Only Chen Feng, sitting behind everyone else, glanced up during breaks from his busy work. Seeing everyone enjoying themselves in the lengthy sunset light filling the room, he felt an inexplicable sense of peaceful contentment.
Chen Feng suddenly felt his eyes grow warm. He adjusted his glasses and collected himself. Now, following Teacher Yin and having the unstoppable You Ming Xu around had made him somewhat sentimental. Those thoughts of life-loathing and destructive desires seemed not to have visited him for quite some time.
It must be the same for the others too.
And for the one lying underground – they’d have to remember to pour him a drink when everyone gathered for alcohol later.
Soon after, a tall, stout chef in a white uniform came smiling into the dining room carrying several dishes.
You Ming Xu couldn’t help but look over – this must be the new chef Yin Feng had hired, supposedly just an ordinary chef. Indeed, he was a simple-looking middle-aged man who reportedly lived in a row of single-story houses in the garden. He rarely came to the villa unless necessary.
Little Yan and Tu Ya got up to help, and before long, the table was full of dishes. The chef left – probably already accustomed to serving this strange group of people, never asking questions he shouldn’t.
Champion immediately dropped his phone, being the first to sit at the dining table, ready to eat. Tu Ya also sat down, while Little Yan went to serve rice for everyone, also calling for Chen Feng. Chen Feng quickly typed a few more lines on his computer before finally rubbing his tired brow and getting up.
Yin Feng led You Ming Xu over, taking the head seat while she naturally sat beside him. Once everyone was present, Champion suddenly jumped up and ran to his room, returning with a plastic wine jug that must have weighed at least five jin.
Little Yan exclaimed, “Wow, you’re willing to share your homemade wine today? Last time I asked, you wouldn’t even let me taste it.”
Champion glanced at You Ming Xu, smiling without a word. He somehow produced several glass cups from somewhere and placed them on the table.
Yin Feng asked You Ming Xu, “Would you like some?”
You Ming Xu replied, “A little bit.”
Champion’s eyebrows rose higher as he quickly filled a row of glasses and distributed them.
Chen Feng looked around at everyone. Considering himself the most proper of the group, he raised his glass first and said, “Teacher Yin, let me say a few words. Today, we welcome the boss’s wife home. May Teacher Yin and the boss’s wife share sweetness and longevity. Whatever you need in the future, boss’s wife, just ask us. From now on in this house…” he smiled, “you’ll be in charge.”
Champion laughed first: “Saying that, where does that leave our Teacher Yin? Heh, surrendering his authority as a husband?” Yet he was the quickest to raise his glass.
Tu Ya said in his deep voice, “I think Chen Feng spoke well.”
Little Yan giggled, “Mm-hmm.”
Yin Feng just smiled with his eyes, watching their antics while secretly pinching You Ming Xu’s waist. Caught off guard, she jumped slightly. He said softly, “They’re toasting you, say something.”
The others all wore expressions of anticipating a good show.
How eagerly they hoped she would dominate Yin Feng.
And he dared to let her speak freely.
Their eyes met, seemingly catching the flickering light in each other’s gaze. You Ming Xu raised her glass, smiling, “Thank you, everyone. However, in this home, Teacher Yin should still be in charge. I wouldn’t dare cross him – we’ll follow his arrangements.”
Everyone was stunned. Who could have expected You Ming Xu to say such things?
Only Yin Feng lowered his eyes, and though his lips held just a faint smile, You Ming Xu could see his entire face relax completely, every line expressing satisfaction.
You Ming Xu smiled faintly. She wasn’t some naive, impulsive girl – who didn’t know how to please a man? As if he could control her? She was just giving him a face in front of his people.
“Thank you all for your wishes. Let’s drink,” Yin Feng said quietly.
Everyone finally reacted. Chen Feng smiled without speaking, Champion gave a sinister grin, while only Tu Ya and Little Yan looked at Yin Feng with newfound admiration.
After everyone finished their first glass, they began eating. You Ming Xu had just picked up several bites with her chopsticks, about to taste the new chef’s cooking, when Yin Feng wrapped an arm around her waist and whispered in her ear, “Keep your word – from now on in this house, you’ll listen to me.”
You Ming Xu didn’t even raise an eyebrow: “When did I ever say that?”
Yin Feng’s eyes widened slightly.
She’d learned quickly, immediately turning his tactics back on him.
Yin Feng wasn’t angry, chuckling softly: “So many people heard it, how can you deny it?”
“What does having many witnesses have to do with whether I deny it or not?”
“So you’re going to play difficult with me?”
“Why not?”
…
Before they knew it, the two were whispering together, making everyone sitting across from them feel like their eyes were burning. Chen Feng and Champion clinked glasses, glancing at the couple, saying, “Before, we only knew Ying Jung Jun liked clinging to the boss’s wife, but even when things were good between them, they weren’t this sticky. Who knew the real couple would be like this.”
Champion took a sip of wine, sighed, and said, “A match made in heaven.”
Chen Feng hadn’t expected such wisdom from his foul mouth, pondered it, then smiled: “Interesting.”
Tu Ya’s face always reddened when drinking, his tiger-like eyes narrowed in a smile as he said, “How wonderful, truly wonderful, there couldn’t be a better pair than these two. Let me tell you some things were all thanks to me…” He started rambling to Chen Feng.
Little Yan also held his cup, drinking – though it wasn’t the alcohol but rather his own emotions making him tipsy. After a few cups, while the older brothers were still fine, he was already feeling dizzy. Seeing Teacher Yin pick up some food with his chopsticks and put it in the boss’s wife’s bowl, only for her to disdainfully return it, and Teacher Yin eating it himself without comment, Little Yan suddenly laughed and said, “When Teacher Yin and the boss’s wife have children in the future, they’ll be beautiful and adorable!”
Drunk as he was, his voice was very loud, and everyone suddenly fell silent.
You Ming Xu was still an unmarried woman after all, and though she didn’t blush, she didn’t know how to respond. Yin Feng had never even thought about having children, so he remained quiet too.
But Champion’s eyes lit up, and he nodded: “That’s right.” Then he looked directly at You Ming Xu’s abdomen: “When the child is born, I’ll raise them – whatever they want to learn, I’ll teach them!”
Little Yan: “I want to teach too! I’ll teach them how to climb walls and pick locks!”
Tu Ya chuckled, seemingly already envisioning this wonderful scene.
Seeing them getting carried away, Chen Feng irritably adjusted his glasses: “Everyone, when it comes to raising children, leaves it to me.”
Yin Feng smiled silently, his gaze on You Ming Xu thoughtful and profound.
You Ming Xu thought to herself, what the hell are you being thoughtful about? With a sharp “clang,” she set down her wine glass and coldly looked around at everyone, saying, “I’m only in my twenties, who’s having children? Even if I do have children in the future, I’ll be the one deciding how they’re raised.”