"Don't be so polite. This is your own home. There's no need for that," he said. Seeing her put on gloves and start to tear off the chicken legs, he didn't stay in the kitchen to watch the little girl eat. Instead, he went to the bathroom to take a shower.
He had been busy all day, and he had drunk quite a bit of alcohol while proposing toasts just now. Although he didn't say anything, he was exhausted all over.
After taking a hot shower, Chu Hengyuan came out to the living room. Rong Lan was standing by the coffee table, holding a small soy - milk cup and counting the flowers.
He walked around to the kitchen and took a look. There was still half a chicken on the dining table. Obviously, the little girl couldn't eat any more and left it for him.
He originally wanted to quietly walk behind the little girl and scare her. However, when he was still five steps away from her, she turned around. "Brother, do you know how many flowers your friends sent us?"
She adapted very well. Calling him "brother" every time made Chu Hengyuan's heart melt.
He smiled gently and shook his head. "I'm not sure, but judging from the situation, I guess it's 999?"
Those guys were all romantic. They definitely wouldn't miss the chance to make it 999 on this occasion.
Rong Lan was surprised. "You're right!"
She had just eaten one and a half roasted chickens and really couldn't eat any more. She walked around the living room several times to digest. However, after a few rounds, she was really bored. So she just stood by the coffee table and counted the flowers.
She even admired herself for actually counting out an accurate number.
Chu Hengyuan was even more surprised than Rong Lan. "You really counted how many flowers there are?"
Rong Lan nodded.
Chu Hengyuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "If you really wanted to know, I could just ask them. You didn't have to count them yourself. It's too tiring."
Rong Lan handed the half - finished soy milk to Chu Hengyuan. Chu Hengyuan could tell from her expression that she didn't want to drink it anymore. He took it and drank from the cup she had used. "These flowers can be kept for a few more days. In a few days, I'll clip them up and hang them. After they naturally dry into dried flowers, I'll frame them and keep them forever."
Rong Lan looked at Chu Hengyuan with a complicated look in her eyes. He knew so many things, but none of them could be used in the business world. Could this be the reason why the head of the Chu family would rather give the family business to Chu Chuan, the illegitimate son, than to Chu Hengyuan?
However, it was also good. At least he wasn't really ignorant. He knew how to enjoy life.
It was actually not bad for two people to be together. One knew how to enjoy life while the other knew how to make money.
Rong Lan took the man's hand hanging by his side. Looking at him seriously, she said, "You just need to know how to enjoy life. You can leave the task of making money to support the family to me."
Chu Hengyuan didn't know why she suddenly brought this up, but he was happy to cooperate with her ambition. He leaned over and gently kissed the corner of her mouth. "Okay, I believe in Lanlan."
"From now on, Lanlan will be responsible for making money to support the family, and I'll just stay at home and cook all kinds of delicious food for Lanlan, like roasted chicken, beggar's chicken, soy - sauce chicken..."
As he spoke, Chu Hengyuan noticed that his little wife's eyes were getting brighter and brighter. He knew he had hit the right spot and decided to stop.
Hearing Chu Hengyuan list all the ways to cook chicken, Rong Lan swallowed her saliva. Her eyes were shining brightly. She grabbed the sleeve of his home clothes. "Don't worry! I'll definitely work hard to make money to support the family!"
She had to at least earn enough money to buy chicken. After all, this was a modern society. She couldn't run all over the mountains and catch wild chickens like before. If she couldn't make money, wouldn't she have to eat just porridge and pickles every day and couldn't even afford chicken?
This wouldn't do.
Even if she couldn't achieve financial freedom, she had to achieve chicken freedom.
"Okay, Lanlan, what time do you want to get up and go to the store tomorrow? Do you need me to take you?" Chu Hengyuan knew that she had opened a small store. Although she had never specifically said what kind of store it was, he had gone to check it out out of boredom.
He didn't quite understand why she would open a fortune - telling store. After all, he had never heard that the eldest daughter of the Bai family had studied fortune - telling techniques like the five elements and the eight trigrams. But he was happy to support his little wife. It didn't matter what kind of store it was as long as she was happy.
Rong Lan waved her hand. "No need to take me. The store is not far from here. I'll just get up at eight tomorrow."
She didn't plan to let Chu Hengyuan know what kind of business her store was. She was afraid that Chu Hengyuan would notice that she wasn't the original Bai Ronglan.
"Okay, then let's go to bed early tonight so that we can get up on time tomorrow."
The moment the man's voice fell, Rong Lan got another memory in her head.
She was dazed for a moment. Only three seconds later did she come to her senses. She took the initiative to pull Chu Hengyuan back to the bedroom to see his reaction.
However, as soon as she stepped into the master bedroom, she found that there was an extra quilt on the bed. When Chu Hengyuan first showed her around the new home, there was only one quilt on the bed. Now there were two.
She looked back at the man who was half a step behind her in confusion.
Even though the little girl didn't say anything, Chu Hengyuan still understood. He smiled gently. "I don't mean anything else. It's just that in fact, you and I aren't really that familiar. I don't consider myself a perfect gentleman, but I still want to leave you an escape route.
"My Lanlan is a smart girl. You married into our family because of the Bai family. When you achieve your goal and feel that you won't fall in love with me in the future, you can pursue your own happiness. I will never be your stumbling block. After all, I don't want two people who don't like each other to be tied together for a lifetime because of family reasons. That kind of life is too tiring."
Rong Lan tilted her head.
She now fully suspected that she had married the wrong person.
In the memory that suddenly appeared in her head, Bai Ronglan in her previous life didn't have this kind of treatment. Bai Ronglan's new wedding room wasn't here, but it wasn't much worse. After arriving at the new wedding room, Chu Hengyuan directly told Bai Ronglan that he had a psychological barrier and couldn't sleep with someone around. He voluntarily went to sleep in the second bedroom.
She didn't know if they had a real relationship later, but on the first day of their wedding, Chu Hengyuan showed his indifference to his new wife. In that memory, he not only didn't make her a midnight snack, but he didn't even hug or kiss her.
So, was the man she had married really still Chu Hengyuan?
Moreover, since Chu Hengyuan treated Bai Ronglan like that, why was one of Bai Ronglan's wishes still to marry Chu Hengyuan? What was so good about marrying such an ice - block?
"Why are you looking at me like this?" Unable to bear the little wife's serious gaze any longer, Chu Hengyuan helplessly put his hand on her shoulder and turned her around. He hugged her from behind. "Of course, if Lanlan wants to sleep in the same quilt with me, I won't refuse. If Lanlan likes the kind of kiss just now, I won't refuse either."