At first, Xiangru was surprised.
But later, she let it go.
They are half-siblings, but they have no blood relation. What's there to be afraid of?
Moreover, although they had a good relationship, they had only spent five or six years together in total—and that was all when they were young. What do children know?
They don't look like siblings at all, they look more like a child bride!
In addition, Jing Zhe himself is handsome and elegant, and so talented that he is known as the number one talent in Anguo!
Compared to Song Jimao, the former top scholar of Jingzhou, and Qi Junguang, the third prince of Southern Qi, they were so far inferior, which made Xiangru's impression of Jing Zhe even better. She began to feel that Jing Zhe seemed to be the only one worthy of Zhu Xinning.
Moreover, she could tell that Zhu Xinning's feelings for Jing Zhe weren't so simple...
So, she really wanted to see the two of them get along well.
But she knew her young mistress's personality to some extent; she was afraid she would be too ashamed to talk about such things, and even if she had thoughts in her heart, she wouldn't say them. That's why she needed to step in and create an opportunity for them!
Therefore, when she saw the two of them cuddling and being affectionate outside today, she felt that an opportunity had come. She deliberately gave them so much private space and hinted so obviously...
Alas, the result disappointed her.
Back in the courtyard, I found Zhu Xinning sitting in her room, with a sheet of Xuan paper covered with poems on her bed. Zhu Xinning was staring at it and grinning foolishly.
"Miss, what are you looking at?"
Xiangru's words brought Zhu Xinning back to her senses.
"No...it's nothing. Zhe'er's poem was just something I was planning to have framed when you got back!"
"oh."
Xiangru went over and took a look. Although she wasn't very learned, she still understood the general meaning of the poem.
Like Zhu Xinning, she was stunned when she read the last sentence.
"Those we love are separated by mountains and seas, but mountains and seas can be leveled... Miss, did the young master write this poem for you?"
Zhu Xinning's face flushed, but she still nodded proudly, "Yes, Zhe'er wrote it especially for me!"
"..."
Xiangru didn't speak again, but her eyes gleamed: it seemed the young master had already launched his offensive, albeit in a much more sophisticated way than she had imagined! Then there was no need to rush…
So he told Zhu Xinning and took the Xuan paper to find someone to mount it.
...
Before leaving the newspaper office, Jing Zhe instructed the printing department and the general affairs department to go to the Imperial Academy and ask the people there to help move the movable type printing equipment over. After all, a set of equipment, even when pieced together, was too much, and the few of them simply couldn't handle it all.
Moreover, none of these people had ever used movable type printing before. They were learning how to use it while asking for help. Jing Zhe had assumed that when he returned, the equipment would already be being tested.
But that's not the case.
Before Jing Zhe even arrived at the newspaper office, he saw that, apart from the entertainment department, the members of the other departments were carrying equipment back home.
"Why aren't you finished moving in yet? Which set is this?"
Jing Zhe frowned and asked.
Upon hearing that it was Jing Zhe, everyone paused for a moment before saying, "President, this is the second set; we just started moving it a short while ago..."
Why is it so slow?
"These tools... are too many and too heavy!"
"So you weren't told to ask the Imperial Academy for help? There are so many idle people there, you didn't mention that, did you?"
Jing Zhe said somewhat angrily.
"I looked..."
The interim head of the printing department hesitated for a moment, but finally gritted his teeth and said, "President, it's all Wu Pin's fault..."
It turned out that after Jing Zhe left, Wu Pin asked around about the monkey's fate, but no one told him anything—after all, Jing Zhe hadn't told them anything, so they had nothing to say!
But Wu Pin didn't think so. He berated these people, saying they were ungrateful and had betrayed the country. Not only did he berate them, but when the people from the Imperial Academy came to help carry the equipment over, he refused them entry to the society in the name of the Security Department.
The students of the Imperial Academy were furious, but fearing Wu Pin's background and status, they finally took the utensils back in a huff.
They had to rely on themselves and carry the load a second time, which naturally made things slower.
"That damned Wu Pin!"
Jing Zhe cursed and then turned to walk back.
At this moment, Wu Pin was strolling in the courtyard when he saw Jing Zhe return in a menacing manner, and he immediately knew why he had come.
Before Jing Zhe could speak, he said, "You said that the security department should keep an eye on unauthorized personnel and not allow anyone who isn't from the newspaper to come in. I didn't do anything wrong!"
"..."
According to him, Jing Zhe is indeed irrefutable.
"Good, not bad!"
Jing Zhe was amused by his words, "Then don't blame me!"
"Hmph, I didn't do anything wrong, so you can't kick me out!"
"I'm not kicking you out, I'm letting you leave on your own!"
"Walk by yourself?"
Wu Pin sneered, "I will never walk on my own!"
"..."
Jing Zhe didn't say anything more, just sneered twice, and then took Hanhan, along with Chen Jiannan and Zhao Wei, and went out.
...
"Young Master, where are we going?"
Seeing Jing Zhe's gloomy expression, Hanhan suggested, "Young Chief, it's not appropriate for you to show up. Why don't I wait there and beat him up when no one's around tonight?"
Jing Zhe patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction: "Not bad, you've come to your senses, silly!"
He chuckled sheepishly, "Thank you for the compliment, young chieftain."
"No need, let's go to the market!"
"market?"
The simpleton was a little confused.
When Jing Zhe bought various types of whips, such as bullwhip, donkey whip, and horsewhip, at the market, Hanhan was even more confused.
"Young Master...is this...something to eat?"
Although Hanhan had heard that this stuff was indeed edible, he had never tried it, especially since... Jing Zhe had bought some raw products.
He was still wondering how he should refuse if Jing Zhe really offered him the food…
"You can't do it?"
After listening, Hanhan shook his head.
"Then you can have a few bites... Pfft, I can't let you have a few bites!"
"..."
Hearing that he wasn't being asked to eat it, Hanhan breathed a sigh of relief.
Asking for directions along the way, the two soon arrived outside the Wu family mansion. As expected of a prominent family in Jingzhou, the Wu family's mansion was quite magnificent, comparable to even the Prime Minister's residence.
They were stopped as soon as they arrived at the door.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
The gatekeeper looked at the two strangers and asked in a cold voice.
"They've come to see Vice Minister Wu!"
"..."
My master was indeed injured, but he has made it clear that he would not allow any visitors to come. This person in front of me is the first one to do so.
But he's... too young, isn't he?
Therefore, the gatekeeper was somewhat suspicious of his identity.
"You know our master?"
"Hehe, I not only know your master, but also your eldest son, second son, and eldest daughter, and I know their sons too!"
This wasn't a lie, but the gatekeeper was still skeptical.
"Look, isn't that your young master's son?"
The gatekeeper glanced back, then turned back, somewhat suspiciously asking, "Do you really know him?"
"Hehe, I not only know him, I've even beaten him up!"
Jing Zhe clenched his fist and said excitedly.
"..."
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