Chapter 132 Don’t let your boyfriend lose his temper
Ling Yuanche did not refuse directly, but said to Shi Can in a very emotional way:
"I'll think about it."
His personal assets are substantial, enough to live comfortably for a lifetime just from the interest, so he's not particularly interested in high salaries or stock options. If Lin Zhuyue doesn't need him to manage his assets, he'll choose to retire, spending his free time playing golf with friends and chatting about gossip in the wealthy world.
Shi Can did not make things difficult for Ling Yuanche. The Shi family had its own professional manager, whose level was not much lower than Ling Yuanche's.
Lin Zhuyue and Ling Yuanche sat at the table, savoring Pu'er tea grown in the Lingnan Mountains. Shi Can stopped teasing the cow cat after it scratched him. He looked up and asked:
"Just drinking tea is boring, right? Should I go to the store and buy you a box of tiramisu for afternoon tea?"
"No."
Ling Yuanche refused.
"I'm old and my blood sugar is high. If you want to eat, just buy some. You don't have to buy my portion."
Shi Can looked at Lin Zhuyue again and asked, "Do you want to eat?"
Lin Zhuyue asked: "Can I buy some Q-ti?"
"No problem."
Shi Can took two steps outside, then walked back.
"I don't have any change, give me some."
Lin Zhuyue sighed, stuffed her wallet into his hand, stood up, pushed him out the door, and sat back down at the table.
"It was the first time I met him."
Ling Yuanche was talking about Shi Can,
"But I've heard a lot of rumors about him. He's said to have a bad temper, a strong personality, and is arrogant. I'm a little worried that he might not be suitable for a relationship, let alone marriage."
"Hmm...it's not really a rumor, but I feel okay about it. He's quite patient and always reliable when it matters. He's completely qualified as a relationship partner."
Lin Zhuyue picked up the teacup and said,
"As for marriage...it's still a long way off, right?"
Lin Zhuyue was too embarrassed to tell Ling Yuanche that Shi Can seemed to be raising her like a kitten. Shi Can himself was like a big cat, and when he was with her, it was more like a cat-cat relationship...
"I don't know him very well, but judging by the hard conditions, he's a very good marriage partner."
Ling Yuanche said to Lin Zhuyue with a kind expression,
"If you have enough money, a chef to cook for you, and a nanny to do the housework, you won't have to argue over trivial matters, and your marriage will be much more stable."
Shican came back soon with two large boxes of Q-ti and also bought a bag of sausage to feed the cats.
He peeled the ham sausage to feed the cat, but Cui Cuihua ignored him, sniffed it with her pink nose, and turned away.
“Cuihua only eats cat food and freeze-dried food.”
My second aunt came down the stairs and said,
"Your second great-aunt bought you some Fugate, you spendthrift man. Go feed the dog in the backyard. That silly dog at home loves ham the most."
Shi Can touched Cui Cuihua's back and said:
"The food is very good, old lady."
Cui Cuihua screamed "Ouch" and turned around, almost giving Shi Can a claw.
In the evening, three adults and one child came to Litai Village.
One of the aunts came from a neighboring village and was familiar with the people in Litai Village. She would greet them wherever she went.
The other two adults were relatively young, and they and the child were a family of three, relatives of this aunt. The child had a fever and was not getting better. The couple listened to the aunt's advice and took the child back to the countryside and came to Litai Village to find someone to take a look.
Litai Village is home to many charlatans, including Feng Shui masters and those who can catch ghosts and demons. They can work in the spiritual master's mansion in Tiancheng or in small folk workshops.
The second aunt, holding a pipe in her mouth, moved a stool to sit in front of the door, and raised her hand to take the child's pulse. It seemed that she was more skilled than the Chinese medicine doctors at Yunze Medical Clinic.
"If the child is scared, go home and find a mirror and put it at the door. Open the door, put a raw egg on the mirror, sprinkle some shoe ash on the egg, and call the child by his nickname. If there is no nickname, call him by his full name."
Second Aunt Grandma let go of her hand and said,
"After the egg stands upright, let the child hold it in his/her arms for a while, then cook it and eat it."
The child's parents didn't quite believe it, but the child was tortured terribly after he fell ill. Not to mention seeing a fortune teller, as long as the child could get better, they would try to extract it, even if it was a dragon tendon, and feed it to the child to eat.
The child's mother asked, "How do I thank you?"
Second Auntie blew out a smoke ring in a chic manner and said:
"Just give me twenty dollars for cigarettes."
“Isn’t that too little?”
Second Aunt Grandma disagreed and said:
"I just took your pulse, how much more do you want?"
The child's parents forced a hundred yuan into the bag and, as they left, muttered that if the child got better, they would definitely bring some fruits and vegetables as a thank you to Old Lady Cui. They scratched their heads in annoyance. They had cleaned their own doorway so well, how could there be any shoe dust? Why would they pick it from the soles?
Second Aunt handed the still warm hundred yuan to Lin Zhuyue:
"Come on, Little Moon, go buy a pack of cigarettes for your great aunt."
“Hey hey hey——”
Shi Can snatched the pink note and said,
"I want to eat spare ribs. Save the money and buy me spare ribs. Why buy cigarettes?"
As if he was afraid of being pestered by his second aunt, Shi Can snatched the money, then shouted that he wanted to sweep the floor, picked up the broom, and disappeared from the sight of his second aunt and Lin Zhuyue in a flash.
Second Aunt Grandma shook her head and sighed: "Alas, this child..."
"Smoking less is good for your health."
Lin Zhuyue sat down next to her second aunt and asked,
"Is this how you make a living now?"
"We've been living like this since before we got married."
The second aunt put her pipe aside and talked about her own affairs with Lin Zhuyue.
"Back then, my eldest brother, Xiaocan's grandfather, asked me if I wanted to be a spiritualist. I stayed at the spiritualist's house for half a year, but I didn't want to continue. I returned to the village and started looking after people's houses and treating illnesses nearby. I earned 20 to 30 yuan at a time, or a hundred at most. When I was busy, I could make nearly a thousand a day, so I lived a comfortable life in the village."
"I know how much the reward money is from the Spiritual Master's Mansion. If I had stayed there, I would be worth at least tens of millions by now."
Lin Zhuyue nodded and said, "It's indispensable."
"But I feel uncomfortable..."
Second Aunt Grandma sighed and said,
"You fight with me, you hurt me, and I hurt you. Look at Xiaocan's grandfather, he became ill due to depression and passed away so early..." Shi Can told Lin Zhuyue about his grandfather.
The Cui family's wealth wasn't as great as the Shi family's, but it was also reputable. Old Master Cui was considered a son of a genius, but his later life wasn't spent exorcising demons, but rather embroiled in the struggles of aristocratic families. In his later years, the Ling family fell into crisis. To protect his daughter, he refused to intervene, even preventing Cui Yi from interfering in any matters concerning the Ling family. Consequently, the Ling family was completely shattered... Filled with regret and guilt, Old Master Cui died of depression.
"Little Moon..."
Cui Bihan took Lin Zhuyue's hand and asked,
"Are you tired?"
The delicate skin could feel how old the hand was. Lin Zhuyue didn't know what to say for a moment as her hand was held.
Tired, of course I’m tired…
"If you are tired, leave Tiancheng, leave the Spiritual Master's Mansion, and live in seclusion in Litai Village."
Cui Bihan looked at Lin Zhuyue with a kind expression and said,
"Grandma will protect you... Grandma is still very powerful. Those people in the Spiritual Master's Mansion, no matter how old or stubborn they are, have to respect Grandma..."
Lin Zhuyue was stunned for a moment, and her nose felt a little sore.
She is like a child who has fallen down. If adults react calmly, she will think that falling down is not a big deal and not worth crying about. But if adults try to comfort her, she will think that she is really hurt and feels wronged.
Dinner at home is relatively simple. I just stir-fry two dishes, cook some loofah soup, and add some noodles, and that’s it.
After dinner, Shican lay in the rocking chair with a Call duck squatting on his chest, which he brought from next door.
Lin Zhuyue came over with an apple.
"Give you a hug? This duck is so fun."
Shi Chan turned his head to look at her and asked,
"Or should I put the duck down and hug my girlfriend?"
Lin Zhuyue broke the apple into two halves, stuffed one half into Shican's mouth, and said:
"You should just hold the duck."
After saying that, she lay down on another rocking chair.
Shi Chan took the apple from his mouth with his right hand, kissed the duck's mouth that came close to him, and asked:
"Aren't you jealous?"
"Who would be jealous of a duck..."
Lin Zhuyue closed his eyes, took a nap, and said,
"You can't kiss me if you've kissed a duck. I'm afraid of tasting duck feed on your mouth."
Shi Can: “…”
Shi Can kissed the duck again and said:
"It's okay, it's eating goose feed."
Ling Yuanche was still in Litai Village, but he didn't bother disturbing the young couple at this time. He sat by the river, holding a cigarette, looking up at the moon, and said:
"...Ayan, your little girl looks a lot like you."
The next day, after breakfast, Lin Zhuyue and Ling Yuanche discussed the family assets further.
"I've already hired a lawyer to sort out my assets."
Ling Yuanche gestured,
"There's quite a bit of paperwork. The asset proof alone would fill four briefcases. It might take some effort to sign it."
Lin Zhuyue: "...Four, four briefcases?"
Lin Zhuyue is a little unfamiliar with the number "four".
Shi Can patted Lin Zhuyue's shoulder and comforted her:
"Don't panic. It won't be signed in a short time. After all, inheriting the assets is equivalent to announcing your return to the Ling family. The aristocratic family will not tolerate such a thing until they have lost everything."
"If you think it's too much, just give me some more. I'm not very good at other things, but I'm pretty good with money... My cat is also very good at spending money. When I get home tomorrow, I'll replace the baguette's bowl with a solid gold one."
Lin Zhuyue turned her head to look at Shi Can and asked, "Do you want to replace the bowl you eat from with pure gold?"
Shi Can shook his head and said seriously:
"Don't do that, it's a bit tacky. Just buy a white crystal one. Next time, before eating, I'll demagnetize it on a crystal cluster... Oh, and how about buying me a crystal bathtub? When friends and family come over, I'll definitely show off the bathtub my girlfriend gave me."
Lin Zhuyue: "..."
Even gold miners cannot dig out such pure divine gold as Shi Can.
Ling Yuanche was almost amused by the young couple.
Ling Yuanche was very busy. That afternoon, he left Litai Village and went to Dongli International Airport to take a flight abroad.
Lin Zhuyue and Shi Can stayed in Litai Village for another day before heading back to Tiancheng. Before leaving, Shi Can held onto the Call ducks raised next door and refused to let go. Lin Zhuyue had to pull him apart, dragging him and his luggage across the reservoir bridge.
Lin Zhuyue opened the driver's door and was about to get in when Shi Can dragged her down.
"I'll drive it."
Shi Can lowered his head, nuzzled Lin Zhuyue's rose-scented hair, and said with a smile,
"You still have enough assets to fill four briefcases with proof alone, and I also have a substantial family fortune... We can't fall off a cliff here."
Lin Zhuyue: "...sometimes I really want to slap you twice."
"Go ahead, one slap is worth a million, and I won't call the police."
Shi Can let go of Lin Zhuyue, walked around to the passenger seat, opened the car door, and said to Lin Zhuyue,
"Two slaps will make you feel better? I suggest slapping me twenty-one times in a row, and I'll give you a discount and only charge you twenty million. Princess, please get in the car... This car is a bit unworthy of you, wait until I buy a more expensive one to take you."
Lin Zhuyue: "..."
Aaaaaaaahhhhh!!!
After the car started, Shican wanted to drive seriously and he finally stopped acting crazy.
Lin Zhuyue is browsing the shopping app.
Shi Can asked without looking away, "What are you looking at?"
Lin Zhuyue replied listlessly, "Crystal Cave, let me see if there's one big enough for a bathtub."
Shi Can started to get scared. He was just talking nonsense, but he didn't expect Lin Zhuyue to really buy it. He asked, "...What if I puncture my boyfriend's tire?"
"My boyfriend is made of steel, how could he have a leak?"
Shi Can: “…”
After leaving the mountain road, Shi Can stepped on the brakes. He took Lin Zhuyue's phone and said:
"Why did you really buy it? Return it!"
That night, the two of them returned to Tiancheng.
As soon as Lin Zhuyue got home, he went straight to the cat room, hugged Xiaoyu and rolled on the ground.
Baguette jumped down from the cat climbing frame, landing on the ground with a loud thud, and walked towards Shi Can, who came in a step later. He sniffed Shi Can warily, as if he smelled Cui Cuihua's scent, and a look of disbelief appeared on his face, then he turned and walked away.
"Oh, you're getting angry."
Shi Can took out the freeze-dried bag from the cabinet. He shook it so that Baguette could hear the sound and asked,
"Do you want to eat?"
Xiaoyu broke free from Lin Zhuyue's arms and ran towards Shican.
Baguette put his front paws in his tucked-in bags, turned his head and looked out the window.
Shi Can: “…”
Shican spent that night in the cat room.
While coaxing Baguette, he clutched his laptop, racking his brains to compile a report. This report was truly difficult to compile; he simply didn't know how to explain how he and Lin Zhuyue dealt with the urban legend of immortality.
By the time Shi Can finished editing his report, it was already dawn. He closed his computer and fell asleep on the pillow in the cat room.
When he opened his eyes again, he saw Lin Zhuyue placing a bowl made of pure gold in the cat room.
Shi Chan sat up and asked:
"...Did you really buy the golden bowl?"
"Yes, I bought it a long time ago. It's for you."
Lin Zhuyue opened a package of freeze-dried staple food and was about to pour it into the bowl.
"But you seem to be quite disgusted with the golden rice bowl, so let's give it to the cat."
"Stop, don't fall—"
Shi Can rushed over and snatched the golden rice bowl away, saying,
"What's given to me is given to me. No matter how much I despise it, I can't give it to a cat... I don't really despise it... How could I possibly despise something you gave me?"
Shi Can snatched the bowl away. Lin Zhuyue couldn't find an empty bowl for the time being, so she had to point the open bag of freeze-dried staple food at the cat, inviting the baguette to stick its head in and eat.
However, the baguette has a round head, so you can't put your head in it at all, so you can only eat it with your claws.
Tiancheng has been very lively recently.
The rematch of the four-school league is imminent, and the contestants and their families are rushing here from the branch schools. They don’t need to attend classes, so they will wander around Tiancheng and visit friends and relatives.
"Why hasn't the main campus suspended classes yet?"
Shi Chan sat on the windowsill of the classroom, looking sideways down.
"Do we really have to attend classes until the day before the competition?"
Gong Yongyuan came over. He was also very dissatisfied with the fact that classes were not suspended and complained:
"The air conditioner in our building is broken. It's really cold."
Meng Qi also looked out the window and pointed at the people downstairs.
"Shican, that's your preliminary opponent, right?"
Shi Can said nonchalantly, "Huh? Really?"
During this period of time, he was only focused on studying Lin Zhuyue's opponent. As for his own opponent, he only took a quick glance and completely forgot about him.
"Your opponent will be so angry when he sees your attitude that there's no need to fight."
Ye Yangjia came over and pulled Shi Can, saying,
"Come down, I just cleaned the windowsill this morning."
Lu Sisi took the schedule and sat next to Lin Zhuyue, saying:
"According to the schedule, you and An An probably won't meet before the finals."
"Because they were in the same group in the qualifiers, they had already played against each other in the qualifiers. In the subsequent events, the people responsible for the schedule design will do their best to avoid their encounter."
Wen Miyan handed over a bottle of perfume and said,
"Smell it, it's the one that Shichan's opponent from the first round tuned. It's called 'Wilderness Rose'."
Luce looked at the name on the schedule and said:
"Oh, I know him. He's a perfumer from the Hong Kong branch."
Lin Zhuyue asked, "Perfumer...is that a profession?"
Wen Miyan shook her head and said:
"No, it's a nickname. Yan Maozhe's great-grandmother came to Germany and was a descendant of a witch. My great-grandmother's family was very skilled in using spices to perform magic. They could cure diseases, help insomniacs have sweet dreams, and do much more. Later, my great-grandmother got married and settled in Hong Kong. The spice magic came with her to the Yan family and was passed down to their descendants."
"Don't be fooled by the good publicity surrounding spice magic. It can actually be used for a lot of bad things, and it's quite a headache. Otherwise, it wouldn't be showing up in the Four Schools League."
"You should really worry about yourself, though."
Luce took the perfume and applied it on her wrist.
"No matter how you look at it, the opponent you're about to face is far more dangerous than the Perfumer."
Lin Zhuyue nodded and said, "Shi Can also said he is dangerous."
Before the opening ceremony of the Four Schools League, something happened to the Gong family.
Gong Yongyuan jumped from the second-floor eaves and nearly fell, suspected to be Yao Hanshuang's fault. The Tiancheng City Patrol investigated the matter, but Yao Hanshuang appeared fine, and Gong Yongyuan refused to pursue the matter, so the matter was hastily dismissed.
At dinner that day, Feng Yuansi visited the Shi family with his cat.
Feng Yuansi brought his cat with him when he came to Tiancheng this time, but he did not prepare a lot of freeze-dried food for the cat. Instead, he brought more canned food - because Meiqiu usually likes canned food and does not like freeze-dried food very much.
When Lin Zhuyue passed by Feng Yuansi's house yesterday, he touched the coal ball that was trying to run away with the hand that had given the baguette and Xiaoyu the freeze-dried meat, and made the coal ball drool with greed...
So Feng Yuansi exchanged canned food for freeze-dried food.
He mentioned the Gong family's affairs:
"There's a very powerful ghost in their house, stronger than most of the ghosts I've seen so far... but it pales in comparison to your homeroom teacher."
Lin Zhuyue: "..."
Shi Chan: “…How did you know?”
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