Chapter 58: New Fire Tests New Tea

  Ji Siyuan went back to handle the resignation procedures and came back quickly. The day she returned was a rainy day, many flights were notified of delays one after another. Qiao Yu sat in Shen Nan's office, but didn't show any anxiety, just smiled and waited. Latest chapter visit: 79xs.com

  Shen Nan You, dressed in casual clothes, had shed his pilot's uniform and looked somewhat like a refined rogue. With a mischievous grin, he tapped on the table and said, "I'm telling you, Director Qiao, who exactly are you here to pick up? You've been waiting for six whole hours and still smiling? Are you someone who never gets angry?"

  Qiao Yu was still smiling and didn't hide it, "It's that person I sent off from here last time."

  Shen Nan was taken aback for a moment, then burst out laughing, "No wonder..."

  After several hours, the flight Joe was waiting for finally landed, and the person he was waiting for had returned.

  On a rainy night, in the back seat of the car, the foggy window faintly revealed the colorful lights outside. His hand gently stroked her long hair, turning his head to listen intently to her words, with deep and smiling eyes. Suddenly, he lowered his head to kiss her, their lips entwined, tender and lingering. The entire car's lighting softened, warming up the damp rainy night.

  Ji Siyuan was abandoned by her parents again after staying at home for a few days, so she took Big Miao and moved to the villa. Every day, she would look at the green mountains and waters, and when she felt better, she would paint a few paintings. Qiao Yu's most common sight every day after work was one cat and one person running towards him.

  Ji Siyun slumped for a while before preparing to find work, screening and selecting until finally applying to an architectural design institute that looked very good.

  It was only ten o'clock for an interview, and at eleven o'clock she pushed the door and entered, sitting expressionlessly on the sofa in Qiao Yu's office.

  Qiao Yu let Yin and Chang go out first, poured a cup of tea and walked over to hand it to her, "How was the interview?"

  Ji Siyuan took a sip of water, looking unenthusiastic, "Not great."

  Qiao Yu thought it would be easy for Ji Siyuan to find a job with her professional qualifications and experience, but he didn't expect...

  "What's wrong with it?"

  Ji Siyuan glanced at him, biting her lip. "The main interviewer and I have repeatedly clashed in bidding scenes abroad, and he has repeatedly become my defeated opponent. Later, he couldn't mix it up anymore and returned to China. As for the remaining two interviewers, one of them doesn't have as much combat experience as me, and the other... after reading my resume, didn't dare look at me from head to toe. I think they're under a bit too much pressure, so maybe they won't want me."

  Qiao Yu stroked his forehead and laughed uncontrollably, "So?"

  Ji Siyuan immediately jumped up, "So I'm very angry, wasting so much time preparing for nothing. I've decided to bring in a batch of foreign aid from abroad to slaughter the city and set up an agency to snatch all their business."

  Qiao Yu continued walking on the road of assisting the tyrant, with a faint smile, "As long as you're happy."

  Ji Siyuan sighed and said, "I'll take the domestic registered architect exam first."

  Qiao Yu raised both hands in approval.

  Ji Siyun spent every day at home reading books until the sky grew dark, her personality underwent a huge change. One day, Qiao Yu came back home to fetch some documents and as soon as he entered the door, he saw her sitting amidst a pile of books in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, holding a big cat's face up to look into its eyes.

  "Uncle, do you think I will pass the exam?"

  The big cat seems uncomfortable, and glances at her with his spare vision.

  "Call once for yes, call twice for no, answer now."

  The big cat meowed twice immediately.

  Ji Siyun immediately turned her face, pinched the "fur" on its face, "You did it on purpose? Give you a chance to answer again."

  The big cat meowed three times.

  Ji Siyun tugged at his beard, "No option for that, try again."

  The big cat was probably fed up with her, raised its hand and scratched her, but Ji Siyu dodged quickly and let it escape.

  Ji Siyun followed its escape route and looked over, then saw Qiao Yu. He squatted down to 'pet' the big cat, then walked over and sat beside her, looking at her with a leisurely expression.

  Ji Siyuan nonchalantly shifted her gaze, her expression unchanged as she spoke nonsense, "I'm just teasing it."

  Qiao Yu tidied up the book pile while speaking, "I see you're not stressed about the exam at all, playing with cats and dogs every day, why not do something more constructive?"

  "What's going on?"

  "Why don't you come home with me and meet my grandparents and my father?"

  When Qiao Yu suggested taking her home, Ji Siyuan remained calm and composed from start to finish, with a hint of arrogance.

  After Qiao Yu went out the door, she immediately changed her expression and hastily went online to Baidu to search for a secret recipe to deal with her in-laws. After researching for half a day, she still felt it was all just theoretical and not practical, so she picked up her phone book and dialed Rang Yi's number.

  As soon as the phone was connected, she asked in a flurry of questions, "Ayi, what gift did you bring when you first went to Xiaoziyuan's home? Are there any places that need attention? Should I dress more lively or more stable? What kind of questions will be asked? And and...

  It seemed like she had just gotten off work and returned home, and as the door closed, she burst out laughing. "Are you going to Brother Qiao's house to meet his family? Don't be nervous..."

  "Who's nervous? It should be them." The female yao with a sharp tongue retorted, but halfway through her sentence, she suddenly heard something and asked vigilantly, "Where are you?"

  "I just got home."

  "Just said what was being said?"

  "My husband."

  "Who is your husband talking to?"

  Your husband.

  "Did he hear what you just said?"

  "If he had normal hearing, he should have heard it."

  Ji Siyuan immediately hung up the phone very neatly and efficiently.

  Half an hour later, Qiao Yu sat on the sofa at home, calmly watching Ji Siyuan without speaking, with a hint of a meaningful smile hanging from the corner of his mouth.

  Ji Siyun's face twisted in a scowl, and after struggling for half a day, she finally raised her hands in defeat. "Okay, okay, I admit it, I'm nervous. You go first, tell me what your family likes, so I can prepare."

  Qiao Yusi thought for a moment and said, "I think you need to learn some 'door' skills, once you've learned them, there won't be any problems."

  A few days later, Qiao Yu came home from work and saw Yin He Chang standing at the door with a nervous look on his face.

  Qiao Yu looked puzzled, "What's wrong? Today isn't a tea art class, and I didn't ask you to come pick up the teacher. What are you doing standing at the 'door'?"

  Yin Hechang's face was twisted in knots.

  Qiao Yu pushed open the door and asked, "Where's Ji Siyu?"

  Yin Hechang replied in a low voice, "I was throwing a tantrum and ended up drinking tea for the whole afternoon, almost smashing the cup."

  Qiao Yu couldn't help but laugh, and patted Yin He and Chang's shoulders sympathetically. "Mm, I'll go take a look in the study."

  Knock on the door and enter. The tea art teacher's face is as black as a pot bottom, while Ji Siyuan sits opposite with an arrogant look.

  Qiao Yu sensed that something was off and smiled at the teacher, "Sorry about this, let's end class early today. I'll have my driver send you back."

  Qiao Yu sent the teacher to the 'door', and then handed over to Yin and Chang, telling them to go buy a set of tea utensils tomorrow, before returning to the study to look at the person who was sulking.

  Qiao Yu sat down and asked, "What's wrong?"

  Ji Siyuan looked at Qiao Yu with a wronged expression, "I've been steeping tea all day, and Teacher only knows how to scold me. Look, my hands are even red from the heat."

  Her fingers were originally slender and white, and the red mark was even more obvious.

  Qiao Yu pinched her fingers and looked at them without saying a word.

  Ji Siyun saw his cold attitude and started to get angry, "I just can't learn these things, I'm just an ordinary person with no talent or virtue, not like Bao family's fourth miss who is both virtuous and talented, go find her instead"

  Qiao Yu still didn't speak, took out a medicine box from under the table, pinched her hand, and applied some cooling ointment to the red mark with a cotton swab. When her anger had subsided a bit, he finally spoke up, "The two old men have no other hobbies, one loves drinking tea, and the other loves playing chess. Playing chess is not something that can be learned in a short time, my grandfather especially likes girls who know how to make gongfu tea. He nodded his head, so my father couldn't say anything, can't you just compromise for me?"

  "Then if your grandfather doesn't approve of me, you'll really give up on me?"

  Qiao Yu sighed, holding her hand and looking seriously into her eyes. "Regardless of whether the two elders agree or not, I have made up my mind to marry you. Wouldn't it be better if everyone is happy? If you don't like others teaching you, I'll come back early every day from now on and teach you myself?"

  Qiao Yu's few words made Ji Si Xuan's heart 'blossom', she was so happy that she couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth, but she tried her best to hold it in, deliberately putting on a straight face. After a long time, she finally opened her mouth and said, "No need, you're busy with work, I'll learn by myself."

  Qiao Yu was worried, "Are you really studying hard?"

  Ji Siyuan promised, "I know now and will study hard, won't smash cups again"

  Qiao Yu looked at the table and muttered in a low voice, "It's not like it can be smashed anyway."

  Ji Siyuan smiled awkwardly.

  Qiao Yu looked at her with a smile, then continued with a straight face, "And another thing, from now on if there's something to be said, say it. This lifetime, the person I'm going to marry is you. If you say again that I should go find someone else, I'll really take it to heart."

  Ji Siyuan had just been holding it in all day and regretted speaking up as soon as the words left her mouth, she gave him a sideways glance, "Got it"

  Ji Siyun did indeed study seriously for a few days and achieved some small success. When Qiao Yu checked her results, he looked at them for half a day. For a beginner, she had done very well. However, from the perspective of music standards, it could only be considered mediocre, neither outstanding nor poor.

  Ji Siyuan looked at Qiao Yu for half a day without speaking and felt a little nervous, tentatively asking, "Is it not possible?"

  Qiao Yu looked at her tense face, smiled and gently rubbed her hair to help her relax. "I saw a brewing method my mother used when I was young, let me teach you."

  Ji Siyuan looked at him, "You... seem to have mentioned your mother to me for the first time."

  Qiao Yu's face was calm after a moment of relief, and he slowly opened his mouth. "My mother passed away early, and I don't really remember much about her either. I only remember that my grandfather loved the Bi Luo Chun tea that she made. When the time comes, you can make it according to the method I taught you, and you'll definitely pass the test. Bi Luo Chun has a lot of white hairs, and when brewing, it's often cloudy and hairy, affecting the color of the tea soup. First, pour warm water into a glass cup, add tea leaves, then shake the cup, let the tea leaves roll over multiple times, and then let it sit until the tea leaves sink to the bottom. At this time, the tea soup in the cup is cloudy, and all the white hairs are in the water. Slowly pour out the tea soup at this time. Then add half a cup of warm water to the tea cup again, repeat the previous steps, and when only the green tea leaves are left in the cup, pour in slightly hotter warm water, steep for about three minutes, and the tea leaves will bloom, the soup color will be bright, and the entrance will be clear and sweet.

  Qiao Yu handed a cup to Ji Siyuan, "Taste it."

  Ji Siyun took a sip, and Qiao Yu continued, "Three infusions, each one hotter than the last, the tea flavor gradually faded away, yet it still filled the cup with a pale green color, without any 'mixed' soup."

  Ji Siyun suddenly tilted her head to look at him, Qiao Yu was made nervous by her gaze, "What's wrong?"

  "There's nothing." Ji Siyuan furrowed her brow, a look of indifference on her face as she shrugged, "It's just that suddenly I feel... it's too much trouble to marry into your family. Forget it, I'm not getting married."

  Qiao Yu immediately threw over a tea cup and hugged her, "No trouble, no trouble, you've already worn the ring, can't go back on it."

  "Oh, then I'll pick it off."

  Ji Siyuan said, then made a gesture to go pick up the ring. Qiao Yu tightly grasped her hand and compromised, "Forget it, you don't have to learn anymore. Actually, you're already good enough. They will like you."

  Ji Siyun raised an eyebrow at him, her face full of disbelief, "Really?"

  Qiao Yu was indeed entangled, "To be honest, you are the first 'girl' I've brought back home among all the boys of my generation. As for what they expect from their children's spouses, I'm not very clear either. I think they shouldn't dislike you, if they really don't like you, I'll think of a way."

  Qiao Yu finished speaking and lowered her eyes, sinking into deep thought, as if she was really thinking about what to do if Le Zhun and Qiao Bo didn't satisfy her.

  Ji Siyun coughed lightly and said, "Don't be so serious, I was just teasing you. I've remembered it all, and I'll practice well tomorrow."

  Qiao Yu nodded calmly, "I know."

  Ji Siyun's face was filled with skepticism, "You know? You know and yet you still don't let me off the hook?"

  Qiao Yu slowly and logically said her plan, "Am I not cooperating with you? You've already said you won't marry, if I 'force' you to learn, isn't it just what you wanted, you can take advantage of the opportunity to escalate the issue to a certain height, then you don't have to go see them."

  Ji Siyun was exposed and became furious, "Qiao Yu, I really dislike you"

  Qiao Yu smiled and went to hug her, 'kissed' the corner of her forehead, "It's okay, they're all very nice people, you're great too, they'll like you, don't be afraid."