The moon is rising high above the trees, insects are chirping outside the pavilion, and the night wind blows away most of the heat from the wine.

Gu Fengyan fell limp in Huo Duan's arms. He didn't drink a drop of wine, but he was completely drunk.

Her cheeks are rosy and her eyes are soft and tearful.

"Mr. Huo, can I help you?" He panted, with a layer of water on his rosy lips, and whispered in Huo Duan's ear.

In a drunken state, Huo Duan's nose was filled with the intoxicating fragrance... and his lips and teeth tasted sweet.

"No." He grabbed Gu Fengyan's hand and put it against his chest, "Stay like this for a while..."

My heart is beating very fast.

Gu Fengyan lowered his eyes and kissed his cheek to his neck, leaving a tooth mark with malicious intent, "This makes me uncomfortable."

He moved, but soon he dared not move...

"I feel bad too," Huo Duan rubbed the bloody cut on his lip with his fingertips and kissed him, "Don't move, just stay with me for a while."

Thinking that all these reactions were due to him, Gu Fengyan felt incredibly soft in his heart. He hooked Huo Duan and responded fiercely, panting, "This is a reward for you."

Huo Duan enjoyed it very much, his heartbeat so fast his chest almost burst.

"Won't you give me something else?" He curled his lips and rubbed them, finding the right place.

Gu Fengyan's waist softened, and he uttered a small "hmm", looking at Huo Duan's blushing face.

"If you want something else, get out of here." He bit Huo Duan and said in a muffled voice.

This was the first time for Gu Fengyan to have such an experience. After calming down, he felt quite embarrassed. He buried his face in Huo Duan's neck and said motionlessly, "You are not drunk at all."

Huo Duan helped the man up, stared at him for a long while, and kissed him again and again, as if it was never enough.

"Are you pretending to be an ostrich?" He lowered his eyes and chuckled.

Gu Fengyan raised his eyes, calm and composed, "How can you pretend like that?"

"In order to get a kiss from Master Gu, I have no choice but to pretend." Huo Duan smiled, with infinite tenderness in his eyes, "Ayan, Ayan..."

"Why do you call me like that?" The two words came out of Huo Duan's mouth like a spell, making his heart itch unbearably.

Huo Duan did not answer, but just rubbed his neck, saying in a low voice, "Ayan, Ayan."

It's scary to be entangled with someone.

Gu Fengyan had never seen anyone call his name so gently... Huo Duan was the first.

"Ayan is here." He kissed him.

I hope I will never wake up from my drunkenness.

On the second day after moving, neither Gu Fengyan nor Huo Duan got up early, and it was almost noon before there was some movement from the two doors of the two rooms facing each other across the yard.

Gu Fengyan was carried back to the house by Huo Duan in the late night. He was so sleepy that he could not even open his eyelids.

I don't know why I have to feed mosquitoes in the waterside pavilion in the middle of the night... It turns out that people in love are a little bit sick in the brain. Gu Fengyan smiled, opened the door and looked towards Huo Duan's room.

Huo Duan did not stay last night, he sent him back and left... Gu Fengyan was very puzzled.

They have already talked it out, kissed and touched each other, why are they pretending to be gentlemen now?

"Let's see how long you can pretend!" He said to Huo Duan's closed door.

There happened to be a market in the county today, and the hawking of vendors could be heard from every other yard... Breakfast had already been served at this time, and it was just lunch time. The hawking was all about roasted pork, mutton, lard snacks and fruits, and some stir-fried side dishes.

Gu Fengyan turned out of the door and felt a little hungry after listening to everything along the way.

We had some greasy and meaty food at the housewarming party yesterday, so I’d like to switch to something lighter now.

He and Huo Duan had just bought a house. Money was needed to treat Huo's father's illness, and to do business afterwards... No matter how much money he had, it would not be enough, so he had to save as much as possible.

There is no need to buy food. There are still some vegetables left over from yesterday. We can just cook some.

Gu Fengyan went to the kitchen and passed by a small garden. Father Huo was weeding in a straw hat. He didn't know where he got it from. There were also hoes, rakes and other tools next to him.

The old man has been farming all his life, and asking him to do nothing but enjoy himself all day is actually a torture.

"Dad." Gu Fengyan walked over and greeted him.

Huo's father wiped his sweat, looked up and smiled, "Are you up?"

The sun in the sky was getting bigger and bigger, and Gu Fengyan's skin was burning.

"Dad, why didn't you wake us up? The sun is getting strong now. Let's clean up in the afternoon." He helped pull some weeds and put the hoe and other things under the corridor.

"You must be tired after entertaining so many people yesterday. How can your body bear it if you don't get more sleep?" Father Huo smiled. "I think this piece of land is empty anyway, so I thought of planting vegetables here like in the old house, so that we can eat fresh food."

Gu Fengyan just remembered that he had not had time to harvest the vegetables planted behind the old house.

"Huo Duan and I are often busy with business, so Dad can just take care of the house." When they reached the corridor, he smiled and said, "By the way, Dad, is there any news from the village?"

The job of purchasing and preparing medicinal materials in the village was given to Ye Shan. He and Huo Duan were comfortable with being hands-off managers, but they still had to be careful.

Huo's father said, "This morning your aunt asked Xue's eldest son to pass on a message saying that Dashan and Jing'er's wedding is scheduled for the seventh day of next month, and asked you and Erdan to return to the village when you have time to help with the preparations."

"Why are you in such a hurry?" Gu Fengyan remembered that the original time was set at 25.

Father Huo sighed, frowning, "Alas, it is said that Jing'er went back yesterday and became unwell again at night. Dashan was so worried that he didn't sleep all night. He begged the Liu family to arrange the ceremony as soon as possible so that he could be around to take care of him."

Yesterday, Liu Jingyu looked more energetic than usual. He was smiling at Ye Shan the whole time and his appetite seemed good. How come he suddenly became like this again?

Gu Fengyan was stunned, and the image of Ye Shan and Liu Jingyu talking and laughing happily and loving each other emerged in his mind, and he felt very sad.

"So that's how it is," Gu Fengyan nodded, "Okay, then wait until Huo Duan gets up. I'll go back with him today and leave the house to my father."

Liu Jingyu's illness is not an acute one. If he uses some high-quality medicinal herbs to slowly nurture him, he will recover over time. However, these medicinal herbs are very expensive.

Although it is expensive, problems that can be solved with money are not problems, and diseases that can be cured with money are not serious diseases. It is worth it if the cost can make him recover.

…

After Huo's father had his breakfast, Gu Fengyan only cooked for him and Huo Duan.

The leftover vegetables from yesterday were soaked in water and were still fresh. Gu Fengyan stir-fried some water spinach, mixed some cucumber shreds with vinegar, and stewed some pork ribs in a clear soup.

The vegetables were placed in a pavilion under a tree in the small garden. The leaves moved and a cool breeze blew.

Huo Duan came here because of the smell, but what he smelled was not food, but Gu Fengyan.

He was drunk and got the kiss he had longed for, but in the second half of the night he had to act like Liu Xiahui who remained calm even when a woman's love was in his lap. This was a very difficult night for him.

It was so rare that the next day, when I opened the window, I saw Gu Fengyan setting up dinner under the tree.

As if to deliberately remind him, she was still wearing the crimson dress.

Huo Duan's mind was filled with Gu Fengyan's light breathing, her moist lips, her slender white neck, and her flexible long legs straddling him.

How could he sleep any more? Seeing Gu Fengyan, he felt half lost in thought and walked out of the house just putting on his clothes.

Gu Fengyan listened to the footsteps without even turning his head, "Where did you come from, wild fox? Get out of here!"

Huo Duan was still very nervous about last night's actions, which were driven by alcohol.

When he saw the person at this moment, he had no thoughts at all. There was only one Gu Fengyan in his mind and eyes.

"My wife really loves me. She gets up so early to make breakfast." He pretended to look at the dishes on the table. He wrapped his tall body around them and his breath sounded beside Gu Fengyan's ear.

The tall figure exerted a strong sense of oppression, trapping Gu Fengyan firmly in the shadows.

I really don't know why he is so tall.

Gu Fengyan turned around and raised his eyes with a smile, "You're not pretending to be drunk today?"

The look in his eyes was as soft as spring water.

Huo Duan became more and more demanding, after all, she was his wife.

"Stop pretending. If you don't want to kiss me, just do it." He hugged Xu Gu Fengyan and bit her moist lips lightly.

Gu Fengyan had to stand on tiptoe... and almost hid his entire body in Huo Duan's arms.

From the back, you can only see the toes.

Gu Fengyan panted softly, "Indulging in lust in broad daylight."

"If you don't tell me during the day, then at night?" Huo Duan licked me maliciously. "My beauty, is your husband home today?"

Gu Fengyan's waist felt numb and half limp. "My husband will be home soon. You won't be able to run away by then."

"Your husband is as powerful as me...his waist is weak." Huo Duan picked up Gu Fengyan and pinched his waist.

Gu Fengyan's heart was filled with alarm as he was on fire. He pushed Huo Duan away, his face flushed. "He is much more powerful than you. You'd better give up this idea as soon as possible."

Huo Duan smiled even more deeply, stroking his cheek, his fingertips sliding to his collarbone, "Ayan, tell me how powerful I am, how come I don't know?"

There’s no way you can enjoy this meal... Gu Fengyan was trembling all over. Huo Duan was full of dirty talk, but when it came to practice, he didn’t even dare to get on his bed.

"No." He glanced at Huo Duan.

Huo Duan was at ease and was still waiting for him to speak, but in the end he just said these two words.

"No?!" He suspected that he had heard it wrong.

Gu Fengyan smiled and raised his eyebrows.

I really shouldn't feel bad for Gu Fengyan. I should lock him under the bed day and night, making him unable to speak a word, so that I can know whether I can do it or not. Huo Duan was so angry that his teeth were itching.

Gu Fengyan burst out laughing and coaxed, "Even if you can't do it, I still love it... Let's eat. I worked so hard to make this."

I sat down first, picked up some water spinach with chopsticks and tasted it.

Huo Duan only selectively listened to the few words he liked to hear, and finally smiled a little. He sat down and served Gu Fengyan some soup, "Drink soup... Did you sleep well?"

He used his fingertips to rub the dark circles under Gu Fengyan's eyes, "You're almost like a panda."

Gu Fengyan swallowed the food in his mouth and glanced at him, "Who to blame?"

"I'll serve you today." Huo Duan smiled as if he had eaten candy, and diligently added more dishes to Gu Fengyan, picked out dried peppers, and removed bones...he was just short of feeding him.

Gu Fengyan was obviously enjoying himself. As he ate, he thought of Ye Shan and Jing Ge'er's marriage and said:

"By the way, after dinner we have to go back to the village. My aunt asked Dashan to help prepare for the wedding ceremony. The date is set to the seventh day of next month."

Huo Duan paused as he picked up the dish. "Isn't it twenty-five?"

Gu Fengyan explained it to him again, and Huo Duan sighed.

Gu Fengyan removed a piece of fat and put it aside. "I checked Jing Ge'er last time when I went to Liu Lizheng's house. His illness can be cured by taking good medicinal herbs...but the herbs are not cheap."

Huo Duan looked at the piece of fat meat and said, "We can at least help with some money, as long as we can find the medicinal materials."

They are in the medicinal materials business, and Gu Fengyan did not mention this. He was probably afraid that in this era of scarce medicinal materials, the high cost of medicinal materials was secondary. The main point was that there were no medicinal materials.

Gu Fengyan nodded, "Help me look for it first."

"Eat this." Huo Duan took the uneaten food from his bowl and gave him another piece.

After removing the bones, even the tiny bits of fat were picked out cleanly.

Adhering to the concept of not wasting food, he ate what Gu Fengyan left, "You look so skinny, you don't even have two ounces of meat on you."

Except for the buttocks, it is long.