Instead, Qin Jingyu gave Qin Jingmu a meaningful smile.

Qin Jingmu picked up a piece of pastry and started eating, pretending not to see Qin Jingyi's teasing.

During the subsequent performances, Luo Bing secretly went to see Qin Jingmu several times, thinking no one would notice, little did she know...

Qin Jingmu noticed it every time, and even Qin Jingyu began to have a more favorable view of Qin Jingmu and Luo Bing.

On one occasion, Luo Bing tried to peek at Qin Jingmu, but Qin Jingmu caught her red-handed. Luo Bing then looked away and stopped trying.

He obediently watched the opera with Qin Ruoxi, but his face was already red from being caught, and his mind was no longer on the opera.

Even later, Qin Jingmu would sometimes glance back at Luo Bing.

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Outside the theater

After hearing someone say that Qin Ruoxi had left the palace, Fang Zixu left the Ministry of Rites' residence with his servant, Achang.

When the people from the Ministry of Rites' residence saw Fang Zixu leave, and remembering Fang Li's words, "Keep a close eye on the Third Young Master and don't let him cause trouble," they hurriedly followed behind him.

Upon leaving the mansion, the servant who had been following Fang Zixu was blocked by Fang Zixu himself.

"You all go back!"

"No, young master. Master sent us to stay with you to prevent you from causing trouble."

"Then go back and tell the old man that I won't cause any trouble."

No matter what Fang Zixu said to the servants, they just wouldn't go back.

Fang Zixu was also quite helpless, so he narrowed his eyes and stared at the servants.

"You don't have to go back, but you have to listen to me."

When Fang Zixu finished speaking, he pointed to himself.

The servants looked at each other.

"What should we do? What if the young master asks us to do something wrong?"

"Promise me, young master, if you ask us to do anything wrong, we'll go back and tell the master."

"We can't just be sent back by the young master now, can we? The master would definitely kill us if he did!!"

The servants whispered among themselves, and finally nodded in agreement.

They all followed Fang Zixu, so if Fang Zixu did anything wrong, they would go back and tell Fang Li.

And so Fang Zixu walked down the street with six servants and a eunuch behind him.

He suddenly occupied a third of the street, and passersby on both sides made way for Fang Zixu.

It's unclear who knew Fang Zixu, but upon seeing him, they immediately turned and ran, shouting as they went.

"The Fang family's纨绔 (spoiled brat) has emerged."

Those who knew looked towards Fang Zixu, while those who didn't asked those around them who did: "Who is this spoiled brat from the Fang family? What did he do?"

To explain why some people call Fang Zixu a spoiled brat from the Fang family, we have to go back a few years.

A few years ago, Fang Zixu and Qin Ze would spend all their time on the streets, chasing after cats and dogs, and even children.

Whenever they see children, the two of them always go over and play with them.

At first it was a little better; they would just pat the child's head and pinch their cheeks.

Later, somehow, the two of them started scaring the little boy with rats and snakes; when they saw the little girl, they would run out from all directions and scare her from behind.

As a result, many people lined up at the gates of the Ministry of Rites and the Prince of Luoyuan's residence to protest against Qin Ze and Fang Zixu.

Because of this, both Qin Ze and Fang Zixu were severely beaten by their fathers.

After that beating, both of them became more restrained.

Fang Zixu spent his days fighting cocks and crickets, and Qin Ze was the same. Whenever Qin Ze walked down the street and saw cats or dogs, he would go up and pat a cat on the head or tug a dog's tail.

Therefore, Qin Ze was chased around the city by a group of cats and dogs. During the run, Qin Ze saw Fang Zixu, who had just finished playing cricket fighting, and grabbed Fang Zixu's hand, running alongside him.

Therefore, the two of them were described as idle, dissolute playboys who fooled around with cats and dogs.

"Young master, this..."

When Ah Chang saw those people talking about Fang Zixu, he was very unhappy and somewhat angry.

But Fang Zixu didn't care at all, "Ignore them, I'm going to find Xi'er. Otherwise, she'll be gone by then."

Fang Zixu strode quickly to the Yufeng Opera House. The people at the Yufeng Opera House, seeing Fang Zixu's demeanor, knew who he was looking for.

After all, Fang Zixu had been coming to the Yufeng Opera House quite often in the past two years.

Even those who frequently watched plays at the Yufeng Theater had become accustomed to it.

After entering the Yufeng Opera House, Fang Zixu did not linger in the lobby on the first floor, but went straight to the second floor.

Standing at the door of the side room, Fang Zixu straightened his somewhat disheveled clothes before knocking.

Qin Jingke opened the door, and as soon as he saw Fang Zixu's face, he immediately closed the door.

Qin Ruoxi heard someone knocking on the door and saw Qin Jingke go to open it, but she didn't say anything.

But seeing Qin Jingke open and close the door, and not seeing anyone come in, they became curious.

"Who is Ke Ke?"

"Sister, don't worry about it, someone's gone to the wrong place."

"Oh, okay, let's continue watching the show then."

Seeing that Qin Ruoxi didn't ask any further questions, Qin Jingke nodded and looked down at the stage.

Fang Zixu, standing outside the door, saw Qin Jingke open and then close the door, smiled, and pressed his tongue against the back of his upper teeth.

"Young master, this...we?"

Keep knocking.

As he spoke, Fang Zixu knocked on the door again.

"I'll go open the door!"

Hearing another knock on the door, Qin Jingke immediately stood up and said he would go open it.

Qin Jingmu gave Qin Jingke a strange look, but didn't say anything.

Qin Jingke walked to the door, opened it halfway, and left it slightly ajar.

"My sister said she doesn't want to see you."

After saying that, she slammed the door shut again. Turning around, she saw Qin Jingyao and Qin Ruoxi both looking at her, and awkwardly said, "This one also came to the wrong room."

Qin Ruoxi turned her head back to watch the show, while Qin Jingyao looked at Qin Jingke with a half-smile.

When Qin Jingke went to open the door, Qin Jingyi was positioned so that he could see Fang Zixu standing outside.

"Strange, why are there so many people going into the wrong rooms today?"

"What are these servants doing? I'm going to give them a talking to when I go out later."

Hearing Qin Jingke say twice that someone had gone to the wrong room, Luo Bing felt something was off.

"Qin Jingke, right?"

Fang Zixu, standing outside the door, gritted his teeth as he saw himself locked out once again.

Go and fetch two dogs.

Fang Zixu casually pointed to a servant following behind him, "A dog???"

"Yes, the big yellow dog in the south of the city and the big black dog in the north."

"These two are real tyrants."

"Yes, young master."

After hearing this, the servant left and went downstairs.

One servant went to the south of the city, and another servant went to the north of the city.

Fang Zixu leaned against the doorway.