The atmosphere in the study suddenly became quiet.
Qin Songmo was originally just studying the ancient books in his hands.
After hearing his little daughter's dislike for Meng Jiuan, he silently shifted his gaze from the ancient book in his hand, and then his eyes fell on his friend's...butt.
Don't tell me, it's really big...
"Ahem...If you like it, you can keep it. It's expensive."
Qin Songmo's face turned red from coughing. After he finally suppressed the cough, he picked up the teacup beside him and drank a sip of warm tea before changing the subject.
When Li Shengyi heard Qin Songmo asking her to accept the night pearl in front of her, he also specifically pointed out how valuable this night pearl was.
She stretched out her hand and placed her soft fingertips on the night pearl.
It's icy cold and glows, it really looks like a rare thing.
Li Shengyi nodded and quietly put the night pearl into his arms.
Meng Jiuan, who had watched every move of the father and daughter, said, "...Little carrot head, since you accepted my things, can you at least say a few words of comfort to me?"
He had just finished speaking when he saw Li Shengyi put the night pearl he had just put in his arms back on the table.
"You're already so old, and you still need me to comfort you. You're really shameless."
"Besides, why should I comfort you? The person you like is someone you can't have. And you're still daydreaming here all day. Do you think you're a pure love warrior? Fighting for love?"
"Meng Jiuan, do you know your own identity?"
Li Shengyi's voice was clear. She was obviously only a five-year-old child, but when Meng Jiuan didn't look at her, he always thought she was quite old.
However, every time he turned around and looked at her, he would still be shocked speechless by her childish face.
Hearing her question, Meng Jiuan raised his finger and pointed at the tip of his nose in a foolish manner, "Me? I am Meng Jiuan."
"You're wrong," Li Shengyi casually picked up a black dot and threw it at him, "As a general protecting the country, you are so handsome. What girl from a good family can't you get?"
"Why do you insist on being obsessed with someone in the deep palace, and the other party is..."
Realizing that he had talked too much, Li Shengyi silently shut up.
She put the night pearl back into her arms and jumped off the stool. "That's all I have to say to comfort you. Think about it carefully."
"Think about why you would fall in love with a married woman."
After Li Shengyi finished speaking, she put her hands behind her back and shook her head and sighed like a little old man.
When she passed by Qin Songmo's desk, she stopped, changed her expression towards Meng Jiuan, and spoke to him politely.
"Dad, it's getting late. I need to go back and rest. The doctor said you should rest early, too. Otherwise, it will be bad for your health."
Qin Songmo looked at his little daughter, whose expression seemed to change, and raised the corners of his lips slightly. "Okay, I'll go back to my room later. Shengyi can go back and rest first."
While waiting for the study door to open and close, the cold wind outside once again diluted the warmth in the study. Meng Jiuan, who had been facing away from the study door, finally came to his senses.
He turned his head to look at the closed study door, and saw that the small figure had left. He had no choice but to turn his gaze to his good friend beside him.
"Little Radish Head, are you...comforting me?"
Qin Songmo once again withdrew his gaze from his friend's butt, and finally saw him nod.
"Sheng Yi is right. As a general of the Great Chu State and a first-rank official, you have no problem finding anyone you want. Why are you so obsessed with the Imperial Concubine?"
Meng Jiuan did not feel much happier after hearing his friend's comfort.
Pulling a chair and sitting down in front of his friend, he leaned his head on his shoulder and curled his lips. "Who says that as the general protecting the country, anyone can get it?"
"I was thinking of asking Little Radish Head to be my adopted daughter, but you sent me directly to Jiangnan..."
Qin Songmo put down the ancient book in his hand and did not continue his original topic. Instead, he asked him directly, "Where is the evidence?"
Meng Jiuan rolled his eyes at him when he heard that. "Qin Yuanqing, could you please stop being so stingy? I didn't say I wanted to keep the little carrot head all to myself."
"I'm quite lonely even though I live alone. You know that I can't have children, and I can't marry anyone."
"In the future, I also want someone to collect my body and burn more paper money for me during festivals."
"Well, let's make a deal. You become the elder and I become the younger. How about you be the eldest father and I be the second father? I'll leave all my money to her. After all, you can't take it with you when you die. If little Radish Head becomes my daughter, then I'll have something to look forward to in the afterlife. I hope she can burn money for me every year."
When Meng Jiuan said this, his tone was relaxed, as if he was saying that he didn't eat enough tonight.
Having said that, he took out the evidence he had collected during this period in Jiangnan, which showed that the Second Prince Chu Huaiyu had an affair with envoys from other countries, and gave it to his friend.
"I've thought it through during this period. If Su Jinrou hadn't been so kind to me back then, I wouldn't have fallen so deeply in love with her."
"But after all, my love for Su Jinrou can't be eaten, so I might as well leave these things to little carrot head."
"Qin Yuanqing, are you listening to what I'm saying?"
"Noisy," Qin Songmo glanced at him, "After not seeing you for a while, you've become noisy again."
Meng Jiuan is still waiting for his friend to give an answer.
As a result, not only did his friend not give him an answer, he also called him noisy.
Taking a deep breath, I heard him hum softly.
Then he leaned back in his chair, reached out and grabbed an ancient book on the table, flipped through two pages, found it boring, and threw it back.
Finally, after Qin Songmo finished reading the evidence in his hand at a glance, he raised his head and looked at his friend who was sitting in front of him and was already drowsy.
Meng Jiuan has been traveling between Jiangnan and the capital recently and has had almost no rest.
After being thrown into the pool by the breeze for a bath, the gray face became clean, but because of the lack of rest, the dark circles under the eyes were particularly dazzling.
He put down the things in his hands, and his voice suddenly rang out in the originally quiet study.
"A few days ago, I took Shengyi to visit my mother. The Second Prince was there, and Shengyi was bullied by him."
"Shengyi is a very loyal and righteous girl. If you want to win her favor..."
Meng Jiuan, who was originally sitting crookedly in the chair, suddenly woke up.
He suddenly stood up from his chair and opened the study door without caring about what his friend had not finished saying.
"I understand. I'm going to settle the score with that pervert right now!"
"I think he is courting death if he dares to bully my future goddaughter, Meng Jiuan!"
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