I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

Just then, Sister Huang suddenly walked in.

"Hey Chen Sheng, why is the packaging of this tea you brought over different from what's inside?"

Lu Mingjie's gaze shifted over. Chen Sheng quickly stood up.

"What's wrong?"

Sister Huang, carrying tea leaves, came over and took out the tea cakes to show him:

“Look, this tea cake is Pu’er, and this packaging says Tieguanyin. They’re not the same kind.”

"Huh?" Chen Sheng said, somewhat dazed, "Isn't this the same?"

"Hmm, it's different!" Sister Huang held the tea cake to her nose and took a sniff. "Tieguanyin doesn't have this kind of fragrance."

Chen Sheng laughed awkwardly, "Sister Huang, you are truly knowledgeable."

"This isn't a matter of being knowledgeable or not," Sister Huang said. "Besides, look, the tea here doesn't have a production date or place of origin on it; it's a product without a production date or origin. Is it even safe to drink?"

Chen Sheng said, "Sister Huang, look at what you're saying... Would I harm my brother Yuanhu? Of course he can drink..."

He winked at Chen Ya, who lazily replied:

"Sister Huang, it's like this, this tea cake was originally packaged in a Pu'er tea bag, but we accidentally got water on the bag at home. Luckily, the tea cake wasn't damaged, so we changed the packaging."

Sister Huang looked at Chen Ya with a suspicious gaze and asked, "Really?"

“That’s how it is,” Chen Ya said.

"Alright, alright." Lu Mingjie put down his phone and said to Sister Huang in a somewhat rude tone, "It's just tea, it doesn't matter if the packaging is changed, you can go do your thing."

"Oh."

Sister Huang looked a little sullen and turned to leave the room.

Chen Sheng breathed a slight sigh of relief, sat down, and said to Lu Mingjie, "Where were we? Oh, right, this is Chen Ya, and... you know Chen Hai, he's been like this lately..."

Just as he was about to say that Chen Hai had gloriously become a member of the Beichen Group, Lu Mingjie picked up his phone again.

"Holy crap, there's still one boss left to fight in the guild war?"

"..."

Seeing Lu Mingjie engrossed in the game, Chen Sheng felt a little embarrassed.

"Then...then I won't bother you any longer."

He had just stood up when there was a noise outside the door. Lu Mingjie quickly stood up and said:

"My mom is back."

He has a portal monitoring app on his phone. Just now, the door camera captured his mother's face and sent him a notification.

"Oh, my sister-in-law is back." Chen Sheng quickly got up upon hearing this.

The three of them went out together, and at the gate, a woman who still looked quite attractive was taking off her shoes.

"Mom." Lu Mingjie walked over lazily.

Chen Sheng followed and greeted her softly, "Sister-in-law."

Shi Lingyu looked up at Chen Sheng and said, "Old Chen's here?"

"Yes, he's here." Chen Sheng pushed Chen Ya out from behind him. "I'm mainly here to visit your family and introduce you to my son, Chen Ya."

Shi Lingyu glanced at Chen Ya and said, "Oh, I know, you're the one who stayed in the countryside, right?"

"Yes, yes, sister-in-law has such a good memory, you even remember such a small thing..."

After saying that, she glanced at Chen Ya's face, nodded, and said, "He's quite handsome."

"You flatter me. Being handsome can't put food on the table," Chen Sheng said.

Shi Lingyu chuckled and said, "Did you send this gift, or did your son send it? Or did you send it on behalf of your son?"

"It was a gift from my son, a gift from my son. He earned it all himself; it's a token of his appreciation. I brought it with me to show him the place," Chen Sheng said quickly, lying without batting an eye.

Shi Lingyu looked at Chen Ya, nodded, and said, "It's very good, very good."

Chen Sheng suddenly remembered his mission and said:

"By the way, about my family, recently, that Chen Hai..."

Before she could finish speaking, Shi Lingyu called out to the kitchen, "Is lunch ready yet?"

Chen Sheng quickly waved his hand: "No, no, I'm leaving right away."

"Huh? You're leaving already? Aren't you staying for lunch?"

"I'm not keeping it."

When Shi Lingyu saw the gifts in the corner, she immediately laughed and said, "You came all this way, why did you bring so many things?"

"Of course I can't come empty-handed, right, sister-in-law?" Chen Sheng said with a smile.

Shi Lingyu waved her hand and said, "You've really gone to a lot of trouble. Aren't you going to save it for lunch?"

Chen Sheng thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I'm not staying. I'm leaving right away."

Shi Lingyu nodded and said decisively, "Okay, then I won't insist you stay. Be careful on your journey."

“Hey,” Chen Sheng said as he walked to the door, “No need to see me out.”

Shi Lingyu stood at the door, watched Chen Sheng and his son leave, then closed the door. She immediately turned back to the corner and picked up the wine bottle from the ground.

"Wow, it's XO! Chen Sheng, he's really willing to spend money," Shi Lingyu said.

Lu Mingjie, who was standing nearby, also came over and asked, "Foreign liquor?"

"This bottle seems to cost over eight thousand, so two bottles would be sixteen thousand," Shi Lingyu said. "It's not that expensive."

Lu Mingjie said, "I haven't tried this yet."

"Go away." Shi Lingyu glared at her son and said, "You're not allowed to drink. Otherwise, you'll end up like your father, drinking every day."

After saying that, she picked up two packs of Honghua cigarettes from the ground: "These are good cigarettes, but the price shouldn't exceed a thousand yuan, so they're not expensive."

After saying that, she put Honghua down and said, "Is that all?"

Lu Mingjie said, "It seems there's some tea in Sister Huang's hands. Ask Sister Huang... Sister Huang!"

He shouted his last sentence towards the kitchen, where Sister Huang had already come out with the bag of tea leaves.

"Madam, look, there's something wrong with the tea they sent."

"Is there a problem? What's the problem?" Shi Lingyu frowned.

Sister Huang took the bag and the tea cake together and said:

"Look, the bag is for Tieguanyin tea, but it's filled with Pu'er tea. They're not the same thing at all."

Shi Lingyu frowned and said, "Tieguanyin packaged as Pu'er? Let me see it?"

She took the tea cake, smelled it, then lifted the cloth covering it and glanced at it.

"It's definitely not Tieguanyin."

“It’s definitely not Tieguanyin,” Sister Huang said. “This is Pu’er tea, and it doesn’t even have a production date. It’s an unregistered product. Who would dare drink this?”

Shi Lingyu couldn't help but get a little angry: "Did he really suggest this? Is this all he suggested?"

Sister Huang slapped her thigh: "Yes, I was wondering who gives gifts like this. Who's going to take responsibility if someone gets sick from drinking it?"

Shi Lingyu stared at Lu Mingjie and said, "Mingjie, in this situation, you should have returned it to him on the spot and told him you didn't want the gift."

Lu Mingjie scratched his chin but didn't say anything.

Kind of embarrassing.

Sister Huang quickly said, "You can't blame the young master. Everyone who comes to my house with gifts is eager to pluck the stars and the moon, and they all bring high-quality items. How could they possibly offer inferior goods like this? The young master must not have any experience in handling this kind of thing."

Shi Lingyu instructed Lu Mingjie:

"Mingjie, remember this: whenever someone comes to my house, we always accept gifts with respect. We look at both the person and the gift. We don't accept gifts from people who aren't good or from bad people, otherwise it would lower our family's standards."

Then she added, "For relatives like Chen Sheng, if he gives you a gift and then tells others about it, he'll get all cocky. You should refuse his gift to his face, let him take it and go somewhere far away, understand?"

Lu Mingjie nodded: "Understood."

Just then, there was another noise at the gate. Everyone turned around and saw Lu Yuanhu, the head of the family, standing outside the gate.

"Master, you're back!"

"Dad, you're back."

"Yuanhu, you're back? Come over here quickly."

The three spoke in unison. Lu Yuanhu looked up at them and said:

"What's going on? Is this a group meeting?"

“Yuanhu, you’re back just in time. Let me tell you something,” Shi Lingyu tapped the tea cake in her hand, “Look, what good things has Chen Sheng from Lu Ruixiang’s family brought?”

"What's wrong? What is this?" Lu Yuanhu picked up the tea cake and looked at it.

"Didn't he bring back the seeds he left in the countryside? He said he brought some things to visit us. Look what he brought? Pu'er tea in a Tieguanyin bag, no production date, no brand, no label, it's a complete 'three-no' product."

Lu Yuanhu examined it carefully, then smelled it, and frowned, asking, "What's wrong?"

"He's just trying to fool us," Shi Lingyu frowned.

Lu Yuanhu casually handed the tea cake back to her, saying:

"You're being a bit petty. When people bring gifts, it's all out of goodwill. Just accept them."

Shi Lingyu said, "You're always such a nice guy. You don't care that people are fooling and bullying our family like this, do you?"

"How is this bullying?" Lu Yuanhu said in surprise. "You're just making trouble for yourself. They came all this way and even brought gifts. Just accept them. Whether the gifts are good or not, remember them and find a way to return them next time."

Shi Lingyu was a little annoyed: "Then what do we do with this thing? It doesn't have a production date. If we leave it there for a few years and forget about it, won't it just get lost?"

Lu Yuanhu sniffed it and said, "It's not bad."

As he spoke, he sniffed again and said, "It smells quite nice."

This tea does smell quite fragrant.

Take a breath, and you can still feel the fragrance lingering in your nose.

"You can't drink this," Shi Lingyu snatched the tea leaves and hugged them to her chest. "There's nothing in here. What if you drink it and something goes wrong?"

Lu Yuanhu chuckled: "This can't possibly make someone sick, can it? Do you think this is a spy drama?"

"That's not necessarily true. Don't you know what the situation is like now?" Shi Lingyu said, dissatisfied. "What if Chen Sheng was sent by Lu Ningna's side?"

Lu Yuanhu smiled, but then thought that it wasn't impossible.

"But we can't just not drink this tea, it would be such a waste." He felt a little regretful.

It does smell really good. If his wife hadn't stopped him, he definitely would have taken it to the office to drink.

Lu Mingjie, the son, said, "Mom, didn't you want to eat tea eggs a few days ago? It shouldn't be a problem to use this tea to make tea eggs, right?"

Shi Lingyu thought for a moment and said, "That's right, Sister Huang, do you know how to make tea eggs?"

Sister Huang smiled and wiped her hands on her apron: "This is my old job."

After saying that, Sister Huang took the tea cake and went into the kitchen. Lu Yuanhu watched her with a hint of reluctance in his eyes.

"By the way, Sister Huang, please prepare lunch for one more person, as a friend of mine is coming over to eat."

"Okay!" Sister Huang replied from the kitchen.

……

The guest Lu Yuanhu mentioned was named Mingcheng.

Mingcheng was a well-known poet in the capital's literary circles. "Poet" here refers to a literary figure. However, in the capital, his reputation for drinking was more famous than his poetry.

He had a self-chosen name: "The Three Perfections of Tea, Wine, and Calligraphy." This meant that his three most outstanding skills were tea tasting, wine drinking, and calligraphy.

The reason he was able to live such a carefree life was mainly because in his early years, he wrote poetry seriously, and coincidentally, his family's house within the Second Ring Road was demolished and redeveloped.

Mingcheng and Lu Yuanhu were old friends; he often came to their house for meals. As soon as he entered, he sniffed the air and asked:

"What's that smell?"

Lu Yuanhu laughed and said, "You've come at the perfect time. We're making tea eggs right now, so I'll let you try one later."