Chapter 1279: Because I Want To
"Oh, men, such pigs!"
After the mockery, Liou Qingcheng suddenly turned her body and said, "If there are other women, you can stay with them in the future."
Bai Shishi also pressed her lips together and laughed, "I think Qingcheng is right, if you have other women, don’t come to us."
Lin Tian hurriedly stated, "I guarantee there are no others! Besides... my body might not handle more of them."
No matter if Liou Qingcheng was joking or serious, this was definitely not the time to relent. Besides, wasn’t having four lovely companions already enough? What more could one want?
Liou Qingcheng glanced at Lin Tian again, her gaze softened, she sighed gently, whispering, "I wonder what misdeeds I might have done in a past life to meet such a troublesome person like you in this one."
Lin Tian scratched his head and chuckled foolishly, "It must’ve been a good deed so you could meet me."
Just then, Lin Tian’s phone rang suddenly; it was Wu Yong calling, asking them to come down for dinner.
...
Tonight’s dinner was sumptuous. Six old hens were caught from the backyard of the farmhouse, plucked, cleaned, and brushed with three layers of secret sauce, wrapped with three layers of lotus leaves, then covered with a thick layer of mud, cooked in the fire for about twenty minutes. Once taken out and the mud was removed, tearing open the lotus leaves released a delicious aroma that made one’s mouth water.
Besides the beggar’s chicken, there were grilled fish, roast meat, washed down with a mouthful of ice-cold beer, and it was blissful beyond words.
A group of people sat in a circle, taking bites of meat and sips of beer, bantering with jokes, laughter never ceased.
After drinking for a while, Wu Yong’s face was already flushed, but he showed no sign of being drunk and clinked glasses with Meng Nan, saying, "Meng, I truly envy you."
Meng Nan didn’t know what he was envious of but started laughing foolishly, "Envious of what?"
"Envious of your luck! You’ve found such a good wife, and in a few months, your son will be born."
Lin Tian gently kicked Wu Yong, laughing, "What’s there to envy? Finding a wife is easier for you than for Meng Nan, with so many women swirling around you every day. Each time you bring a girl, I don’t even know who she is. Not to mention the one last time, was her name Xiaoyun or Xiaomei? Didn’t she call you husband so sweetly?"
Wu Yong waved his hand, "I’ve forgotten what her name was already. Can those girls be suitable for marriage? Just playing around is enough."
Tian Ming butted in with a chuckle, "That’s just you being fickle, can you blame the girls for that? If you put your heart into it, getting married would be easy."
"Go, go, go. You clueless brute."
Tian Ming laughed and didn’t mind it.
Wu Yong poured some more wine into his cup, swallowed half of it, and put his arm around Lin Tian’s shoulder, saying, "Tian, you just don’t know, my parents came to Kanyue City a few days ago, and kept introducing me to girls, telling me to get married early and give them a chubby grandson sooner."
Lin Tian raised his brows amusedly, "Your parents are right; it’s time you settled down with a wife and calmed yourself."
Wu Yong pouted, "I’m not like you, with several..."
Halfway through his sentence, Wu Yong suddenly noticed Bai Shishi and Liou Qingcheng both staring at him, and he shuddered, not daring to continue.
Lin Tian asked, feigning ignorance, "Several what?"
Previously, Lin Tian wouldn’t have dared to ask this in front of Liou Qingcheng, but now that everything was laid out in the open, he didn’t feel restrained anymore.
But Wu Yong didn’t know that; he shook his head and waved his hand repeatedly, "Nothing, nothing, I’ve had too much to drink and got a bit muddled."
Li Tian also came over, with a busty girl in tow, teasing, "Wu, you don’t have any girls you like?"
Wu Yong froze for a moment, then shook his head, "No."
After saying that, he waved his hand again, "Alright, alright, enough about me, I’m still young, why rush to marry? But Meng, you’ve proposed to Sisi, when are you going to get married?"
Everyone’s eyes shifted back to Meng Nan and Sisi, evidently very interested in this question.
Sisi leaned against Meng Nan, gently rubbing her belly, and said smiling sweetly, "The day after Meng proposed, we got our marriage certificate. We’re planning to hold a banquet after the baby is born."
"What? You’ve already registered?"
"You two are tight-lipped! It’s been nearly two months before you told us."
"No way, Meng, you have to drink more today! Brothers, let’s queue up to toast!"
"Yes, yes, both of you need to drink. Well... Sisi has a baby in her belly, so Meng, you should drink for your whole family."
A bunch of guys started egging them on, intending to get this tight-lipped fellow drunk.
Unexpectedly, Sisi suddenly hugged Meng Nan’s arm, saying, "No way! I’ve got a baby in my belly, and you all just want to bully his daddy. If he gets drunk, who’s going to take care of him, a pregnant woman?"
Lin Tian laughed, "Don’t worry, Meng, we’ll take care of you today. Letting him drink a few more won’t be enough to satisfy public sentiment!"
Bang!
Meng Nan slapped the table, suddenly stood up, and said, "What’s one cup per person? Come on, I, Meng, am not afraid of you guys!"
Meng Nan might be thick-skinned but not dim-witted. He calculated there were only five or six guys excluding the girls, one cup each at most equals two bottles, which he could handle entirely. Besides, it’s not often they gather, why spoil the fun?
Sisi was speechless for two seconds but still gently patted Meng Nan’s back and said, "Don’t drink too quickly, eat more food."
Hearing his wife’s concern, Meng Nan chuckled, "Don’t worry, your husband hasn’t taken them seriously at all."
Meng Nan’s words acted like a strong stimulant, instantly pushing the atmosphere to a high point.
After the toasts were over, Meng Nan returned to the chair, face unchanged, still cool as a cucumber. But Sisi kept patting his back softly, asking in a low voice if he felt unwell.
Meng Nan shook his head like a rattle, smirking dumbly, "Even if I did feel unwell, not with you around."
Woo~
Seeing the couple cozily snuggling, everyone at the table started making noise again.
Sisi hummed lightly, turning to glare at Lin Tian and Wu Yong, saying, "When you guys get married, I’ll have my revenge and get you all drunk! Not one of you will escape!"
Wu Yong laughed and didn’t seem worried, wearing an expression of fearless bravado.
Lin Tian hadn’t yet spoken when Liou Qingcheng became upset, clutching Lin Tian’s arm and exclaimed, "No way!"
Sisi, annoyed, glared at Liou Qingcheng, saying, "You haven’t even gotten married, yet you’re so protective, careful not to spoil him too much."
Liou Qingcheng stuck out her tongue playfully, "I do it because I enjoy it!"