IHOEAYSTTTIW Chapter 62

Chapter 62 As Before

Lin Yan scooped out the last hot dish, looking at the table full of food, extremely satisfied, “Now we just need a cold dish.”

Yun Qi volunteered to take on the task, “Big Brother, you go get the rice, I can do this.”

Lin Yan picked up the spatula, piled a small mountain of rice in a bowl, and pushed it in front of Yun Qi, “Like before, is this enough?”

Yun Qi softly “mm”ed, his face flushed with a suspicious blush.

Lin Yan chuckled lightly and continued to serve rice.

Rice was served for all four people, but there was still some left in the pot.

Lin Yan always had a good handle on the amount of food, but today there was enough for two people left over.

Not only rice, but even the dishes were a bit more than usual.

Yun Qi understood immediately. He handed Lin Yan two bowls and walked out, “Big Brother is kind-hearted, and left food for the two workers. I’ll go call them to come and get it.”

Gu Chao and Gu Xia thanked him profusely and tactfully didn’t go to the front yard.

The people eating in the front yard were still the four from Hunan Flavor, plus White, whom Lin Yan had brought out from the Prince’s residence. Four people and a cat, at first glance, it really looked like the day Lin Yan first came to Hunan Flavor.

Cheng Que picked up two pieces of spicy chicken and placed them in Gu Zhan’s plate, unconsciously sighing softly, “This feeling, it’s really like going back to when Hunan Flavor first opened.”

“It’s not quite the same,” Lin Yan piled Yun Qi’s plate high, not forgetting to tease Cheng Que, “When I first came, Cheng Cheng wouldn’t eat what I made, but now…”

Lin Yan pointed to Cheng Que’s full bowl, then pointed to Gu Zhan, who was inhaling the food like a storm, “Times have changed.”

Cheng Que was already as red as a small tomato. He bowed to Lin Yan, seriously begging for forgiveness, “I was blind and didn’t recognize a gem. Please forgive me, Your Royal Highness.”

Lin Yan burst out laughing, and finally everyone laughed along.

“We can’t just let you off like that.” Lin Yan raised his eyebrows, quickly finding a way to “make things difficult” for Cheng Que, “I sentence you to peel shrimp for Gu Zhan, and you’re not allowed to eat any yourself.”

The “fire of war” suddenly burned to himself, and Gu Zhan’s hand holding the chopsticks paused. Looking at Cheng Que’s shrimp-peeling action and then at the mountain of shrimp in the plate, Gu Zhan began to feel sorry. He looked at the large shrimp in the plate again, very reluctant, but still resolutely stopped Cheng Que’s next move, “One is enough, I don’t like these greasy things.”

“Stop it, one isn’t even enough to fill a crack in your teeth.” Cheng Que’s hands didn’t stop, skillfully peeling the shrimp and placing it in Gu Zhan’s plate, “Husband, just eat it with peace of mind. Cheng Que… is happy to do it.”

The CP he was rooting for finally showed some affection. Lin Yan took a bite of food, a bite of rice, and a bite of spiritual sustenance, feeling that his life was getting better and better.

Lin Yan’s entire attention was on eating sugar, while Yun Qi’s entire attention was on Lin Yan.

He didn’t know if there would be days like this in the future, but now he only wanted to, and could only, enjoy the present.

The food on the table was swept away, and Lin Yan gradually softened, eventually turning into a puddle of water.

He leaned back in the chair, patting his stomach contentedly, “I’m full. Now for the next step.”

The table was a mess of dishes and cups. The next step was naturally to clean up.

But Lin Yan had always been the type who liked to make a mess but didn’t like to clean up. He got a headache just looking at the things on the table.

Yun Qi knew Lin Yan’s nature, so naturally he didn’t need to be told to take on the job himself, “Big Brother, you rest. I’ll do these chores…”

“How can we trouble the master with these things?” The worker named Gu Xia came out of the kitchen, giving Yun Qi a shallow curtsy, “I can do these things.”

Gu Xia appeared at too opportune a time. Lin Yan couldn’t help but take a few more glances at him.

Gu Xia stood obediently on the side, not daring to continue cleaning up the dishes until Lin Yan nodded.

It was just a simple matter of cleaning up the dishes, but Lin Yan saw a hint of grievance in it.

The more Lin Yan looked, the more awkward he felt. He and Gu Xia were clearly just an employer-employee relationship, so why did it look more and more like the primary wife and a concubine?

Even if that were the case, he hadn’t said anything, yet it looked like he was trying to torment Gu Xia. The next step would probably be the beauty shedding tears.

Gu Xia was very strong and wouldn’t start crying just from washing dishes, but her delicate figure and obedient, charming appearance were still on full display.

Was this area-of-effect attack useful? Not really. Gu Zhan’s gaze was still revolving around Cheng Que, and Yun Qi was greedily enjoying Lin Yan’s affection.

Gu Xia’s actions were only truly noticed by Lin Yan.

Lin Yan glared at the person sneaking into the kitchen and vigorously rubbed Yun Qi a few times to calm himself down.

This person had bad intentions, and he had to make him reveal his fox tail.

“Are you sleepy?” Lin Yan randomly found an excuse and pulled Yun Qi, preparing to leave.

Having finally gotten a chance to be intimate, Yun Qi didn’t want to be separated from Lin Yan. He retorted softly, his voice tinged with a bit of grievance, “I’m not sleepy, don’t want to go to sleep.”

“No, you’re sleepy.” Lin Yan forcefully pulled Yun Qi out of the courtyard, and only stopped after walking a distance. He leaned in close to Yun Qi’s ear and whispered a few words.

A burst of output like a tiger, but looking at the record, 0|5. Master Xia, who had been busy for half a day, finally worked for nothing.

As soon as Gu Xia entered the kitchen, he piled the things in the sink and took out a small mirror from his sleeve, looking at it while lamenting, “These days of being exposed to the wind and sun, my skin isn’t as tender as it used to be.”

Gu Chao paused in his cleaning, rolling his eyes and perfunctorily saying, “Tender, tender, as tender as freshly steamed egg custard.”

Gu Xia clicked his tongue, using rouge that he didn’t know where he had gotten from, dabbing and smearing it on his face in the mirror, “Brother, your words are so rough.”

“You think it’s rough? There’s rougher coming.” Gu Chao threw the dishcloth to the side, almost splashing Gu Xia with water, “That stack of dishes is yours, don’t think about making me wash them all.”

The disgust on Gu Chao’s face flashed by, and then he started acting sticky and coquettish with Gu Chao, “Brother loves me the most, please help me.”

Gu Chao was unmoved.

Gu Xia stretched out his hand, showing Gu Chao the thumbnail-sized wound, “When the wound on my hand heals, I’ll play the zither for Brother to listen to.”

Gu Chao took a deep breath, grabbing the divided-out plates back, his movements becoming more and more frantic, “Forget it, forget it, you’ll just break the dishes again.”

Gu Chao started washing the dishes, and Gu Xia stood on the side, looking left and right in the mirror, still muttering, “Brother, why doesn’t Shopkeeper Gu take another look at me?”

“They’re a loving couple, both interested in each other. What are you messing around with?” Gu Chao put down the plate in his hand, staring at Gu Xia warningly, “Shopkeeper Cheng said that he will return our contracts of indenture to us. You should cause less trouble and just do this job honestly.”

“Yeah, following someone like that doesn’t have much of a future.” Gu Xia obviously didn’t listen, applying lip rouge after finishing with the powder, “I heard that the An Prince has shares in this Hunan Flavor. Do you think we can see the An Prince here?”

Gu Chao casually said, “The An Prince’s residence naturally has stewards in charge of these things. How would His Highness, the An Prince, come here personally?”

“What if?”

“What if? Even if he comes, it has nothing to do with you. When a prince goes on tour, naturally a group of people will surround and protect him. Even if he is traveling incognito, it has nothing to do with you.”

Gu Xia paused in his actions, “What did Brother just say?”

“I said, these things, naturally the An Prince’s residence will have stewards…”

“Not that sentence, the last sentence.”

“The An Prince will definitely disguise himself when he comes out…”

“That’s right.” Gu Zhan’s eyes lit up, he looked at the door twice, instantly beaming, “Brother is still clever. Being able to be on such friendly terms with Shopkeeper Gu, and having Shopkeeper Cheng treat him with such courtesy, besides those two, who else could it be?”

Gu Chao blocked the doorway warily, looking at Gu Xia as if he was seeing him for the first time, “What are you going to do?”