I'm so fragrant after eating soft rice

After being reminded by Qingli's "kindness", Xie Hehe remembered the fear of being dominated by Ruan Lin, and a chill instantly gathered from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, making him shiver uncontrollably, so he closed his eyes obediently. Speak up, and obediently lie on the table to draw.

Here, Xie Hehe is working hard in the study, while Xie Ran is following Ruan Lin tremblingly.

Although Ruan Lin's appearance is not vicious, on the contrary, she has a feeling of a hermit with a fairy air, as handsome as a fairy in the sky, but it still makes Xie Ran have an inexplicable sense of fear.

This sense of fear may come from watching a scene where Xie Hehe was cleaned up by Ruan Lin.

It was a different feeling from the majesty that Xie Meilan gave to their parents. It was difficult for Xie Ran to describe in words, but the fear was indeed real.

As a result, when Xie Hehe was mischievous after returning home, Xie Meilan used Ruan Lin to scare them, which left an indelible impression on the hearts of Xie Hehe and Xie Ran.

The memory is so deep that even though they are adults, they still feel scared when they meet Ruan Lin.

Ruan Lin led Xie Ran all the way to a small pavilion in the courtyard. Inside the pavilion was a stone table with boiling water on it.

Xie Ran sat down with Ruan Lin and watched Ruan Lin pour tea for him.

The amber translucent tea water gurgled along the thin spout of the teapot and into the small white jade teacup placed on the table.

Xie Ran watched as Ruan Lin handed him the poured tea, and then took out a chessboard from nowhere, holding two porcelain boxes, and asked him with a smile: "Do you want white chess or black chess?"

"Black chess." Xie Ran helped Ruan Lin place the chessboard on the table, and took the porcelain box that Ruan Lin handed over, which was filled with densely packed white chess pieces that looked like small steamed buns.

"Unfortunately, I like black chess, so you can use white chess." Ruan Lin smiled, opened the porcelain box containing black chess pieces, took out a chess piece, and placed it in the corner of expectation, "The black chess piece Fall first."

Seeing Ruan Lin's half-smile expression, Xie Ran couldn't help swallowing. He understood that this was Ruan Lin's blow to him. As a junior, he could only obediently accept the small difficulties given by his elders.

He took out a white piece in the porcelain box, hesitated for a while, and then decided where to put the piece.

Ruan Lin looked at Xie Ran's moves and frowned: "Are you playing chess with Mr. Xie at the same level?"

Xie Ran was taken aback by Ruan Lin's words, she quickly said with a dry smile, "No, no, this is the first time I played chess with you, I was a little nervous, and I played in the wrong place."

Seeing Xie Ran dryly smiling with a flattering expression, Ruan Lin raised her eyebrows: "Really? Are you still nervous now?"

"No, it's much better." Xie Ran picked up the teacup at hand, took a sip of tea, couldn't help sticking out his tongue because of the scalding tea, then felt that his actions were a little rude, so he hurriedly held Xu He put his fist against his lips and coughed lightly to cover it up.

"That's all right, keep playing, I want to see your real skills." Ruan Lin looked at Xie Ran's movements, ignored her, and just raised her chin at Xie Ran, signaling him to look at the chessboard.

"Of course, that's for sure." Xie Ran looked at Ruan Lin's face and said with a smile.

……

After a hearty chess game ended, the chessboard in front of the two of them was full of chess pieces, and the black and white chess pieces were distributed on the chessboard, like a beautiful painting.

Ruan Lin looked at the chessboard, smiled and said to Xie Ran: "I play chess very happily, I haven't played so happily for a long time."

"Really, then I have achieved my goal." Xie Ran took a sip of the tea that had already been refilled, and said to Ruan Lin with a smile.

"So about 'that thing', will you treat it like this chess game?" Ruan Lin asked looking at Xie Ran's confident face.

"Of course, I won't let our Xie family fall into other people's hands." Xie Ran said, "This is an insult to me."

"I hope so, I hope Hehe won't get hurt because of this." Ruan Lin rubbed the teacup in her hand and said.

"Of course, we agree on this point." Xie Ran picked up the teapot that had been put aside, and refilled tea for Ruan Lin and herself.

The two sat in the pavilion for a while, watching the scenery of the courtyard.

"Second Uncle, did you take care of the flowers and plants in the yard by yourself?" Xie Ran asked suddenly, looking at the scene full of vitality in the garden.

"No, I basically let them grow savagely. Since Qingli came, he took care of most of them." Ruan Lin was slightly taken aback when she heard Xie Ran's question. Didn't expect him to ask this question, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I just remembered that Qingli has been here for a long time, and he doesn't seem to have gone out to find anything else to do." Xie Ran said, thinking of the silent young man.

Listening to Xie Ran's words, Ruan Lin also thought of the child who had been circling around him. Although Qingli's staying by his side had something to do with his province's control, Qingli refused to leave the most.

"Qingli...maybe he prefers to stay here, just like me." Ruan Lin looked at a pink flower that was blooming in the yard, the layers of petals made it look extraordinarily plump, Just looking at it makes people fall in love with it.

"I have never heard him talk about ambitions and aspirations, and I can't force him. I just finally found a position for him in the Painting and Calligraphy Association. Fortunately, he can afford this position and has not disappointed me. .”

Ruan Lin took a sip of tea, lowered her eyebrows, not knowing what she was thinking.

"Hehe suddenly wanted to start managing some of the company's affairs a while ago." Xie Ran suddenly mentioned Xie Hehe, "As an older brother, I can only escort him in the back, but I found that Hehe can do a good job by himself."

"He doesn't want to be a dandy like what the outside world says. He prefers to stay at home and play games rather than partying with friends outside." Xie Ran remembered that Xie Hehe was wearing little monster-like pajamas at home, nestled on the sofa and pile of snacks Xie Hehe, who was playing games, couldn't help showing a smile.

"I don't know why Hehe suddenly wants to participate in this bloodbath, but as an older brother, I will protect him." Xie Ran said his inner thoughts with firm eyes.

"So Ranran is a good brother." Ruan Lin said with a smile.