Chapter 317 Chapter 317 Joining the Army
Every day when going out, Xu Yunfan would dress himself up. In Xu Yunfan's words, words can suppress a gentleman, while clothes can frighten a villain. Image is sometimes an attitude. Especially after entering the Hanlin Academy, Xu Yunfan paid more attention to it.
Xu Yunfan is still very handsome today.
Xu Yunfan rested her arms on the table, her hands supporting her chin, her eyebrows curved in a smile, she looked very pretty and cute, Qin Run's heart softened when she saw her.
"What nonsense are you talking about? You called me baby last night. I heard it clearly. Don't try to deny it."
"Don't you... think it's corny?" In the Great Yan Dynasty, no husband would call his husband "baby". Even children might not get such an affectionate nickname.
"No, I'm very happy," Xu Yunfan said happily. "My elders used to love calling me 'little darling'. Although I sometimes felt ashamed, I knew they just loved me so much. What's there to be embarrassed about? Why should I feel ashamed because of my elders' love? On the contrary, I should be happy."
"Similarly, you call me baby, not because you want to make me happy, but because you like it. So, I'm very happy, not unhappy. I like it very much."
Qin Run, blushing and not daring to look directly at Xu Yunfan, raised his eyes, as if mustering up the courage and suppressing the shame, "I like you. I call you baby, not because I want to coax you, but because I like you too much."
"I know that you like me very much. I knew it when you chased me to the mountain and wouldn't let me go. I knew that I am still very charming." Xu Yunfan said proudly.
For him, being liked by Qin Run is a happy and proud thing.
Qin Run laughed and tapped Xu Yunfan's forehead. "Can you please stop talking about the past?"
It's so embarrassing.
"Why not? Chasing me isn't something to be ashamed of."
Qin Run choked, unable to refute, so he had to change the subject, "I admit that I was moved when I saw you for the first time. What about you? When did you start to like me?"
Xu Yunfan really doesn't know the answer to this question.
His liking for Qin Run seemed confused, but everything was so natural. By the time he realized it, he had already fallen in love with her and could not bear to see Qin Run suffer or be wronged in the slightest.
"I've thought about this question before, but unfortunately, no matter how hard I think about it, I can't find an answer."
"Maybe it was when you stubbornly carried me down the mountain even though you were clearly very tired, and I heard your heavy breathing. Or maybe it was when I included you in my circle. Or maybe it was when you took me to town for the first time and borrowed money from Aunt Qin because you were worried that I wouldn't make enough money and wouldn't have enough meat to eat. Or maybe it was every time you looked at me. Or maybe it was when you cried and asked me to leave Dali Village. Or maybe it was when you had something delicious and always remembered to bring it to me. There are so many things, but I was a little slow to notice and didn't notice it that early. So, I can't give you a definite answer to your question."
Xu Yunfan is not a person who is easily moved, and he will not follow others just because they give him two candies. From childhood to adulthood, he has obtained things so easily that others may never get in their entire lives. It is difficult to impress someone like him with material things.
He has everything he wants: cars worth tens of millions, mansions worth hundreds of millions, luxury cruise ships worth billions. So, if you want to impress him with material things, can you spend hundreds of billions or tens of billions?
But Qin Run didn't. From the very beginning, he couldn't even satisfy Xu Yunfan with a decent meal, but Xu Yunfan couldn't help but become dependent on him without realizing it.
What the hell.
Thinking of this, Xu Yunfan couldn't help but feel amused. His eyes sparkled with a hint of mockery. "Come to think of it, I never thought that one day I would be with a poor boy like you. To be honest, a partner like you is not even within the consideration range of children from wealthy families like us. In fact, in our circle, there is no such thing as a little sparrow with nothing and a younger brother. The story of a sparrow turning into a phoenix is all a lie. But in the end, I am the damn sparrow."
Yes, it was a sparrow, not even a canary. But because of Qin Run, because he climbed onto the branch of the phoenix tree, the sparrow really turned into a phoenix.
Xu Yunfan was very proud of this. "Why is it that I have to be the one to marry into the family? I'm really awesome. Even if I marry into the family, I'll still be the most awesome one, and I'll have the most comfortable life."
Now, he is the son-in-law of General Qin and Prince Xiao, and his status is very impressive.
"You are not a sparrow." Qin Run really couldn't figure out Xu Yunfan's train of thought. For other men, words like marrying into a woman's family and living off a woman's wife are shameful to say. For other men who marry into a woman's family, being a son-in-law of a woman's family may even be a stain on their lives. But Xu Yunfan is different. For him, being able to live off a woman's wife and marrying into a woman's family is actually a good thing worth being proud of.
Xu Yunfan might be a breath of fresh air among the children of aristocratic families. He always does things as he pleases. If he likes something, he does it. If he doesn't like something, he won't even raise his eyelids even if you point a gun at his forehead.
Qin Run put down the half-sewn panties in her hand, waved to Xu Yunfan, and patted her thigh.
With just two simple movements, Xu Yunfan immediately understood and stood up, sitting on Qin Run's legs, allowing Qin Run to hug his waist tightly.
Holding his beloved, Qin Run took a deep breath of satisfaction. He always felt that Xu Yunfan had a sweet smell on his body. It was not the scent of rouge and powder, but an indescribable scent that always fascinated him. After a long time, he couldn't give it up.
He buried his head in Xu Yunfan's chest, so that the voice Xu Yunfan heard was muffled. "Xu Yunfan, you are not a sparrow, you are a noble and proud golden phoenix. Even if you fall into trouble, a phoenix is still a phoenix. You are not relying on me to flap your wings and fly to the branches of the phoenix tree again, but you already have this ability. It is me, the future Qin family..."
The Qin family still has Qin Feiyu to support them now, but after Qin Feiyu has children, it is still unknown whether his body can recover to its original state at his age. If something happens outside the Great Wall, the Qin family will not be able to live in peace.
If the Qin family lost the battle, others would inevitably take over. By then, the Qin family would have lost its current status. Or if they lost the battle, fines, stripping of titles and dismissal from office would be the least severe punishments. The only worry is that if one person is not serious enough, they will be exiled to hard labor or implicated. How many people would then take advantage of the situation?
On the Xiao family's side, there is still Xiao Xuanzhi and three cousins guarding the place. On the Qin family's side, Qin Run is the oldest child of this generation.
Considering that Qin Feiyu can be ranked first among the military generals by his own strength, why can't Qin Run do the same?
Qin Run is busy with business matters and rarely interacts with young men and women in Beijing, but this does not mean that he is ignorant and knows nothing.
Those who are rich in heart are just like the crowd when walking alone. Qin Run does not think about fitting into any group. He is busy every day and has no time to walk around with those rich girls who either go boating or enjoy the flowers all day long.
His business was getting bigger and bigger, and he was making more and more money. Even so, some people still thought he was wrong and too selfish.
Since he was recognized as a relative and was taken care of by the general's mansion, this man made a lot of money and had no intention of joining the army.
Fu Qingyu had talked to General Qin and Qin Feiyu about this. It would take more than ten years for the two children in Qin Feiyu's belly to grow up and be able to shoulder the burden of the Qin family. In these ten years, could Qin Feiyu guarantee that he could still be invincible as before and lead the Qin family army to defend the border outside the Great Wall?
If not, it is time for Qin Run to give up business and take up martial arts.
Xu Yunfan knew that Fu Qingyu was not thinking of promoting other people, but taking an irrational risk to give the Qin family a chance. In this move, was Fu Qingyu overly trusting the folk myth that the Qin family had produced generals from generation to generation, or was he taking a gamble on what choice he would make in the end?
Fu Qingyu doesn't treat him as a human being!
She wants him to do this and that, she wants this and that, she is so insatiable.
But what to do? Xu Yunfan had no idea. How could he bear to let Qin Run give up his interest in business and get involved in another dangerous business in which he had no experience?
"If... the Qin family's affairs, don't I still have to deal with them? Have you forgotten that I am the brother-in-law who married into the family, and the Qin family is my family, right? Although I have no interest in these things, with me here, I will be able to protect the Qin family's current status and prevent it from being shaken by anyone. When my brothers-in-law grow up, I will be relieved. The next time grandpa and dad talk to you about these things, tell them that this is what I said. If I can't do it, they can hold me responsible. If you and An Ge'er don't want to, no one can make a move on you, otherwise I will be angry."
"But……"
"But what is it? Compared to them, I naturally side with you. I am your husband, and secondly their son-in-law. First come first served, understand?"
Hearing this, Qin Run's eyes reddened, "You will be very tired like this." He had already shouldered the burden of the Qin family, and now he had to shoulder the burden of the Qin family. He couldn't bear to see Xu Yunfan so tired.
Xu Yunfan said disapprovingly: "No, grandpa is still young, and daily military training is no problem. Even if uncle comes back, he shouldn't be responsible for these things. After all... to be honest, the Qin family never raised him for a day. He was born but not raised. Although the grace of birth is heavier than a mountain, he has lived a life of blood and sweat all these years, living in fear every day, and we owe him all the time. We must not mention this to him. Remember to remind Dad and the others that there is no movement outside the Great Wall now. If there is any movement, I will always have a way. The border defense line guarded by the Qin family army used to be Dongwu Kingdom, right? As long as I have a way to make Dongwu Kingdom obedient and abide by the law, won't it be fine? What are you worrying about? You should just do your business well and make a lot of money to let your baby eat this bowl of soft rice. That is your big responsibility. Leave the rest to me, no problem."
Qin Run stopped talking, but his arms around Xu Yunfan tightened a little.
That night, Qin Run and Qin Feiyu relayed Xu Yunfan's words. Qin Qingfeng propped up his forehead with one hand and said, "Originally, I was thinking of going back and discussing with Qingxu about letting one of Shao Ping and Shao An take our surname. Then we can just drop them off at the military camp."
Qin Kun: "Third brother, don't be silly. It's true that Shao Ping and Shao An have Qin family blood, but don't forget, their last name is Fu."
You want the royal family's descendants to change their surname to Qin?
What? Are you going to replace the Fu family?
In order to protect the Qin family's status, the royal descendants were forced to change their surnames? Even if Fu Qingxu agreed to this, the spit of the other ministers would drown the Qin family.
Since Fu Qingxu married Qin Qingfeng as his principal wife, he has not had any other concubines. Those who wanted to marry into the royal family have long had objections. They once thought that Fu Qingxu did not take concubines because he was forced to do so by the power of the Qin family. If Fu Shaoping and his brother were to change their surnames, Qin Kun couldn't even imagine how much he would be spitted at when he went to court tomorrow.
Qin Qingfeng: "They have the surname Fu, but aren't they also my children? According to the law, I am an only son, so I can have a son with my surname, even if he is from the royal family."
Isn’t it said that if the emperor breaks the law, he will be punished the same as the common people?
Having said that, Qin Qingfeng was not stupid. He understood that in an era where imperial power was supreme, how could the royal family be guilty of the same crime as the common people if they made a mistake?
Second Lord Qin: "Qingfeng, have you forgotten Mu'er's last name?"
Qin Qingfeng: "..."
The others who had been silent looked at Qin Run for a long time before Qin Qian spoke, "Your uncle... let's not talk about him anymore. We don't have the face to let you and An Ge'er bear such a heavy burden. If... that would mean the end of our Qin family's luck."
"It's not that Grandpa doesn't want Yunfan to interfere in the Qin family's affairs, but that he doesn't treat him as a family member. It's because he treats him as a family member that Grandpa can't rely on him for everything."
Qin Feiyu lowered his head after hearing his old father's words, not knowing what he was thinking, whether he was regretting his impulsiveness or something else.
If it weren't for him, the Qin family wouldn't be in the predicament it is in today.
"Grandpa..." Xiaobao, who was wearing a white hooded bunny costume with a small ball of white fur on his butt, shouted outside the door. The bunny costume was made by Xu Yunfan for Xiaobao, and it was very good at keeping him warm.
On the ski slope, there is a little baby wearing a cute white bunny costume, only three heads tall. No need to ask whose child it is, everyone just needs to be careful, this is the baby of Mr. Xu's family, don't bump into him.
It can be said that the bunny costume has become Xiaobao's symbol.
It was snowing again tonight, and it was raining too. It was freezing cold. Qin An filled the bathtub with hot water, and the three children stripped naked and soaked together. Qin Run didn't care, just told them not to soak for too long. So, after they were dressed, while Qin An and Qin Mu were cleaning the bathroom to do the laundry, Xiao Bao came over and asked, "Grandpa, what are you doing? Xiao Bao, can I come in?"
"Come in." Lord Qin waved to Xiaobao. Looking at Xiaobao's chubby face, he became curious again. "Come to Grandpa."
When Xiaobao ran to the bed, Lord Qin counted from his collar and found that Xiaobao was wearing four pieces of clothing. He thought that he should be warm enough, so he didn't plan to add more clothes for him.
"Have the two uncles washed Xiaobao clean? Grandpa, come and smell it and see if it smells good."
"It smells so good. Even if dad doesn't wash me, I will smell so good."
Qin Run laughed out loud when he heard Xiaobao's words. Xu Yunfan was a man whose actions were really unnerving sometimes.
In the past, when he gave Xiaobao a bath, Xiaobao wet the bed in the middle of the night. Not only that, he also refused to let Xu Yunfan wash his hair again no matter what. Later, if they were busy and Xu Yunfan had to do it himself, Qin Run told him to just poke Xiaobao with water twice, and it didn't matter whether he used soap or washed his hair.
There's no way around it. Xu Yunfan is really rough with Xiaobao in some aspects. Why did Xiaobao wet the bed in the middle of the night after Xu Yunfan gave him a bath?
It’s because I drank too much water.
Why is Xiaobao afraid of Xu Yunfan washing his hair? Isn’t it because he is afraid of choking?
Qin Run was very curious and secretly watched how Xu Yunfan washed Xiaobao's hair.
Wow, he just let Xiaobao sit in the basin, and after the foam on his head was softened for a few seconds, he didn't say a word to Xiaobao and directly used a skipping stone to scoop water and poured it on Xiaobao's head.
The defenseless little treasure drank several big mouthfuls of water and choked so much that water sprayed out of his nostrils.
Xiaobao wanted to cry, and Xu Yunfan tried to coax and scare him, but Xiaobao was left feeling neither crying nor upset.
At times like this, Xu Yunfan did have fatherly love, but not much.
Later, Qin Run said to Xu Yunfan, "Yunfan, what you did is wrong. You should have told Xiaobao first and let him prepare. If you do this, he will choke and get scared."
To this, Xu Yunfan refuted with a convincing argument, "He's a boy, not a little brother. What's wrong with choking on a few sips of water? Run'er, you underestimate the child's potential. You have to know that every child has fought through thousands of troops to come into this world. What's wrong with washing his hair and drinking a few sips of water? I'm just giving him a wake-up call, you don't have to worry."
Asking Xu Yunfan to wash his hair could mean life or death!
Qin Run was scared and didn't dare let Xu Yunfan wash Xiaobao's hair anymore.
Tonight, Xiaobao took a bath with Qin Mu and the others, so he naturally smelled good.
"Grandpa, what are you talking about? Daddy won't let me come to see you."
"Nothing to talk about. Where is your father?" Since Fang Zixi didn't let the child come over, and Xiaobao is here now, where did Fang Zixi go?
Xiaobao pointed outside the door and said, "Daddy and father went out. They said grandpa wanted to see them for something."
Oh, no wonder.
At this time, Qin Feiyu raised his head and looked at Xiaobao, and suddenly remembered why he insisted on keeping the baby in his belly.
That was when he took Xiaobao out to play. When he saw a beggar without a right hand begging on the roadside, the child would run over without any disgust, open his small bag, take out the meat buns that Qin Run had packed for him as snacks and give them to the beggar. He would squat there and call out in a milky voice: "Grandpa, you, don't go first. Xiaobao is not familiar with this place. Xiaobao is afraid of getting lost. Can you wait for a while, Xiaobao?"
Seeing that he nodded, Xiaobao smiled. He didn't know what the other party was saying. He squatted obediently, with his two little hands between his knees, listening very carefully.
At that moment, Qin Feiyu discovered that the cute little treasure was glowing all over, and the light was so soft and warm.
Some of the passers-by who were walking hurriedly even stopped, and the pedestrians who stopped nearby were all looking at him, but Xiaobao was completely unaware.
After he took out two more buns, she skipped back to his side, took his hand, tilted her head back and smiled, and said happily, "Grandpa, we can go now~"
It was at that moment that he had such a strong desire to keep the child.
Because of Xiaobao's kindness, he couldn't bear to kill the life that had not yet come into this world.
The topic tonight was too heavy, and Qin Feiyu's chest felt sore and swollen that it felt uncomfortable. "Xiaobao, come here to Grandpa."
"Grandpa, you are unhappy. Who bullied you? Tell Xiaobao, and Xiaobao will ask his father to deal with him."
"No one is bullying Grandpa. Grandpa just wants to hug our cute little treasure."
Qin Run: "Xiaobao, did Grandpa ask your father to come over?"
"No, it was the housekeeper who came to pick up my father. My father didn't want to take me with him, so he asked the uncles to take me to take a bath."
Sometimes Xu Yunfan dislikes Xiaobao so much that he is unwilling to take him with him when going out.
"Is that so? Then why don't you go play with your uncle? Daddy and the grandpas still have something to discuss."
"Xiaobao can't listen? Why?"
Here he comes, why is he here again?
Ever since Xiaobao started studying with Xu Yunfan, "Why" has almost become his catchphrase.
It was fine when Xu Yunfan was around. He knew a lot and could answer Xiaobao's questions. If he couldn't answer, he would just talk nonsense, one thing after another, and say it as if it were true. If they didn't listen carefully, they would probably believe it.
It would be impossible for them to talk nonsense because Xiaobao is not a fool, this kid is too smart.
Qin Run twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "Yes."
"Daddy, that's right. There's nothing a family can't listen to, and you have to say it behind Xiaobao's back. If you do this, it's not good, and Xiaobao will be sad."
Qin Qian and others: "..."
This kid, I really can't argue with him.
Xiaobao immediately patted Qin Feiyu's hand, "Grandpa, put Xiaobao down. Xiaobao, go get a stool. You are carrying uncle, so you can't hold Xiaobao for too long. You will be tired."
Qin Feiyu felt so warm in his heart that he kissed him before letting him go.
Xiao Bao ran out and came back in a moment later, holding a small stool. Qin An and Qin Mu followed behind, also holding stools. Xiao Bao sat down next to Qin Run's calf. After Qin An and Qin Mu sat down, Xiao Bao patted Qin Qian with his little hand and said, "Grandpa, we can start now."
Qin Qian and the others: "..."
You have clearly mastered the trick of turning the tables.
He is worthy of being the child brought up by Xu Yunfan.
After learning the topic of the meeting, Qin An and Qin Mu fell silent. They also wanted to do something for their family, but they were very self-aware.
Both of them have suffered hardships, so they are not afraid of them. What they are afraid of is that they are not doing well enough.
"Grandpa, I'll go." Qin An shouted, "Brother can't go, I'll go."
"I'm going too."
"Brother An, Brother Mu," Qin Run turned around, "Didn't you say you wanted to study with Brother Goff? If..."
If it was anything, before Qin Run could finish, Xiao Bao shouted, "Second uncle and third uncle won't go, father will go, father is very good, he beats people well, let father go."
Qin Run smiled when he heard this: "...Xiaobao, you are really your father's good son."
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