The Scum Gong’s Redemption Manual (Quick Transmigration) 37

Chapter 37

Xu Qingyan pursed his lips and chuckled. “Why don’t you open it and see if you like it, Lu-ge?”

Hearing this, Lu Ze raised his hand and opened the box. Inside, just as he had thought, was a fountain pen.

It was entirely black, with a simple and elegant style. It would not be out of place in any occasion. It seemed that it had been carefully selected.

Lu Ze’s eyes were smiling. “I like it very much.”

He looked up at Xu Qingyan. “I’ll take it with me wherever I go in the future.”

Xu Qingyan was a little embarrassed. “No need. It’s fine if you just use it when you find it useful.”

Lu Ze raised his hand and rubbed his hair, then turned around and sat back at his desk. He took the pen, added some ink, and immediately started using it. After a moment, he looked up and smiled. “It’s very smooth. Qingyan has a good eye for gifts.”

Xu Qingyan didn’t know why, but he just felt his cheeks were a little hot. Perhaps it was because no one had ever praised him so openly and without reservation before. His eyes were bright as he looked at Lu Ze and said, “It’s good that you like it, Lu-ge.”

He paused. “Then there’s nothing else. I’ll go back to work now?”

Lu Ze really wanted to keep him for a while longer, but his rationality stopped him. He just said, “Wait a minute.”

He took out an oil paper bag from the drawer of his office, walked up to Xu Qingyan, and handed it to him. “I saw some freshly baked pastries on the way. They taste good. You can take them back and eat them when you’re hungry at noon.”

Xu Qingyan was about to wave his hand, but Lu Ze spoke first, “It’s just a little something to eat. Do you have to be so polite with me?”

Xu Qingyan opened his mouth but didn’t speak. Lu Ze put the things in his hand, then raised his hand and touched his head, his smile gentle. “I always thought that our relationship didn’t need to be so concerned with these small matters. Don’t always refuse me. It makes me not know what to do when I want to be a little nicer to you.”

Xu Qingyan lowered his head. “You’ve been good enough. How can you be any better…”

Lu Ze didn’t speak, just smiled and said, “Go back. Doesn’t Accountant Li usually take good care of you? Remember to share with him.”

Only then did Xu Qingyan nod in agreement.

After returning to the office, Xu Qingyan’s hand holding the pastries tightened. Only then did he go up and ask Accountant Li, “Master Li, do you want something to eat?”

“What is it?” Accountant Li, who was buried in his desk, looked up and let out a “yo.” “This pastry is not cheap. You have to go and buy it early in the morning.”

He was not polite with Xu Qingyan. After tasting a piece, he winked and said, “What’s the situation, little comrade Xu? You went out empty-handed and came back with good food. What, did some little girl take a fancy to you and send it to you?”

Xu Qingyan said with a red face, “What are you talking about, Master Li?” He returned to his own desk, a little embarrassed. “My brother gave it to me.”

“Your brother?” Accountant Li was confused. He was about to ask what brother, he had never heard him mention one before, when he suddenly remembered their factory director, and his eyelids twitched.

He chuckled. “Then your brother is quite good to you.”

But in his heart, he was muttering, the factory director hadn’t asked about him after sending him in. He had thought it was just an ordinary relative, but now it seemed that their relationship was quite good.

Xu Qingyan didn’t say anything and silently returned to his seat with the pastries, and began to deal with today’s work.

Now he could slowly get the hang of the work, and he could also share a small half of Accountant Li’s work, but correspondingly, his free time had become a little less.

But Xu Qingyan didn’t mind. After all, it was work. How could it be as leisurely as before? Otherwise, wouldn’t Lu-ge be paying him for nothing?

He had to show some of his value.

In the next few days, the factory’s affairs also slowly got on the right track, and the goods were gradually sold to several other provinces and cities. Lu Ze thought that it was almost the New Year, so he made a new spring style, which was also warmly welcomed during the trial sale.

The factory worked overtime in three shifts every day. The increase in sales also made the accounting department busy. Lu Ze had also been staying at the factory recently, feeding Xu Qingyan on time every morning. Sometimes at night, he would even pack some soup from a restaurant outside and bring it back. Xu Qingyan had slowly become numb from his initial embarrassment, but he worked even harder, thinking about how to repay Lu Ze.

A week later, looking at Xu Qingyan, who had obviously gained some weight on his face from his feeding, Lu Ze was satisfied.

Tomorrow was another rest day. When Lu Ze gave him the pastries, he also asked, “Do you want to go back and see your uncle and aunt tomorrow?”

Xu Qingyan was stunned for a moment. Lu Ze casually pinched the flesh that had recently grown on his face. “After all, I’ve taken their son away for more than half a month without any news. I’m afraid they’ll worry that I’ve met a swindler.”

Xu Qingyan looked at him with wide eyes, letting him do as he pleased without any resistance, and muttered, “Why would a swindler swindle me? To swindle me into digging mines?”

Lu Ze’s action paused. He thought to himself that this child was really naively cute. He half-bent down, deliberately lowered his voice, and said mysteriously, “There are many things that can be done… for example, if someone swindles you away, and gives you a shot of anesthetic, when you wake up, maybe some of your organs will be gone.”

Xu Qingyan’s eyes widened. Lu Ze paused, then added, “Oh, I misspoke. Generally speaking, the chances of waking up are not high.”

Xu Qingyan swallowed.

“For another example…” Lu Ze moved closer to him, his gaze sweeping over his cheeks, and suddenly smiled ambiguously, “Some people just like good-looking children like you. They can sell for a lot of money.”

Xu Qingyan had a look of horror on his face. “B-but I’m a boy…”

“What’s wrong with being a boy?” Lu Ze said.

Xu Qingyan stammered, “Can… can boys also be like that?”

“Why not?” Lu Ze pinched his cheek. “Even in ancient times, there was the love of Long Yang. Now that there are these, what’s so strange?”

Xu Qingyan of course knew what the love of Long Yang was, but… knowing was one thing, but having it in reality was another feeling.

He was in a daze for a moment. Lu Ze, seeing that he had scared him enough, didn’t tease him anymore and just said, “Alright, I was just joking with you.” He changed the subject and added, “But just because we don’t have it here doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist outside. Especially in the future when you take the college entrance examination, go to university, and the cities you go to get bigger and bigger, and you meet more and more people, you have to know how to protect yourself. Don’t just let people touch you casually.”

Xu Qingyan looked at him. “Aren’t you the one who likes to touch me the most?”

Lu Ze was stunned for a moment, then smiled righteously. “Yes, what, you don’t like it?”

“I don’t know if I like it or not, but I can see that you like it very much.” He touched his own face. “I feel like you just want to fatten me up to satisfy yourself.”

“Ah, my wolfish ambitions have been discovered.” Lu Ze said with a smile, “So, what does little classmate Xu plan to do?”

“What else can I do?” Xu Qingyan looked at him and muttered in a low voice, “I’m just being bullied to death by you.”

The smile on Lu Ze’s face deepened.

He said, “If you want to go back, why don’t you come and stay at my place tonight? You can go back tomorrow morning, and you won’t have to go in a circle.”

Xu Qingyan was a little hesitant. Lu Ze added, “There’s still an empty room at home, and it’s not far from the department store. If you want to buy something to take back, it’s also convenient.”

Xu Qingyan said, “I don’t have much to buy…” The things he had bought for his parents had been prepared on the last rest day.

Lu Ze said, “Then it’s settled. Wait for me at the door after work, and we’ll go back together.”

Xu Qingyan’s eyes widened. “When did I agree?”

Lu Ze tilted his head. “Hmm? You didn’t agree?”

Xu Qingyan pouted and didn’t speak. Lu Ze smiled. “My fault.”

“Just do me a favor and warm up my new house?”

Xu Qingyan said, “You’ve been living there for half a month. How is it still a new house?”

Lu Ze said, “That’s right. It’s been half a month, and no guests have come to the house.”

Seeing his appearance, Xu Qingyan couldn’t help but laugh and finally nodded.

Only then did Lu Ze smile and send him off. Before he left, he didn’t forget to give him today’s pastries.

Xu Qingyan looked at the familiar oil paper bag, then touched the flesh on his face, thinking to himself that after working for a period of time, not only had he not lost weight, but he had also gained so much. He didn’t know what his parents would think when they saw it.

He also thought that if Lu Ze continued to feed him like this, he would probably become a fat man in no time. No, no…

After work in the afternoon, at five o’clock, Xu Qingyan hurried back to the dormitory first, took the things he had prepared for his parents, and also took two books. By the time he reached the factory gate, Lu Ze was already waiting.

He was a little out of breath. “Sorry, I went back to get something. You’ve been waiting for a long time, Lu-ge.”

Lu Ze frowned and tidied his hair. “What’s the hurry? It’s just a short while. I’m not that impatient.”

Xu Qingyan said, “We agreed on the time after work.” Late is late.

Lu Ze was helpless. He put his things in the front basket of the car and said to him, “Get on.”

Xu Qingyan obediently sat behind him, his hands still on the bottom of the seat.

Lu Ze paused and said very naturally, “If you feel uncomfortable, you can also hold my waist.”

Xu Qingyan shook his head. “No need. This is also very comfortable.”

Lu Ze pursed his lips and didn’t speak. The bicycle quickly started moving.

It was already deep winter. Even if there was no wind today, it was still very cold to ride a bike. Lu Ze had suffered all kinds of hardships in other worlds before, so he hadn’t paid much attention to it, but today, with one more person on the back seat, he began to think that maybe he should buy a car.

If nothing else, just the fact that he wouldn’t be exposed to the wind and sun when he went out already met most of his needs.

The daily profit of the factory was an astronomical figure in the eyes of others, so he still had enough money to buy a car. Lu Ze hadn’t cared about these things before, but now that he thought of it, he put it in his heart.

It got dark early in the winter. By the time they got home, it was almost dark. Neither of them had eaten. After entering the house, Lu Ze said, “What do you want to eat? I bought a chicken yesterday. Shall we have chicken soup?”

Xu Qingyan thought for a moment, but was a little embarrassed. “I want to eat the noodles you made last time.”

Lu Ze looked back at him and smiled. “Alright, then I’ll make you a bowl of noodles with chicken soup.”

Lu Ze started to tidy up. Xu Qingyan found his nimble movements novel. While lighting the fire for him, his gaze fell on him.

This scene was surprisingly the reverse of how they were at the beginning.

At that time, Xu Qingyan had never thought that he and Lu Ze would become like this.

Lu Ze noticed his gaze and asked, “What are you thinking about?”

Xu Qingyan: “I was thinking about how you skinned the rabbit before. Your movements were so skilled.” While adding firewood to the stove, he asked, “Do you often do this kind of thing?”

As soon as Xu Qingyan said this, Lu Ze couldn’t help but think of how he had let Xu Qingyan handle the rabbit with discomfort at the beginning, and his movements couldn’t help but pause.

He said, “I was mischievous when I was a child and often went out to play with some friends. I caught wild chickens and rabbits a lot, so I slowly became skilled.”

Xu Qingyan nodded, then asked, “Then why didn’t you invite your friends for a meal when you moved to a new house?”

Lu Ze said, “I was insensible before, and the friends I made were not good. They were just fair-weather friends. There’s no need to have any contact with them now.”

Xu Qingyan thought of how he had fallen into the river and was covered in the smell of alcohol before, and his brows couldn’t help but furrow. “Drinking too much is not good.”

Embarrassment was secondary. He was afraid that something would happen again like before, and it would not be worth it if he lost his life.

Lu Ze looked at him and promised him in a soft voice, “Then in the future, when it’s necessary, I’ll try not to drink.” He said, “Even if I drink, I won’t get drunk.”

Xu Qingyan lowered his eyes. “Why are you telling me these things?”

Lu Ze put the chopped chicken into the pot to stew and covered it. “You can supervise me.”

Xu Qingyan only felt that these words were a bit strange. He added firewood with his head lowered and said, “You should find your wife to supervise you. I can’t be by your side all the time. How can I supervise you?”

Lu Ze smiled and said, “Isn’t it because I don’t have a wife?”

Xu Qingyan’s action paused. He looked up at him, his black and bright eyes with a hint of probing. “Then… when are you planning to find a wife?”

Lu Ze looked down at him. “What, you want to introduce me to someone?”

“No,” Xu Qingyan used a poker to poke the firewood inside. “It’s just that you’re not young anymore. Haven’t you thought about getting married?”

“I’m only twenty-three. How can you make it sound like I’m thirty-two?” Lu Ze said.

Xu Qingyan wrinkled his nose. “But in our village, many people are already fathers at twenty-three.”

Lu Ze’s action paused. The electric light above his head was bright, and his gaze was dark. “So, you want me to get married?”

“Well… no.” When Xu Qingyan heard him say this, he didn’t know what he was feeling, but he just felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

He thought for a moment and said with some uncertainty, “But you… you have to get married eventually.”

Lu Ze looked at him and slowly calculated for him, “You’re seventeen now. After the New Year, you’ll be eighteen when you go to university.”

“And after you finish university, four years later, you’ll be about twenty-two.”

Xu Qingyan blinked. Lu Ze continued, “Then is it over after you finish university? No, there’s still a master’s and a doctorate. These two together are seven years. By the time you finish your studies, you’ll be almost thirty.”

Lu Ze asked him, “So you’re planning to get married while you’re still in school?”

Xu Qingyan shook his head. He was currently only thinking about making money and taking the college entrance examination, and he had no plans to get married at all.

“That’s it.” Lu Ze lifted the lid and looked inside. “You’re not planning to get married at thirty, but now you’re rushing me?”

Xu Qingyan opened his mouth. “That’s not necessarily true…”

He said slowly, “This is just my current thought. Maybe when I’m in school, if I meet a suitable

girl, I might also have the idea of getting married.”

Lu Ze’s hand on the lid paused. After a moment, the corners of his mouth twitched. “Impossible.”

Xu Qingyan looked up at him in surprise.

Lu Ze picked up a spoon and stirred the soup, then put some other things in to cook together. “It’s impossible for there to be a more suitable one.”

Xu Qingyan frowned. “Are you cursing me?”

“What do you think?” Lu Ze picked up a relatively easy-to-cook chicken wing, and after it was not so hot, he stuffed it into Xu Qingyan’s mouth. “You’re so young, and you’re already thinking about getting a wife.”

Xu Qingyan’s face was puffed up. He chewed a few times and said indistinctly, “No…”

Lu Ze looked at him. “No what?”

Xu Qingyan lowered his eyes and whimpered, unable to speak.

He didn’t know what he was thinking, nor did he know what he had said so much for, and what kind of answer he wanted to hear.

He only knew that he had not thought about getting married, and he could not imagine… that in the future, there would be a woman standing side by side with Lu Ze.

Xu Qingyan didn’t quite understand what this feeling was.

The soup in the pot was already boiling, bubbling, and the steam was coming out from the cracks in the lid, lingering in the air, making both of their faces a little blurry.

Xu Qingyan said in a small voice, “I don’t want to marry anyone else.”