Chapter 16 Discussion in the Study

When Shan Xiaowu took off his heavy 'equipment' and washed his face and returned to the front hall, it was almost noon.

The virtuous Mrs. Shan had already made full preparations. After serving Master Shan to wash off his face, she hurriedly asked the kitchen to prepare wine and vegetables. It was lunchtime. The whole family sat together facing the whole table of delicious food. Even Shan Jinlin, who had gone out to take care of his own affairs, sat in the line.

"Good daughter, come on, sit next to your father." As soon as Shan Xiaowu entered the door, Master Shan quickly waved to her and motioned her to come over.

"I'm coming, Dad."

As soon as she piled up a sweet smile on her face, she turned her head and bumped into Shan Jinlin staring at her with a smile. The familiar fox-like eyes made her look creepy and her back cold.

"Big...Big brother, why do you look at me like this?" Are you thinking about how to deal with her again?

Looking left and right, Shan Xiaowu quickly bypassed Shan Jinlin and slipped to the table. He sat down next to Master Shan. Then he hugged her father's arm and began to report, "Dad, look, the eldest brother smiled so horriblely. He must be hitting his daughter with a bad idea again. You have to save me."

"Don't worry, if this boy dares to plan you, Dad will not forgive him first."

Father Shan swept the two mustaches on his lips with his index finger, and his smiling eyes narrowed into a slit. He was very happy about the active closeness of his baby daughter. Without thinking too much, he said so.

On the other side, Shan Jinlin heard this announcement, but he just glanced at his father sideways, and the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, but he did not speak.

But the content and power to be expressed at this glance did make Master Shan quickly feel a cold sweat, and his smile could not help but be stiff - in fact, to put it bluntly, he is also a big cup that has been calculated by his eldest son all year round. It is simply difficult for the mud bodhisattva to cross the river. At this moment, it is just a bo For the face of his father, it's just to make Shan Xiaowu happy. As for the substance... Er, as long as the eldest son doesn't sell his precious daughter and lose it or hurt him, everything is easy to say.

"Dad, you love me the most, hehe." I didn't know what my father was thinking. Shan Xiaowu rubbed his arm coquettishly, which made Master Shan more happy. For a moment, he forgot the warning ray that his eldest son had just shot, and almost couldn't close his mouth with a smile.

"Of course, I'm the only daughter like you. Who will I love if I don't love you?" With that, she picked up a piece of Dongpo meat that had just been served and put it in her bowl. "Come on, Yuanbao, your favorite Dongpo meat, try it."

Shan Xiaowu picked it up happily, swallowed the meat rudely, and smiled with his cheeks, "Thank you... Thank you, Dad."

"Uh-huh!" Seeing that Mrs. Shan over there saw that her husband and daughter were crooked, she pinched the handkerchief to cover her mouth and glanced at Master Shan unhappily. The latter was stunned first, then smiled, and quickly picked a crystal elbow to please her. "Madam, you eat it too, you eat it."

After that, he seriously ordered his servants to bring bird's nest porridge, then reached out and grabbed his yellow-faced woman's hand, held it in her heart, shook her mustache and blinked and smiled, "Madam, don't be hungry, or it will hurt in my husband's heart."

One sentence finally made Mrs. Shan smile and said coquettishly, "I'm not ashamed."

"Short oil and low oil..." Seeing this, Shan Xiaowu, who was nibbling on the braised chicken feet, immediately put an ambiguous smile on his face. He didn't care about wiping off the sauce on his face with a handkerchief. He deliberately looked at the two brothers across the table and said loudly, "Dad is so good to his mother that we are so jealous. Big brother and second brother, you say Isn't it?"

"It's not that I haven't seen it. I've been tired of it since I was a child."

Shan Baoqian looked up at her, and then looked at his parents who were still holding hands. He pulled the corners of his mouth, snorted, and continued to eat his meal calmly.

Shan Jinlin raised his eyebrows, opened the paper fan with a brush and shook it gently. His thin lips lifted, and asked casually, "I heard that you are dressed up today, which scared everyone, especially Dad... I heard that you are going to let Uncle Fu invite a mage to exorcise evil spirits?"

That's why he stared at her when he entered the door. In fact, he missed the wonderful live broadcast in the morning and planned to come back for the rest of the fun.

As soon as this was said, not only Shan Xiaowu sprayed rice, but also Shan Baoqian was choked. If both of them hadn't been used to it and turned their heads quickly, it would have been estimated that the whole table of dishes would have been scrapped.

"Brother, it's a pity that you weren't there at that time, and you didn't see Dad's expression, ah ha ha ha..." As soon as he mentioned the glorious deeds of the morning, Shan Xiaowu couldn't help pounding the table happily. To talk about her acting skills, it's close to the Oscar best actor. It's a waste of talent that Hollywood's big directors can't dig her out. It is.

"I don't comment." Shan Baoqian took over the silk handed over by his servants and wiped the corners of his mouth before opening his mouth, but looking at his father's face, a pair of phoenix eyes had smiled into two rounds of crescent moons, and the corners of his mouth almost grinned behind his head.

On the other side, the face of Shan's father who was teased was pulled by the elder. In the face of his eldest son's complaints, he really wanted to send him a chestnut, "Bad boy, eat your meal!"

He scolded his eldest son angrily and turned his head. When he looked at Shan Xiaowu, he changed to another sad expression: "Yuanbao, good daughter, don't you care about your father?"

Heart-to-heart, the baby daughter actually laughed at her father so rudely. This... Is this... a failure in his education as a father?

"No." Shan Xiaowu's face was innocent, "I like my father the most, as much as I like my mother."

He flattered Mr. Shan and did not let Mrs. Shan go. Shan Xiaowu's words hit his parents' hearts at the same time, which made the second old man immediately open his eyes and laugh.

"You girl are so sweet-mouthed." Mrs. Shan smiled and reached out her hand to tap Xiao Wu's forehead, and Master Shan directly hugged his baby daughter into his arms for pain.

"A flatterer." Shan Baoqian played with the golden abacus while eating, and rolled his eyes at the three people with disdain.

Shan Jinlin slowly held a cup and drank a little wine. Occasionally, he smiled and picked up a few chopsticks in his mouth. He completely obeyed Master Shan's instructions and ate his own meal without saying much.

After lunch, Master Shan accompanied Shan Xiaowu for a while, and then took the two brothers of the Shan family to the study, saying that there was something important to explain.

Shan Xiaowu wanted to follow him secretly, but as soon as he got to the door of the study, he was found by Shan Jinlin. After a long count, Shan Baoqian actually came up and picked up the abacus beads and planned to blatantly rob the money. Shan Xiaowu was so scared and ran away.

But after a while, she climbed back secretly. This time, she was seen by the sharp-eyed Shan Baoqian without even having time to stand firmly, and then she was sadly thrown out and blocked from the door again.

And Master Shan, who has always been the most out of Shan Xiaowu's coquettishness, actually ignored her cheating and threats on the ground this time. He asked the guard in the house to guard all the periphery of the Luofeng Pavilion where the study was located, and refused to let Shan Xiaowu come closer.

After trying several times, Shan Xiaowu was also tired, so he curled his lips and went back to his yard, found the jade together, and ate the iced watermelon leisurely under the grape rack.

On the other side, in the study room of Shanfu, since Shan Xiaowu was driven away, the three men in the single family sat quietly, forming an opposing triangle.

The atmosphere is a little solemn.

"I said the old man," after a long time, Shan Baoqian couldn't help opening his mouth first, "What on earth does it have to be avoided by Yuan Baomei? If you don't say it yet, then I'll go."

He still has a pile of accounts that haven't been calculated, and a pile of money hasn't been reputed! Don't waste his time if you don't say it.

"Can't you understand your father's irritability?"

Master Shan held the tea cup in his hand and stopped blowing the tea foam. After listening to Shan Baoqian's words, he first blew his beard and stared, then turned his voice and lowered his voice. He slowly put the tea cup on the table beside him and looked at Shan Jinlin in a blink of an eye. "I still remember that on Yuanbao's sixth birthday, he told you for my father. That thing?"

"Yuan Baomei's sixth birthday?" The folding fan was put away, and he hit the palm of his hand. Shan Jinlin frowned and raised his eyes suddenly, "Dad, are you talking about... that thing?"

"Hmm." Mr. Shan paused, picked up the tea cup again, opened the lid of the cup and put it on his lips. "The news I got is that the man is ready to move. I guess," the Adam's apple slid down and swallowed the tea. Master Shan continued, "It will appear in Jinhao one day."

"Is there any specific information about what he will do?"

When Master Shan told the story, Shan Baoqian was also present. Although he was only eight years old at that time, he was already young and old. He pretended not to understand what he should understand. What was the inside story? As soon as he sorted out his reasoning, he immediately figured it out.

Now listening to Master Shan's words, the impatience on his face was immediately replaced by worry.

"He has been calm for so many years, won't he let us go?"

Shan Jinlin's usual smiling expression converged at this moment, and he replaced it with a condensed face. "Dad, you have been avoiding a head-on confrontation with him over the years, and you have been hiding with the whole family for more than ten years. Unexpectedly, he still wants to force us into a dead end."

"In this case, we don't have to endure it again and again," Shan Baoqian narrowed his eyes, and the corners of his mouth were as cold and bloodthirsty as his eldest brother. "Why don't you do it before they find here..." He looked at Master Shan on the throne, paused and said, "Kill that man first."

"Don't worry, wait for a few more days, and it's not too late to confirm the situation."

Master Shan shook his head when he heard the words, raised his hand to stop Shan Baoqian, glanced at him, and said, "What's more, do you think that with our current situation, once involved, I'm afraid it's difficult for even my family to protect him. How can we kill him? Don't forget what position he is in now and what kind of status we are.

"But..." Shan Baoqian wanted to say something more, but was stopped by Master Shan again.

"Don't say anything. The only thing we can do now is to wait for the right time." Doing a good job can delay more time, so that he can think of a way to deal with it.

"Dad means...?"

"Have you all forgotten the unique characteristics of our family?" Master Shan pointed to his eyes and said earnestly, "He can't find it so quickly."

Shan Jinlin and Shan Baoqian fell into meditation at the same time. After a while, Shan Baoqian touched the corners of his eyes and said helplessly, "Even so, he will find out one day. After all, that medicine... the stock is not much."

"I know for my father." Master Shan put down the tea cup, touched his beard, and a slightly mean smile appeared on his face. "So I have sent people to rush to Xiliang, so that the people over there can speed up the acquisition of a large number of medicinal materials, and then directly deliver them to the Hundred Ghosts Master. I believe that it will take long to process and refine enough stock."

"Real?" Shan Jinlin lowered his eyes and played with the folding fan in his hand. After a while, he whispered, "Dad, are you sure it's not whimsic? It's not that you don't know how difficult those things are to find.

A total of more than a dozen small bottles of potions can be refined in a year. In his opinion, it is difficult to make enough materials and refine them into finished products in a short time.

"You have to think about everything," Master Shan muttered and habitually touched the two iconic moustaches on his lips. "It's the worst. After three or four months, it's time to make up enough for a year."

"It's better to really collect..."

Shan Baoqian, who was sitting beside him, heard the words, and his slender fingers unconsciously played with the abacus beads, hanging his head as if he were thinking.

"The only thing we have to worry about now should be how long the drugs in the warehouse can last." Master Shan stood up with his hands behind his back and just took two steps forward. Then he turned to Shan Baoqian as if he remembered something and solemnly told him, "by the way, Qianer, try to look at Yuanbao during this period and don't let her run around again. That girl doesn't know the importance, and it's easy to cause trouble outside. In case someone sees it, it will be troublesome.

"No problem." Shan Baoqian nod, "I will look at her."

"I will personally supervise the pharmaceutical affairs. As for the big and small affairs in the company, you are fully responsible for Lin'er."

"I know."

Shan Jinlin brushed the folding fan and nodded and simply agreed. Anyway, he had taken over enough things before, and he didn't care about dozens more.

"Very good," Master Shan walked to the door. When he reached out to push the door, he turned back and looked sideways at the two excellent sons. "As for what just said, if there is any wind and grass, my father will tell you again. Remember that there is no news from me, don't act rashly."

"Yes."

With the consent of the two, Master Shan was relieved. He opened the door and went out of the study, ready to go to his baby daughter's yard to ask for forgiveness.

"Brother," when Master Shan walked away, Shan Baoqian looked at Shan Jinlin with a playful smile on his face. "Seeing that the fire is about to burn at home, when are you going to let the old man know what you have done behind your back?"

Shan Jinlin glanced at him, but for a moment, the fox's expression that seemed to be smiling and inexplicable came back. "By the way, didn't you also do a lot of 'shady' things?" Shaking the paper fan and standing up, he walked slowly out of the door, not forgetting to stop and turn his head to give him a mutual understanding look, "What? Don't you want to report it to your parents?"

"Since I respectfully call you a big brother, you should look like a big brother and set a good example, shouldn't you?" With Shan Jinlin stepping out of the study, Shan Baoqian's beautiful red phoenix eyes narrowed and began to work hard to pretend to be modest and set an example of humility.

"..."

Taking a deep look at his brother, Shan Jinlin did not quickly take the words. He just stood at the door, quietly looked up at the bright sun for a while, and then whispered, "Don't worry, everything you and my brothers have done today will be beneficial in the future."

After saying that, he slowly turned around, shook the paper fan and stepped on the winding corridor, and slowly left.

"Is it just beneficial..."

He took off the golden abacus and played with it in his hand. Shan Baoqian also looked at the sky, squinted and smiled for a while, and then walked out of the Luofeng Pavilion.

In that case, let's wait and see.