Chapter 28: Drunk (Two in One) "You looked at my butt!"...
It was autumn now, and the restaurant owner was reluctant to turn on the air conditioner. Although the private room was not cold, the warm steam from the food was distinct and enshrined the two people's brows.
Tian Ruan looked at Yu Jingmo in confusion. Seeing that he didn't say anything, she asked again, "Are you unhappy?"
This sentence is exactly the same as the previous one, but the context is completely different.
Yu Jingmo looked up at him, but didn't answer the question. He just said, "Don't talk while eating."
Tian Ruan said "oh" and ate obediently.
There are many maple trees in Suzhou City. There is a red maple tree in the courtyard of the restaurant. The owner specially hung a light bulb on it so that people can enjoy the maple leaves at night.
In addition to maple leaves, there are also moths, ladybugs, and two playful tabby cats.
Tian Ruan asked the boss: "Did you raise Miss Hua as well?"
The boss was puzzled: "Why should I raise insects?"
"Then I'll take it away." Tian Ruan grabbed the ladybug like a treasure, "It's a seven-star one."
"Why is it called Flower Girl?" Yu Jingmo asked.
"An alias for the countryside that you've definitely never heard of."
Yu Jingmo smiled and said, "You want to keep it?"
"It won't live long, so let it go free." Tian Ruan walked out of the courtyard gate and stretched out his palm towards the moon hanging between the tall buildings.
The seven-spotted ladybug flaps its wings and flies away.
Yu Jingmo looked at Tian Ruan and said, "In three years, you will also be free to go away."
Tian Ruan was stunned. He should have been happy. In fact, he was happy just now. But for some reason, he felt a little depressed. Just a little bit. He didn't take it seriously. "Yeah."
Yu Jingmo took him back to the car in silence.
Three years from now, who knows what will happen then.
It’s too early to say now.
The manor was brightly lit as usual, because Yu Shang was the only one having dinner tonight. According to Yu Shang's instructions, the meal was very simple, a pot of homemade rice balls with glutinous rice wine.
The three-colored glutinous rice balls sank in the milky white wine. The sweet and sticky hot air rushed into Tian Ruan's nostrils, and he couldn't help but smell it again and again. Seeing this, Aunt Liu smiled and said, "There's still a lot in the pot. Can you give Madam a bowl?"
Tian Ruan: "Then I'll eat a few."
Aunt Liu knew that he had eaten enough outside, so she served him eight dumplings the size of a fingernail and added a little more soup.
Tian Ruan sat opposite Yu Shang and ate a small bowl of soup. His stomach felt warm and his face flushed. He smiled at Yu Shang and said, "Son, is it delicious?"
Yu Shang: “…”
At this time, Yu Jingmo finished reading today's newspaper and walked over. Seeing Tian Ruan in such a mood, he said in a light voice: "Why are you grinning like an idiot?"
Tian Ruan's mind was swollen, and what he said was incoherent: "Mr. Yu, you are so beautiful. You should eat more dumplings. After eating dumplings, I feel warm in my heart."
Yu Jingmo: "...You got drunk after eating some fermented rice wine?"
"No, no." Tian Ruan shook his head like a rattle.
Yu Jingmo put one hand on his head to stop the rattle from shaking him dizzy, "Can you stand up?"
Tian Ruan stood up suddenly, the chair rolled back with a creaking sound, and the whole person swayed and swayed... Yu Jingmo pushed the "tumbler" into his arms, and the person fell in.
Tian Ruan thought he was the one walking, and said as he walked: "I'm not drunk, I can still march." As he said that, he took a step forward and almost did the splits on the spot.
Yu Jingmo pulled the man up and said, "Behave yourself."
Tian Ruan obediently was half-supported and half-lifted up the stairs.
Yu Shang glanced at him speechlessly, but heard the housekeeper say excitedly: "Sex after drinking, flowers in full bloom, beautiful scenery, a perfect couple made in heaven!"
Aunt Liu smiled so hard that her teeth showed and her eyes could not see: "Yes, we finally shared a room together."
Yu Shang: “…”
Minors should not hear such contents, so Yu Shang turned around and left.
On the second floor, Yu Jingmo dragged the drunk young man to the guest bedroom. As soon as he entered the room, he saw the full-length mirror next to the wardrobe. He paused, remembering the soft white mass when Tian Ruan took off his pants.
Tian Ruan went to the bathroom on his own.
Yu Jingmo followed a few steps and asked, "Can you do it yourself?"
Tian Ruan suddenly turned his head and said, "I'm going to pee, why are you following me? Do you want to watch me pee?"
“…”
"Don't look! Even if you are Yu Jingmo, you are not allowed to look at my Jiji."
"..." Yu Jingmo asked casually, "Why can't I see it? You are my legal partner."
Tian Ruan's cheeks puffed up, "I can still grow. I'll show you when I'm fully grown."
If Tian Ruan was awake, he would definitely notice the surprise in Yu Jingmo's eyes and the helpless smile, "Okay, I won't watch it."
Tian Ruan felt relieved and went to the bathroom.
Yu Jingmo was worried, so he stood outside and listened to the faint sound of water...
Tian Ruan took a shower by the way. This behavior engraved in his genes would not go wrong. Even though he was not awake, he finished washing in a state similar to sleepwalking.
Tian Ruan came out wrapped in a bathrobe, his mind still fuzzy. He saw a well-dressed man sitting on the small sofa at the end of the bed. He walked closer to take a closer look. He saw long eyebrows, phoenix eyes, a high nose, thin lips, and a frosty face.
The man raised his eyelashes slightly, and his pair of dark pupils seemed to be frozen.
Tian Ruan suddenly became furious: "You looked at my butt!"
Yu Jingmo: “…”
"You looked at my butt!"
“…”
"You rascal," Tian Ruan accused, "You actually looked at my butt."
Yu Jingmo raised a finger and poked the drunk young man in the abdomen.
Tian Ruan laughed and jumped away, "You're tickling me."
Yu Jingmo stood up, and in a moment, he stood in front of Tian Ruan like a towering jade mountain.
Tian Ruan stared at him in disbelief, "Why are you so tall?"
Yu Jingmo didn't expect a drunk person to speak coherently, "I'll ask Aunt Liu to make you a bowl of hangover soup."
As he was speaking, there was a knock on the door.
Aunt Liu said outside: "I made a hangover soup for Madam, do you want it?"
"Come in."
Aunt Liu opened the door, came in, put down the sobering soup and left, for fear of seeing something she shouldn't see.
Yu Jingmo picked up the hangover soup on the bedside table and said, "Come here, drink it."
Tian Ruan went over in a daze, "What soup? Ecstasy soup? Meng Po soup?"
Yu Jingmo tested the temperature of the soup and found it was just right, so he held the back of Tian Ruan's head with one hand and put the bowl to his lips with the other.
Tian Ruan lowered his head and drank the hangover soup slowly like a kitten. "I know. Sour plum soup. I love it."
"Yeah." Yu Jingmo put the bowl on the tray at the door and someone would take it away.
He returned to the room and saw the young man still standing stupidly beside the bed, so he said, "Go to sleep."
Tian Ruan obediently crawled into the quilt, looking at Yu Jingmo with round eyes, like a little animal, "What do you say when you see my butt?"
Yu Jingmo: "...Why do you still remember it? Holding a grudge."
Tian Ruan stared at him.
Yu Jingmo had no choice but to bend down and tuck the corner of the quilt for him. He put one hand over his eyes, and felt the soft touch of eyelashes brushing against his palm. He couldn't help but lower his voice and said, "Go to sleep."
Tian Ruan’s eyes went dark, his consciousness quickly blurred, and he fell into a deep and sweet dream.
Yu Jingmo looked at him for a moment, turned off the main lights, turned on the night light beside the bed, and went out and closed it gently.
The next day, Tian Ruan was awakened by his biological clock, but he couldn't remember when to go back to his room to sleep. So he just ignored it, washed up and went downstairs to eat.
At the dinner table, Yu Shang looked at him strangely.
Aunt Liu smiled and brought him a bowl of bird's nest and red dates. "It's for replenishing your blood. Madam, drink it quickly."
Tian Ruan was eating bird's nest and asked, "Why doesn't Yu Shang have it?"
Yu Shang refused: "I don't need it."
"?"
Have breakfast after eating bird's nest.
Yu Jingmo arrived at the restaurant on time. He seemed to have just exercised, and his hair was slightly wet after taking a shower. He sat down in the main seat in the east and had breakfast as usual.
Tian Ruan silently admired Yu Jingmo's self-discipline. He got up so early to exercise. I don't know where he got so much energy...
After dinner, go to school.
Sitting in the car, Tian Ruan felt that the area under his butt was unusually soft, and the backrest was lowered to make it easier for him to lie down. He pulled out the familiar soft cushion from under his butt. Wasn't this the one that was used to cushion the dining chair?
The butler bowed outside and respectfully saw his master off.
The car was about to drive out of the manor when suddenly the window dropped and a cushion flew out from inside, hitting the butler's face.
housekeeper:"……"
Inside the car, Yu Jingmo looked at the angry young man and felt inexplicably happy: "I heard that you joined the opera club?"
Tian Ruan was distracted, "Yeah."
"There's a foreign opera troupe touring at the West Side Opera House this weekend, Der Rosenkavalier - 'The Rose Knight', do you want to go and see it?"
“…Actually, I’ve never seen an opera.”
“You can learn about history.”
"The German Opera Troupe should just be doing something small, not serious, right?"
Yu Jingmo chuckled, "Of course. Most of the students at Deyin High School come from merchant families. Art is only used to cultivate one's sentiments. Once they leave Deyin, most of them still focus on their family business."
Tian Ruan was a little relieved, "Fortunately, I don't have a family business to inherit, so I can study the major I like."
Yu Jingmo looked at him, "What major do you want to study?"
"translate."
"Want to be a translator?"
"Um."
"Then you have to finish high school first."
"..." Tian Ruan turned his head and glared at him, "Do you still think I'm just going to school for fun?"
Yu Jingmo didn't comment, only saying, "It's always good to read more books."
When I arrived at school, morning reading had just begun. Morning reading in aristocratic schools is different. You can go to the garden, to the woods, to the rooftop, to the teahouse, to the ends of the earth... and then come back for the next class.
Tian Ruan stayed in the classroom obediently, reciting classical Chinese and checking homework to be handed in.
This check made Tian Ruan's mind go haywire. He didn't do his homework last night...
He rushed to Yu Shang in a hurry and pleaded in a low voice: "Son, it's urgent, please lend me your homework to copy."
Yu Shang: “…”
Yu Shang reminded modestly: "What did you call me?"
"President." Tian Ruan immediately changed his tone, "Lend me your homework so I can copy it."
"Which one?"
“Chinese, math and English.”
"What did you do last night?"
"sleep?"
Yu Shang didn't want to ask any more questions, so he found all the homework books for him and said, "Give them to me after class, or I'll deduct points."
"……good."
It has to be said that as the academically gifted protagonist, Yu Shang’s handwriting is neat and vigorous, and it looks very refreshing at first glance. Tian Ruan likes to copy such homework the most and is not afraid of making mistakes at all.
I finally finished my homework before the morning reading ended.
During class, the head teacher announced: "Tomorrow we will have a pre-holiday mock exam, again in Chinese, math and English. New students don't have to take this mock exam."
After he finished speaking, the classmates looked at Tian Ruan with envy.
Tian Ruan was stunned for three seconds and said, "Teacher, I want to take the exam."
Homeroom teacher: "Are you sure? It will be counted in the grade ranking."
"Sure." Tian Ruan didn't want to be treated specially.
The head teacher nodded, and after class, she asked Tian Ruan to go to the office and called Principal Li, who then called Yu Jingmo.
Tian Ruan: "I can't even decide on my own exam?"
Homeroom teacher: "Always ask your guardian first."
“……”His nominal guardian should be Sha Meijuan, right?
After school, Tian Ruan got into Yu Jingmo's car and went home. Yu Jingmo asked again: "Do you really want to take the exam?"
"Um."
"Are you not afraid of getting last place in the exam?"
Tian Ruan glared at him, "No way."
Yu Jingmo nodded, "I hope so."
"Don't worry, I won't embarrass you." Tian Ruan vowed. After all, he was among the top three in his grade. No matter how difficult the courses in the aristocratic school are, he is still confident that he will be among the top 100.
Knowing that Tian Ruan and Yu Shang were going to take exams, Liu Ma specially made red eggs and served them with fried dough sticks in the morning, wishing them prosperity and smooth sailing.
"Thank you, Aunt Liu." Tian Ruan had never received such a good fortune before, and she ate the red eggs happily.
Aunt Liu smiled and said, "In fact, people also prepare red eggs for weddings, so let's make up for it."
“…”
Yu Jingmo glanced at Tian Ruan and said, "Make up for it well."
Tian Ruan angrily ate two red eggs.
There will be two mock exams in the morning and one in the afternoon, and they will be held in different classrooms. Students just need to bring their stationery and go to the corresponding classroom according to the seat number sent by the class group.
Tian Ruan calmly finished the three exams and then had free time.
During this time, the vast majority of students choose to participate in club activities. Tian Ruan was no exception. He was pulled away by the opera troupe and sang with a strained voice for the entire afternoon.
Yevgeny danced to Tian Ruan, twisting his waist and throwing out a ticket: "Are you free this Sunday? Please go to see the opera "Der Rosenkavalier"."
Tian Ruan: "I'm going to watch it too, and I've already reserved a seat."
"What a coincidence!" Yevgeny exclaimed, "Then you should give this ticket to Yu Ti. Although the little girl rarely comes to the club, she should be notified of any activities."
Tian Ruan agreed.
After school, Tian Ruan told Yu Jingmo about this. Yu Jingmo sent someone to give the ticket to Yu Ti, and then said, "Then I won't accompany you to attend, so that people from your club won't see us."
Tian Ruan was stunned, "Mr. Yu, aren't you going to see it?"
Yu Jingmo asked back: "Do you want me to go?"
"I want you to relax and unwind once in a while."
"Then I'll go."
Tian Ruan has already thought of an excuse, "When the time comes, just say it was an accidental encounter."
…
On Sunday, Tian Ruan got up early and prepared to watch the morning opera. Yu Jingmo picked an inconspicuous Maybach to send him off, and it made no sense when it drove into the parking lot next to the West City Opera House.
"This way." After getting off the car, Yu Jingmo led Tian Ruan, "It's closer through the back door."
"Can we go?"
"I have VIP access here."
"Do you often come to see the opera?" Tian Ruan was surprised.
Yu Jingmo said calmly, "Not often, but only when necessary. Watching an opera can make people feel more romantic and less calculating about gains and losses. Even if the deal fails, it can leave an elegant impression and bring more opportunities for the next cooperation."
Tian Ruan admired and said: "So you are the least romantic one."
Yu Jingmo glanced at him, his dark eyes showing no emotion, "I'll just take it as a compliment."
The VIP channel was smooth as expected. The theater manager greeted them personally, took them to the best seats in the theater, and prepared osmanthus tea and several exquisite snacks.
There is also a bunch of bright red and fragrant roses.
Tian Ruan looked at the roses and turned to Yu Jingmo suspiciously, "Did you prepare this?"
Yu Jingmo: “No.”
The theater manager smiled flatteringly: "Mr. Yu and Mrs. Yu's presence has greatly enhanced the theater's glory. This is just a small token of my appreciation. Please forgive me for the inconvenience."
Fortunately, the only people entering the theater at this time were Tian Ruan and Yu Jingmo. Tian Ruan remained calm and said, "Thank you, manager, but there is no need to prepare so much. I don't want people to know about my relationship with Mr. Yu. We are here to watch the show, not to be watched by others."
The manager's smile froze. "Mr. Yu has reserved the entire theater. There shouldn't be anyone else in this show."
"?" Tian Ruan turned around and asked Yu Jingmo, "Really?"
Yu Jingmo: “Yeah.”
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" This made him nervous for two days, fearing that he would be exposed in the theater.
"You didn't ask."
Tian Ruan glared at him.
Yu Jingmo's lips curled up slightly, and he finally smiled: "Stop staring, watch the show."
As the magnificent symphony sounded, The Rose Knight began.
The opera is set in the aristocratic society of Vienna in the 18th century and mainly tells the story of Duchess Marshalin, who has a secret love affair with the young nobleman Octavian.
One morning, the two were having a tryst when Marshalline's cousin came to visit. In order to avoid being discovered, Marshallene disguised Octavian as a woman.
Cousin Oaks is a middle-aged nobleman who is about to marry Sophie, the daughter of a wealthy businessman, and wants to find a maid. Octavian happened to be there, dressed as a woman, and Marshalline couldn't help but be attracted by his beauty, so she recommended Octavian to him.
Octavian gave Sophie a rose, and the two talked to each other in the music. They fell in love with each other during the conversation and kissed each other when no one was around. Oaks arrived and duelled with Octavian.
After many farces, Oaks was disgraced, Marshalline let go, and Octavian and Sophie finally got married.
The opera lasts more than two hours and the plot is quite ups and downs. The actors' interspersed singing was sometimes mournful and sometimes dramatic; there was no stagnation in either the plot or the songs.
The gorgeous costumes, exotic atmosphere, solid lines, and the confusing and beautiful love are all fascinating.
In comparison, Yevgeny's opera club is really just a small-scale operation.
"Is this a world-class opera?" Tian Ruan asked with emotion.
Yu Jingmo: "It's a bit melodramatic. But there is nothing new under the sun."
"..." Tian Ruan came to his senses and realized that it was really a melodrama.
Men dressing up as women, falling in love at first sight, falling in love with someone else, robbing and plundering, competing in the Shura field, and extramarital affairs... There shouldn't be too many elements.
Yu Jingmo stood up and said, "But the opera is not bloody and there is nothing to see. Let's go."
"Um."
As soon as I walked out of the theater and before I reached the parking lot, I heard a series of sweet calls: "Tian Ruan, Tian Ruan~ You're here!"
Tian Ruan turned his head and saw who else it was but Yevgeny.
The colorful group behind Yevgeny are seven or eight members of the opera troupe.
Tian Ruan acted decisively, ran away, and jumped into the car like a spirit rabbit.
Yevgeny: "Tian Ruan! Didn't you hear it?"
Yu Jingmo raised his eyes and glanced, and Yevgeny fell silent instantly. Yu Jingmo got into the car and said to the driver, "Let's go to the company."
The Maybach started slowly and left the theater.
“…………”
"Captain, that person looks familiar, who is he?"
"Tian Ruan looked back just now, right? He must have seen us, right?"
"Then why run?"
Yevgeny turned his head and looked at this group of idiots. "Maybe he is a little short-sighted and a little hard of hearing."
This group of young masters and young ladies believed it in a second: "That's really pitiful~"
Among the thirty-six strategies, running away is the best one. After the car drove a long way away, Tian Ruan felt relieved and took out his vocabulary notebook to memorize words.
Yu Jingmo: "...You are really studious?"
"Can learning be fake?"
"Look at your mock exam results. If you're in the top 100, I'll give you a reward."
"What reward?"
"Don't speak too soon, or you'll be disappointed."
“…”
In every exam of Deyin High School, the top 100 results are made public as a form of encouragement.
Early the next morning, Deyin’s large bulletin board displayed the top 100 students in the mock exam. Hundreds of people gathered in front of the bulletin board, some exclaiming, some sighing, some feeling lost.
Tian Ruan also went to join in the fun. He wanted to see if he could make it into the top 100.
While reviewing the mock exam content in his mind, he recalled what happened to the main characters during the long vacation in his second year of high school - their first kiss!
Yes, it happened during this short holiday.
Tian Ruan was secretly excited: I must eat this melon.
"Who is Tian Ruan?"
"A transfer student from Class 1?"
"So amazing? No wonder he transferred to Deyin..."
The whispers did not fall into Tian Ruan's ears. He searched for his name from right to left and from bottom to top.
No, no, and still no…
He was concentrating when he suddenly heard Wang Weiqi exclaim, "Tian Ruan!"
Tian Ruan turned his head, "What?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the eyes of the students around him swept over.
Wang Weiqi raised a finger.
Tian Ruan: "...You're giving me the middle finger?"
Wang Weiqi was used to giving the middle finger when he was fighting with others, so he quickly changed to his index finger and pointed at the notice screen, "Look!"
Tian Ruan looked up and saw the first person on the far left: Yu Shang.
He was not surprised. As the main character, Yu Shang always ranked first in the grade in every exam.
Tian Ruan was very proud that this awesome protagonist was now his son.
As he was secretly proud of himself, there was a sudden commotion around him: "President... Vice President is here too..."
Tian Ruan turned his head and saw that all the student union members with their own halo were long-legged models. Among them, Yu Shang had the longest legs. He reached the notice board first and people around him automatically made way for him.
Yu Shang didn't look at Tian Ruan. He raised his chin slightly, and his calm eyes scanned from the second place - he came to confirm that Lu Qiuyan was still within the top 20.
Second place: Tian Ruan.
Yu Shang: “…”
The student union also looks at the rankings, "?"
Xi Qin suspected that he was dazzled, so he pushed his silver-framed glasses and looked again. The second place was Tian Ruan, not bad.
Xie Tangyan let out a cry: "Fuck?!"
Qian Lailai, the financial director beside him, reminded him: "Pay attention to your image."
Xie Tangyan moved to Tian Ruan's front and exclaimed in a low voice: "As expected of the Yu Shang family, they are so terrifying."
Tian Ruan: “?”
Xie Tangyan quickly flashed in front of Xi Qin to interview him: "Vice President, how do you feel about falling behind in second place?"
Xi Qin: “…”
Xi Qin looked at Tian Ruan with a fake smile, "Congratulations, classmate Tian."
Xie Tangyan clapped her hands and said sincerely: "Congratulations, Tian Ruan, you are amazing!"
At this point, if Tian Ruan couldn't react, he would be really stupid. He looked up and saw his name clearly written on the second place - if Deyin didn't have the same name as him, it should be him.
On the eighteenth day of school, Tian Ruan became famous in Deyin High School and was crowned the new academic god.
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