could let her stay for a few days, but if it went on for too long, Liang's parents would start calling her.
Liang Yanru muttered, "If I had known, I would have applied for a master's program outside the province, so I wouldn't have had to deal with all this trouble."
"Don't think too much during the New Year holiday." Lin Fei tidied up the table. "Let's go watch a movie and relax for a while."
There was no good solution at the moment, and it was no use for Liang Yanru to think any further. She gave up struggling and lay down stiffly on the sofa.
In one afternoon, the two of them finished watching the first three Resident Evil movies; Lin Fei slept for the equivalent of two movies.
As soon as the opening credits of the fourth installment started, Liang Yanru shook Lin Fei awake.
"Have you finished watching?" Lin Fei asked, opening one eye.
Liang Yanru: "Let me stay at Grandma's house during the Lunar New Year. They'll definitely come knocking on my door again to bother me."
"Aru," Lin Fei said, propping himself up on the sofa, "running away now is useless."
"Are you really going to make me and Ji lose money to have a baby?" Liang Yanru buried her head in her hands. "If I really get pregnant, I won't be able to drink alcohol or go clubbing."
Lin Fei: ...
Is this the key point?
"Do you like children?" Lin Fei asked.
Liang Yanru: "I don't hate it, but I don't want to be a mother too early. Right now, my studies and work are more important. My family thinks they can give me all of these things, so there's no need to prioritize them. I feel like my family is a huge fraud ring. First, they said that if we got engaged, they would allow me to continue practicing at the TCM clinic. Then they said that if we got married, they would give me an internship opportunity at their family hospital. Now they're saying that if I have a baby, I can do whatever I want after that. How is this any different from a pig butchering scam? They lure me in step by step, and I took the bait."
Lin Fei felt ashamed. Why should the young lady study medicine? She should be doing stand-up comedy. Her family's feudal and outdated ideas can be her inspiration. She will never lack material.
"Or I could just say Ji Peiqian is no good, and have him taken to the hospital for a series of tests." Liang Yanru lay down. "At least we'll have some peace and quiet for a while."
Lin Fei: "Aru, even if you don't have any gratitude towards each other, you still have a bond as husband and wife. You can't push someone into a fire pit."
"Anyway, you can't tell any emotion from his deadpan face, and he's quite patient—more patient than I am when listening to those feudal old men ramble on." Liang Yanru thought her idea was excellent.
"Didn't you want to go to the deep mountains and forests to be like Shennong tasting hundreds of herbs? I'll go with you, don't mess with people," Lin Fei advised. "I can't watch you make a fool of yourself."
"I don't care, I'm going to stay at your house until school starts." Liang Yanru said shamelessly, "Liang Yanzhe is my distant cousin, so you're my cousin's wife. You have to treat me."
Lin Fei had no objection: "Go ahead and stay, there are rooms available."
Before dinner, more people came to our house.
Ji Peiqian arrived with gifts, saying he had come to take Liang Yanru home.
"I'm not going back. I'm sleeping with Mumu tonight." Liang Yanru leaned against the wall, arms crossed, one leg crossed in front of the other, looking nonchalant.
Ji Peiqian stood there for a while, then said calmly, "I will handle things with my parents."
"What good excuse do you have?" Liang Yanru asked, tilting her chin up. "Don't try to calm me down if you can't come up with a good one."
Lin Fei nudged Liang Yanru with his elbow: "Be a lady, remember you're a lady."
"I've thought about it, so I think we should just have the baby." Liang Yanru straightened up.
Ji Peiqian replied quite quickly this time: "I'll talk to my parents, you don't need to worry."
Lin Fei was startled: "Aru, don't be impulsive. Think about your treasured wine, think about the disco you haven't had enough of."
"Then let's not have the baby." Liang Yanru regained her senses.
There was no good solution, and since Ji Peiqian offered her a way out, she accepted it.
Having received Liang Yanru's promise, Ji Peiqian didn't go inside. He handed the gifts to Lin Fei and left first.
Liang Yanzhe had a last-minute surgery and wouldn't be back that night, so the two of them could go out for dinner and shopping.
While shopping, Liang Yanru mentioned Lin Fei's recent shop and asked, "By the way, I heard that Chunxi Street has introduced investors, mainly for homestays."
"How did you know?" Lin Fei, who spends every day in Chunxi, had no idea.
Liang Yanru: "Please, at least pay attention to your subdistrict office's official WeChat account. It's been posted for a while now."
Lin Fei has been extremely busy lately and hasn't had time.
She quickly took out her phone to check the past articles and found that there was indeed an announcement about attracting investment, and it even required themed homestays that conformed to the folk customs of Chunxi.
"Alright, I'm not going to hold it against you for acting like a scoundrel at my house today." Lin Fei thought to himself, this is a big deal, I have to close it for Grandma.
Liang Yanru looked at Lin Fei, whose eyes were shining, and shook her head helplessly.
While not exactly career-driven, Lin Fei is definitely money-minded; wherever there's money, there she is, always on her heels.
Lin Fei used to help the student union's external relations department when they couldn't get sponsorships; all they had to do was provide her with a week's worth of meals.
Liang Yanru: "And last time you told me you wanted to consign cultural and creative products at the museum, Ji Peiqian and his team just collaborated with the provincial museum at the end of the year, I asked him for you."
"My dear Aru!" Lin Fei hugged Liang Yanru tightly. "I never thought you would be willing to trouble Ji Peiqian for my sake. You are so kind. I love you so much."
Liang Yanru looked disgusted and shoved her, saying, "Be normal, everyone's looking over here."
"What did they say over there?" Lin Fei's voice was sweet.
Liang Yanru was used to her friend's sycophancy: "You know the nature of their profession. Now the crackdown on illegal dining and drinking is very strict. Ji Peiqian can help you make contact and submit the materials. With his guarantee, plus the fact that the company and the museum have cooperated before, they will give you priority consideration."
"Okay, okay, my dear lady, what would you like to eat today? I'll pay for it." Lin Fei thought to herself, "It's so easy to cling to my best friend's coattails."
Liang Yanru asked, puzzled, "Why didn't you ask Brother Ze first? Don't underestimate his connections in Jiangdu."
Several of his close friends were not ordinary people.
"Why ask him?" Lin Fei was even more puzzled than Liang Yanru. "Don't I have you?"
Liang Yanru: "Shouldn't you think of your husband first?"
“I was the first person you thought of when this happened,” Lin Fei said. “It’s not that I don’t want my husband’s help and have to be a strong woman. Shouting slogans is meaningless. It’s only useful to work hard and rationally. After checking the information, I found that Ji Shao’s game company had just collaborated with the museum. I thought he must be more familiar with the people there. In addition, we have a cooperative foundation. If he is willing to step in, my chances will be greater. So I asked you for help.”
Liang Yanru smiled. She had been thinking too narrowly. Lin Fei seemed careless in his actions, but in reality, he had many ideas.
"More than any of that, I want to receive the official notification from the museum and have Mr. Liang praise me for being amazing." Lin Fei stretched out his hand. "That's what I really want."
Liang Yanru didn't understand, but gave up trying to study Lin Fei's thought process; her thought process was different from everyone else's.
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The next day, Lin Fei rushed back to Chunxi to inquire about the news. She heard that the owner of the guesthouse had been confirmed. After some consideration, she decided to ask Song Mingxu to help her get to know the owner.
After hearing Lin Fei's idea, Song Mingxu felt troubled: "My relationship with Boss Zhao is okay, but we're not very close. If I really want to talk to him about this business, I'll have to put in some effort."
"Sure, dinner or gifts, or even just a chat about life, whatever you say, I'll do it." Lin Fei wasn't some college student in an ivory tower who thought good business would come to him on its own; he always had to pay some price for it.
"Are you... sure?" Song Mingxu pursed his lips. "If you're sure you want to host the banquet, I can help you make the arrangements, and I can also go with you."
I was worried about her going out to discuss business alone as a girl.
If Jiang Hua's identity weren't a barrier, he might have been invited to come along as well.
Lin Fei understood that Song Mingxu was thinking of her, and said, "Okay, you help me make an appointment with Boss Zhao, and I'll book the restaurant."
Song Mingxu readily agreed: "Okay, I'll let you know in a week."
Lin Fei was very interested in this deal and started preparations early on.
The restaurant was set up in an old house owned by Song Jili, and we could get some discounts. The gifts were also prepared well in advance.
Having learned that Mr. Zhao was fond of tea culture, Lin Fei bought some from Song Jili's tea shop.
On the day of the banquet, Lin Fei left a message for Liang Yanzhe before the banquet began. She didn't say what she was going to do, but just asked him to pick her up later and send her the address after the banquet.
After sending the message, Lin Fei pushed open the door to the private room.
Song Mingxu stood up and introduced the two.
Mr. Zhao is slightly overweight and short.
When he laughs, he puts his hands on his stomach, looking a bit like the Laughing Buddha.
She first presented the gift, and Boss Zhao recognized the logo on the bag as belonging to Song's Tea House, a rare find on the market, and his eyes narrowed into slits with a smile.
It seems the gift was the right choice.
Since they couldn't start talking about business right away, Song Mingxu skillfully steered the conversation towards Chunxi.
As a native of Chunxi, Lin Fei told Boss Zhao many interesting stories about Chunxi.
Mr. Zhao plans to do business in Chunxi in the future, and this is exactly the kind of topic he wants to hear most. The atmosphere at the dinner table is quite good.
Drinking was inevitable during the meal. Lin Fei's face was already red after three cups. Song Mingxu was worried that she would get drunk and miss important business, so he wanted to drink for her. However, she acted as if nothing had happened. Boss Zhao waved his hand, indicating that it was fine.
Song Mingxu gave Lin Fei a look, reminding her that it was almost time to get down to business.
Lin Fei poured another glass of wine for Boss Zhao, intending to offer some more praise, but was interrupted by a knock on the door.
To Lin Fei's surprise, it was Manager Ye.
Could it be that Song Jili has arrived, given that he can command the butler of the old house?
Manager Ye said "Excuse me" and then two waiters came in, carrying two signature snacks, which they offered as a gift.
Lin Fei got up and walked towards Manager Ye.
"What's wrong?" she asked in a low voice.
Manager Ye looked troubled: "Mrs. Liang, didn't you tell Mr. Liang about your dinner appointment today? He just came over, and he didn't seem to be in a good mood. He's waiting for you at Youran Courtyard now."
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Author's Note: [Sprinkling flowers][Sprinkling flowers] Of course, of course I'll get punished by Daddy! (Runs away)
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