Mu Wanyao was in high spirits and took Yan Shang to visit the mansion opposite the princess's mansion.
Yan Shang initially held out hope, thinking that perhaps there were ordinary houses in the neighborhood where the princess's residence was located. But as Mu Wanyao took him on a tour, he realized that he was just daydreaming.
This yard has a standard three-courtyard structure.
The configuration is exceptionally complete.
As soon as you enter, you will see the gatehouse, gate tower, and side rooms, and then the spacious main hall with no walls to the south. This is the outer house.
After that, they passed through the "Second Gate" and entered the inner house. The courtyard suddenly became rich in scenery, no longer as rigid and solemn as the front yard. There was a lake, rockery, and pond pavilion in the backyard. Yan Shang and Mu Wanyao walked by the lake and saw that the fish in the lake were still happily blowing bubbles.
The first thing in the inner house is a two-story attic, which is called the bedroom. It is the place where the hostess handles the trivial matters in the backyard. And further back, there are side rooms...
Yan Shang's eyebrows twitched slightly. He felt that he had only seen such a complete courtyard, even with a gatehouse for the outer house, once since he came to Chang'an. Yan Shang said softly: "When I visited Mr. Zhang before, I saw that Mr. Zhang's house had a gatehouse. I didn't expect this house to have one too."
Mu Wan turned her head and looked at him with approval in her eyes.
She said, "Yes, the gatehouse is usually only in the prime minister's house. Because the prime minister's house is always crowded with people, there are many people visiting the prime minister every day. Therefore, the prime minister's mansion usually has a gatehouse outside the main hall. The visiting guests first register in the gatehouse, and then wait in the side room of the gatehouse.
"When the Prime Minister has time, he will summon them to the main hall."
Yan Shang nodded: "I see."
He paused and said, "So this mansion originally belonged to the prime minister?"
Mu Wan smiled and said, "Yes. Opposite my princess's mansion, there used to be a mansion of a husband. His family has lived here for more than ten years, but he made some mistakes some time ago, and the prince demoted him to be an official. This house has been vacant, and no one has bought it yet."
In the eyes of officials in the Wei Dynasty, only officials in the capital had a good future. Generally speaking, many officials would become dejected when they heard about being asked to take up positions in local areas, or even directly refuse to take up the position.
It's also an interesting thing.
Naturally, the prime minister that Mu Wanyao mentioned went to serve as an official in the local area.
Mu Wanyao didn't care. Whether the yard opposite her house was empty or not had nothing to do with her. She had been a neighbor of an old man for many years, but they had never developed any deep feelings for each other.
But didn’t Yan Shang ask her to find a house?
She suddenly remembered the yard opposite which had been empty for some time.
Moreover... Mu Wanyao thought of the "Prime Minister's Tablet" that she saw in Yongshou Temple that day. She was indeed half-believing and half-doubting, and she connected this mansion with Yan Shang.
Mu Wanyao was extremely excited and felt that she had done a great job. This courtyard was not as luxurious as her princess's mansion, but for an official, it was already of extremely high standards.
She counted on her fingers for Yan Shangshu: "You think the house you lived in before was too small, but this place is not small, the yard is very big.
"You said you wanted to be more convenient, and it's not too far to Hongwenguan. This courtyard is not only not far from Hongwenguan, but also not far from the three provinces and six ministries in the palace.
"You said you wanted more taboos and to be farther away from the people. The houses in this district are quite far away from the people, and ordinary people cannot enter the district, which completely meets your requirements.
"How is it, isn't it pretty good?"
Mu Wan turned her head to look at Yan Shang, and saw that Yan Shang was in a daze. Noticing her gaze, he smiled at her.
Mu Wanyao's heart suddenly turned cold.
It was like a pour of cold water.
It wasn't the first day she knew Yan Shang, so she knew that he was used to being polite and treated everyone with courtesy. His slight smile at this moment was a very polite and courteous smile.
The laughter didn't touch his heart.
Mu Wan's face suddenly darkened, and without saying a word, she turned around and left the yard. When Yan Shang was still having a headache, he saw Mu Wan, who was smiling and very happy just now, turned around and walked away. He saw her little face was cold and her lips were tightly pursed.
Mu Wan shook her head and walked out of the yard. After taking a few steps, she entered her own princess palace.
She went straight into the inner house, feeling so angry that her chest ached. She wandered for a few steps along a long corridor along the water, feeling so angry that she almost wanted to curse. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the maids shyly avoiding her. Yan Shang followed after asking for directions, and he saw her.
Mu Wanyao sat down expressionlessly.
I felt extremely aggrieved.
It was a rare occasion for her to help someone and think about others, but Yan Shang didn't appreciate it and smiled so hypocritically? Why didn't he appreciate it? Wasn't the place she found a good one? Was she bullying him?
Yan Shang came in front of Mu Wanyao, squatted down and looked at her for a long time.
She turned her face away and ignored him.
Yan Shang sighed: "What's wrong, Your Highness?"
This time, Mu Wanyao even turned his shoulder away and didn't look at him at all.
Yan Shang had no choice but to stand up and squat in front of her again: "Forgive my stupidity, this time I really don't know what Your Highness is angry about. Your Highness always has to tell me before the problem can be solved. You and I are both very busy, why waste time on such trivial matters?"
Mu Wan was so angry that he didn't want to talk to anyone.
But what he said... makes sense.
Why should she waste her time on him?
Mu Wanyao looked at him and said angrily, "Don't you know why I'm unhappy? You asked me to find a house to live in, and I helped you, but you obviously didn't appreciate it and thought that the house was not good. And I know why you think that house is not good!"
Yan Shang looked at her.
He smiled slightly.
Softly: "Really? But I feel like you don't know."
Mu Wan shook her head and raised her eyebrows, feeling that he was looking down on her intelligence!
She was furious: "Why else? You just don't want to be my neighbor! You just think I'm troublesome and want to keep your distance from me. You think it's enough to see each other once a month or two, but when you think that if you live here, you might see me every day, and you'll have to say hello to me every day...you get a headache.
"You think to yourself, this princess is so domineering and willful. In the past, you could keep her at a distance and coax her occasionally, but in the future, you might have to coax her every day. How can you bear that?"
She looked very vivid, imitating his tone, and even a little angry.
However, she is young and beautiful, and even though she looks so angry, in Yan Shang's eyes... she is quite cute.
He couldn't help but smile.
Mu Wanyao became even angrier and stood up all of a sudden. She was almost pissed off and cried: "You are laughing sincerely this time! You are making fun of me, I can see it!"
Yan Shang quickly stood up, suppressed the expression on his face, and reached out to grab her wrist through his sleeve.
Yan Shang said: "How could I dislike Your Highness? I can get to where I am today thanks to Your Highness's support. Your Highness is so good to me, how can I not appreciate it? I am indeed not satisfied with this house, but it is definitely not because of Your Highness. If I am destined to be a neighbor with Your Highness, it is a blessing that I have cultivated for thousands of years, how can I not be dissatisfied?"
Mu Wan hesitated for a moment and turned her head to look at him.
Because he always said things in a nice way, she couldn't tell whether he really meant it or was just saying it for nothing.
Mu Wanyao's arrogance weakened a little, but he still held his chin high: "If you don't want to be my neighbor, then why are you dissatisfied with this house? Such a nice house, what are you dissatisfied with?"
Yan Shang: "It's just too good, that's why I'm dissatisfied."
Mu Wan was stunned.
Yan Shang pulled her to sit down and explained to her: "Your Highness is high up in the world and has never worried about money. Your Highness doesn't understand. I also think this courtyard you like is very good. Whether it is Feng Shui or the layout, it is excellent, but I really can't afford it. I am just a farmer in the countryside of Lingnan. How can I afford the prime minister's mansion?"
Muwan was dazed.
Obviously, to her knowledge, this was the first time she heard someone give such an excuse.
She was tongue-tied: "Buy, buy, can't afford it?"
Yan Shang: “Yeah.”
Mu Wanyao was a little anxious: "But the layout of this courtyard is good, and there are many people who want it. If you don't buy it, it might be bought by someone else tomorrow. You won't be able to see it again."
Yan Shang said, "That can't be helped."
Mu Wan shook her lips and pursed them, somewhat unhappy.
Because she had originally set her eyes on this house, she had wanted Yan Shang to be her neighbor. Now that Yan Shang was no longer her neighbor, it would definitely be some other old man who would be her neighbor. Princess Danyang was very unhappy. After all, the gap between an old man and a beautiful young man was really big.
She didn't mind it originally, but now... isn't this a comparison?
Mu Wanyao wanted to buy the house for Yan Shang, but she knew that he would not take advantage of her.
So as a compromise, Mu Wanyao said, "Then I'll buy it for you, and you can pay me back slowly."
Yan Shang said, "I am still waiting for an appointment at the Hongwen Academy. The examination for the Boxue Hongci exam will be held in October, and I don't know if I can pass it. Even if I pass, the official position assigned to me by the court will not be the ninth rank, but the eighth rank at best. An eighth rank official, when will I be able to pay back the money to His Highness?"
Mu Wanyao: "But you won't be an eighth-rank official for the rest of your life. I think you can be promoted very quickly. Officials in Beijing are very valuable and they don't lack money at all."
Yan Shang smiled: "Thank you for your trust in me, Your Highness. But I can't be blindly confident, right? I can't afford to live in such a nice courtyard, so why should I move in in advance?"
He was pragmatic: "Besides, how can I clean such a big yard by myself? Don't I have to buy servants? I originally planned to hire servants after I became an official. Now that I have nothing to do, I have to buy a house and servants... I really can't afford it."
Mu Wanyao stopped talking.
She lowered her eyes, her long, thick black eyelashes covering the expression in her eyes.
Yan Shang said in a gentle voice: "So, thank you for your kindness, Your Highness, but I'd better find another place to live."
He stood up, bowed to Mu Wan, and was about to leave.
He heard Mu Wan's voice behind him: "What if I rent this house to you temporarily?"
Yan Shang turned around and looked at her.
Mu Wanyao had already made up her mind, so she persuaded him with a smile: "Since you don't want this house, and I don't want to be neighbors with others, then I might as well buy this house myself. Not only will I buy this house, I will also add servants to it and clean the yard.
"I will rent the house to you. When you have money and want to buy it from me, I will sell it to you. How about that?"
Mu Wan stood up, took his hand, and pulled him back. She put her hand on his shoulder and asked him to sit under the railing of the corridor.
She stood in front of him, leaning forward to seduce him: "After all, this courtyard is really nice. It only takes you half a minute to ride a horse from here to the imperial city. You are going to be an official in the future, so you can look for other suitable houses then. Are you sure you can find one?
"And you are so unambitious that you think you will never go to court. When the time comes for you to go to court, think about how far it is from other districts to the imperial city, and how close it is from here. You have to study and do many things every day. Shouldn't you save time on such trivial matters?
"How can it be that easy to change houses in Chang'an?"
Yan Shang was pushed by her to sit down, she put her hand on his shoulder, and gently rubbed his neck with her fingers. He turned his face to the side uncomfortably, his back stiff and straight against the pillar, and couldn't help but be a little surprised.
And then he was silent again.
It was a bit surprising why Mu Wanyao wanted to be his neighbor so much.
Yan Shang whispered: "But even if Your Highness rents a house to me, I may not be able to afford such a large courtyard."
In the evening, the ripples in my eyes rise slightly.
I know he's let go.
She continued, "Everything depends on how much you have, not how much you give. Do you think I'm short of money? Would I rely on your rent to make a living? Well, just give as much as you can. After all, this courtyard is really good. If you miss it, it's gone."
She thought of something else: "Besides, this is where the former prime minister lived. He might have left a lot of books behind that he couldn't take away. Won't they all be given to you?"
Yan Shang pondered in his heart and was really persuaded.
But there was one thing that made him hesitate...
Yan Shang did not look at Mu Wanyao, but when he lowered his eyes, he could still see her standing in front of him, her slender waist, her skirt falling to the ground. The fragrance around her also enveloped him.
Yan Shang smiled bitterly.
He said, "Why does Your Highness insist that I stay here?"
Mu Wanyao said, "Because neighborly relations are very important, we can take care of each other. If I have a choice, I prefer people like you to be my neighbor."
The words are still silent.
After a long silence, he slowly said, "Then I will give all my current monthly salary to Your Highness as rent, okay?"
Without waiting for Mu Wanyao to answer, he coughed and said shamefully: "Of course, this salary is really a bit too little. If I go to October..."
Mu Wan shook her head and smiled: "It's okay. I don't care."
She leaned over.
Yan Shang instinctively leaned back, away from her leaning face.
She still had her hand on his shoulder, and rubbed his neck with her little finger: "Now, how about having a cup of tea with me?"
Yan Shang still looked down and didn't look at her, but his body was completely stiff: "... Yeah."
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After that, Yan Shang started thinking about moving.
It's sad to say that since he passed the imperial examination, his relationship with Wei Shu was pretty good, but Liu Wenzhi was drunk all day and was depressed; and two days ago, when they met Feng Xianyu, Feng Xianyu had also moved out of the house he had lived in.
Feng Xianyu moved directly to the residence of Princess Luling, and people pointed fingers at him behind his back. Liu Wenji even disdained to pay attention to him. As for Wei Shu, he was originally cold and didn't care about Feng Xianyu at all.
So on the day Feng Xianyu moved, only Yan Shang and a few others went. Seeing Yan Shang's consistent attitude, no one else knew about the replacement of the third place winner. Feng Xianyu felt complicated. He didn't expect that Yan Shang didn't mention it to anyone behind his back after he treated him like that.
As he served the eldest princess, his reputation was already bad. If people knew that he had replaced Yan Shang... then his reputation would be completely ruined in the circle of scholars in Chang'an.
Reputation is very important to scholars.
Yan Shang accompanied Feng Xianyu to pack his luggage, and the two ate in silence. Before leaving, Yan Shang wished Feng Xianyu a good future. Feng Xianyu forced a smile and bowed to him. The two of them were now worlds apart, and it was rare for Yan Shang to see him off.
After finishing the wine, Feng Xianyu called out to Yan Shang: "Yan Suchen."
Yan Shang said politely: "Brother Feng, is there anything you want to teach me?"
After struggling for a while, Feng Xianyu said, "Be careful, Princess."
Yan Shang was surprised, a little confused about where this came from. Feng Xianyu's reminder was already the maximum. He was afraid that if he said more, the princess would blame him.
After Feng Xianyu left, Yan Shang still didn't understand what Feng Xianyu said. He wondered if it was because of the incident of the third place winner that made Princess Luling dissatisfied with him?
However, he handled the matter through Feng Xianyu that day, and the means were so gentle, why would the princess be dissatisfied?
Yan Shang was puzzled and had to put the matter aside for the time being. No matter how clever he was, he could not guess the princess' intentions towards him.
Without mentioning this matter, Yan Shang was relieved to find that Zhao Wuniang had not come to Yongshou Temple to bother him for several days. Could it be that Zhao Wuniang finally realized that he was not a good match and was going to give up on him?
This is a good thing.
Yan Shang hurried to the temple and burned two incense sticks, praying that Zhao Wu Niang would find her destined marriage as soon as possible and not be entangled in the wrong marriage anymore.
The reason why Concubine Zhao Ling didn't come to see Yan Shang for several days was naturally not because she suddenly fell in love with someone else, but because she was locked up by her father.
The reason was that Yang Sanlang Yang Si came to the Zhao family and spoke a lot, saying that his cousin had taken a fancy to Yan Shang, the third place winner in the imperial examination.
When the Imperial College Master Zhao found out about Yan Shang's background, he was not happy with the marriage. Zhao naturally wanted to marry off his daughter, who was always wielding swords and guns, so he urged her to attend banquets everywhere.
But a noble family like the Zhao family wanted to move up to a higher level. Mr. Zhao was so depressed that he lost his beard every day by trying to curry favor with the rich and powerful. He only hated that his biggest relative was only a noble family like the Yang family. How could he allow his daughter to degenerate?
So Concubine Zhao Ling was imprisoned.
Through a door, the father and daughter were swearing at each other.
Lord Zhao blew his beard and glared: "If you want to marry, you have to marry someone of equal status. Yan Suchen is absolutely not suitable!"
Concubine Zhao Ling was jumping up and down in the room: "You haven't even met him, how do you know he's a bad person? Father, people say don't despise the poor young, how come you don't understand this principle?"
Mr. Zhao sneered, "Yang San has already told me! Yan Erlang is just a wild and unrestrained person who spends his days drinking and eating. He was lucky to become the third place in the imperial examination! If I had known that you were interested in him, I would not have let you go to Xingyuan."
Concubine Zhao Ling hugged her arms and said, "You old man are so unreasonable. On one hand, you told me to get married, but on the other hand, you didn't let me marry the one I like. You think about wealth and glory all day long. Are you crazy? Father, our family is not short of money. Why do you have to be so obsessed with marrying into a wealthy family? Look at my sisters. Do you think any of them are living a happy life?"
Lord Zhao said: "This is your fate as a daughter. Lingfei, you must be obedient. I will find you a good man another day..."
No matter what he said, Concubine Zhao Ling in the room ignored him. Mr. Zhao sighed and left. Concubine Zhao Ling paced back and forth in the room, thinking about how to deceive her father and get out as soon as possible. She and her father had different ideas, so there was no point in talking.
She was so anxious!
It has been such a long time since I last went to Yongshou Temple. Could it be that Yan Erlang has forgotten her?
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Mu Wanyao sat on the third-floor attic in the inner courtyard of her mansion, fanning herself with a fan and gazing at the distant scenery.
This three-story attic in the princess's mansion is almost superior to others, and can see the surrounding terrain clearly. Obviously, it also includes the courtyard across the alley.
Today, Mu Wanyao saw servants in the courtyard opposite, moving things back and forth.
Mu Wanyao propped her chin with a fan, looking at the scenery in the yard opposite, her mind wandering.
She had already bought servants for the opposite side, got the title deed in her hands, and arranged the rent for Yan Shang's house. She was just waiting for Yan Shang to move.
Looking at the groundbreaking work happening across the street today, are they moving?
Mu Wan squinted her eyes and thought, why, it seems, vaguely... I didn’t see Yan Shang?
Chunhua came over with a plate of fruit and saw that the princess had been sitting here for an hour. Chunhua followed the princess's gaze and looked into the distance: "Your Highness, can you see clearly?"
Mu Wan shook: "...I can't see clearly."
She glared at Chunhua.
Then he realized: "I was just daydreaming. Who told you what I was looking at?"
Chunhua suppressed a smile and said, "Yes. Your Highness has recently liked this three-story attic in our house. I have asked someone to tidy it up. Summer is coming soon and the weather is hot. Your Highness, sitting here and enjoying the cool breeze will be more comfortable than downstairs."
Mu Wanyao glared at her again.
Another maid came in and reported: "Your Highness, Princess Jin is here."
Mu Wan shook: "...Why is she here again?"
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The Princess of Jin must have gone crazy praying for a child for the Prince of Jin's mansion.
This time she came to see Mu Wanyao because she wanted to go to Yongshou Temple to worship Buddha again. She felt embarrassed and wanted to drag Mu Wanyao along.
In the afternoon, Mu Wan felt bored and was instigated by the maids. She was half-hearted and was dragged by Princess Jin to go to Yongshou Temple.
Arriving at Yongshou Temple, Mu Wanyao bowed to the Buddha for the sake of ceremony and then left the temple. She walked around the temple at will, and Chunhua called her from behind: "Your Highness, the house where Yan Erlang lives is in the south, not the west. Your Highness has gone in the wrong direction."
Mu Wan shook: "..."
She was furious and felt that the maids had misunderstood her: "Who said I was going to see him? Can't I just walk around the temple by myself?"
The maids were stunned, watching Mu Wan walk away in the opposite direction of them, with a firm and resolute manner. It was obvious that the princess didn't know where she was going, but she was definitely not going to see Yan Erlang.
Mu Wanyao was indeed walking around casually. She saw a square in the temple and went over there curiously.
In addition to providing accommodation for travelers, the major temples in Chang'an also built sickhouses to take care of homeless orphans. Sometimes disaster relief was provided directly in the sickhouses of the temples.
Mu Wanyao accidentally entered the convalescent home set up in Yongshou Temple. As soon as she pushed the door open, a young monk came over to greet her.
After discovering that this was a hospital, Mu Wanyao planned to leave. When she turned around, a familiar male voice came from behind her: "Your Highness?"
Mu Wan shook her head, her eyes slightly widened, and saw Yan Shang.
Yan Shang was wearing a green robe, holding a bowl of porridge in his hand, squatting among a group of children. I don't know which child had dirty hands, but scratched a black mark on Yan Shang's snow-white collar, which made Mu Wanyao frown.
Not only Yan Shang was here, but there were also some other scholars that Mu Wanyao did not know, who were also taking care of the group of children.
After Yan Shang's greeting, the scholars all stood up to salute the princess. Mu Wanyao saw a group of children looking at her ignorantly, and quickly waved her hand, indicating that they didn't need to be polite.
Yan Shang put down the bowl in his hand, said a few words to his friends, and came over to talk to the princess.
Mu Wanyao stood at the door of the nursing home and saw him looking at her gently: "Your Highness is really kind-hearted. He actually came to the nursing home to take care of these homeless children. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it."
Mu Wan shook her face and blushed.
She was just walking around.
She had no intention of helping out in the infirmary.
But after Yan Shang said that... She coughed and said, "I will help occasionally."
Chunhua and other maids looked at the princess quietly, and were looked back at threateningly by the princess.
Mu Wanyao endured the burning sensation on her cheeks and quickly changed the subject: "Aren't you moving today? Why are you here?"
Yan Shang was surprised: "How did your highness know that I was moving today?"
Mu Wanyao said, "When I went out, I saw carriages and horses parked in the alley."
Yan Shang understood and explained that his friends had sent servants to help him move. Since he was moving out of the temple, he didn't want to keep some of his old things and planned to donate them to the temple. When donating, Yan Shang saw these poor children and simply gave away all the rice and flour.
So a group of scholars cooked porridge and rice with Yan Shang, and took books to teach the children to read.
Like what you see when you open the door in the evening.
Mu Wan shook her head.
If she was right, among these scholars, there might be some who really wanted to help others, but there were probably many who were here to gain fame. Scholars all liked to do this to gain fame. But I didn't know which type Yan Shang belonged to.
Yan Shang said: "Since Your Highness is here, would you like to sit down for a while?"
Mu Wanyao had an idea that she might occasionally improve her reputation, which would help her improve her political status. So she accepted Yan Shang's invitation with a smile and entered the hospital.
Mu Wanyao watched for a long time, then simply went into a shed, picked up a book, and began to teach the children to read.
She was very frank and thought to herself, if she couldn't cook porridge or cook, could she teach people to read?
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Half an hour passed.
Mu Wan sat among a group of children with a gloomy face, puffing her cheeks and looking at them with displeasure: She can't teach them!
These kids are so stupid!
She can't teach such a stupid child to read!
When Mu Wanyao had a gloomy face and she had the aura of a princess and kept silent with a stern face, the servants in her house would tremble with fear, let alone these children who were only a few years old?
Mu Wanyao had only been sitting there for a while when the room suddenly became noisy and the children began to cry.
Mu Wanyao suddenly became even angrier and slammed the book on the table: "Cry, cry, cry! I hate it the most when people cry! I'm just asking you to recognize a word, how difficult can it be? If you cry again, I'll have people beat you up!"
After she said this, the children cried even harder.
The more the child cried, the angrier Mu Wan became as he shook his head, feeling the pain.
Just when he was so furious, Yan Shang came in and asked, "What's wrong?"
As soon as they saw him coming out, the children screamed and ran towards him: "Brother, that sister is so fierce!"
"Brother, let's not learn to read anymore. Can you let her go?"
"She also said she was going to beat us up!"
The children were pulling Yan Shang's belt and hugging his legs. Yan Shang tried to comfort them with soft words and looked up at Mu Wanyao.
Mu Wanyao suddenly felt guilty.
She said, "I didn't hit anyone... I just slammed the table. I didn't touch them at all!"
The children sobbed: "She cursed..."
Mu Wanyao felt aggrieved: "I don't know how to curse, okay!"
Suddenly, both sides had their own grievances.
The children thought Mu Wanyao was too fierce and wanted to beat them; but Mu Wanyao felt that it was too difficult for her to do so since she was so gentle.
When both of them were feeling extremely aggrieved, Yan Shang sighed and had to come in and sit next to Mu Wanyao.
Mu Wanyao sat behind him with a snort, watching him pick up the book she had slammed on the table, and said softly: "This sister just has a quick temper, she doesn't mean to beat or scold you. She came here with good intentions to teach you... Her knowledge is much better than mine, you should learn more from her. How can you chase her away?"
The children sobbed and were pulled by Yan Shang to apologize to Mu Wan.
Mu Wan's expression eased, but she didn't know what to do with these children. So she hid behind Yan Shang and watched how he taught these stupid children to read.
She really... couldn't bear to see someone being so stupid.
Still a bunch of idiots.
Yan Shang comforted everyone and made them quiet down and follow him to learn words. Mu Wanyao spent half an hour to help them learn one word, and Yan Shang could make them read a sentence smoothly.
And it’s obvious that the kids love Yan Shang too.
When Mu Wanyao was here just now, they wanted to hide ten feet away from Mu Wanyao. But now Yan Shang was here, even though the extremely ferocious young princess was next to Yan Shang, the children pushed and pulled, lined up around them, and looked forward to seeing Yan Shang read to them.
Yan Shang finally said softly: "...Okay, you won't be able to remember any more. Remember these few words today, and I will check them when I am free some other day."
The children looked up: "But Brother Yan, aren't you moving away?"
Yan Shang was stunned for a moment, then a look of pity appeared in his eyes, knowing that once he left, there would probably be no one left to take care of these children's education. He could only say, "I'll come back to see you when I have time."
When the children heard that he was really leaving, they held back their tears, reluctant to let him go, and begged him not to leave.
Mu Wanyao watched from behind in amazement, then stopped and thought, thinking that Yan Shang was probably really good to these children.
A person can pretend among his peers for a long time because he has something to gain; but if he is so nice to a group of children who have no interest in him, then... maybe he is just that nice.
A little girl cried with red eyes and shouted: "Brother, do you have a wife?"
Yan Shang: “…”
He had a strange look on his face, wondering why he had been asked this question so frequently recently.
He said, "Not yet."
The little girl said happily: "When I grow up, can I marry my brother?"
Yan Shang: “Uh…”
Mu Wanyao immediately grabbed his wrist.
The little girl didn't wait for Yan Shang's answer, but she was really bold. She came over and hugged Yan Shang's neck, and kissed him on the face: "Brother, I like you so much."
Mu Wan shook: "You are dreaming!"
The little girl burst into tears and was so scared that she fell to the ground.
Seeing that Mu Wanyao was about to stand up and continue to get angry, Yan Shang hurriedly held her hand to prevent her from losing her temper and scaring the group of children.
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A quarter of an hour later, the children were finally driven out by Yan Shang.
Mu Wanyao sat next to Yan Shang with an unhappy look on her face.
Yan Shang looked at her without saying anything.
He said softly: "Why are you angry with a group of children?"
Mu Wan shook her head and said, "She kissed you!"
Yan Shang: “…They are just children.”
Mu Wanyao: "She said she wants to marry you!"
Yan Shang: “…They are just children.”
Seeing that he didn't take it seriously, Mu Wanyao felt even more annoyed. She blurted out, "But I haven't kissed you before!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the room fell silent.
Yan Shang turned his face away to avoid her gaze.
His lips moved as if he was about to speak, but his throat rolled and he suppressed the words.
He went back and forth twice without saying a word.
Mu Wanyao felt that the air was a little hot, which made him feel uneasy.
I couldn't stand him not speaking anymore.
She said unhappily, "What do you want to say?"
It was a long time before she heard Yan Erlang whispering with his back to her: "...Have you really never kissed me?"
Mu Wan shook: "..."
Sitting with him, both of us were silent.
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