Volume 4: Beginning of Spring Chapter 20 Whitening
After Zhuang Zekun said goodbye to Guan Nuo, he returned to his residence.
The house is small and quiet.
He sat on the sofa for a while.
At dusk.
The burnt yellow sunlight shines through the light-colored curtains, dimly falling on the armrest of the sofa .
The doorbell rang.
There was a flash of surprise in his eyes, and then he stood up and opened the door.
Tang Butian stood outside the door, holding a wooden sword in his right hand and Zhao Cai in his left hand.
Zhuang Zekun took a step back, and after Tang Butian and Zhao Cai walked in, he closed the door.
"Is there anything wrong?" Zhuang Zekun asked.
"After Huang Hu's death in the Xueshan Lake explosion, Jingshan Lake did not launch a fierce counterattack."
Zhuang Zekun looked at her, waiting for her to continue.
Zhaocai took a few steps forward and the traction rope was straightened.
Tang Butian released his left hand that was holding the rope.
"I think you need to re-evaluate it. In the Xueshan Lake explosion, Huang Hu sacrificed all the employees of the Xueshan Lake Resort in an attempt to summon a certain existence, but failed. I think the so-called existence may not exist."
"Did Jiang You say something to you?"
Zhaocai walked to the sofa where it could get some sun and curled up its body.
"That's what Zhaocai said."
Zhuang Zekun turned around and looked at Zhaocai, then looked at Tang Butian, and said, "I have been studying Jinghu Society for seventeen years."
"Recruiting talents." Tang Butian shouted to the recruitment team.
Zhao Cai shook his head, stood up reluctantly, and walked back to Tang Butian's feet.
Tang Butian bent down and picked up the leash.
"I'm leaving." After saying that, Tang Butian walked towards the door.
"Wait a minute," Zhuang Zekun stopped Tang Butian, "You came here just to tell me this?"
"right."
"Don't you doubt Jiang You's background?"
Tang Butian turned her head and glanced at Zhuang Zekun. "If I have any doubts, I will go and ask."
After Tang Butian took Zhao Cai away, the house became quiet again.
The clouds blocked out the sun.
The light dimmed.
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At about ten o'clock the next morning, Jiang You woke up.
He sat up slightly, hugged the quilt for a while, then picked up his cell phone and flipped through it.
Half an hour ago, Chen Nan asked him on WeChat if he had woken up.
He replied: Just woke up.
After waiting for a while without receiving a reply, he stood up, put on his home clothes and went out.
The weather seems to have warmed up a lot.
He went downstairs, opened the shop door, walked in the yard, and then opened the yard door again.
After stretching, taking a few deep breaths, and randomly performing a few stretching movements, he picked up the watering can and watered the flowers and plants.
The water droplets rolled over the green leaves, making the leaves even greener.
A spiritual flower in the flower bed sprouted buds.
Boom boom boom.
There was a knock on the door. He looked up and saw Chen Nan standing at the gate looking at him.
"Sister Nan, come and take a look at this." Jiang You waved at Chen Nan.
Chen Nan walked up to him and asked, "Is it going to bloom? What kind of flower is this?"
"I'm not sure either, but they should all be very beautiful." Jiang You smelled the fragrance of food and looked at what was in Chen Nan's hand.
Chen Nan noticed Jiang You's actions and said, "I bought two boxes of pot stickers on the way..."
Jiang You took the bag , and he and Chen Nan walked into the house.
He put the bag on the table and asked, "Have you had breakfast?"
"It's almost noon," Chen Nan sat down, "Where's Jiang Mo?"
"He played too much and was still sleeping. I woke up and called him. He opened his eyes, but closed them again after a few minutes. I thought, forget it, let him wake up completely. You sit for a while."
After saying that, Jiang You went upstairs, brushed his teeth and washed his face, then came downstairs with a shopping bag.
He placed the shopping bag in front of Chen Nan, "Specialty."
After sitting down, he took out his chopsticks and picked up a pot sticker, which had a slightly burnt bottom and rich gravy. He dipped it in vinegar and ate three in a row before he slowed down.
Chen Nan looked at the items in the shopping bag.
"There are so many." She took them out one by one.
“They’re all snacks.”
"This is a Bangkok bag," Chen Nan took out a blue and white striped cloth bag, "It's quite light."
"On the last day, I went shopping in the mall. I didn't know what to buy, so I just picked up a bag to buy groceries."
Chen Nan took out a set of red-packaged cosmetics from her bag.
"I saw the brand you asked me to bring last time, so I bought it." Jiang You put down his chopsticks after he ate the pot stickers. "By the way, is there any kind that can turn white by applying paint ?"
"Yes," Chen Nan pointed to the cosmetics box, "This can whiten your skin."
"Really? I won't give it to you. I'll use it myself."
"Okay."
"Forget it, you should take it. My whole body is black, and this is not enough for me to apply it once." Jiang You looked at Chen Nan, "Sister Nan, I want to drink soup."
"What soup?"
"Bone soup," Jiang You thought for a moment, "put some white radish and corn in it."
"That's easy. Just come to my house in the evening..."
“Let’s do it here.”
"That's fine, I'll go to the market now."
“I bought it on my phone.”
"You have to pick the ribs one by one," Chen Nan stood up, "I'm going to buy some groceries, what else do you want to eat?"
"I want to eat meat."
After Chen Nan left, Jiang You tidied up the table, then took out his cell phone and ordered three cups of milk tea.
Then he cleaned the store from top to bottom, then went to the yard, swept the floor, changed the water in the pond, went to the greenhouse, and rearranged the flower pots according to the height of the plants.
After doing all this, he moved two lounge chairs and placed them in the middle of the yard.
The takeaway just happened to arrive.
Got takeout.
He stuck the straw into the milk tea cup, lay down comfortably, and took a sip.
Comfortable.
The sunlight fell gently on his face and body.
He put his glasses on his head, squinted his eyes and looked at his phone for a while, then he felt sleepy.
The knock on the door came again.
Then he heard footsteps.
He straightened his glasses and saw clearly that the woman walking towards him was his tenant Dai Qi.
"I'm here to return the key." Dai Qi said as he took out a key from his bag.
Jiang You stood up, took the key, looked it over, put it in his pocket, and asked, "Aren't you going to work today?"
"Today is Saturday." Dai Qi said.
"Oh, it's Saturday. I've been having a mess."
At this time, Chen Nan walked into the yard carrying two plastic bags and saw Dai Qi.
Dai Qi also recognized Chen Nan. She said: "I lost my keys on New Year's Eve. Fortunately, the landlord was here, so I didn't end up living on the street."
"Did you go to Jinguang Temple to burn incense later?" Jiang You asked.
Dai Qi shook his head. "I wanted to go, but I was so sleepy after dinner that I fell asleep."
Chen Nan put the bag in the kitchen and came out, "I'm going to cook it. I've been waiting in line for a long time."
Jiang You stuffed a cup of milk tea into Chen Nan's hand. He glanced at Dai Qi and handed over another cup, "Buy two get one free. It's a good thing you're here."
Dai Qi took the milk tea.
