Chapter 75 Shrimp Balls and White Flowers
These days, Gu Zhao was given a leave by Commander Zhou and asked to rest well at home.
Gu Zhao didn't have to go to work, so the two of them had nothing to do at home all day studying food.
Some of the things that Gu Zhao couldn't eat now went into Ye Tan's stomach. Occasionally, when she came across something delicious that she couldn't finish, she would send some to Zhao Xiaoya.
Zhao Xiaoya really helped Ye Tan a lot in daily life. She was grateful to her and would give her something back in her daily life.
Zhao Xiaoya originally liked to feed Ye Tan, and there was no shortage of food on this island, especially seafood. After she got older, her school had reduced her classes, and she spent half of the day at home doing nothing. When she was bored, she would prepare some food.
Make pickles and fry some small fish and shrimps as snacks, and send some to Ye Tan every time.
After a few visits, the two families developed the habit of sending food to each other.
Ye Tan was craving shrimp balls today, so Gu Zhao made a lot of them. Thinking of Zhao Xiaoya, Ye Tan brought a plate of shrimp balls to Zhao Xiaoya. When he reached their gate, he heard strange voices in the yard.
She glanced through the gap in the railing and found a girl in a floral dress standing opposite Zhao Xiaoya and Chen Xudong. The two were talking about something. Zhao Xiaoya looked very indifferent, and she protected her stomach with her hands, a subconscious defensive posture in the face of uneasiness.
Ye Tan: Could it be that the person who makes Zhao Xiaoya so vigilant is Song Qianyue?
Ye Tan was quite curious about Song Qianyue, whom she had only heard of but never seen. She looked at her silhouette carefully for a few seconds and then pressed the doorbell.
Zhao Xiaoya turned around and saw her, her unhappy expression blooming into a smile: "Xiao Tan."
After she finished speaking, Chen Xudong also noticed Ye Tan and went to open the door with a cold face.
Ye Tan walked in, looked at the gloomy couple, and showed Zhao Xiaoya the lotus shrimp balls in his hand: "It's still hot from the pot. Try it. I think it tastes much better than the last time."
Zhao Xiaoya ignored Song Qianyue and walked into the living room with Ye Tan. She tried a shrimp ball herself and commented after eating: "It's cooked better."
Ye Tan said with a smile: "Isn't it."
Zhao Xiaoya: "It just so happens that I made some sweet rice cakes this morning and was planning to send some to you later. If you come over, I won't have to make a trip."
She rushed to Chen Xudong who came in and said, "Xudong, go to the kitchen and get some of the rice cakes I made this morning for Xiao Tan."
Chen Xudong responded and turned around. Song Qianyue beside him walked forward quickly, looking at Chen Xudong with a pair of soft eyes and smiling gently: "I'll go. My brother-in-law works hard, so he should rest more."
Chen Xudong's brows tightened. He was a little uncomfortable with this kind of soft concern. He felt uncomfortable and couldn't help but take a step back.
Zhao Xiaoya sneered, "I know better than you whether he works hard or not. If you have nothing to do, go back to the guesthouse."
Song Qianyue's face turned pale, her thin eyebrows were curled, and she bit her lip and said, "Xiaoya, I just care about my brother-in-law. Why do you say such cold words and even drive me away? I came here to take care of you. How can staying in a guesthouse be considered care?"
Zhao Xiaoya had seen her pitiful face many times since she was a child, and she didn't buy it at all: "Don't talk like I'm bullying you. You know what you're thinking about taking care of me. I'm trying to persuade you again. This isn't your hometown, nor is it a place where you can mess around. Now that you understand, go back to where you came from, or you'll suffer in the future."
Song Qianyue: "Sister, you misunderstood me. I really didn't have any other thoughts. I just thought that we are sisters after all..."
Ye Tan burst out laughing. Song Qianyue, who was speaking softly, was interrupted. She couldn't help but look at the girl who had ignored her since she came over.
Taking a closer look, she saw that her facial features were tight and extremely beautiful. Song Qianyue pursed her lips, feeling a little depressed. This face made people unhappy just looking at it.
Zhao Xiaoya: "Xiao Tan, what are you laughing at?"
Ye Tan's eyes were full of smiles: "Your parents only gave birth to you, but she said that we are sisters. Suddenly, an adjective came to my mind."
Zhao Xiaoya was also interested in what he said and asked, "What adjective?"
"Plastic sisters." Ye Tan said, "We are very nice to each other on the surface, but behind the scenes they stab us, smear us, and poach us. Comrade Song, do you think I'm right?"
Song Qianyue: "..." What's right? Bullshit, who can't hear that this is a mockery of her.
After listening to it carefully, Zhao Xiaoya thought it was quite interesting and couldn't help laughing.
Song Qianyue gritted her teeth secretly and cursed in her heart: Laugh, laugh, laugh, wait until I snatch your man away and see if you can still laugh.
Zhao Xiaoya finished laughing and looked at Chen Xudong, who was still standing there stupidly. "What are you doing? Go get Xiao Tan's things."
Chen Xudong glanced at her, turned around and went to the kitchen, and didn't come out for a long time.
Zhao Xiaoya didn't care. Seeing Song Qianyue's gaze following her into the kitchen, she turned around and started talking to Ye Tan.
The two met every few days, and there was nothing important to talk about. They only talked about daily trivial matters, but they were still in high spirits, talking and laughing. Song Qianyue felt that she was being left out.
She couldn't stand being ignored, so she couldn't help but interrupt, "Is this my sister's friend? She's so pretty, and looks familiar to me. Have we met somewhere before?"
Ye Tan didn't say whether he had seen her before or not, but there was an inexplicable smile on his lips: "My name is Ye Tan."
Song Qianyue smiled softly: "Ye Tan, what a nice name. I used to have a friend named Ye, he was a very nice person."
The smile in Ye Tan's eyes didn't reach his eyes: "Really? I also feel that you are quite familiar. Oh, by the way, I have a brother, his name is Ye Yanlin, I wonder if you have heard of him?"
Ye Yanlin?
Song Qianyue, who was gently expressing her kindness, froze in her smile. Ye Yanlin, that ATM?
Song Qianyue's eyes changed when she looked at Ye Tan again. She said with a stiff face, "Are you Ye Yanlin's sister?"
Ye Tan nodded.
Song Qianyue's face turned dark red.
She never expected to meet Ye Yanlin's sister here.
In the past, Ye Yanlin was just a coward to her who spent money on her when he was short of money and took his anger out on her when he was angry. She coaxed him into giving to her, but deep down she actually despised him and felt that he had no manliness at all.
Originally, Song Qianyue planned to dump him after she found a rich man willing to marry her. Unexpectedly, before she could dump him, Ye Yanlin broke into the guesthouse and caught her cheating. When she tried to defend herself, he took out a bunch of intimate photos of her and other men, leaving Song Qianyue with no way to defend herself.
Ye Yanlin, who had no idea what was wrong at the time, scolded and mocked her, and she felt so ashamed that she had no face to show. Song Qianyue never thought that this cowardly man could have such a vicious mouth.
Ye Yanlin also threatened her not to appear in front of him and his family again, otherwise he would print out the photos and post them all over the streets and alleys, causing her to be cursed to death.
Song Qianyue dared to keep moving around among men without getting into trouble. Firstly, her delicate appearance was very deceptive. Secondly, she handled the situation cleanly afterwards. She also dated people in remote towns where no one knew her. Therefore, no one had been able to catch her doing anything wrong for several years.
However, she didn't expect that Ye Yanlin, who had always been submissive and obedient in front of her, actually followed her at some point and took photos as evidence.
Song Qianyue's vital point was pinched at that time, so she had to listen to Ye Yanlin. After that, she never dared to appear in front of Ye Yanlin again.
But her father's hospitalization would cost money, and he also needed a kidney transplant. He also wanted her to give up one of her kidneys for him. How could Song Qianyue agree to that? She went straight to the hospital to cry and complain. She had acted enough as a filial daughter who aroused sympathy and pity, so she took the man home with a helpless look on her face to let him fend for himself. After the man died of his own illness at home, she started to think of other ways out.
She has hooked up with all the men in Hu City who are considered attractive. Those men said nice things to her at the time, but later gave her a sum of money. None of them wanted to marry her. Seeing that she was getting older, it would be even harder to get married if she kept delaying.
There was no future for her to continue staying in Lake City, and with Ye Yanlin being a time bomb holding evidence, she wanted to move to another place.
After thinking about it, she thought of her mother's adopted daughter. She had always been unwilling to accept that she failed to hook up with Chen Xudong. This time, she might as well try again. If she succeeds, she will be the captain's lover in the future. The captain earns more than 100 yuan a month, and I heard that he also gets a lot of subsidies. If she can't marry a rich man, she can marry a captain with a good status.
So she turned around and asked her mother to talk to Zhao Xiaoya's father, and they agreed without much effort. But who would have thought that she had only been on the island for half a day and had not yet used any means of sowing discord, when she met Ye Yanlin's biological sister Ye Tan.
She knew from Ye Tan's reaction after seeing her that she must know about her and Ye Yanlin. If she told anyone about it, everyone would know about her past. How could she still gain any benefit by appearing weak and innocent?
Not to mention that Chen Xudong had always been rude to her, so it would be even more difficult to seduce her.
When Song Qianyue thought about these things, she felt that she was extremely unlucky. She came all the way here and was hit by a blow before she even sat down. The key point was that this was just a small matter now. Could she still survive on this island in the future?
Ye Tan hadn't said anything yet, but Song Qianyue was frightened by her own imagination.
Unfortunately, Ye Tan really didn't want to do anything to her now. Her evidence was still on the way. If she couldn't kill her with one blow, everything she did would be in vain. So Ye Tan scared Song Qianyue and let her go.
She continued to whisper to Zhao Xiaoya: "What are you planning? Just moving into the house like this?"
Zhao Xiaoya: "How is that possible? Of course I'll send him to the guesthouse." How could she let a wolf into her house? Of course she'd chase him as far away as possible.
Ye Tan patted his chest and said, "That's good. I was really worried that you wouldn't be able to bring yourself to chase her away. So be careful when you get along with her. Don't let her do anything bad to you. I'll have to wait a few more days for the goods to arrive. Don't be anxious. Stay calm."
Zhao Xiaoya told her not to worry and whispered to her, "I just found out too. The army here has a time limit for visiting relatives. If there's no one to guarantee her when the time comes, she has to go back to where she came from."
Ye Tan asked her: "How long is the limit?"
"Half a month." Zhao Xiaoya said, "If your things become useless by then, she can't just stay and leave."
"What if she finds someone to guarantee him?" With Song Qianyue's ability, this is not impossible.
Zhao Xiaoya thought about it and realized that it was true. Song Qianyue's appearance was still very deceptive, and there were many innocent young men in the army.
Zhao Xiaoya held Ye Tan's hand and whispered, "I still hope your things are useful, otherwise I will be guilty if she stays here and bullies other guys."
Ye Tan patted the back of her hand soothingly: "Don't worry, my things will be useful if you keep them."
After saying this, Tan Jue glanced at her watch and found that almost half an hour had passed. She thought to herself, "Oh no! I forgot about the man at home."
Ye Tan quickly stood up and said, "Xiaoya, I'm going home now. Gu Zhao is still waiting for me to eat."
Zhao Xiaoya turned around and called out to the kitchen. A moment later, Chen Xudong came out with a packet of rice cakes wrapped in oil paper. Ye Tan didn't bother to be polite with them and took it, saying, "Then I'll be leaving first."
Before leaving, she glanced at Song Qianyue. Song Qianyue, who had been pretending to be silent, was startled when she saw her stand up. She also stood up and walked her to the door with a cautious smile on her face.
Ye Tan frowned, feeling a little strange. Why did she feel that Song Qianyue's expression and eyes when she looked at her were a bit flattering?
Ye Tan walked to the intersection in confusion and turned a corner, then saw Gu Zhao walking towards him.
When the two saw each other from a distance, Gu Zhao stopped and Ye Tan hurried over, "Sorry, I forgot what I was talking about."
Gu Zhao smiled faintly, "It's okay, I'm already very happy that you knew you were back."
Ye Tan: “…” He didn’t complain at all, but every word hurt her, as if she was a scumbag who abandoned her husband and children and left home for ten years without returning.
"Husband, I was wrong. My dear husband, you are the best. Please don't be angry, okay?" Ye Tanbaba held Gu Zhao's arm and poured coaxing words into Gu Zhao's head without paying.
Gu Zhao still had a cold smile on his face: "No matter how good you are, you can't compare to the people outside."
Ye Tan: "...How about I take you with me every time I go out? Hang you on my belt?"
Gu Zhao's lips moved, he could no longer hold back his cold expression, his eyes were filled with smiles, he pinched Ye Tan's cheeks, "You, you have such nice words."
"Is it just a nice thing to say?" Ye Tan blinked her bright eyes, and the corners of her eyes seemed to have hooks.
Gu Zhao's big hands slid down to her slender waist, pulling her into his arms, and said in a magnetic voice, "Your screams are beautiful too."
Ye Tan looked around quickly, and when he saw that there were no people around, he rolled his eyes at him and said, "This is a public place, Captain Gu, please be mindful of your words and actions."
Gu Zhao laughed, stretched out his hand to push open the door, stopped the person and went into his yard. He brought the person into the living room and pecked her on the face. "This is a private place now. Can we do something that can be done in private?"
Ye Tan was squeezed against the door panel, his eyes full of pity as he said in a soft voice, "My waist still hurts."
She was forced to have sex again last night, and she really doesn't want to do it again.
Gu Zhao rested his forehead against hers, his eyes full of smiles: "You are not in a clear mind, I am talking about kissing."
Then as they kissed, they ended up on the bed, right?
It would be strange if Ye Tan didn't know what this man was thinking and believed his lies.
Ye Tan squatted down holding her stomach, slipped out from under his arms, ran to sit at the dining table, and said anxiously: "I'm so hungry, I need to eat."
Gu Zhao followed and sat down opposite her. He picked up his chopsticks and picked up a shrimp ball for her: "Eat more. Only when you are full will you have the energy to work."
Ye Tan almost choked on the shrimp ball and stared at Gu Zhao in disbelief: "You, you just said I was overthinking..."
Gu Zhao said seriously, with an expression that said, "You're really overthinking it." "The work I was talking about was tidying up the grape racks outside. What else are you thinking about?"
Ye Tan’s angry expression paused, and he said embarrassedly: "...So it’s a grape trellis, then I should eat more." After saying that, he didn’t even look at Gu Zhao, but lowered his head to eat seriously.
Gu Zhao watched her eat without raising his head, a smile spreading across his lips. He raised his hand and served her a bowl of mixed fish sour soup.
Ye Tan held the bowl with both hands and drank. After finishing half of the bowl, he saw Gu Zhao eating slowly. He felt that the embarrassing thing just now was over. He said, "Are you able to work now? Otherwise, you can give me the instructions later and I will do the heavy work."
Gu Zhao took a look at her small body and smiled without commenting.
After dinner, accompanied by the refreshing cool breeze, the two of them cleaned up the grape trellis that was knocked down by the previous storm. Ye Tan picked up the scattered sticks and other items and put them together. Seeing Gu Zhao holding a hammer and about to climb the ladder, she hurried over.
"Are you okay?" Ye Tan asked worriedly, "Or we can tidy it up today and put it back together when you're better."
Gu Zhao turned around, his eyes filled with an inexplicable smile: "When have you ever seen your man unable to do anything? Didn't you feel enough last night?"
Ye Tan gave him a look. He was still so competitive at this time. She was worried that he was a dog.
Gu Zhao climbed up the ladder steadily and fixed the nails on the falling apart frame. His movements were neat and the muscles of his arm holding the hammer were clearly bulging from the effort. This little job was easy for him.
The grape trellis was rearranged in less than half an hour. Ye Tan propped up the leaning grape vines and tied up the unstable ones with hemp ropes.
At this time, the sun was setting and the sunset glow filled half the sky. Ye Tan had not watched the sunset carefully for a long time and thought the scene in front of her was very beautiful. She ran back to the workshop, took out her manuscript paper, turned around and went to the second-floor balcony to paint.
After washing his hands, Gu Zhao looked around and found the person on the balcony upstairs. He followed her up and saw that she was painting. He leaned over quietly and watched the flowing scenery under her brush.
Ye Tan used ordinary elementary school pencils, without any paint, so the sunset he drew was just a black and white sketch, but the light and shadow colors were handled very well, allowing people to appreciate the beautiful sunset and the crimson sunset in the sky at a glance.
When she stopped writing, Gu Zhao stretched out his arms from behind and put them around her waist, resting his chin on her shoulder. Together they watched the fiery red sun set over the mountain. The orange-red light dyed the side of their faces red until it disappeared. The sky was gradually covered by black, and cold lights gradually rose outside.
The small balcony also became dim, but the two people who were leaning against each other did not move.
They enjoyed this moment of quiet intimacy, and neither of them had the heart to break it.
Until a gust of evening breeze blew, Ye Tan couldn't help shivering, and Gu Zhao immediately asked: "Are you cold?" He stood up and took Ye Tan back inside. He reached out and turned on the light, and the room was gradually illuminated by a bright yellow halo.
Ye Tan buried herself in the pillow. She had seen too much darkness, and her eyes were a little uncomfortable with the sudden light.
Gu Zhao: "Are you hungry?"
Ye Tan turned his face to the side, revealing a half-closed eye to look at him, and said lazily: "I'm not very hungry yet."
Gu Zhao sat down beside her, put his big hands on her waist, and said with a smile: "That's perfect, I'm not too hungry either, let's..."
Ye Tan didn’t want to hear anything about exercising anymore. She really didn’t want to exercise anymore because she was tired.
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