CH 25

The setting sun sinks in the west, and golden light spills over the mountains, gradually fading into twilight. The mountaintop remains lively as ever.

Chi Le came back with a box of drinks in his arms. Seeing the beautiful scenery under the sunset, he couldn’t help cheering, picked up his phone, took a photo, and sent it to his father.

Sheng Zhuo has already set up the barbecue grill and is using an electric ignition to start a fire, and his body is slightly tilted backward.

Not far away on the open ground, everyone lit a bonfire and gathered around it. They are playing the game ‘Truth or Dare,’ laughing and chatting together, making it a lively and joyful atmosphere.

Chi Le put the drinks on the table and asked everyone to come and get them if they wanted to drink. Then he walked to the barbecue grill and looked at Sheng Zhuo eagerly, “I’ll do the grilling, you go to the side to rest.”

Sheng Zhuo looked at the ignited flames and looked up at him. The thick white smoke blew toward Chi Le with the wind, and Chi Le sneezed loudly.

Sheng Zhuo pulled the corners of his lips and smiled, and put the iron on the grill, “I’ll grill it, you can stand in another place.”

Chi Le rubbed his nose with tears in his eyes, hurriedly left the air outlet, and stood on the other side of Sheng Zhuo, “Today the wind is too strong and there is a lot of smoke, I’ll do it.”

Wives are meant to be cherished, so naturally, he should be the one to do the hard and tiring work.

“No need.” Sheng Zhuo glanced at his red nose, without giving him a chance to argue, “Just stay with me.”

“Do you know how?” Chi Le approached a bit, but Sheng Zuo didn’t move, and he couldn’t force his way in either. Standing beside him, he felt a bit awkward.

“I haven’t grilled before, but I just asked the chef, so I have a general idea of how to do it.” Sheng Zhuo casually raised his eyebrows, waved away the smoke blowing his way, and looked at the ingredients on the cutting board. He asked, “What do you want to eat?”

Chi Le looked down, his eyes lit up, and he raised his hand to point to them one by one, “This shelled shrimp, and the fried squid next to it.”

It’s cold today, and seeing these hot things makes people’s appetites soar.

Sheng Zhuo used tongs to place a row of shrimp on the iron rack and grilled the squid with an iron plate. Today, the wind is strong, and the fire is strong, so you have to keep an eye on it, otherwise, it will be mushy soon.

Seeing that the grill was full of his favorite food, Chi Le felt a little embarrassed, “What do you want to eat? I’ll get it for you.”

“I’ll eat it later.” Sheng Zhuo pressed the squid on the grill, and the squid was grilled with oil, making a sizzling sound.

Chi Le watched from the side. He was not hungry at first, but now he felt a little hungry when he heard the noise.

Sheng Zhuo sprinkled the seasoning, and the delicious smell wafted out immediately. Everyone who was playing the game looked up, staring at the shrimp and squid on the grill, swallowing uncontrollably.

Chi Le unscrewed a bottle and handed it to Sheng Zhuo. Looking up, he saw Yellow hair, who was ‘in a water drinking competition’ with him in the morning, walking towards him. Yellow hair was holding a plate in his hand, and there were two grilled squid on the plate.

Chi Le wondered secretly, could this Yellow hair feel unwilling to lose in the morning, and wanted to come to challenge? What is he going to compare this time, which grilled squid is better?

Before Chi Le could come up with the conclusion, Yellow hair walked up to him, stretched out his hand, and handed the squid over, “Please eat.”

Chi Le: “???”

Sheng Zhuo’s temples were throbbing, he stopped what he was doing unknowingly, and looked at Yellow hair with cold air.

Yellow hair scratched his head, looked at Chi Le with burning intensity, and said with a blushing face, “I grilled it myself, it tastes good, try it.”

Chi Le’s brain crashed, and he almost thought it was a new method of provocation by the other party. It wasn’t until Sheng Zhuo coughed coldly that he recovered and quickly refused, “No need, I have squid to eat.”

He was still waiting to eat the squid grilled by his wife, so how could he have the heart to eat other people’s grilled squid?

“Isn’t yours not grilled yet? Eat mine first, I brought you two.” Yellow hair ignored Sheng Zhuo’s gaze and insisted on passing the squid over with a smile on his face, “I sprinkled white sesame seeds on it, it’s delicious.”

With a sullen face, Sheng Zhuo grabbed a handful of white sesame seeds from the seasoning and sprinkled them heavily on the squid, making the taste even more mellow.

Chi Le’s attention was completely drawn over, and he stared fixedly at the golden-brown squid on the grill. “No need, I’ll wait to eat this.”

Sheng Zhuo glanced at the squid on Yellow hair’s plate, then took out another squid and put it on the grill.

Fang Younian smelled it, stretched his neck, and shouted: “This is too delicious, Brother Zhuo, I can eat that squid of yours, Chi Le, the students next door sent it over, you can just eat his one, isn’t it all the same?”

Sheng Zhuo raised his eyes like a cold knife.

Chi Le continued to stare at the squid on the grill, “I’ll just eat this one, it’s mine, don’t grab it from me.”

Fang Younian did not give up: “Brother Zhuo…”

Sheng Zhuo’s face was filled with dark clouds, and he almost wanted to cover his mouth. “Shut up.”

Jian Cheng laughed muffledly beside him.

Chen Yunzhou patted Fang Younian’s shoulder, and said mercilessly: “Young man, why haven’t you recognized your position in Brother Zhuo’s heart? You are very brave. You dare to snatch Chi Le’s squid, and even let Chi Le eat other people’s squid. I think you don’t want to eat tonight.”

Fang Younian: “…” Why does Chi Le have an endless amount of squid, but he doesn’t have any!

Yellow hair looked at Chi Le’s exquisite facial features and pursed his lips unwillingly. He saw Chi Le on the way up the mountain today, and he couldn’t take his eyes off with just one glance. If it wasn’t for the tall and big Sheng Zhuo standing beside Chi Le, he would have come to strike up a conversation.

He just found out that Chi Le and Sheng Zhuo were not lovers, so he mustered up the courage to come over, of course, he was not willing to leave like this.

He hesitated for a moment, took the squid back, smiled at Chi Le, and then asked seemingly casually: “By the way, we organized a fellowship with the class next door tonight. Would you like to come over? It’s fun.”

Chi Le: “…” I already have a wife, what kind of fellowship are we talking about?

It’s a pity that he can’t say, after all, his wife is not his wife yet, but a Beta who is taller and stronger than him.

Fine.

When Sheng Zhuo heard the word ‘fellowship’, he directly pulled Chi Le behind him. He doesn’t know if it was Chi Le’s illusion, Sheng Zhuo’s face seemed to turn dark again.

Sheng Zhuo looked at Yellow hair, and said in a cold voice, “He won’t go.”

Yellow hair didn’t talk to him, but still insisted on looking at Chi Le, “Everyone just wants to get to know each other. When you make more friends, you can bring your classmates over. There are so many people, and you are so handsome, you will definitely be very popular.”

When Chi Le heard him praise him for being handsome, although he tried his best to hold back the corners of his mouth, his eyebrows and eyes still rose.

Regardless of Sheng Zhuo’s dark face, a head popped up from behind Sheng Zhuo, “Do you think I’m handsome?”

Yellow hair nodded vigorously, and said excitedly: “You look very handsome, the best-looking one I have ever seen.”

Chi Le cleared his throat, tried his best to suppress the smug mouth, and said modestly: “Our class is generally better than your class in appearance, and the same is true in other aspects, so don’t always try to compare with our class, you can’t beat our class.”

Young Master Chi has a great sense of collective honor. He must not show timidity in front of his opponents. He must praise his class first.

Yellow hair: “???” When did I compare with you?

Sheng Zhuo’s face softened, and the corners of his mouth raised uncontrollably.

Chi Le raised his sharp and smooth jaw, and looked at Yellow hair, “Don’t stand here, you’re blocking the wind, the charcoal fire is not as prosperous as before.”

In the end, Yellow hair carried the cold squid and walked away in disappointment. He drooped his head, his face full of bewilderment.

Looking at his back, Chi Le shook his head and said ‘tsk tsk’ twice: “Young people nowadays are really young and energetic, and they always want to compete with others. This habit is not good at all.”

“…” Sheng Zhuo moved his lips twice, and said expressionlessly, “Yes, he is provoking you.”

“I saw it right away.” Chi Le complacently said, “He has been staring at me, obviously something is wrong!”

Sheng Zhuo was silent for a while, and continued to say ‘hmm’ out of conscience: “Yes, don’t talk to him when you meet him in the future, lest he want to compare with you.”

Chi Le nodded approvingly, “That’s right, we can’t encourage this trend!”

…

Sheng Zhuo silently handed him the grilled squid and wrapped the bottom of the bamboo stick with two paper towels to keep his hands from getting oil.

Chi Le happily took the squid, bowed his head, and blew it, and then he couldn’t wait to taste it. His eyes lit up for a moment, and he gave Sheng Zhuo a thumbs up in surprise, “It’s delicious! It’s much more delicious than Yellow hair’s squid.”

Sheng Zhuo laughed, and said in a sour voice: “You haven’t tasted his squid, how do you know that mine is better than his?”

“I just know.” Chi Le boasted about his wife without any reason. “Because the squid you grilled is the best in the world.”

Chi Le boasted and burst the sour bubbles in Sheng Zhuo’s heart. Although he didn’t say anything, he acted very honestly. He turned around and gave Chi Le a plate full of grilled shrimp and grilled a plate of oysters and chicken wings for Chi Le.

Chi Le ate to his heart’s content, and soon he was full. Sheng Zhuo handed him another freshly grilled squid, and Chi Le quickly waved his hand, “I can’t eat anymore.”

Sheng Zhuo pursed his lips without saying a word and kept staring at Chi Le.

Chi Le had no choice but to reluctantly take the squid.

He touched his full belly, pursed his lower lip, placed the squid on Sheng Zhuo’s mouth, and said eagerly, “You haven’t eaten yet, try it quickly.”

Sheng Zhuo glanced at him, opened his mouth, and took a bite.

Chi Le was overjoyed and stood beside him and continued to feed him. After feeding the squid, he fed the shrimp, and after feeding the shrimp, he fed the oysters. He became addicted to feeding for a while.

Fang Younian waited for a long time but didn’t get his share. He was so angry that his head was smoking, he pushed the two of them away, and he took the things to grill. Others were also curious and came over to cook by themselves.

Now that they were free, Chi Le dragged Sheng Zhuo to watch the sunset. They sat on a huge rock and watched the egg-yolk-like sunset gradually dim.

Chi Le concentrated on watching the setting sun in the distance, and when he turned around, he saw Sheng Zhuo’s soft gaze and the two looked at each other and smiled.

As night fell, everyone gathered around the campfire to eat skewers. Chi Le had already been fed by Sheng Zhuo, so he listened to everyone singing with a smile on his face and clapped his hands from time to time. Occasionally, Sheng Zhuo fed the skewers to his mouth, and he opened his mouth to take a bite.

The two classes next door were having a fellowship, and the atmosphere was lively. Fang Younian also dragged Chen Yunzhou over to join in the fun, but after a while, a little girl ran over with a blushing face to confess to Jian Cheng, and Fang Younian ran back again, standing aside and watching unhappily.

Jian Cheng has a gentle personality and can take care of others. He is very popular with girls wherever he goes. Similar to a neighbor’s big brother, he is very gentle even when he rejects people.

Hearing the booing around him, Chi Le propped his chin and sighed: “Why has no one ever chased me?”

Sheng Zhuo froze: “…” Is there a possibility that I’ve been pursuing you without you knowing?