That night, the institution where Shen Yuhan took flower arranging classes became a hot topic because the mistress was chased by the original wife and was taken to the police station, after Shan Qihuan knew about it, he didn’t let him go to class the next day, it is estimated that the matter hadn’t calmed down yet, and there might be reporters from the social news station waiting outside to interview people, he also directly canceled the cooking class in the afternoon for him, it was cold and he had to touch the water, which was not good if he caught a cold.
Shen Yuhan watched TV at home, taught himself modern common sense, wrote and painted, played Go with himself, and also lived a very fulfilling life.
He also asked the cleaning auntie to tidy up the sunroom on the first floor, and move the flower pots that could be moved, leaving a large space available for leisure and entertainment, this was an idea he he came up with yesterday after observing Shan Qihuan’s company leisure and entertainment area.
Auntie Wang said that the sunroom has always been idle, only some flower planted, Mr. Shan has never thought of using it for other purposes, now that it is used, the family has gained a lot more personality.
Shen Yuhan is now gradually getting to know Shan Qihuan’s temperament, when he is messing around at home, Shan Qihuan wouldn’t care at all, but if he goes out and meets messy1亂七八糟 (luàn qī bā zāo): everything in disorder (idiom); in a hideous mess; at sixes and sevens; in an awful mess; in great disorder; Describe disorder, unorganized, and disorderly. people, he will probably get angry.
If he mess with the glass room at home, he will definitely not care.
Shen Yuhan is very satisfied with his masterpiece, now all that was left was to buy a low tea table and a few zafu2團蒲 (tuán pú): T/N: Most likely a typo, it should be 蒲團 (pú tuán), zafu (round cushion); praying mat (Buddhism, made of woven cattail); A zafu or putuan is a round cushion. Although also a utilitarian accessory, it is best known for its use in zazen Zen meditation. 
, so that they can still enjoy the night view of Jiangcheng from here in winter.
He don’t know if it will snow in Jiangcheng this winter, there is thick snow every winter in Qi Kingdom, the Shen family holds a snow banquet every year, he will also invite a few friends to the small courtyard to make tea and eat snacks, living a comfortable life.
Looking at the same blue sky, Shen Yuhan couldn’t help but sigh, everything had to start all over again.
If everything goes well, maybe they can invite his husband’s friends over first.
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In the afternoon, Shen Yuhan put on the suit that Shan Qihuan had chosen for him, and then put on a thick overcoat and went out, he first went to the company to meet up with Shan Qihuan, and then the two of them went to the banquet venue.
There is heating in the car just like the indoors, Shen Yuhan actually didn’t feel how cold it was this winter, miraculously, modern people can even install heaters on their cars, which is really amazing.
Shan Qihuan came out from the company, when he got into the car, there was a cold air on his body, he quickly closed the door to prevent the cold air from outside from getting inside.
“The weather is getting colder and colder, it will drop to zero tomorrow, but it just doesn’t snow.” He was wearing a suit inside and an overcoat outside, because he was taller than Shen Yuhan, the overcoat looked warm.
“Can I see snow this year?” Shen Yuhan handed him his hand warmer, “Honey, warm your hands.”
Shan Qihuan took the hand warmer from him, and it was indeed quite warm: “It should be possible, it snowed in November last year, it’ll probably be here soon this year too.”
“I want to see the snow.” Shen Yuhan looked out of the window, filled with anticipation, he liked the snowy winter.
“What did you do at home today?” Shen Yuhan is really obedient now, after he stops associating with those fox friends and dog friends, as long as he doesn’t go to class, he just stays at home every day, Shan Qihuan would always wonder if he will be bored out of his mind at home this way.
Shen Yuhan told him about tidying up the sunroom: “Now we just need a tea table and a few zafu, which can be used to entertain guests, we can also play Go there on weekends.”
“All right, let’s go pick out a set later.” Shan Qihuan was surprised that he was doing all these things himself at home, originally, he wanted to say that it would be faster to find a designer to come directly, but seeing that Shen Yuhan seemed to be quite busy and happy, so he let him be, it was just a sunroom, if he wasn’t satisfied with it, he could tear it down and rebuild it again.
“When are you free? After we finish shopping, can we invite Brother Wen Yan and the others to have tea at home, and if it’s snowing, it would be just right, we can play while enjoying the snow.” Shen Yuhan told Shan Qihuan his plan with some excitement.
Shan Qihuan said his plan: “I’m going on a business trip this weekend, it had to be next week, you can check out the styles you like online first, and then go to the offline store to buy them later.”
As soon as he heard that he was going on a business trip, he thought of the United States, where he had to take a ten-hour flight last time: “Still going abroad?”
Shan Qihuan said: “Not going abroad, I’m going to the capital this time.” He also didn’t want to spoil Shen Yuhan’s fun, “We can invite them over to play after coming back.”
The capital of China?
Shen Yuhan’s eyes had a little bit of longing, during his recent self-study, he learned how many provinces there were in the country, and knew that the capital was equivalent to the capital where he lived back then.
He haven’t been there yet, he don’t know what it’s like.
“Then how many days will you be there this time?”
“Four days, I’m going to attend an important national chamber of commerce, and then I’m going to meet the heads of a several cooperative enterprises, and then I’m going to have a meal with my friends there.” Shan Qihuan elaborated.
“The schedule is so full.” Shen Yuhan was a little reluctant to let his husband leave the house, he felt cold sleeping alone in winter.
Shen Yuhan asked him in great detail3事無巨細 (shì wú jù xì): lit. things are not separated according to their size (idiom); fig. to deal with any matter, regardless of its importance; all matters, big or small; all matters whether important or trivial; everything in detail. how to get there and how to get back, Shan Qihuan, who was rarely cared by others so much, patiently answered him, after his hands warmed up, Shan Qihuan returned the hand warmer to Shen Yuhan.
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The road was a bit congested, and it took an hour to get to the mansion under the name of Old Master Qi.
Before getting out of the car, Shen Yuhan asked Shan Qihuan if he could take the hand warmer with him, but Shan Qihuan said he couldn’t.
When he was in Qi Kingdom, everyone can bring a hand stove4手爐 (shǒu lú): Hand stove is a small stove used to warm hands in winter, mostly made of copper. It is a heating tool commonly used by Chinese palaces and people in the old days. Because it can be held in the hand and caged in the sleeve, it is also called “holding furnace” and “sleeve furnace”; the furnace is equipped with charcoal fire, so it is also called “fire cage”. 
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However, after Shan Qihuan brought Shen Yuhan in, he found that the heating in the room was very sufficient, even after taking off his overcoat, it wasn’t cold, it was even a bit hot.
There was no familiar face, so Shen Yuhan stayed close to his husband, he was afraid that would get lost, so he held his hand.
It was his first time attending a modern banquet, he was a little nervous.
Shan Qihuan raised his eyes to see Shen Yuhan, a sticky person, but he didn’t let go of Shen Yuhan’s hand, he took him to meet Old Master Qi first.
“Let’s go, let’s meet the family’s master first.”
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Shan Qihuan and Shen Yuhan attracted a lot of people’s attention as soon as they arrived, some people from the three houses of the Shan family had already come, Shan Qiyun is among them.
However, Shan Qihuan didn’t even give them a look, he only just felt that the Qi family wasn’t afraid of saltiness or sweetness5鹹甜 (xián tián): T/N: Can’t actually find any reference to this, but one netizen said that saltiness and sweetness means great hatred and great love, it’s alluding to the relationship between people that needs to be fine tuned, just like food/drink., dares to invite all kinds of people.
The person who gets asked the most is Shan Qiyun, he smiled stiffly and replied to the others, this was his brother’s newly married partner.
After Shen Yuhan throw away his previous tasteless attire, he seemed to be a completely different person now, Shan Qiyun only felt that the current Shen Yuhan was something he had never seen before, it was Shan Qihuan who made him this way, he became dazzling, and became the kind of person Shan Qiyun would appreciate, even if it was just his appearance.
If he had agreed to Shen Yuhan’s pursuit, and if he had asked him to change, he would have definitely changed, now he feels a little regretful. Forget it, he doesn’t want to be involved with Shen Yuhan anymore, so he shouldn’t pay attention to him.
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The brief commotion at the banquet intensified after Shen Yuhan and Shan Qihuan went upstairs, and the discussion became louder.
Everyone knows that Shan Qihuan married a man, but they didn’t expect that he would bring him out, China has passed the same-sex marriage law, but there are very few people who really dare to bring people out, of course, not many people marry men, the last one that cause a sensation6轟動一時 (hōng dòng yī shí): to cause a sensation (idiom); cause/make a furore; cause a stir; be a hit; describe something that spreads everywhere in a period and has a great influence. was Jiang Ruolin, the grandson of the Jiang family, but that couple was relatively low-key, and rarely appeared in public.
Shan Qihuan suddenly acts in a high-profile manner, no matter who it is, they would ask more questions, and this gave Shan family members at the scene an opportunity to open up the topic with others, which is kind of cheap7便宜 (pián yi): cheap; inexpensive; advantage (usually unfairly gained); opportunity; convenient; handy; appropriate and convenient; to be best; to let sb off lightly. for them.
However, no one knew the origin of the man Shan Qihuan married, he does have a beautiful face that is unforgettable8過目不忘 (guò mù bù wàng): to have a photographic memory; to have a highly retentive memory; to have sth imprinted in one’s memory; be able to learn sth by heart once going over it—have a photographic/tenacious memory., but does he have a good family background?
After some inquiries with Shan family’s several house, they found that Shan Qihuan’s other half had no family background, he is the only grandson left by Shan Tianfeng’s deceased friend, he didn’t even graduate from college, so there is no need to consider making friends, except for those who wanted to cooperate with Shan Qihuan, everyone else gave up on this idea, which was a bit boring.
The Second Madam of the Shan family couldn’t help but sneer after hearing this, she still remembered Shen Yuhan’s sarcastic comment about her being a concubine last time, in order to highlight her son, of course, she was happy to step on Shan Qihuan and Shen Yuhan, anyway, Shan Qihuan also had no chance to compete with them to become the son-in-law of the Qi family.
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Shan Qihuan and Shen Yuhan, who became the center of others’ discussion, met Old Master Qi, who was chatting with others in the lounge on the second floor.
They unexpectedly met Jiang Ruolin, an acquaintance who came over in Old Master Jiang’s place, seeing that they knew each other, Old Master Qi said that the young people could chat together, and let his grandson Qi Mingjie entertain Shan Qihuan and the others.
In fact, Qi Mingjie is not good at business, he is also driving ducks to the shelves9趕鴨子上架 (gǎn yā zi shàng jià): lit. to drive ducks onto a shelf (idiom); fig. to push sb to do sth way beyond their ability; (figurative, colloquial) to make someone do something entirely beyond them; drive/force a duck onto a perch—ask sb to do sth beyond his capacity; force a donkey to dance., his parents are not in good health, his sister is younger than him, has not graduated from college, and has no business talent either.
The Old Master Qi let him receive Shan Qihuan and Jiang Ruolin because he really wants to pave the way for him, Shan Qihuan has both talent and experience, and can give Qi Mingjie a lot of help, it’s just that Shan family is complicated, there are many children, there are many outstanding ones, but unremarkable, which is suitable in Old Master Jiang’s eyes, Jiang Ruolin is also a well-behaved individual with good character, making him suitable as a friend, in short, Qi Mingjie has more advantages than disadvantages in associating with them.
Qi Mingjie also understood his grandfather’s meaning, after leaving the rest area, he didn’t intend to meet up with his friends, so he took Shan Qihuan, his wife, and Jiang Ruolin downstairs to rest, he is considered to be in the same age group as the two of them, he had been obsessed with his hobby before, but now he was forced to come back and inherit the family business, he also has no other choice.
Qi Mingjie and Jiang Ruolin are more familiar with each other, and the two of them walk ahead of them, talking, while Shen Yuhan and Shan Qihuan are behind them, he rarely spoke after arriving here, and was extremely quiet.
They didn’t eat anything before they came, so Shan Qihuan asked him if he was hungry.
Shen Yuhan shook his head: “I’m not very hungry.” He also whispered to Shan Qihuan, “People who attend banquets usually don’t have enough to eat.”
“That’s true, if nothing happens, we’ll leave early, what do you want to eat? We’ll go out to eat later.”
Shen Yuhan suddenly remembered that one winter, he followed his grandmother10祖母 (zǔ mǔ): (formal) paternal grandmother; father’s mother. to attend a banquet for his sister who married into the prince’s palace, the banquet was full of dignitaries, he ended up not eating much at that time, it was already dark when he came back, his grandmother took him to a wonton11餛飩 (hún tun): wonton (Chinese dumpling stuffed with meat or seafood and vegetables); a type of Chinese dumpling commonly found across regional styles of Chinese cuisine. 
stall sold by an old couple to eat wontons, he was really hungry that time, he ate a whole big bowl of wonton, wontons with sesame oil were really fragrant, now he misses the taste very much, his grandmother is always different from other grandmothers, she didn’t like to things, she only had one hobby, craving for all kinds of delicious food, at that time, his grandmother told him not to let his father know that she was eating wontons outside.
He missed his grandmother.
Then he said to Shan Qihuan: “I want to eat wonton.”
“Okay, let’s stay a little longer.” Shan Qihuan didn’t intend to stay long, he just came here to make an appearance, show his face, meet Old Master Qi, and then say a few words to a few shopping mall bosses with whom he usually interacts.
As soon as he came downstairs, someone came to greet Shan Qihuan, Shan Qihuan turned his head and said to Shen Yuhan: “Go sit over there on the sofa for a while, I’ll come over to you after I finish chatting with them.”
Shen Yuhan glanced at the sofa he was pointing at, there were only two beautiful women sitting there chatting, he nodded and walked over, Shan Qihuan watched him go before picking up a cocktail and chatted with a certain manager who was left out by him.
The next part will be posted tomorrow.
