Chapter 118 – One Side Is In Trouble！ (1/2)

Chapter 118: One side is in trouble！

People are good at finding and using their strengths.

Zhao Dafu knows his strength is his money, if he was to compare his looks and talent with Zhu Jian and Xu Huawei it would only end up bringing humiliation to himself.

Just as Zhu Jian was still concentrating on his painting and Xu Huawei was still playing the flute, Zhao Dafu, who was still having difficulty reciting the poem on his mind, trotted over to Li s.h.i.+nian's side, flipped open his folding fan and said with a smile on his face: “beautiful girl and beautiful scenery—-this trip has been well worthwhile—-s.h.i.+nian, are you hungry?”

Li s.h.i.+nian smiled, shaking her head: “I'm okay. I just had two pieces of cakes.”

Zhao Dafu glanced at the plate of cakes, before he said: “We came here in a hurry, so I only had time to ask the kitchen to prepare a few cakes. If s.h.i.+nian doesn't like them, I can ask the kitchen to make something else—-s.h.i.+nian what is your favorite? It must be the red bean paste lotus cake, right?”

“I like to eat osmanthus cake.” Li s.h.i.+nian answered.

Pa—

With the closed fan in his hand, Zhao Dafu gently tapped it against his palm as he said: “like I said—me and s.h.i.+nian like the same things, we both like the refres.h.i.+ng fragrance of osmanthus. The flavour is strong and it's not heavy, it's very hard to get sick of it. s.h.i.+nian if you like, I can bring a box over to you tomorrow.”

“Zhao Dafu, you're so mean—-there's so many other girls here but you're only giving it to s.h.i.+nian, are we invisible?”

“Exactly, we also want some—-my taste is different to yours, I like to eat red bean cakes —-”

“I like glutinous rice cake—-”

—–

Zhao Dafu flipped open his paper fan and laughed loudly: “Yes. Yes. Just a few boxes of cakes, if you like, I can tell someone to bring it over to all your houses—–”

“Did you hear, there's a difference. s.h.i.+nian's cakes are personally delivered by Zhao young master but he will ask 'someone to bring it over' for us—-”

“It's because sister s.h.i.+nian is beautiful. If you were as beautiful as sister s.h.i.+nian, people would also treat you the same—–”

“Exactly, this is a society that only cares about looks—it's too cruel—”

—–

With a full smile on his face, Zhao Dafu turned to look at Li s.h.i.+nian and said in a gentle voice: “s.h.i.+nian what do want to eat for lunch? The freshwater fish at Shou Mian Pavilion is pretty good. I know the young boss there, I can ask them to save us two puffer fish. The roast duck at Yi De Restaurant is also good, it's carved into thin slices and rolled up. It melts in the mouth. Of course, if you have other suggestions—do not hesitate, I am paying today.”

Li s.h.i.+nian shook her head: “I can't eat lunch with you, I have to go home. I did not tell my family when I went out, they are waiting for me to come back.”

“Is this not a trivial matter? I can just send someone to your house and let them know? After we have lunch, we could tour around Sunset Lake—–Watch the setting sun at Sunset Lake with cla.s.smates and friends, it really is a joy.”

Li s.h.i.+nian still shook her head. Seeing this, Liu Caicai grabbed her hand and whispered in her ear: “s.h.i.+nian, let's go—-it's rare for Zhao young master to treat us to a good meal.”

“Exactly. We should go to eat roast duck, their roast ducks are famous—-”

“I want to eat pufferfish—-”

—–

Li s.h.i.+nian still shook her head, she firmly said: “you guys go eat, I really have to go back——If I don't my parents will be worried.”

Before Li Muyang left Jiangnan, many things have happened at their home. Luo Qi and Li Yan had been cautious and anxious all the time, worried that their children would meet with another accident.

Li Muyang was not around anymore so they were unable to take care of him. But they still cared for Li s.h.i.+nian in every possible ways—–Although Li s.h.i.+nian felt that they were a little too strict, she understood her parents' kind intentions.

So, she tried her best to stay by her parents' side the majority of the time. During the long summer holiday, she seldom went out.

Even her close cla.s.smates and friends were puzzled by her actions, Li s.h.i.+nian is confident and outgoing, back then she often went sightseeing all over the place with her friends —-

“s.h.i.+nian—–” Zhu Jian and Xu Huawei also walked over. Zhu Jian offered the scroll in his hand to her and said: “help me take a look, where else do I need to make changes?”

Li s.h.i.+nian did not reach out to pick it up, instead said: “Zhu Jian, you're embarra.s.sing me. You know I don't know anything about painting—–”