Shan Qiyun was a little unwilling and said tentatively: “Yuhan, are you still used to living here?”
Shen Yuhan was concerned about his husband’s face and said: “Get used to it, this is my home now.”
Did you take on the role so quickly?
However, Shan Qiyun hoped that Shen Yuhan was acting.
Shan Qiyun put on a smile that he thought was very handsome and said: “Really?”
“Um.” Shen Yuhan didn’t want to say more to the other party, he turned to Shan Qihuan and said, “I’ll go to the kitchen to see if auntie has prepared breakfast.”
Shan Qihuan nodded: “Go ahead.”
Compared to Shan Qiyun who was labeled as ‘brother-in-law’, Shen Yuhan’s reaction made Shan Qihuan mood soar even more, but he had always been calm and didn’t show it.
The fact that Shen Yuhan liked Shan Qiyun had actually spread in the Shan family, Shan Qihuan knew that many people were saying that he had a meaningless marriage, and that Shen Yuhan was just using him as a springboard.
The marriage contract was finalized by Shan Tianfeng, he was only responsible for this matter, and was not responsible for whether the two children had cultivated a relationship or not.
Shen Yuhan had to listen to Shan Tianfeng’s arrangement, because Shan Tianfeng still had the money that his grandfather lent him back then, the funds converted now are also a large amount, Shan Tianfeng said that he didn’t know how to take care of the family property yet, and needed someone to keep an eye on it, and for this person he chose Shan Qihuan.
This matter, Shan Qihuan is aware of it, and he could not refuse, because he is a member of the Shan family.
If it wasn’t for the fact that Shen Yuhan chased after Shan Qiyun every day and made a lot of jokes, several mesdames of the Shan family would have definitely competed for the position of Shen Yuhan’s companion on behalf of their own sons.
Unfortunately, Shan Tianfeng didn’t want the second, third, and fourth houses1房 (fáng): house; room; house-like structure; branch of a family; wife; concubine; sexual activity; apartment ; Classifier for relatives; Classifier for wives, concubines or daughters-in-law; Classifier for fruits: bunch; (obsolete) side room. to get involved in this matter, so he directly chose Shan Qihuan, and the other wives also gave up their thoughts.
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They arrived early and hadn’t had breakfast yet, so the five of them sat at the rectangular dining table.
Shen Yuhan sat next to Shan Qihuan, Shan Qiyuan sat alone on the right, and Shan Qiyun and Shan Qibing sat opposite them.
Shen Yuhan, the First Ger of Marquis of Zhongyong’s mansion, had a very strict upbringing, he has been taught various etiquettes since he was a child, but he is in a bit of a dilemma today, in Qi Kingdom, newlyweds have to serve their husbands and serve food on the first day of marriage, but this is modern times, he don’t know if this is a custom.
Shen Yuhan thought that the rules might be similar, so he peeled an egg and put it on Shan Qihuan’s plate.
Shan Qihuan glanced at Shen Yuhan, trying to find out from his eyes whether he had the intention of irritating Shan Qiyun on purpose, but Shen Yuhan didn’t even give Shan Qiyun a look at all.
He looked at Shan Qihuan with expectation, even in the Marquis of Zhongyong’s mansion, he had never peeled eggs for anyone else, Shan Qihuan was the first person to enjoy this treatment.
Shan Qihuan ate the hard-boiled eggs that he usually disliked the most under his watchful eye.
Although he felt that Shen Yuhan was suspected of irritating Shan Qiyun, Shan Qihuan still returned the favor: “You can eat by yourself.”
Shen Yuhan wiped his hands, and began to eat.
After this breakfast was finished smoothly, Shan Qiyun was the only one who was upset.
Brother Shan and Sister Shan still had something to do, so Shan Qihuan and Shen Yuhan sent them away, while Shan Qiyun continued to be the driver.
On the way out of the door, Shan Qiyun deliberately came to Shan Qihuan and asked him: “Brother Huan, do you believe that Yuhan really wants to peel eggs for you?”
If Shan Qihuan had a bad temper, he would have been furious2吹鬍子瞪眼 (chuī hú zi dèng yǎn): lit. to blow one’s moustache and stare (with anger); to get angry; to be enraged; to fume; froth at the mouth and glare with rage; snort and stare in anger; foam with rage. with Shan Qiyun, but he and Shen Yuhan had no feelings at all, there was no need for him to sow discord3挑撥離間 (tiǎo bō lí jiàn): to sow dissension (idiom); to drive a wedge between; to incite one person from another; to foment disunity and dissension; to sow discord..
Shan Qihuan didn’t care at all and said: “I ate the eggs anyway, what’s your problem?”
Shan Qiyun deliberately reminded him: “No, Brother Huan should take a good care of sister-in-law.”
Shan Qihuan said: “It’s a shame that you don’t become a police officer in the Pacific4太平洋的警察 (tàipíngyáng de jǐngchá): The Pacific Police has very broad jurisdiction, and its jurisdiction is comparable to that of the Pacific Ocean. They restrain others everywhere and set some inexplicable rules. Their control is wide..”
Shan Qiyun smiled and looked at Shen Yuhan who was walking over.
“Yuhan, I’ll be going then.”
Shen Yuhan was a little uncomfortable with his overly affectionate address, he made up his mind to keep his distance from the other party, so he didn’t respond.
Shan Qiuyun was a little disappointed, he didn’t see the reluctance to let go of him in Shen Yuhan’s eyes, but he thought again, Shen Yuhan has been pursuing him for such a long time, maybe this is a new way of pursuing him, to loosen the reins only to grasp him better5欲擒故縱 (yù qín gù zòng): to loosen the reins in order to grasp them better; in order to capture, one must let loose; leave sb at large in order to apprehend him afterwards; let the enemy leave in order to catch him; allow sb some latitude first to gain a tighter hold on him afterwards; play cat and mouse with sb.? It would be a bit interesting.
After sending the people away, Shen Yuhan looked outside the door, he had a little yearning for the outside world.
However, Shan Qihuan took Shen Yuhan’s curiosity about the outside world as his reluctance to let go of Shan Qiyun.
If Shen Yuhan could find something to do, he should be able to stop thinking about Shan Qiyun.
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After sending the guests away, Shan Qihuan went to the company, while Shen Yuhan asked Aunt Wang for the TV remote control and continued watching TV to study, he found that there was a channel that was particularly suitable for him now.
Auntie Wang was very sympathetic when she passed by.
“Mr. Shen also likes to watch children’s programs, my four-year-old grandson likes to watch them, too.”
Shen Yuhan gritted his teeth and said: “I’m just opening a random channel, for the sound.”
Auntie Wang suddenly realized that it is also lonely for rich people to live in such a big house.
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After arriving at the company, Shan Qihuan first signed a bunch of documents and then read the work report email.
Inadvertently saw an email about employee training activities organized by the human resources department, and couldn’t help but think of Shen Yuhan’s longing eyes when he looked at Shan Qiyun driving away in the morning, he called his assistant in.
He had to find something for Shen Yuhan to do, so that he wouldn’t have to think about Shan Qiyun all day long.
Although the Third Madam made some efforts at his wedding, it was only at Shan Tianfeng’s instruction, it doesn’t mean that the main house and the third house will work together6齊心協力 (qí xīn xié lì): to work with a common purpose (idiom); to make concerted efforts; to unite and make concerted efforts to accomplish something; to work as one; be of one heart and work as one man., there is still a huge gap between half-siblings.
“You help me find out what training classes are available outside.”
Assistant Qu couldn’t understand what the boss meant for a moment.
“Chief Shan, what kind of training classes do you want?”
“Probably cooking, flower arranging, music, and piano, you can find out what’s available for me first, and I’ll choose.”
Assistant Qu was the one who followed Shan Qihuan to the wedding venue yesterday, he understood.
“Do you want to find it for Mr. Shen?”
“Um.” It saves him from having nothing to do7無所事事 (wú suǒ shì shì): to idle one’s time away (idiom); to have nothing to do; be occupied with nothing; not do a stitch of work. at home and thinking about things.
Assistant Qu sent Shan Qihuan a list of advanced training courses and their addresses an hour later.
Shan Qihuan was dazzled by the selection, he didn’t expect that there are so many different kinds8五花八門 (wǔ huā bā mén): of a wide variety; various; all kinds of; multifarious; of a wide/rich variety; of all sorts; Originally refers to the five elements array and the eight gate array. of training classes nowadays, no wonder children nowadays don’t have time to sleep.
Very good, this is exactly what he wanted, Shen Yuhan would be so tired that he had no time to indulge in wild flights of fancy9胡思亂想 (hú sī luàn xiǎng): to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom); to let one’s imagination run wild; to daydream; to give way to foolish fancies; to go off into flights of fancy., and messing around, the purpose will be achieved.
Seven days a week, nine to six, no, it has to be nine to nine, no gap can be left for him.
In accordance with this idea, Shan Qihuan asked Assistant Qu to contact the training class.
Assistant Qu said: “Chief Shan, in fact, you can hire a separate teacher for Mr. Shen.”
Shan Qihuan glanced at him: “Staying at home every day will make people sick, but going to a training class will also allow people to communicate with others, and will not be separated from society.”
Assistant Qu always has ideas: “It’s still thoughtful of you, in fact, we can also arrange for Mr. Shen to study at the company.”
“What can he do in the company?” Don’t come to the company and make a mess10烏煙瘴氣 (wū yān zhàng qì): billowing smoke (idiom); foul atmosphere; (fig.) murky atmosphere; in a turmoil; (of an atmosphere) filled with black smoke and toxic gas; turgid atmosphere; pandemonium; chaotic state in which corrupt practices prevail..
Assistant Qu has no words to counter when asked this question, it is said that Shen Yuhan was kicked out of college after only one year in college, the reason was that he got into fights with classmates, he beat someone seriously and sent him to the hospital, the elderly Grandpa Shen even went to apologize in person, and lost a large sum of money, he is indeed ignorant and incompetent, after taking these courses, although he has no ink in his stomach11胸無點墨 (xiōng wú diǎn mò): lit. no ink in stomach; unlettered; unlearned; without any learning; Refers to people without culture., at least his temperament and image would improve, Chief Shan can brought him out.
These training courses are also tailor-made for Shen Yuhan, worthy of being the boss, no wonder he can only be an assistant.
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Shen Yuhan is seriously learning spelling12T/N: The author use 拚音 (pànyīn), should be a typo for 拼音 (pīn yīn), phonetic writing; pinyin (Chinese romanization); romanisation system; transcription system. from a teacher on TV, little does he know that his time in the future will be fully scheduled by Shan Qihuan, and he will soon face a bunch of training courses.
He stayed at home for a day, learned a lot of knowledge, and even awkwardly learned to write with a modern pen, but the writing posture was still the same as holding a brush, and the writing was not good-looking.
At home, there is Auntie Wang who cooks, there are two aunts who specialize in cleaning, and there are also people who is responsible for the flowers and plants, so Shen Yuhan doesn’t have to worry about the kitchen.
In the evening, Shan Qihuan came back from work, along with the class schedule arranged by Qu Assistant.
Shen Yuhan, who had been at home for a day, heard the sound of the car, he stood at the door waiting for Shan Qihuan to stop the car.
When Shan Qihuan got out of the car, he saw Shen Yuhan waiting at the door, the other party gave him a light smile, which poked his heart a little bit.
He knowingly13明知故問 (míng zhī gù wèn): to ask a question, already knowing the answer; to ask intentionally a question one already knows the answer to; ask while knowing the answer; knowingly ask the question. asked: “What are you doing standing at the door?”
Shen Yuhan’s voice was gentle: “Waiting for you to go in together.”
Shan Qihuan’s face was indifferent, Shen Yuhan must have used this method to please him, lower his guard, and let him go to continue his relationship with Shan Qiyun, lotus root snaps but its fibres stay joined14藕斷絲連 (ǒu duàn sī lián): lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom); lovers part, but still long for one another; the ties are severed, but not completely; to still have a thing for somebody; to still pine for somebody; separated but still in each other’s thoughts., but he would not be fooled by this kind of sugar-coated bullets15糖衣炮彈 (táng yī pào dàn): “Sugar-coated bullets (of the bourgeoisie)”, an expression used by Mao Zedong to refer to the method of using a deceptive image to rope in and corrupt the enemy; sugar-coated bullet—ways and means to corrupt or win over sb or implicate sb in a crime..
Shen Yuhan didn’t know what Shan Qihuan was thinking, he took Shan Qihuan’s light briefcase.
Looking at his empty hand, Shan Qihuan felt a little uncomfortable, but also seemed to be very comfortable, he had never experienced being taken care of like this before.
Shan Qihuan thought that he could just watch his performance, but the more he watched, the more he felt that Shen Yuhan was acting very naturally.
With a smile in his eyes, he said: “Husband, I asked Auntie Wang to stew chicken soup with matsutake mushrooms16松茸雞湯 (sōng róng jī tāng): Chicken soup with matsutake mushrooms. 
.”
The word ‘Husband’ seems to be a spell specially tailored for Shan Qihuan, as soon as he heard it, his whole body froze, all the sarcastic words17冷言冷語 (lěng yán lěng yǔ): sarcastic comments (idiom); ironical remarks; cold words. that he might have said were strangled in the cradle, moreover, Shen Yuhan’s voice was too gentle, don’t hit a smiling person18伸手不打笑臉人 (shēn shǒu bù dǎ xiào liǎn rén): a Chinese proverb, which means that after the other person admits your mistake, you can’t bear to hit him anymore; a smiling person should be treated with courtesy and not rudely., Shan Qihuan unconsciously19不知不覺 (bù zhī bù jué): unconsciously; unwittingly; imperceptibly. goes along with his topic.
Shan Qihuan said: “Um, if you want to eat anything, just tell Auntie Wang.”
Since he wants to play husband and wife, let’s go along with it, it won’t be a waste of his energy anyway.
After Shen Yuhan put down Shan Qihuan’s briefcase, he went to tell Auntie Wang to prepare dinner.
At this time, Shan Qihuan discovered that his home was a little different, there were no strange sounds when he came back in the past, he turned around and found that a cartoon was playing on the TV that had been gathering dust all year round at his house, the dubbing was very weird, what a strange thing.
He found the remote control and wanted to turn it off, but suddenly he remembered flipping through a magazine while on a plane, he read an article on the topic of home, the author described what home is: Home is the strong aroma of food that you can smell before you even enter the house, home is the sound of the TV you hear when you enter the house, home is the place that you will miss whether you are happy or sad.
In the end, Shan Qihuan put down the remote control, and let it be the background noise.
Tonight’s soup was surprisingly delicious, Shan Qihuan couldn’t help but praise Auntie Wang, but Auntie Wang didn’t take any credit for it.
“The soup we made tonight was based on Mr. Shen’s advice, Mr. Shan, you should be praising Mr. Shen.”
“Oh?”
Shan Qihuan was a little surprised, but he never thought that Shen Yuhan would also light up the ‘Cooking Skills’ skill, according to the information he knew, when Shen Yuhan was a child, he only need to extend his hand when the clothes came, only need to opeh his mouth when the food came20衣來伸手，飯來張口 (yī lái shēn shǒu, fàn lái zhāng kǒu): lit. extend one’s hands when someone takes clothes for him (so as to let others to wear for him), open one’s mouth when someome takes food for him (so as to let others to feed him); to be very lazy; live off others’ labour; when the clothes come, extend the hands, when the food comes, open the mouth; Describe being taken care of to a very exaggerated level; It is often used to describe the doting of parents on their children., had a little money at home, and went out to cause trouble21惹是生非 (rě shì shēng fēi): to provoke a dispute; to stir up trouble; make mischief; rock the boat. every day, even the death of his parents didn’t bring back this prodigal son.
After the meal, Shan Qihuan handed the printed training course schedule to Shen Yuhan, who was sitting next to him.
“Starting from tomorrow, you can go to a training class to learn something, don’t stay at home doing nothing all day long.”
Shen Yuhan looked at the schedule that was full of classes with almost no gaps, there were different courses every day, which was extremely rich, he finally had the opportunity to see the outside world!
Just as he was feeling sleepy, someone came along and handed him a pillow22瞌睡來了就有人送枕頭 (kēshuì láile jiù yǒurén sòng zhěntou): a figurative expression that means someone provided a timely solution or excuse just when it was needed., God fulfills people’s wishes23天遂人願 (tiān suì rén yuàn): God fulfills people’s wishes; the development of things is in line with one’s wishes; God grants man’s wishes; Heaven accords with human wishes; by the grace of God..
But Shen Yuhan knew that he couldn’t show too much happiness, his husband would see it.
His eyes were bright, and he deliberately asked Shan Qihuan in a complaining tone: “Really have to study? It’s quite a lot.” Inside, however, he was eager to integrate into modern society right away.
Shan Qihuan said: “Is that a lot? Nowadays, children wake up at five-thirty and don’t go to bed until eleven or twelve at night, yours are much less.” He also kind enough to set aside Sunday for him to rest, it’s not bad to have a single day off.
“Is that so?” Shen Yuhan has never been to school, but he knows that his elder brothers and younger brothers had to get up earlier than chickens to go to school, if they wanted to became the top scorer in the palace examination24狀元 (zhuàng yuán): top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system); top scorer in college entrance examination; (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field; leading light., they slept later than dogs and had to burn the midnight oil25挑燈夜讀 (tiǎo dēng yè dú): lit. burning the midnight oil and reading; staying up late studying hard., but compared with the time, it is not as late as the current students, and the current students are still worse off.
He pretended to reluctantly agree: “Okay then, I’ll go to class.”
Shan Qihuan saw his unwillingness, and felt comfortable: “Come out with me tomorrow, the training class is near my company.”
He also specially asked Assistant Qu to choose a training class near his company so that he could keep an eye on people.
Shen Yuhan suppressed his joy and said: “Um, then I’ll get up earlier tomorrow, do you need me to wake you up?”
“I have an alarm clock.” Shan Qihuan said.
“But this morning the alarm clock kept ringing and you didn’t get up.” Shen Yuhan exposed the matter of his dawdling in bed.
“I can get up.” Shan Qihuan said, saving his face.
“All right, then.”
Thinking about being able to go out tomorrow, Shen Yuhan was both excited and nervous, he didn’t care that Shan Qihuan didn’t go back to his room with him.
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Shan Qihuan decided tonight that he could no longer sleep in the same bed with Shen Yuhan and be possessed by a spirit and lose his thinking ability26鬼迷心竅 (guǐ mí xīn qiào): to be possessed by a spirit and lose one’s thinking ability; to be (unreasonably) obsessed with something., he had to go back to his own room to sleep.
It was not until half past ten in the evening, Shen Yuhan stood at the door of the study in his pajamas and softly called him: “Husband, do you want to rest?”
Shan Qihuan saw the bright red mole on his collarbone, which looked inexplicably sexy, and immediately forgot the decision he made a second ago.
He gulped: “Rest.”
That night, the two simply slept on the same bed and did nothing.
As soon as he laid down, Shan Qihuan began to regret, why did he slept in the same bed with Shen Yuhan again, what a flirtatious little vixen.
The next morning, when Shan Qihuan woke up, he met a pair of bright, pure eyes full of curiosity.
The owner of the beautiful eyes said good morning to him in a soft voice: “Good morning, Husband.”
Shan Qihuan mumbled: “Morning.”
Realizing that he was holding Shen Yuhan again, he let go.
Shen Yuhan immediately went to wash up, and when he was done, he urged Shan Qihuan, who was dawdling in bed: “Husband, get up and wash up quickly.”
Shan Qihuan: “…” I will go back to my room to sleep tonight!
After breakfast, Shen Yuhan obediently waited for Shan Qihuan to go out together.
Shan Qihuan looked at Shen Yuhan who was waiting for him with a puzzled27莫名其妙 (mò míng qí miào): (idiom) baffling; inexplicable; puzzling; indescribable. look on his face, feeling that he was faintly excited about something.
Could it be that he wanted to take the opportunity to run away?
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