Chapter 87： conspiracy

Chen Xing heard what he said, a sense of mission surged in his heart, watching him pat his chest, and said in a very serious tone: "Don't worry, I will always be there in the future. with you."

Gu Lang looked at his extremely serious appearance, the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, and his tone was a little more serious, "Then from now on, I will trouble Xingxing to take care of you."

Chen Xing listened to Gu Lang speak in such a low voice, the tips of his ears were slightly red, and he didn't know how to answer, and finally looked at him and said, "You're welcome."

Gu Lang suddenly laughed, the voice was low and muffled, with a bit of magnetism, very catchy ears, making Chen Xing do not know how to face him. All right.

Gu Lang looked at Chen Xing who dodged his eyes and looked around without looking at him, and stopped teasing him. He turned around and wanted to put the things he brought back. Take back the books here and exchange them for a few new ones. It's just that when he looked at the corner of the counter, he found that some of the books he used to put there were gone, and some doubts appeared in his eyes immediately.

He was looking for those books, he quickly pointed in the direction of the drawer, and said with a smile, "I was afraid that the books would get dirty, so I put them in the drawer for you."

Gu Lang smiled at Chen Xing, thanked him, and bent over to open the drawer, but Chen Xing suddenly said, "Wait a minute!"

After receiving Gu Lang's gaze, Chen Xing was surprised that he had accidentally said what was in his heart. He looked at Gu Lang with embarrassment, shook his head, reluctantly Said: "I'm fine, you continue."

Chen Xing just happened to remember the painting and put it on the surface in a hurry. Later, when Gu Lang opened the cabinet door and saw the drawing paper on it, he must be able to guess that he saw it. Got that painting. For some reason, this knowledge alone made him a little shy.

Gu Lang carefully observed Chen Xing's expression, seeing that he was a little shy in embarrassment, he raised his eyebrows, and then opened the drawer, what caught his eye was the one on top The little man painting.

Looking at the villain painting, and then looking at Chen Xing who turned his face away, Gu Lang suddenly understood why he had such a reaction just now, he gently picked it up The painting, and then looked at Chen Xing who was a little embarrassed, "Did you see it?"

"En." Chen Xing was forced to nod, and after nodding, he thought of something, as if he was afraid that Gu Lang would misunderstand him, and quickly defended himself: "I'm taking the book. When it fell out of its own accord, I didn't rummage through your book."

Gu Lang looked at him and nodded, and replied seriously: "Well, I know, I didn't put it properly, so it fell out so easily, it's not about the stars. "

Listening to Gu Lang's words as if to coax the child and excuse him, Chen Xing quietly reddened the tip of his ears.

Gu Lang flattened the slightly wrinkled drawing paper, handed it to him, and asked him earnestly, "Do you like it?"

Chen Xing looked at the two particularly expressive little people in the painting, and was not able to say anything he didn't like against his will, and finally he could only admit it awkwardly under Gu Lang's sight ,"I like."

It seems that he had guessed Chen Xing's answer long ago, Gu Lang's face immediately showed a happy look, and then looked at him and said: "There are many such things at home, if you want to see , I'll go back and show it to you."

"Okay." Chen Xing responded with a grunt, and only after answering did he realize that something was not right, looked up in Gu Lang's direction, and said incredulously, "There are many more?"

Seeing Chen Xing's surprised look, Gu Lang nodded calmly, but said calmly: "When I have nothing to do, I will paint at will, this time has accumulated Many, I put them home."

Chen Xing originally thought that the one he picked up was the only one, and was still worried about what to do if he was seen by others, but now Gu Lang told him that he not only drew one , and also painted a lot of pictures, and the places where he painted were people coming and going, he couldn't imagine what expressions those people would have when they were seen by others. Thinking of the expressions of others when they saw these paintings, Chen Xing now has the urge to cover his face and run away.

Gu Lang looked at Chen Xing's changing expression, as if he didn't quite understand what was wrong with him, and even asked him with a bit of confusion in his tone, "What's wrong?"

Chen Xing looked at Gu Lang's eager eyes, and seemed to think that painting in this hall was a normal thing. Think too much. However, when he thought that when Gu Lang was painting this kind of painting, there were people watching and even pointing at him, he felt ashamed!

Chen Xing didn't know what to say for a while, licked his dry lips, and then changed the subject without any cleverness: "I'll go back and see how their rabbits deal with it. Well, I have to marinate it first, so that it can be fried at night."

Gu Lang nodded, looking at the back of Chen Xing fleeing, a sly smile suddenly appeared on his face that had a faint expression. How could he not see Chen Xing's concern just now? He just wanted to tease Chen Xing. Moreover, he also really thinks that these things he painted are very good, and there is nothing shameful.

Thinking like this, Gu Lang looked at the sketch that had yet to be cleaned up, flattened it, and put it in the pile of books to be brought back, ready to bring back and Put other paintings together.

Gu Lang slowly packed everything before returning to his seat, looking at the coming and going customers like in the past, occasionally saying a few words to the customers who came to check out .

"The shopkeeper, you can be considered to be back." The guests who spoke have come to eat every three days since the opening, and they are almost acquaintances, so they naturally know that Gu Lang and Chen Xing are husband's business. Now I am not afraid to see this cold-faced shopkeeper, and even joked a few words when checking out, "I was sitting there for dinner today, but I saw the little boss sitting here and looking out all the time, with a face on his face. His expression was so worried. When I saw you came back, I laughed like a flower, and now it seems that I am waiting for you to come back."

Gu Lang's hand paused slightly when he was reckoning. He thought of staring at Chen Xing with bright eyes when he came back, and suddenly felt his heart warm. How could Chen Xing not be happy like this.

The customer watched Gu Lang's change from estrangement to gentleness, his mouth was amazed, and when he left, he did not forget to mutter: "The two owners of this store, this relationship is really good Ah! I also have to buy some dessert for my old lady to take home, so she can't be hungry."

Listening to the guests' muttering, Gu Lang looked in the direction of the kitchen and nodded lightly on the table with his fingertips, thinking about whether it was time for him to give Chen Xing a gift, it seems that since Chen Xing came to them After returning home, he never gave him any gifts, but what kind of gifts should he give to Chen Xing?

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Chen House.

After Butler Wu left, Mrs. Chen began to think about what she should do. According to Butler Wu, Mr. Chen obviously began to investigate the incident of the small restaurant a long time ago, but she has no rumors here. No, it means that he wants to hide from himself and doesn't want to let himself get involved in this.

But seeing this exciting benefit, Mrs. Chen felt that it was difficult for her to not be moved. After all, some old shops can be passed down for several years with one craftsmanship. But now it seems that Gu Lang and the others have more than that. As long as one of them is obtained, whether it is given to her family or kept for herself, it will be a huge profit.

The more Mrs. Chen thought about it, the more she was moved, no, she has to intervene in this matter! She wants to take a share of the pie and get her own share of the benefits.

Just as Mrs. Chen was thinking about how to bring this up in front of Mr. Chen, and then participated logically, a letter came in from outside the door, and Mrs. Chen waved to the little boy beside her. Maid to see.

The little maid came back in a short while, looked at Madam Chen and said with some trepidation: "Madam Qi, Madam Zhao sent someone to deliver a letter just now, saying that they have something to do there at night, so I want to send The time of the meeting is changed to noon, and I ask Madam if it is convenient here?"

"What?" Mrs. Chen's face was a little ugly. She agreed to have dinner, but now she changed it to lunch at will. This is extremely impolite when interacting with each other. After all, a banquet represents the face of a family, and now she said that it was ahead of schedule, and she had no way to prepare it at all. Moreover, this rude gesture simply did not take her seriously.

However, she knew that she could not offend Mrs. Zhao, so Mrs. Chen could only grit her teeth: "You went back and said we will be ready, Mrs. Zhao is welcome to come over at any time."

When the little maid went out to answer, Mrs. Chen smashed the cup beside her, and after letting out a bad breath, she eased her mood, and said to the mama next to her who did not change her expression. : "Mommy, please go to the kitchen to help me keep an eye on it, so that they can't slack off."

"Yes, ma'am." Mammy lowered her head and replied very respectfully, and then she seemed to think of something, raised her head and asked, "Miss, we need to send someone over to let her prepare. ?"

Mrs. Chen lifted her eyelids, but there was no turbulence in her voice, "No need, since Linger doesn't like it, she doesn't need to come."

"Yes."

After the mammy was blessed and left, Mrs. Chen sneered, "You Zhao family don't give me face, and my Chen family doesn't have to climb this high branch."

An hour later, Mrs. Chen welcomed the extravagant Mrs. Zhao with a smile on her face.

Mrs. Zhao got off the carriage, looked at the people who came to greet her, looked around for a while, but when she didn't see the person she wanted to see, her brows wrinkled, "Why don't you see your family Linger? , I brought her a gift this time, but I despised me?!"

Mrs. Chen was a little displeased with Mrs. Zhao's questioning words, but thinking that she has not decided whether to marry her daughter or not, it is not good to make the relationship too stiff, she still Holding back the irritability in his heart, he opened his mouth with a smile.

"This is where, Mrs. Zhao, you are joking, but my daughter is greedy and squeamish. She ate some cold food last night, and her stomach hurts for a day now. It's not just now. I called the doctor to come and see, and now I'm still lying in the room!"

Hearing what Mrs. Chen said about this, Mrs. Zhao didn't say anything more, but her frowning frown deepened, and her expression didn't look very good.

In the next hour, Mrs. Zhao didn't see the person she wanted to meet. She only chatted with Mrs. Chen at the dinner table for a few minutes, and then she shrugged off something at home and left in a hurry.

Looking at the back of Mrs. Zhao's carriage leaving, Mrs. Chen's original smile gradually cooled down, and then she looked at the maid next to her and said softly: "Let's go, Let's go back."

"Yes." The little girl who was serving next to Mrs. Chen was so arrogant that she carefully helped her in.

However, instead of going straight back to her room, Mrs. Chen turned around and went to the study where Mr. Chen was.

"Master, Mrs. Zhao sent it away." Mrs. Chen looked at Mr. Chen who was sitting on the top with a gentle smile on her face.

Master Chen nodded, he was still very relieved about his wife. He is not suitable to go to their wives' party, but it is not a problem to inquire about some news from his wife, so he continued: "Then does Mrs. Zhao express her intention to marry?"

"Never mentioned."

Master Chen frowned, and his face became ugly. When their business was able to start, one was based on the relationship with the Gu family at the beginning, and the other was borrowed from the Zhao family's Dongfeng .

It's just that his Chen family and Zhao family are not legitimate relatives after all, so after complicity in some things, they gradually became estranged, and now he still wants to rely on marriage with Zhao family to continue to maintain the two families socialize. However, if the Zhao family is not interested, how can he climb high here?

"Isn't the second son of his family very fond of Ling'er? This time Mrs. Zhao said that she wanted to give the second son of Zhao a blessing. The first consideration should be my family's Ling'er!" Master Chen was extremely distressed, as if he saw the duck in his hand spread its wings and fly.

Mrs. Chen looked at him and sneered involuntarily, but she quickly thought of the plan she had in mind in the future, and immediately adjusted her emotions, showing a troubled expression, and finally seemed to He couldn't help but said, "The Zhao family doesn't seem to be a good match, and Linger seems to have a crush."

"The Zhao family is the richest man in the city, so it's not a good match there." Master Chen retorted immediately. After half of his rebuttal, he found that it seemed that something was not right there, and he was stunned for a moment. Looking at Mrs. Chen, she said, "Your favorite object, what favorite object, the favorite object from that dead girl, how did you educate your daughter?"

"Master, I didn't teach my daughter well, don't be angry." Mrs. Chen saw Master Chen pursing her lips tightly and didn't speak, knowing that he was about to turn red, He quickly added: "I was very angry at the beginning. I felt that I didn't do a good job there, so I let my daughter give birth to her thoughts that she shouldn't have, but after hearing Linger say it, I thought it was okay."

Mrs. Chen's remarks undoubtedly added fuel to the fire, making the already angry Master Chen immediately irritable, "Do you know what you are talking about? She is so shameless, you This mother-in-law not only doesn't educate her, but also makes fun of her, do you still have the appearance of being a mother?"

Mrs. Chen looked at the furious Mr. Chen, and a bit of mockery appeared in her heart, but a look of grievance appeared on her face, "Master, listen to me first, you won't be angry again after you finish speaking. Chi. Ling'er doesn't care about anyone else, it's the shabby house that we casually dismissed, Gu Lang!"

When he heard this name, Mr. Chen's original expression of anger froze, but the anger that he couldn't take back made his expression a little distorted, which looked extra funny.

Mrs. Chen, as if she didn't see his mistake, continued: "Master, I went to investigate, and the poor householder didn't know the skills he learned there, not only in the city. A shop that has done a decent business and seems to be making a lot of money. It was also a misunderstanding at the beginning. If he knew that he was hiding, even if he was not worthy of Linger, it would definitely not be cheap. Chen star."

I heard Mrs. Chen mention that restaurant, even if Mrs. Chen understood that she could not know her plan, she felt a little guilty and couldn't help but change the subject: "How do you know it's Gu Lang? Hiding the clumsiness, is it not the fate of others?"

Mrs. Chen didn't seem to see Master Chen's guilty expression, she just lowered her voice and said, "The sick seedling has been back for so long, and there has been no movement, but she married me Chen. It started after the family sent out. Chen Xing grew up in the yard of our Chen family since he was a child. I, the mistress of the house, have some understanding of what kind of virtue he is. If he has such a powerful ability , Not to mention where he went to learn it, it is impossible not to show any clues on weekdays.

At first, he was humble and small with us, maybe just to get back the betrothal gift to make some capital, or to marry the daughter of my Chen family, so as to have the capital.

And that Gu family boy's shop is only open for a few hours a day, is it because he is not in good health, so he can't support it for too long. And that shop has such weird rules, the prices of the dishes in the shop are not cheap, but the customers are like clouds. Does it mean that the recipes in his hand are valuable! Not to mention how much money they can bring in if they extend the store opening time, it is a lot of money to say that they make more of their unique jelly! "

Mr. Chen originally guessed that those things were made by Chen Xing, because the news he heard was like this, but now that he heard what his wife said, he knew that he was completely thinking Worse. That Chen Xing is just a pretense, the real powerful person is that Gu Lang! And that kid from the Gu family actually hid all of this so deeply, to make fun of him so far, and let him know now, it's abominable!

Mr. Chen was emotionally overwhelmed by what his wife said, and he didn't care about Chen Linger's affairs, he looked directly at his wife and said, "What does your wife mean?"

"Since his shop is so profitable, why can't it be used by us?" Mrs. Chen was waiting for his words, and immediately answered.

"How can I get these?" Master Chen asked shamelessly.

Mrs. Chen hooked the corners of her lips, her extra well-maintained face was full of calculations, "Of course it's the first ceremony before the military. My Chen family had a marriage contract with his Gu family, but it was just a moment of confusion, so Let Chen Xing's son-in-law take advantage. Now that Linger has fallen in love with him, it is natural to return.

In his current situation, there should be no reason not to accept it. After all, one is the direct daughter of our Chen family, and the other is the unwelcome concubine. Thinking about it, everyone knows how to choose. If you marry the direct daughter of my Chen family, many things are naturally not up to him. "

"What if he doesn't obey?" Although there is no such possibility, Master Chen still wanted to ask a question.

Hearing Master Chen's question, Mrs. Chen's smile grew wider, and she said softly: "If he doesn't obey, then it's time for Master to go out. Then we will collapse. I bought his shop and asked him to hand over those prescriptions. It doesn’t matter if he never never. It’s just that we get less and it’s also a little more troublesome. It’s not a last resort, I think it’s the first one. The method is more secure."

"Wonderful." Master Chen clapped his hands, obviously very satisfied with the solution proposed by Mrs. Chen, "We'll do as you said, madam first, then soldiers."

Mrs. Chen hooked her lips and looked at Master Chen, who was very excited and couldn't wait to start planning, and was obviously very satisfied with his obedience.

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Chen's small restaurant closed, Chen Xing and Gu Lang also went back to Gu's house, but before going back, they stopped by the tailor's shop and asked them to help deal with the rabbit skin, By the way, let's get a leather gauntlet out.

When I heard the shop owner praise the leather he brought, Chen Xing was a little proud, and felt that his vision was good, and he could buy it for the first time. of leather.

Then they went back to Gu's house together. As soon as they got home, Chen Xing went to take a shower and was ready to rest for a while before making dinner. He was going to show his talents tonight, so he couldn't delay !

Gu Langmu saw Chen Xing leave happily, thinking that he obviously forgot to see the painting, he thought about it but still didn't remind him, the next time he has a chance to take him to see it, it will be the same .

Gu Lang turned his head and said to Qiu Jiu who was following him: "