As soon as the question was asked, someone answered: "I know, I know, the first place in this college examination is Shen Jingwen."
"Hey, this name sounds familiar." As soon as these words were spoken, someone immediately agreed.
"Sound familiar?" Someone echoed, laughing. After a moment, they continued, "Of course it sounds familiar. Isn't he the poor scholar who stole the Zhou family's young master's childhood sweetheart?"
Hearing this man say this, a young man sitting by the window couldn't help but frown, closed the folding fan in his hand, and tapped his hands lightly:
"Hmm? There's such a thing. Is there any hidden secret behind it?"
When he asked this, the person who was laughing just now suddenly stopped laughing. Looking at the source of the sound, he saw a young man who seemed to be dressed in ordinary clothes, but his aura was completely different from that of ordinary people.
There was a servant standing beside him, pouring tea for the young man.
It doesn't take much thought to know that these two people are from other places.
However, there have been too many unfamiliar faces in Rongping County recently, and since it was the day of the results announcement, the appearance of these two people did not arouse too much suspicion from local residents.
He just laughed twice and then explained, "Three years ago, when the young master of the Zhou family took the young lady of the Ning family to the temple to pray, he mistakenly left the young lady of the Ning family alone on the mountain. As a result, the young lady of the Ning family slipped while descending the mountain and nearly died."
"Luckily, I met Master Shen who was praying for my mother. After saving Ning Wan, Ning Cheng'an arranged a marriage for the two of them to thank Shen Jingwen for saving his daughter, as a way of repaying Master Shen for saving his life."
"It's just a pity that the Zhou family's young master has known the Ning family's young lady since they were young. They often played together, but they haven't seen each other since that incident three years ago."
Jun Yan, the third prince of Jingping.
This time he came to Rongping County to show respect to talented people and find one or two talented people to help him, but he didn't expect that the two talented people he had finally found would have such entanglements.
But after hearing the explanation, Jun Yan couldn't help but sigh:
"Hmm? Saving my life and repaying it with my body? Is this definitely not revenge?"
Jun Yan had only seen such outrageous ways of repaying a favor in stories, and never thought that he would see a real version one day. He couldn't help but feel curious about the two protagonists who were willing to repay their love.
"What are you talking about? How can this be called revenge?"
"If marrying into the Ning family is revenge, I really hope that I'm the one being retaliated against."
Hearing Jun Yan say this, the man's tone couldn't help but be a little sad and angry, as if he was really regretting that he was not engaged to Miss Ning.
Jun Yan couldn't help but feel curious: "Where is your self-esteem?" Even his servants would refuse this way of repaying a favor, so why do these people think it's a good thing?
"Sir, do you know how much the Ning family's assets are worth?" He had no intention of asking Jun Yan to answer, and quickly asked himself:
"Even if you have to support a dozen of me, it's no problem."
"Can't people give up even this comfortable life just for the sake of dignity?"
"Unless this person's life is extremely comfortable."
Hearing this, Jun Yan was speechless. He just silently drank a sip of tea in the cup and did not argue any more. To him, a life without dignity is worse than death.
"But don't get me wrong. Although I can give up my self-respect for the sake of comfort, Mr. Shen is different from us peasants."
"Although he was engaged to Miss Ning, he did not rely on the Ning family. He established his own family three years ago."
"There wasn't any so-called famous teacher for this college entrance examination. I relied entirely on myself to win the top spot. Thinking about it carefully, it can be said that after all the hardships, there is happiness."
The man thought for a moment and muttered, "It seems that it is not unreasonable for Ning Chengan to choose Master Shen as his son-in-law. After all, Master Shen has both good looks and talent. It is indeed difficult not to be moved."
If he had this insight and had established some relationship with him a few years ago, he would probably be able to benefit from it now, right?
"How do you know that the Ning family didn't ask a famous teacher to teach Shen Jingwen in private?" Jun Yan saw this person praising Shen Jingwen so much, and after thinking for a while, he continued:
"After all, Shen Jingwen is the son-in-law of the Ning family. If he fails to pass the exam, wouldn't it be a disgrace to the Ning family?"
I originally thought that these words could wake this person up, but unexpectedly, this person's face showed an expression of grief and sorrow.
"How is that possible? How could you have such an idea?"
"Don't mention it, okay?"
"How could the Ning family possibly hire a famous teacher to teach Shen Jingwen? You know, if Shen Jingwen doesn't do well in the exam, he will have to give up literature and go into business, and return to the Ning Mansion to learn how to do business!"
"Ning Cheng'an hoped that Shen Jingwen would fail the exam so that he could keep Shen Jingwen in the Ning Mansion as his son-in-law. How could he possibly hire a famous teacher for Shen Jingwen? It's a good thing that he didn't cause him any trouble."
"In fact, the reason why Shen Jingwen wanted to set up his own business was because he didn't want to inherit the Ning family's business. Ning Cheng'an was so angry that he kicked him out."
Not long ago, he was still saying that Shen Jingwen was a poor scholar, but now he praised Shen Jingwen in every possible way, and even felt that it was not enough, so he opened his mouth again:
"Besides, if there really was a famous teacher who had taught Shen Jingwen, he would have come forward as soon as the results were announced and would have been eager to acknowledge Shen Jingwen as his disciple. How could he have been so patient and not leaked even a single word?"
Jun Yan was silent for a while, then slowly said: "...That makes sense."
After leaving the teahouse, Jun Yan kept reviewing what he had just heard in the teahouse. As he walked, he suddenly stopped.
"Third... Young Master?" The servant beside him stopped at the right moment, looked at the Third Prince in front of him, and said respectfully.
Jun Yan: "If one day you encounter the same thing as Shen Jingwen, what will you choose?"
The servant was startled, but immediately lowered his head. After a while, he answered truthfully:
"If I were not your subordinate, I would have agreed to this marriage just like Mr. Shen did when I encountered this situation. The only difference is that I do not have Mr. Shen's character."
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