Liu Ruyan was filled with relief. She didn't expect that he had such a skill. He knew that if a vegetarian meal was to be vegetarian, he would have to add meat.
Shen Yanchu saw her staring at her expectantly from a distance, with the corners of her lips slightly raised. When she walked in, he casually said: "I met a deer while walking in the forest, and I hunted it back."
Liu Ruyan didn't see through it, so she nodded in agreement: "Thanks to your hard work, it seems that everyone will be happy tonight."
After saying that, she turned around and patted Bai Zhi, who was queuing up in front, and said happily: "Did you see that deer? Braised venison tonight."
Shen Yanchu: “…………”
Bai Zhi followed her gaze, her eyes lit up, and she turned to face the two doctors in front of her: "Thanks to Dr. Ding and Dr. Li for their help, here are some country side dishes to show your appreciation."
Ding Sheng smiled pleasantly and said, "You're welcome."
Li Changzhou looked at the wild deer: "Thank you, Brother Bai, for your hospitality."
Shen Yanchu:!!!
At this time, Zhuge Ming, who was at the front in the queue to eat, also heard the sound. He turned his face and his eyes darted between the people.
"Is there meat? Where is it, where is it???"
When he took a clear look at the fat and muscular prey at Shen Yanchu's feet, he smiled broadly: "Hey, deer bone soup, deer meat soup, deer tendon noodles."
Zhuge Ming opened the curtain with one hand and shouted to the soldiers inside who were still queuing up for food: "Brothers, let's eat meat tonight!"
Dozens of bowls were raised in unison, shouting deafeningly: "Eat - meat -"
Shen Yanchu looked through the expectant faces at the dark heads in the tent and the pair of hungry wolf-like eyes. His face was completely black.
Zhuge Ming shrank his neck and looked around: "Why did the wind suddenly blow..."
At night, a bonfire is set up in the campground.
The large pot was boiling with a thick white and fragrant bone soup. The soldiers held the soup in their hands and ate it with the crispy, fragrant and tender roasted deer steak.
Liu Ruyan tasted a few bites of the deer steak, and the taste was indeed not comparable to that of vegetables. Unfortunately, there was too much meat and too little porridge, so it was divided up all at once.
She looked forward with unfinished thoughts and saw Shen Yanchu still had the last piece of hind leg meat in his hand, cutting it into thin slices with a knife and stacking it on the plate.
She stared at the red and white pieces of flesh and moved over secretly.
Before she could speak, Zhuge Ming came out from nowhere, holding a cauldron like a treasure: "I saw Brother Shen sitting here slicing meat. Speaking of which, in addition to being fresh, it also needs to be delicious. Brother Shen doesn’t know how to eat at first glance. Today, I will show you something new!"
On the side, Liu Ruyan marveled, Zhuge Ming was more than shameless.
She couldn't stand it any longer, so she said angrily: "The antique soup just wants to have a good time, so I'll do whatever it takes and stay with me until the end!"
Zhuge Ming stroked his hands and smiled: "I didn't expect that you are also a fellow-minded person."
"hey-hey--"
The two of them sang together here, completely ignoring Shen Yanchu's face as dark as the bottom of a pot. The corners of his mouth tightened, and he suddenly put down the knife while looking in the direction of Liu Ruyan.
Soon, Zhuge Ming found various dipping sauces and placed them next to the pot, and put all the dishes on them, completely ignoring Shen Yanchu's face.
"Come on, eat it while it's hot!" Zhuge Ming picked up a piece of meat with his bamboo chopsticks, put it in the boiling soup and boiled it. When the meat was cooked, he picked it up, dipped it in some dipping sauce and put it in his mouth. He repeatedly said, "It smells so good!"
Liu Ruyan followed closely behind. The water was boiling in the pot. She picked up the venison, but put the slices of meat into Shen Yanchu's bowl.
Shen Yanchu was startled for a moment, his cold eyes melting like spring snow. He stared blankly at the contents of the bowl, raised his bamboo chopsticks, and took his first bite.
"How does it taste?" Liu Ruyan asked seemingly concerned.
Shen Yanchu sat at the table, her eyebrows reflected in his eyes, and he felt warm in his heart. He chewed carefully and nodded slightly.
Liu Ruyan laughed with unknown meaning. Only by pleasing the devil could she turn on the stove: "Here, eat more."
Zhuge Ming got off the table halfway through the meal. He found a pot of old wine, opened the seal with his hands, poured it into three cups, then picked up a cup, shook his head and smiled: "After drinking the wine, you will be as happy as a god, so happy." ——”
Liu Ruyan also took a sip. The wine had a sweet aftertaste, which just relieved the greasy taste of the meat. She twirled the cup with her fingertips, and a thin layer of red appeared on her fair cheeks, making her red lips even more moist.
She turned her face and raised the ends of her eyes upward, like a green peak flying into the distant sky. She looked at Shen Yanchu's expression as if he was an old monk, and suddenly laughed: "Why don't you drink it? This wine has a very pure taste."
Shen Yanchu lowered his eyes and looked at the contents of the cup: "I don't like drinking."
"Hey -" she narrowed her eyes, came closer to him, and smiled maliciously: "Is it because you are too drunk? Don't worry, I won't laugh at you."
"Don't drink." Shen Yanchu still refused.
"Okay, okay, if you don't want to drink, don't drink. You should finish eating the meat." Liu Ruyan picked up a chopstick of meat, dipped some wine quietly out of sight of him, and handed it over.
Shen Yan didn't doubt him at first, but then he realized something was wrong. He looked at Liu Ruyan, his eyes suddenly cold: "What did you do!"
After saying that, he fell down on the table with a "pop" sound.
Zhuge Ming was frightened by the sudden movement, his eyes widened, and his drunkenness disappeared all at once: "He, he, he, he...is he poisoned?"
Liu Ruyan tried his breath and her brows twitched: "It's okay, I'm just drunk."
Zhuge Ming was even more surprised: "Didn't he drink?"
The corner of Liu Ruyan's mouth twitched. Shen Yanchu really didn't drink, but he could get drunk with a little alcohol. His drinking capacity was unparalleled.
"Help him into the tent for me." She lifted his arm and stood up with considerable effort.
Zhuge Ming ran over to help, and the two worked together to help Shen Yanchu, who was drunk and unconscious, into the tent.
After settling everyone down, it was already late at night.
Zhuge Ming said hello and walked back, leaving only Liu Ruyan and a sleepy Shen Yanchu in the tent that was not yet lit.
She found a quilt to cover him and looked at his sleeping face.
The moonlight filtered through the curtains and softened his face.
Liu Ruyan didn't say a word, her eyes fixed on his eternal face, and she thought calmly - when she returns to Liujiazhuang, she will part ways with him, and the past will never be mentioned again, and it will just disappear like this.
She withdrew her gaze and stood up from the couch.
At this moment, the man who had been motionless suddenly stretched out his hand, grabbed her wrist, and embraced her.
Liu Ruyan's eyebrows darkened and she struggled against the restraints of his arms.
She heard a soft sigh coming from the top of her head. It was too subtle to detect, but it shook her heart like a bell.
But I heard him call out: "Mother——"
Liu Ruyan looked sullen and used her other hand to break free from his embrace.
Then I heard him continue to speak: "Don't go -"
His voice was deep and he tightened his fingers hard.
Liu Ruyan scolded: "It's just a few dishes, you're so drunk, if you want to hug a woman, you can hug a woman, how can two big men hug each other properly!"
Perhaps after hearing the scolding, Shen Yanchu opened his hazy eyes, and his originally ink-colored pupils were now as dark as abyss.
He looked at the "young man" lying on his body, his outline traced by the night, and his face was as captivating as a goblin.
He smiled slightly, raised his hand at the same time, and untied the hair tie on her head. The black hair flowed down, blooming like an epiphyllum in an instant.
Shen Yanchu twisted a strand of hair around his fingertips, with a faint smile in his voice: "Aren't you a woman?"