Chapter 5
The two were having dinner when they heard footsteps outside.
The two looked at each other, and saw confusion in each other's eyes.
After a while, a figure appeared in the sight of the two.
The man who came was dressed in expensive clothes and looked somewhat similar to Jun Qingmo. He had a pursed mouth and a melancholy look on his face. He must be a young master in this mansion.
I don’t recognize Zhang Yunniang. In the original owner’s memory, forget it, she is not as good as her.
I looked at him secretly and had a rough idea of what he was wearing.
Jun Qingxuan took a few glances at the room from the door. Unlike the closed doors and windows when he came before, the room was now clean and tidy with no peculiar smell. Looking at Jun Qingmo's appearance, he did not seem as lifeless as before.
The surprise in his eyes was not hidden.
I saw another person sitting at the table, and it seemed like I had no impression of him.
But looking at the situation in the house, it seemed that this person took good care of Jun Qingmo, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Big brother." Jun Qingmo looked at the man who came in, who was dressed in the noble clothes of a prince. His eyes froze. He clenched his fists on the dining table and nodded coldly as a greeting.
"I, I came to see you. Do you feel better today?"
Seeing that no one wanted to pay attention to him, Jun Qingxuan found a stool and sat down uncomfortably.
In front of Jun Qingmo, he always felt a little inferior.
"Thank you for your concern, brother. You are very busy. Since I cannot relieve your worries, I will not ask you to stay for a while."
Jun Qingxuan looked at Jun Qingmo in front of him and felt a little strange.
Jun Qingmo has always been gentle and polite, and it is rare to see him being so blunt and merciless.
He had just sat down and hadn't even had a sip of tea when he was asked to leave.
"I wanted to see you before, but I couldn't. Now that I see you've come out, I feel more at ease."
He had been here before, but Jun Qingmo refused to see anyone and would only talk to them across the room at most.
The two of them were not very close in the past. They would often greet each other and then leave without saying much.
Before the accident, Jun Qingmo was in a broad mind. Whenever they met occasionally, he was the host. Now that he didn't say anything, Jun Qingxuan was speechless and didn't know what to say.
"I, I won't disturb you from having breakfast. I'll come see you later."
Seeing that no one wanted to pay attention to him, Jun Qingxuan said a few polite words and left in order not to offend anyone.
"No."
Jun Qingmo was in a depressed mood. He drank his porridge in silence and didn't say anything else.
Zhang Yunniang also understood very well. Originally, the position of the crown prince belonged to him. Now seeing the crown prince's robe worn by someone else, she couldn't help but feel indignant.
"From now on, stay away from him."
"Young Master? Okay."
"Don't you want to ask the reason?" Jun Qingmo was surprised by the man's straightforwardness.
"Listen to advice and eat your fill. As for wealthy families, the less you know, the longer you live."
She took a bite of the pickle, but it was too sweet for her taste.
Jun Qingmo knew what Zhang Yunniang meant, nodded without comment, put down the bowl of porridge, and brought over some tea to hide his inner discomfort.
Now he only has Zhang Yunniang as his hope, and he is afraid that even this person will leave him, so he said this out of selfish motives.
Zhang Yunniang's attention is not on these messy things, she has her own focus.
"Second Young Master, do you have anything you want to do?"
"No." Jun Qingmo shook his head. What should he do? What could he do in this state?
"Then exercise. Your upper limbs are too weak. You'll be using your hands more often in the future, so you need more practice."
If you have enough upper body strength, you can do many things on your own. There are some things that others can help you with, but you will feel uncomfortable doing it.
"Okay, what do I need to do?" Since he couldn't figure out how to go about his future, and someone was willing to think for him, he was willing to give it a try.
"Well, let me think about it and develop a special training plan for you."
"How do you know all this?"
"Why do you care how I know it? It won't do you any harm anyway."
Zhang Yunniang didn't want to say much. She was living a pretty good life here, but she also missed the old days and her old friends and family.
If it was in front of outsiders, she would never be so careless, but Jun Qingmo's current situation did not threaten her at all.
Besides, the time they will spend together will increase a lot in the future, and it would be too difficult to be cautious all the time.
"I get up at the beginning of the morning hour every day. From now on, Second Young Master, you should get up at the same time. Early to bed and early to rise are good for your health. Just look at me and you'll see. In the past two years, I haven't even had a cold or typhoid fever."
"good."
"Get up and exercise for an hour, then have breakfast. I heard that the second young master is a good student. Once he recovers, he can't neglect his studies for the imperial examination. He can study in the morning and have free time in the afternoon. If he wants to go out of the house to have a look, we can go out and relax."
"Imperial Examination?" Jun Qingmo chuckled and shook his head sarcastically.
"If you don't like being an official, the Second Young Master is so smart, you can go into business, but the capital is a bit difficult to come by."
"Imperial examination? Ha, me? I'm going to take the imperial examination? Hahaha, it's just making people laugh."
Jun Qingmo sneered and automatically ignored the latter part of the sentence. A silly girl is just a silly girl.
With so many civil and military officials in the court, how could they allow a half-paralyzed disabled person to give orders in the government?
"Isn't there a clear law in the court that prohibits people with disabilities from taking the imperial examinations?"
Zhang Yunniang seemed to have never heard of this before? Didn't even the ugly Liu Luoguo become an official?
“Although there is no explicit order, there is no such tradition either.”
"Oh, I see."
Zhang Yunniang put down her bowl of porridge and said nonchalantly, "It's just an excuse. It's not that she can't take the imperial examination, but she's afraid of facing the mockery and contempt of others. She doesn't dare to face the possibility of failure and add to the ridicule of others."
"You are outrageous."
"I'll give you five points for being so insolent. Anyway, I'm telling you, I do this for money. If you can't pay me later, I'll run away. Do you really expect me to take care of you for free for the rest of your life?"
Jun Qingmo was furious. The anger he had been suppressing finally erupted. He slammed his palm on the table. There was a loud bang, and Zhang Yunniang subconsciously shook three times.
"Why are you angry at me? You don't want to retreat, you want to rely on others for everything, and you still want to live with dignity? You're dreaming."
"Get out! Get out!"
"You stay in your room all day long, not thinking about how to make a living in the future. Are you going to rely on the monthly salary from the palace to live? I'm still giving you money now, but if one day it stops, will you commit suicide?"
"I said get out, don't you understand? Get out, get out right now." Jun Qingmo was furious and swept all the dishes and chopsticks on the table to the ground, spilling the soup all over the floor.
"It's just you and me here. Who are you trying to show off to? You have to clean up the mess you made in this room."
Jun Qingmo was furious. Thinking of Jun Qingxuan's golden robe with python patterns and his healthy body, he felt uncomfortable. The position of the crown prince should have been his. It was his.
His mother had forced herself to stay awake and fight for the position of crown prince for him, but now, it had been replaced by someone else. He felt heartbroken and filled with guilt.
"I don't need you. Don't you want to laugh at me? I let you watch. Have you seen enough? Have you seen enough? If you have, get out of here." He pushed the table out, and the stool fell to the ground with it.
The flower arrangement on the table fell to the ground, and the water spilled all over the floor. He also fell out of his wheelchair due to inertia.
"Oh, you only have this little strength, and you're still trying to act tough? Look, look, you can't even break the stool. I'm just laughing at you, what's the matter?"
Upon hearing this, Jun Qingmo grabbed the stool on the ground and slammed it hard.
The "bang bang bang" sound continued, and because the movements were too big, the skin on the hands was rubbed and bleeding.
Zhang Yunniang picked up a stool and sat aside to watch him go crazy. She thought to herself that it would be nice to have a handful of melon seeds at this moment, as her mouth felt a little lonely.
Jun Qingmo picked up the stool and threw it to the ground with all his strength until he was exhausted. He collapsed on the ground with tears rolling down his eyes.
He couldn't care less about the resentment, the evasion, and the embarrassment of being exposed. He cried, covering his face with his hands.
Zhang Yunniang hugged the person in her arms. She couldn't bear such verbal stimulation, and the gossip, sarcasm and ridicule outside would be even more unbearable.
No wonder he had to hide in his room before and ended up in such a situation.
Alas, few people can accept the fact that a chosen one has fallen into the mire.
She didn't say anything else and just stayed quietly. She had to vent her emotions.
But after being in that position for too long, not only her hands and legs, but even her butt was numb.
"Man up, Second Young Master, are you okay? Just cry for a bit, the sky isn't falling yet."
Jun Qingmo's ears turned red. He came out of her arms, wiped the tears from his face, and curled up in silence.
"Don't look so pitiful in front of me. Even if you have to crawl, you have to clean up this floor for me today."
There were still tears on Jun Qingmo's eyelashes. He had just cried, and his nose and ears were red. He looked like he had suffered a great injustice.
"I."
"Don't make excuses for me. If your clothes are dirty, I can wash them. Whoever made them should clean them up. I won't spoil you."
"I'm your employer. You're paid to do this, so shouldn't you be the one to clean up these things?"
"Well, I'm sorry, I'm not very competent and I'm also immoral. Now that there's no one else here, I feel even more confident. You have no one to use, so even if I'm incompetent, can you still not use me?"
Zhang Yunniang pushed the food box over and said, "Put the broken plates and bowls here later. I'll get a basin of water and you clean the floor. If you don't, I won't help you even if you lie on the floor all day."
After saying that, she went out to fetch some water. Jun Qingmo looked at the food box that was pushed in front of him and stretched out his hand to push it away. What could he do if he didn't clean it up?
He found a cleaner place and sat there motionless.
When Zhang Yunniang came in, she saw this scene. Jun Qingmo glanced at her out of the corner of his eye, then turned his eyes away, looking like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water.
He watched the man put the basin away and ran out again, looking at the departing figure in confusion.
Go, go, everyone. He doesn't need sympathy or pity. He will leave sooner or later anyway. The sooner he leaves, the sooner he will face the reality and no longer have those unrealistic fantasies.
He closed his eyes and leaned against the cabinet, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Crack, crack." A sound came from my ear. It seemed like... the sound of cracking sunflower seeds?
"Click, click."
He opened his eyes and turned around, only to see Zhang Yunniang sitting on a stool eating a bag of melon seeds.
There is also a pot of tea on the stool next to it???
"What are you still doing here?"
"Click, be the supervisor, click, click."
"It's up to you." Jun Qingmo gritted his teeth and turned his head to look out the window.
After Zhang Yunniang sat and ate enough melon seeds, she went outside to pick a lot of flowers and started to arrange them.
The flower arrangement on the table was broken just now, so I found another vase in the house and brought it over. I plan to prepare another one and put it on the table when the time comes.
She can stay at home and is used to being alone. She doesn't feel bored and does her own things as if no one is around.
Jun Qingmo has been alone most of the time in the past two years. He is not afraid of loneliness and is very courageous sitting there slumped.
Until noon, neither of them had decided the winner.
When Zhang Yunniang came in again, she was holding a food box in her hand. She walked up to him and placed the food box on the ground in front of him. "Eat."
"You put food on the ground? To feed the dog?"
"The table is overturned. Where else can I put it if not here? There's a food box between us, and it's not dirty inside."
"Put it in there after you finish eating. I'm going to take a nap first."
Zhang Yunniang yawned. She got up early every day and had to take a nap at noon, otherwise she would be so sleepy that she couldn't even open her eyes.
Jun Qingmo looked at the person leaving and felt a little discouraged. He took out the noodles and originally wanted to be dignified and not eat them.
But after his temper tantrum, he was indeed hungry. He looked at the door, but the figure was gone.
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