How romantic. How many men in this world can be called "romantic"?

Middle-aged man: "Bah! I slept with that beauty a long time ago."

The young man next to him seemed to be finally fed up with him chattering about the noble lady, so he said, "Remember our mission in Jianye. The master didn't ask you to look at beautiful women."

The middle-aged man was furious and slapped the young man next to him in the face. The young man looked about 14 or 15 years old, and his gloomy expression made him look a little more mature. However, the middle-aged man slapped him and knocked him to the ground. The young man's forehead hit the stone on the ground, and blood immediately flowed from his head. When he got up without saying a word, he was kicked by the middle-aged man again.

The middle-aged man was still muttering: "Hey, you know nothing! When Jianye City is conquered, there will be as many beauties as you want. By then, I will imitate those nobles, hug her left and right, and take her as three wives and four concubines..."

He was thinking and laughing, his eyes narrowed, his face looked obscene, and his saliva was about to drip onto the ground. The young man next to him was silent again, which made the middle-aged man feel bored. He had to stretch his waist and hastily ended the topic - "What can I talk to a little brat like you. After I finish this job and get rich, I will hide in the mountains for a few years and don't care what wars the South and the North have."

"They... did it all themselves!"

The chance encounter between the middle-aged man and the young man on the road was just a painless episode for Luo Lingyu. Now, sitting in the swaying ox cart, she looked up and down at Lu Yun. She and Lu Yun had not seen each other for more than ten days, and he suddenly came to see her in a dusty state...

"Where is sister Yu'er going?"

"To Danyang. Will you come with me?"

"Well," Lu Yun sat casually, curled his lips at the beauty in the car, as if he suddenly remembered something, "Your fiancé left Jianye today, didn't you know?"

Fan Qingchen?

Luo Lingyu was delighted: "Really? He finally left? That's great!"

Although the marriage has not been cancelled, this can be slowly worked out. As long as Fan Qingchen stops staring at her every day and makes her always afraid that he will suddenly have a seizure, it will be fine. Now it seems that Fan Lang is still rational. When he was in Jianye, he didn't cause any big trouble. Now he just left without saying goodbye. Luo Lingyu wanted to set off firecrackers...

Lu Yun said indifferently: "Are you so happy? The reason why he left without even having the chance to see you was because of the war in Nanyang. Your Luo family is still in Nanyang, don't you care?"

Luo Lingyu: "What does it matter if I care or not? Can I change the status quo? Brother Xuechen doesn't want me to be like my second cousin, praying to the gods day and night for blessings, right? Do you believe in gods and Buddhas? I don't. I also help disaster victims all day long. Don't worry about what I think in my heart. At least I am doing good things, right? Do you care if I am kind or just seeking fame?"

Speaking of Lu Erlang and Lu Xian, it is simply strange.

Lu Erlang used to be introverted and calm, spending his days reading and traveling. He was a normal young man from a noble family. But since he disappeared and came back last month, he has become supernatural. Lu Erlang has filled his yard with shrines and Buddhist shrines, including Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. He worships all kinds of gods and Buddhas. I don't know what he is thinking.

This made Mrs. Lu think that her son was seriously ill and she was worried every day.

Without mentioning his second brother, Lu Yun smiled softly and said in a gentle voice, "I am narrow-minded. I apologize to sister Yu'er. But I heard that although we are both helping refugees, Mrs. Chen feeds them green rice balls, glutinous rice balls, and rice dumplings every day, and feeds them with delicious food and drink. She feeds the refugees and makes them plump and white. They say she is a 'female bodhisattva'. Other girls also show their magical powers. Why is it that when it comes to you, it's either steamed buns or white porridge, and there are not many delicate ways of eating?"

Luo Lingyu's face turned red.

She was so poor! She could just build a good reputation with Zhou Lang, but Lu Yun still wanted her to be a female bodhisattva like Chen Xiu? Why was he so prejudiced against her?

Lu Yun always had high expectations of her, which made her feel indignant, but she was also annoyed that she was always looked down upon by him. Luo Lingyu was slightly angry: "What do you think is the reason?"

Lu Yun: "I think sister Yu'er has been through hard times before, so she knows that refugees don't need fine food, but just enough to fill their stomachs. At the same time, she also knows that you shouldn't keep people in your care for a long time, because keeping people in your care can only lead to disasters. Sister Yu'er knows that."

Luo Lingyu was stunned for a moment.

She met Lu Yun's dark eyes under his slightly raised eyelashes - this time, he really wasn't complaining about her not being kind enough.

He was asking her to be careful in a tactful way. Refugees are pitiful, and relief is necessary, but there is no need to go too far, just enough is enough. Who knows what kind of people are being rescued? Lu Yun himself is a scholar-official, and now he is busy with war, rescue, and reserve forces with King Chen. His position is obvious. On the surface, everyone is praising the noble girls for their good deeds of saving people, and is pleased that they have solved a problem for everyone. Lu Yun's attitude, however...

This is completely different from the magnanimity and tolerance that the court wants to show.

Luo Lingyu's eyes lit up with cunning, she tilted her head, bit her lip with a smile, "Brother Xuechen, you are really not a good person."

It fits her idea.

At this moment, the two looked at each other, and they felt a rare sense of surprise as if they had met a soulmate. Both of them were selfish by nature, and while they were doing great things, the first thing they thought of was to protect themselves. It was just that Lu Yun was usually more successful in pretending, while Luo Lingyu was a little worse at pretending.

Luo Lingyu's heart moved again.

Lu Yun used to complain that she wasn't kind enough, but now he's actually afraid that she's too kind... Has this guy either suddenly changed his mind or started to take care of her as his own?

The girl's eyes were full of love and affection, and Lu Yun couldn't help but smile. Her flirtatious and hesitant look always pleased him. As long as she didn't do this to other men, it would be fine... However, he was too busy and didn't know whether Luo Lingyu had flirted with other men. Lu Yun casually changed the subject: "Sister, did you meet anyone interesting in the temple in the mountains?"

Luo Lingyu didn't know what he was referring to, so she naturally shook her head.