Bai Yu'an knew how powerful the wine was since the last time he had it at Uncle Wei Guo's place.
The spicy and bitter taste still seemed to linger on my tongue, and I planned to never touch alcohol again in my life.
The celadon wine glass on her fingertips swayed, but she still squeezed the glass tightly, closed her eyes and took a sip.
The wine just touched the corners of her lips. Bai Yu'an licked it, but it was still bitter and she couldn't taste it.
But since Shen Jue spoke like this, after thinking about it for a while, Bai Yu'an looked at Shen Jue and made up nonsense in a low voice: "It tastes slightly bitter, but also a little sweet."
Apart from being bitter, Bai Yu'an could not think of any other way to describe the taste of the wine. She could only listen to what Shen Jue said.
Shen Jue said: "It seems that Mr. Bai still doesn't taste the wine carefully."
Bai Yu'an's face looked a little ugly. She didn't know how to drink wine, so how could she taste it? She could only say: "I don't know how to drink wine, so naturally I can't taste it."
Shen Jue smiled and said, "It seems that Lord Bai plans to drink with me here all night."
"But it's Xiu Mu tomorrow, so I don't mind."
Bai Yu'an couldn't stand drinking all night. She looked at the barely touched dishes on the side table and whispered, "Why doesn't Shen Shoufu not use his chopsticks?"
Shen Jue didn't expect Bai Yu'an to change the subject, glanced at Bai Yu'an lightly and said, "I'm not hungry."
Bai Yu'an nodded and silently took the chopsticks to pick up the vegetables.
There were a variety of dishes on the table, including Sixi meatballs, eight-treasure fish, and cherry meat, most of which were Bai Yuan's favorites. She pretended to be stupid while eating, hoping that Shen Jue would forget about drinking.
She got extremely drunk after just two drinks last time, and she wouldn't risk it again.
Shen Jue looked at Bai Yu'an eating the food indifferently, lowered his head slightly, and took small bites into his mouth, eating very seriously.
He couldn't help but ask: "Is it delicious?"
Bai Yu'an nodded quickly, took a sip of tea and said, "It's delicious."
It's indeed delicious. Bai Yu'an's money has been a little tight recently, so he hasn't eaten meat so freely in some days.
Shen Jue smiled, stopped talking, and silently watched Bai Yu'an eat.
Bai Yu'an also looked elegant when eating. He held wooden chopsticks with his slender fingers. There were not many chopsticks, just enough for him to take a small bite.
Turning the jade ring on his hand, Shen Jue looked at Bai Yu'an's eyes and whispered, "Master Bai will come to eat more often from now on."
The first thought in his mind was to refuse, but Bai Yu'an thought that if he refused directly, the two of them were a little embarrassed, so they put down their chopsticks and said gratefully: "I'm afraid that the official will disturb Shen Shoufu, so I don't dare to come often."
Shen Jue rarely showed a smile: "I am the only one in this house. Master Bai can come and have dinner with me, which also makes the house less deserted."
Bai Yu'an was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that only Shen Jue lived in such a big house.
She was just thinking about how to politely refuse when she heard Shen Jue say: "If Mr. Bai doesn't want to come over, I won't force him."
It was difficult to refute these words. Bai Yu'an thought about it and said, "If you are free, I will come over and have dinner with Shen Shoufu."
Shen Jue smiled: "Then I will wait for Mr. Bai to visit."
Bai Yuan immediately agreed.
She just responded and naturally wouldn't come.
Seeing Bai Yuan not moving his chopsticks again, Shen Jue asked, "But the food is not to my liking."
"Next time I'll ask for other dishes."
Bai Yu'an looked at Shen Jue's expression and whispered, "They are all delicious."
She said and took a few more bites, thinking that since she had already used her chopsticks, she might as well eat her fill.
Shen Jue took a sip of tea from time to time, but his eyes never left Bai Yu'an.
Bai Yu'an could naturally feel Shen Jue's eyes on her, but she could only endure it.
Finally unable to eat any more, Bai Yu'an took a sip of tea and then took the fragrant tea brought by the maid next to her. Bai Yu'an looked at Shen Jue hesitantly: "Xiaguan has already finished eating."
Shen Jue put down the tea cup in his hand and looked at Bai Yu'an: "Are you full?"
Bai Yu'an nodded.
Shen Jue didn't keep him anymore, stood up and said, "Let's go, I'll take you back."
Bai Yu'an was surprised, and hurriedly stood up and handed over her hands: "I don't dare to let Shen Shoufu see me off, I can just go back by myself."
Shen Jue looked at Bai Yu'an indifferently, with a noble and stern face, and said coldly: "Master Bai, there are not many people in the government and the public who can let me deliver it in person."
"Do you know why I want to send you away?"
Bai Yu'an looked at Shen Jue in astonishment: "Why?"
Shen Jue lowered his head and looked at Bai Yu'an with deep eyes: "Master Bai and I are both young and in high school. Looking at Master Bai today, I just think of myself back then."
"I admire Lord Bai and want to have a close relationship with Lord Bai."
"But Lord Bai seems to have a prejudice against me."
Bai Yuan's head jumped. She heard Shen Jue's words as if they were serious about making friends, which actually made her feel a little guilty.
But yesterday's threat was still fresh in her mind, and she wasn't sure what Shen Jue meant.
And compared to Shen Jue's current position, the two identities were so different that Bai Yu'an couldn't figure out what Shen Jue wanted to do.
She lowered her eyes and whispered: "I am grateful to Shen Chieffu for taking me seriously."
Shen Jue smiled, with an unclear meaning in his eyes: "There are not many people who can be valued by me. Lord Bai, think about it carefully."
Bai Yu'an frowned and thought about what Shen Jue's words meant. Before she could think deeply, Shen Jue's words rang out again.
"Let's go."
Bai Yu'an had no reason to refuse anymore, so he had no choice but to walk beside Shen Jue.
After getting off the attic, Bai Yu'an put the cloak on his body, and the maid downstairs handed Bai Yu'an's umbrella to Bai Yu'an's hand.
Bai Yu'an looked at the umbrella and saw that the attendant beside Shen Jue did not come to hold the umbrella, so he had to hold the umbrella silently in his hand because it was difficult to open it.
The snow outside was heavy, and the wind and snow were blowing. The clothes of the two of them were intertwined from time to time, and soon they were stained with a lot of snow color.
Shen Jue was tall and oppressive beside him. He took half a step forward of Bai Yu'an, and accidentally blocked some snow for her.
He couldn't help but look up at Shen Jue's broad back. The color of snow fell on his shoulders, making him look slightly lonely and deserted.
She remembered what the teacher said to her.
If Shen Jue takes action against the Ministry of Industry, someone like him must be confident.
But if he ignored it, the teacher asked her to stop caring about it, but she was still a little unwilling...
The tax money donated by the people fell into the hands of corrupt officials. If this trend continues, I am afraid that few people will be honest anymore.
His cheeks were sore from the blow of the snow knife, and Bai Yu'an had to hold his face with his hands. At this moment, Shen Jue stopped and looked at Bai Yu'an, who was falling slightly behind him.
Seeing his red hands covering his face, a layer of snow on his shoulders, and white frost on his black hair, he couldn't help but look at the umbrella in her hand: "Why don't you hold an umbrella?"
Bai Yu'an thought that it was unreasonable for him to hold an umbrella alone without asking Shen Jue, but it was a bit weird for two men to hold an umbrella together, so he simply avoided the embarrassment.
But Shen Jue took the initiative to propose it, and Bai Yu'an was stunned for a moment, but still opened the umbrella.
The white umbrella covered most of the snow in an instant. Bai Yuan looked at Shen Jue under the umbrella and saw a few flakes of snow falling on his brows, but his eyes were cold and unconcerned.
She opened her mouth, hesitated and asked, "Did Chief Shen bring an umbrella?"
She thought, this is the Shen Mansion, such a big house, there is no shortage of umbrellas.
Shen Jue shook his head: "I just gave you a last-minute gift, and I didn't bring an umbrella with me."
