Chapter 79: Acquaintance
The streets are bustling with noise and traffic.
"Oh my Lord, please run slower~"
The eunuch in plain clothes was chasing after a young boy in fancy clothes in front of him with a worried and anxious look on his face.
"Little Orange, please hurry up!" The young boy, Jing Shu, turned around and urged the eunuch, his cat eyes filled with smiles.
After he got the token to leave the palace from Emperor Ren, he immediately left the palace carrying Emperor Ren and Prince Sheng on his back.
When the eunuch caught up with him, panting, Jing Shu looked left and right with a big smile on his face, and said to Xiao Chengzi, "It's so lively! It's more lively than I thought."
As Jing Shu's personal eunuch, Xiao Chengzi had rarely been outside the palace. He was only one or two years older than Jing Shu, so he naturally enjoyed seeing this bustling market.
"It's very lively and fun." Little Orange nodded in agreement, looking around and then at Jing Shu.
They came out quietly this time, without any guards with them. If anything happened to Jing Shu, he would not survive.
"Look, is that the Tanghulu that big brother mentioned?" Jing Shu said, pointing to a man not far away who was carrying a straw stick filled with red Tanghulu.
Looking in the direction Jing Shu pointed, Xiao Chengzi said uncertainly: "It should be... right." After all, he had never seen it before.
"Let's go and take a look." Jing Shu called out and ran towards there.
Little Orange quickly followed, calling out anxiously, "My grandpa, please run slower."
"There are candied haws over there!" Ji Hean said happily while pulling Ji Zhongzi, "Zhongzhong, let's go buy some too."
Actually, Lu Ji and An don't like Tanghu very much, but every time they see it, they can't help but want to buy it. The reason is that when he was a child, he always saw other children in the village eating it, and his brothers and sisters also showed off to him.
"Where?" asked Ji Zhongzi.
"Over there." Ji Hean pointed and pulled Ji Zhongzi towards the stall selling candied haws.
As the two approached, they heard the man selling candied haws say to the young man in fancy clothes in front of him, "Twenty cents a string."
Ji Hean and Ji Zhongzi were immediately shocked. Twenty cents? But the last time they bought it, they only paid three cents.
This merchant clearly wanted to take advantage of the young man's fancy clothes to cheat him.
The young man was also a fool. He took out a small piece of silver from his purse and gave it to the man without asking any questions. "We want two strings."
Although the silver coin was small, it was still worth half an ounce. The man was a little confused about how to change it. He said in embarrassment, "Sir, I can't change it..."
"Then..." Jing Shu hadn't finished speaking when a soft and gentle voice interrupted him, "Little brother, why are you here?"
Ji Hean didn't want to intervene at first, but seeing that the boy was only about eleven or twelve years old and looked very cute, he felt a little reluctant and spoke up.
His words immediately changed the face of the candied haws vendor. Originally, he just saw that the two people were dressed gorgeously and were young, and wanted to rip them off. However, he didn't expect that before he could collect the money, the parents of the two people came to find him.
Ji Hean took Ji Zhongzi forward, looked at the money in the merchant's hand, then turned his back to the merchant and winked at Jing Shu and said, "Little brother, do you have no change for the candied haws?"
Jing Shu was not stupid. He immediately understood what was going on and nodded, "Yes."
"I happen to want to buy some too, so I'll buy some for you as well." Ji Hean said, then turned to the merchant and said, "Please give us four strings of Tanghulu."
As he spoke, he counted out twelve copper plates from his purse and handed them to the merchant.
The merchant was a little panicked at the moment. He took the copper coins and took four strings of candied haws from the haystack without even counting them, and then ran away in a hurry.
Ji Hean turned around and handed two strings of candied haws to Jing Shu, saying softly, "Here, for you. Why are you out here alone? Where is your parents?"
When Xiao Chengzi, who was standing behind Jing Shu, saw this scene, he immediately realized that they had almost been tricked.
"That guy tricked us!" He was about to chase after the man, but was stopped by Jing Shu, "Don't chase him. We can't beat him even if we catch up with him."
"Can....."
Jing Shu interrupted him, "It's nothing." He turned around and took the candied haws handed over by Ji He'an, and smiled, "Thank you, brother."
When they smiled, their two cute little canine teeth were revealed, which made Ji Hean and Ji Zhongzi so cute.
Unable to hold back, Ji Zhongzi asked again, "Where are your parents, little brother? You two are very likely to be cheated."
Seeing the sincere worry in Ji Hean and Ji Zhongzi's eyes, Jing Shu smiled again, and with a plan in mind, he said pitifully, "My two brothers, this is my first time in the capital. My father...my father is away on business, so I just wanted to come and take a look."
It is always easier to believe what good-looking people say, and Ji Hean and Ji Zhongzi believed it so easily.
The two looked at each other and hesitated for a moment before saying, "If you don't mind, you can go shopping with us."
Jing Shu was waiting for them to say this, and nodded quickly, "I don't mind, not at all."
Having said that, he smiled obediently again.
The two-person group suddenly became a four-person group.
Jing Shu is good at speaking, has a cute appearance, and speaks sweetly and innocently. It didn't take him long to become friends with Ji and An.
Along the way, they called each other brother and sister affectionately and were very happy.
After walking around for a while, they were a little tired and wanted to find a restaurant to eat, but Jing Shu suddenly suggested going to Ji Hean's house for dinner.
Ji Hean was a little embarrassed at first, but when he looked at Jing Shu's expectant eyes, he was suddenly speechless.
In the end, he took Jing Shu and the other person back to his home.
Arriving at the door of the house, Ji Hean said a little embarrassedly: "My house is not big, please don't mind it, brother Shuer."
"Why should you mind? It's me who wants to come to my brother's house for dinner, I think it's better that my brother doesn't mind." Jing Shu said with his big eyes blinking.
After hearing this, Ji Hean's impression of Jing Shu improved a lot, and he said with a smile: "Then let's go in."
After entering the yard, Ji Zhongzi said to Ji Hean, "I'll go call Mu Ya, you and brother Shu'er go to the living room first."
"good."
Ji He'an answered, then took Jing Shu and the other man to the living room, and then told the servants to cook.
Mu Ya has never left the house since he came to Beijing. Ji Hean thought that he had lived in Beijing before and thought that he just didn't want to meet any acquaintances, so he didn't let him go out.
In the living room, Ji Hean invited Jing Shu to eat cakes and fruits.
Just as Jing Shu was about to reach out to take it, he was stopped by Xiao Chengzi, "Master, no, not yet..."
Before Xiao Chengzi could finish his words, Jing Shu glared at him, and then he watched the pastry that had not been tested for poison go into Jing Shu's mouth.
His heart was immediately lifted up, but after a while he felt relieved when he saw that Jing Shu was fine.
"Brother, why hasn't I seen your parents?" Jing Shu asked while eating.
When he heard about his parents, Ji Hean's face froze for a moment, but he quickly recovered and said with a smile, "I don't have any parents."
Ever since his parents sold him to the Ji family, he no longer had parents.
Jing Shu didn't know the reason and thought Ji Hean's parents were dead. He immediately put down the cake in his hand and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, brother, I didn't mean it!"
"Nothing."
Seeing that Ji and An's expressions did not change, Jing Shu breathed a sigh of relief and picked up the cakes in the bowl again, "Brother, are you living with the brother just now?"
"No." Ji Hean shook his head, "I have another A Lang."
With a puff, the pastry in Jing Shu's mouth spurted out.
"Young Master!"
"younger brother!"
Xiao Chengzi and Ji Hean expressed their concern at the same time.
"Young Master, please wipe it." Xiao Chengzi took out a silk handkerchief and handed it to Jing Shu.
Taking the handkerchief, Jing Shu wiped his mouth and waved his hand, saying, "I'm fine."
Xiao Chengzi and Ji Hean were relieved to see that everything was fine.
"Brother, are you married?" After wiping his mouth, Jing Shu looked at Ji Hean with his cat eyes wide open.
"Well, we've been married for two years." Ji Hean thought of Ji Zheng with a happy smile on her face.
"So early?" Jing Shu was surprised.
Ji Hean nodded.
Jing Shu felt as if the sky had fallen.
His sweetheart is actually married!
"What's wrong?"
Looking at Jing Shu's expression, Ji Hean asked with concern.
As soft and clean as a cloud, this was Jing Shu's first impression of Ji Hean, so he took the initiative to contact Ji Hean.
"Brother, is your Alang good to you?" Jing Shu asked again without giving up.
Thinking of Ji Zheng, Ji Hean felt sweet inside and nodded, "Very good."
Seeing Ji He'an like this, the light in Jing Shu's eyes went out. It seemed that he had completely lost hope.
"That's good, that's good." Jing Shu said these two sentences very unpleasantly.
Although he was smiling on the surface, he was deeply saddened in his heart. Even the cake in his hand didn't taste good anymore.
"He will be back from his post soon, and I can introduce him to you then." Ji Hean said again.
"Really? That's great." Jing Shu said pretending to be happy, but in fact his heart was filled with sorrow.
At this time Mu Ya and Ji Zhongzi walked in.
"Brother Shu'er, He'an, we're here." Ji Zhongzi strode to sit next to Ji He'an.
Jing Shu and Mu Ya were both stunned when they saw each other.
"You..." Jing Shu was the first to come back to his senses. He stood up, pointed at Mu Ya and was about to speak, but was quickly stopped by Mu Ya's eyes.
"What's wrong? Do you two know each other?" Ji Hean asked curiously.
"I don't know him, I don't know him." Jing Shu waved his hands hurriedly, "It's just that this brother looks familiar to me."
Mu Ya also immediately adjusted her mood, walked to the side and sat down, saying: "I don't know him."
Even so, Jing Shu's eyes would always look at Mu Ya from time to time.
Ji and An were not stupid either, they knew that the two knew each other, but Mu Ya obviously didn't want them to know, so he pretended to be stupid and didn't know.
After they had dinner, Ji Zheng hadn't come back yet and Jing Shu was about to leave. He said to Ji Hean, "Can I come to see you again next time?"
The cat's eyes blinked, and its fangs were exposed, which made Ji and Anxin melt. He nodded and said, "Sure, you are welcome to come anytime."
After getting the guarantee, Jing Shu smiled and said, "Then I'll come and play with my brother next time."
After saying this, his eyes paused on Mu Ya for a moment, with an expression on his face as if he wanted to say something but stopped.
Seeing this, Ji Hean and Ji Zhongzi found an excuse to leave, leaving Mu Ya and Jing Shu behind.
Jing Shu put away the smile on his face and said, "Brother Xing, where have you been for the past year? Brother Yu is almost going crazy looking for you."
Hearing Yan Yu's name, Mu Ya's eyes flashed with guilt, and then he straightened his expression and said, "Your Highness, I am no longer Yan Xing, I am Mu Ya now. Can you please just pretend that you have never seen me?"
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