When he got up early in the morning, Shen Yuhan pulled open the curtains, stretched out and looked out through the glass window, there were already cars driving past the driveway outside their yard, there were a lot of early risers.
Wednesday arrived in the blink of an eye, and he was supposed to take flower arrangement and cooking classes again today.
He turned to look at Shan Qihuan, whose handsome face was half buried in the pillow, it cannot be denied, his husband had already reached the pinnacle1登峰造極 (dēng fēng zào jí): Reaching the pinnacle (in technical skills or scholastic achievements); to reach the peak of perfection; to come to a climax; to reach great heights (in technical skills or scholastic achievements); reach the pinnacle/zenith/acme. of lazing around in bed, there are more than a dozen alarms on his mobile phone, one every ten minutes, and all of them have the later reminder function turned on, the alarm can last for two hours.
The first alarm went off, Shen Yuhan walked to the bedside and gently pressed it off, he also turned his mobile phone’s sound to mute, this was something he had recently learned from Siri, mainly because he was also woken up by his husband’s alarm several times, his husband didn’t wake up, but he was woken up early, forcing him to find a solution.
He can only wake up earlier than his husband, and then turn off his alarm, wake up early everyday to serve as his husband’s alarm.
He washed up and went downstairs, breakfast is prepared by Auntie, so he didn’t have to worry about it, however, he now had his own ideas, and gave Auntie Wang some suggestions for breakfast, their breakfast has become richer now, in the past, Shan Qihuan’s breakfast was either a sandwich with milk, congee, noodles, and so on, but now that Shen Yuhan has come, the five grains2五谷 (wǔ gǔ): The Five Grains or Cereals, a grouping (or set of groupings) of five farmed crops that were all important in ancient China. Sometimes the crops themselves were regarded as sacred; other times, their cultivation was regarded as a sacred boon from a mythological or supernatural source. More generally, wǔgǔ can be employed in Chinese as a synecdoche referring to all grains or staple crops of which the end produce is of a granular nature. and other grains3雜糧 (zá liáng): grain crops other than rice and wheat. are all steamed, which is quite healthy.
Shen Yuhan doesn’t like to drink milk, and Shan Qihuan doesn’t force him to drink it anymore, because Shen Yuhan is much better at maintaining health than he is.
Before his husband got up, Shen Yuhan got into the greenhouse to see if there were any flowers that could be picked, the temperature in the greenhouse was like spring, not cold at all, the technology of modern people really made Shen Yuhan gasp in amazement4歎為觀止 (tàn wéi guān zhǐ): Same as 嘆為觀止 (tàn wéi guān zhǐ), (idiom) to gasp in amazement; to acclaim as the peak of perfection; acclaim sth as the acme of perfection., if these technologies could appear in their Qi Kingdom, perhaps not so many people will die in winter, but now they can only sigh and lament that they were born at the wrong time.
Thinking about it, he is also lucky, and with this luck he would try harder to be a proper modern person.
Perhaps because things have been going so well recently, Shen Yuhan won’t cry easily, but he still misses his family in his heart.
Shen Yuhan cut some flowers in the greenhouse, and went back to the house to remove the flowers in the living room.
He went into the kitchen to see how Auntie Wang prepared the breakfast, and then went upstairs to wake his husband up.
Before today, he had never thought of waking his husband up early, because modern people have alarm clocks that can wake people up.
Ever since he found out yesterday that his husband went to the company without even having time to eat breakfast because he stayed in bed, he decided not to let him stay in bed for too long, mainly because he had a new understanding of the fact that his husband is too lazy to get out of bed, he was surprised.
The mobile phone alarm clock can’t wake him up, but he should be able to wake him up.
After washing his hands, Shen Yuhan went upstairs, if he took a step slower, his husband would sleep for one more second.
When he opened the door, sure enough, he found that his husband was sleeping very deeply, he thought about how sleep-deprived he was, in fact, they went to bed quite early at night.
Shen Yuhan pushed him, leaned into his ear and whispered: “Honey, wake up.”
Shan Qihuan, who was sleeping soundly without the alarm ringing, mumbled, he turned over and went back to sleep, why did he hear his wife calling him in his dream, he’d better continue to dream.
Shen Yuhan found that his small voice could not arouse Shan Qihuan’s desire to get up at all, he had no choice but to imitate his husband, he put his freshly washed hands on his neck, ‘Shen Yuhan’ was a little weak and had a cold constitution, so his hands were cold.
Sure enough, Shan Qihuan was startled, he grabbed the hand on his neck and said: “Don’t move, sleepy.”
Shen Yuhan tried to pull out but he actually can’t pull it out, which showed how persistent his husband was about lazing around in bed.
He said: “But you’re going to be late.”
“I’m the boss, who dares to say I’m late.” Shan Qihuan wanted to continue sleeping before letting go of Shen Yuhan’s hand.
Shen Yuhan thought, it didn’t seem to be wrong, his husband wasn’t an official, and the company was his own, so it shouldn’t be a problem.
But he still asked: “So you aren’t going to have a meeting in the morning?”
Shan Qihuan closed his eyes and pondered, and his brain began to turn: “Hmm, there seems to be a meeting at half past nine.”
Shen Yuhan put his hands on his face to wake him up: “Honey, it’s eight o’clock now.”
Shan Qihuan caught the two of them and gradually woke up, when he turned his head, he saw his wife, no, it was Shen Yuhan sitting on the edge of the bed, looking at him with a smile.
His hair had indeed grown a bit longer than a month or so ago, and he can already tuck the hair on his temples behind his ears, today he is wearing the set of earrings he bought from abroad, which are sparkling, the bracelet on his wrist has also been replaced with the same type, except for the yellow diamond on the ring finger, if someone else wore this set, it might be quite tacky, but Shen Yuhan had a way of bringing out another flavor.
Shan Qihuan rubbed his eyes: “What time did you just say?”
Shen Yuhan said: “Eight o’clock.”
Shan Qihuan touched his mobile phone on the bedside table, and saw that it was almost eight o’clock, strange, how come his mobile phone have no movement at all today.
What he doesn’t know is that the first thing Shen Yuhan did when he entered the room was to unmute his mobile phone.
Shan Qihuan was still holding one of Shen Yuhan’s hands, he originally wanted to complain about his cold hands, but when the words come to his lips, it turned into: “Your hand is so cold, what are you doing this early in the morning?”
Shen Yuhan knew that although his husband’s tone was not very good when he spoke to him, but he was worried about him both inside and outside of his words, so he didn’t argue with him, his mother said that men love to say one thing and mean another, his father is this type.
“I didn’t do much, just went to the greenhouse to cut a few flowers and washed my hands.”
Shan Qihuan pulled his hands into the quilt and put them on his chest, after a few seconds of silence, he got up and pressed his hands under the quilt: “Cover them first.”
If he didn’t know that Shen Yuhan’s hands had always been cold, Shan Qihuan might have suspected that he deliberately used ice to freeze himself.
Shen Yuhan obediently put his hand in the quilt where Shan Qihuan slept, and watched him go into the bathroom to wash up, the place where his husband slept was indeed very warm, both his hands and heart warmed up with it, thinking of this, his whole body also tilted down to his husband’s pillow.
Winter warmth, it actually come so easily.
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When Shan Qihuan came out of the bathroom, he still smelled of mint shaving water, Shen Yuhan had already sat up from the bed, at this moment, he was the man with a dignified posture again.
Shan Qihuan felt that the current Shen Yuhan is a bit like the bride waiting for the groom on the wedding night in ancient times, why is he so strange, his mind is full of random thoughts5沒頭沒腦 (méi tóu méi nǎo): absent-minded; without rhyme or reason; illogical; (do or say sth) abruptly; all of a sudden; (do sth) regardless of consequences..
“Go down?”
“Um.” Shen Yuhan followed him closely.
After a pause, Shan Qihuan said: “If your hands are still cold, go buy a hand warmer6暖手寶 (nuǎn shǒu bǎo): Hand warmers are small, often disposable, packets that produce heat to warm cold hands. at noon.”
“Where can I buy it?”
“There should be one when you arrive at the office at noon, I’ll ask Assistant Qu to buy one.”
“Thank you, Honey.” Shen Yuhan quietly stuffed his hand into his palm, “Do you think my hand is getting warmer?”
Sure enough, he is a version 2.0 flirtatious little vixen, he can find such a perfect7完美無缺 (wán měi wú quē): perfect and without blemish; flawless; infallible; to leave nothing to be desired. reason to hold hands with him.
Shan Qihuan shook his hand and said: “It’s warm, I’ll warm it up for you again.”
Then he led Shen Yuhan all the way to the dining room.
Even though Shen Yuhan felt that there was no need for him to take cooking classes now, he is willing to go because he can have lunch with his husband at noon and go home together in the evening.
Modern people’s lives are fast-paced and busy, sometimes his husband is so busy that he doesn’t even have time to eat lunch, and he has to work after returning home, the time they spend together is actually very short, all in all8滿打滿算 (mǎn dǎ mǎn suàn): taking everything into account (idiom); when all is said and done; take everything into consideration; at the very most. it’s only about three days in a week, when he is very busy, Shan Qihuan can’t even laze around in bed, getting up early and coming back late, Shen Yuhan might not be able to see his face even if he fell asleep.
But no matter what, his husband would have lunch with him when he is free, and Shen Yuhan was satisfied with this.
Shan Qihuan was in a hurry to go to the company for a meeting today, so the driver took him to the company first, Shen Yuhan was a little late when he arrived at the flower arrangement class.
To be honest, he doesn’t like to come to the flower arrangement class and cooking class on Wednesday and Thursday, the atmosphere here is not as harmonious as he imagined, although it is a place with mostly women, which makes him feel more comfortable, there are still more people, everyone don’t have any opinion about him being a man, after all, half of the teachers are also male, it’s just that the atmosphere makes him feel uncomfortable, as if he had returned to the inner courtyard9後宅 (hòu zhái): refers to the inner chambers or the inner courtyard of a traditional Chinese household, typically where the women and children reside. It can also be associated with the living quarters of the wife and concubines of a wealthy or noble family in ancient China. banquet in Qi Kingdom, and met the ladies who liked to gossip about them.
Usually at this time, he doesn’t answer.
“Why is Xiao Shen here so late today?”
The person who asked him was a beautiful sister in the flower arrangement class, she had good relationships with many ladies in the flower arrangement class, and she got along well with everyone, she always sent out the signal to Shen Yuhan to make friends, however, Shen Yuhan made up his mind to distance himself from her, although this sister seemed to be very kind, could talk about any topic, very smooth and slick10八面玲瓏 (bā miàn líng lóng): be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations); manage to please all sides and wriggle out of any embarrassing situation; be smooth and tactful., but he always felt uncomfortable, and would often just respond with a brief reply.
“There’s a traffic jam.” He doesn’t talk much about himself in the training class.
The beautiful sister wears exquisite makeup every time she comes to class, and the color of her lipstick also changed frequently, she was especially fond of dressing up, wore different styles of hair accessories every time, she comes over and asks Shen Yuhan: “Did your family send you here again today?”
The entrance to the flower arrangement class was not suitable for parking, when Shan Qihuan sent him over, he only sent him to the entrance, except for the first time, the rest of the time, he let him come up by himself, they all thought that Shan Qihuan was his own brother, but Shen Yuhan neither confirmed nor denied it.
“I came by myself.” Shen Yuhan responded lightly, the reason why this sister kept asking questions, was because she saw Shan Qihuan when he sent him here for the first time.
Although he didn’t know why she was so eager to inquire about his own affairs, Shen Yuhan had an average impression of her, and would mostly avoid dealing with her as much as possible.
When the class started, Shen Yuhan randomly chose a seat a little farther away from her.
Everything is business as usual.
Next part will be posted soon.