Joy of Life: The Mei Family's Son Grows Up

Chapter 43: Unworthy of Such a Gift

After Mother Liu left, Mei Chengan and Sang Wen were the only ones left in the room.

Sang Wen bit his lip.

"Why don't you leave?"

Mei Chengan is speechless

"You've made me drink so much and you're still angry, why are you just coming up and kicking me out?"

Sang Wen blushed when his little secret was revealed.

"What do you want to discuss with Mother Liu?"

"Want to know?"

Sang Wen nodded.

"Pour wine!"

Sang Wen skillfully poured him a cup, but didn't feed him this time.

Mei Cheng'an didn't care and took the wine glass and drank it all.

"Nothing much, I just want to discuss with Mother Liu about taking over Miaoyinfang."

Sang Wen was startled and suspected that he had heard it wrong.

"Discuss buying Miaoyinfang?"

"Yes."

Sang Wen looked him up and down curiously. He looked quite clear-headed, so how come he started talking nonsense?

"You haven't drunk too much, have you?"

"I'm a little tipsy, but my mind is still clear. I'm not talking drunkenly."

Sang Wen was curious.

"Why did you buy Miaoyinfang?"

"If I say it's because of you, would you believe me?"

Sang Wen shook his head.

"Of course I don't believe it."

"Maybe it's because you look familiar to me."

This looks very familiar to me, Sang Wen was silently pondering this sentence.

"Have we met before?"

Mei Cheng'an was silent for a moment and shook his head.

A feeling of dizziness filled my brain and I felt like the world was spinning.

Mei Cheng'an closed his eyes, leaned back in his chair, and held on to the armrests to stabilize his body.

With a thought, he quietly started practicing the technique.

A strong smell of alcohol emanated from Mei Chengan.

Sang Wen smelled the sudden strong smell of alcohol, frowned, and then quietly covered his nose.

"Are you OK."

But after a moment, Mei Cheng'an opened his eyes. The alcohol was naturally not completely gone. If it was gone, he would not be able to stay in this room as this was not outdoors.

Soon, the strong smell of alcohol almost dissipated.

"No need to cover it, it has no smell."

Sang Wen lifted up one edge of his hand and sniffed it. It seemed to be gone. He then put his hand down with confidence.

"Are you okay just now?"

Mei Chengan shook his head again.

I didn’t feel dizzy this time.

Sang Wen opened his mouth and asked, what were we talking about just now?

Oh yes, I remembered it.

"You just said you wanted to buy Miaoyinfang because of me, am I remembering correctly?"

"I remember correctly."

"Okay, why?"

"because…."

Mei Cheng'an suddenly felt that he couldn't say it.

Because you are beautiful and you look familiar, I have a desire to possess you? Now I think it is too outrageous.

Because you will be forced to go to Baoyue Tower in the future, and I want to protect you? This doesn't seem necessary. You were saved by Fan Xian without suffering any hardship.

Do I have to forcibly intervene and change Sang Wen’s original life trajectory?

Mei Cheng'an began to doubt the necessity of the decision he had made.

"Hey, tell me, why?"

Sang Wen's voice woke Mei Chengan from his deep thought.

Mei Cheng'an looked at Sang Wen's familiar yet unfamiliar face and got the answer.

"I am drunk."

Sang Wen was stunned.

"I was drunk and liked to brag, but when you pressed me, I couldn't come up with a fabrication."

There was a flash of something in Sang Wen's eyes that indicated that it was exactly what I expected.

Mei Chengan saw it and suddenly smiled with relief.

"Now that you've exposed me, I can't continue to lie. I'm leaving."

After saying that, Mei Cheng'an stood up and walked towards the door.

"Hey, aren't you waiting for Mother Liu to come back?" Sang Wen's voice sounded behind him.

Mei Chengan didn't look back.

He stretched out his hand and waved it in the air.

"Please tell her for me that you have exposed my embarrassing story. Forget it, it's nothing."

After saying that, Mei Cheng'an opened the door and walked out.

Out of Miaoyinfang.

Standing on the empty street, Mei Cheng'an looked up at the bright moon in the sky, the corners of his mouth raised and then calmed down.

In a flash, he was several feet away, and after several flashes, he disappeared into the shadows.

Mei Mansion.

Mei Cheng'an knocked on the door and returned to his own courtyard. It was not that he wanted to cause trouble for himself, but the main reason was that the doorman was waiting, and the doorman would not dare to sleep until he came back.

When he reached the gate of his own courtyard, Mei Cheng'an stopped and sniffed carefully to see if there was any strange smell on his body. After making sure that it was almost gone, Mei Cheng'an walked leisurely into the courtyard. Just as he was about to push the door to his room, it opened.

The one who opened the door was Sweet Potato with sleepy eyes.

"Master, you are finally back. I've been waiting for you for so long that I'm tired. I'll go get you some water."

Just this one unclear sentence spoken with sleepiness made Mei Chengan stunned for a long time, and then he laughed.

Why do I suddenly feel so warm?

Mei Chengan said gently.

"I will let you know in advance if I have something to do and will be back late, so you don't have to wait for me. Go to bed early. You look so sleepy. Go to bed. I can do it myself."

Sweet Potato slapped his face, trying to wake himself up.

"How can that be possible? This is my job."

Mei Cheng'an didn't say anything else and let Hongshu fetch him some water, help him wash and change his clothes.

Hongshu was about to leave with the clothes that Mei Chengan had taken off, when suddenly his nose moved. He then lowered his head and sniffed the clothes, then frowned.

"Master, why is there a strange woman's scent on your clothes? The scent sachets we use don't smell like this. Where have you been, Master?"

Mei Cheng'an was shocked. He had smelled it carefully before but didn't smell it.

He paused halfway down and then sat back down.

Mei Chengan pretended to be relaxed and said, "The Minister of the Honglu Temple, Wang Sicheng, is treating us today, so we are going to have a feast."

Sweet potato's brain seemed to have crashed and it didn't react for a while.

"Drinking wine? Where can we drink wine?"

Mei Chengan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"Where else can we go for a feast? A brothel."

Sweet Potato exclaimed.

“Brothel???” The voice was extremely loud.

Mei Cheng'an's expression changed. He quickly moved in front of Hongshu and covered her mouth with his hand.

"Auntie, keep your voice down! A brothel is a brothel, why are you shouting?"

"Uh huh huh."

"Let me make it clear first, I can let you go, but you don't have to scream! Can you do that?"

"No no no."

"I don't understand. Just nod if you agree."

Sweet potato had his head supported and his mouth covered, and he nodded with difficulty.

Mei Cheng'an breathed a sigh of relief and let her go.

Sweet potato wiped his mouth in disgust.

Mei Cheng'an saw it and uttered a "hmm", then wiped his hands in disgust.

He knew that all those tender moments were lies.

"Master, how old are you? How can you go to a filthy place like a brothel?" Hongshu looked regretful.

Hongshu's expression made it seem like he had lost his virginity, so Mei Chengan quickly stopped her from continuing to lament.

"Stop it! First of all, I was taken there, I didn't go there on my own initiative.

Secondly, how can a brothel be so filthy? It's very elegant over there, okay?"

Sweet potato's expression was clearly one of disbelief.

"Does elegance mean cuddling with prostitutes?"

Mei Chengan became anxious.

"Who hugged? They hugged me, but not me."

"How come there is such a strong feminine scent on the young master's clothes?"

"It's not that heavy. Please don't be so exaggerated. I'm just being polite with him. We're just sitting together."

"Can I get such a strong smell just by sitting together?"

"Hey...you want to play circles with me, right?"

Mei Cheng'an snatched his clothes, smelled them, smelled nothing, and stuffed them back.

"How can this taste good? You are born in the year of the dog, right?"

"It's obviously there."

"Okay, yes, and then what? What do you want to do?"

Hongshu was stunned, a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes. What did he want to do?

After thinking for a long time, I finally remembered, turned around and was about to leave with the clothes in my arms.

"Why are you going?"

"I'll go tell the master and the mistress that the young master went to the brothel."

"Come back here." Mei Cheng'an was quick to grab Hongshu's collar and pull him back.

"Are you crazy? Don't you see what time it is? My parents have already gone to bed."

Sweet potato looked outside and it seemed like it.

"Then I'll go talk to you tomorrow morning."

Mei Cheng'an's face twitched and he wiped his face. When his hand left his face, his expression had changed into a flattering one.

"We have something to discuss."

Sweet Potato hugged the clothes and frowned.

"How can we discuss this matter?"

"Why don't you put forward a few conditions first? If I can meet them, don't tell my parents."

"Make conditions?"

"Haha, that's right, use your smart head to think about it carefully."

"But I'm so sleepy that I can't think of anything."

Mei Chengan slapped his thigh.

"Then don't worry, take your time to think about it, but before you figure it out, or before you ask me if I can do it, don't complain."

Sweet potato thought about it and it made sense.

"OK then."

"Yeah, go and have some rest. Look how sleepy the child is."

"Okay, Master, you take a rest. I'll go wash the clothes first."

"Wash it tomorrow."

Sweet Potato said as he walked out.

"No! The young master's clothes are too smelly. I can't stand it for a moment."

"..."

Silent all night.

The next morning, Mei Cheng'an, feeling refreshed, washed up and had a leisurely breakfast.

The depressed Hongshu came to help him change into official uniform.

"Did you sleep late last night?"

Sweet potato yawned.

"It's almost ugly time after I finish washing the young master's clothes."

Mei Chengan said with concern: "Why don't you let them change my clothes? You can sleep a little longer."

"No, no, they don't have as much experience as I do. What if something goes wrong? It will make the young master lose face."

Oh my god, I’m even more touched. The warm moment has come again.

"Then when I leave, don't do anything else. Go and have a rest and take a nap."

"I understand, Master."

.........

Mei Cheng'an met Xin Qiwu and Wang Sicheng who were on duty at the Honglu Temple on time.

The two men had obviously returned home after sobering up and were now wearing official uniforms.

Seeing Mei Chengan, they smiled awkwardly.

Mei Chengan greeted with a smile: "Good morning, my dears. How was your rest last night?"

Xin Qiwu: "It's okay, the inn is..."

"Oh, I didn't know where the two gentlemen lived, so I asked them to find an inn for you."

The thing suddenly dawned on me.

"So that's how it is. Thanks to you, Cheng'an, for being thoughtful and asking the waiter to wake us up in advance. Otherwise, by the time we woke up, it would probably be afternoon. The aftereffects of alcohol are really strong."

"Why are you so polite?"

Wang Sicheng suddenly bowed deeply to him and performed a great salute.

Mei Chengan quickly helped him up.

"Master Wang, what are you doing? It's just a simple favor. You don't deserve such a great gift."

(End of this chapter)