Chapter 129 Leisurely Yu Jingmo: "Just call it Soft-Footed Wine."...

Chapter 129 Leisurely Yu Jingmo: "Just call it Soft-Footed Wine."...

The Du family's history of prosperity can be traced back to two hundred years ago, when Du Danren's great-grandfather crossed the ocean due to war and settled in a small town in France.

My great-grandfather was a tailor and my great-grandmother was proficient in embroidery. They opened a tailor shop, which soon became famous in the town for its unique tailoring and skillful embroidery.

Later, a servant of the Duke's family came to the couple and asked them to take measurements for the Duchess. My great-grandmother's unique embroidery skills won the favor of the Duchess, and her fame spread among the nobles.

The tailor shop was recruiting apprentices, and my great-grandmother generously taught her embroidery skills. My great-grandfather went from being a tailor to becoming a fashion designer who was popular in southern France at that time.

With this as a starting point, with the shrewd minds and strategic planning of my great-grandfather and great-grandmother, he made his son marry a noble lady and his daughter marry a top wealthy man. With the support of his children, he completely controlled the largest trade route at that time when he was in his forties or fifties.

By the time of Du Danren's generation, the Du family had actually declined somewhat. After all, with the development of internationalization, the Du family was no longer the leading family in Europe, and the competition in business routes had become more brutal.

In order to seek new opportunities, Du Danren "returned" to his motherland and met Ruan Mengling, a daughter of a small family in Suzhou. He fell in love with her at first sight and sent her flowers every day. He finally won her heart and she went abroad with him.

The only two things he didn't expect were the disappearance of his youngest son and the fact that both sons liked men.

If you like it, just like it. There's nothing you can do about it.

Du Danren lay flat on the bed with his eyes open, motionless. Mrs. Du sat in front of the dressing table in a thin lilac pajamas, applying skin care products to her face, hands and neck. She looked at her husband in the mirror. Although he was fifty years old, he still liked to daydream from time to time.

"Danren, you go to sleep first. I'll put on a facial mask." Mrs. Du said.

Du Danren was about to lie down when his cell phone rang. When he reached for the phone, he exclaimed, "Madam, I sprained my waist."

"..." Madam Du got up and walked to the bedside, picked up the phone and answered it, "Hanbie, what's up so late?"

Du Henbie: "I'm flying to France in the early morning. I'll leave things here to Dad for now."

“What happened to the French companies?”

"It's not the company's business. I'm going to find Helan Si."

"Xiao He went to France?" Mrs. Du smiled. "Why didn't you tell us and take him to the stable to ride a horse?"

Du Henbie: "When I find him, I'll take him to have sex with a horse... No, ride a horse."

Mrs. Du smiled and said, "Then you should be careful over there. There has been a lot of party fighting recently, and our family should not get involved if we can. There is no benefit in that."

"I'll take care of it myself."

Then, Du Henbie simply packed his luggage and flew to France on a plane.

Although it was not the same flight, we landed at the same airport. We left at night and flew for fourteen hours, but it was still morning when we arrived there. It was like chasing the sun.

Du Henbie arrived at the hotel exhausted and knocked on the door of a luxury suite.

"No room service." A hazy young man's voice came from inside, with a slightly soft and tender undertone.

As if realizing that he was speaking Chinese and the people outside might not understand him, he heard a clumsy French voice from inside: "No room service, thank you."

Du Henbie continued to knock on the door, "It's me."

“…”

After a full five minutes, the inside seemed ready. The door opened a crack, revealing a small, pointed face with rosy cheeks like clouds.

Du Henbie lowered his eyes.

Tian Ruan's face was white with a rosy glow, her neck was as slender as jade with two ambiguous red marks, her clothes were disheveled, and even with a loose coat on, it couldn't hide the decadent scent that was stained by fallen flowers.

Du Henbie: "Excuse me."

Tian Ruan pretended to be indifferent and turned his body to the side. When his cheap brother came in, the sofa and carpet in the room were all clean and new, without any signs of having been rolled around.

Yu Jingmo was well-dressed and calmly drinking his morning tea. It was hard to tell that he had pressed the young man down on the sofa and pressed his knees firmly between his legs just a few minutes ago...

Even the hair is meticulous.

Tian Ruan was so angry when he saw Yu Jingmo pretending to be so serious, but he could only glare at him.

"Welcome." Yu Jingmo raised his hand and pointed across the tea table.

Du Henbie sat down and got straight to the point: "If you run into Helan Si while traveling here, don't alert him, just tell me."

"Um."

"I plan to start from the north, you can go to the south first."

“There is no conflict in schedule.”

"That's good." Du Henbie said and stood up to say goodbye, "Then I won't disturb your fun."

"Slow down."

Tian Ruan said, "Mr. Yu and I will go out for a walk later, to Notre Dame, Versailles, Fontainebleau, and maybe we'll run into He Lan Si."

Du Henbie: "I hope so."

This wish did not come true. Even though Tian Ruan queued up to enter the Palace of Versailles and saw many world-famous paintings, sculptures, and murals, there was not a single oriental beauty with champagne-colored hair among the crowds of tourists.

In the following days, Tian Ruan visited many places, including luxury stores, but there was no sign of He Lans.

The fact that Hollands is not present in so many places of fashion and art can only mean one thing: Hollands is no longer in Paris.

After saying goodbye to Du Henbie, they went to the countryside in southern France for vacation.

The hotel is located in an old-fashioned village with beautiful surroundings and a mild climate. Even in winter, flowers are blooming and greenery is lush everywhere.

It has everything from restaurants to swimming pools to private gardens. A few kilometers on foot is a vineyard that provides wine tasting services.

Although they don’t speak the same language, when Tian Ruan meets someone, it will automatically trigger: “Bonjour!”

Yu Jingmo taught him a few simple French sentences, which were enough to cope with daily life in the next few days.

Seeing Tian Ruan saying "hello" to everyone he met, Yu Jingmo pinched his cheek and said, "I don't want a little AI partner, I want a real person partner."

Tian Ruan: “?”

The weather has been very good these days, with scorching sunshine, fresh air, and the exotic scenery is breathtakingly beautiful. Tian Ruan watched and took photos and sent them to Lu Qiuyan.

By the way, he chatted with Lu Qiuyan: "I don't know where that guy Helansi has gone. Such beautiful scenery and architecture are not common in China."

The mountains, rivers and vegetation are not rare, as similar ones can be found everywhere on the earth, but the architectural style here is unique. Even though Tian Ruan doesn't know anything about architecture, he feels that these stone houses have a beauty that has weathered the vicissitudes of history.

"If I had 2 billion, it would be possible for me to go on an adventure to the North and South Poles of the Earth." Lu Qiuyan said casually.

“…No way?”

"Helansi doesn't look like someone who can endure hardship. He probably wouldn't run that far."

"Hmm..." Tian Ruan was strolling in the vineyard. There was a winery here. The owner of the winery invited Yu Jingmo to taste the newly brewed wine.

The owner of the winery said intoxicatedly: "These grapes were stepped on barefoot by the 18 most beautiful unmarried girls in town. The wine brewed from them has a long-lasting fragrance that is endlessly memorable."

Yu Jingmo: "I was just strolling with my wife and saw a few big men stepping on those grapes."

The winery owner waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about the details, otherwise you will lose a lot of fun - and they all wear shoe covers, don't worry."

Yu Jingmo smiled without saying anything. These grapes had gone through the processes of de-stemming, crushing, fermentation, pressing, clarification and filtering. Machines had completely replaced manual labor. Those people stepped on the grapes mostly to show off to tourists - although tourists were not satisfied with the big men stepping on the grapes.

When Tian Ruan saw the big man stepping on grapes, he also wanted to try it.

The winery owner graciously allowed it.

Tian Ruan put on shoe covers and joined the grape-stepping queue, holding onto the pillars and stepping into the wooden barrel filled with purple-black grapes.

Explosion, splash, gurgle.

The sound is very relaxing, and has a wonderful "foot feel". Especially when the grapes are crushed, the green flesh and purple juice are wrapped in rich grape aroma, and it feels like having a spa.

Tian Ruan was having a lot of fun, jumping around.

Then Yu Jingmo said, "These grapes you stepped on can be made into wine, and I'll keep them for you."

Tian Ruan: “Ah?”

Yu Jingmo: "It's called soft-foot wine."

Tian Ruan: “…”

The winery owner didn’t understand Chinese, so he just said, “good, good!”

Tian Ruan waved his hands repeatedly, "No, no, I don't like drinking."

Yu Jingmo translated: "My wife can't drink much."

Winery owner: "That's easy. We can make grape jam or grape pie."

So when having a candlelight dinner in the vineyard in the evening, Tian Ruan had a piece of grape pie that he had stepped on in front of him. It was dark blue in color, like a dark dish.

He hesitated: "Is this really edible?"

Yu Jingmo cut a small piece and put it in his mouth to taste, "I don't mind the grapes you stepped on, but this one is too sweet."

Tian Ruan tried a bite and found it tasted surprisingly good.

With candlelight shining and the sky full of stars, the two of them enjoyed their dinner peacefully. Tian Ruan sighed: "It's great here, life is slow and leisurely, and no one has any worries. It's a pity that we have to leave the day after tomorrow."

"Come back next time if you like."

"Um."

On the last day of the vacation, Tian Ruan woke up early in the morning and called Du Henbie to ask: "Brother, have you found Helan Si?"

Du Henbie was silent for a moment and said, "Every time I tried to catch him, he disappeared."

It is said that a cunning rabbit has three burrows. Helans may have three hundred and sixty burrows. He pops out of one of the caves at different times every day, and it is impossible to guess his whereabouts.

Tian Ruan also admired Helans, who could jump around so happily in Du Hen's other lair.

Thinking of Du Henbie bringing people to catch Helan Si every day, but Helan Si twisted his waist and played hide-and-seek with him smoothly, Tian Ruan suddenly wanted to laugh: "Brother, come on!"

Du Henbie: "..."

After Yu Jingmo washed and dressed, he asked, "Do you want to buy some souvenirs to take back?"

Tian Ruan: "? Do you want to see my suitcase?"

Yu Jingmo opened his suitcase and saw that Tian Ruan had bought a box of "souvenirs" without him noticing, including wood carvings, wreaths, picture frames, bracelets, music boxes, stones...

Tian Ruan said as he put on his pants: "I haven't been wandering around for nothing these few days."

Yu Jingmo did not comment. As long as Tian Ruan liked it, it was good. These things were not expensive.

The two of them went downstairs and ate the vegetable and fruit salad they had picked themselves, accompanied by croissants. It was another simple meal. Tian Ruan kind of missed the pan-fried buns and soy milk and fried dough sticks made by Liu Ma, which were more suitable for Chinese babies' stomachs.

Biting a piece of bread, Tian Ruan turned his head to look at the hotel lobby which was filled with sunshine and lush flowers and plants. A champagne-haired oriental young man was walking towards them leisurely with his long legs, carrying a white suitcase.

Tian Ruan: “…………”

Yu Jingmo looked over and said, "It's really like searching for something without any effort, but now it's found without any effort."

Ten minutes later, Tian Ruan knocked on Helans's guest room door, "Sister-in-law, open the door, I am my eldest brother."

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