Luo Lingsheng squinted his eyes, and his pupils hidden under the lenses flashed a pleasant shimmer.
"… Jealous?"
The three simple words were repeated in his mouth very long and sternly.
Shi Yunnan's ears turned red at the tone of voice, and Luo Lingsheng pulled him back when he was about to get up.
"Don't worry, speak clearly."
Shi Yunnan slammed into Luo Lingsheng's arms unexpectedly, and subconsciously stopped his left hand on the opponent's arm.
He barely propped up his upper body and shouted anxiously, "Luo Lingsheng, watch your legs!"
"It's okay." Luo Lingsheng's wrist was very strong.
He stabilized Shi Yunnan in his arms in an inconspicuous way. The nose was no longer the unpleasantly sweet orange scent, but a light and clean cold soap scent that made people endure. Constantly wanting to get closer.
Invisible ambiguity circulated between the two.
Luo Lingsheng stared at the vivid face in front of him with extreme concentration, watching Shi Yunnan's expression change from 'suffocated' to 'shy', which was extraordinarily cute.
"Are you really jealous?"
"No?" Shi Yunan asked back.
"Last time I was in a nightclub and I was pulling with others, Mr. Luo also 'tutored' a good lesson inside and out. Today it's his turn to start acting recklessly?"
Shi Yunnan refocused on Luo Lingsheng's line of sight, and stubbornly threw out a question, "Wen Wanyou is my cousin in name anyway. If you are really related to her, it would be a shame for me to be seen and spread out."
Luo Lingsheng laughed.
His fingers on Shi Yunnan's wrist rubbed back and forth, like a quiet comfort, "Understood, being jealous is a joke, and being afraid of embarrassment is the truth?"
Although this is a question, there is an obvious ridicule hidden in it.
Shi Yunnan took a light breath, "Luo Lingsheng, you..."
"Yunnan."
The sudden name made Shi Yunnan startled for no reason. This was the first time Luo Lingsheng had called him this way, not by first and last name, nor by Second Young Master Shi.
"What's wrong?"
The vinegar smell in Shi Yunnan's heart suddenly disappeared.
"If you didn't come in just now, I'd run away, and I wouldn't let her touch me at all."
Luo Lingsheng paused, more obviously softer than the previous sentence, "So, don't be angry."
The smile on Shi Yunnan's mouth twitched upwards. He felt that he always seemed to be able to open up another side of Luo Lingsheng that no one knew about.
Probably the other side of the world that no one can think of.
No longer the ruthless and ruthless head of the Luo family, but the gentle and lively Luo Lingsheng.
Shi Yunnan suddenly felt that there was no need for him to pierce this layer of window paper in a hurry.
Shi Yunnan deliberately cleared his throat and demanded, "Then you have to abide by the agreement next time. Whether you are a man or a woman, you must keep your distance."
"Okay, I'll obey."
Shi Yunnan hummed twice, satisfied.
Luo Lingsheng looked at the smiling face of the person in front of him and thought, how coaxing.
Shi Yunnan tentatively patted Luo Lingsheng's side neck, "Let go, it's not good to press on your leg for a long time."
Luo Lingsheng obediently let go of Shi Yunnan's hand, and after the other party got up, his eyes fell leisurely to his legs, and the originally smiling pupil color became dark again.
The next second, Qin Jian's reminder sounded outside the door, "Patriarch, the banquet outside has started."
Yuan Meng followed Luo Lingsheng's orders before he came and stayed in the corner of the outside banquet hall.
First, Luo Lingsheng didn't want to appear too special in the banquet crowd; second, because it was the old gentleman's birthday, the hotel's security measures were well done.
Luo Lingsheng came here on a temporary basis, and should not attract any threatening characters, so there is no need for personal protection.
Luo Lingsheng restrained his emotions, "Understood, we will go over immediately."
He caught a glimpse of his tie out of the corner of his eye, but reluctantly asked another thing, "Second Master Shi, do you want to pay for my tie?"
Shi Yunnan looked down and saw the crumpled tie that he had ruined, and laughed out loud, completely unaware of his identity as the 'culprit'.
He stared at the tie, subtly thinking—
I don't know if Wen Wanyou has touched this tie before? Still lost.
"No more."
Shi Yunnan simply and neatly tore off Luo Lingsheng's tie, and threw the tie in his hand into the trash can unceremoniously.
Luo Lingsheng looked at the tie in the trash can and felt a little pity.
It's not that he can't bear the price, but that this tie was specially chosen to match the color of Shi Yunnan's suit he saw this morning.
"I'll buy you a new one someday."
Shi Yunnan didn't know Luo Lingsheng's thoughts at all, so he promised, but he unbuttoned one of his buttons, "However, I think Mr. Luo's neckline half-open and half-closed is more sexy."
Of course, one day it would be even sexier if you could not wear it.
Luo Lingsheng was already immune to Shi Yunnan's occasional rude words, but he lifted his chin slightly and let him fiddle with it.
The two sorted out their state and walked to the banquet hall together.
Mr. Wen is a master composer at the top level of China, coupled with the identity of the chairman of Wen Yanfeng Music Association, most of the guests who came to the banquet this time were artists in the industry.
It is said to be the 80th birthday, but it is more like a unique music exchange meeting.
In this short time, someone has taken the initiative to invite Ying to play a song to celebrate his birthday.
Mr. Wen was surrounded by a group of people to congratulate him, and his mental state seemed to be good.
Shi Yunnan and Luo Lingsheng were not in a hurry to approach, but just stood on the periphery and watched silently for a while.
Luo Lingsheng observed for a while, "Is that lady in the dark blue dress your aunt?"
Shi Yunnan replied in a low voice, "Yes, her name is Song Zhiqiu, and she is the chairman of Huachang Musical Instruments."
Huachang Musical Instruments.
Sounds a little familiar.
Just thinking about it, Shi Yunnan, who was beside him, explained, "Is it one of the best musical instrument manufacturers in China now?"
When Wen Chenglang and Xie Keyue get to know each other in the future, the former can also persuade his own mother to sell the series of musical instruments in reverse through Xie Keyue's handwriting.
Really made a lot of money.
"Huachang also has specialized musical instrument training institutions, which are nationwide chains."
Qin Jian, who stayed peacefully behind her, sighed, "I remember that Ms. Song was once selected for the list of China's richest people."
Truly a great female entrepreneur.
Shi Yunnan did not refute, Song Zhiqiu's ability in business has indeed made countless people feel inferior.
Luo Lingsheng remembered the brother and sister Wen Chenglang and Wen Wanyou, and asked in a low voice, "How did Mr. Wen and Ms. Song know each other?"
According to his superficial impression of Wen Yanfeng, the other party should be a well-organized and measured person, but the pair of sons and daughters he has taught now is really inappropriate.
Shi Yunnan understood what he meant and shook his head slightly, "Grandpa and Mr. Song have been good friends for many years. Before this marriage starts, the elders must be matched."
One is a musical family, and the other is a 'musical instrument'. On the premise of having a common topic, Wen Yanfeng and Song Zhiqiu got married in less than half a year.
In fact, the couple's life is also quite satisfactory.
Shi Yunnan paused slightly and briefly summarized the core, "But I heard that my aunt once lost a child."
This untimely child was nominally Shi Yunan's 'cousin', but died unexpectedly at the age of three.
This incident gave Song Zhiqiu an unprecedented blow, and Wen Yanfeng, the father, also fell into self-blame day after day.
"I heard my uncle mention that Wen Chenglang came at that juncture."
That's why Song Zhiqiu loves Wen Chenglang so much, and his younger daughter is blindly fond of him, even to the point of 'it doesn't matter whether it is right or wrong'.
Wen Yanfeng has the heart to discipline his children who are increasingly going astray, but he is often stopped by his wife. Every time Shi Yunan stayed in Wen's house, he could hear the husband and wife arguing over the education of their children.
Because it involves the privacy of relatives, Shi Yunnan didn't reveal much, but Luo Lingsheng probably figured it out—
Now, Mr. Wen has retired, and Wen Yanfeng, as the president of the Qu Association, is paid less than Song Zhiqiu's corporate income. It can be said that Song Zhiqiu accounts for the majority of the current family income.
Wen Chenglang and Wen Wanyou have become today's temperaments, which must be because of her mother's over-indulgence.
Of course, Song Zhiqiu's favor was only to make up for the eldest son's early death, but it's a pity that Wen Chenglang and Wen Wanyou went astray and crooked on their own.
The two were talking quietly, and Wen Yanfeng, who was not far away, shouted, "Yunnan, come here, don't stay so far away."
Shi Yunnan met Wen Yanfeng's friendly gaze, nodded slightly, and approached with Luo Lingsheng.
The old Mr. Wen couldn't stand for a long time. He sat in the seat and looked at the little grandson who was slowly approaching, with undisguised joy on his face, "Yunnan, you are closer to grandpa."
When he was pushed and injured and hospitalized, Mr. Wen took a long time to recover before he got better. He understood Shi Yunnan's grievance the first time he was awake, and immediately called the whole family to explain everything.
On one side is the grandson, on the other is the grandson. For an old man like him, the palms of the hands and the backs of the hands are full of flesh.
While disappointed with his nonsense grandson Wen Chenglang, he also apologized even more to his grandson Shi Yunnan.
It's a pity that Shi Yunnan is no longer willing to stay in this house. Over the years, the Wen family has tried to contact him, but he has quietly rejected them.
This time Shi Yunnan was willing to come, and Mr. Wen was really happy.
"Your brother is preparing in the background, wait for it to be played."
"Okay, grandpa."
Shi Yunnan responded, and at the same time did not forget to introduce Luo Lingsheng, "Grandpa, this is Luo Lingsheng."
Mr. Wen and Luo Lingsheng looked at each other, and their eyes briefly stayed on the latter's legs for half a second.
In front of so many outsiders, he still kept his seniority and nodded with a smile, "This is the first time Yunnan has brought friends to see me, welcome."
Luo Lingsheng was keenly aware of something, but he didn't show it on his face, "Mr. Wen, you are in good health."
"Thank you."
Many guests knew Luo Lingsheng's identity privately, and silently stared at the scene to watch the excitement.
Song Zhiqiu, who was standing on the right, saw Shi Yunnan's figure, and there was a slight repulsion between his eyebrows, but the repulsion dissipated instantly when he met Luo Lingsheng's gaze.
Song Zhiqiu put on a superficial smile and nodded slightly to Luo Lingsheng.
Although there is no industrial chain related to musical instruments under the Luo family, Song Zhiqiu had to give in three points because of the name of the other party in the imperial capital business circle.
Shi Yunnan was able to hug Luo Lingsheng's thigh, in her opinion, it was a blind cat meeting a dead mouse.
Song Zhiqiu didn't speak, he just stepped back two steps to call the waiter, and then he lowered his voice and said, "Hurry up and get the young master and young lady back!"
On such a critical occasion, where did the two brothers and sisters go
Wen Yibei was about to perform on stage, and Shi Yunnan was accompanying the old gentleman offstage again. This fell into the eyes of outsiders. Isn't all the scenery taken up by the brothers
Mr. Wen couldn't hold the wealth that the Wen family had saved in the past, but he couldn't be occupied by these two brothers!
The waiter heard this order and hurried to find someone.
Soon, Wen Yibei put on a white tuxedo with gold and dark lines on the stage, and just a standard bow drew praise from the audience.
"The eldest young master of the Wen family is truly extraordinary."
"That's for sure, you can be admitted to the Curtis Institute of Music by the age of sixteen, and you can become the orchestra's principal cellist before graduating at the age of eighteen. It seems that you can hold a solo concert at the age of twenty-two, right? This achievement Could it be a joke?"
"If you want me to say, among the Wen family's children, the young master Wen is the best."
"Be quiet, Second Young Master Shi is still nearby."
Shi Yunnan didn't speak, but he wasn't annoyed either.
In his opinion, Wen Yibei's excellence is indeed incomparable to him.
His eyes moved from the stage back to Luo Lingsheng's face, and he bent down to ask, "Luo Lingsheng, did you like to go to concerts before? Compared to the half-hearted violin I used last time, my brother's cello is really good."
"Yes?"
"Of course, you and the guests present today will be blessed, free of charge."
Luo Lingsheng was a little moved when he saw Shi Yunnan's smug expression.
The two brothers grew up in different environments when they were less than eight years old. Compared with the careful cultivation of Wen Yibei by the Wen family, Shi Yunnan's situation in the Shi family was even more unbearable.
But Shi Yunnan never put this deficiency on Wen Yibei's head, nor did he develop a twisted or gloomy temperament of 'complaining about everything'.
In Luo Lingsheng's view, Shi Yunnan is the one with the cleanest feelings and thoughts—
For those who deliberately provoked him, he took revenge on the spot, and for those who really cared about him, he did not hesitate to express 'love'.
The bow is drawn.
The gentle and continuous melody came from the stage, and the smooth flow of notes caught everyone's ears at once.
Wen Yibei's strength is obvious to all, and the emotion injected into the performance cannot be ignored either. He used a cello to frame a wonderful world, and all the guests were intoxicated with him.
Luo Lingsheng lowered his eyelids, admiring but not interested.
His mind was full of Shi Yunnan's performance in the small restaurant that day.
Shi Yunnan didn't notice Luo Lingsheng's demeanor. At this moment, he concentrated on his brother.
He watched Wen Yibei pull the bow skillfully and confidently, just as they had promised their mother when they were young - maintaining their sincere pursuit of instruments and melody from beginning to end.
A trace of envy and yearning overflowed from the bottom of Shi Yunnan's eyes, but there was no jealousy.
One song is over.
There was thunderous applause.
Shi Yunnan applauded, and immediately focused his attention on Luo Lingsheng. He couldn't help asking, "How is Luo Lingsheng? Is my brother's performance outstanding?"
Luo Lingsheng looked sideways at him and answered irrelevantly, "I prefer the violin you play."
Among all the applause for Wen Yibei, only Luo Lingsheng's words were given to Shi Yunnan without reservation.
Shi Yunnan's eyes were sore for no reason. He took a deep breath and suppressed the turmoil in his heart, "Luo Lingsheng."
"Ok?"
Shi Yunnan approached Luo Lingsheng's ear and responded, "Thank you."
Luo Lingsheng smiled and further demanded, "Teacher has found the little goldfish. If you want, you can follow along in the future."
Shi Yunnan readily agreed, "Okay, one big and one small will run to the door of your study in the future, and Hu La will irritate your ears."
Luo Lingsheng imagined Shi Yunnan's joke, a hint of helplessness flashed across his brows—
Although it is a bit outrageous, it is really like what Shi Yunnan can do with his little nephew.
Luo Lingsheng rubbed his fingertips habitually. For some reason, he suddenly looked forward to such a scene.
In other words, he looks forward to every day with Shi Yunnan by his side.