All I can say is... it's utterly terrible!
He never imagined that his seemingly gentle and refined older brother was actually...
He looked at Li Yunyan, his sister-in-law, who, like him, was a pitiful person.
"Sister-in-law, you're too kind! Shen Que can't possibly drink two bowls of soup by himself!"
Li Yunyan had just secretly observed Shen Que and found him to be extremely handsome!
The boy was tall and slender, with red lips and white teeth, a clear and gentle complexion, and a quiet and focused expression, like the moon reflected in water.
His birth mother was a courtesan. If she hadn't been so beautiful, she wouldn't have caught the eye of Master Shen, who disregarded his wife's objections and insisted on redeeming her from her servitude, taking her as a concubine.
However, his good fortune did not last long. His birth mother died in childbirth, and Shen's mother pretended to take Shen Que in and raise him for several years.
After his father died, he was driven out of the courtyard by his mother and given an old servant and a secluded courtyard to fend for himself.
At that time, Shen Que was not yet 10 years old!
Looking at Shen Que now, Li Yunyan saw that he was 17 years old and had grown into a handsome young man!
This young man is rather thin, and looks to be a little over 1.8 meters tall, but probably weighs less than 110 pounds!
He was also quite poor; there wasn't even a decent decoration in his room.
However, the neatly stacked books on the desk and the large calligraphy scrolls hanging on the wall revealed a scholar's integrity.
Li Yunyan smiled gently, "These two bowls of soup aren't just for you! I need to nourish myself too!"
She calmly sat down, lifted the lid of the soup, and stirred it with a spoon.
"What are you standing there for? If you don't drink it now, the soup will get cold!"
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