Humans and Sheep Are Impossible
Ever since Liu Chang'an moved upstairs, Zhou Shuling has often helped Liu Chang'an close the door. Although she couldn't understand why Liu Chang'an never closed the door, she didn't nag him about it. Many men are like that, with habits that women can't understand. Trying to change their mindset is not only thankless but also easily becomes the fuse for arguments between men and women.
Of course, Zhou Shuling didn't need to help close the door in the morning. However, Liu Chang'an said last night that there was blood sausage in the refrigerator that Qin Yanan had someone deliver, and that he would be having blood sausage noodles this morning. So Zhou Shuling went downstairs to get the blood sausage and also to see if he was awake yet.
Who would have thought I'd witness such a shocking scene? To see Zhu Juntang and Liu Chang'an sleeping in the same bed so early in the morning!
When did those two get together? Zhou Shuling had never noticed anything like it before!
Zhou Shuling knew that Zhu Juntang definitely had feelings for Liu Chang'an; otherwise, why would she often seek Liu Chang'an out to play?
Zhou Shuling had also heard Liu Chang'an say that Zhu Juntang was rather silly and stupid, but men actually prefer girls who aren't very smart, right? She herself was the smarter type, which wasn't very appealing to men.
Should she close the door and go upstairs, or go to the kitchen to make breakfast? Zhou Shuling hesitated for a moment, glanced back at the bedroom door she had closed, and went to the kitchen... They had already slept together, so the most important thing was to eat breakfast.
In the bedroom, Liu Chang'an and Zhu Juntang looked at each other in bewilderment.
Feeling a little embarrassed, Zhu Juntang said, "Meow!"
"You still have the mood to bleat like a sheep?" Liu Chang'an looked at Zhu Juntang calmly. Under normal circumstances, he would have found this person unbelievable. However, Liu Chang'an was well-traveled and experienced, and Zhu Juntang had also repeatedly surprised people, so he did not look at her with the same incomprehension as ordinary people.
"I don't know what to say, so I usually just act cute at times like this," Zhu Juntang said matter-of-factly, then corrected herself, "No, I am cute."
Liu Chang'an hated these kinds of people who were clearly mentally challenged but thought they were cute little animals. He raised his foot and kicked Zhu Juntang, wanting to kick her off the bed.
Zhu Juntang first grabbed the blanket, then hugged Liu Chang'an's leg, refusing to get off, even though she didn't know what the point was of insisting on occupying a piece of land on Liu Chang'an's bed.
"How disgusting, you have hair on your thighs." Just as Liu Chang'an was about to give up, Zhu Juntang took the initiative to release Liu Chang'an's thighs, and touched her face with disgust. "You need to shave your leg hair clean, so that when I hug your thighs, I won't get disgusting leg hair rubbing against my face."
"Do you believe I can make hair grow on your thighs?" Liu Chang'an glanced at Zhu Juntang's stockings, "The kind that can go through stockings, thick and prickly."
Zhu Juntang imagined herself with such hair on her legs, screamed, jumped out of bed, and hurriedly ran out of the bedroom.
Liu Chang'an stood up and glanced out the window. Zhu Juntang was waving her hands and running towards the edge of the residential area.
Look at her, flapping her wings like a frightened little bird trying to escape, even while running away she doesn't forget to act cute, what a silly sheep.
Having managed to scare her away, Liu Chang'an's mood, which had been disturbed during his morning nap, recovered somewhat.
Liu Chang'an wrapped himself in the quilt, no longer tempted by the warmth of a winter bed, so he got up with his legs bare. Hearing a sound from the kitchen, he went in.
The image of a woman busy in the kitchen has always been a beautiful scene in life, traditionally contrasted with the image of a man sweating profusely at work.
"The blood sausage needs to be boiled first, instead of being put directly into the noodle soup to cook." Liu Chang'an reminded Zhou Shuling. Although Zhou Shuling continued to try to invent new dishes, her cooking skills had hardly improved. Liu Chang'an had to keep an eye on her and not let her waste such good blood sausage.
"Oh," Zhou Shuling responded. For some reason, she felt a strange sense of satisfaction cutting up the blood sausage this morning.
"What unhealthy things are you thinking about?" Seeing Zhou Shuling's expression, Liu Chang'an knew she was overthinking things.
Although she didn't care about being misunderstood, the fact that people actually thought she would be involved with Zhu Juntang made this one thing hard to tolerate.
Moreover, if he didn't explain, given her ruthless attitude towards the bloody intestines, Liu Chang'an was genuinely worried that she might accidentally chop off her fingers as well.
"I didn't, how could I have?" Zhou Shuling's eyes darted around.
"Yesterday I found a tutor for Zhu Juntang, and she must have been holding back her anger all night, eager to come and pull the covers off me to get revenge." Liu Chang'an tapped Zhou Shuling on the head ten times. "What are you thinking about? What are you thinking about? What are you thinking about?"
"I wasn't thinking anything... I just felt it wasn't good for Miss San to be here so early in the morning, so I closed the door for you." Zhou Shuling touched her head to stop him from knocking any further. Luckily, she wasn't a little kid like Dongdong who needed to develop his brain; being knocked on like that felt like it would make her less smart.
"Thank you." Liu Chang'an held Zhou Shuling's hand that was covering her head and nodded sincerely in thanks.
"Annoying!" Zhou Shuling pulled her hand away, her smile tinged with reproach. This person really loves to put on airs.
Liu Chang'an then went to wash his face and brush his teeth, feeling relieved that there shouldn't be any problem with having breakfast today.
Just as they were getting ready for breakfast, Shangguan Dandan brought Zhu Juntang back. It turned out that Zhu Juntang had calmed down after running to the entrance of the residential area. She had only been frightened. Under normal circumstances, that old man wouldn't be so bad. What good would it do him to have her thighs covered in thick, dark hair? Wouldn't it give her a means of defense, making it harder for him to tear off her socks later?
Zhu Juntang panicked because of the thought of having hair on her legs, but it didn't mean she was afraid of Liu Chang'an. So Zhu Juntang wanted to turn back, but felt that running away earlier was a bit embarrassing. Just then, she ran into Shangguan Dandan, who was returning from the market with four oranges.
After hearing Zhu Juntang's explanation, Shangguan Dandan decided to protect Zhu Juntang assured her that if Liu Chang'an caused Zhu Juntang's legs to grow thick black hair, Shangguan Dandan would have a way to help Zhu Juntang recover completely.
Feeling that he had found a powerful backer, Zhu Juntang arrogantly followed Shangguan Dandan to her door again.
"Third Miss, please have breakfast here." Zhou Shuling quickly stood up. She felt a little apologetic for misunderstanding the other party. However, she hadn't made an extra breakfast; she could give hers to Zhu Juntang. Anyway, she was going to the shop soon, so it would be convenient to eat there.
"Thank you, but I don't like rice noodles. I'm on a diet, and I drank milk this morning." Zhu Juntang still remembered eating the Hong Soup Spicy Rooster noodles that Liu Chang'an and Zhou Shuling had set up at a stall once, and at that time, Zhu Juntang felt like she might die.
"Don't mind her, she's just a herbivore." Liu Chang'an waved his hand, gesturing for Zhou Shuling to sit down.
Zhou Dongdong had already started eating, and the rice noodles were slurped into her little mouth as if from a replay of a scene from when the rice noodle machine was making them.
Only Shangguan Dandan looked at the outer skin of the blood sausage with suspicion.
"This is blood sausage, it's similar to ham sausage," Zhou Shuling quickly explained. There was no other way; sometimes kids just don't like certain foods, but if you trick them into thinking it's something else, they'll eat it happily.
Hearing that it was something similar to ham sausage, Shangguan Dandan happily started eating. She was willing to eat ham sausage; she had just been a little suspicious that this blood sausage seemed somewhat similar to the pig intestines that Liu Chang'an had tricked her into eating.
Liu Chang'an looked serious. Since Shangguan Dandan thought Zhou Shuling was her favorite "daughter-in-law," then presumably Shangguan Dandan would accept being tricked into eating pig intestines by her "daughter-in-law," and Liu Chang'an had no reason to laugh out loud.