Farmer's eldest sister becomes rich

Chapter 497 The smell of gunpowder

When An Yue heard these words, her heart was moved.

She didn't say anything, but just lowered her head and ate the food in silence.

Lin Hao noticed that there was something wrong in the atmosphere between An Yue and Gu Mingchuan.

So, he smiled and said casually, "Brother Gu, how long do you plan to stay before leaving?"

Lin Hao's questions were somewhat sharp, making the atmosphere at the table a little mysterious.

Gu Mingchuan slowly put down his chopsticks and cleared his choked throat.

He met Lin Hao's gaze calmly and replied with a chuckle, "Brother Lin seems to be very concerned about my schedule?"

Lin Hao smiled and replied, "Of course. The Analects of Confucius says, 'Isn't it a pleasure to have friends coming from afar?' Since Brother Gu is here, I should keep him company year after year and month after month."

Gu Mingchuan waved his hand and said, "No need. It's not up to me to decide whether to stay or go."

"Now that I'm back, I naturally want to stay longer and spend more time with the important people. As for... when to leave..."

Gu Mingchuan paused deliberately, turned to look at An Yue, and said, "That depends on what someone means."

The corner of Lin Hao's mouth twitched slightly, and an inexplicable hostility surged in his heart.

He picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip, trying to hide his emotions.

He took a sip of tea and put the cup down.

I asked, "Brother Gu, what you said is a little confusing. I wonder who you are referring to when you say 'someone'?"

Gu Mingchuan raised a smug smile at the corner of his mouth and looked at An Yue without any hesitation.

With a gentle face, he said, "Brother Lin, why do you have to ask when you already know the answer? This 'someone' naturally refers to the most important person to me."

Lin Hao's face darkened slightly, and he turned to look at An Yue beside him.

An Yue was eating hot pot with her head down, and didn't seem to care about their conversation.

He felt a little disappointed, but also unwilling to let Gu Mingchuan get the upper hand.

Then, he continued, "Brother Gu is now in office, so you should take it as your duty to serve the court, and don't dwell on unrealistic poetry and distant places."

Gu Mingchuan raised his eyebrows slightly and said in a deep voice: "Brother Lin, you are wrong. Although the official position is important, life is long, and I have my own considerations."

"If I can spend my life with the one I love, what's the harm in resigning from that official position?"

After hearing this, Lin Hao was stunned.

He didn't expect Gu Mingchuan to give in to such an extent.

He gritted his teeth, forced himself to smile and said, "Brother Gu is indeed a man of temperament, a man of temperament."

Gu Mingchuan turned to look at An Yue, his eyes full of anticipation.

Then, Lin Hao also looked at An Yue.

An Yue, who was eating with her head down, felt their gazes and slowly raised her head.

He smiled awkwardly and said, "Don't look at me, eat hot pot, eat hot pot."

Gu Mingchuan and Lin Hao looked at each other and saw dissatisfaction in each other's eyes.

An Nian looked at Gu Mingchuan, then at Lin Hao, and seemed to sense the undercurrent between the two.

He quickly tried to smooth things over, "Brothers, stop talking and try the chicken in the hot pot."

Gu Mingchuan picked up the chopsticks and said to An Nian with a smile: "Okay, okay, I'll try it right away."

No one at the table spoke anymore. They all ate hotpot in silence. The atmosphere was quite depressing.

An Nian noticed that the atmosphere was not right. He rolled his eyes and said with a smile, "Brother Mingchuan, Brother Linhao, let's go release river lanterns after we finish eating hot pot!"

Lin Hao said quickly: "Very good, very good. The three of us go to the river to release lanterns every year during the Lantern Festival."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and asked An Yue with a smile: "Sister An Yue, don't you agree?"

An Yue nodded and smiled sweetly: "Yes!"

Gu Mingchuan on the side was a little annoyed for a moment. He didn't say anything, but just picked up the food in the pot with a frown on his face.

......

It didn't take long.

The four of them finished their hot pot.

An Nian, Gu Mingchuan and Lin Hao were the first to walk out of the hot pot shop and stood outside the shop waiting for An Yue to come out.

An Yue spoke a few brief words to the accountant and then walked out of the shop.

The four of them walked towards the river together.

Along the way, An Nian looked around.

Gu Mingchuan and Lin Hao walked side by side, behind An Yue.

An Yue sighed helplessly, with a myriad of thoughts in her mind.

She knew that although they seemed calm at the moment, there were actually undercurrents.

At this moment, Gu Mingchuan took the lead in breaking the silence.

"Did Brother Lin see any lanterns that he liked along the way?"

Lin Hao smiled slightly and responded: "The lanterns on each stall are of various styles. But no matter how beautiful the lanterns are, it depends on who you enjoy them with."

After saying that, he approached An Yue and asked, "What kind of lanterns do you like this year, Sister An Yue?"

An Yue smiled awkwardly and replied, "There are quite a lot of lanterns this year..." As she spoke, her eyes were looking at a row of lanterns hanging on the stall in front of her.

So, she pointed at the stall and said, "I think the lanterns over there are pretty good. Why don't we go over and take a look?"

After saying that, she quickly ran towards the stall.

The two people behind An Yue looked at each other, and then rushed forward.

An Nian was behind, running and shouting, "Hey...why don't you wait for me!"

They came to the stall.

An Yue stood in front of the stall and looked carefully at the rows of lanterns.

Gu Mingchuan moved closer to An Yue and looked in the direction An Yue was looking.

He found An Yue looking at a lotus lantern.

He quickly said to the boss: "Boss, please take down the lotus lantern."

"Okay, sir." The boss responded with a smile and started to get the lotus lantern.

Lin Hao took a fancy to another rabbit lantern.

Lin Hao approached An Yue and asked, "Sister An Yue, what do you think of the rabbit lantern?"

Every year at the Lantern Festival, Lin Hao would accompany his siblings to the festival, and An Yue would buy a rabbit lantern to take home every year.

Because of this, Lin Hao was sure that An Yue would like this rabbit lantern.

Gu Mingchuan walked up to An Yue with the lotus lantern, handed it to her and said, "Yueyue, this lantern suits you very well."

An Yue was just about to reach out to take it.

Lin Hao also handed the rabbit lantern in his hand to An Yue and said, "Sister An Yue, take a quick look. This year's rabbit lantern seems to be more sophisticated in craftsmanship."

An Yue looked at Gu Mingchuan on the left and Lin Hao on the right, each holding a lantern and standing in front of her.

Both of them were looking forward to An Yue making a choice, and An Yue felt a little embarrassed.

Gu Mingchuan saw that An Yue was slow to take it.

So, his face darkened and he said, "Brother Lin, what do you mean?"

Lin Hao replied calmly, "Brother Gu, you don't know that Sister An Yue has always liked rabbit lanterns and buys one every year to bring home."

The two looked at each other, and the air was filled with gunpowder.