“Hello, I’m Shan Qihuan’s friend, Chu Shuo. Because I didn’t get a hotel room last night, I had to stay at your place for the night, I’m sorry to bother you.” Chu Shuo introduced himself with ease and natural poise1落落大方 (luò luò dà fāng): poised and uninhibited; (of one’s conduct, speech etc) natural and unrestrained; be natural and at ease; carry oneself with ease and natural poise..
“Ah, hello.” Shen Yuhan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he was a little sensitive because his brother-in-law didn’t tell them when he came home, “I’m Shan Qihuan’s partner, Shen Yuhan, you guys came back too late yesterday, and he didn’t tell me either, I’ve neglected the guests, what would you like to eat for breakfast?”
He is the host, there is no need to be too nervous, his husband is not the kind of frivolous person, he won’t bring people back casually.
“I came suddenly, I’m not picky, I’ll eat whatever is available.” Chu Shuo thought to himself, as expected, seeing it once is better than hearing a hundred times2百聞不如一見 (bǎi wén bù rú yī jiàn): lit. Hearing something one hundred times is not as good as seeing it once; seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others; seeing is believing; a picture is worth a thousand words; what you see with your own eyes is far more accurate and reliable than what others say; From the 69th chapter of the Book of Han: 百聞不如一見。兵難隃度，臣願馳至金城，圖上方略。, Seeing it once is better than hearing a hundred times. The army is difficult to conquer, and I’m willing to go to Jincheng, to present my strategy., he heard Jiang Ruolin and Wen Yan mention it two days ago, at that time, he still didn’t believe that Shan Qihuan could find such a gentle and virtuous boy, looking at it now, it turns out that he is really quite young.
Shen Yuhan went into the kitchen and asked the auntie to prepare breakfast for one more person, when he came out, he was very curious about Chu Shuo, and Chu Shuo was able to read the message in his eyes.
He explained: “I’m Shan Qihuan’s high school classmate, we met by chance at a hotel in the capital yesterday afternoon, and happened to be on the same flight back.”
“What a coincidence, meeting is fate.” Shen Yuhan looked at Chu Shuo’s kind face, he shouldn’t be a bad-hearted person, “Then do you also know Brother Wen Yan and the others?”
“Yes, they even mentioned you to me.” Chu Shuo smiled and said, “They said you are good at Go, and Grandpa Jiang likes you very much.”
“I’ve only met them once.” Shen Yuhan didn’t expect that he would leave such a good impression on others, “I’m pretty good at Go, do you know how to play it?”
Chu Shuo said: “When I was a child, I learned a little from the teachers in interest classes, and was forced by my family to compete.”
“Then did you get the ranking?” Shen Yuhan knew that there are a lot of competitions in the modern times, no matter what the event is.
Chu Shuo answered all questions: “I was lucky enough to take first place, but at that time, there were only five children participating, and they were all from the same interest class.”
“Then you must be very powerful, Auntie hasn’t finished cooking yet, and my husband hasn’t gotten up yet, how about we play a game?” Shen Yuhan likes to play Go with powerful people, it would be great if they could develop into Go friends.
“Then please make sure you go easy on me3放水 (fàng shuǐ): lit. release water; (sports) to throw a game (to intentionally lose a game); verb. to deliberately lose a game or competition to an opponent; to not play a game seriously..” Chu Shuo said, “I’m more of a novice4我比較菜 (wǒ bǐjiào cài): In online games, 菜 (cài), lit. vegetable; dish; means 菜鳥 (cài niǎo), (informal) newbie; novice; beginner; rookie; noob; (coll.) sb new to a particular subject. This comes from the Taiwanese dialect of Hokkien..”
“Vegetable?” Shen Yuhan didn’t quite understand what ‘vegetable’ meant.
“It just means weaker.” Chu Shuo explained, he felt that Shen Yuhan in front of him was like a young master who hadn’t experienced the world, he also found that in front of Shen Yuhan, there was no need to show any messy thoughts, because he could make you forget about them.
Some people seem to be born with this kind of charm, he actually envy Shan Qihuan for getting such a pure lover.
Shen Yuhan brought out the white jade Go board given by Uncle Jiang, finally had the opportunity to use it, he was quite happy, two of them played Go on the tea table in the living room, it’s a pity there’s no tea table in his greenhouse yet, otherwise, they can go there to play.
A game of Go narrowed the distance between two strangers, and Shen Yuhan gradually learned to deal with modern strangers.
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At this time, Shan Qihuan finally woke up from his fixed alarm clock, and immediately looked for Shen Yuhan, however, there was no one next to him, he seems to have forgotten to tell him something.
That’s right, Chu Shuo!
He forgot to tell Shen Yuhan that he had brought a guest back, and fell asleep.
Shan Qihuan quickly washed up and rushed downstairs.
Yesterday, he was afraid that Shen Yuhan would be woken up by the WeChat notification, so he didn’t leave a message for him, suddenly brought a friend home, he didn’t know if he would be angry.
However, when he went downstairs, there was no scene as he imagined, Shen Yuhan did not regard Chu Shuo as a thief, the two of them were sitting harmoniously in the living room playing Go, Shen Yuhan, who was sitting on the footstool, was quite serious and didn’t even notice Shan Qihuan coming downstairs, which showed that he really loved playing Go.
It wasn’t until Shan Qihuan came to him and touched his cheek with his fingers that he raised his head, his eyes bright, not aggrieved.
“Husband, you’re up?” Shen Yuhan skillfully grabbed his hand, thinking that there were outsiders watching, he loosened it again.
However, Shan Qihuan held his finger and said: “Um, you guys are playing Go? I came back too late yesterday, I thought I could get up early in the morning to talk to you, but I couldn’t get up. Chu Shuo is my high school classmate, I see that you two already know each other.” Shan Qihuan’s worries were relieved.
Chu Shuo also noticed Shan Qihuan’s intimacy with Shen Yuhan, and it was difficult for others to intrude into the atmosphere between the two.
Shen Yuhan tilted his head up and spoke to Shan Qihuan, his posture was a bit like inviting a kiss: “Yes, Brother Chu Shuo told me that he plays Go very well, he’ll eat a piece of it if I’m not careful.”
“I’m not as good as you are at Go, I’m just a little bit behind.” Chu Shuo told the truth, giving a thumbs up and said, “He’s really good, he feels like he could be a national player.”
Shan Qihuan was proud of Shen Yuhan and said with a smile: “He participated in the Youth Go National Competition on behalf of our high school, and won third place.”
“Then if Yuhan had been here, I probably wouldn’t have had to do anything.” Chu Shuo said happily.
Shen Yuhan suddenly realized the meaning of Shan Qihuan’s words, which was to praise himself: “So I am so powerful?”
“Yes, you are very powerful, you defeated the third place in the country.” Shan Qihuan said with a hint of pampering in his tone.
It was rare to be praised by his husband, Shen Yuhan lowered his eyes a little embarrassed and said: “No, I haven’t defeated him, I haven’t finished it yet.”
“If we continue, I will definitely lose.” Chu Shuo said at the right time.
Chu Shuo posses great intelligence, experienced, and knowledgeable5見多識廣 (jiàn duō shí guǎng): experienced and knowledgeable (idiom); informed; have seen a lot and know a lot; Describes deep experience and much experience., Shen Yuhan has no discomfort getting along with him, he is rational and gentle, Shen Yuhan saw the characteristics of his third brother in him, so they were able to sit together calmly.
When the auntie saw Shan Qihuan getting up, she came over to ask them to have breakfast, the unfinished Go game was also placed there, but it is not necessary to finish the game, this is just a unique way6別開生面 (bié kāi shēng miàn): to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path; to break fresh ground; to forge a new path; to stand out from the rest; blaze a new trail; open up a fresh outlook. of communication.
Shan Qihuan didn’t touch Shen Yuhan’s hand for several days, and he didn’t want to let go of it until he sat down.
The three of them had breakfast together.
Chu Shuo doesn’t deliberately mention what happened between him and Shan Qihuan in high school, he was also taking care of Shen Yuhan, while Shan Qihuan would not mention much, he hadn’t seen his wife for several days, and he was thinking about him right now, and had no other thoughts.
After breakfast, Shan Qihuan and Shen Yuhan saw Chu Shuo off, and the driver sent him away.
Chu Shuo turned around before leaving, he didn’t have any obsession, he just wanted to see his old friend, and bury the frivolousness and secrets of his youth quietly.
Looking at the two of them standing together, they seem to match each other quite well.
Shen Yuhan stood there and watched for a long time, and couldn’t help but think of his third brother who had the same characteristics as Chu Shuo.
Seeing his reluctance, Shan Qihuan covered his eyes from behind: “What are you looking at? Is Chu Shuo as good-looking as your husband?”
Shen Yuhan took off his broad hand, looked back at him, and said: “No, I remembered an old friend.”
Shan Qihuan lowered his voice and asked: “Male or female?”
“Male.” Shen Yuhan deliberately didn’t say the whole story, he turned his head and looked at his husband with a smile: “A relative of mine.”
Shan Qihuan held his face with both hands: “Shen Yuhan.”
“Um?” Shen Yuhan was mesmerized for a moment by his husband’s deep eyes.
He heard Shan Qihuan say: “I seem to miss you a little bit.”
Before Shen Yuhan felt a warm current in his heart, the next moment, Shan Qihuan pulled him closer, lowered his head and kissed him on the lips.
After a few days of not being able to touch him, he missed him very much.
This kiss is passionate and hot.
For the first time, Shen Yuhan endured the thoughts that Shan Qihuan had suppressed for many days, and almost all of them were vividly7淋漓盡致 (lín lí jìn zhì): lit. extreme saturation (idiom); fig. vividly and thoroughly; in great detail; without restraint; (of a performance) brilliant; thorough and smooth; detailed and vivid. reflected in this kiss.
He couldn’t help but grab onto Shan Qihuan’s neck, wanting more and more.
White dots suddenly floated down from the air and landed on the shoulders of the two of them, bringing their reason back with the cold.
Their lips separated, Shen Yuhan’s eyes were filled with watery radiance, and his lips were slightly red and swollen from the kiss, Shan Qihuan took the opportunity to kiss him again.
Shen Yuhan was stunned by his kiss, Shan Qihuan raised his head and looked at the sky covered with white snow: “Shen Yuhan, it’s snowing.”
“Honey, it’s really snowing.” Shen Yuhan stretched out his hand to catch a little bit of falling snowflakes, the first snowfall in the new world was greeted by him and his husband together.
The snowflakes were falling, and the scenery was beautiful.
Shen Yuhan didn’t even feel cold anymore, however, Shan Qihuan was afraid that he would be frozen, so after watching the snow for a while, he brought him back to the house.
Then Shen Yuhan ran to the floor-to-ceiling window again and continued to enjoy the scene of falling snow.
It is a rare joy to appreciate the falling snow with someone you love.
He turned around to look for Shan Qihuan, thinking that he had already walked away, but he found that he was still standing right beside him.
“Honey, are you still going to the company today?”
Shan Qihuan’s original plan was to go to the company, but seeing Shen Yuhan’s deer-like eyes, it wouldn’t have much impact if he didn’t go to the company today.
“Not going, you want to order furniture, right, I have a friend whose family is doing business in this area, he recommended to me a century-old Chinese furniture store, we can go and have a look, see if you like the style.”
Speaking of this, Shen Yuhan immediately said: “There is nothing I like on the Internet, but I have something I like, and I drew it on paper.”
“Let’s see what you’ve drawn, what about the painting from the day before yesterday?” He was still thinking about the warm summer painting.
“The painting is done.” Shen Yuhan couldn’t wait to show him his painting, “Would you like to go upstairs and take a look?”
“Um.” Shan Qihuan thought to himself, he didn’t need to look at Shen Yuhan’s paintings through the lens of his mobile phone, every time he looked at his paintings, his soul would be touched, as if he understand Shen Yuhan better, the painting is obviously a traditional Chinese painting, and the contents have nothing to do with the modern era, which is strange and peculiar.
Maybe the painting skills are too good?
Shan Qihuan successfully saw Shen Yuhan’s new painting, there was a little lack of flavor without coloring before, but now, after adding details and colors, the characters in the painting are more vivid and realistic.
“This dress is not quite the same as the current Hanfu8漢服 (hàn fú): Hanfu, the traditional styles of clothing worn by the Han Chinese (‘Han clothing’ — the majority of Chinese are of Han ethnicity). There are several representative styles of hanfu, such as the ruqun (an upper-body garment with a long outer skirt), the aoqun (an upper-body garment with a long underskirt), the beizi and the shenyi, and the shanku (an upper-body garment with ku trousers). 
.” Shan Qihuan is good at discovering details, he pointed to the man in the painting sitting in the courtyard, he has long hair, and a wreath made of fresh flowers on his head, his head is half bowed, but people can feel his yearning and joy for spring, “This is the owner of the courtyard, isn’t it?”
“Uh-huh.” Shen Yuhan only painted himself in, but he painted his face rather blurred, looking at his husband, who was looking at the painting seriously, it suddenly occurred to him that he could not only paint his previous life, but also his husband.
The next painting has been decided.
The next part will be up tomorrow.
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