Yun Han tiba-tiba menyadari sesuatu, tangannya yang menggantung di samping badan mengepal erat, lalu melemah dan longgar.
Orang luar memuji bahwa dia dan Shen Qingli sangat cocok, tapi dalam ingatannya, meskipun sudah lama bersama, mereka tidak pernah sepertinya memiliki momen seperti itu; Shen Qingli tidak pernah melakukan hal seperti itu untuk dia.
Saat ini, Yun Han tiba-tiba ragu, apakah Shen Qingli benar-benar mencintainya?
"Hey, kau di sana dekat pintu, mau ngapain di sini?" Jia Lan memperhatikan sosok tinggi yang berdiri bingung tidak jauh dari situ, meletakkan sumpitnya, dan bicara dengan nada tidak ramah.
Shen Tang juga menoleh, hanya menemukan Yun Han berdiri di gerbang halaman kecil tidak jauh dari sana, setengah tubuhnya tersembunyi di bayangan, memegang sesuatu di tangannya, kelihatan cukup putus asa.
Tahu dia sudah berapa lama mengawasi.
Shen Tang sedikit mengernyitkan dahi, tapi tidak bangun menyambut, dan bicara dengan dingin, "Mau ngapain di sini malam ini?"
"...Maaf atas yang terjadi kali ini, aku datang meminta maaf langsung." Yun Han masuk ke halaman, tidak mau mengganggu, dia meletakkan barang-barang di tanah.
Para Suami Beast sempat terkejut seolah tidak menduga dia malam ini datang meminta maaf.
Shen Tang juga terkejut, tidak menduga dia sendiri membawa hadiah untuk meminta maaf; dia melirik sekilas, semuanya hadiah mahal, beberapa bahkan tidak bisa dibeli tanpa antre, meski dia sekarang tidak terlalu tertarik pada barang-barang ini, hanya bisa dikatakan itu tanda kesungguhannya.
Tapi bagaimanapun, Shen Qingli-lah penyebab sebungut अफwah itu, tidak ada hubungannya dengan Keluarga Yun atau Yun Han, dari apa yang dikatakan Yun Han di dewan, dia besar kemungkinan tidak tahu.
Shen Tang hendak bicara, mikir cari alasan biar dia ambil kembali barang-barang itu, tapi lalu dia lihat Yun Han tiba-tiba mendongok, memandang curiga dan terkejut ke makanan di meja, "Wangi banget, makan apa?"
Setelah bertengkar dengan Shen Qingli, dia tidak sempat makan, juga tidak mood makan.
Setelah masuk halaman, aroma semakin kental bikin dia menelan ludah, dan dia tanya tanpa sadar, "Boleh aku cicip?"
Ucapkan itu, Yun Han baru sadar, nampak malu dan canggung, tapi tidak buru-buru membetulkan.
Alis Jia Lan bergerak sedikit, siapanya berani begini? Saat hendak bicara mengusirnya, Shen Tang cepat menghentikan, "Tamu tetap tamu, jangan omong kasar."
Jia Lan hanya bisa menahan kesalnya lagi.
Shen Tang memberi Yun Han senyum cukup ramah, "Karena Tuan Muda Keluarga Yun datang jauh-jauh, tidak pantas kami pulangkan dengan perut kosong. Xiao Jin, ambil kursi lain dari dalam. Lu Xiao, ambil daging dan sayur tambahan dari kulkas."
Seperti pepatah, tidak bisa menampar wajah tersenyum; dia datang meminta maaf, apapun itu, ketulusan sudah terlihat. Shen Tang tidak bisa tidak memberikan muka Tuan Muda Yun, makan bareng saja bukan masalah.
Xiao Jin agak tidak mau, tapi tetap mendengar dan masuk ambil kursi lain, hanya dia taruh di ujung paling jauh dari Shen Tang.
Lu Xiao tidak bicara apa-apa; dia juga ingin hubungan baik dengan Keluarga Yun. Kakek buyut Keluarga Yun sekarang sudah tua dan kehilangan superpower, sebentar lagi kekuasaan akan berpindah ke Yun Han, memperbaiki hubungan menguntungkan Shen Tang saat ini.
Dia kembali ke dapur ambil piring besar daging dan celupkan ke panci sup bening.
Yun Han awalnya agak tidak enak badan, tapi tak lama, dia tertarik sama makanannya yang enak, tidak punya waktu peduli hal lain.
Sebagai Tuan Muda Yun, dia sudah makan segala hidangan mewah, tapi ini pertama kali merasakan makanan sedap begini, jauh lebih enak dari koki-koki terkenal restoran. Tentu yang paling penting kualitas bahannya; banyak jenis sayur yang belum pernah dilihat, seperti bola-bola tepung itu, dan pasta serta hidangan daging tak bernama, dia tidak tahu cara buatnya.
Dia tidak tahan berkata, "Sudah hidup lebih dua puluh tahun, ini pertama kali makan makanan enak segini."
Para Suami Beast melihatnya begitu, ikut teringat pengalaman pertama makan masakan Shen Tang, mereka juga kagum.
Lu Xiao tersenyum, "Ini diajarkan Female Master waktu kita di zona kontaminasi dulu."
Yun Han terkejut, memandang Shen Tang, tersenyum pahit, merasa agak menyesal, "Tidak kuduga kau, dibesarkan begitu mewah, ternyata bisa masak begini."
Shen Tang acuh tak acuh, "Kondisi di zona kontaminasi sulit, banyak hal sulit ditelan, jadi alami aku belajar sedikit, akhirnya bisa karena terpaksa."
Para Suami Beast tahu dia berbohong, tapi tidak repot menjelaskan.
Yun Han mendengar ini, hati semakin gelisah, dia bisa bayangkan betapa sulitnya baginya, seorang putri bangsawan yang dipelihara, selama di zona kontaminasi.
Saat yang sama, dia bingung; dia menyaksikan aksi Shen Tang di medan perang dan tahu kebenciannya ke pasukan pemberontak. Apakah dia benar-benar bersekongkol dengan pemberontak dulu? Mungkin ada hal lain?
Yun Han menunduk makan diam-diam, tidak mau mengganggu lebih, dan tak lama semua orang tidak peduli intermezzo kecil ini, terus makan dengan lahap.
Shen Tang terus nambahin hidangan untuk Suami Beast, suruh mereka cicip dan saran perbaikan, misal kurangi garam lain kali.
Meja makan cepat kembali ramai dan santai.
Di tengah tawa riang, Yun Han terlihat sangat kesepian.
Tapi dia kan orang luar yang menikmati makan dengan rendah hati, tidak berhak bicara banyak.
Saat menyaksikan pemandangan hangat harmonis di depannya, perasaan tak pernah ada sebelumnya timbul dalam dirinya—ini suasana antara pasangan, penuh nuansa rumah tangga. Sayang pengalaman pertamanya di tengah orang lain.
Apalagi dari mantan calon istrinya, yang dia putuskan pertunangannya.
Rasa pahit tak terlukiskan melonjak di hati Yun Han, bahkan membuat makanan enak itu jadi agak susah ditelan. Dia meletakkan sumpit dan menanya ke Lu Xiao, "Ada anggur?"
Lu Xiao satu-satunya Suami Beast yang sikapnya cukup hormat ke dia dan tidak sengaja mengejek, jadi mendengar permintaannya, dia mengangguk, "Ada."
Dia bangun ambil sebotol anggur dari dalam dan serahkan ke Yun Han, "Ini juga diajarkan Female Master buat waktu dulu, enak, tapi alkoholnya agak kuat, pelan-pelan."
Mendengar itu, Yun Han semakin tersedak, dia tuang sebowl anggur dan minum habis sekali teguk.
Akhir makan malam, Yun Han sudah minum cukup banyak, tapi dia kelihatannya kuat minum, selain wajah agak merah, bicara masih jelas, jadi Shen Tang tidak banyak campur.
Shen Tang ingin dia bawa pulang hadiahnya, tapi Yun Han bilang, "Barang yang sudah aku berikan, aku tidak ambil kembali. Kalau tidak mau, buang saja."
"..." Barang mahal begini, bagaimana kuat dibuang?
Lupakan, Shen Tang terima; setelah dibully jahat berhari-hari, normal dapat hadiah maaf, nanti bisa diberikan ke orang lain.
Dia tulus bilang, "Terima kasih sudah bicara untukku di dewan."
Yun Han menggelengkan kepala dan tersenyum tipis, "Bukan aku sengaja bicara untukmu; cuma perasaan hati. Kau lakukan banyak hal baik di medan perang, kalau aku, mengabaikan benar salah, diam dan malah menfitnahmu, maka aku benar-benar orang keji."
Yun Han felt a sudden realization, his hand hanging by his side clenched tightly, then weakened and loosened.
Outsiders praised that he and Shen Qingli were in harmony, but in his memory, despite being together for so long, they never seemed to have such a moment; Shen Qingli never did such a thing for him.
This moment, Yun Han suddenly doubted, does Shen Qingli really love him?
"Hey, you over there at the door, what are you doing here?" Jia Lan noticed the tall figure standing dumbfounded not far away, put down his chopsticks, and spoke in an unfriendly tone.
Shen Tang also turned her head to look, only to find Yun Han standing at the small courtyard gate not far away, half his body hidden in the shadow, holding something in his hand, looking quite distraught.
Who knows how long he had been watching.
Shen Tang frowned slightly, but did not get up to greet him, and spoke coldly, "What are you doing here so late at night?"
"...I’m sorry for what happened this time, I came to apologize in person." Yun Han walked into the courtyard, not wanting to disturb, he placed the things on the ground.
The Beast Husbands all looked surprised as if they didn’t expect him to come at night to apologize.
Shen Tang was also surprised, not expecting him to personally bring gifts to apologize; she glanced at them, they were all very precious gifts, some even impossible to buy without queuing, though she wasn’t much interested in these things now, one could only say it was a token of his sincerity.
But after all, Shen Qingli was the real cause of the rumors, it had nothing to do with the Yun Family or Yun Han, from what Yun Han said at the council, he probably didn’t even know.
Shen Tang opened her mouth, thinking of finding an excuse to let him take these things back, but then saw Yun Han suddenly sniff, looking curiously and unexpectedly at the food on the table, "Smells so good, what are you eating?"
After arguing with Shen Qingli, he hadn’t had time to eat, nor was he in the mood to eat.
After entering the courtyard, the increasingly rich aroma made him swallow his saliva, and he subconsciously asked, "Can I have a taste?"
After speaking, Yun Han realized, showing a look of embarrassment and awkwardness, but didn’t hurriedly try to correct himself.
Jia Lan’s temple twitched slightly, where did this wolf get the nerve? Just as he was about to speak and drive him away, Shen Tang quickly stopped him, "A guest is a guest, don’t say unpleasant words."
Jia Lan had to suppress his irritation again.
Shen Tang gave Yun Han a reasonably friendly smile, "Since the Young Master Yun Family came all this way, it wouldn’t be right to send you back on an empty stomach. Xiao Jin, go get another chair from inside, Lu Xiao, get some more meat and vegetables from the fridge."
As they say, one cannot slap a smiling face; since he came over to apologize, no matter what, the sincerity was there for all to see. Shen Tang couldn’t disregard Young Master Yun’s face, sharing a meal was nothing.
Xiao Jin was a bit reluctant, but still listened and went inside to get another chair, though he placed it at the farthest edge from Shen Tang.
Lu Xiao didn’t say anything; he also hoped to establish good relations with the Yun Family. The old grandfather of the Yun Family was now quite old and had lost his superpower, soon the power would transfer to Yun Han, improving relations was beneficial to Shen Tang at present.
He went back to the kitchen to fetch a large plate of meat and dipped it into the clear soup pot.
Yun Han was a bit uneasy at first, but soon, he was captivated by the delicious meal, not having the time to care about other things.
As the Young Master Yun, he had eaten all sorts of delicacies, yet it was his first time tasting such delicious food, much better than those so-called famous chefs in restaurants. Of course, the most important was the quality of the ingredients; many types of vegetables he had never seen before, like those dough balls, and some unnamed pasta and meat dishes, he had no idea how they were made.
He couldn’t help but exclaim, "I’ve lived over twenty years, yet it’s my first time having such delicious food."
The Beast Husbands, seeing him like this, couldn’t help but recall their first experience with Shen Tang’s cooking, they were also amazed.
Lu Xiao smiled, "This is what the Female Master taught us to make back when we were in the contaminated area."
Yun Han was taken aback, looking at Shen Tang, bitterly smiling, feeling somewhat rueful, "I never knew you, raised in such privilege, knew how to do this."
Shen Tang nonchalantly said, "The conditions in the contaminated area were tough, many things were hard to swallow, so I naturally had to learn a bit, eventually, I managed to learn when forced."
The Beast Husbands knew she was fibbing, but didn’t bother to explain.
Yun Han, hearing this, felt even more conflicted, he could imagine how hard it must have been for her, a pampered noble princess, during her time in the contaminated areas.
At the same time, he was puzzled; he had witnessed Shen Tang’s actions on the battlefield and knew her hatred for the rebel army. Did she really collude with the rebels back then? Could there be other circumstances?
Yun Han lowered his head to eat quietly, not wanting to disturb more, and soon enough, everyone didn’t mind this minor interlude, continuing to eat heartily.
Shen Tang constantly added dishes for the Beast Husbands, asking them to taste and suggesting improvements, like using less salt next time.
The dining table quickly regained a lively and relaxed atmosphere.
Amidst the cheerful laughter, Yun Han appeared particularly lonely.
But he was, after all, an outsider who had meekly enjoyed a meal and had no right to say much else.
As he watched the warm and harmonious scene before him, an unprecedented feeling arose in him—this was the atmosphere between partners, filled with the essence of home. It was a pity his first experience was amidst others.
Especially from his former fiancée, whom he had broken off the engagement with.
A sense of indescribable bitterness welled in Yun Han’s heart, even causing the tasty meal to become a bit hard to swallow. He put down his chopsticks and turned to ask Lu Xiao, "Got any wine?"
Lu Xiao was the only Beast Husband who maintained a more respectful attitude towards him and didn’t deliberately mock him, so hearing his request, he nodded, "Yes."
He got up to get a bottle of wine from inside and handed it to Yun Han, "This is also what the Female Master taught us to brew years ago, it tastes great, but the liquor is a bit strong, take it easy."
Hearing these words, Yun Han felt even more choked up, he poured a bowl of wine and downed it in one go.
By the end of the meal, Yun Han had drunk quite a lot, but he seemed to handle alcohol well, and besides a slightly red face, he spoke clearly, so Shen Tang didn’t interfere much.
Shen Tang wanted him to take the gifts back, but Yun Han said, "Once I’ve given something, I never take it back. If you don’t want it, just throw it away."
"..." Such expensive items, how could I bear to throw them away?
Never mind, Shen Tang accepted them; after being maliciously slandered for so many days, it was normal to receive some apology gifts, anyway she could give them to others later.
She sincerely said, "Thank you for speaking up for me at the council."
Yun Han shook his head and smiled lightly, "It’s not like I spoke up for you on purpose; it was just my heartfelt words. You did so many good things on the battlefield, if I, ignoring right and wrong, stayed silent and slandered you instead, then I’d truly be a scoundrel."
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