Xu Bai said, "I spend all my time with my mother and nanny, while my sister stays in the backyard. I can find out about other people's affairs just by listening to my aunts and uncles gossip. Brother Zheng, actually, I don't think listening to gossip is such a bad thing sometimes. At least if I encounter something like this, I'll try to help that sister find a suitable man. It's a win-win situation for everyone, isn't it?"
Zheng Boyuan sighed and said, "Yes, I didn't think that way at the time. I just wanted to vent my anger. After I threw her into the lake, the girl woke up and struggled while crying and screaming in the lake. I watched from the lakeside. When my stepmother came over with her people, she kept accusing me of not saving her. I said I was thinking about the girl's reputation. Besides, the lake wasn't deep, and the weather wasn't cold in June."
Xu Bai gave Zheng Boyuan a thumbs up. Zheng Boyuan felt it was nice to talk to this little kid. He was relaxed and didn't have to worry too much. He just had a strong urge to confide in someone. These things had been weighing on Zheng Boyuan's mind these past few days, and he felt that if he didn't talk to someone about them, he would really go crazy.
Although he spent all his time with Xu Di, Zheng Boyuan always felt inferior. They were both descendants of a marquis's family and nobles of the capital, yet Xu Di was only two years older than him and was the son of a concubine in the marquis's family, yet he already had the title of Juren (a successful candidate in the imperial examinations). Zheng Boyuan didn't want to tell Xu Di about these things, feeling that if he did, he would feel even more inferior to Xu Di. Just then, Xu Bai came over and teased him a bit. Zheng Boyuan felt like he had found an outlet for his frustrations. Regardless of whether Xu Bai could understand or not (though he secretly thought Xu Bai wouldn't), he began to tell him everything.
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