For Jin Ming's first dinner home, Pei Lu felt his stomach ache, not to mention Jin Ming who was in it.
Jin Ming doesn't move his chopsticks much, but his dining posture is still elegant. It seems that the years of living outside have not affected him. He is still an outstanding heir of the Jin family.
After the old marshal put down his chopsticks, Jin Ming followed suit. The servants removed the dishes one after another, and then Jin Ming got up and said, "I'm going back to my room first."
The old marshal nodded and didn't say anything, but Madam Jin hurriedly said: "By the way, the family is going to hold a celebration party for you in two days. You haven't shown up for so many years. You have to communicate with other families, and your grandfather I also sent someone a letter, wanting to see you."
Jin Ming paused, turned around slowly, and said without emotion: "You can make arrangements, and I will pick a time to visit with grandpa." He nodded reservedly, and walked towards Qunhou.
Jin Yan next to him shrugged and said coquettishly to the old marshal: "The new brother is so fierce."
The old marshal rubbed his head with a smile, picked him up and put him on his lap, "He is like this, I didn't expect that after a few years, he still hasn't changed." Just like her mother.
Pei Lu stayed where he was for a while, but didn't hear any valuable news, so he cautiously groped towards Jin Ming's room.
Pei Lu was lying on the door as before, with his ear pressed to hear the sound, but he didn't expect that the door would be pushed open as soon as he lay on the door.
—Jin Ming forgot to lock the door.
Reflexively, Pei Lu ran to the foot of the wall and hid. After a while, he looked at the door again. The half-opened door looked like the most alluring beauty, luring Pei Lu to go in and explore.
Unable to resist the temptation, Pei Lu cautiously walked back against the foot of the wall, looked through the crack of the door, made sure that there was no one there, and then tentatively opened the crack a little wider, just enough for him to squeeze in.
He quickly dodges in, and then closes the door. The living room is empty and there is no place to hide. Pei Lu glanced left and right, and the door of the study room is open. Jin Ming must be in the study room at this time. Pei Lu decisively chooses Hide in the bedroom.
The curtains in the bedroom were drawn, and the light was a little dim. Pei Lu looked around, looking for a place to hide, but suddenly there was a voice behind him.
"What are you looking for?"
Pei Lu was so frightened that he almost jumped up, he turned around stiffly, and greeted Jin Ming who was almost integrated into the shadow, "You, hello, what are you doing standing there?"
The corners of Jin Ming's mouth twitched undetectably, thinking how could I catch the peeping little mouse if I wasn't standing here, but said indifferently, "Look in the mirror."
Pei Lu looked towards the corner, there was indeed a full-length mirror there, he bit his cheek, and said with a stiff expression, "Oh."
Jin Ming came out from the corner, instantly shortened the distance to Pei Lu, and looked down at him condescendingly with his height, "It's you... who sneaked into my room, what are you looking for?"
Pei Lu took a step back subconsciously. Jin Ming, whose half face was hidden in the shadow, made him very strange. He was a little unaccustomed to the boy's suddenly tough aura, so he stammered and made up a reason for himself, "I just want to find you… "
He lowered his eyebrows pitifully, "I have nowhere to go..."
Jin explored looking at him, his deep eyes made it hard to see his emotions clearly, he raised his eyebrows, and asked maliciously: "How did you get in here?" He leaned close to Pei Lu's ear, and said in a light tone, "If If someone else hadn't stepped into the gate of the Marshal's Mansion, they were blown out of their minds by the snipers on the tower."
Pei Lu: "..."
He didn't know that he walked around the ghost gate. When he came in, there were indeed tower-like things on both sides of the gate. Pei Lu didn't pay attention at the time, and followed in with a big swagger. Now he wants to thank others for not seeing him? At least I saved my brain.
Seeing his stunned expression, Jin Ming narrowed his eyes happily, brushed his fingers across his earlobe, and said softly: "Now... tell me, how did you get in?"
"Who sent you to approach me?"
Pei Lu stared blankly, and stood there stupidly being threatened by Jin Ming, with an expression on the verge of tears, "No one sent me... They couldn't see me, so I came in."
Jin Ming was taken aback, "Can't see you?"
Pei Lu cried: "No one else can see me, only you can see me."
"Heh... Such a low-level trick is also trying to cheat?"
Jin Ming pinched his chin, and raised the corner of his mouth viciously, "If you don't behave anymore, I will torture you..."
Pei Lu: "..."
His eyes were red, and he firmly broke off Jin Ming's hand that was pinching his chin. Jin Ming pinched him too hard, and it hurt him a lot.
"If you don't believe me, you can call someone to try it."
Jin Ming's eyes turned deep, and he looked at him carefully. Pei Lu's eyes were red and his nose was red, and he looked pitiful. Jin Ming remembered the three days when he took care of him, and his heart softened. He pressed the call bell in the guest room, " Uncle Zhang, ask someone to bring over a plate of red bean cakes."
Uncle Zhang on the other side was a little surprised, the young master had never eaten outside of the main meal before, and he realized in a flash that after so many years, people will always change.
The red bean cake that Jin Ming asked for was delivered soon.
Pei Lu stood in front of the coffee table, anxious like a student waiting for the teacher to let him go.
Jin Ming glanced at him, lowered his eyes, pointed to the coffee table, and said to Zhang Bo: "Let's put it there."
Pei Lu stood on the diagonal line between the coffee table and the door of the room, Zhang Bo had to pass by Pei Lu's position if he wanted to put the cakes there.
With expectant eyes, Jin Ming watched Uncle Zhang walking towards Pei Lu with the tray of snacks.
Uncle Zhang didn't look sideways, as if he really didn't see anything, he walked straight to Pei Lu.
Three steps... Two steps... One step...
Zhang Bo had already walked in front of Pei Lu, only an arm's length away from him, Pei Lu subconsciously moved away, and Zhang Bo unknowingly put the snacks on the coffee table.
Pei Lu looked at Jin Ming anxiously, hoping that he could trust him.
Jin Ming took his expression into his eyes, and turned his hidden sharp eyes to Uncle Zhang. Uncle Zhang bowed his body slightly, his posture remained unchanged from a few years ago, "Young master, do you have any orders?"
But time has changed, and Jin Ming doesn't know if this old man who treats him as before has secretly stood opposite him.
Jin Ming felt that Pei Lu's statement was absurd from the bottom of his heart, but Zhang Bo's expression did not seem to be fake, and the frightened rabbit-like young man not far away somehow made him want to believe it.
But how could there be people in this world that only he could see? It sounded like there was such a person who was born just for him, which was simply absurd.
"There's nothing else to do."
Jin Ming's thoughts changed rapidly, and finally he decided to trust Pei Lu temporarily.
Uncle Zhang bowed, turned around and backed out.
The door shut with a soft "click".
There were only two people left in the room.
Pei Lu looked at him desperately, "Look, he really can't see me."
Jin Ming raised the corners of his mouth and showed an evil smile, "No one else can see you...but only I can see..."
"Sounds really good..." Nice pet.
Pei Lu was scalped by what he saw. He always felt that Jin Ming when he was a teenager was more difficult to deal with than Jin Ming when he grew up. He shrank his shoulders, "I have nowhere to go, so I will follow you, okay?"
As he spoke, he was afraid that Jin Ming would not agree. Remembering Jin Ming's previous promise, he hurriedly said, "Didn't you ask me what I wanted last time? I know now. I just want to follow you!"
Jin Ming's heart trembled, and his fingers trembled with excitement. He took a deep look at Pei Lu, put his hands behind his back and clenched into fists, and said softly, "Okay."
Pei Lu felt relieved, and smiled happily, his moist black eyes filled with water.
Jin Ming forced himself to look away, and said calmly, "I'll go to the study, you can do whatever you want."
Pei Lu's smile got bigger, he sat down on the sofa obediently, and looked at Jin Ming with an expression that I was obedient and didn't go anywhere, "I know."
Jin Ming strode into the study room, closed the door, and smiled lightly while holding his forehead, "I'm alone..."
"interesting… "
Pei Lu in the living room was very silly and sweet, completely unaware that he had been marked as private, and stared at the red bean cake on the coffee table with all his attention.
He ate two pieces of snacks in the morning, and after a while, he was threatened by Jin Ming again, and he was already hungry.
He turned his head to look at the closed study door, quickly took a piece and put it in his mouth, then puffed up his cheeks and chewed and chewed.
When Jin Ming came out of the study, the plate of red bean cakes on the coffee table had disappeared.
Pei Lu was also very embarrassed at the empty plate, and ate it all by accident, and now he was caught by the rightful owner, very embarrassing.
Jin Ming didn't make things difficult for him this time, and even teased with a little smile: "Are you full? I'll order another plate if you're not full."
Pei Lu blushed, and quickly waved his hands in rejection: "You're full, no need."
There was a softness in Jin Ming's eyes that he didn't even notice.
*****
Pei Lu lived in Jin Ming's room openly and aboveboard. Since he proved that day that no one else could see him except Jin Ming, Jin Ming's attitude has become much more friendly to him, and he is allowed to sleep on the sofa, and he will sleep on the sofa from time to time at night. Ask him for a plate of dim sum for supper.
Other than not being allowed to run around without permission, everything else is fine.
Pei Lu had a very good life watching Jin Ming. These days, he also wanted to understand that the abnormality in the spiritual world may not be a bad thing. He can grow up with Jin Ming in another way. Jin Ming is immersed in the memory of the past. , and as long as he keeps guarding, he is confident that he can find an opportunity to wake him up and take him back.
Pei Lugeyou slumped on the sofa and used his brain to surf the Internet.
With his appearance like this, he definitely doesn't have an intellectual brain. He was really bored sitting in the room all day, so he asked Jin Ming to lend him his intellectual brain to play with.
Pei Lu is concentrating on playing Chicken Run.
On the virtual screen projected by the brain, the yellow chick moves its claws quickly to avoid the pursuit of monsters, and occasionally avoids obstacles flexibly. Pei Lu was addicted to 666 together, with a sweet smile on his face.
Jin Ming stood in front of him for a full five minutes without attracting his attention.
All attention was drawn away by the chick with a bright yellow body.
The nimble chick jumped a few times to avoid the monster behind him. Before Pei Lu could be happy, he bumped into a giant mushroom that suddenly grew out. The chick slid down from the mushroom, and the words GAME OVER appeared on the screen.
Pei Lu sighed depressingly, this test has not passed!
Jin Ming, who had been ignored for nearly ten minutes, had a dark face and said gloomily, "Have you played enough?"
"No—enough!"
Pei Lu made a sharp turn, almost stopped telling the truth, and smiled hypocritically.
Jin Ming glanced at him with a half-smile, turned around and walked out the door, "There is a banquet today, you come too."
"Oh." Pei Lu reluctantly put down his mind, and followed behind him obediently, still asking questions, "Is this the celebration banquet you mentioned last time?"
Jin Ming gave a soft "hmm", and Pei Lu glanced at him, always feeling that his air pressure suddenly dropped a lot.
He cheered up and temporarily put the little yellow chicken behind him. The banquet organized by his vicious stepmother didn't sound like a good thing.
The melodious music sounded faintly from the front hall, Jin Ming was arranging his clothes at the corner, Pei Lu habitually stepped forward to smooth his slightly wrinkled back, straightened his collar, and said with a smile: "Okay gone."
Jin Ming froze, and looked at him suddenly, the smile on Pei Lu's face faded, he took a step back helplessly, and looked at him in a panic.
It's revealed.
He had already formed a tacit understanding in getting along with the man for several worlds, but such a tacit understanding seemed particularly abrupt between the two who were not yet familiar with each other.
Jin Ming closed his eyes and walked downstairs calmly without saying anything.
Pei Lu lay on the handrail of the stairs, feeling uneasy in his heart for a while, he explained it to himself, and finally succeeded in hypnotizing himself, and happily threw himself into the banquet.
Jin Ming, who had just returned home, was the protagonist of this banquet.
Before his accident, he was only eight years old, but he was a well-known precocious child among the children of his generation in the Capital Star Family.
His mother was a dignified and elegant noble lady, and she was naturally strict when teaching him. Jin Ming, who was still young at that time, had already behaved more modestly than many rambunctious adults.
However, today is different from the past, there are guests who come to the banquet, there are people who really care about it, and there are also people who want to see how sad this old example has become.
As soon as Jin Ming appeared, the passionate dance music subsided, and everyone's eyes fell on him in unison.
He wore a dark blue three-piece suit today, a white shirt with a dark blue suit vest and suit pants of the same color, which perfectly outlined his slender and well-proportioned figure.
Fifteen-year-old Jin Ming, compared to thirty-year-old Jin Ming, has not yet grown up in stature, and only has a thin layer of strong and full muscles. He lacks a strong aura when he is an adult, but he is just so tall and thin. With a bit of deep demeanor, he looks more like a nobleman, with a light glance in his eyes, with a disdain for no one else.
Jin Ming was so good seven years ago, and Jin Ming seven years later will only be even better.
There were whispers in the crowd, people who were acquainted with each other talked about their opinions, originally thought that after seven years of exile, even if Jin Ming returned to the Jin family, he would still be the eldest son of the old marshal, and Jin Ming to the Jin family was just a person who needed to hide his ugliness stain.
After all, Jin Ming got lost when it was easiest to get in shape, and lost eight years of crucial education. Even if he came back, he would be out of tune with the noble children who had been educated by a family since childhood.
Mrs. Jin held this grand celebration with the same idea in mind. She wanted the family of Capital Star to see with their own eyes what the once noble and elegant Jin's eldest son had become.
However, Jin Ming's performance is destined to disappoint them.
The eyes of the guests secretly glanced at Mrs. Jin, who was smiling gently, and then at Jin Ming, who was calm and calm, and then burst into a burst of cheerful laughter.
Not far away, Mrs. Jin was talking with someone, and from time to time she cast her eyes on her stepson, with a gentle smile on her brows and eyes, as if she was joyful from the bottom of her heart.
Pei Lu found a corner where there were few people, and stretched his neck to look at the center of the crowd. Jin Ming had his own luminous body, and he was particularly eye-catching among the crowd.
There was a hint of memory in his expression, "It was the same when I met him for the first time." One was in the middle of the crowd with stern eyes, and the other was looking around on tiptoe outside the crowd. At that time, Jin Ming turned his head...
Jin Ming, who was in the crowd, seemed to have sensed something, turned his face slightly to look in Pei Lu's direction, and then a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Pei Lu ate the cake secretly without knowing where, and the white cream that was not wiped off was still sticking to his mouth.
Jin Ming cast his eyes on the dumbfounded Pei Lu, and wiped the corner of his mouth with the thumb of his right hand... Pei Lu didn't understand what he meant, so he stared at him with wide eyes, and grinned foolishly.
Jin Ming's eyes softened, he withdrew his hand, and walked towards Pei Lu's direction.
Countless eyes followed him, Jin Ming couldn't wipe it for him, so he bent down to get the red wine next to Pei Lu, his thin lips brushed against Pei Lu's ear, "There is cream on the corner of the left mouth."
Pei Lu's face turned from blushing with rapid heartbeat to embarrassing blushing.
He stuck out his tongue and licked the corner of his mouth, his head drooped, his face flushed.
Jin Ming shook his wine glass slightly, with a happy expression, glanced at the shy person lightly, and said softly, "Don't run away." He is the protagonist tonight, and he is destined not to be idle, and he must not be watching all the time. people.
The atmosphere of the celebration was very good. Jin Ming held the wine glass and shook it slightly. Except for a few elders who had to be greeted personally, he did not take the initiative to talk to the rest of the people, but if someone came to chat, he would chat with them politely and thoughtfully.
The expressions of the elders who were optimistic about him became more and more satisfied.
Halfway through the banquet, Jin Ming's little uncle, Ming Huafeng, rushed over in a hurry.
His mother was the eldest daughter of the Ming family. His grandfather had three children, two sons and a daughter, and her mother was the oldest child.
The Ming family has been in politics for generations and has deep roots in the federal government. However, his grandfather is old and his health has not been good. Two uncles chose to join the army, and none of them inherited the family business. In the end, his grandfather thought twice and sent his only daughter Married to the Jin family.
It’s just that misfortune and good fortune are unpredictable. The eldest daughter who was originally a harmonious family died overnight, and the two grandchildren died together.
Ming Huafeng strode up to Jin Ming, with the ruggedness and straightforwardness of a soldier on his body, he patted Jin Ming's shoulder vigorously, "Very good."
Jin Ming softened his expression, "Uncle."
Ming Huafeng clenched his shoulders, "Just come back."
"I have time to visit your grandfather, your mother... After that, he has been very sad."
Jin Ming nodded, "I've already made an appointment with Grandpa's attending doctor, and I'll be there the day after tomorrow."
Grandpa Ming's health is very poor, and he basically lives in the intensive care unit all year round. If someone visits him, he has to make an appointment with the attending doctor in advance.
Ming Huafeng gave a "hmm" and asked Jin Ming a few more words before leaving again, "Your uncle can't come back from Energy Star for a while, and I'm here as a temporary squeeze, and I'm going back soon. You... take care of yourself." When he said the last sentence, his eyes wandered in the direction of Mrs. Jin, and then he stuffed something in Jin Ming's hand, and left in a hurry.
The author has something to say: Jin Ming: I picked up a little pet today.