A few days later, the upright young man came to see Zhu Yuanyu.
"You're really here"
At this time, Zhu Yuanyu was replying to his family. Qi Ao stood aside and polished ink for him. He said without raising his head: "I won't go to your grandfather's birthday party. You might as well spend your time coming to see me when you have time." Before you came up with the matter of finding a birthday gift for your grandfather, didn’t you say that the painting you were originally looking for was bought by someone else?”
Cui'er poured a cup of tea for the upright young man. He thanked him and took a sip. He noticed a very special-looking pigeon pacing back and forth on the desk. The way he held his head high made him have to look at it a few more times. Eye.
Hearing that Zhu Yuanyu couldn't say anything, the upright young man looked quite disappointed. But when he heard the mention of his grandfather's birthday gift, he didn't know what he thought of. He smiled again and said proudly: "I have prepared my grandfather's birthday gift!"
"Oh?" Zhu Yuanyu put down the pen, picked up the letter, blew on it, and said leisurely: "What kind of gift is it?"
The upright young man said with bright eyes: "It's Chunju!"
Zhu Yuanyu put the letter aside and asked doubtfully: "Didn't you say it was bought by someone?"
"Yes, but later I bought the painting back from a friend at a high price."
The upright young man showed a heartbroken expression, thinking that the "high price" was really high.
Zhu Yuanyu didn't know about the others, but from the generosity of the upright young man who sold his body to bury his father and daughter that day, he could tell that he was also a rich young man, and a generous young man who had no idea about money. To be able to make a wealthy young master show an expression of pain must be someone who was ruthlessly ripped off.
Zhu Yuanyu walked over and sat down opposite the upright young man. Cui'er immediately handed over a cup of poured tea. He touched it and found it was warm. He doesn't like to drink cold tea, because most of the cold tea tastes bitter at first taste, which completely destroys the enjoyment of the tea aroma. Everyone around him knows this.
"It's almost noon, have you eaten? If not, let's come together."
Zhu Yuanyu extended an invitation to the upright young man, and just after he finished speaking, Li Zhuangzhuang came in carrying two three-layered carved food boxes. He said in a loud voice: "Master, I went to several restaurants, but I finally found one that can make your favorite sweet and sour fish!"
Zhu Yuanyu could already smell the unique sweet taste of the food. When Cui'er set the dishes one by one, his eyes lit up.
In addition to sweet and sour fish, Li Zhuangzhuang, a considerate little cotton-padded man, also brought sweet and sour pork ribs. Zhu Yuanyu gave him an appreciative look.
"Everyone, sit down. There aren't that many rules outside. Besides, it's more lively when there are more people eating. It's boring for me to eat alone."
Seeing that all three of his subordinates sat down obediently, Zhu Yuanyu nodded with satisfaction, turned his gaze to the upright young man, and said, "If you don't mind, let's go together?"
The upright young man actually came after dinner, but when he looked at the table of appetizing food, he suddenly felt that he could eat a few more bowls of rice, so he nodded and said, "Then I'll be disrespectful." "
Zhu Yuanyu always feels that rice is the best food to go with food, so crystal white rice is indispensable on his dining table.
At this moment, he already had a mouthful of hot rice in his mouth, then took a chopstick of sweet and sour fish and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing it with the rice, with a satisfied look on his face.
Because of the presence of guests, Li Zhuangzhuang, who usually eats boldly, restrained his movements a little. The most obvious thing is that he changed his mouth from loudly to softly while eating.
Qi Ao maintained his usual speed and finished a bowl of rice in a few clicks; while Cui'er still chewed slowly, seeming to taste it carefully.
We were almost done eating, and there was only one fish head left of the whole sweet and sour fish. There were two round white fish eyes on the fish head. Seeing that no one was eating, the upright young man put the fish head in. In your own bowl.
"Do you like fish heads?" Zhu Yuanyu swallowed the last bite of food in his mouth, glanced at him and said.
The upright young man nodded, a little embarrassed. He didn't know what was wrong. He usually only dared to eat the fish head when he was eating alone. But when he was eating with his family and friends, he would never touch the fish head. of this part.
"Oh, the meat of the fish head is quite tender, but a little missing. It seems you are quite good at eating it."
The upright young man's eyes lit up, and he seemed to have found a confidant. He said happily: "Have you ever eaten fish head?"
Zhu Yuanyu poured a cup of tea, rinsed his mouth, and then said, "It sounds like you are the only one who has eaten it, tsk."
"No, I'm just a little hehe." The upright young man rubbed his head and said with a silly smile.
"Okay, eat yours."
Zhu Yuanyu stood up and walked to the desk, carefully folded the letter with dried ink, stuffed it into a special small bamboo tube, and tied it to Lu Lu's leg.
Lulu, who had also had enough food, drink and rest, gently pecked the back of Zhu Yuanyu's hand with its slightly curved beak, as if saying goodbye, then flapped its wings and flew out towards the open window.
After confirming that his benefactor would not go to his grandfather's birthday party, the upright young man had no choice but to go home dejectedly. Before leaving, he remembered one thing. He looked at Zhu Yuanyu and said: "My benefactor, I even forgot to ask you what your name is and me." Called Tong Bao."
Zhu Yuanyu told him his name readily.
The upright young man left with satisfaction.
Two days later, just when Zhu Yuanyu had visited the town and was about to leave for the next stop, Tong Bao came again, followed by a ghost.
Zhu Yuanyu frowned and looked at Tong Bao, and found that his eyes were dark and his complexion was blue, which was very different from his previous appearance. Although his previous appearance could not be said to be very good, at least his complexion was rosy and shiny, and he could tell that he was healthy at first glance.
What's going on with this weird look now? And how did you provoke the ghost behind him?
Behind Tong Bao was a female ghost. Seeing Zhu Yuanyu looking at her, she actually smiled back, which was indescribably weird.
Zhu Yuanyu asked bluntly: "Who did you offend?"
Tong Bao was stunned and said in a daze, "No."
"That's weird." Zhu Yuanyu had seen Tong Bao's breath before. It was very clean and it was impossible for him to take the initiative to provoke dirty things. Generally, only people who have done bad things and have evil intentions are likely to attract dirty people. How could such a stupid and upright young man generously donate money to a stranger who sold his body to bury his father and daughter, and was almost taken as a victim? How could he do this? He did something that hurt people, so the female ghost behind him must have been deliberately designed by someone.
Someone wants to harm Tong Bao.
