Chapter 73 part 1
On the day of the concert, Tang Mian specially changed into his favorite sweater and righteously refused when Jiang Shulu tried to pick him up.
Tang Mian: “I want to be an adult.”
Tang Yue had been picked up very early. The team’s filming crew even started recording from his home.
As fans expected, this would later be made into a documentary-style featurette published when the DVD went on sale.
They arrived really early. Even though Tang Yue had set an alarm, it wasn’t time yet.
So, the one who opened the door was Jiang Shulu.
Some of the team’s staff had been here before. Like the assistant, Zhenzhen, who had been an assistant since Away formed.
Now, besides being Tang Yue’s personal assistant, she was also responsible for other affairs.
The cameraman hadn’t been here before. As soon as the staff knocked on the door and glanced at the yard, they clearly felt the traces of life.
Coming in, they saw that while other detached houses grew ornamental flowers and plants, this place alone was like a farmhouse. Lettuce, cabbage, scallions, and cilantro were growing very plump and strong, looking vibrant in the morning light.
Besides fish, there were actually loaches in the pond. There was a sign stuck next to it with a line of a child’s handwriting.
The characters Tang Mian wrote were a bit chubby: No catching loaches without permission to stir-fry and eat!
The staff thought: Everyone else raises koi in their ponds, what is wrong with you guys!
The line below was written by Tang Yue: I only caught five!
He even drew a little emoji.
From the small courtyard to the inner room, the feeling of life became even heavier.
From the entryway to the living room, the walls were hung with Tang Mian’s works in addition to photos.
Handcrafts, drawings, and even slips of paper from practicing calligraphy on certain days.
One could tell that even a genius baby had times when he wasn’t good at something; the calligraphy was written uglily. Tang Yue annotated: Not as good as Shulu-ge.
Below was Jiang Shulu’s secondary annotation marked in red: I hadn’t learned calligraphy yet at this age.
Framed like this, it seemed like frozen time, easily making the viewer smile too.
Jiang Shulu asked the staff to wait a moment.
Wearing loungewear, he looked completely devoid of the cold sternness seen on portals or in headline interviews. The business-like fake smile everyone was familiar with also vanished completely in this house.
He even poured water for these people.
Except for assistant Zhenzhen, everyone else was a bit terrified!
After all, this person was now the second-largest shareholder of Chengkong!!
Woo woo woo, visiting the Second Boss’s home early in the morning felt so weird.
Several people watched as Jiang Shulu went to the kitchen to make breakfast. He made Tang Yue’s first, packing it into a takeout bag, and then made the child’s meal.
He seemed completely unaffected by the others, cooking porridge to the sound of the morning news on the radio.
The refrigerator magnets included big-head magnetic stickers made from photos of Tang Yue and Tang Mian.
Stuck there were the menu for the day, Tang Mian’s ordering requests, or notes on what to pay attention to and what to buy.
The man was tall, and his back looked very relaxed. Jiang Shulu at this time seemed completely unrelated to the stereotype in everyone’s mind, yet he made the whole atmosphere peaceful and warm.
Not long after, Tang Yue came down. He was obviously a bit flustered, and upon seeing the people sitting below, he became even more panicked, nearly missing a step on the stairs.
Jiang Shulu seemed to hear the sound of Tang Yue closing the door. Just as Tang Yue walked down the corner, he put the piggy steamed buns Tang Mian liked into the steamer, and then, at the moment of Tang Yue’s “nearly,” he accurately supported him.
However, in the eyes of others, it looked like it was calculated.
The camera assistant couldn’t help but say “Wow,” then instantly covered their mouth.
Tang Yue breathed a sigh of relief and said thank you.
Jiang Shulu helped him zip up his jacket, smoothed Tang Yue’s hair, glanced at Tang Yue’s lips, and asked, “Didn’t apply lip balm?”
When the weather got cold, Tang Yue’s lips became very dry. At home, he always relied on Jiang Shulu to apply it for him. As they applied it, both of their lips would end up smelling like lip balm.
Tang Yue fished it out of his pocket, applied it hurriedly, and said frantically to Zhenzhen, “Xiao Zhen-jie, shall we go?”
Jiang Shulu: “The sandwich you ordered last night.”
Tang Yue said “Oh,” reached out to take it, grabbed his coat, and quickly went to put on his shoes.
Jiang Shulu didn’t speak much, listening to Tang Yue talk to Zhenzhen, and watching Tang Yue take out his phone to check the time.
The sandwich Jiang Shulu packed hung from Tang Yue’s wrist. He put on his shoes extremely perfunctorily, thinking he had to change clothes later anyway, so he just did it casually.
The camera recorded Tang Yue’s every move. Just as Tang Yue put on his shoes and went out, about to close the door, he seemed to remember something, pulled it open again, and shouted, “Shulu-ge.”
Only then did Jiang Shulu walk over leisurely.
The others hadn’t expected this family to be so traditional.
On the contrary, Zhenzhen, who had been here a few times, was used to it.
The departure hug had to last at least ten seconds. It was almost a continuation of Tang Yue and Tang Mian’s habit; the head had to rest on the left shoulder, then switch to the right shoulder.
People seeing it for the first time would think it was a custom.
But it was just an established rule of this home.
Tang Yue held Jiang Shulu’s hand, looking a bit like a child who didn’t want to go to school in the eyes of others. “Shulu-ge, just bring Xiao Mie through the advanced VIP ticket gate later.”
Thinking of his partner’s grandparents who were also coming to the concert, he added, “I’ll have someone wait there.”
Jiang Shulu gave a hum of agreement.
Tang Yue had come back very early yesterday, and the manager told him to rest early.
He and Jiang Shulu hadn’t been very clingy. Now, the urge to be sticky hit him, and he pursed his lips.
He thought, Just endure it.
Jiang Shulu knew it seeing he didn’t let go. He leaned forward slightly to press against the corner of Tang Yue’s lips, smelling the coolness of Tang Yue’s mint lip balm.
He smiled. “Go quickly.”
Zhenzhen thought: No matter how many times I see it, I have to lament how deeply in love they are. Ordinary people couldn’t act this out.
How could they be sticky to this extent? They’ve been living together for a while now, right?
Is there really an emotion in this world where one is more in love today than yesterday?
How could one not be envious.
Tang Yue: “Then I’m going.”
Jiang Shulu leaned against the doorframe, watching him off.
Tang Yue walked a few steps and turned back. “I’m really going.”
Jiang Shulu: “If you don’t go now, don’t go at all.”
Tang Yue: “How can I do that.”
Jiang Shulu smiled. “Isn’t this what you wanted to hear?”
Tang Yue: “No way.”
He walked to the entrance of the courtyard. Jiang Shulu still walked him outside and watched Tang Yue get into the car.
Jiang Shulu: “See you tonight.”
Tang Yue: “You go in quickly, you’re not even wearing a coat.”
Zhenzhen finally knew why every time she met Jiang Shulu’s secretary, Song Chen, the man looked like he had been ravaged.
This situation really made people suspect their own romances were a bit fake.
Tang Yue took out his phone and took a picture of the breakfast Jiang Shulu made while in the car.
He sent it to the group of four.
【Jiang Shulu: Sent to wrong chat.】
【Tang Yue: I just saw it.】
【Yao Lixin: Don’t withdraw it, we’ve all seen it.】
【Liu Xichao: We don’t need to go that early for the finale, do we?】
【Jiang Shulu: I’m a normal guest for the first half.】
【Tang Yue: No salary, oh.】
【Yao Lixin: Only I have it, but it feels like I’m working for you three. Really annoying.】
That afternoon, a long line formed outside the Blue Mist Stadium. The official live stream had also opened, with the initial shots focused outside the venue.
— I really want to go to the scene too!!
— Someone just posted a photo saying they saw Sheng Cangyun. Since when did he have a personal friendship with Away!!
— He seems to have shares in Chengkong too!!
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