Chapter 81 Snowball Fight
To celebrate Yun Chen's return and to commend the guards for their contribution in fighting the assassin, Huo Gannian specially ordered a banquet, and the venue was chosen to be next to the Chuixing Lake in the mountains behind the mansion.
The Huo family's current residence in Kyoto was the former residence of the last prince of the previous dynasty.
The mansion is spacious and luxurious, nestled against the mountains and beside the lake. There is even a strange sight of different climates within the mansion, which shows how vast the area is.
Although it is now the end of winter and the beginning of spring, the winter is long in the north and the snow has not melted yet. The snow is knee-deep beside the Chuixing Lake. The snow is white, birds are flying in the sky, and the scenery is beautiful compared to the Blue Mountain Cold Lake.
Ye Yan, Yun Chen and others took brooms and shovels, trying to clear out a space to place tables and chairs for the banquet.
But when the men were sweeping snow together, they would always start a snowball fight after just a few strokes.
There were exactly six people, namely Ye Yan, Buyan and Xun Kan, and Yun Chen, Hua Jue and Xiao Liu.
At first, the two groups were just fighting each other, making fist-sized snowballs and throwing them back and forth, which only hit people.
But ever since Xiaoliu stuffed a snowball into Buyan's collar and suffocated it, the "small fight" immediately escalated into a "melee".
There are no more factions, no more friendships, and the main message is "Everyone except me is the enemy."
The crowd was fighting with their snowboards, and then two people lifted up another person by the head and foot, and would not stop until they threw him into the snow pile and buried him.
For a moment, the whole field was filled with flying snowballs, snowflakes, laughter and scolding. Everyone's face and body were covered with snow, and it was impossible to see who was who by their eyebrows and beard.
If Runhe, who came to arrange the tables and chairs, hadn't gotten angry and stopped them, the five of them would have almost gotten too excited and turned Xiaoliu into a big snowball.
Runhe complained to Huo Gannian who was watching the game:
"Young Master, if you let them do this, all this snow will stick to you and melt into cold water. You're bound to catch a cold!"
Huo Gannian curved his eyes and said to Yun Chen:
"Runhe is right. Don't catch a cold. Go change your clothes before coming back."
Hua Jue brushed the snow off his body and said, "What's the big deal? I'll be warm after two pots of wine. How can a grown man be afraid of this little snow?"
Runhe rolled his eyes and angrily went to direct the arrangement of tables and chairs.
By the time everyone was seated at the banquet, it was almost dusk.
After just two bites, snow suddenly started falling from the sky, and it seemed to be getting heavier.
Everyone was busy setting up the tent and for a moment they forgot about Huo Gannian.
When Yun Chen remembered and turned around to look for her, he met his tender and affectionate eyes.
She found that since she returned from her "disappearance", she could meet his eyes whenever she looked over.
He seemed to be looking at her all the time, forever.
She suddenly remembered the words:
Unless you have other ideas in your mind.
Now she admitted that she did have other ideas.
Thinking of this, she looked away and didn't dare to look at him again.
He sat there in a relaxed and unrestrained manner, his azure brocade robe making his skin look as white as snow. Large snowflakes fell on his inky black hair, making him look cool and otherworldly. His unparalleled handsome appearance seemed to come from a god.
Seeing that she was embarrassed at first and now looked at him stupidly, he raised his eyebrows slightly, as if asking her what she was looking at.
But she felt that his peaked eyebrows raised slightly, and his godlike face immediately became vivid, as handsome as a demon, which captured her heart.
Seeing her face flushed, Xiaoliu came over and asked suspiciously: "Brother Yun, what's wrong with you? Are you very hot?"
Xun Xun, who was standing next to them, saw it clearly. He had noticed the flirting between Huo Gannian and Yun Chen early on.
But Huo Gannian had already warned him, and Xun Kan didn't dare to say much, but just sighed in his heart. Since he "lost and found" Yun Chen, Huo Gannian no longer avoided paying attention to Yun Chen, and seemed to have decided to ignore everything around him.
As someone who has been through this, Xun Xun knows what this means.
Seeing that the little white rabbit was about to fall into the trap of the big fox fairy, Xun Jian had no choice but to pray secretly. He could only hook Xiao Liu's neck and walk towards the banquet to avoid provoking him further, otherwise Huo Gan would feel cold towards the impulsive Xiao Liu.
After seven or eight rounds of drinks, everyone became happier and happier.
Hua Jue brought a jar of wine and placed it heavily in front of Xun Xuan, staring at him without saying a word.
Buyan and Yunchen looked at each other and smiled at the same time.
Yun Chen imitated his past behavior and said to the puzzled Xun Yan:
"Hua Jue is here to apologize to you! If you don't stop, he'll drink himself to death today to express his apology, guilt, and regret that he can't express to you..."
Xun Jian opened his mouth, speechless, and watched Hua Jue gulp down three bowls of wine. He hurriedly stopped Hua Jue's actions and smiled without any grudges:
"No, no, no, Guard Hua, I've done a lot of wrong things in the past, and some of what you said wasn't wrong either. I never hold a grudge against you. We're all brothers in the same gang, we've been through thick and thin together. You're a tough-mouthed person with a soft heart, I know!"
Hua Jue broke free from Xun Yan's hand, pointed at Yun Chen, and said:
"I'm just waiting for Achen to come back. I'll apologize to you in front of him, only then will I be a man!"
Hua Jue gulped down another bowl of wine and said to Xun Yan with red eyes:
"Brother Gou, I always scold you for being cowardly, having no temper, and not being a man. It's me who's stupid! I didn't know that you and your sister-in-law have four sixty-year-old parents to support, and five children. You've even been supporting a mentally retarded sister-in-law and a paralyzed brother-in-law..."
Hua Jue choked up as he spoke, extending a bowl of wine in front of Xun Jian, his face filled with guilt and solemnity. "Brother Gou, you are loyal and righteous, and you endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens. You are the real man among men! I toast to you!"
"Okay!" Xun Yan didn't say much. He took the wine and drank it in one gulp. He put his arm around Hua Jue tightly and accepted Hua Jue's apology in the same manly way.
Seeing that the two had finally reconciled, Hua Jue accepted Xun Xun as his fifth personal guard. Xun Xun would surely live a more comfortable life in the future, and everyone couldn't help but cheer.
Buyan said frivolously, "Hua Jue, can a jar of wine heal Gou Ge's psychological trauma? You're too unkind. At least move Gou Ge's entire family to Kyoto. Do you have to pay for all the expenses?"
Hua Jue glared: "What's the difficulty? I am Huo Chen after all, I still have this little money, it's my responsibility to apologize!" Then he patted his chest and promised Xun Yan:
"Brother Gou, leave it to me! I keep my word!"
Ye Yan said from the side, "Brother Gou, if you really want to move your whole family here, I can introduce you to a horseman who knows how to travel. My wife and children came here that way. I settled them in an old alley in the west of the city. The house is quite nice!"
"That's right! Brother Gou, please bring my sister-in-law and the others here quickly! I'll help you clean up the house!" Xiaoliu said.
Seeing that everyone was concerned about his family affairs, Xun Jian was deeply moved. Just as he was about to thank them, he heard Xiao Liu yelling at Hua Jue in dissatisfaction:
"Why don't you apologize to me? You apologized to Gou Ge, but what about me? You've scolded me so many times!"
Hua Jue rolled his eyes, "Why should I apologize to you? Wait until you become a personal guard!"
"Hey, fuck me!" Xiao Liu jumped up and started to tickle Hua Jue. "When Brother Yun wasn't back, you kept crying to me. Now that Brother Yun is back, you're pulling up your pants and denying everything again, right?"
“Hahahahahahahahahaha——” everyone laughed.
Hua Jue rarely interacted with a country boy like Xiao Liu, and was so confused that he kicked Xiao Liu in anger, "Damn Xiao Liu! You have no respect for your parents! I'll teach you a lesson!"
Xiao Liu, with his dark face and tall figure, made a very awkward face, deliberately trying to annoy Hua Jue:
"Come on, come on—I'll beat your 'flowery feet' into a 'flowery face'!"
Hua Jue cursed loudly and ran away after Xiao Liu.
Xiao Liu's laughter echoed back, "The Huo Mansion must have six personal guards, so I'm called 'Xiao Liu'! This means the position of the sixth personal guard was naturally reserved for me! Just wait for me to accomplish a few more feats! Then I'll be 'Xiao Liu''s' personal guard!"
Hua Jue laughed and scolded:
"Bullshit! 'Ye Yan', 'Hua Jue', 'Bu Yan', 'Yun Chen', 'Xun Yan' - 'Xiao Liu'? Do you think this makes sense?!"
“Hahahahahahaha…”
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