My Pen Pal Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 109: Stinky Socks and Pants

"Li Momo, what on earth are you going to do?"

"Why are you so stingy? I just want to take a look. What's wrong with taking a look? It's not like you'll lose a piece of meat!"

"No, that's my privacy, how can I show it to you casually!"

"It's because it's private, so people want to see it even more!"

In the antique shop, Li Han tried desperately to protect his secret, while Li Momo looked like he would not give up until he achieved his goal.

"Li Han, the more you act like this, the more curious I am. Stop struggling. Be a real man, be generous, and show it to me!"

At this moment, Li Momo seemed to have transformed into a tomboy, looking at Li Han fiercely.

"No, you're a girl, aren't you ashamed?"

"What's there to be ashamed of? I'm a girl and I'm not anxious at all, so why should you be anxious?"

Li Momo said disapprovingly, "Besides, Fatty has seen it countless times in high school, so what's wrong with showing it to me once?"

Xu Nian chimed in, "That's right, I've not only seen it, I've also played with it, Old Li, so have you. What's wrong with letting Li Momo take a look? If it's what I want, I'll not only show it to him openly, but I'll also invite him to come and enjoy it!"

"Fatty, you don't think the funeral is too big!"

Li Han glared at Xu Nian, and seeing that Li Momo was about to take advantage of the situation, he stopped Li Momo again.

"Student Li Momo, I haven't cleaned my place yet. It's a mess. There's nothing to see!"

"I don't mind."

Li Momo shrugged his shoulders. "Besides, I seldom clean the house. If I didn't have an aunt to help me, my bedroom might be even messier than yours!"

"That's right, Old Li. Li Momo doesn't mind. So what's the big deal if you let her go to your inner hall to play? Besides, I went there many times in high school, and I never saw you react so strongly!"

Xu Nian also felt that Li Han’s reaction was a bit too much, and then he suddenly had an idea.

"Do you have some shameful secret? Do you have a mistress?"

"I have your uncle hidden in my golden house!"

Li Han responded mercilessly, there were indeed no secrets in the inner hall.

The mailbox for communicating with Daming has been locked in the warehouse by myself. It is very hidden and safe. I check it once a day to feel more at ease.

It's just that as a grown man, I'm used to living alone, so some things are just piled up randomly, like smelly socks, underpants and so on.

How could I let Li Momo see these things?

Xu Nian saw it all and was very anxious. Old Li seemed to be a smart boy, so why did he fail at the critical moment?

A girl wants to enter a boy's bedroom to take a look. What does this mean? Isn't it obvious enough?

It's true that the emperor is not in a hurry and the eunuch is.

Li Momo took advantage of Li Han's inattention, quickly dodged and stepped into the door of the inner hall in one step.

Seeing this, Li Han could only shake his head. He couldn't really pull the person out, so he had to go in with Li Momo.

Xu Nian stayed in the store, under the pretext of looking after the store for Li Han.

The inner hall behind the antique shop is actually a small courtyard, surrounded by the main room, bedrooms, a side room and a warehouse.

The courtyard is filled with various flowers and plants, lush and green, and looks very warm.

"Li Han, I didn't expect that a boy like you could be so elegant."

Li Momo said with some surprise.

"I just planted it for fun when I was free."

Li Han spoke the truth. He didn't have many hobbies. He didn't play games and didn't like going out to socialize. Apart from studying antiques, he just planted some flowers and plants to keep him calm.

But Li Momo seemed to have heard something else. Although Li Han said it casually, she could feel the loneliness in his words. Every time she came back here, she only saw Li Han and never his parents.

Has he been living alone like this for all these years?

But she couldn't bear to ask Li Han, for fear of hurting his feelings.

While Li Momo was in a daze, Li Han quickly came into the room and stuffed all the unwashed socks, pants and other items into the washing machine.

"Don't wash socks and underwear together, it will cause infection!"

Li Momo came to the washing machine, took out all the socks, pants and other things inside, and then separated them.

"You can't wash socks and underwear together in the washing machine. This is just common sense."

Seeing the waistband of his pants being pinched in Li Momo's hand, Li Han felt a little embarrassed. How could this girl be so careless?
If the genders were reversed, and a boy held a girl's pants in his hand, he would definitely be a pervert.

"Yeah, I get it!" Li Han could only deal with it verbally while finding a basin to put his trousers and socks in, thus avoiding further embarrassment.

After walking around the yard for a few times, Li Momo came to the side room, and then she was stunned.

"Li, Li Han, this is..."

Li stared silently at the portrait of Zhu Yuanzhang hanging in the room. Her body seemed to be frozen at that moment, motionless.

Her big eyes were filled with deep shock, as if she was deeply attracted by the majesty and depth revealed in the portrait and couldn't extricate herself.

"That's the old... uh... portrait of Zhu Yuanzhang."

Li Han almost blurted out the words "Lao Zhu".

He hung the "Visiting Friends with a Lute" in the store as a decoration, but Zhu Yuanzhang's self-portrait was not suitable for use as a decoration, so it was hung in a side room in the inner hall and kept.

"I know this is Zhu Yuanzhang, but..."

Li Momo thought for a moment and organized his words. "It's just that your portrait of Zhu Yuanzhang is different from all the portraits of Zhu Yuanzhang I've seen."

Li Han thought to himself, that must be different, this painting was given to us directly by the person in the painting!
"Both the portraits of Zhu Yuanzhang in the textbooks and the ones in the museum are similar to this one, but if you look closely, there are still big differences. Yours seems to be more realistic and closer to Zhu Yuanzhang's middle-aged state, but..."

The more Li Momo pondered, the more he felt something was wrong. "In the portraits handed down in history, except for the humorous one with the shoe-horn face, none of them depicted Zhu Yuanzhang like this. This one seems more majestic and domineering, and his face shape is also different, thinner.

Where did you copy this painting from?"

Where did you copy it from? This is the original!
The model in the painting is Zhu Yuanzhang himself, and the painter is the imperial painter Sun Wenzong!
The freshly-made original version has a history of several months from the time it was completed.

Li Han only complained about these truths in his heart. If he told the truth...

Well, actually no one would really believe it if I told them. They would just think I was just bragging.

After carefully studying the portrait, Li Momo said solemnly:
"Li Han, if the original copy of your portrait of Zhu Yuanzhang is also handed down from history, then your painting might cause a sensation in the historical community!"

"It's not a big deal, it's just a random drawing by a friend."

Li Han laughed it off and tried to get away with it casually, but Li Momo looked at him suspiciously.

"Besides Xu Nian, do you have other friends that I don't know?"

"I have friends all over the world, including in Europe. There are so many you don't know. Let's go, there's nothing to see here."

Li Han pulled the suspicious Li Momo out of the side room.

After satisfying Li Momo's curiosity, he returned to the store.

Li Momo announced solemnly: "Li Han, you live alone and don't pay enough attention to personal hygiene. I have decided that from today on, I will come here whenever I am free!"

"Help me cook, wash clothes and do housework?" Li Han's eyes lit up.

"You wish. I will supervise you to do the housework and urge you to develop good habits!" Li Momo said with his hands on his hips.

"Then you'd better not come here too often." Li Han suddenly became dejected.

(End of this chapter)