Chapter 23

Why does this sound so wrong?

Su Ruoyun was distracted by his ambiguous words. Was she entertaining him? What she was actually entertaining was money.

Although she thought so in her heart, the moment she heard Huo Jingcheng's words, her two hands shook subconsciously. The spout of the purple clay teapot went over the teacup, the water flow happened to drip at the mouth of the teacup, the tea splashed, and there were dots of water on the red sandalwood table, followed by a water mark. The sparse liquid seemed to confirm her restless heart.

Seeing this, Su Ruoyun put down the teapot in her hand, took a handkerchief to wipe the table, and asked back calmly: "Then... does Mr. Huo know the relationship between me and President Su?"

Huo Jingcheng restrained his smile, nodded slightly, and spat out four words from his thin lips: "Heard a little."

Su Ruoyun only thought that what Huo Jingcheng heard was no different from the rumors outside—thinking she was the little star her brother kept outside.

She raised her eyebrows slightly, looked at the man sitting opposite, a shallow smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, her voice was clear, her speaking speed was a little fast, with a playful and mischievous energy: "Knowing that, Mr. Huo still comes to my tea house?"

Her eyelashes were long and slightly curled, her nose was high and delicate, her face was the size of a palm, her features were delicate and beautiful, her pair of apricot eyes were pure and transparent, extremely clean, and when she smiled, she was as bright as flowers blooming in spring, and there was a bit of cunning hidden between her eyebrows that was not easy to detect.

Huo Jingcheng didn't expect to be counter-attacked by her. His eyes flickered, he raised his eyebrows slightly, his expression was indifferent, and his throat felt inexplicably itchy. He raised his hand to pick up the enamel teacup, sipped it slowly, his throat moved slightly, and the water had entered his throat.

After swallowing the itch, he calmly changed the topic, his voice low, hoarse, and mellow: "Is there any more Longjing tea leaves?"

The topic of conversation spanned a bit wide. Su Ruoyun was still immersed in the joy of Huo Jingcheng being unable to speak because of her reply, and was stunned when asked unexpectedly.

Then she realized that Huo Jingcheng wanted to buy tea leaves, and she immediately replied: "Yes, one box of our Lion Peak Longjing is 250g, the price is..."

She reported a number silently, but the person opposite didn't answer.

Su Ruoyun lifted her eyelids and cast a tentative look, only to see Huo Jingcheng lowering his eyes, playing with the teacup in his hand, as if he was not interested in the tea leaves and didn't want to buy them anymore...

She began to explain and introduce actively: "'One River Tobacco' tea house's Longjing is Lion Peak Longjing group cultivar tea, handmade, it is the first harvest of Shifeng Mountain before the Spring Equinox this year... the bean fragrance is rich, the taste is mellow and sweet, the soup color is tender green and bright, the fragrance is lasting..."

After finishing a large passage, Huo Jingcheng put down the teacup in his hand, looked up and asked: "Only one box?"

"Yes."

Lion Peak Longjing group cultivar tea is expensive and rare. Naturally, she didn't bring back only one box from Hang, but she sent some to the elders on both sides first, and shared some with friends.

She still had to do business, and Lion Peak Longjing also had to be kept in the tea house.

After calculating, there was only one box.

"Okay."

After hearing the affirmative answer, Su Ruoyun was overjoyed, and it was beyond words. She supported the tea table with both hands and stood up immediately: "Then I will prepare it for you. The tea leaves are in the storage room. Please wait a moment."

As she spoke, she turned around and just took a step, preparing to leave, when a whisper came from behind. She only heard Huo Jingcheng ask: "Is it convenient for me to go with Boss Lady Yun?"

Over there, Su Mingyan stepped into the backyard threshold leisurely by himself.

After entering the room, he scanned the layout of the room, picked a Taishi chair and sat down, his two long legs wrapped in suit pants crossed, his peripheral vision swept over the recliner by the window, and his gaze stopped, accurately speaking, it stopped on the fat cat on the recliner that was full and curled up with its four limbs facing the sky.

He narrowed his eyes, looked carefully, twisted his fingertips, tsk, his hands were a little itchy.

So... Su Mingyan cleared his throat, "Cough, cough, cough."

'Panda' suddenly heard these three coughs, its body sank, it hurriedly climbed up and turned over, opened its eyes, and after seeing the man's face clearly, it tilted its head, maintained a half-squatting posture, and continued to close its eyes, without even looking at Su Mingyan more.

"..." Su Mingyan.

Three seconds later, he stood up unhurriedly, walked forward, grabbed the cat's neck, and picked up 'Panda'.

'Panda' had a very good temper. Being disturbed from its beautiful dream, it wasn't angry, just called out softly, looked at him with its cat head raised, and finally lay comfortably on Su Mingyan's abdomen.

Su Mingyan tentatively raised his hand to touch its back, and the touch was solid flesh. He found that 'Panda' yawned comfortably, and then, that large, well-defined hand never left the little cat's round body.

Su Mingyan touched and touched, and realized something was wrong. Tsk, was this fed hormones? So fat.

What Su Ruoyun saw as soon as she entered the door was such a scene: her eldest brother lying on the recliner, 'Panda' lying on his chest, Su Mingyan smoothing its fur from time to time, the man in a suit and leather shoes and the cute pet with snow-white long hair, the dissonance was full.

Su Mingyan was closing his eyes and dozing off. Suddenly hearing the light footsteps, he slowly opened his eyes and looked at the door: "Leaving?"

The wall clock on the wall pointed to 9, it was only 4:45.

"No, I came to get a key."

The key to the storage room was hidden in Su Ruoyun's bag.

As she spoke, Su Ruoyun bypassed the recliner, took her handbag from the wooden table, and took out the key from it. The copper key was in her palm.

As she turned to go out, she glanced at the man standing not far away, and took the opportunity to close the door to avoid the two meeting.

The storage room was set in the West Ear Room. The key was inserted into the lock, and with a light turn, the door opened.

What came to her face was the scent of aged tea.

On the golden nanmu cabinet were various beautifully packaged gift boxes. In order to avoid the tea leaves affecting each other, each gift box was specially wrapped with an extra layer of plastic outer film.

Su Ruoyun quickly found the Lion Peak Longjing, took out a box, and took a gift bag from the side to pack it.

The cashier was in the front courtyard.

Huo Jingcheng's assistant, Lin Cheng, was sitting in the lobby drinking tea, and the table was also matched with some snack platters. Suddenly seeing his boss, he stood up in a hurry while patting the melon seed shells in his palms clean.

"Swipe the card."

Paying was quick, and the checkout process was also fast.

When the POS machine spat out a signed receipt, Su Ruoyun handed the exquisite gift bag to Lin Cheng.

Huo Jingcheng left the tea house exactly at 5:00. Su Ruoyun smiled: "Mr. Huo, welcome next time."

Huo Jingcheng responded with a calm "Okay."

Until Huo Jingcheng walked out of the front courtyard,

Su Ruoyun's mind flashed with his empty hands, and she suddenly remembered something. She hurriedly stepped out of the door, held the door frame with her right hand, and said loudly to the man who was walking away: "Mr. Huo, it seems you forgot to take your clothes."

?? President Huo said he was definitely not doing it on purpose.