"By the way, have you ever actually eaten fleas from under your armpits?"
The Minister of Justice leaned closer to Lei Nianren and asked with great interest, "..." Lei Nianren: ...
"No."
Lei Nianren answered with a dark face, and the Minister of Justice and the crowd at the stall who had been listening intently showed disappointment, leaving Lei Nianren speechless.
However, these people immediately laughed again. Hehe, although it was a pity that Lei Nianren didn't eat the fleas, the two women fighting over one man was enough for them to discuss for days, especially Zhou Shuqin's little hobby of collecting, hahaha!
Lei Nianren: ......
Maybe he should just leave. He really can't stand these people's faces anymore!
Just as she was about to get up, Chuanwen's voice came down from upstairs, indicating that she had already dug up information about the heart-shaped pastries.
[The new chef at Tianxin Restaurant is also Wenxue's best friend! No wonder she gave us pastries. Hmm... but what's with the heart shape? Did she not know Lei Nianren was gone and wanted to give them to him?]
Upon hearing Chuanwen's puzzled voice, Lei Nianren was stunned. "No way?" he thought, wanting to cry. "How come there's more?"
The dozen or so officials at the stall looked at him with smiles, their admiration for him undisguised. Young Master Lei is handsome and dashing, no wonder he's so popular with girls, hahaha!
Lei Nianren's face darkened even more. Could you all please stop making such an obvious mockery?
Meanwhile, in the private room where Chuanwen was, Wenxue was just about to pick up a heart-shaped pastry and put it in her mouth to calm her irritable mood when her arm suddenly stiffened.
The combination of "best friend" and "Lei Nianren" gave even a slow-witted person like her a bad feeling!
Chuanwen, however, seemed oblivious. He glanced at Wenxue, whose complexion was rather pale, and asked, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
Wenxue put the pastries back on the plate and forced a smile. "It's nothing. I probably ate too many pastries just now, and my stomach is a little upset."
Seeing that Wenxue was sweating, Chuanwen put down the pastries and wanted to take her to see a doctor, but Wenxue stopped him, saying, "I'm fine, I'll just have some hot tea and rest here for a while."
She wanted to hear which of her best friends had betrayed her!
In fact, she only had two best friends: one was Zhou Shuqin, whom she had just met, and the other was a young lady from a wealthy family in Jiangnan named Ren Xia.
As the saying goes, friendship cannot tolerate a third person. Her two best friends did not get along well. Zhou Shuqin said that Ren Xia was pretentious, and Ren Xia said that Zhou Shuqin was a petty person. Both of them advised her to stay away from each other, saying that the other was not a good person.
However, the two of them do have one thing in common: they both dislike Lei Nianren and have said a lot of bad things about her in front of her!
The message just now has exposed Zhou Shuqin's true colors. Zhou Shuqin said she hated Lei Nianren, but actually she wanted to make him hate Lei Nianren. Could Ren Xia be the same way?
Wenxue wanted to escape, but she held back and insisted on sitting properly. She didn't believe that her two best friends from childhood were fake!
"Are you sure you don't need to see a doctor?"
Chuanwen was still a little worried, but he couldn't help thinking: "Isn't Wenxue quite robust? She can eat expired food without any problems, so why is she upset after eating a few pieces of pastry?"
"Need not."
Wen Xue chuckled, almost uttering those two words through gritted teeth.
But whatever, Chuanwen continued to watch the drama unfold. Anyway, Wenxue wasn't stupid; if she really felt unwell, she would go see a doctor herself.
Chuanwen's gaze fell again on the plate of heart-shaped pastries. [Speaking of which, something's not right with Ren Xia...]
Chuan Wen frowned. "Hmm... Ren Xia has loved crafts since she was little, especially food. Uh, although at first, because she wasn't very skilled, she gave Wen Xue the buns and pastries she made, which gave the strong Wen Xue diarrhea. But she put a lot of effort into them, unlike Zhou Shuqin, who's so mean."
Wen Xue picked up her teacup, took a sip to hide the smile on her lips, and felt half relieved. She thought to herself that she couldn't be that unlucky, and that her judgment of people wasn't that bad!
Just as she was having a good time, she noticed that Chuanwen seemed to be looking at her a little strangely. Confused, she turned her head to look at him and saw Chuanwen give a forced smile and then continue eating his pastries.
What does that mean?
Wenxue's head was spinning; Chuanwen's smile just didn't look quite right.
Just as he was wondering, he heard Chuanwen sigh inwardly, "Sigh, why is Wenxue's love life so bumpy? She hasn't even figured out Lei Nianren yet, and now Ren Xia has appeared."
What's the meaning?
Wen Xue didn't understand, but Lei Nianren at the tea stall downstairs was stunned for a moment, then his face turned a little pale. It wasn't what he thought, was it?
Ren Xia likes Wen Xue?!
The other people at the tea stall also took a moment to react; they were utterly shocked!
They've seen men like women, and they've seen men like men, but it's really rare to see women like women!
Pairs of eyes were fixed on Lei Nianren, whose hands trembled slightly. No, how did he suddenly gain a rival in love?
At this moment, a heartfelt message came through: "So don't blindly play the hero and rescue a damsel in distress, even if that damsel is the same gender as you!"
Wenxue still didn't understand, why?
But Lei Nianren was struck dumb, his memories returning to his childhood.
When he was a child, the school he attended was jointly funded by several wealthy merchants from Jiangnan. The students were all their own children. On the one hand, it was to teach the children to read and write, and on the other hand, it was to allow the children to get to know each other in advance and lay the groundwork for future marriages. Therefore, both boys and girls attended the school.
Because of his good looks and academic excellence, he was very popular with girls, which made some boys dislike him and often ganged up to bully him.
However, his deskmate Wen Xue was very chivalrous and always protected him. Because of this, he secretly developed feelings for Wen Xue, who protected him and was also very good at fighting.
But then he suddenly remembered that besides him, there was another person in the school who was being bullied by everyone, and that was Ren Xia.
Ren Xia was bullied because she was a crybaby, and the boys weren't really bullying her; they just wanted to tease her because she would cry easily. However, it seemed that Wen Xue would always come to her rescue whenever a boy teased her.
For a time, he and Ren Xia were Wen Xue's little followers, and no one dared to bully them.
But Lei Nianren felt like crying. You know, it's understandable for a boy like him to have feelings for Wen Xue, but what kind of feelings do you, a girl, have for Wen Xue?
Seeing Lei Nianren's pale face, the Minister of Justice and the others were all anxious to know how Wen Xue had heroically saved the beauty.
But Chuanwen had already focused his attention on the various delicacies Ren Xia had made since childhood, and his mind was filled with nothing but tasting the food and drooling.
The Minister of Justice and others stared intently at Lei Nianren.
"Young Master Lei, tell us about your past. We promise we'll never tell anyone!"
The Minister of Justice chuckled, his eyes gleaming with gossip.
Lei Nianren was a bit withdrawn and didn't want to talk to them at all, so he reminded the Minister of Justice, "Wen Xue is your niece."
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