I was just playing tricks, how come I became Bai Yueguang

The night sky was filled with stars, and the moonlight cast a white frost on the wooden bridge. The stream reflected the bonfire on the bank, and the midsummer night breeze blew in from the distant mountain mist, carrying the unique smell of green grass in midsummer.

The shrimps grilled by Shen Guiling were fresh and delicious. Jiang Huashan and Fu Sui'er each got a shrimp claw bigger than their face.

Fu Sui'er was originally stubborn and refused to eat, but in the end he couldn't resist the temptation of delicious food and picked up the knife and fork. In order to prevent everyone from laughing at him, he solemnly pointed at the shrimp claws and forced an explanation.

"I found this shrimp, so I deserve the most credit."

Shen Zhuang laughed heartily and patted Fu Sui'er's head. "Grandpa saw it. You jumped into such a huge quagmire just like that. You're really brave."

"That's it." Fu Sui'er raised his head, but his eyes involuntarily glanced at Jiang Huashan beside him.

At this moment, Jiang Huashan was lying on a bamboo chair with a dinner tray in hand, staring at the night in a daze. If she hadn't experienced it herself, who would have believed that such a beautiful night was just a background board in a plot.

So, is everyone here a puppet in the plot?

"Oh, this damn loneliness." She sighed softly and stretched out the plate to the side, "Shen Guiling, peel some more crayfish for me."

"..." Shen Guiling looked at the pile of shrimp shells next to her and handed her a plate of freshly peeled shrimp meat. "Eat less. I'm worried about indigestion."

This was already the fifth plate, and he had never peeled so many shrimp in his life.

Jiang Huashan raised her head and looked at him innocently, her mouth pressed against the porcelain plate as she slurped up each shrimp tail. In less than a minute, she had finished the entire plate of shrimp tails.

Well, crayfish are plump in summer.

Shen Guiling, "..."

"Shanshan." Shen Zhuang also realized that Jiang Huashan was deliberately teasing Shen Guiling, and glared at her helplessly.

Jiang Huashan silently put down the plate, turned around and grabbed a tissue to wipe his mouth, "I'm full."

Shen Guiling nodded and turned to pick up the shrimp shells on the table. Shen Zhuang saw this and winked at Shen Zhi, who understood and immediately stepped forward to take over the work from Shen Guiling.

"Master A Ling, let me do it."

Shen Guiling nodded and sat back quietly in the dining chair.

Why does this child have such a good personality?

The old man looked distressed and pushed the shrimp in his bowl in front of Shen Guiling, "You've worked hard all night, come here! Try my cooking."

Shen Guiling shook his head, "No need, Grandpa, you eat by yourself, I'm not hungry."

Shen Zhuang frowned, "How can you not be hungry if you don't eat for a whole night? Be obedient."

Shen Guiling stared at the shrimp on the plate and hesitated for a moment, but finally accepted Shen Zhuang's kindness, "Thank you, Grandpa."

Jiang Huashan's eyes settled slightly, and he turned around to pour a glass of water and handed it to Shen Guiling, "Shen Guiling, drink some hot water."

Showing courtesy for nothing is either cheating or stealing.

Shen Guiling stared at the water in front of him, and his hesitation was obviously longer than that of the plate of shrimp.

Shen Zhuang knocked on the table, seemingly serious but with a hint of obvious doting, "You're being disrespectful. Ah Ling is three years older than you. You should call him brother."

Jiang Huashan shuddered for no reason. In her previous life, she hated Shen Guiling and refused to call him brother.

Later, Shen Guiling's power grew, and even Fu Sui'er had to bow his head and call him Brother A Ling. However, because she married Shen Lanxi, her status rose and she became Shen Guiling's sister-in-law, so she no longer had to call him Brother A Ling.

But this guy never respected her and would call her by her full name no matter what the occasion.

"..." Shen Guiling clearly saw her hand tremble.

"Ah..." Jiang Huashan gritted his teeth and forced out a sickly sweet smile, "Brother A Ling, drink some water."

Shen Guiling's eyelids twitched, and he took the cup of water calmly. Could it be that the water was poisonous?

"Okay, okay! That's right!" Shen Zhuang felt relieved and turned to look at Fu Sui'er. "Sui'er, you too. From now on, you are not allowed to be disrespectful to A Ling. You have to call him brother, understand?"

Fu Sui'er looked unhappy, but since Shen Zhuang was so happy for so long, she didn't want to spoil the fun so she could only agree.

It’s all Jiang Huashan’s fault. I didn’t expect her to be so unprincipled. She started trying to get close to Shen Guiling right after breaking up with her.

"Hmph!" Fu Sui'er threw down her knife and fork and glared at Jiang Huashan. She had thought Jiang Huashan would be enraged and glare back, but the traitor didn't react at all. He held his chin with one hand, staring at Shen Guiling with shining eyes. Whenever Shen Guiling's glass ran out of water, he would refill it, being incredibly attentive.

Fu Sui'er grew angrier and angrier as she watched, cursing inwardly, "Spineless! Fence-sitter!" It was hard to say what was wrong with her, but she would rather Jiang Huashan come and fight her than be ignored.

*

The moonlight fell into the stream, and this night of camping for bonding finally came to an end.

Shen Zhuang took Jiang Huashan back to Qinyuan, Shen Zhi sent Fu Sui'er away, and Shen Guiling returned to Dongyuan alone.

As soon as he entered the house, Zhao Ping came up to greet him with a smile, "Master A Ling, the kitchen has prepared scallop and yam porridge for you."

Shen Guiling paused, raised her eyelids slightly, and couldn't help but look at him again.

Zhao Ping noticed his hesitation and immediately explained, "Butler Shen called before you came back and told us that you might not have eaten enough for dinner, so he asked us to prepare some easily digestible food for you."

Shen Guiling's expression was gentle. "Thank you for your help. I'll go take a shower first and bring the porridge in later."

Zhao Ping agreed, and Shen Guiling went straight back to her room. As soon as she entered the room, the phone in her pocket vibrated. Shen Guiling's expression was indifferent, as if she hadn't heard it, and she turned and went into the bathroom.

"Master A Ling?"

Not long after, Zhao Ping appeared outside the door with rice porridge. He was about to knock on the door but found it was not locked. He pushed the door open and called out, "Master A Ling?"

Still didn't agree.

At this time, the sound of running water came from the bathroom. Zhao Ping hesitated for a moment, walked into the house, put the rice porridge on the coffee table in the side room, and then left.

After a while, Shen Guiling came out of the bathroom with a black towel wrapped around his lower body. He had very fair skin and a youthful figure. He was not very tall and had a mermaid line that was barely visible, but his physique was smooth and toned.

"Buzzing—"

The phone vibrated again.

Shen Guiling lowered his eyes and took out his cell phone from his pocket. The caller ID showed an unfamiliar number with no notes. He took a look, his eyes sharp, and slid his finger to press the answer button.

"dad."

The man on the other end of the phone had a particularly cold voice, "Did the old man go out this morning?"

"Well, I didn't see Grandpa when I went to move the flowers this morning. He must have gone out."

Shen Guiling leaned on the recliner at the end of the bed with his eyes closed. He didn't even wipe his hair when he came out. The water droplets fell along the ends of his hair to the tip of his nose, then along the tip of his nose to his jaw, and finally along his protruding Adam's apple to his deep collarbone.

Apart from the voice, there was no trace of gentleness in Shen Guiling at this moment.

Shen Qian, "Do you know where he went?"

Shen Guiling, "I don't know yet."

Shen Qian was silent for a moment. "A Ling, don't forget why I let you into Shen Garden? Lan Xi will be back soon. You must gain the old man's trust before then and gain a firm foothold in Shen Garden. Otherwise... you know the consequences?!"

Shen Guiling raised her eyes slightly, her eyes were cold and numb, "I know."

Shen Qian, "Have you completed everything I asked you to do today?"

"Well, Grandpa gave me all the shrimp on his plate and I ate them all."

"Well done." Shen Qian's tone softened a lot. "Remember to drink that bowl of porridge before going to bed." After saying that, he hung up the phone.

"..." Shen Guiling tilted his head, his gaze lingering on the porridge on the table for a few seconds, and finally he picked up the bowl and swallowed it in big gulps.

After a while, the porcelain bowl was empty, without a drop left. Shen Guiling looked at the empty bowl in his hand, his eyes turning from numb to sinister.

Does Shen Qian know that if he consumes such a large amount in one night, he might go into shock and die?

"Heh..." He suddenly chuckled again and couldn't help but secretly call himself a fool.

Of course Shen Qian knew that when he was a child, he was sent to the hospital for the first time after accidentally eating seafood, and his so-called father even came to see him in person.

He was in a coma for three days and was just one step away from death.

Shen Guiling closed his eyes. He remembered that when the allergy attacked, his intestines felt like they were being twisted apart. Even if he fainted, he would be woken up by the pain.

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