The drunk Shen Yuhan was brought home safely by Shan Qihuan, the smell of alcohol hadn’t dissipated when he got out of the car, and he leaned over Shan Qihuan in a drunken state.
How can a person who usually behaves very well, have this virtue when he gets drunk, twisting and turning, Shan Qihuan couldn’t hold him in his arms, so he had to carry him back into the house and place him gently on the sofa.
Shen Yuhan, who was carried back, feel as if the sky and earth were spinning round1天旋地轉 (tiān xuán dì zhuàn): the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom); giddy with one’s head spinning; fig. huge changes in the world; to feel as if the sky and earth were spinning round; to feel very dizzy; the world is turned upside down (as the result of major political turmoil); fundamental changes; the sky and the earth swimming before one’s eyes; kick up a fierce row., and was quiet for a while.
At this moment, he was sitting upright, with his hands placed flat on his knees, his back straight, and his eyes wide open, staring at Shan Qihuan, he made an effort to steady his slightly swaying body. Due to drinking, his lips appeared as if it was smeared with rouge, and there was also a faint blush on his face, he touched his hair, gathering the strands that had just fallen loose one by one, if he hadn’t known that he had been drinking, and was also drunk, he would seem no different from before he had consumed alcohol.
Shan Qihuan asked him: “Shen Yuhan, do you want to take a bath or go to bed directly?”
Shen Yuhan looked at him and reprimanded him with a stern face: “Mo Zhu, after not seeing you for several days, how can you be so disrespectful, you have to call me Gong Zi2公子 (gōng zǐ): (historical) scion; son or daughter of a feudal prince, vassal king or duke (especially of the kings of Zhou dynasty); (honorific) your son; (figurative) son of privilege; son of an official; son of nobility; A title used to address young men in historical dramas., how can you call a Gong Zi by name, if Mother hears about this, she will definitely punish you for disrespecting your master, at the very least, you will be given ten heavy beatings!”
Shan Qihuan listened to him reciting the lines of a costume drama seriously, and was both angry and amused, the funny thing was that he looked quite like a girl from wealthy and influential family in the ancient times rebuking the maidservant, what makes him angry is that this is the third time he heard the name Mo Zhu, after finally forgetting it, he suddenly mentioned it again, now he is very curious, who exactly is this person?
Shen Yuhan’s family is naturally not as well off as the Shan family, they are just a middle-class family, not to the point where there are drivers and babysitters coming and going, he has to do everything by himself3親力親為 (qīn lì qīn wéi): to do something oneself; do sth all by oneself; to personally (directly) participate and not to be replaced by others., it can’t be a nanny, let alone his playmate, then there are only pets, such as cats, dogs, and so on, is it possible that he plays house with his pets when he is lonely?
On the day they got married, he called Mo Zhu when he was in a daze from sleeping, cats and dogs have a habit of licking their fur or their owner’s face when they are about to sleep, after thinking about it this way, Shan Qihuan felt relieved, he felt that his speculation was very reasonable.
Shan Qihuan squatted in front of him and deliberately asked him: “Then what if I still want to call you Shen Yuhan?”
Shen Yuhan hummed softly and said: “Then you will be promised to that gatekeeper’s son as a concubine, his son works as an errand in the yamen, and is the best at flogging, and I have heard that his son beats his daughter-in-law when he gets drunk! If you don’t call me Gong Zi properly, I will marry you off.”
When Shan Qihuan saw that he was planning to marry the little servant girl in such a vivid way, he couldn’t help but burst out in laughter.
He deliberately teased Shen Yuhan: “Then has Gong Zi ever been married?”
Shen Yuhan sighed, and glanced at him: “Aren’t you ashamed, why did you touch a sore spot, if your Gong Zi can make his own decisions about his marriage…” He paused for a moment when he mentioned this, and then heave deep sigh again, “Alas, I will be married to the ruler of the Chu Kingdom in a few days.” As he spoke, Shen Yuhan’s eyes turned red again.
Shan Qihuan still analyzed what pain point, which sore spot was touched when he mentioned ‘marrying the ruler of the Chu Kingdom’, it can’t be that he is the ruler of the Chu Kingdom, right? Thinking of him as a candidate for marriage? Is it a disadvantage to marry him?
Shan Qihuan was unprecedentedly patient: “Gong Zi, what does the ruler of the Chu Kingdom look like?”
Shen Yuhan raised his fingertips to wipe away the tears from the corner of his eyes: “I heard that the ruler of the Chu Kingdom is already in his seventies or eighties, ugly in appearance, cruel in nature, and has a harem of three thousand beauties, when I marry him, I’ll only be one of them, and maybe I’ll just die of old age in a cold palace like this.”
Shan Qihuan breathed a sigh of relief, the person who is seventy or eighty is definitely not himself.
But how did his wife get into the play so deeply, is this tear fake or real?
“When are you going to marry the ruler of the Chu Kingdom?”
Shen Yuhan suddenly stopped crying, and looked at Shan Qihuan steadily.
Ah, right, he had left the capital, and then met the mountain bandits, and then he really got married, but he couldn’t go back home either!
When Shen Yu paused for less than five seconds, but then he cried even more fiercely, with tears falling continuously: “Sob, sob, sob, I, I want to go home!”
It was only then that Shan Qihuan realize that he was homesick, so he didn’t mess with him and sat on the sofa and took him into his arms.
He comforted softly: “Your home is here, this is your home, where else do you want to go back to?”
Shen Yuhan hugged Shan Qihuan back and said: “But I won’t be able to go back, and I won’t be able to see my father, my mother, and also my brothers, sob, sob, sob, my husband won’t let me invite my third brother for a tea…”
Shan Qihuan stroked his back gently: “When did I not let you invite… what third brother?”
Although Shen Yuhuan’s words were drunken talk, his logic was still quite clear, and he held a tight grip on the standard of addressing relatives: “Third brother is third brother, my third brother, your third brother-in-law, Lord Husband, you are so stupid, you should be beaten!”
“Okay, okay, okay, I’m stupid, our Gong Zi is extremely smart, but it’s time for you to sleep.” Shan Qihuan said in his heart, now he remembered his husband again, just now he called him Mo Zhu each time he call out, treating himself as his family pet.
“Yes, it’s time for me to rest, otherwise, I won’t be able to keep my position as the number one ger in the Qi Kingdom.” Shen Yuhan muttered.
Shan Qihuan didn’t understand what he was talking about, what ger, what Qi Kingdom, he wondered if he had watched too many costume dramas, and his mind was full of messy lines, but he was still acting properly, which was oddly adorable.
When Shen Yuhan was tired from crying, he lay down in his arms and fell asleep, and after a half day of trouble, not only was he tired, but Shan Qihuan was also tired.
Shan Qihuan couldn’t just throw Shen Yuhan in the living room and let him fend for himself, he picked him up horizontally and weighed him, he was a bit lighter, didn’t he eat well during this time?
He recalled it, and it seemed that they hadn’t had dinner together recently, which was his negligence.
As for why Shen Yuhan called whoever that is his third brother, he must ask clearly tomorrow, he had never called himself brother, and he felt sour in his heart.
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The next day.
Shen Yuhan was woken up by his biological clock, he was still wearing yesterday’s underwear, and there was a strong smell of alcohol in the quilt, almost made him fall into a faint back to the bed, it was too smelly.
He actually fell asleep like this last night!
How did he get home? It seems like his husband went to pick him up, but he doesn’t remember anything after that.
He scratched his hair, which was a little oily, Shen Yuhan decisively went to wash up first, he was a ger who loves cleanliness, it was the first time he slept on the same bed with his husband in such a messy manner, he didn’t know if his husband would be unhappy, at the thought of this, he speeded up his bathing speed.
After Shen Yuhan finished cleaning himself up, he went downstairs and met Shan Qihuan, who was about to go upstairs, he still thought that he had already gone to work.
He held the handrail and looked down4居高臨下 (jū gāo lín xià): lit. to live high and look down (idiom); fig. arrogance based on one’s social position; to occupy the high ground; to overlook; to be condescending; to tower above; occupy a commanding position/height; be commanding/condescending; show disdain (for sb). at his husband: “Honey, why did you get up so early today?” According to normal time, he should still laze around in bed.
“There was a drunkard on the bed, I was knocked awake by that drunkard.” Shan Qihuan looked at him with a smile.
Shen Yuhan walked up to Shan Qihuan, standing one step in front of him, looked at him levelly and said: “There is no drunkard.” Even if he were killed, he would not admit that he was that drunkard.
Shan Qihuan put his hands around his waist and carried him down the steps easily, Shen Yuhan was startled by him.
After being placed on the ground, Shen Yuhan patted his firm chest: “You’re going to scare me to death.”
Shan Qihuan pinched his lower back: “Go and have breakfast quickly, don’t you remember what you are going to do today?”
When he woke up in the morning, his mind was filled with questions such as ‘What happened after drinking’, ‘Will my husband be angry’, ‘It’s so shameful’, ‘It’s a stain’, and so on, Shen Yuhan didn’t even remember that he had something important to do!
He patted himself on the head: “Right! I still have to go to the painting exhibition!”
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After breakfast, Shan Qihuan went out with him.
Shen Yuhan thought he was going to the company and not to the painting exhibition: “Honey, are you coming with me?”
Shan Qihuan opened the garage and chose a sports car: “It’s very convenient today, get on.”
“Are you driving this car today?” Shen Yuhan now can also tell the price of the car at home, the short car like today’s car is expensive, while the low-key car he usually rides in is cheaper.
“Um, I’m the only one who owns this car in our Jiang City.” Shan Qihuan showed off to him intentionally or unintentionally.
Shan Qihuan drove the car all the way to the venue where the painting exhibition was held, when Shen Yuhan was about to get out of the car, Shan Qihuan held him back.
“Just going down there by yourself, without waiting for me?”
“Don’t you have to go to work?”
“Who said I’m working today, I came to see the exhibition, can’t I?” He said he would accompany him, so he would naturally do so.
Shen Yuhan was still silently recovering from his disappointment, but when he heard Shan Qihuan say that he would accompany him, he immediately became energetic5精神抖擻 (jīng shén dǒu sǒu): spirit trembling with excitement (idiom); in high spirits; fresh with energy; vigorous and energetic; glowing with health and vigor lively and full of enthusiasm; be in great form; con brio., and beaming with joy.
The next part will be up soon.
