Scholar

Within two months, Gu Xiangyu would go to Cheng's mansion two or three times a week, almost all the servants who served Cheng Jian in the mansion were used to Gu Xiangyu's frequent visits, and even Cheng Xin, the third daughter of the Cheng family, became acquainted with him a lot. Cheng Jian's heart is even more because of his simplicity and naturalness, and he is in a good mood every day.

"The weather is fine today, why not go to the mountains for a picnic"

"Picnic? Okay, okay." Gu Xiangyu was naturally in a good mood, Cheng Jian was also very happy when he saw him smiling happily.

The two took two slaughtered chickens and walked to the hill not far away

"Cheng Jian, how do you cook these two chickens?" Gu Xiangyu's eyes dangled from the two chickens, and Cheng Jian couldn't help laughing

"It's not boiled, it's baked"

"Then how do we roast it?" Gu Xiangyu looked at Cheng Jian with doubtful eyes. He had never had a picnic before, let alone grilled chicken.

"You'll see it later"

The two of them climbed up a small hill and went to a stream. Gu Xiangyu was a scholar who seldom did rough work, so he was naturally panting from exhaustion. Although Cheng Jian was a son of a rich family, he often traveled, and naturally he didn't do rough work and mountain climbing. Next.

"Come on, wipe it off." Cheng Jian handed Gu Xiangyu a handkerchief,

"Eh? En!" Gu Xiangyu happily took Cheng Jian's handkerchief

Next, Cheng Jian rolled up his sleeves again, lifted his shirt and went down the river

"Cheng Jian, what are you doing?"

"The roast chicken needs to be wrapped in mud, I'm going down to the river to get some mud"

The mud is only found in the middle of the river, and the banks are full of sand, so I have to go down the river by myself.

"The weather is still a bit cold now, what should I do if I catch the wind and cold, let me come!" Gu Xiangyu frowned, and after saying that, she wanted to go down to the river to help him

"Don't come down." Cheng Jian's tone was a little annoyed. He was not as strong as himself, even very thin. Wouldn't he be sick if he came down?

Then he realized that his tone was a bit too much, and said softly, "Look, I'm already down. Besides, you are not strong enough, you will inevitably catch a cold when you come down. My body is much better than yours. Don't worry, okay? Otherwise, you will get angry OK?"

Gu Xiangyu nodded and muttered while collecting dry firewood on the ground

"Actually, I am physically strong, but you can't see it"

"Yes yes yes" Cheng Jian came up from the river and covered two unshaven chickens with mud. Gu Xiangyu hurriedly lit a fire and saw Cheng Jian throwing two balls of mud into the fire

"Cheng Jian, there's a rabbit!" Gu Xiangyu found a gray rabbit lying in the haystack not far away. His eyes were shining brightly and he rushed towards it. Unexpectedly, the rabbit was frightened and ran away. Chase has disappeared.

Cheng Jian looked interesting there, isn't he himself a rabbit, or a cute rabbit.

After a while, the chicken was cooked, and Cheng Jian pulled out the black mud ball, which had been cracked several times. After cooling down a lot, Cheng Jian broke the mud ball, and the chicken inside was bright red. , the smell of meat is so hooked that it makes people move their index fingers, Gu Xiangyu has already stared dumbfounded

"Taste it." Cheng Jian handed him the chicken leg, Gu Xiangyu took a big bite, the aroma was tangy, it was really delicious, and he ate it again and again, Cheng Jian tore off another piece of chicken leg and handed it to him in the end, Gu Xiangyu's mouth was full of oil, and he squinted his eyes so full that he lay on the riverside like a cat, and Cheng Jian felt a strange feeling in his heart.

"Well, I'm really full"

"Do you like to eat?"

"Well, it tastes good." Gu Xiangyu smiled with narrowed eyes, he always looks good when he smiles like this

"If you like to eat, take this one home too." Cheng Jian smiled and pointed to another mud ball, Gu Xiangyu was a little embarrassed

"No, I've had enough"

"No one at home likes to eat this kind of roast chicken. If you don't take it home, it will be a waste." Cheng Jian said with a smile

"Then...then I won't be polite"

Not just a fool, but a greedy rabbit, Cheng Jian thought to himself.

The two sat there for a long time before going back. At the foot of the mountain, Gu Xiangyu said goodbye to Cheng Jian with the mud ball and returned home. Cheng Jian watched his back disappear before leaving.

On this day, Gu Xiangyu came to Cheng's mansion again as usual, and arrived at Cheng Jian's courtyard with ease without the old housekeeper leading the way.Cheng Jian opened the door for him immediately when he saw him.

"Why did you come so late today?"

"I'm going to sell paintings." Gu Xiangyu smiled at Cheng Jian, and every time he smiled like that, Cheng Jian couldn't help but pat his head.

"I just ordered the kitchen to make sweet-scented osmanthus cake, do you want to eat it?" Cheng Jian smiled fondly at him and pulled him into the room

"Osmanthus cake? Want to!"

"Look at you, you drool when you hear the sweet-scented osmanthus cake. By the way, I bought you some clothes, but I don't know if they fit. Let's try them on?"

"Eh? Did you buy me clothes?"

"I bought a few." Cheng Jian touched the blue hair, pointed to the clothes folded on the chair, Gu Xiangyu hurried over to pick up a white shirt, it must be made of good satin

"Yes, isn't it expensive?"

"It's not expensive, you wear it first to see if you like it"

"En!" Gu Xiangyu hid behind the screen, put on a new gown and laughed

"Does it look good?" A little shy on the face

Cheng Jian smiled deeper

"Sure enough for you"

After hearing the praise, Gu Xiangyu tried the other two, and they really matched his face very well.

The two of you were chatting happily, Cheng Xin pushed the door open and walked in.

"Brother, is Brother Xiang Yu here again?"

As soon as he saw Cheng Xin, Gu Xiangyu waved to him excitedly, "Cheng Xin, Cheng Jian said that there is osmanthus cake to eat."

"Okay! You're here to grab my sweet-scented osmanthus cake again." Cheng Xin pretended to be angry and pointed at Gu Xiangyu. She was only 15 years old, six years younger than Cheng Jian, and Gu Xiangyu was four years old, but she was very clever. Always likes to play tricks on Gu Xiangyu.

Gu Xiangyu smirked and said, "Cheng Xin, I won't snatch it from you." Just as Cheng Xin was about to say something, the door was pushed open again.

"Second brother, why are you here?"

Cheng Xin ran over and took Cheng Yuan's arm.

"I have something to ask Cheng Jian...Brother" Cheng Yuan shook off Cheng Xin's hand, looked up, was stunned, and said in surprise, "Why are you here?"

"What's so strange, brother Xiang Yu comes here every day, by the way, you... know each other?"

Cheng Yuan couldn't react for a while, come every day?Why doesn't he know?Why did he know Cheng Jian and Cheng Xin?I have known him for so long, but I don’t think he will come to me (you bully him every day, he will come to you, is it strange????)

"You...how do you know each other?"

"I got to know him last time when I asked him to help me paint, why?" Cheng Jianyun explained calmly.

Are you familiar with this?Cheng Yuan glared at Gu Xiangyu bitterly before returning to the usual way and said to Cheng Jian, "Wait until there are guests coming, Dad will let you go and receive them." After speaking, he glared at Gu Xiangyu again before leaving.

Cheng Jian patted Gu Xiangyu's head

"Looks like I'm going to get busy first"

Gu Xiangyu smiled foolishly and said, "Yes, yes."

Cheng Xin also cheered and said, "Great! We can share the sweet-scented osmanthus cake evenly if you're not here."

Cheng Jian smiled helplessly and walked out. Unexpectedly, Cheng Yuan hadn't left yet. Cheng Jian grabbed his ear and said with a smile, "Have you learned to eavesdrop on people's speech?"

"I didn't eavesdrop, I just wanted to tell you something"

"Oh? What's the matter?" Cheng Jian let go of his hand and raised his eyebrows. Cheng Yuan hesitated to speak, and said after a while, "You, don't fight me for that idiot." Cheng Jian was taken aback, "You... like that idiot rabbit? "

"I want you to take care of it. In short, you should not get too close to him."

Cheng Yuan blushed, glared at Cheng Jian and hurried away. Cheng Jian felt a little complicated in his heart, couldn't make sense of it, and was a little depressed. He frowned and went to receive the guests.

It's just that the mood couldn't get better after a day, and Gu Xiangyu was no longer there when he returned to the house, so he simply changed his clothes and went to Manchunlou.

You Shen and Guan Suyan were still drinking there. When Guan Suyan saw Cheng Jian, he said strangely, "Aren't you not coming today? Hey, why didn't your little follower follow you?" It's stuffy and uncomfortable,

"It just so happens that I have something to tell you." Cheng Jian sat down and took a sip of wine

"What? You're in a bad mood? That's rare." You Shen poured him another glass of wine and smiled.

"Cheng Yuan, he said he likes Xiang Yu, what do you think?"

"Huh? Your brother likes men? Why didn't you notice it before?" Guan Suyan jumped up from the ground.

You Shen took a sip of wine calmly before slowly saying, "What's there to be surprised about? Isn't it just that you like men?"

"You Shen, seeing that you didn't react at all, wouldn't you also have broken sleeves?" Guan Suyan looked at You Shen with a complicated expression.

"Tsk, liking is liking, regardless of appearance, status, family background, and...gender." When You Shen said the last two words, he gave Cheng Jian a meaningful look, and said again, "You mean Cheng Jian? But then again, are you in a bad mood because Cheng Yuan likes a man?"

Cheng Jian's hands snapped. Was he angry because Cheng Yuan liked men?It seems not, but for what?Cheng Jian couldn't figure it out, and took a sip of wine even more irritablely before saying, "I don't know either."

"I don't know? It's not because of this, what else could it be?" Guan Suyan screamed strangely

"You'll understand, sooner or later, and what's on your mind, you'd better not run away." You Shen smiled and said, "I'm just joking, do you want to call you Miss Jue'er? "

"Forget it today." Cheng Jian waved his hand

"It's really strange. Didn't you come to Manchunlou just for Lan Jue'er? You didn't see her today?" Guan Suyan stared as if he had seen something strange.You Shen glared at him and said, "Can't you be quiet?" Guan Suyan rolled his eyes, and then closed his mouth unwillingly.

After a night of hangover, Cheng Jian felt a splitting headache when he woke up in the morning. As soon as he got up, Gu Xiangyu ran over

"Cheng Jian, you're awake"

"Well, you're here"

"Cheng, Cheng Jian, you shouldn't be drinking so much wine." Gu Xiangyu brought over the hangover soup, Cheng Jian took the bowl, and couldn't help but ask

"You, do you have someone you like?" Gu Xiangyu was stunned, then blushed, "Why are you asking this?"

"Tell me, okay?" Gu Xiangyu thought for a while and whispered, "Yes, yes."

"Then... who is that person?" Gu Xiangyu thought for a while, then smiled with eyes wide open, "I won't tell you"

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"Well... because you know each other, so I won't tell you." Cheng Jian's mouth stiffened, "Is it the flower girl in Manchun Garden?" Gu Xiangyu shook his head, and Cheng Jian tried to ask again, "Yes... …man?"

Gu Xiangyu was stunned for a while, and then nodded slightly after seeing that his expression was normal.

"Is it You Shen?"

"of course not"

"Is that Su Yan?"

"Neither of them." Cheng Jian's heart was overwhelmed,

There are only a few people I know with him, not Hua Niang, not You Shensuyan, then that person must be Cheng Yuan, it turns out that the two of them have already made up their minds, it seems that I should listen to Cheng Yuan You shouldn't get too close to him, and you shouldn't add unnecessary resistance to the two of them.Thinking of this, I felt more and more uncomfortable inside, and said with a smile, "I'm not feeling well today, and I want to sleep for a while, why don't you go back first, and I'll go find you another day, okay?"

"Okay, then you have to cover the quilt, I'll go first." Gu Xiangyu looked at Cheng Jian with some worry, and then left reluctantly. Just after leaving Cheng's house, he met Cheng Yuan again.

"Why are you here again? Are you looking for Cheng Jian again?" Cheng Yuan was a little annoyed, Gu Xiangyu took two steps back before nodding in response, "Yes."

"Idiot, you are not allowed to come to Cheng's mansion to look for my brother again"

"Why, why?" Gu Xiangyu was anxious.

"A poor man like you still wants to come? Do you know that you will lose face if you look for him every day?"

Gu Xiangyu's heart skipped a beat, and she lowered her eyelids in disappointment. That's right, with my own identity, I really shouldn't step into this kind of place, let alone get too close to Cheng Jian, it will definitely affect his face , won't be able to come to him in the future?

A layer of mist floated in Gu Xiangyu's eyes, and he left disappointed.Cheng Yuan frowned in displeasure. Does not letting him come to Cheng Jian make him so sad?The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, he kicked the door forcefully, but he couldn't let go of his anger, so he simply went to Wang Sanbao's house to bully him to relieve his anger, and then left angrily after making up his mind.

After three days, Gu Xiangyu was reluctant to go to Cheng's mansion, and occasionally just sneaked a look outside, hoping to see Cheng Jian, but the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment.

And Cheng Jian's heart is always in a panic, he misses Gu Xiangyu so much, and he thinks about him thoroughly in his spare time. Before, he always changed flowers for vases, but now that the flowers are all withered, it's not necessarily him. Change it again; before, he always brought tea and snacks for himself, but now he doesn't come, and those maids are replaced to do these things; before, he always followed me foolishly, but now he doesn't. I was actually so boring and so sad.

Cheng Xin naturally missed Gu Xiangyu very much, so he pestered Cheng Jian and asked, "Brother Xiangyu hasn't come for so long? Did you two have a fight?"

Cheng Jian smiled bitterly, "Maybe he's busy with his lover"

"What? Brother Xiang Yu has a lover?" Cheng Jian nodded and stopped talking.

He didn't go to see Gu Xiangyu either, but went to Manchunlou more and more frequently, where he drank flowers and wine to pass the time all day long.

Gu Xiangyu eats and sleeps every day, but paints and sells paintings. Sometimes she is in a daze thinking about Cheng Jian while painting, and sometimes the paintings are sold without knowing that she has got the wrong money.In this way, a week passed.

It was just dawn and the weather was a little humid. Gu Xiangyu was about to go out of the city with the painting. Aunt Wang hurriedly stopped when she saw him.

"Hey, Xiang Yu, I heard that Cheng Jian redeemed Lan Jue'er, is it true? I heard that you got very close to him recently, do you know?" Aunt Wang stared at her narrow eyes. Her phoenix eyes stretched her neck to look at him.

Gu Xiangyu froze all over, as if a basin of cold water had been poured into her heart. Seeing that he did not answer, Aunt Wang called him a few more times, and Gu Xiangyu came to her senses

"I, I don't know either"

"Really, if it's true, it's time to marry in a few days, and I don't know what Mr. Cheng thinks..."

The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was interested. Gu Xiangyu's mind was buzzing, and he immediately put the matter of selling paintings behind him and returned home.I couldn't bear the tears anymore, I knew that there would be such a day sooner or later, but why was it still so sad?Gu Xiangyu cried on the table.

I didn't go out all day, my throat was already sore, and my mind calmed down a bit. No matter what, I wanted to ask Cheng Jian if it was real.

After making up his mind, Gu Xiangyu went out to rush to the city, running and stopping along the way, and when he arrived at the Cheng Mansion, it was already evening, and Gu Xiangyu felt a little exhausted, sweating all over his body, and shivering with pain in his legs.He knocked on the door as usual, but the old butler opened the door for him.

"Mr. Gu, who is this?" The old man couldn't help being a little surprised when he saw that his eyes were red and swollen and his body was sweating profusely.

"Abo, is Cheng Jian here?"

"The young master went out early in the morning, you come in first..."

"No, I'll go first" If you're not at home, then you might be there.Gu Xiangyu ran to Manchun Garden without stopping, and the bustard backed a few steps as if seeing a ghost when he saw him

"Cheng, is Cheng Jian here?" Gu Xiangyu was out of breath.

"Upstairs, it's really terrible. The smell of sweat can't scare away the guests."

Ignoring the madam's complaints, Gu Xiangyu ran to the familiar wing, the hand that opened the door trembled, bit her lip and pushed the door open.

You Shen and Guan Suyan were not there, only Cheng Jian was alone, and he was already unconscious

"Cheng Jian, Cheng Jian?" Gu Xiangyu shook his arm

"Well... why are you here?" Cheng Jian slowly raised his eyelids, his words were a little vague

"I, I want to ask you something, but let's forget it and I'll take you back first, okay?"

"..."

Gu Xiangyu put Cheng Jian's hand on his shoulder, and with some difficulty helped him out of the Manchun Tower, and the young men who carried the sedan chair helped Cheng Jian onto the sedan chair, and returned to Cheng's mansion.

The old housekeeper was startled when he saw Cheng Jian, the young master rarely drank too much drunk

"I, let me take care of Cheng Jian."

"That's great, just let these maids come," the old man spoke with his beard trembling.

"It's okay, I can take care of him." Seeing Gu Xiangyu's persistence, the old man didn't say anything anymore

"Then Mr. Gu will tell Xiaoyun and the others if you have something to do."

"Yeah" sent everyone away, Gu Xiangyu quickly wiped his face with a cloth, Cheng Jian opened his eyes again, and looked at Gu Xiangyu fixedly

"You haven't been here for a long time"

"I...I am" Cheng Jian didn't listen to him, grabbed his hand and pushed him onto the bed, pressing his body against him, Gu Xiangyu's breath sprayed on his face, hooking him I feel itchy.

"Cheng, Cheng Jian, what are you doing?" Gu Xiangyu's face was flushed red, she didn't dare to look into his eyes, and pushed his chest with her hand but couldn't do anything.

The lower/belly/was getting hotter/hotter, and his mouth was parched, Cheng Jian turned his face to the other side and then ruthlessly/kissed, went up, the tip of his tongue/pried open his white teeth, and attacked the city .Gu Xiangyu's whole body//was paralyzed, and she didn't have the strength to struggle anymore, so she simply hooked/clamped on Cheng Jian's neck.

If you like him, give him everything

Cheng Jian seemed to be invited, the gentleness and elegance of the past had long since disappeared, and he turned into a gluttonous beast.

Early the next morning, Gu Xiangyu rubbed his swollen/red eyes. Cheng Jian hadn't woken up yet. Gu Xiangyu pulled him under the quilt and wanted to get up but accidentally pulled the wound so painfully that he gasped. Despite the air-conditioning, he clenched his fists and stood up reluctantly to get dressed.

It must be difficult for Cheng Jian to face himself, so it's better to leave first, so Gu Xiangyu left a note and went back.All the servants in Cheng's mansion looked at him strangely. As soon as they arrived at the door of the hall, they saw Cheng Yuan walking towards him from a distance.

"Why are you still here?"

"I, I'm leaving now." Gu Xiangyu lowered her head with a guilty conscience

"What's wrong with you?" The idiot seemed to be very wrong

"It's nothing, I, I have something to leave first." Gu Xiangyu just wanted to leave quickly, and then fled the Cheng residence without looking back. Cheng Yuan was in a hurry, gritted his teeth and said, "It's Cheng Jian again!"

It was almost morning when Cheng Jian woke up, and the scenes of last night flooded into his mind. Cheng Jian felt dull pain, remorse, guilt and heartache. How could he do that kind of thing to him?What's more..he is still his younger brother..I'm afraid he hates himself to death, right?Cheng Jian frowned, and suddenly found a piece of paper beside his pillow, which was left by Gu Xiangyu

---Cheng Jian, you don't have to worry about me, I'm fine, just pretend that what happened last night never happened, I won't say anything about it.Also, I'm very busy recently, so I can't come. I heard that you are going to marry Miss Jue'er, so I wish you a happy wedding first.

--Gu Xiang Yuliu

Cheng Jian hammered the wall angrily, how would he face him in the future?Presumably he doesn't want to see himself...