"Little girl, I think so too... it's really amazing."
The whole audience was silent.
The young scholar was silent for a while, then nodded calmly.
“I’m lucky.”
He lowered his eyes, gently placed the tray in his hand on the table beside him, stretched out his right hand, took the jade-like and cool hand of the autumn-eyed woman beside him, gently spread out her five fingers, interlocked his ten fingers, and held it.
Afterwards, the young scholar extended his left hand to the left side of his body, to the lively girl with peach blossom eyes who was leaning against him and listening to him in a particularly obedient manner. The latter smiled sweetly, stretched out her little hand, and clasped her fingers with his.
He lowered his head and narrated calmly.
"From the moment I opened my eyes in this world, God placed two extremely gorgeous rainbows in front of my eyes, within easy reach. In the days to come, I will always meet the most interesting people and the most interesting things."
Zhao Rong held two childhood sweethearts in each hand. They were the first women he saw when he woke up from his dream in the bridal chamber.
"The most interesting. The most. The most interesting in my eyes."
Zhao Rong raised his eyes and looked calmly around at the people who were listening silently.
"The ones I met, her, him...them, sometimes when I look back, they are the scenery in my eyes that is so bright that it is hard to describe."
He glanced over slowly.
Until finally, his eyes fell on a girl with fox eyes.
A most special scenery was reflected in Zhao Rong's eyes, "It's hard to describe..."
He whispered softly.
“I’m really lucky.”
Zhu Yourong, Li Xueyu, Yu Huaijin, Jia Tengying and others looked at the young scholar who was talking to himself in silence. Even the usually noisy girl in blue became quiet and glanced at the 'weirdo' who was bullying the little fox demon with her eyes raised.
"Do you know?" Zhao Rong suddenly said to the fox-eyed girl who was staring at him blankly:
"Apart from the people I'm lucky enough to meet, what's the thing I'm most proud of?"
"What...what?" Su Xiaoxiao asked in surprise.
Zhao Rong tightly grasped the hands of Zhao Lingfei and Xiao Qian'er beside him, grabbed them, and raised them to shoulder height to signal.
He said seriously.
“I always meet the right people at the right time, in the right place, and do the right thing.”
The young Confucian scholar looked at Su Xiaoxiao and smiled.
The smile is as gentle as jade.
This man, who was calm most of the time, was rarely happy, and his tone could not hide his joy.
He sounded like he was talking about an achievement he was most proud of, and everyone listening had no doubt that he was being sincere at the moment.
Since your eyes cannot be used to deceive yourself, how can you deceive others?
Zhao Lingfei and Zhao Qian'er, whose hands were raised high, couldn't help but turn their heads and stare blankly at Brother Rong'er, who seemed a little different tonight.
"Little girl, I'm really good."
Zhao Rong laughed heartily, his voice echoing in the empty old hall.
"I made up my mind a long time ago that I would never leave any foreseeable regrets for myself in this life, and would clearly distinguish between what is important to me and what is not."
His smile gradually faded, and his face was gradually filled with seriousness and determination.
"For the former, I will never let go. For the latter, I can give it up at any time, even if I hear nothing but criticisms and look at others with contempt, even if I am pointed at and despised by thousands of people, as long as I can hold on to the people and things I want, then I don't care, and I will even welcome it with joy."
Beside Zhu Yourong, the old-fashioned girl who had been holding her hands and looking like an outsider could not help but raise her eyelids and look at the young Confucian scholar who had become the focus of the moment. She could not help but think of the many discussions inside and outside the academy since Meng Xuezhen revealed his identity as a son-in-law. Most of them were secret jokes, including Zhao Rong's serious words "Is it wrong for a seven-foot man to like to eat gigolos?", which was even heard by many scholars in the academy and talked about by many senior brothers.
At this time, the young Confucian scholar in front of her was still living his student life leisurely in Ruexing Hall, attending classes and leaving classes on time every day, drinking tea and teaching. Occasionally, Zhao Lingfei would wait for him at the door after school, and they would show their love in the school together... He turned a blind eye to all the criticisms.
This is just inside Linlu Academy.
Yu Huaijin had no idea how much controversy there would be about his being the son-in-law and husband of Concubine Zhao Ling. This was a matter that was hard for him to foresee among the four Taiqing prefectures, where all the self-proclaimed geniuses from all over Wangque gathered.
However, this young student who had just arrived at the Ruxing Hall was still calm and composed every day. He did not behave more diligently, nor did he become complacent and smug...
At this moment, Yu Huaijin looked at the energetic man in a trance. She didn't know what she was thinking about, and her heartstrings seemed to be touched. She even didn't pay attention to the complicated looks of her teacher Zhu Yourong and her female companion Li Xueyu, whom she had been paying close attention to.
Everyone on the field had different expressions.
Zhao Rong didn't care about their thoughts, but looked directly at the silly girl who seemed to be resentful.
"Of course, this doesn't mean that I have become a saint, who is not happy with things or sad with myself, and who has no strong emotions. Quite the opposite." He took a deep breath, as if suppressing something.
"It's just that I don't want these hypocrites who just go with the flow."
Having said this, he paused for a moment, then Zhao Rong stared into the beautiful fox eyes that he wanted to protect forever, and said word by word:
"But if these critics dare to stand in the way of me controlling the people and things I care about, then I will crush them!"
"And if the person I care about and cherish doesn't think this way, but is stubborn and angry, and wants to do something contrary to my wishes, then I will try my best to change her and convince her. If she doesn't even have the courage and determination to overcome difficulties and change others, then I don't deserve to be a person who will leave regrets. I don't deserve... the compliment you just gave was really great."
Zhao Rong stopped talking and lowered his eyes.
There was silence for a moment.
Not long.
"Little girl." Someone continued, "I was like this in the past, I am like this now, and I will be like this in the future, and in the future and in the future."
He looked away, squinted his eyes and whispered: "Everyone wants to be this powerful."
Afterwards, Zhao Rong stopped talking, but let go of Qingjun and Xiaoqian'er's hands, turned around and lowered his head, and took the initiative to place the dishes on the tray on the table one by one.
Zhu Yourong, Yu Huaijin, Li Xueyu, Fan Yushu and others were speechless for a moment.
Zhao Lingfei and Zhao Qian'er were also silent, tilting their heads to pay attention to Zhao Rong's actions. The two girls occasionally looked at each other, as if they were equally surprised by Brother Rong'er's sudden serious words.
Concubine Zhao Ling turned her head and glanced at the beautiful fox-eyed girl who had caused a series of strange changes in her husband tonight.
I saw her nodding her head in a daze, as if she understood something.
At this moment, Su Xiaoxiao realized that the woman with autumn eyes who made her a little scared was looking at her, and she came back to her senses a little.
The little fox demon, who had come to the banquet wearing her most beautiful red dress, wanted to lower her head to avoid the calm and scrutinizing gaze, but she could not help but raise her eyes to see her busy lover, and her ears seemed to echo his serious words just now.
Su Xiaoxiao lowered her head slightly, as if she realized she had made a mistake. She bit her lip, turned her face away, and looked away.
She didn't know where to put her hands and stood uncomfortably, but luckily her new friend Jingzi took the initiative to hold her hand and helped her out, which made the little fox demon feel at ease. However, she still didn't dare to look at Zhao Lingfei, for fear of being exposed and causing more trouble for that person.
This series of small movements and changes in expressions of the crowd happened in just a few breaths.
After Zhao Rong finished speaking, the hall fell into a quagmire of silence.
No one spoke, everyone looked at the young scholar who was setting the dishes.
But the next second, an impatient curse exploded in the hall.
"Finally the nonsense has stopped. I am dying of suffocation. Ji'er has a lot of truths to say, little brat, I really want to stab you in the ass, you damn leg."
The black-hearted shopkeeper with untidy beard, sitting with his legs crossed behind the counter, swearing and biting a toothpick, broke the solemn atmosphere in the hall.
Everyone looked over.
Shopkeeper Zhao laughed and scolded, slammed the table, pointed at Zhao Rong and said domineeringly:
"But, I didn't expect that a young useless boy like you could say such wise words. Damn it, I was wrong."
At this moment, he spat out the toothpick in his mouth with a "Puh" sound, slapped his thigh, and said to the young scholar with great regret:
"Little guy, if I hadn't kicked all the books I read back to those old guys over the years, I would have to give you a lesson."
Everyone: “…”
Zhao Rong didn't even raise his eyelids to the shopkeeper Zhao, who had a sweet mouth, seemed to have a lot of stories, and seemed to be a peerless swordsman with the personality of a vicissitudes of life uncle. He continued to do his own thing at the table with his head down.
Hearing the words of mutual admiration, the young scholar with his head down smiled, slowly raised his hand, clasped his fists, and bowed to the unshaven-bearded shopkeeper who wanted to say something.
Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you.
Zhao Xifu grinned upon seeing this.
It's quite interesting.
At this moment.
Boom boom boom——!
This small restaurant in a remote location and old building seems to have customers again...