Chapter 6: The Golden Abacus Su Mian has a conscience, but not much
[Night-shining pearl, the night-shining pearl that can glow! ]
[Wow, these gold abacus beads are so comfortable to move! ]
[Lovely gold ingots, beautiful red agate, big Dong beads! Pack them all up! ]
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Cheng Changgeng stood at the door of the warehouse and listened to the sound of his sun pounding. He even suspected that Su Mian had traveled through time because he was poor.
Otherwise, how could someone be unable to walk when seeing money? Looking at Su Mian's posture, he was almost about to take off all his clothes and lie in the gold bath.
“Ahem.”
Cheng Changgeng lowered his lips with his fist and coughed twice, but the person inside seemed too engrossed and did not respond.
Helplessly, Cheng Changgeng had to step into the warehouse.
The people in the warehouse had their backs to the door, their minds and eyes filled with all kinds of treasures on the shelves, and from time to time they would put a few small items in their arms.
Just by looking with the naked eye, Cheng Changgeng could see that Su Mian was stuffed full, with half of his clothes hanging down.
"Su Mian."
The dog emperor's voice rang in his ears, and Su Mian comforted himself: "I must be hallucinating. Why do I feel like I heard the emperor's voice?"
He was just hypnotizing himself by saying this, and he was tactful enough not to call him "Dog Emperor" when he muttered it out loud.
"I heard that you were very concerned about choosing the reward for Lady Lin."
Cheng Changgeng took a few steps closer and Su Mian turned around stiffly. Before he could put down the two strings of pearls in his hand, he saw the Dog Emperor looking at him and put his hands behind his back guiltily.
"Your Majesty, why are you here?"
Su Mian swallowed and glanced out the window, only to realize that several hours had passed without him noticing and the dog emperor had already left the court.
He rolled his eyes and began to make excuses: "Your Majesty, I will naturally take your orders seriously."
"Oh? Then let me see what good things you have collected from my storehouse for Lin Jiaren?"
As soon as Cheng Changgeng said this, Su Mian immediately had a heart attack. Was he going to give away all the good things he had carefully selected to Lin Jiaren?
no!
"Your Majesty, I have already sent someone to deliver Lady Lin's reward. Right now... right now I am counting the items in the warehouse."
Cheng Changgeng had experienced his ability to tell lies with open eyes.
"Oh, thank you for your hard work."
Cheng Changgeng's expression remained unchanged. He just stood there majestically, blocking the only exit of the warehouse.
On the other hand, Su Mian was already sweating profusely. He felt that his head might be torn apart at any time and his life would be in danger!
[Dog Emperor, please let me go this time, System, please save me! I will never dare to do it again! ]
Su Mian was sweating profusely, and hung his head guiltily, his waist almost bent to the ground. He didn't dare to look Cheng Changgeng in the eye, and prayed over and over in his heart.
"Have you counted everything?"
Cheng Changgeng didn't make things difficult for him. If the stalemate continued, he would probably be scared to death. The gain would not outweigh the loss. He didn't want to lose this interesting little toy.
"Hey! Everything is counted!"
Seeing that the dog emperor gave him a way out, Su Mian nodded hurriedly and secretly stuffed the two strings of pearls into his sleeves behind his back.
I was still thinking in my heart, the system is really reliable!
"Let's go, follow me back to Mingzheng Palace."
"Oh, okay!"
Su Mian responded and prepared to follow Cheng Changgeng out the door, but just after he took two steps, a crisp sound was heard in the warehouse.
Cheng Changgeng stopped in shock and looked back at Su Mian standing there motionless. Pearls were scattered around him, many of which were still rolling on the floor.
Su Mian looked down at the pearls scattered all over the floor, then slowly raised his head and looked at Cheng Changgeng guiltily. He kicked the pearls at his feet and said stutteringly, "Your Majesty, I said this was accidentally knocked off. Do you...believe it?"
"I believe it."
The unexpected answer made Su Mian feel even more guilty.
"Let's go."
Cheng Changgeng said this, but his body did not move at all. His intention was obvious, he wanted Su Mian to walk in front of him.
Su Mian looked at the pearls all over the floor, and her hands unconsciously tightened the other treasures in her arms. She prayed silently in her heart that the other treasures would not fall out, otherwise it would be all over!
But what he didn't expect came to pass. He took two steps carefully avoiding the pearls rolling on the ground. There was a clang sound. Both of them looked at the ground and then looked at each other.
A golden abacus suddenly fell there.
"Your Majesty, I must have forgotten it when I was cleaning it up just now. I'll put it back right away!"
Su Mian bent down to pick up the golden abacus, but unexpectedly, his foot stepped on the pearls on the ground. Before he could bend down, his whole body lost weight and fell down.
"Help!"
With his eyes tightly closed, Su Mian yelled, already expecting that he would fall hard on his butt.
But the expected thing did not happen. Instead, he fell into a strong embrace and smelled a faint fragrance.
This was the first time he smelled a fragrance that made him feel relaxed and happy since he came here, other than the strong smell of makeup on the men in the harem.
He knew without thinking that the one who caught him was the Dog Emperor.
[I didn’t expect that the Dog Emperor would smell so good. ]
He had just finished muttering when he sat down heavily on the ground the next second.
“Ouch!”
Su Mian fell on his back, rubbed his butt and opened his eyes, and found that the Dog Emperor was looking down at him, but his expression was a little unhappy.
[Dog Emperor, are you teasing me on purpose? ]
Catching him and then throwing him away, isn't that just playing a trick on him?
But Cheng Changgeng did not hear this voice in his heart. His mind was filled with Su Mian's words that he smelled delicious.
It's so embarrassing.
He was distracted for a moment and then let go.
If Su Mian observed carefully, he would find that Cheng Changgeng's ears were red and his walking posture became unnatural.
"I'm tired. Please clean up the storeroom and come to serve me."
Serve?
Shaking her head to get rid of the strange thoughts in her head, Su Mian felt that her thoughts were becoming more and more strange after she came to the country of men.
He had only been here for two days, but he had already changed from a stubborn straight man to someone who began to accept the emotions of these gays.
[Su Mian, you can’t bend! You are a great man! ]
[If I, Su Mian, become gay one day, I will be so poor that I won’t even have any pants left! ]
His lofty aspirations are enough to show his belief in maintaining his straight male identity.
Of course, these two sentences did not escape the ears of Cheng Changgeng who had just walked out the door. He just smiled, without thinking much, quickened his pace and left.
Su Mian, who stayed where he was, swore an oath, then got up from the ground rubbing his butt. He still had a conscience, so he put the golden abacus back on the shelf and did not take it away.
But he still couldn't bear to put down the thing in his arms.
There is conscience, but not much.
To make sure that the things in his arms would not fall again, Su Mian hurried back to his room and hid the things in the small safe, then happily went to the front hall to serve.
When he arrived at the front hall, he found Xiao Dezi was already inside serving pen and ink.
Far from being annoyed, Su Mian was extremely pleased. He wished that Xiao Dezi could finish all his work while he took a nap outside.
Cheng Changgeng caught a glimpse of Su Mian sleeping against the pillar outside the door. Knowing that he did not sleep well last night, he did not plan to call him in.
If it wasn't for the fact that he shouldn't go too far and someone gossiped, Cheng Changgeng would have just let Su Mian go back and rest.
But he couldn't do it so obviously, so as not to attract the attention of someone with ulterior motives.
However, Xiao Dezi, when grinding ink, saw Cheng Changgeng glance at Su Mian outside, and he did not forget to add fuel to the fire, intending to make the emperor hate Su Mian.
"Eunuch Su must have been tired, and fell asleep leaning against the palace door."
But he didn't expect that the emperor didn't play by the rules at all. Instead of being annoyed, he slowly said:
"Well, Su Mian serves me with all her heart and effort. You all need to learn from her."
Xiao Dezi was confused. This seemed to be different from what he had imagined?
"Your Majesty, Eunuch Su is asleep."
He repeated it, thinking that he must have not expressed himself clearly, which was why the emperor did not realize Su Mian's treasonous behavior of daring to sleep in front of the palace!
But he heard the emperor speak again.
"Well, it's really hard work. Go get the golden abacus from my storehouse and give it to Su Mian as a reward."
Xiao Dezi: ...
He was puzzled and felt unconvinced, but since the emperor had spoken, it was not up to him to decide whether he was happy or not. He could only do as he was told. So he put down the inkstone in his hand and walked out of the hall.
As they passed each other, Su Mian heard some noise. He opened his eyes blearily and saw Xiao Dezi coming out of the hall. He raised his eyelids in confusion.
[Why did he come out? When he comes out, who will serve the dog emperor, me? ]
Frowning, Su Mian stopped Xiao Dezi and asked, "Where are you going?"
Although Xiao Dezi was dissatisfied, he did not dare to complain. He just replied respectfully: "Eunuch Su, the emperor sympathizes with your hard work in serving the emperor, and asked me to get you the golden abacus from the storehouse as a reward."
"real?!"
After hearing this, Su Mian immediately became alert and all his sleepiness disappeared. He glanced at Cheng Changgeng, who was busy reviewing memorials at the desk in the hall.
[The dog emperor has a change of heart!] Good person! From now on, if anyone says that our emperor is a tyrant, I will be angry with him! ]
Rubbing his hands, Su Mian took out a handful of golden melon seeds from his pocket and stuffed them into Xiao Dezi's hand with a smile.
Xiao Dezi was confused again.
Isn’t Eunuch Su too generous? ! These are golden pumpkin seeds! A handful of golden pumpkin seeds!
Xiao Dezi was a little dazed, and felt that the sun was particularly dazzling today. He staggered towards the warehouse, and had begun to waver in his heart. How about he just follow Eunuch Su?
Eunuch Su is firstly a favorite of the Emperor and has a high status; secondly, he is generous. He could easily give him a reward that is higher than his annual salary. It would be hard for Xiao Dezi not to be tempted.
As for Su Mian, the reason why he was so generous was simply because he stole the golden melon seeds from the warehouse, and he exchanged them for a golden abacus that came from a legitimate source, which was a good deal!
Feeling happy, Su Mian was no longer sleepy. She tidied up her appearance and went into the hall to serve her sponsor.
He finally realized that as long as he held on to the dog emperor's thighs, he would be able to achieve super financial freedom sooner or later!
"Your Majesty, the weather is hot, drink some chrysanthemum tea."
He became happy and his tone became particularly flattering. Cheng Changgeng almost spit out a mouthful of water, but he managed to hold it back.
Fortunately, Su Mian was happy and cheerful in her heart, and she didn't keep nagging. Cheng Changgeng wanted to have some peace and quiet, and he finished most of his official business in one afternoon.
As evening approached, he felt sticky all over, and said to Su Mian, "Prepare some hot water for me and help me take a bath."
Mo? Did he hear it right?
This time it was Su Mian's turn to be confused.
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