Chapter 14 - Then we must help him guard her

Ji Zhiyuan really didn’t expect Zhuang Yanyu to have such a wish.

His first reaction when he heard it was to be startled, but then he looked at Zhuang Yanyu sympathetically: “Then you should give up.”

Zhuang Yanyu: “Give up?”

Ji Zhiyuan: “Because you can’t achieve it in this life. ”

Zhuang Yanyu: “Why?”

Ji Zhiyuan: “Do I still need to say? Do you know when Lao Wen and I met? We met when we were wearing crotch pants¹! His house is next to mine, now you know what our relationship is, right?”

Ji Zhiyuan spoke more and more enthusiastically, as if he wanted to break Zhuang Yanyu’s fantasy, “Not only did we go to kindergarten together, we also went to elementary school, junior high school, and university when studying abroad, and we also lived in the same dormitory. Old Wen learned to cook at that time too, he cooked for me every day.”

Zhuang Yanyu was full of envy.

Ji Zhiyuan patted him on the shoulder, comfortingly said: “Don’t be too envious, after all, this is something that was destined at birth, we are the best brothers in the world, even Li Xi can’t compare to him, he is our primary school friend.”

Zhuang Yanyu did the math, Li Xi and the others who had known each other since elementary school were not considered the best brothers, so as someone who had only known Wen Chenxi for less than two months…

Zhuang Yanyu lowered his eyes, and lost was clearly written on his face, the eyes that were originally shining like stars seemed to be covered with a layer of gray mist at the moment. The long eyelashes covered them, and all the light were dimmed.

Seeing this, Ji Zhiyuan couldn’t bear it, so he comforted him and said, “Hai², don’t be too discouraged. There are quite a few people who have wanted to be friends with Lao Wen and me since childhood, and you are not the first one.”

Zhuang Yanyu didn’t feel comforted: “But in the end, only you and Mr. Li Xi stayed by Ah Xi’s side.”

Ji Zhiyuan took it for granted, “That’s right. Old Wen’s personality is a bit mild, and he couldn’t get along with everyone.”

What’s more, at that time most of the people who wanted to be friends with them were because of their identities and the benefits that the family behind them could bring.

Ji Zhiyuan’ character was a carefree one, but he was not stupid, he could tell which ones were sincere and which ones had a purpose at a glance.

What’s more, his family was originally engaged in the entertainment industry, and since he was a child, he went around a lot³, so he met many such people.

In the end, there were only a few real good friends.

Ji Zhiyuan wanted to say something else, but from the corner of his eye, he saw Wen Chenxi at the door of the kitchen, and immediately teased, “Yo, old Wen is back, come on, old Wen, let me tell you, Xiao Zhuang just said that he wants to get involved with you. What is the relationship between the two of us! Tell him, en… maybe if he works hard for another ten years, he might be able to succeed hahahaha!”

Zhuang Yanyu had his back to the kitchen since he was cutting vegetables and did not see Wen Chenxi coming back. At Ji Zhiyuan’s words, he turned his head to look.

Wen Chenxi was wearing simple and casual home clothes. This was the first time Zhuang Yanyu saw Wen Chenxi like this. He looked completely different from his usual suits and shoes. Wearing a suit and wearing rimless glasses, Wen Chenxi had an aura that was not easy to get close to, and even has a kind of gentle abstinence.

But now he seemed younger, the gray clothes made his aura milder. Probably also because of the change of clothes, his originally meticulous black hair had become slightly messy, and the already deep eyebrows and eyes were also slightly messy. There was a little more affinity.

Because he had never seen such an image of his brother, Zhuang Yanyu looked and stared repeatedly, his eyes seemingly like a camera, clearly recording each other’s appearance frame by frame.

Zhuang Yanyu’s gaze was straightforward and open, the person looking didn’t feel it, but the person being looked at moved away from his sight uncomfortably.

Wen Chenxi walked in, his eyes fell on Ji Zhiyuan, and his tone was light: “Only you would say that.”

Ji Zhiyuan had never set a burden on his good brothers, and he said happily: “I am just here joking with Xiao Zhuang ma, do you know what Xiao Zhuang said just now? He just said…”

Wen Chenxi put the kitchen knife in front of him, and interrupted him expressionlessly: “You chop vegetables too.”

He didn’t want to hear what Xiao Yu just said again.

Ji Zhiyuan was not annoyed by the interruption, he took the kitchen knife with a smile and began to cut carrots.

In the living room, Li Xi cleared the game by himself, looked up and saw that everyone was busy inside, felt embarrassed to play, and came over to help wash the vegetables.

The four big men were all busy in the kitchen, but fortunately Wen Chenxi’s kitchen was big enough not to be too crowded.

When Wen Chenxi was cooking, he couldn’t help but glance to the side from the corner of his eyes. Zhuang Yanyu had already cut the shredded potatoes, and he looked towards Ji Zhiyuan from time to time. He seemed to want to say something, but the words came to his lips were swallowed it back again and again. It’s just that his eyes moved away for a while, and then moved back again, with indescribable words written in them.

Wen Chenxi looked at Ji Zhiyuan’s sliced carrot, and immediately understood what Xiao Yu was struggling with.

Ji Zhiyuan knew how to cook, but his knife skills were average. The shredded carrots he cut out were of different sizes, some were long and some were short, looking very messy.

Compared with the potatoes that Zhuang Yanyu cut, it was the difference between heaven and earth.

However, after Ji Zhiyuan finished cutting the carrots in two or three strokes, he asked diligently, “Old Wen, what else do you want to cut?”

Zhuang Yanyu couldn’t help but glance at Wen Chenxi, just in time to see Wen Chenxi’s sight.

Zhuang Yanyu was taken aback for a moment, but then he didn’t feel that his good brother looked at him strangely, but hesitated to speak.

Wen Chenxi withdrew his gaze and said, “Go wash the vegetables.”

Ji Zhiyuan: “There’s nothing else to cut?”

Wen Chenxi didn’t say much, but said: “You can do the washing.”

Ji Zhiyuan: “Okay! Li Xi, GeGe⁴ is here!”

He grabbed a handful of vegetables that Li Xi was washing, and prepared to wash them again.

Li Xi was speechless: “Go to your own side, I’ve already washed this.”

Ji Zhiyuan: “I don’t think you washed it cleanly enough, so I’ll wash it again.”

After Ji Zhiyuan went to the side, Wen Chenxi turned around and continued cooking.

Seeing that no one was looking at him, Zhuang Yanyu moved his body silently, and brought the carrot that Ji Zhiyuan cut just now to himself bit by bit, and began to cut again.

Soon, the carrot shreds cut by Ji Zhiyuan became the same as potato shreds, no matter how long or short, no matter how thick or thin, they were all exactly the same, as if they were cut by a machine.

Zhuang Yanyu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He didn’t notice at all that Wen Chenxi, who was cooking, saw his little move, and that the corner of Wen Chenxi’s mouth slightly twitched up.

However, when he thought of what Zhuang Yanyu said just now, the corners of his mouth that had just raised were suppressed again.

With the efforts of four people, dinner was ready at half past six.

When all the meals were served on the table, Zhuang Yanyu couldn’t help taking out his phone to take a photo.

In the past, he didn’t understand why human beings ‘ate’ with their mobile phones first, and their Moments ‘ate’⁵ before they ate?

Now he seemed to understand the feeling.

Because he wanted to record his feelings at this moment, he wanted to record this moment.

He wanted to record this big meal his brother made, at this moment, and then let everyone know how amazing his good brother was!

Ji Zhiyuan and Li Xi were also taking pictures, so Zhuang Yanyu’s behavior was not abrupt. After taking the photos, both Ji Zhiyuan and Li Xi added Zhuang Yanyu’s WeChat, saying that they would call him directly when they wanted to go to the farmhouse next time.

Of course, Zhuang Yanyu said, no problem.

Wen Chenxi: “Let’s eat.”

The three immediately put away their phones and started eating.

Li Xi kept his promise, unceremoniously opened two bottles of Wen Chenxi’s good wine, and expressed that they would finish all of them tonight.

Seeing that Li Xi wanted to pour wine for Zhuang Yanyu, Wen Chenxi stopped him, and asked Zhuang Yanyu first: “Do you know how to drink?”

Zhuang Yanyu blinked: “I have never tried before.”

Human beings were advocating quitting smoking and drinking, so Zguang Yanyu, who strictly followed a ‘healthy lifestyle’, had never touched those two.

Wen Chenxi said: “If you haven’t drunk it before, don’t drink it.”

Zhuang Yanyu didn’t care: “En, then I’ll drink water.”

“If you haven’t drunk it before, you could try it.” Ji Zhiyuan urged: “This wine is delicious. They are all good wines, and if you want to try his wine again after today, you will never have a chance.”

Zhuang Yanyu was a little moved by what he said.

Alcohol was different from smoking, drinking a little… should be fine, right?

Zhuang Yanyu: “Then I…”

Before he finished speaking, Wen Chenxi had already picked up his cup and brought him a glass of warm water, “You drink this.”

Zhuang Yanyu: “Oh.”

Worried about Zhuang Yanyu thinking too much, Li Xi explained: “Don’t listen to him, the alcohol content is a bit high. If first time you drink alcohol and with such a high alcohol content, it will make you uncomfortable.” Then he scolded Ji Zhiyuan: “Don’t teach bad things to children.”

Zhuang Yanyu was very serious when he ate, he didn’t talk much, just chewing carefully and slowly.

On the contrary, Ji Zhiyuan was a very talkative person, or because the nature of his job was to discuss various things at banquets and wine tables. He, Wen Chenxi and Li Xi were good friends, so they chatted endlessly.

They talked about the entertainment circle that Ji Zhiyuan was in, Wen Chenxi’s company in the technology industry, Li Xi’s work, and finally back to Wen Chenxi’s company.

Zhuang Yanyu just listened silently, chewing and chewing.

Occasionally, Wen Chenxi was worried that he would be embarrassed if he couldn’t get in the conversation, so he took the initiative to talk to him.

However, it turned out that Zhuang Yanyu’s rhythm was disrupted when he was asked questions. Zhuang Yanyu didn’t know whether to continue chewing the thing in his mouth. After swallowing it in a hurry, he answered Wen Chenxi’s question. After answering, he would start to get entangled again—

He didn’t chew thirty times just now!

Seeing this, Wen Chenxi simply let Xiao Yu eat but would pay attention to him from time to time.

Ji Zhiyuan: “By the way, is the latest model of your company’s mobile phone coming to the market? I heard from people under me that several artists in my company are vying for this endorsement. Do you have any promising candidates?”

Wen Chenxi gave an ‘En’ and said: “It depends on how they evaluate.”

Wen Chenxi had always left professional matters to professional people. How the Publication Department selected people was up to the Pubicatio Department itself. He would not arrange anything as he only looked at the company’s benefits.

“That’s right, this is a matter of the Propaganda Department.” Ji Zhiyuan’s topic was very jumpy, and he suddenly asked gossip: “Speaking of which, I heard from Li Xi that the daughter of the Xiao Group is asking about your preferences, and she even said that she wants to chase after you. You, do you know?”

Li Xi took a sip of wine: “There really is such a thing.”

So Wen Chenxi saw Zhuang Yanyu who was eating seriously just now and was not interested in their chat at all, and raised his head in a ‘shua’.

Wen Chenxi looked at him, he knew that Zhuang Yanyu may not have that kind of meaning for him, but seeing that Zhuang Yanyu was so concerned about his own affairs, what if he actually…

Zhuang Yanyu’s eyes flickered: “Is someone going after Ah Xi?”

Ji Zhiyuan said enthusiastically: “Yes, let me tell you Xiao Zhuang, the daughter of Xiao’s family is quite good-looking, and the family is rich.”

Zhuang Yanyu nodded seriously: “Then we must help him guard her.”

Wen Chenxi: “…”

OK.

There were no ifs.

The author has something to say:

PS——

Ji Zhiyuan: “Xiao Zhuang, give up, no matter how hard you try, you can’t compare to the relationship between me and Lao Wen.”

Zhuang Yanyu: “TAT I know.”

Later, Wen Chenxi and Zhuang Yanyu got together.

Ji Zhiyuan was in a trance: “??? Xiao Zhuang, you… are so cunning…”

Zhuang Yanyu: “…I was wronged.”

¹- 裆裤, something like this.

²- 害, means ‘harm’ but in this case is just a sigh.

³- 来来去去, lai lai qu qu, direct translation means to come and go around, like going to a lot of places, experiencing a lot.

⁴- 哥哥, GeGe, older brother.

⁵- Taking a photo and uploading on WeChat moments, much like instagram or twitter.

Helen XD:

K.O.! Player Wen Chenxi is probably dead… hahaha TWT

~Spoiler~

I suspect the author wants Xiao Xi to start doubting his standard for choosing a mate! (>v<)/

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