Chapter 199 Gu King (Two in One) "Mr. Yu, let's split up our rooms...
On the way back, Yu Jingmo made three phone calls in a row, one to Assistant Xu, one to his lawyer, and one to the CEO of a media company. In just a few words, all reports about Yue Lanshan were completely blocked.
After hanging up the phone, Yu Jingmo lowered the window a little to let the sultry breeze of the late summer evening blow in and dispel the overly cold air in the car.
Tian Ruan shuddered as the temperature alternated between hot and cold. He asked, "Mr. Yu, is it resolved?"
"Yeah." Yu Jingmo grabbed Tian Ruanweiliang's hand, "It's not a big deal."
Tian Ruan did not ask any more questions. A small figure like Yue Lanshan could at most create a little depression for the protagonist, and then the protagonist would go to comfort him, and his mission would be accomplished.
He took out his cell phone and typed with one hand: Lu Qiuyan, are you home?
Lu Qiuyan quickly replied: Not yet.
Tian Ruan: If you stay, Yu Shang will definitely be in a bad mood.
Lu Qiuyan: Oh.
Tian Ruan: Do you know how to comfort him?
Lu Qiuyan: I don’t know how to comfort people.
Tian Ruan: Then you can say, Yu Shang, although someone is dead, you still have two fathers who are of noble character, beautiful, kind, handsome and rich.
Lu Qiuyan: What a big face.
Tian Ruan: Average, third in the world.
In the original book, the protagonist, the bottom, always lacks a little skill in comforting the protagonist, and Lu Qiuyan has a straightforward personality and is good at arguing with people. It is harder than climbing to the sky to get him to say a word of surrender.
When comforting others, he was even more awkward. For example, when Yu Shang was feeling down, he would blurt out, "You've been feeling down for so long, aren't you hungry?"
When Yu Shang's business suffered losses, Lu Qiuyan thought for a long time: "I was born with talents that will be useful, and I will get my fortune back even if I lose it all."
When Yu Shang was sulking because of him, Lu Qiuyan didn't notice it at all, and at the end he turned the tables and said, "Who made you look so gloomy all day? How would I know you were angry?"
All in all, Lu Qiuyan is sometimes too dull when dealing with emotional issues, which produces unexpected results.
After returning to the manor, Tian Ruan put the matter behind him. I just called Yu Ti's mother and learned that Yue Nuonuo was doing well these days, but she was introverted and needed more guidance.
Legally, Yue Nuonuo is Yu Shang's sister. The name cannot be changed casually. It depends on the girl's opinion. So let's put it aside for the time being. Everyone still calls her Nuonuo, which is also a good nickname.
Tian Ruan bought book covers and wrapped the new textbooks one by one. Some of these textbooks were reissued, some were issued by the Education Bureau, and some were written by various famous teachers invited by Deyin.
Sister Zhang was very skillful, and she helped him wrap the books. They finished in a short while, and said with a smile, "Madam's books are all in good condition, and the previous textbooks are not wrinkled at all."
Tian Ruan doesn't like to fold the pages of his books, and his notes are all neat and tidy. He uses a ruler when underlining, and doesn't like to put labels on things. His books from last semester still look very new.
"For these duplicates, I'll use the previous books." Tian Ruan sorted the textbooks into different categories, "I'll save these for the kids to use in the future."
Sister Zhang asked with a smile: "What child? The one born by your wife?"
Tian Ruan: "...You can give it to Yu Ti, or any younger member of the family. There will always be a time when they will need it. Let's put these in the library first."
Yu Jingmo came down from upstairs. He changed into a soft and light home clothes. He walked steadily and said leisurely, "Madam is really frugal and manages the household well."
Tian Ruan turned his head and glared at him, stuffed the remaining books into his schoolbag, and cleaned up the paper scraps and rulers on the coffee table. "I will keep all my textbooks as memories when I get old."
Yu Jingmo raised his eyebrows slightly, "You have even thought about your old age. Madam, do you want to grow old with me?"
Tian Ruan asked back: "Don't you want to grow old with me?"
Yu Jingmo: "Then you will suffer a loss, my hair will definitely turn white first."
Tian Ruan curled the corners of his lips and his eyes curved: "It doesn't matter, I will try my best to catch up with you."
Yu Jingmo chuckled: "Then I hope you can slow down a bit, so that I can appreciate you running towards me for a while longer."
It was after seven in the evening when Yu Shang returned to the manor.
Tian Ruan had just finished eating and had just finished a walk with Yu Jingmo. When he saw the Rolls-Royce, he went to meet it. Tian Ruan asked with concern: "Son, how are you?"
Yu Shang: "What?"
"You must be very upset after seeing so-and-so make such a fuss." Tian Ruan pretended to feel distressed, "But it doesn't matter. Lu Qiuyan is with you. He will heal all your injuries."
Yu Shang had a blank expression on his face. “Little Dad has a very rich imagination, but I just had a bowl of cold noodles with Lu Qiuyan outside.”
"Cold noodles?" Tian Ruan was stunned.
"Um."
"What kind of cold noodles?"
"It's made with cucumber shreds, peanuts, chili oil, sugar and vinegar, and the noodles are made with alkaline flour," said Yu Shang. "It's very ordinary, but very delicious."
Tian Ruan hadn't eaten cold noodles the whole summer, no wonder he always felt like something was missing, and he felt like he was struck by lightning.
Yu Shang hesitated, "If you like, turn right at the school gate and go straight for a thousand meters, then turn left for twenty meters and you will arrive. It's called 'Delicious Cold Noodles'."
Tian Ruan quickly wrote it down in his phone's memo, "Let's go eat tomorrow." Then he asked, "Besides the cold noodles, what else did you eat?"
"Fried skewers, stinky tofu."
Tian Ruan nodded, "Stinky tofu? Don't you find it smelly?"
Yu Shang: "...Lu Qiuyan likes to eat it."
"You didn't eat?"
"I've eaten." Yu Shang opened his mouth less and walked quickly to the annex to brush his teeth.
Tian Ruan laughed out loud and ran to ask Yu Jingmo happily, "Mr. Yu, do you eat stinky tofu?"
Yu Jingmo declined: "In a business setting, eating spicy food will affect the contract negotiation."
"What about in your free time?"
"No." Yu Jingmo was no longer curious about all kinds of food. He absolutely refused stinky tofu and durian. "I read a news report."
"What news?"
"There was a vendor who mixed feces into the broth to make the stinky tofu smell good enough."
"..." Tian Ruan collapsed, "No!"
His father can no longer look at stinky tofu!
Upon hearing this, Aunt Liu came out and said, "If Madam wants to eat stinky tofu, I can make it."
Tian Ruan came back to life, his eyes sparkling: "Really? Thank you, Aunt Liu, for saving my stomach."
Aunt Liu suddenly felt great. She was the cooking god who saved her wife, and she started to make stinky tofu enthusiastically.
In the evening, Tian Ruan finished her bath and wore a snow-white silk bathrobe. She stood in front of Yu Jingmo hesitantly like a snowball, "Mr. Yu, about the room allocation..."
"I haven't officially started school yet. I'll start tomorrow." Yu Jingmo sat on the edge of the bed, his hair half wet. The outline of his chest and abdominal muscles was faintly visible under the wide black silk bathrobe. His long legs seemed to have nowhere to put, so they naturally rested between the young man's ankles.
Tian Ruan was pulled closer and sat on his strong legs, like a white swan with its wings caught, tempted by the lush aquatic plants and attracted by the hot water.
Under the dim yellow bedside lamp, the man who was abstinent and heartless during the day lowered his eyes, and his dark pupils were filled with the young man's icy skin and bones, as bright as snow.
Yu Jingmo scooped up the snow and rubbed it slowly, letting it melt into warm water.
The water flowed between the veins in his palms, seeping in, just like the dry earth welcoming his rain god.
Snow, water, and rain fell together, merging into rivers, lakes, and seas, with a giant red dragon swimming among them.
In a blink of an eye, the giant dragon stuck out its ferocious head, dug into the snow pile, crashed into the puddles, and went to the place where the rain was heavy to get drenched.
The dam broke.
It collapsed.
The raindrops fell heavily, all pouring on the faucet.
In this wet state, the dragon repeated the process and began a new round of collision.
The room was still not divided.
In just two or three hours, Tian Ruan fell into a deep sleep. In his dream, there was a giant dragon flying around. The heaven and earth changed suddenly. In order to subdue the dragon, he was exhausted.
The next day, the main residence of the Yu family was filled with the "aroma" of stinky tofu.
Aunt Liu's face was full of red light: "It's done! It's done!"
The fragrance spread ten miles away, and Tian Ruan was awakened by the stench, "Oh my God, did the toilet pipe burst?"
In this charming "fragrance", Yu Jingmo put on a gas mask and stood beside the bed, looking at the young man quietly.
Tian Ruan: "...Mr. Yu, is the toilet clogged?"
Yu Jingmo: "It's your stinky tofu."
Tian Ruan: “…”
When it came to stinky tofu, Tian Ruan suddenly felt that the stench wasn't so bad after all. Yu Jingmo wore a gas mask and put clothes on him, even putting socks on his legs himself.
Tian Ruan obediently went to brush his teeth and wash his face. As he was brushing, he uttered, "Ugh~"
Not giving up, he swiped a few more times, "Ugh~!"
“…”
Yu Jingmo leaned lazily against the bathroom door, looking at him with amusement.
Tian Ruan brushed her teeth, washed her face, and applied perfume and sunscreen on her face.
Yu Jingmo stepped forward, took the sunscreen, and applied it on him personally, "If someone didn't know, they would think you were pregnant."
"Pfft, don't curse me."
Yu Jingmo pinched the young man's soft face, which still felt so good. "Go down, I won't eat breakfast at home."
Tian Ruan advised: "In fact, stinky tofu smells bad, but it tastes very fragrant."
"I am not worthy of it."
The couple went downstairs and saw that the servants were also wearing masks in groups of three or four. Only the housekeeper and Aunt Liu were still brave enough to bathe in the stench.
As soon as Yu Shang entered the main house, he quickly retreated because of a "magic attack" and asked in confusion: "Did the septic tank burst?"
Tian Ruan: “…”
Aunt Liu quickly explained: "Master, I made stinky tofu, come and try it."
Yu Shang refused: "No, I'm going to school."
"It's not too late to go after you finish eating."
Yu Shang said seriously, "Father, I'm going to school."
Yu Jingmo: “Yeah.”
Tian Ruan tried to persuade him, "Didn't you eat stinky tofu yesterday? It's okay to eat it again today."
Yu Shang walked away resolutely: "No."
Tian Ruan had no choice but to eat the stinky tofu by himself. Just as he expected, although it smelled bad, after being mixed with ginger, garlic and vinegar, the stinky tofu was almost fried, and it was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with a fragrant and juicy taste.
Tian Ruan decided to bring the delicious food to school and share it with his classmates as a farewell gift for the class.
Mother Liu packed the food into small portions in disposable lunch boxes for easy taking, thirty boxes in total.
Although Yu Jingmo didn't eat, he insisted on sending Tian Ruan to school. I don’t know if it was Tian Ruan’s illusion, but after putting the stinky tofu into the car, the car was filled with its “fragrance”.
Tian Ruan didn't dare to speak.
Yu Jingmo did not show any disdain. After sending Tian Ruan to school, he said as usual, "I'll pick you up after school," and then said to the driver, "Go wash the car."
Tian Ruan: “…”
He nervously brought the stinky tofu to Class 1 of Grade 3, but only saw seven or eight people there, not including Lu Qiuyan, so he planned to distribute it later.
Wang Weiqi greeted him and sniffed back and forth like a dog: "Why do I smell shit?"
Tian Ruan said: "Maybe you were a dog in your previous life."
Wang Weiqi: "Why was I a dog in my previous life?"
Tian Ruan didn't say anything.
Hai Chao said calmly: "A dog will always eat shit."
Wang Weiqi: “…”
Tian Ruan: "I didn't scold you."
Wang Weiqi's fist hardened, then softened, and he asked shamelessly, "What delicious food did you bring?"
Tian Ruan: “Stinky tofu.”
Wang Weiqi really wagged his tail, "This is not shit, it's my favorite!"
Tian Ruan smiled with satisfaction: "Wangwang, you can eat two boxes of stinky tofu."
"Wow, brother, you are so nice. I am almost falling in love with you."
"If you keep saying things like that, you won't even be able to eat warm shit."
"…I don't eat shit anyway."
A tall and handsome figure flashed in at the classroom door. He did not carry his schoolbag properly on his back, but only slung it over one shoulder. Three buttons of his neat and dignified school uniform were undone, and his leather shoes and trousers were neat. However, all this outfit gave him a kind of unruly and unruly temperament.
"Lu Qiuyan." Tian Ruan waved his hand. A pile of stinky tofu in front of him blocked most of his body, leaving only his snow-white face exposed, his brown pupils sparkling.
Lu Qiuyan walked over and suddenly stopped, "You stink."
Tian Ruan: "…It's not me who stinks, it's the stinky tofu that stinks."
“You brought stinky tofu?”
"Well, Aunt Liu made it. It tasted great when I ate it, so I brought some for you."
"Oh." Lu Qiuyan casually picked up the top box and opened it. More than a dozen pairs of eyes in the class looked at him. He paused and said, "This is the stinkiest stinky tofu I have ever smelled."
Tian Ruan was deeply moved. At least Lu Qiuyan didn't say anything like shit. What a polite child.
Wang Weiqi couldn't wait to smell the stench and came over, "Give it to me, give it to me."
Tian Ruan gave him two boxes of stinky tofu as agreed, and distributed the rest to everyone except Yu Shang.
At first, some people hesitated whether to eat it or not, but seeing Wang Weiqi wolfing it down, Lu Qiuyan also eating with relish, and even Hai Chao eating it, out of curiosity, everyone opened it and tasted it one after another.
Suddenly I discovered a new world.
These young masters and young ladies have been spoiled since childhood, eating all kinds of delicacies from land and sea, or at least from Michelin restaurants. They have never paid attention to roadside stalls, and have never heard of stinky tofu.
Now when I smell it, it is refreshing, just like taking a magic potion. I finish eating one piece after another and still feel unsatisfied.
Therefore, every student passing by Class 1 of Senior Grade 3 smelled a strong stench, and the people inside looked intoxicated, so they ran away in fear.
"Teacher, the people in Class 1 seem to be possessed by a Gu!"
Word spread quickly, and finally it was known that someone in Class 1 knew some evil magic, and he bewitched all the students in the class, making them follow his lead and help them prepare for the next test.
As long as all students in Class 1 get zero points, that person will naturally be ranked higher.
The more he thought about it, the more this made sense. The rumor spread to the student union. When Yu Shang heard that someone in his class had cast a spell, he felt like he had heard a fairy tale: "Who cast a spell?"
"Tian Ruan." Xi Qin pushed the frame of his glasses. "Everyone said he brought a kind of stinking poisonous insect that infected everyone in the class, except you who were lucky enough not to be in the classroom."
Yu Shang: “…”
Xi Qin glanced at his phone, "They said that Class 1 is now the walking dead, and Tian Ruan is the Gu King. He wants to lead the whole class to destroy Deyin and destroy the world."
Yu Shang: “…………outrageous.”
At this moment, Tian Ruan, who had conquered the whole class with his stinky tofu, had no idea what was happening outside.
"It's really delicious." Nan Huaiju smelled the stench when he entered the classroom. He refused at first, but when he saw Hai Chao had finished eating, he reluctantly tried it, and ended up discovering a new world.
At this time, the head teacher stood at the door of the classroom with a serious face. He did not come in, but just looked at the students in the classroom.
The student sitting in the front row was the first to notice and immediately sat up straight: "The teacher is here."
"Why doesn't the teacher come in?"
"No class today?"
Everyone was whispering, and the head teacher finally made up his mind to walk in, staring at Tian Ruan with majestic eyes.
Tian Ruan: “?”
Head teacher: "Tian Ruan, what did you give everyone to eat?"
Tian Ruan: "There's still one box of stinky tofu left. Do you want some, teacher?"
Homeroom teacher: "…Are there bugs in stinky tofu?"
"There are no bugs. My cook fried them in oil."
"Okay, open the window for ventilation." The head teacher was not a superstitious person, so he said directly, "People are saying that you have cast a spell on your classmates."
"???"
Lu Qiuyan sneered: "You have never eaten stinky tofu, so you say it is a poisonous insect."
Nan Huaiju: "That's right, they just didn't get to eat the stinky tofu, so they slandered Tian Ruan like this."
The head teacher patted the podium with his hand and said, "Every rumor is true. Remember this when you are divided into different classes. Don't believe any rumors."
Yu Shang knocked on the classroom door.
"Come in."
Yu Shang walked into the classroom, glanced at Tian Ruan, and said, "I will check the rumors carefully."
Tian Ruan was speechless. What the hell was going on?
The head teacher started reading out the names of the classes. Tian Ruan was a little nervous, fearing that he would be separated from the main characters, top and bottom. Fortunately, he, Lu Qiuyan and Yu Shang were still in Class 1.
Hai Chao and Nan Huaiju were assigned to Class 2.
Wang Weiqi was assigned to Class 10. He opened his mouth blankly and suddenly let out a wild animal howl: "Ah!"
The head teacher's hands trembled and he almost dropped the tablet. "Wang Weiqi, if you keep howling, you will be assigned to the bathroom and clean the toilet every day."
Wang Weiqi stopped howling.
After the class list was finalized, the head teacher left. Before leaving, he said, "Don't close the windows today, or new students will think it's the bathroom."
Tian Ruan heard the subtext, the teacher also thought stinky tofu looked like shit...Okay, I won't bring stinky tofu again.
After the classes were divided, Tian Ruan didn't even have to move her things. She sat in front and behind Lu Qiuyan, and across the aisle from Yu Shang. She could barely be considered their "deskmate."
"Brother, I can't bear to leave you, Lu Qiuyan, and that person." Wang Weiqi had a sad face, carrying his schoolbag as he walked, acting like a man who can shed tears easily, "Without you, my life is boring."
Tian Ruan walked him slowly towards Class 10, "After a journey of thousands of miles, we must finally say goodbye."
Wang Weiqi cried even harder.
Classmates passing by cast contemptuous glances at him. A big boy as black as charcoal was crying so ugly.
Tian Ruan stood three steps away from Wang Weiqi, pretending not to know him, looking away and saying, "Don't be too sad. I know you can't bear to leave, but you have to think like this. Nan Mengyao is also in Class 10."
Wang Weiqi suddenly stopped crying, and his tears disappeared in an instant. He opened his big eyes with clear black and white and asked: "Nan Mengyao is in Class 10??!"
Tian Ruan nodded, "Yes."
Wang Weiqi jumped three feet high, almost hitting the dome of the corridor. His feet seemed to be equipped with motors, and he rushed to Class 10 at a high speed: "It's finally my turn to welcome the bright and glorious tomorrow, goddess, here I come!!"
Tian Ruan: “…”
It is said that brothers are like limbs and women are like clothes - this is of course not true - but for Wang Weiqi, women are like his life and brothers can be abandoned.
Tian Ruan watched Wang Weiqi go away, turned around, and walked back alone.
After a year of studying together, he sincerely wishes every classmate a brighter future.
In the evening, Tian Ruan returned to the manor. The smell of stinky tofu was completely gone from the main house, and only the cool incense of smoke was left. Aunt Liu looked embarrassed, and I wonder if she was scolded by the housekeeper.
The housekeeper is responsible for the master's food, clothing, daily life, and matters inside and outside the house, so he naturally has to take them seriously. The master may indulge his servants once or twice, but if they skip breakfast every day for some reason, it would be a dereliction of duty for the master as a housekeeper.
It just so happened that Tian Ruan didn't want to eat stinky tofu for the time being, so he praised it to Liu Ma and said, "My classmates all like to eat it."
Aunt Liu: "That's good. Next time when Madam wants to eat it, I'll make it at home in advance and bring it to you."
Tian Ruan nodded.
In the evening, Tian Ruan reviewed the class he was going to take tomorrow, took a shower, put on a bathrobe and walked to the study door, knocked on the door and went in, and said to Yu Jingmo who was concentrating on his work: "Mr. Yu, I will officially start the class tomorrow."
Yu Jingmo: “Yeah.”
"Then I'll go to the guest room."
"I have to work until ten o'clock, you go to bed first."
Tian Ruan heard what he meant, that he would not do anything to him tonight, and returned to the master bedroom with secret delight. She kissed the breath beside her, and fell asleep peacefully hugging the thin ice silk quilt.
After working until ten o'clock, Yu Jingmo took a shower, dried his hair, sat on the edge of the bed, and tucked the quilt for the young man who was sleeping soundly.
Tian Ruan's body was smooth and softer than satin.
Yu Jingmo couldn't help but pinch and rub it.
Only after he had taken advantage of Tian Ruan did he let him go.
Tian Ruan was sleeping soundly and apart from humming a few times, he didn't refuse.
While brushing his teeth in the morning, Tian Ruan discovered two strawberry marks on his neck. Suspecting that they were left from the night before, he covered them with his shirt collar and didn't think much about it.
On the first day of formal classes, the classroom discipline was lax, and there were many new students in the class. They all came from business families and were used to chatting, so social interactions were formed in a short time.
The teachers don’t care much about it. Anyway, their careers are not based on the college entrance examination, and making friends with the powerful is a top priority.
Tian Ruan was a little distressed at first, but then he heard Lu Qiuyan say: "If you are in the business or political circles in the future, probably one-third of them will be your classmates or from the same school."
Tian Ruan: "...Is this world just a huge Deyin?"
It is no wonder that they are willing to make friends widely, as it turns out that they are laying the foundation for future interpersonal relationships.
Tian Ruan wondered if his classmates would remember him as the King of Stinky Tofu Gu...
After a day of lax discipline, Yu Shang finally said "quiet", and everyone really attended the class.
Tian Ruan, on the contrary, was absent-minded and was determined to ask Yu Jingmo for a separate room tonight.
So that night——
"Mr. Yu, shall we have separate rooms?"
"Do it once, and we'll split it."
“…Just once.”
"Um."
As a result, this time it was particularly long, so long that Tian Ruan couldn't remember how many times he had done it, and in the end he fell asleep while moaning.
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