Perhaps it was because Shan Qihuan’s shout was loud enough, Shen Yuhan, who was concentrating on playing Go in the pavilion, suddenly raised his head, he vaguely heard someone calling him.
Immediately, the video call on his mobile phone rang, Shen Yuhan didn’t think about muting the sound, he immediately received the video call from Shan Qihuan.
Shen Yuhan said: “Old Sir, wait for me a moment.”
The old gentleman was immersed in thinking about his next move, he waved his hand, not concerned.
After standing up and turning around to answer the phone, Shen Yuhan was amazed when he saw Shan Qihuan’s face on the phone screen: “Honey, are you done?”
“Where are you?” Shan Qihuan asked him in a deep voice, he didn’t answer his question first, Shen Yuhan never video-chatted with him face-to-face, he was already used to seeing strange scenery through his mobile phone, “Outside?”
“Um, I was playing Go with an old gentleman in the small pavilion outside,” Shen Yuhan walked a few steps to his private room, waved to Shan Qihuan who was standing in the private room, and walked towards him while talking: “Husband, I’m here, you come to the window.”
Shan Qihuan followed his words and walked out, when he saw him standing outside intact1完好無損 (wán hǎo wú sǔn): excellent and undamaged; intact; in good condition., the panic and inexplicable anger that had arisen in the bottom of his heart immediately subsided, he pushed open the door leading to the small pavilion and walked towards Shen Yuhan, and then directly hung up the video call.
When he approached Shen Yuhan, he touched Shen Yuhan’s slightly cold face, his heart was relieved, and his tone was unprecedentedly gentle: “Where have you been, isn’t it cold outside?”
Shen Yuhan took his hand away, he felt embarrassed outside: “It’s not very cold, I’m playing Go with someone over there in the pavilion, there’s a screen there.”
The layout of this restaurant can be said to be thoughtful in every way, although it is cold outside, but the pavilion is a leeward area, and there is a screen to block it, Shen Yuhan put on a down jacket with a hood before leaving the house today, so it’s not cold at all.
“Still want to continue to play Go?” He didn’t know Shen Yuhan could still play Go.
“Yes, I’ll come back after I finish this set.” In fact, he is also a bit addicted to Go, he hasn’t touched Go for a long time, “It would be disrespectful to the old gentleman to leave in the middle of a game.”
“Um, I’ll go with you.” Shan Qihuan walked to the side where the wind was blowing.
“It’s not that far, have you finished your business?” Shen Yuhan likes to get close to Shan Qihuan when he sees him.
“Not yet, come out and get some fresh air, are you hungry?” He just noticed that the food on the table hadn’t been touched, it’s probably cold by now.
It was okay when he didn’t mention it, but when he did, Shen Yuhan found that he was indeed hungry: “A little hungry.” He whispered to Shan Qihuan again, “But I haven’t finished playing Go yet, I can’t stop playing halfway, it’s not good to disrespect the old gentleman.”
Shan Qihuan thought in his heart, you still know how to respect the elderly, your grandfather was almost die out of anger with you before, but he only said this in his heart, it’s estimated that the issue of his grandfather is also a heart disease in Shen Yuhan’s heart.
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Back in the pavilion, the old gentleman with half-white hair seemed to have not yet decided on his next move, when he looked up, he saw that Shen Yuhan had brought a young man over, who was also an acquaintance.
Shan Qihuan also saw the old gentleman’s appearance clearly, he was indeed an acquaintance: “Uncle2伯伯 (bó bo): (informal, endearing) paternal uncle (father’s elder brother); (informal, endearing) uncle (a term of respect for someone who is older than one’s father); (dialectal) father; (dialectal) paternal aunt (father’s sister, or wife of father’s elder brother); (Suzhou Wu) brother-in-law. Jiang, why are you here?” The other party is his father’s peers, others called him grandpa3爺 (yé): (literary, dialectal or in compounds) father; grandfather; (polite) grandpa; sir (term of address for an elderly man); (archaic, honorific) sir (term of address for a rich or influential man); (honorific) term of address for gods and the Buddha; (colloquial, derogatory or familiar, Northern China, male) I; me., and their Shan family children all called him uncle, and they became one generation older than their peers for no reason.
“Is it Qihuan?” The only ones who can call out his name of the younger generations of the Shan family are the ones in the main house, “I made an appointment with my friends to play Go, but they stood me up, coincidentally, I ran into Xiao Shen, who can play Go, are you friends with Xiao Shen?”
Shen Yuhan was also very surprised, he could play Go and still meet the elders his husband knew.
In front of the elders, Shan Qihuan was more cautious, and spoke less casually, he directly recognized Shen Yuhan’s identity: “He is my partner, we got married some time ago.”
The old Mr. Jiang patted his forehead, and said with a smile: “Ah, I remember, I was abroad that time and didn’t get to drink your wedding wine, congratulations. Xiao Shen, if you like this set of Go board today, you can take it back later, treat it as a meeting gift from me, I’ll make up the wedding gift for you two later.”
“That’s not necessary, is it?” Shen Yuhan said, as far as he was concerned, the old gentleman was still a stranger, and they hadn’t finished playing Go yet.
The old Mr. Jiang said generously: “Why not, if you finish this game with me, the board will be yours.” Anyway, few of his younger generation can play Go, they are just out there making money all day long.
Shen Yuhan looked at Shan Qihuan expectantly: “Then shall I finish the game of Go with the old gentleman first?”
“It should be, I’ll be waiting for you, has Uncle Jiang had lunch?” Shan Qihuan had no reason to take someone away in front of his elders.
“I’ve eaten, if you guys haven’t eaten then go ahead and eat.” The old Mr. Jiang said generously.
“I’m not hungry yet, let’s finish this game of Go with uncle first.” Shan Qihuan confirmed his identity in front of his elders, and Shen Yuhan also changed his title, he follow good advice as naturally as a river follows its course4從善如流 (cóng shàn rú liú): follow good advice as naturally as a river follows its course—readily following good advice (idiom); willing to accept other people’s views; to be happy and quick to accept good advice; Describes the ability to quickly accept good opinions from others..
“That’s fine, we’ve almost finished, hurry up and finish the game and you two can go eat.”
So the two of them continued to play Go.
Shan Qihuan is not good at Go, so he didn’t talk too much, but he brought some snacks and stuffed a pastry or a piece of fruit into Shen Yuhan’s mouth from time to time.
The old Mr. Jiang could hardly stand to watch them, it’s good to have a good relationship, but in front of the elderly, shouldn’t he be a bit more restrained, even more excessive than his grandson and granddaughter-in-law5孫媳 (sūn xí): 孫 (sūn), means grandchild; (literary or dialectal) grandson; (chiefly Min) fraternal nephew; descendant; 媳 (xí), means daughter-in-law..
In the end, Shen Yuhan lost to the old Mr. Jiang smoothly and quickly.
“I lost.” Shen Yuhan said with great regret.
The old Mr. Jiang laughed loudly: “I won’t bother you anymore, go eat your lunch.”
Shen Yuhan nodded: “Uncle, I will play Go with you next time.”
The old Mr. Jiang said: “Okay, Xiao Shan will take Xiao Shen to my place to sit with me when you have time.”
Shan Qihuan nodded and said yes, and they took the old gentleman’s white jade Go board away with them, Shan Qihuan was the one carrying the Go board, this Go board set seemed to come with no effort.
The old Mr. Jiang went back to his private room without the Go board.
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Shen Yuhan and Shan Qihuan returned to the private room filled with the aroma of sandalwood, the waiter brought hot dishes and soup again, it was actually still a bit cold outside, but it was much warmer after returning to the room.
Shan Qihuan had just fed him some pastries and fruits, and he was actually not too hungry anymore.
“Ordering so much, we can’t finish it, right?” Shen Yuhan rubbed his stomach, he could still eat more, but there were quite a lot of dishes on the table.
“Eat as much as you can, each serving is small, you can try a few more dishes.” Shan Qihuan asked something he had just been curious about, “How did you end up playing Go with Uncle Jiang?”
Shen Yuhan told him what happened before: “I thought he was a little pitiful when he was sitting there, so I agreed to play the next game with him, I didn’t expect you to know each other.”
“Yes, I know him, but I don’t know him very well, his eldest son owns a company that is a competitor of ours.”
“Ah.” Shen Yuhan exclaimed, “Then is it appropriate for me to accept his gift?”
“It’s okay, their family doesn’t lack this kind of thing, I guess he gave it to you because he think you’re good enough, I’ve heard people say that Uncle Jiang is quite stingy, and doesn’t give gifts to people easily.”
“Could it be a false rumor?” Shen Yuhan glanced at the white jade Go board that was set aside, “This set of white jade Go board should be worth a lot of money.”
Shan Qihuan estimated: “Perhaps, I don’t have much contact with him, anyway, I just thought we made a profit, you could get hundreds of thousands if you sell it.”
“Is that a lot?” Shen Yuhan quietly asked Shan Qihuan about the price.
“It’s not bad, our company’s ordinary technician’s annual salary is about this amount.” Shan Qihuan didn’t say it was just a fraction of the yellow diamond ring he gave Shen Yuhan.
Shen Yuhan looked at the Go board with a more intense gaze, it turns out that this is so valuable, in the future, if he don’t have enough money to eat, he can still support himself for a while by selling it.
“Hurry up and eat, or you’ll get cold again.” Shan Qihuan urged him to eat quickly.
“Oh, good.” Shen Yuhan felt happy that he could still earn a good Go board by playing Go with others, and thought about when he would meet this old gentleman again.
Shen Yuhan, who was focusing on his meal, moved slowly and calmly6慢條斯理 (màn tiáo sī lǐ): unhurried; calm; composed; leisurely; It originally meant that one spoke and did things in an orderly manner and did not rush; Now also describe speaking and doing things slowly, not in a hurry., he tried his best to feed himself well, sure enough, as his husband said, the amount of each serving was actually not much, he ate half of it and gave the other half to his husband.
“Honey, you eat this.” Shen Yuhan put the remaining piece of short ribs with plum sauce7話梅小排夾 (huà méi xiǎo pái jiā): Short ribs with plum sauce. 
into his bowl.
“I can only eat what you have left, is it.” Shan Qihuan muttered.
“Not at all, it’s just one piece per person, I can’t finish it.” Shen Yuhan explained seriously.
Shan Qihuan still ate the short ribs, he knew that Shen Yuhan didn’t like to eat dishes with sour sauce, he was most enthusiastic every time he served him a dish with this flavor: “Why didn’t you share with me when you ate the lobster just now?”
Shen Yuhan, who was discovered by his husband, pursed his lips and smiled: “Uh, I forgot.”
Shan Qihuan glanced at him helplessly, if he could say something about him, he would, after all, his eyes were bright when he smiled, it seemed as if there was only him in his eyes, which was very satisfying, he also couldn’t get angry anyway.
After drinking the chef’s special soups to replenish blood and vitality, Shen Yuhan was really full, he and Shan Qihuan had basically finished half of the food on the table.
Shan Qihuan deliberately emphasized with a straight face: “They are still next door, I’ll go over to say a few words, you wait for me for a while, don’t run around again.”
“I know, Honey, you can rest assured and go, I’ll wait for you here.” Shen Yuhan obediently agreed and sat down to eat seasonal fruits.
When he said he would wait, he really waited.
Next part will be posted soon~
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