Nanyang Prefecture.
These past few days, Chen Yueru has been ignoring Zhou Sanfu. Yesterday, Wufu went back to Yegou Village, leaving only Dafu and Sanfu in the city to study. Chen Yueru comes over every day at noon to bring them food.
"Brother Dafu, come and eat! Put your books down, eating is important, don't go hungry." See, she only calls out to Dafu, but not Sanfu, she's still sulking.
Dafu put down his book and looked at Sanfu with amusement. "Third brother, you should at least try to coax her a bit. Ruru is quite pitiful. She's clearly angry with you but can't bear to leave. She insists on bringing you food every day, just to see you. I don't know what she sees in you."
"They probably thought I was good-looking and good at studying," Zhou Sanfu said confidently, touching his face.
“Don’t we look the same? There’s not much difference. Why do those young ladies prefer you to me?” Zhou Dafu was puzzled by this question, and the other Fu brothers were also deeply confused.
They were born on the same day and even look very similar, so why do all the young ladies seem to prefer Sanfu when they go out together? It's unbelievable.
As they talked, they walked into the main hall. Chen Yueru served Dafu rice and a bowl of soup, and then sat down to eat herself. Only Sanfu's bowl was empty.
Zhou Sanfu was both annoyed and amused. He gave Chen Yueru a deep look. This brat always used this trick to deliberately provoke him, clearly trying to get his attention. But he just wouldn't have it. For several days in a row, he calmly accepted her challenge. Let's see who can hold out the longest.
In Anyang Prefecture, Xingxing was busy searching for Prince Cheng's whereabouts every day, turning the prince's mansion upside down. In the end, she only found all the secret rooms and passageways in the mansion.
The passage leading from the study to the forest has been reopened. It had been filled with soil before and it took a lot of effort to reopen it, but it's no longer of any use. All that's known is that there used to be a passage here.
On this day, Xingxing received a letter from Chen Yueru. In the letter, Chen Yueru confessed to Xingxing that she had taken a liking to Zhou Sanfu and planned to marry him, but Zhou Sanfu did not appreciate it and even deliberately provoked her. She was really angry to death.
Having exhausted all options with him and feeling her limits, she knew that if Sanfu really didn't like her, forcing things wouldn't work. So she packed up and left Nanyang Prefecture, no longer wanting to get in his way.
After reading the letter, Xingxing immediately wrote back, telling her to persevere and change her strategy. Men like gentle, considerate women who know how to coax them. If she doesn't coax them, fine, but she's even causing trouble. How can she cultivate feelings like that?
Back then, Zhang Xiantao was such a fierce person, but in order to win Zhao Mingyue over, he treated her so well, pampering and spoiling her relentlessly. So it's true that men also need to be pampered.
However, after receiving Xingxing's letter, Chen Yueru fell into deep thought, because she realized that Xingxing probably didn't have any experience in this area either.
Xingxing and Zhu Lin were both always the ones who pampered and spoiled her. Even when they got engaged, it was Xingxing who insisted on it. No matter how much she acted up, it was fine. In the end, Zhu Lin always did what she wanted and gave her whatever she asked for.
“My situation is completely different from Xingxing’s. The roles have been reversed. I’m the one who’s trying to please, while Sanfu is the one being pampered and spoiled. Tsk, why am I so unlucky? Why can’t I be pampered like Xingxing?”
Chen Yueru sighed as she held the letter, but then she came to a realization. Oh well, she was the one who fell for Sanfu first, and Sanfu didn't reciprocate her feelings. Since she was the one who decided to be with him, she had to put in more effort. Why should she expect someone who didn't like her to please her?
Once she figured it out, she felt much better and no longer felt wronged. She realized that she had been too proud before, and after being rejected that day, she became angry and embarrassed, which led her to a dead end.
Now that she's figured it out, she's decided to win over Zhou Sanfu just like Zhang Xiantao did with Zhao Mingyue. What Zhang Xiantao could do, Chen Yueru can definitely do too.
Xingxing had no energy to pay attention to what decision Chen Yueru had made. In a couple of days, she would be taking people out to sea, and ten large ships had already been built.
Some of these ten large ships were recently built in a rush, while others were originally used by Prince Cheng. Each ship has two decks, strong load-bearing capacity, and can carry five hundred people.
Ten ships can carry a total of five thousand people, which is quite a large scale. After all, it is the first time to go on a long sea voyage, and no one has any experience. Among them, only a few people from Xianwu Island have experience.
With them there, at least there was no need to worry about getting lost at sea. Although there were several experienced fishermen on board, no matter how many fishermen there were, none of them made Xingxing feel as at ease as Zhu Lin by her side.
"For the past two years, no foreigners have come to the Great Jin Dynasty. Could they have been robbed by the Japanese?" Xingxing asked, gazing at the calm sea.
In the past, foreigners would bring grain varieties that were not available in the Great Jin Dynasty every time they came. Although they were expensive, it was still worthwhile to buy them.
"It's also possible that the foreigners didn't want to come anymore, or that they suffered a devastating disaster on their voyage, but it's more likely that they were robbed by the Japanese," Zhu Lin analyzed calmly.
"What is the catastrophic disaster in the sea?" Xingxing asked curiously.
Zhu Lin gazed at the vast and magnificent sea, as if recalling a scene he had once witnessed: "Occasionally, there are hurricanes at sea. The power of hurricanes is immense. The waves they create can destroy and devour everything. They are more terrifying than a thousand troops. That is a force that no human can resist."
Xingxing imagined the impact of being splashed with a huge bucket of water, and then looked at the boundless sea. If she were covered by such a vast sea, it would be truly suffocating. Her heart skipped a beat, and she immediately gripped the boy tightly with her small hands.
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