Chapter 142 (1/2)

After returning to the Ling mansion, Ling Tian invited Ye QingChen to his own courtyard. After which, he gave a few instructions to Ling Chen and went to pay his respects to his grandparents and parents. Then, he went to visit Mister Qin. With regards to Mister Qin’s health, Ling Tian had always been extremely worried. The death of one’s spouse was not something a person would be able to walk out of easily in a mere few years. Only after seeing that Mister Qin was still healthy and slowly regaining his spirit did Ling Tian let down his worries.

Yu BingYan was also an intelligent person and knew that it wasn’t suitable for her to partic.i.p.ate in every of Ling Tian’s affairs. Thus, she also went back to her room and had an early night.

After Ling Tian returned to his courtyard, Ye QingChen had already waited till his neck was long.

Ling Tian laughed and said, ”Old brother, do not be anxious. I will definitely have a good drink with old brother tonight! But before we drink good wine, we must first calm our hearts and soothe our temper. If not, the best of wines would become tasteless even if it enters our mouth. Don’t tell me old brother forgot about what happened just now? There is little that can escape this little brother’s eyes with regards to wine.”

Ye QingChen was instantly enlightened as his face turned red and felt embarra.s.sed. His interest had already been piqued by Ling Tian and he was indeed extremely anxious currently. He could not help but smile, ”Brother, how do you know so much at such a young age? You don’t look like a 15 to 16-year-old teen but a 60 to 70-year-old fox instead. No no… I’m afraid you must be a 100-year-old sly fox at the very least. If not, how can you have such brilliant accomplishments?”

Both of them burst out into laughter together.

A short while later, Ling Chen walked into the room with a few others, each holding onto a wooden box. They walked into the room respectfully, placed the box down before taking their leave with a bow. Ling Tian then instructed, ”Chen’er, go and fetch some wine snacks.”

Ling Chen acknowledged and walked out of the room.

After the wooden boxes entered the room, Ye QingChen felt that this small room was suddenly filled with a dense and unique wine fragrance. At times it seemed so elegant, at times it seemed so dense. It seemed as though it was out of the secular realm but yet as though it was intoxicated with worldly affairs. The fragrances from the many different wines mixed with each other, but yet the fragrance of every single wine was so distinct. From just the fragrance of the wine, it had already surpa.s.sed any other wine which Ye QingChen had ever tasted in his life! By just smelling the fragrance of the wine, Ye QingChen felt as though his whole body was light and floating. Seeing the six wooden boxes in front of him, he could immediately tell that there were six jugs of wine in front of him.

Thinking about how he would be able to taste such otherworldly fine wine, and actually having the fortune of tasting six of them, the originally steady and calm mental state of Ye QingChen began to grow fl.u.s.tered. He stroked his beard with his hand as his eyes were already shut in intoxication.

The door then opened again and Ling Chen walked in with a small jade plate. In the center of the tray, there was a plate made of white jade. The plate was filled with round bean sized b.a.l.l.s which were red in color.

Ye QingChen then remembered about what Ling Tian said about the ‘real wine snacks’. He could not help but take a curious look at what kind of magnificent thing this young wine saint would bring out as the ‘real wine snack’.

Taking a look over, Ye QingChen’s eyes widened as his jaw dropped in shock. Only after a short while did he look at Ling Tian, pointing to the plate with his finger trembling, ”Err… brother, this… is what you were talking about the… real wine snacks?” His tone was filled with incredulity.

In the center of the intricately designed white jade dish, it was filled with over a hundred sh.e.l.led peanuts!

Ling Tian smiled and nodded, ”That’s right!” The words he said were confident and as though it was only to be expected.

Ye QingChen felt a ball of anger rising in his heart.

You invited me to your place just to eat peanuts?! You, are you making a fool out of me?

”Old brother, it seems that you are still… ah ah ah… perhaps I can only say that old brother likes to drink but don’t know how to drink.” Ling Tian smiled profoundly.

”Why is this so, this Ye would like to hear the reason.” Ye QingChen was both angered but yet found it to be a joke. ‘This old man had been drinking wine for my whole lifetime and you actually dare to say that I don’t know how to drink?! I want to hear what kind of reason you have.’ Unknowingly, he changed the way he addressed himself back, as though he wanted to say that their brotherhood would end right here if Ling Tian could not provide him with a satisfactory reply!