Chapter 21
How did he find out? Bai Qingyu wondered, did He Renyuan have clairvoyance? Being a lawyer was too scary.
Bai Qingyu calculated the time. It would take He Renyuan at least four or five hours to go up the mountain by cable car, and about an hour from the cable car station to the hotel at the top. He was currently in the middle of the canyon, and it would also take an hour to get to the hotel.
“Baby, let’s hurry and transform for four hours.” Bai Qingyu pointed at a small pine tree stubbornly growing out of a rock crevice, “Just like the little pine tree, can you do it?”
Bai Xiaocha answered loudly, “Yes, Dad.”
Bai Qingyu had taken him to Wuyi Mountain to be rained on many times, and both father and son were experienced.
Bai Qingyu hung up his backpack and held the little one against the mountain wall. Behind him was a relatively wide crevice. The moment he stood firm, the faint shadows of two tea trees, one big and one small, appeared on the mountain.
The cliffs stood tall, the sea of clouds churned, the distant pine trees, the nearby tea trees, all shrouded in mist.
The large tea tree had a graceful posture, its outstretched crown half covering the small tea tree. The small tea tree had green leaves, its roots at his father’s feet, its leaves swaying with the raindrops.
The phone in the bag hanging on the large tea tree vibrated. The small tea tree’s leaves trembled, like a curious baby pricking up its ears.
Bai Qingyu had to transform back. Before becoming an ordinary human, he had to return to his original appearance. His wet, dark green hair draped over his body, his beautiful eyes otherworldly in the mist. Such a person looked like he had no worldly worries.
Bai Qingyu squatted on the ground, his long hair almost touching the ground, a few strands blown by the wind over the railing, more ethereal and lively than the lightest strokes in an ink painting.
“I brought a raincoat, I didn’t get wet.”
“I’m full, on my way to the hotel. Not tired, someone helped me carry Cha Bao… a kind big brother, about forty years old.”
“Sorry, I don’t have any data, I can’t video call you to show you Cha Bao.”
“You’ll top up my data? I’m climbing a mountain, I need to watch the road, I’ll hang up now.”
Bai Qingyu hung up the phone in time and turned on airplane mode.
A tourist looked over from the side walkway, as if in a trance, thinking he had seen an immortal, and subconsciously raised his phone.
Bai Qingyu glanced at the human.
When an intimidating appearance reached a certain level, it seemed to have a deterrent effect. The tourist hadn’t even pressed the shutter button when he felt inexplicably guilty and didn’t dare to take a sneak photo. He reluctantly walked forward.
Bai Qingyu breathed a sigh of relief and transformed back into a tea tree after the person walked away.
The sky darkened, and the last ray of light disappeared. The rain also gradually stopped.
The father and son were drenched from head to toe by the Huangshan rain. Bai Qingyu, taking advantage of the darkness and no one around, didn’t bother to transform back and walked briskly through the mountains, holding Cha Bao.
“Baby, you now have a bit of Huangshan Maofeng’s aura!” Bai Qingyu sniffed the cub’s hair, the smile in his voice as soft as a cloud.
Whether as a human or a tree, the little foodie worked hard to absorb nutrients. This meal was for Uncle Boss.
Bai Xiaocha, “I have the aura of yellow hair!”
Bai Qingyu, “It’s Huangshan Maofeng baby, not yellow hair, don’t be a punk.”
The two-and-a-half-hour high-speed train from Nancheng to Huangshan North Station was very long for He Renyuan.
He deeply realized that finding a cook for Bai Qingyu’s new home wasn’t enough for peace of mind. If he didn’t keep an eye on them, he almost wouldn’t have known that Bai Qingyu was going to sleep outdoors on Huangshan.
He opened Jiang Libo’s WeChat and still did the poaching thing.
[He Renyuan]: Hello, I want to take Bai Qingyu and Bai Xiaocha home.
[Jiang Libo]: I’ve been thinking about it, and I also feel that my mom’s old residential area is a bit of a disservice to Cha Bao. I’m very happy that Cha Bao’s uncle is willing to provide Bai Qingyu with a better life.
Jiang Libo still misunderstood their relationship. He Renyuan pretended not to know, otherwise, he wouldn’t have a reason or chance to poach him.
On the other end, Jiang Libo put down what he was doing and called his boyfriend in China, “Xu Zhao, I might need to trouble you to give Bai Qingyu a ride in two days, remember to drive a good car.”
Xu Zhao agreed without hesitation, “Okay, is He Renyuan really Cha Bao’s uncle? That’s strange, I’ve never heard of He Renyuan having a sister.”
“It’s unbelievable. You’ll know when you see Cha Bao and He Renyuan standing together, they’re the real deal.” Jiang Libo said with a smile, “Everyone has their secrets, Professor Jiang’s neighbors don’t know he has a handsome boyfriend either.”
Xu Zhao chuckled, “I’ll definitely drive the best car, I won’t let the He family look down on Bai Qingyu.”
Jiang Libo guessed, “I think Lawyer He cares a lot about Bai Qingyu. I guess the reason why the He family didn’t acknowledge Cha Bao before was that Chairman He couldn’t resolve his emotional knot. Now that He Renyuan is in charge, he can acknowledge Cha Bao.”
Xu Zhao, “I understand, the show is mainly for Chairman He and his wife.”
…
Bai Qingyu only changed his appearance when he was near the hotel. He changed into clean clothes for himself and Cha Bao in a public restroom and used magic to hide their tea scent.
He arrived at the front desk and was about to give his name when a tall man entered. The other party was also drenched, his indifferent gaze warming slightly when he saw Bai Qingyu.
“Bai Qingyu.” He Renyuan gave his name, took out his ID card, and checked in, “There’s only one double bed room left, let’s make do.”
Bai Qingyu’s gaze lingered on the huge hiking backpack behind He Renyuan, “Okay.”
The receptionist handed the room card to He Renyuan and said, “The weather will be good tomorrow, please wake up early to watch the sunrise.”
“Thank you.” He Renyuan took the card. Because he was wet, he didn’t carry Cha Bao, “Let’s go.”
Bai Qingyu followed and asked out of the blue, “You’re not angry, are you?”
He Renyuan paused and said, “No.”
No? How could that be? He had already processed it along the way. He couldn’t change the speed of the high-speed train, but from the cable car station to the hotel, He Renyuan had used all his strength to speed up.
The strenuous exercise actually cleared his head. Bai Qingyu’s actions were based on his past life experiences. He hadn’t been a part of his past, so why should he judge from a high horse?
In the room, He Renyuan put his backpack on the ground. It was a very big bag, big enough to fit Bai Xiaocha.
Bai Xiaocha stood beside it curiously. The bag was as tall as his chin. He helped Uncle Boss open a corner, stood on tiptoe, and looked inside, seeing strawberry milk bread…
It was all food!
Bai Qingyu finally understood why He Renyuan’s backpack was so big. The tea deity, who always brought his own food when going out, said something that didn’t match his habits, “It’s so heavy, you could have bought it on the mountain.”
He Renyuan, “It’s expensive on the mountain.”
The real reason was that there weren’t many options on the mountain, and even if there were, they wouldn’t sell strawberries for a hundred yuan per kilogram.
Bai Qingyu was speechless. After a while, he said, “You brought too much, it’s very heavy.”
He Renyuan, “Not as heavy as Cha Bao. We’re going to walk around all day tomorrow.”
Bai Qingyu didn’t expect He Renyuan to be willing to spend a whole day on Huangshan. Wasn’t this person a workaholic? Great, the longer Bai Xiaocha stayed on Huangshan, the more he would seem like a local!
He Renyuan took out a box of crispy strawberries and rinsed them, “Eat, Cha Bao.”
“Thank you, uncle!” Bai Xiaocha picked up a strawberry bigger than his fist, took a bite, and then picked up another one for his dad, “Dad, eat.”
He Renyuan took a set of clothes and went to take a shower, saying, “There’s also a box of sushi in the insulated lunch box.”
The tea deity’s outdoor meal suddenly turned into a picnic. After eating the sushi, while organizing the hiking backpack, he found two sets of clothes inside, obviously not He Renyuan’s size.
“Are these for me and Cha Bao?”
“Yes.” He Renyuan came out, drying his hair, “The work uniforms Uncle Qi ordered, just make do and wear them as pajamas.”
This was one of the casual work uniform styles, silk and traditional Chinese style, barely passable as pajamas.
Bai Qingyu’s fingertips felt burned as he touched the clothes, and he curled them up guiltily. He had left in such a hurry that he wasted the work uniforms.
“Go take a shower and get some sleep.”
“Oh.”
Bai Qingyu went to the bathroom. He Renyuan directly carried Cha Bao, who was sitting on a chair eating, to the bed.
“It’s okay, uncle, Baby can sit on the chair.” Bai Xiaocha sat upright like he was in class, except that there were only snacks in front of him, and he was busy eating.
He Renyuan was stunned. His “cleanliness obsession” was well-known. Even Cha Bao knew not to mess up the bed he was going to sleep in? The more sensible Cha Bao was, the more his heart ached with a dull pain.
“The chair is cold.” He Renyuan’s voice was slightly hoarse, “You can eat on the bed.”
“Okay, uncle.” Bai Xiaocha finished a sushi while sitting and was a little full.
He Renyuan saw that Cha Bao’s clothes were clean, his hair was soft and fluffy, and the accommodation was average, so he felt there was no need for a bath. It was easy to catch a cold in spring, so he took out the pajamas and changed him directly.
The pajamas were a secret arrangement by the housekeeper. Originally, there were no work uniforms for Bai Xiaocha.
When He Renyuan was helping him take off his clothes, Bai Xiaocha’s head got stuck in the neckline of his long-sleeved shirt, and he couldn’t help but tense up, as if he had made a mistake in an important experiment.
Bai Xiaocha was unaware of his uncle’s nervousness and became inexplicably excited after changing into his pajamas, “Uncle!”
He Renyuan, “Yes.”
Bai Xiaocha, “Dad!”
He Renyuan, “Yes… yes?”
Although Bai Qingyu was taking a shower, he could hear the little one calling him at any time. He turned off the water and responded.
He Renyuan: “…” Oh, he wasn’t calling him.
“Cha Bao, sleep between Dad and Uncle tonight, okay?”
Bai Xiaocha, “Okay.”
Bai Xiaocha sat at the foot of the bed, wanting to roll to the head of the bed like a hedgehog, but the hotel’s bed was too soft and bouncy. Bai Xiaocha had never slept on such a soft bed before. He misjudged the powerful assist of the mattress and rolled over too far, his forehead hitting the headboard with a “thump.”
He Renyuan was shocked. He picked up the little one and touched his forehead, “Does it hurt?”
Bai Xiaocha covered his forehead, dazed, and said, “Uncle, it doesn’t hurt.”
When Bai Qingyu came out of the bathroom, it was the first time he saw guilt on He Renyuan’s face.
He Renyuan, “He just bumped his head on the headboard.”
Bai Qingyu reached out and touched Bai Xiaocha’s forehead, it wasn’t swollen, “It’s okay.”
Bai Xiaocha’s eyes curved, and he couldn’t feel the pain anymore. He crawled to the middle and patted the quilt, “Dad sleeps on the left, Uncle sleeps on the right.”
Bai Qingyu, “Okay.”
Bai Qingyu’s traditional Chinese silk pajamas perfectly fit his figure, giving him a noble and elegant aura, making his ordinary face look more lively.
He Renyuan glanced at him and looked away, thinking, it was because his eyes were beautiful.
The two of them got into bed from each side, with Cha Bao as a buffer in the middle.
The buffer baby fell asleep as soon as he closed his eyes.
He Renyuan couldn’t fall asleep. Cha Bao’s bump just now made him realize how great it was that Bai Qingyu had raised Cha Bao so round and cute under such difficult living conditions.
“How did you get up here?”
Bai Qingyu pretended to be asleep.
He Renyuan continued on his own, “If you climbed up here, your legs will probably hurt tomorrow. We won’t watch the sunrise, let’s sleep in.”
Bai Qingyu didn’t move, silently agreeing to this proposal. Because He Renyuan arrived faster than he expected, he must have run along the way. How could a mortal’s physical strength compare to an immortal’s? He needed more rest.
The night passed.
Cha Bao was the first to wake up. It was warm and a little crowded in the bed.
He crawled out and sat on the pillow, like a cartoon bookmark pulled out of a dictionary, the pages on both sides automatically closing seamlessly. Bai Qingyu moved down, burying his head in He Renyuan’s chest, and He Renyuan naturally put his arm around his waist.
Bai Xiaocha looked at his uncle, then at his dad, and tentatively stretched out his foot. He met an obstacle as soon as he entered the quilt—
He scratched his cheek. Oh, Baby couldn’t get back in!
