Chapter 171 Lu Chi

Stone felt even more aggrieved: "Master, why don't you help me teach him a lesson? Why are you even taking his side?"

"I didn't speak up for anyone," Sheng Sheng said, both amused and exasperated.

Sheng Sheng looked up and saw the little boy in front of her still smiling with his little tiger teeth showing. However, he stopped teasing the stone after Sheng Sheng came over. Sheng Sheng wondered if it was just her imagination, but she felt that the little boy's eyes were a little brighter.

Seeing Sheng Sheng looking at him, the young boy smiled and bowed to her, saying, "Greetings, Second Princess."

Sheng Sheng chuckled and asked him, "Why did you take out the stone's milk bowl?"

Lu Chi was taken aback, then quickly waved his hand and explained, "Princess, please don't misunderstand. I didn't go in. I saw a palace maid carrying this basin over, so I snatched it from her halfway. I didn't enter your tent."

Sheng Sheng: "...Uh, why are you taking Shi Tou's milk bowl?"

"Oh, I heard that the Second Princess brought back a little tiger. I'm very curious about him and have been wanting to come and see him. I even held him this morning. He's really cute, unlike any other tiger I've ever seen. I like him very much. Since it's inconvenient for me to come into your tent, I thought I'd put his milk bowl by the door so he can only come out to drink his milk."

Sheng Sheng: "...Oh."

Lu Chi scratched his head sheepishly. "By the way, is Stone his name?"

"yes."

"How adorable! This name suits him perfectly. Princess, you have such a good name-giver!"

Sheng Sheng was somewhat surprised; this was the first person to praise her for choosing a good name.

After being praised, the little dumpling found him pleasing to the eye, and the distance between the two instantly shortened.

"You have excellent taste! You're the first person to appreciate this name!"

"Really?" The young boy seemed very happy, his tousled hair bobbing. "Then I'm truly honored!"

When Lu Chi smiled, his little tiger teeth shone white, and he exuded a dashing and vibrant aura. His emotions were also passionate and straightforward, and his casualness was tinged with nobility.

Lu Chi looked down at Sheng Sheng, who was coaxing Shi Tou to drink milk. Sheng Sheng had her hair styled in a bun resembling rabbit ears, looking very well-behaved.

Lu Chi bent down, about to say something, when he was interrupted by an angry shout from afar.

"Lu Chi!"

The shout startled Sheng Sheng. Sheng Sheng looked up and saw Xie Yunqi walking angrily toward her.

Lu Chi straightened up, blinked, and quickly put on an incredibly sunny smile, greeting him with a smile: "Fifth Prince, it's been a long time!"

Xie Yunqi's angry steps faltered, his anger turning to horror. He circled Lu Chi twice, rubbing his eyes, and noticed Lu Chi still wearing that familiar and affectionate smile, as if they were some kind of best buddies. He spoke suspiciously...

"Who are you? Where is Lu Chi? What's attached to Lu Chi? I don't care what you are, get off Lu Chi right now!"

Lu Chi said innocently, "Fifth Prince, what are you saying? I don't understand."

Xie Yunqi trembled, even more terrified, and stammered, shielding Sheng Sheng behind her: "You...you...who exactly are you? Where is the real Lu Chi? Lu Chi would never do this! Tell me, what is your purpose in impersonating Lu Chi to get close to my sister!"

Lu Chi continued innocently, "Hmm? Fifth Prince, what's wrong? Why are you so agitated? I've always been like this. Are you alright?"

Xie Yunqi jumped up and down in anger: "What's wrong with me? How dare you ask me what's wrong? You should ask yourself what's wrong first. Are you possessed?"

Sheng Sheng squatted on the ground, looking completely bewildered, not understanding why the two of them had suddenly started arguing.

Oh no, it was a one-sided argument.

Xie Yunqi was so angry she jumped up, while Lu Chi remained calmly smiling.

Zijuan also squatted down, leaned close to her ear, and whispered, "Princess, I guessed right. This is Lu Chi, the second son of General Lu, the General of the Cavalry. The eldest son of the Lu family, Lu Yixue, is very talented in literature, but he doesn't like martial arts. However, this second son is not like that. He went to the battlefield with General Lu when he was five years old and grew up on horseback. Therefore, everyone says that the second son will inherit General Lu's mantle in the future."

"Oh." Sheng Sheng thought for a moment, "But what does this have to do with the two of them arguing?"

"Oh dear, I almost forgot. Two years ago, at the New Year's Eve banquet, the Fifth Prince and Young Master Lu secretly drank some wine and both passed out drunk in a corner. They were so drunk that they started arguing about fighting crickets. But where were they going to find crickets to fight? Somehow, their arguing turned into a fight, and the Fifth Prince lost and was not satisfied, insisting that he lost because he was drunk. Later, Consort Li found out, dragged the Fifth Prince back, and gave him a severe beating. That's how the Fifth Prince and Young Master Lu started their feud."

"puff."

Sheng Sheng laughed. Her fifth brother was really childish sometimes, actually getting into a grudge with someone over something like this.

Zijuan obviously found it amusing too, and whispered, "Young Master Lu is fine, but the main problem is that every time the Fifth Prince sees Young Master Lu, he wants to fight him, and he always loses. The more the Fifth Prince loses, the more resentful he becomes. The two of them have been locked in a love-hate relationship for two years now. To avoid fighting with the Fifth Prince all the time, Young Master Lu doesn't even go to the Wenhua Hall anymore."

In fact, Lu Chi could have entered the Wenhua Hall to study, but he didn't really like writing. In his words, all his literary talent had been transferred to his brother, and his brother's martial arts talent had also been taken by him. The two of them, one literary and one martial, were just right, so why bother to excel in both?

Therefore, Lu Chi went along with it, using the excuse of not wanting to have more conflicts with Xie Yunqi to decline the offer to study at the Wenhua Hall.

Sheng Sheng was chuckling, laughing heartily, when Xie Yunqi shouted at Lu Chi, "Come here! Let's fight!"

Sheng Sheng: "..."

Sometimes it's really hard to tell who's younger.

Why did she feel that Xie Yunqi was even more immature than herself?

After finishing his milk, Shitou was comfortably squinting and burping when Shengsheng handed him to her, asking her to take him inside to wipe his mouth. Then, she turned around and stood between the two of them with a somewhat helpless expression.

"Fifth brother, garlic bird, garlic bird, neither will last forever."

Xie Yunqi was taken aback: "What do you mean by that?"

"Forget it, forget it, everyone has their difficulties. This is something Sheng Sheng saw in a storybook; it's a local dialect accent. Isn't it funny?"

"That's hilarious! You're so funny, little sister. Why don't you show that storybook to your big brother later?"

"Okay, okay."

"Uh-huh!"

Xie Yunqi was delighted, but then suddenly realized that he was still "exorcising" Lu Chi. He shook his body, and his smile was immediately replaced by seriousness. He pointed at Lu Chi and said...