"Unfilial son! How can you say such treasonous words!?" Chen Gen slapped the table angrily and pointed at Chen Zhiqing with a look of rage.

It was the first time that Chen Qin saw Chen Gensheng so angry at his son. She stood between the two of them, fearing that Chen Gensheng would get so angry that he would hit Chen Zhiqing again.

"What my son said makes sense. He is not unfilial. Besides, our mother may not be here in the next few days..." Chen Qin advised, "Calm down. If Zhiqing passes the imperial examination, it will be a great thing to bring honor to our family. If our mother knew about it, she would definitely be willing."

Chen Genfu also persuaded, "Brother, what sister-in-law said is right. If Zhiqing succeeds, we can give our mother a grand funeral in the future. What could be more important than Zhiqing's success in the imperial examination? Our mother is looking forward to it day and night!"

"Dad, I'm saying this just in case. Do you really want me to wait for another three years? Three years of wasted time will delay my whole life." Chen Rou consoled him softly.

Chen Gensheng let out a long sigh. He certainly valued Chen Zhiqing's future, but he was used to being filial, and the word "filial piety" weighed on his heart, and he couldn't let it go.

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Gu Yun asked Liuzi to go to the town to find a woman and bring her back to Yu's house.

The Yu family members didn't know what this young man was going to do, but they didn't dare to ask too much for fear of causing resentment.

Yu Jiao knew it very well, so she didn't act pretentiously. She went into the second room with the woman, took off her top, and exposed her back to the woman.

The woman had been instructed before she came, so she didn't dare to say a word. She carefully looked at Yu Jiao's back before saying, "Miss, it's done."

Yu Jiao put on her clothes and left the house with the woman.

Gu Yun and Liu Ziqi were waiting in the east room. When they saw the two people coming out, Gu Yun stood up and asked the woman impatiently, "How is it? Is there a small red mole?"

Liu Ziqi clenched the jade button in his hand, a hint of nervousness appeared on his elegant face. He breathed softly and waited for the woman to speak.

The woman was stared at and couldn't help but feel a little nervous. "To answer your question, gentlemen, there is no mole on the girl's back."

The expression on Liu Ziqi's face broke for a moment.

"How is that possible? Did you see it wrong? Or did you not look carefully?" Gu Yun was unwilling to believe this result, and his eyes became somewhat fierce as he stared at the woman.

The woman turned pale with fear, her knees weakened, and she knelt on the ground, "My lords, I have carefully checked, and the girl... the girl really has no small mole on her body."

The Song couple were shocked when they saw this situation, especially when they saw the cold expressions of Gu Yun and Liu Ziqi. They were shocked and wondered what had happened to cause the two young masters to change their faces like this.

Yu Jiao looked calm as she looked at Liu Ziqi and said, "Although I don't know who Su Jian is that Young Master Liu is looking for, it has now been confirmed that I am not the person that Young Master is looking for. Young Master does not need to waste his time on me."

Liu Ziqi pursed his lips, said nothing, and walked out of the house in a daze.

Seeing him lose his composure like this, Gu Yun knew how sad he was. Neither he nor Liu Ziqi were willing to accept this result. It was not that they had not thought about it at the beginning, but... they all hoped that Su Jian was still alive.

Gu Yun also felt upset. He glanced at Yu Jiao, turned around and left to find Liu Ziqi.

Liuzi sent the kneeling woman out of the room.

"Jiao girl, what's going on?" Song was worried that Yu Jiao had offended these two noble gentlemen, so she asked in a low voice.

"Mr. Liu came to Changkui to look for his relatives, but I think he found the wrong person and mistook me for him." Yu Jiao explained briefly.

"Oh, I'm glad nothing happened." Song felt relieved.

A cool breeze blew in the yard and a light rain began to fall. Yu Jiao glanced outside the yard and sighed softly. She thought that Liu Ziqi and Gu Yun would not stay in Yu's house for long. After they left, Yu Jiao thought about going to Mengjia Village.

Although she didn't have a mole on her back, the jade button in Liu Ziqi's hand was exactly the same as the one Liu Sanniang gave her. She had to ask what was going on.

In the drizzle, Liu Ziqi walked aimlessly at the foot of Qingyan Mountain. The rain wet his handsome face. Looking at the dark mountains not far away, Liu Ziqi's fingers holding the jade button had turned white.

He looked down at the jade button on his palm and smiled sadly.

He originally thought... originally thought that there was still a relative still alive in this world, but it was all his own thinking...

Gu Yun stood not far away and watched quietly, not daring to step forward.

Liu Ziqi had been in the rain for more than an hour at the foot of the mountain. His whole body was soaked by the cold rain. Finally, when he calmed down and turned around, he saw Gu Yun who was as soaked as he was not far away.

Liu Ziqi walked towards him slowly, "Let's go back to Beijing."

Gu Yun responded, "I'll let Liuzi make the arrangements. Should we wait until the rain stops before leaving, or should we set off now?"

Liu Ziqi glanced at the sky full of dark clouds and thought for a moment, "Let's wait until the rain stops before leaving."

Yu Jiao, who was sitting by the window and learning embroidery with Yu Fuling, looked up and saw the two people returning to the yard. She said to Yu Fuling, "Sister, take the ginger soup cooked on the stove to Master Liu and Master Gu and send it to their rooms."

"I... I don't want to go. You should take it over." Yu Fuling was still very afraid of Gu Yun.

Master Liu probably wouldn't want to see her now. Yu Jiao pulled Yu Fuling's sleeve and said coquettishly, "Good sister, I don't want to move, so you just have to work hard."