TAB Chapter 027.2

After returning to the car, Shan Qihuan asked Shen Yuhan what he wanted to eat for lunch.

Shan Qihuan’s face was a little haggard, Shen Yuhan felt sorry for him, going home early would allow his husband to rest early, so he said: “Shall we go home to eat?”

Shan Qihuan had no objection, after flying for more than ten hours, he was indeed a little tired: “That’s fine, let’s go home and rest directly after Assistant Qu sent us back.”

At this time, Shen Yuhan had a lot of things he wanted to say to Shan Qihuan, but there were other people in the car, so he just asked him how he was doing.

After racking his brains¹絞盡腦汁 (jiǎo jìn nǎo zhī): lit. to squeeze out all the brain juice; to rack one’s brain; call forth all the faculties of the mind. for a while, Shen Yuhan came up with something, he pinched his fingers and asked Shan Qihuan: “Is American steak delicious?”

“Not bad.” Shan Qihuan saw his tangled appearance, and his fatigue along the was relieved a lot, “You want to eat steak?” Otherwise, why would he focus on this?

He didn’t know whether ‘Shen Yuhan’ had eaten steak before, but he has never eaten it now.

Shen Yuhan has received a lot of information recently, he knows about steak, but he has never eaten it, he said truthfully: “I have never eaten American steak.”

This remark can be extended to mean that he had never been to the United States, and therefore had never eaten any American steak, and at the same time, it also explains the fact that he had never eaten any steak.

In their Qi Kingdom, cattle are very precious livestock, only old cattle that are too old to work anymore will be eaten, but even old beef is quite expensive, and only rich families can afford it, he has eaten beef before, and has eaten beef several times since he came to this world, but he has never tasted the steak that the modern people talk about.

Shan Qihuan now grant whatever he requested²有求必應 (yǒu qiú bì yìng): to respond to every plea; to grant whatever is requested; to grant whatever is asked for.: “I’ll take you out for steak tomorrow for lunch.”

Being able to try fresh food will make Shen Yuhan feel excited, being able to go out and see the new world is a good thing for Shen Yuhan, and the tone of his reply to Shan Qihuan was much higher.

He smiled with his eyes narrowed: “Okay.”

Looking at Shen Yuhan’s glowing face, Shan Qihuan indulged in his smile, his mood improved, and he already had a plan for tomorrow’s itinerary.

When they arrived home, Auntie Wang was already preparing lunch, when Shan Qihuan and Shan Qiyun were talking alone, Shen Yuhan called Auntie Wang and asked her to prepare lunch in advance, as soon as they arrived home, the aroma of food was coming from the house.

Considering Assistant Qu’s hard work in sending them back, Shan Qihuan asked him to finish eating at home before leaving, Assistant Qu, who was always good at judging the mood, politely refused, finding a perfect excuse to give the time and space to the boss and the boss’s wife.

After leaving, he remembered that the boss’s wife still has a dance class in the afternoon, but now it seems that he can only ditch³鴿子 (gē zi): From the slang phrase, 放鴿子 (fàng gē zi), lit. releasing pigeons; failing to keep an appointment; doesn’t keep promise; In ancient times, people sent letters by pigeons. It is said that once up on a time, two people promised to write letters to each other. However, one of them released the pigeon without a letter; he failed to keep the appointment. Therefore, “放鴿子 (to release a pigeon)” means to stand sb. up, especially failing to keep an appointment. The structures “放某人的鴿子”and“被某人放鴿子” are often used. the dance teacher again.

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Lunch is just a simple home-cooked meal, Shen Yuhan just caught a cold, Auntie Wang didn’t cook dishes heavy in oil and salt, Shan Qihuan was very satisfied with Auntie Wang’s arrangement.

Auntie Wang didn’t disturb the young couple’s reunion, and avoided it on her own initiative, after lunch, Shen Yuhan cleaned up the dishes himself, then cut some fruit for his husband to replenish his health.

Shan Qihuan was indeed tired, after the meal, he leaned on the sofa and didn’t want to move, he was a little drowsy, he supported his chin with his hand, and closed his eyes.

Shen Yuhan gently placed the fruit plate on the coffee table, he softly and quietly⁴輕手輕腳 (qīng shǒu qīng jiǎo): (to move or do sth) softly and quietly (idiom); move cautiously/gently/quietly/softly; steal past; make one’s way carefully; hands and feet move very lightly so that there is no sound. sat down on the sofa.

But Shan Qihuan could smell the faint fragrance wafting from his body from a distance, and opened his eyes, it was time to settle the score.

Shan Qihuan patted the place beside him: “Come here, let’s talk.”

The word ‘talk’ reminded Shen Yuhan of not-so-good memories, before he went on a business trip, he also talked to him about how he wanted to live a life of mutual non-interference with him, when he thinks about it, he gets angry, and the anger he almost forgot about came back again.

“Talk about what?” Shen Yuhan was two feet away from Shan Qihuan, his eyes were wary, and he looked sideways at Shan Qihuan.

Shan Qihuan also thought of his own wrongdoing, he was amused by Shen Yuhan’s suddenly nervous expression, he laughed softly and said: “It’s not that.” He moved to Shen Yuhan’s side, if the mountain doesn’t come to him, he’ll come to the mountain⁵山不就他，他就山 (shān bù jiù tā, tā jiù shān): From the saying, 山不來就我，我就山 (shān bù lái jiù wǒ, wǒ jiù shān), means that when something happens, don’t think about giving up; if the other party cannot take the initiative to cater to my ideas, then I will take the initiative to cater to the other party’s ideas., “Why haven’t you answered my video calls in the past two days, and the replies to messages have been so slow, only one or two replies a day.”

Shen Yuhan rarely got so close to Shan Qihuan without an unexpected accident, he was wrapped in the faint scent of pine from Shan Qihuan’s body, and his mind began to stop spinning.

When mentioning the matter of not answering video calls and not replying to messages, Shen Yuhan immediately looked at Shan Qihuan with sad eyes.

He put his hands on the leather sofa, dug at it subconsciously, and whispered: “I still have to ask you about this matter.”

“Ask me what?” Shan Qihuan really didn’t know what else he had done to upset him.

Shan Qihuan’s thigh accidentally bumped into Shen Yuhan’s, Shen Yuhan was startled, husband suddenly approached him, Shen Yuhan’s face turned red, and his speech was not so imposing, his husband kept a close eye on him.

Shen Yuhan tilted his head a little shyly, his ears were red, and he stuttered a little: “Are you outside…”

“Am I what?” Shen Yuhan’s voice was low, and Shan Qihuan didn’t hear it clearly, he moved a little closer to Shen Yuhan, almost touching him, and almost whispered in his ear, “Speak louder, you just finished eating.”

Shen Yuhan bit his lower lip, thinking that Shan Qihuan wanted to live a life of mutual non-interference with him, and then he possibly keep someone outside, he angrily pushed Shan Qihuan, who was close to him, but he can’t push him, he pouted.

Shan Qihuan didn’t know what he was doing, he was pushed gently, as if it was tickling him: “I apologize to you for what happened last time, but what are you talking about now?”

“That is, that is, if you have someone else outside,” Shen Yuhan’s nose is slightly sour, and his eyes were a little red, but he didn’t cry, he lowered his head, frowned and said, “Want to embrace the right and left, sitting back and enjoying the blessings of the people of Qi⁶齊人之福 (Qí rén zhī fú): lit. the happy fate of the man from Qi (who had a wife and a concubine) (idiom); fig. (ironically) the joy of having several partners; the life of a pasha; refers to the happy combination of one wife and one concubine; From Mencius, 《齊人有一妻一妾》 (Qí rén yǒuyī qī yī qiè), ‘The people of Qi have one wife and one concubine’; a famous essay of Mencius, humorous and thought-provoking. Through a vivid fable, the article poignantly satirizes the kind of people who disregard propriety, justice and integrity and use despicable means to pursue wealth and success., I…”

He has thought about it. If his husband wants to take a concubine, he can only accept it, nd in the future, he will work hard to be a modern person, make money to support himself, and be self-reliant⁷自力更生 (zì lì gēng shēng): regeneration through one’s own effort (idiom); to rely on one’s own efforts; to become self-reliant; do sth by relying on one’s own strength/efforts/resources..

Shan Qihuan frowned and interrupted him: “When did I have someone else on the outside? Who are you listening to?”

Shen Yuhan raised his head, and saw his reflection in Shan Qihuan’s eyes: “Just, if…”

“There are no ifs, I don’t have anyone else, the mind is full of random thoughts every day.” Shan Qihuan raised his hand and gently rubbed his hair, “Is it because of this that you don’t want to video chat with me?”

Shen Yuhan said in his heart that it wasn’t just these things, he was in a mess those two days, he was irritated by everything, and was afraid that his emotions would affect Shan Qihuan, so he didn’t answer the call, of course, it’s also possible that he was too tired while studying, had no one to talk to, and just felt depressed.

However, since his husband asked, he nodded: “Um.”

Shan Qihuan thought it was because of the previous incident that made him sensitive, so he stopped asking more questions and sighed and said: “Just ask me directly next time you hear something like this.”

“Oh.” Shen Yuhan was not at ease, and he asked one more question, “Really don’t have?”

Shan Qihuan’s eyes began to change, and he said seriously: “Shen Yuhan, I won’t lie to you, as long as I do it, I will tell you, if I haven’t done it, I haven’t done it, I can guarantee you.”

Shen Yuhan lowered his head and looked at the toe of his white cotton shoes, there were two cute little eyes embroidered on them, in the shape of little rabbits, Shan Qihuan sent someone to buy the shoes for him when he was on a business trip, he thought to himself, he had to trust his husband.

“I know, I believe you.”

Shan Qihuan didn’t expect him to believe in himself immediately, time will prove everything, after all, his previous performance is really not that easy to let people believe in him: “Follow me upstairs, I buy you a little gift in the United States.”

Shen Yuhan obediently followed Shan Qihuan upstairs, Shan Qihuan took out a beautifully wrapped box: “What gift?” Shen Yuhan’s eyes were shining again.

Shan Qihuan opened the box, inside was a set of jewelry with a simple and elegant design, including a necklace, earrings, bracelets, and a ring that was somewhat different from this set.

It was a rare yellow gemstone, bigger than any gemstone Shen Yuhan had ever worn before, it was very exquisite and sparkled under the light, he just thought it was a more expensive gem, he didn’t know that it was a yellow diamond ring that Shan Qihuan ordered from a jewelry company before going abroad, at noon on the second day after he had made Shen Yuhan cry in anger.

Shan Qihuan took it out alone: “Hold out your left hand.”

The two of them wore rings when they got married, but both of them took them off early and neither of them wore them.

Shen Yuhan obediently gave him his left hand, and Shan Qihuan once again put the ring on Shen Yuhan, but this time he did it completely voluntarily.

His fingers are slender and long, very beautiful, they were a little calloused before, but now they are very smooth to the touch.

The ring was customized according to the size of Shen Yuhan’s finger, and it fit right on the ring finger of Shen Yuhan’s left hand, not too loose, not too tight, just right.

At the first sight of it, Shen Yuhan fell in love with it.

“Do I have to wear it all the time?” Shen Yuhan looked at it again and again, comparing it left and right under the light, unable to describe its beauty in words.

“You can wear it as long as you want.” Shan Qihuan doesn’t care about its price, his purpose was to see the joy in Shen Yuhan’s eyes.

Shen Yuhan noticed that his husband was looking at him, he put away his hand in embarrassment, and whispered: “Thank you, Husband.”

“What did you just say?” Shan Qihuan deliberately asked him.

Shen Yuhan thought for a moment and repeated: “Thank you?”

Shan Qihuan stared into his eyes and guided him: “Not this, the next sentence.”

“Hus…” Shen Yuhan saw Shan Qihuan looking at him with a smile, his cheeks slightly flushed, his husband looked particularly charming when he smiled, he turned his face away and closed his mouth.

His husband is so bad.

Shan Qihuan didn’t force him, he sat down on the bed and said: “I’m a little tired, so why don’t you sleep with me for a while?”

“Okay.” In the company, Shan Qihuan would also accompany him to sleep.

A few minutes later, Shan Qihuan really fell asleep, he was really tired, he kept running around in the United States, and didn’t get much rest, Shen Yuhan didn’t answer his video call, he was worried all the time, so he hurried home.

Shen Yuhan lay on his side and looked at him for a long time, he was sleeping peacefully, the sharpness between his eyebrows was gone, compared to the husband in the video, the real person looked better.

He thought that his husband should be fast asleep, so he quietly held his little finger and said in a low voice: “Husband, you’ve worked hard.”

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  絞盡腦汁 (jiǎo jìn nǎo zhī): lit. to squeeze out all the brain juice; to rack one’s brain; call forth all the faculties of the mind.
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  有求必應 (yǒu qiú bì yìng): to respond to every plea; to grant whatever is requested; to grant whatever is asked for.
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  鴿子 (gē zi): From the slang phrase, 放鴿子 (fàng gē zi), lit. releasing pigeons; failing to keep an appointment; doesn’t keep promise; In ancient times, people sent letters by pigeons. It is said that once up on a time, two people promised to write letters to each other. However, one of them released the pigeon without a letter; he failed to keep the appointment. Therefore, “放鴿子 (to release a pigeon)” means to stand sb. up, especially failing to keep an appointment. The structures “放某人的鴿子”and“被某人放鴿子” are often used.
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  輕手輕腳 (qīng shǒu qīng jiǎo): (to move or do sth) softly and quietly (idiom); move cautiously/gently/quietly/softly; steal past; make one’s way carefully; hands and feet move very lightly so that there is no sound.
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  山不就他，他就山 (shān bù jiù tā, tā jiù shān): From the saying, 山不來就我，我就山 (shān bù lái jiù wǒ, wǒ jiù shān), means that when something happens, don’t think about giving up; if the other party cannot take the initiative to cater to my ideas, then I will take the initiative to cater to the other party’s ideas.
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  齊人之福 (Qí rén zhī fú): lit. the happy fate of the man from Qi (who had a wife and a concubine) (idiom); fig. (ironically) the joy of having several partners; the life of a pasha; refers to the happy combination of one wife and one concubine; From Mencius, 《齊人有一妻一妾》 (Qí rén yǒuyī qī yī qiè), ‘The people of Qi have one wife and one concubine’; a famous essay of Mencius, humorous and thought-provoking. Through a vivid fable, the article poignantly satirizes the kind of people who disregard propriety, justice and integrity and use despicable means to pursue wealth and success.
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  自力更生 (zì lì gēng shēng): regeneration through one’s own effort (idiom); to rely on one’s own efforts; to become self-reliant; do sth by relying on one’s own strength/efforts/resources.