77 – Do you want to know a new heating method?
An Xing was happily stuffing boiled meat into his mouth, and when he heard Shen Ying’s praise, he proudly lifted up his chest, and looked around.
He also wanted to open his mouth to answer, and just after poking his head out, he was held down by An Rong, who told him not to speak.
The young man was like a little gopher that had poked its head out and was knocked back in. He was at a loss and did not understand what was happening. Under his brother’s five-finger grip, he could only shut his mouth.
Today it is a small family celebration. In addition to An Xing and his family, there are a few cousins of the Shen family and Lu Tian Shen. Two of An Xing’s roommates and An Rong’s friends also came. Because it’s the weekend, the young people got together in passing to play.
As for the second house of the An family, only Tan Xiu came.
An Zhaoyuan was kicked out of An Ning Jewelry and still felt humiliated, so of course he wouldn’t come to An Xing’s celebration party. Not to mention An Hao, who hated An Xing and An Rong to death, why would he come?
The reason why An Hao was called “Little President An” in Anning Jewelry was because of his good sales performance and the expansion of many distribution channels. But shortly before An Xing and An Rong’s birthday, An Hao was found to have falsified his performance – those sales channels were not his at all, but other people’s performance was registered under his name.
This matter was discovered because An Rong entered the marketing department, and after finding out the situation, he found those people who “voluntarily” put their performance under An Hao’s name. It is unknown what An Rong talked to them about, but those people took the initiative to confess the matter.
At once, An Ning Jewelry’s internal evaluation of An Hao dropped sharply. An Hao felt embarrassed and refused to go to the company for a while.
An Hao refused to curry favor with An Xing’s family, but Tan Xiu still had something she wanted to test, so she could only come over by herself. Who knew that not long after the celebration began, she would be grabbed by Shen Ying and would hear these words.
In that instant, Tan Xiu wanted to pull back her hand, and slap Shen Ying’s face!
But Shen Ying wasn’t satisfied yet, and continued to say happily:
“You may not understand, but the theme of Xingxing’s design this time is about mothers.” she said cheerfully.
“This kid is so good and filial!”
An Xing’s entry is in the “Brand Culture” category. On one hand, the design must be novel and have highlights, and on the other hand, it must reflect the brand’s style. For example, the Lu jewelry company’s brand style is elegant, and Weiqing Jewelry’s brand style is plagiarism…
Oh, this is not a proper style.
All in all, when An Xing was designing this piece, he drew inspiration from Shen Ying and his own biological mother, whom he had never met.
He was raised by Shen Ying as if he were a precious treasure, and he was taught by an independent woman.
He had seen Gu Lan’s drawings and photographs, and heard from An Rong about the woman’s life, how she faced life with optimism and enthusiasm, and how she coped with difficulties.
Even though he had never met her, he was still able to draw a vivid picture of her.
As a result, An Xing came up with the idea of designing a set of jewelry for his two mothers.
After learning from An Zhaoming why An Ning Jewelry is called “An Ning”, he finally settled on the design. This set of jewelry is for mothers, for a family.
Now this set of jewelry, which is being mass-produced, and the story behind it are on the official website they are being sold in large quantities. People all over the country know about the An family’s mistake, and also know the love that the real and fake young master of the An family has for the two mothers. Who can’t be moved by the mother-son relationship? As a result, the sales volume of An Ning Jewelry’s products has increased significantly recently.
Everyone thought that the families and companies founded by these two children with such outstanding personalities would definitely not be bad.
And all this seemed absurd and disgusting to Tan Xiu. She had barely ignored the praise from the outside world for An Xing and An Rong, but now, Shen Ying was showing off in front of her!
She held back, and although she was trembling slightly with anger, she still restrained her expression, smiled and nodded.
“Not bad, sister-in-law is really lucky… to have two such good sons.”
Tan Xiu’s voice was a little distorted when she spoke the latter part. She seemed to know that she had lost her composure, so she pulled back her hand, looked away, and no longer looked at Shen Ying.
Shen Ying stared at Tan Xiu for a while and pulled the corners of her lips.
An Rong’s expression was also a bit unpleasant, only An Xing looked at his mother in confusion, then looked at his second aunt. He didn’t understand why the atmosphere was so strange when these two were being polite.
Mom was just showing off, wasn’t she? An Xing thought uncertainly. But why would she be showing off to the second aunt? That’s just like playing the piano to a Bull!
The teenager didn’t think there was anything disrespectful about comparing her to a bull.
Seeing that his brother would not let him speak, the boy had no choice but to groan and whine to the side of Lu Tianchen. He was stuffed with sweet-scented osmanthus rice wine by the man for a night, and after taking a sip of the sweet soup, he immediately forgot what had just happened and drank the rice wine with a smile on his face.
Lu Tianchen rubbed the little fool who had nothing to worry about as long as he had something to eat, and his eyes fell on Tan Xiu.
Combined with the information currently obtained, Tan Xiu has arranged people to monitor the Ning couple for the past 20 years. The gangsters don’t know anything, and the one who really contacts Tan Xiu is the one called “Brother Hai”.
Unfortunately, Brother Hai has already hidden himself and has not been caught yet.
All along, Tan Xiu has been using means to prevent the Ning couple from being evaluated for excellence and getting a salary increase in school, as well as the school’s housing allocation. This behavior is to prevent the Ning family’s economic situation from improving.
At the same time, Tan Xiu once asked the thugs to surround An Rong before the college entrance examination. She may have not intended to make him unable to take the exam because of the injuries he sustained before the exam, but she certainly did not have good intentions, and wanted him to fail in the exam. This kind of behavior is intended to ruin An Rong’s future.
If you look at it from a different perspective, maybe the Ning family couple had messed with Tan Xiu, so they were taught a lesson. After all, Tan Xiu was a pampered young lady at home before she got married, and people who are well-born but not well-bred always treat others as if they were grass.
But if you look at everything together, if Tan Xiu is not targeting the Ning family, then there is a more clear-cut conjecture.
–When the two children were in the hospital, they were deliberately switched by Tan Xiu. For the past twenty years, Tan Xiu has been hiding behind the scenes, not wanting An Rong to have a good life.
Of course, it is impossible to have a grudge against a child for Tan Xiu. So, it’s An Zhaoming and Shen Ruoxing who are the targets of Tan Xiu’s hatred and desire to torment for twenty years.
Lu Tian Shen felt that he had to talk to An Zhaoming to see what kind of enmity Tan Xiu had with these two people.
An Xing also more or less felt these secret exchanges, but he did not think too much , and only thought it was Shen Ying’s way of expressing her dissatisfaction.
His second uncle and second aunt knew very well that An Rong was taken away by mistake, and they even found out about An Rong’s existence. However, no matter in the previous life or this life, they never told Mom and Dad in advance. Instead, they kept it hidden and then suddenly came to their door. It’s normal for mom and dad to be angry when they do something like this!
His father is laughing and chatting with his first cousin, not stopping his mom from humiliating her.
His second aunt deserved it.
An Xing shook his head and thought to himself, drinking another mouthful of rice wine.
Lu Tian Shen did not pay attention and the teenager had already finished all of the osmanthus rice wine that night. He hastened to give some dishes to the young man so that he could drink less.
An Xing did not refuse, put down the bowl and continued to eat the dishes, but also diligently gave the man food.
“This chicken leg is delicious! Shen ge, try it!”
Looking at the young man’s happy demeanor, even though Lu Tian Shen’s mood was a bit heavy due to all the speculations, he was still much relieved at this moment.
An Xing smiled brightly towards the man and turned his head to peek at the interaction between his second cousin and her husband in a sneaky manner.
“Try this dumpling, it tastes good.”
The woman picked up one and handed it to the man. The man smiled and bent his head, taking the ball from between the woman’s chopsticks.
“It’s my favorite flavor, you really know me.”
The two looked at each other and smiled, filled with the greasy and sour smell of love!
Shen’s family members were all insensitive. These two had just gotten married, and were as good as oil in honey. At first, it was comforting to watch, but now, it’s tiring.
They have learned to turn a blind eye to the situation, no matter how crazy the newlyweds are spreading dog food, they don’t look, don’t listen, and don’t eat.
The An family couple and An Rong had also witnessed this on their wedding day, but the An family couple themselves loved to spread dog food, and An Rong, being a single man, was equally unfazed by it.
Only An Xing, due to some well-known reasons, has recently become more sensitive to these scenes of romance. He peeked at them with interest for a while and rolled his eyes.
Aiya, his Shen ge is going to pursue him, then in the future, most probably, the two of them will also have to be like this, you feed me, I feed you.
In the past, it was Shen ge who used to give him food, but he had never fed him before.
The teenager turned his eyes, came close to the man and lowered his voice.
“Shen ge, you give me a piece of oyster,”
Lu Tian Shen scanned around and saw that the oysters were near his side of the position, a little far from the teenager, so he reached out and took one for him and put it on the plate.
However, An Xing did not eat it immediately, but still looked at the man with his round almond eyes, his light curry colored eyes were moist, like he was being cute.
“You feed me~”
The whole table quieted down, and everyone’s gazes focused on the two of them in a split second.
There are many meanings in this attention. If we take pictures of each one, we can probably make a set of emoticons, with the main idea being shock and ridicule. However, under such a gaze, Lu Tianchen was quite calm. He paused for less than a second before reaching out to take the boy’s chopsticks and opening the oysters for him.
The fact that he is feeding this little fool doesn’t mean that the little fool has accepted his advances, but it’s just a new way of being coquettish.
He’s seen through this little fool who doesn’t know what he’s talking about!
The man’s movements did not match his mental activity, gently picking up the oyster and offering it to the teenager’s mouth.
This piece of oyster meat was still steaming, trembling in front of his eyes. An Xing looked at the man’s concentration on feeding himself, ah ah a mouthful of oyster meat, mouth full of juicy, flavorful oyster meat.
Well, the food that is fed by Shen ge seems to be extraordinarily delicious!
An Xing thought for a moment.
Unfortunately, there are too many family members today, it is not good to try again, An Xing regretfully thought so and that the next time he and Lu Tian Shen have lunch alone, he can try again. The second half of the celebration ended peacefully.
Seemingly exasperated by Shen Ying’s showing off, Tan Xiu didn’t do anything more later, or maybe she was too angry to do anything else. She ate peacefully, and after Shen’s family proposed to leave, she also followed.
When all the people left, Lu Tian Shen and An Zhaoming talked for a while in the study, and then came out to see An Xing is playing games with An Rong and his roommates, so he also intended to leave.
“I’m going to see Shen ge off! I’m going to see Shen ge off!”
An Xing immediately threw away the game console and ran to Lu Tian Shen’s side, heading out with the man.
It is now the end of November, Tang City has entered the fall, the temperature is dropping fast. Earlier in the room he was wearing a single jacket to play games, but when he came out, An Xing felt a bit cold.
A gust of wind blew and An Xing shivered a little.
Lu Tian Shen felt that An Xing was underdressed when he came out. He saw the teenager’s small shoulders shaking and said:
“Are you cold? You don’t have to walk me, just hurry back.”
“I can’t, I’ll take you to the car.”
An Xing insisted that refusing to admit it was his last bit of stubbornness.
“I’m not cold.”
And then a gust of wind blew through his heart, and he was dazed on the spot.
Lu Tian Shen was so angry and amused that he took off his trench coat and covered the teenager with it.
“I’m not afraid that you’ll be cold, I’m worried that you’ll get sick if the cold enters your body. Hurry back, huh?”
The man’s body temperature was very high, and even his clothes were hot. After being wrapped up, An Xing’s whole body warmed up. He lifted his head and stared blankly.
Lu Tian Shen looked at him intently, with only his figure in his dark eyes.
“There is actually another way to keep me from being cold.”
An Xing opened his mouth in a mysterious way.
“If you give me a kiss, I might get warmer.”
TRANSLATOR’S CORNER:
I am not a native speaker of either Chinese or English. I basically MTL and edit the text, sometimes I also use some sites for reference. I can’t guarantee that everything here is accurate, But I try to stick to the author’s work as much as possible. Please feel to comment any mistakes🙂🤗.
Thank you for translating!