Zhuang Heng's eyes lit up when he saw the person he wanted to see. He walked up to Erbao and said, "Thank you so much for rescuing me that day. I came here today to express my gratitude."
"It's you." Erbao finally saw who it was, the person he had saved on the official road that day. He then waved his hand nonchalantly, "It's just a small matter, don't worry about it."
Zhuang Heng smiled and nodded. "It's a piece of cake for you, but it's a matter of life and death for me. It's only right that I come here in person to thank you. I've brought a small gift. Do you think I'd like it?"
As he spoke, he picked up the gift box on the table and handed it to Wang Chenxi. Erbao glanced at Wang Chenze, and after seeing the other party nod, he took the box and opened it. There was a round jade pendant with a hollow carved phoenix in the middle.
Erbao had seen a lot of good things over the years. This jade pendant wasn't the best, but it was exquisitely made. The gift wasn't too expensive, so he accepted it. He said to Zhuang Heng, "Thank you. I like it very much."
"I'm glad you like it." Zhuang Heng was happy to see him accept it, but he didn't tell him that the jade pendant was a pair and he already had another one.
After saying what he wanted to say, Zhuang Heng didn't want to stay any longer, so he said goodbye to Wang Chenze and left.
His relationship with Wang Chenze can't be said to be good, nor can it be said to be bad. With his intentional efforts to get closer, their relationship is getting better and better. Sometimes Wang Chenze and Song Huaian will take him with them when they have something to do.
After their relationship improved, he would come to visit and see Chenxi more often, but sometimes he wouldn't see him for several months. After asking, he found out that Brother Xi was still practicing martial arts and occasionally went to the farm in the suburbs or Feixue Mountain Villa. No wonder she was able to carry him down from the horse effortlessly that day.
Chenxi was completely different from the noble ladies and gentlemen he had met in the capital. She was lively and unrestrained. Even when she spoke to him, she was always open and frank, and occasionally a little naughty.
But he longed for and liked him very much. When he knew his feelings, he always approached him intentionally or unintentionally. The two of them called each other friends. Occasionally, he would go to the farm to watch him practice martial arts. The sword in his hand was as free and easy as he himself.
Watching Chenxi put away his sword, Zhuang Heng took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead. "Chenxi, do you really like practicing martial arts?"
Wang Chenxi nodded and didn't find anything wrong with it. After being together for such a long time, he still liked Zhuang Heng very much. He also didn't know that Zhuang Heng was boiling the frog in warm water, waiting for him to slowly get used to this person's presence and overly intimate actions.
Her cheeks were slightly flushed from practicing martial arts, making her look even more rosy. Seeing Zhuang Heng's dry mouth, her hands moved more gently. She lowered her voice and asked, "Are you planning to be a general?"
Chenxi felt that Zhuang Heng's breath on her face was a little strange. She took a step back and wiped the sweat off her face with the handkerchief. "No, I just like this unrestrained feeling."
Zhuang Heng withdrew his hand and rubbed his fingers. This was his usual way of thinking. Was he really suitable for him? Would he agree to marry her?
No, he must marry herself.
The situation at home was not suitable for Chenxi, so before expressing her feelings to him, the family affairs had to be dealt with. Zhuang Heng clenched his hands and had made a decision.
The opportunity soon came. His half-brother liked prostitutes at a young age, but because of his father, he did it in secret. He arranged for two people to seduce him a few times, and then he went to the brothel every day.
He got jealous of his friend and had a fight with him. He hired someone to secretly break his legs, so that he had to lie in bed for the rest of his life. It was very merciful that they didn't take his life.
When he returned home, he heard his nominal mother Ye Yun and father crying and shouting that they wanted to find the person who beat their son.
Seeing him come back, she no longer pretended to be virtuous and kind, and stared at him fiercely, asking if he had asked someone to do it.
Zhuang Heng smiled behind his father's back and silently said to the tearful woman, "Yes."
Ye Yun's pupils shrank as he cursed: "Little bastard, how can you be so cruel? He is your brother."
Zhuang Zirui slammed the table and yelled at the woman, "Shut up, what are you talking about?"
Zhuang Heng said to Zhuang Zirui, "Father, I don't know why Mother said that to me. My brother's affairs have nothing to do with me. I'm on duty at the Hanlin Academy every day and I don't know about these things."
The subject suddenly changed, "However, I heard a few days ago that my brother had a conflict with someone in a brothel. Was he retaliated against?"
Zhuang Zirui turned and stared at the now disheveled woman. "You told me he went to the academy to study every day. So this means he went to the academy? Huh?"
Ye Yun knew that he had no way to defend himself, but the man lying on the bed was his own son after all. He begged Zhuang Zirui, "Husband, Hong'er is only sixteen years old. You have to save him."
Zhuang Zirui closed his eyes. He couldn't bear to see his son lying in bed like that, so he sent a notice to the palace that night, asking the imperial physician to come and see him. Unfortunately, his son was beaten so badly that he would have to lie in bed for the rest of his life, and the man who beat him had long since disappeared.
Knowing that her son would lie in bed forever, Ye Yun rushed into Zhuang Heng's yard like a madman, cursing her loudly, saying that she didn't look like a lady at all, she was just a mad woman.
Zhuang Heng looked down at the woman slumped on the ground and said, "You can continue to scold me, but I'll see if your daughter is still willing to listen to you."
The woman who was about to speak suddenly choked up and looked at Zhuang Heng in horror, as if she had never known him before.
"My tolerance has allowed you to become more aggressive. What? I fought back once, and you couldn't stand it anymore. When you wanted to kill me, why didn't you think that you would end up like this too?"
"Go away, don't let me see you again, otherwise... you know what will happen."
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