Translator: Hua
Thank you @ray0312 for the kofi. (❤´艸｀❤)
At half past five in the evening, Shi Yunnan returned to Luo’s house.
Seeing that he was holding a thick box, housekeeper Qin came over and gave him a hand, “Second Young Master Shi, you’re back at last! What did you buy? You didn’t answer our phone call, so the patriarch was planning to look for you by himself at the jade market.”
Uncle Qin knew that Shi Yunnan went to the jade market in the afternoon.
“Luo Lingsheng is back?”
A smile subconsciously appeared on Shi Yunnan’s face, and he quickly instructed Uncle Qin to handle the box gently.
As soon as the two put down the box, the elevator door nearby opened. Little Goldfish walked in front with Luo Lingsheng following behind.
“Little uncle!” Little Goldfish immediately clinged on him.
Shi Yunnan rubbed his little head, then turned his gaze to Luo Lingsheng on the wheelchair, and said with a smile, “Come and take a look at the good stuff that I bought.”
Luo Lingsheng approached silently, “Why did you go to the jade market?”
“Next Tuesday is old man Wen’s birthday. I went to choose a gift for him.”
Shi Yunnan briefly explained, and opened the box for everyone to see——
White jade twin dragon vase.
The top fire dragon was hollowed out and circled around the vase, the bottom water dragon was embossed as the base support, with one end connected to the other in an appropriate design.
The most ingenious thing was that the center of this Hetian white jade1One of the most valuable and well-known among other jade varieties.
was stained with a little variegated color, but the jade sculptor had carved this variegated color into a dragon bead, on which the word ‘longevity’ was engraved with a very fine brushstroke.
Not only did it not let the jade vase drop in value, on the contrary it added the finishing touch that brought this work of art to life.
“Double dragons holding longevity, eliminating disasters and bringing good luck, it’s a good symbol.” Housekeeper Qin expressed his appreciation.
“Wow!”
Little Goldfish clearly couldn’t do the same, so he wagged his head back and forth, “It’s so beautiful.”
Shi Yunnan saw exactly where Luo Lingsheng was. First, he rubbed Little Goldfish’s hair, then skillfully made a half-circle around the other party’s small head, and unobtrusively sat down next to Luo Lingsheng.
Perhaps due to the close distance, the corner of Luo Lingsheng’s eyes were tainted with a bit of a smile, “The line and alignment of this jade bottle is very well done. The jade carving master must be very skilled.”
Shi Yunnan mentioned casually, “Yeah this is Lu Zhao’an’s work. He personally chose it for me.”
“…..”
The person whom he wasn’t familiar with yesterday at the police station was already familiar enough to buy jade carving from each other today?
Luo Lingsheng’s eyes narrowed slightly and looked over, “You two met again?”
The word ‘again’ was particularly stressed.
Shi Yunnan seemed to notice something, but he wasn’t sure.
In front of the housekeeper and Little Goldfish, he didn’t dare to tease him, so he blinked at Luo Lingsheng, pretending to be well-behaved, “I happened to run into him this afternoon because something happened in the jade market. I was almost scammed by a black-hearted boss.”
Shi Yunnan recounted what he had experienced in the afternoon to Luo Lingsheng and others.
At the end, only the Little Goldfish applauded vigorously with admiration and enthusiasm, “Little uncle is amazing! The bad guy was arrested and sent to the police station!”
Shi Yunnan couldn’t help pinching the little milk fat on Little Goldfish’s face, and accepted his compliment without any hesitation, “Then you have to remember that in the future, when you see bad guys, you have to call the police, got it?”
“Um!”
Luo Lingsheng frowned slightly and asked, “Has anyone been injured?”
Why did this person always ‘invite trouble’ wherever he went?
Shi Yunnan shook his head, “No.”
“It’s good that you’re fine.” Uncle Qin glanced at the time, “Patriarch, since second young master Shi is back, should I let the kitchen get ready?”
Luo Lingsheng nodded silently.
Seeing this, Shi Yunnan simply stood up, “Uncle Qin, please help me put away this jade vase first. I’ll go upstairs to take a shower and come down for dinner later.”
“Yes.”
Shi Yunnan took two steps towards the stairs, then turned back, “I almost forgot, Little Goldfish, come here, I have something for you.”
As soon as Little Goldfish heard this, he ran over in a hurry.
Shi Yunnan took out a small brocade pouch from his pocket, squatted down and looked at Little Goldfish, “Open it and see if you like it?”
Little Goldfish carefully took out the Hetian jade from inside the pouch. The round and small Hetian jade was outlined with an auspicious pattern symbolizing good luck, and then tied with a black woven circular rope, looking elegant and beautiful.
“Thank you little uncle! I like it very much!”
Little Goldfish’s eyes were sparkling, and all of a sudden, he plunged into Shi Yunnan’s arms, full of happiness.
“You’re welcome, jade can nourish people and keep them safe, our Little Goldfish must grow up well and be healthy.”
“Mmm! I’ll put it away, little uncle.”
Shi Yunnan’s eyes bypassed Little Goldfish and met Luo Lingsheng’s gaze, the smile on his lips widened, “I’ll take a bath first and have dinner with you guys later.”
“Okay.”
After Shi Yunan disappeared at the corner of the stairs, Little Goldfish held the jade pendant and happily ran back to Luo Lingsheng and the housekeeper.
He fondly stroked the round jade ornament, and couldn’t help showing off to Luo Lingsheng, “Uncle! Does it look nice? Little uncle gave me a gift!”
“…..”
Luo Lingsheng, who had received nothing, fell silent.
He looked at his little nephew who got the precious jade pendant from Shi Yunnan, and felt a sour pang for no reason.
But Little Goldfish continued to flaunt, “Uncle, does it look good? It means that little uncle likes me the most!”
…Like you the most?
Luo Lingsheng pushed his glasses, and for the first time, he ignored his nephew’s question, and controlled the wheelchair toward the elevator.
Little Goldfish who didn’t get a response pouted and turned his gaze to the housekeeper, “Grandpa Qin.”
“It looks nice.”
The housekeeper’s response came quickly.
He looked at the elevator door that had been closed again, and couldn’t help laughing and shaking his head——
Patriarch, how old are you?
How can you be jealous of your own little nephew?
…
Shi Yunnan took a simple shower, changed into plain clothes and went out the door. Seeing that the light at the door of Luo Lingsheng’s room was still on, he turned around and picked up the medicine bag in the room and walked over.
——knock knock.
There was a knock on the door, attracting the attention of Luo Lingsheng inside.
Shi Yunnan leaned against the door and lifted the conspicuous medicine bag in his hand, “Do me a favor, it’s a little inconvenient for me to do it myself.”
In fact, it wasn’t really inconvenient for him, and it was just a small scratch. There was no need to repeatedly apply the medicine. He just wanted to find a reason to be alone with Luo Lingsheng.
Luo Lingsheng didn’t expose his trivial excuse, and moved the wheelchair to face him, “Come in.”
Shi Yunnan walked in nonchalantly and sat down on the single sofa.
Luo Lingsheng looked at the clumped abrasion on his arm, and only took out an ointment, using a cotton swab to dab some of it and then gently applied it on his arm, “…Why did you give Jin Yu a jade pendant?”
“I thought it looked good so I bought it.”
Shi Yunnan answered casually, and realized that Luo Lingsheng’s question was a bit deliberate. He thoughtfully bowed his head close to Luo Lingsheng and raised his eyebrows, “Do you want one too?”
“No.” Luo Lingsheng denied it quickly and calmly.
Shi Yunnan hummed, but still explained to him, “Jade is either suitable for children, wealthy madam’s accessories, or for middle-aged and elderly people.”
“I wanted to buy it for you this afternoon, but I couldn’t find a suitable one after carefully looking around. I was afraid that you would not like it if I bought it casually, so I only bought it for Little Goldfish.”
So it wasn’t because he didn’t think about him, but he didn’t find the right one after carefully looking around?
Luo Lingsheng’s subtle jealousy disappeared completely. He threw the cotton swab into the trash can, and the corners of his lips curved, “En, I see.”
The housekeeper hadn’t come up to call them yet, probably because there was still time before the meal.
Luo Lingsheng remembered the jade carving gift just now, “On Mr. Wen’s birthday banquet, do you plan to send someone to deliver the gift, or are you going by yourself?”
“I’ll go in person, I haven’t visited Grandpa for a long time.” Shi Yunnan’s eyes flickered slightly.
Luo Lingsheng knew that the relationship between Shi Yunnan and the Shi family was not good, but he knew very little about his relationship with the Wen family. Hesitant flashed between his eyebrows, but he still asked, “You haven’t had much contact with the Wen family all these years?”
“Yes, since I was eighteen, I haven’t had much contact with them.” Shi Yunnan said frankly, “It’s a long story, but it’s not that the old man treats me badly.”
Compared with old man Shi’s ruthless heart as a businessman, old man Wen was more refined and elegant as a musician.
In the first two years when Shi Yunnan was left abroad, the Shi family deliberately concealed this matter. The Wen family sent people to visit several times, but they only got the sentence “Second Young Master doesn’t want to see you”.
Old man Wen believed it to be true, and was disappointed for a while with his reluctant young grandson.
Later, he learned that Shi Yunnan was sent out of the country, and he was so angry that he quarreled with old man Shi for a while.
Old man Wen loved Shi Yunnan and he even personally flew abroad to see him when he was in good health. He had also tried to avoid the Shi family and wanted to bring Shi Yunnan to his side to raise him.
However, due to multiple factors at home and abroad, the plan failed.
Later, when Wen Yibei also went abroad to study music, old man Wen would always give him extra expenses, but in fact, he asked Wen Yibei to pass it over to Shi Yunnan.
Every time on vacation, old man Wen would ask Wen Yibei to bring Shi Yunnan back to Wen’s house to live together.
However, Shi Yunnan and his cousin Wen Chenglang really didn’t get along.
Wen Chenglang’s own musical talent was not strong, so he was always jealous of Wen Yibei, who was better than him. When Shi Yunnan temporarily stayed at Wen’s house during the holiday, the other party openly and secretly mocked the two brothers for eating free food without working.
After the eighteenth birthday party, the friction between the two got too big, and Wen Chenglang accidentally pushed old man Wen, who came to persuade him, to the ground, causing him to be hospitalized with bone fracture.
As a result, when they arrived at the hospital—
In front of his parents, Wen Chenglang insisted that it was Shi Yunnan who did it, and said that he “wanted to kill the old man on purpose and inherit part of the Wen family’s inheritance”.
Their aunt Song Zhiqiu was biased toward her own son, but their uncle Wen Yanfeng was a rational and reasonable person. As a result, the wife and the husband quarreled about this, creating a very embarrassing scene.
It was obviously the fault of two people, but in the end it became Shi Yunnan’s ulterior motives and intentional harm?
Shi Yunnan firmly denied what he didn’t do, but he did feel remorse for old man Wen. He quietly accompanied the old man through the dangerous period in the hospital, and then, all these years, he never set foot in the Wen family again.
First, he didn’t want to affect Wen Yibei’s situation in the Wen family because of himself; secondly, he knew that his aunt Song Zhiqiu was in charge of the family and he didn’t want to make things difficult for old man Wen and his uncle; thirdly, he really didn’t want to fight for the Wen family property.
“The Wen family is still far from being the real wealthy gentry, but it can be regarded as a scholarly family with no worries about food and clothing. My mother has always been the daughter who grew up being doted on and spoiled by her parents.”
It was a pity that they entrusted her to the wrong person causing her to pass away prematurely.
This matter became the sore point of the old couple, and it was also the reason why they loved their two grandchildren very much, just like old lady Wen, who was still thinking about her little grandson abroad before she died.
After calculating the time, apart from old lady Wen’s funeral, Shi Yunnan did not have contact with the Wen family for a long time.
“Luo Lingsheng, are you free next Tuesday?”
“Yes.”
Luo Lingsheng answered directly, even if he was not available, he would still let Qin Jian make time.
Shi Yunnan hesitated for a few seconds and asked, “My grandfather’s 80th birthday, do you want to go with me?”
Shi Yunnan knew that Luo Lingsheng didn’t like to participate in this kind of banquet, but he wanted to give it a try and bring Luo Lingsheng to meet his few cherished relatives.
He wanted old man Wen to know that he had found a good marriage partner. Although the relationship between the two was still only bound with a piece of agreement paper, there was no guarantee that he couldn’t catch this husband right?
Luo Lingsheng met his eyes, and asked casually, “Can I go to Mr.Wen Wen’s birthday banquet? For what reason?”
Reason?
It was hard to tell the truth right now.
Shi Yunnan thought about it, and had to express it in a joking way, “In front of outsiders, we have already obtained the certificate, so we have to act accordingly…”
He paused, then got closer, “You’re going to meet my family elders with me, right?”
kofi ☕
Of course he iss aaaaaaaaa hihihi
Thank you for the chapter ❤️❤️❤️
Thanks for the chapter!
Still no progress… The dog food in front of outsiders are a little bit sweet, but the one in private (not for show) is just a tiny bit sweet with a hint of bitter and sour aftertaste, it’s also one-sided since MC’s the one who seem to be the one who did all the heavy-lifting in the relationship, while ML looks like he’s going along with MC’s whims helplessly (like doting a child), with a splash of money and family power here and there. At this point, they’re more like father and son if not for the flirting and ambiguous behaviour from MC.
Thanks for the chapter!
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I’ve no talent or whatsoever to choose jade. But I really don’t like the one shown in the picture. And, I want to see mc act alone for a while T T. Why drag ML everywhere. Ik it’s a banquet, so they will go as a couple. But..but..sigh* , when that incident happened in the jade market, I thought ML will show up again with his team.
No progress still ah
Hmm remember when ML was thinking to himself after MC drunkenly confessed that he liked ML a little, “not enough YET” or words to that effect… I think he’s luring MC in so that it is a serious like, not just a minor superficial dalliance. But that’s just my thinking!
You are not attracting him in the right way. The person likes him a little and instead of starting to chase, he does nothing, hoping that MC will continue doing everything, what if instead of falling in love with you he ends up losing interest? If I like someone a little bit but they don’t show signs of feeling the same way, it’s very, very normal that in the end I end up losing interest in that person and we don’t get anywhere, after all, most people don’t like to “make a hot face on a cold ass”
The sculptor is talented to be able to make something like that out of a notoriously annoying material like jade, but his aesthetic sense is what really sold it to the MC. Also, if you want to get into jade carving, always make sure to do so while the jade is wet. Preferably with running water passing over the abrasive. Jade is somewhat similar to asbestos, so the fibrous material can become airborne and get into your lungs and never leave.
Faceting gemstones is also done this way, with an abrasive wheel cooled by a constant flow of water, so that the ‘cutting’ is actually slowly grinding the stone to the desired angle and place. Then turn the stone, secure it again, and carefully grind another plane. Once it’s done correctly, all the little planes come together into a faceted stone, with the facets calculated to maximize the beauty and brilliance of the material. If it’s not done correctly, well… make adjustments and end up with a smaller finished product.
Jade is indeed a beautiful stone, but unfortunately most of what can be purchased online – even little carvings – isn’t actually jadeite or nephrite, the two kinds of jade. One of the most common ‘fakes’ is serpentine, which can be a very beautiful stone in itself. Honestly, I’ve bought several carvings knowing they weren’t actually jade. If I like the carving, does the actual stone that was used really matter? To me, what matters most is whether I like it or not. If there are flaws, so long as I don’t mind them and they weren’t hidden, they just add character.
I can’t believe that seriously the grandson almost killed the grandfather and the grandfather did not clarify anything and nobody has punished the grandson!!! What else was it like the MC did it, even more ridiculous, did the MC feel guilty for everything? what the hell? this guy is definitely not a smart fox at all, he’s just a first-rate jerk…
SYN willingly left. The lie wasn’t the issue; the issue was that they believed the cousin even though the lie was so blatant. Whether or not the grandfather clarified later, it didn’t matter because the damage had already been done. SYN feels guilty because his grandfather got hurt trying to protect him. He left because he didn’t want his presence to affect the safety of his brother and grandfather, the only two people he had left.
That situation with Wen family is really weird…
Thank You for the chapter (๑˙❥˙๑)
honestly the mls actions make a lot of sense? every time hes attempted to push back towards the mc, the mc always gets fainthearted and pulls back, i can see why he would be unwilling to make any active attempts given the responses hes been getting (with sober mc)
also the mc seems to have a very proactive personality, i dont think the ml is unwilling hes just being consistently beaten to the punch lmao