Thinking about how this guy would end up with nothing, she couldn't help but smile.
Bai Yanzhang turned his head casually and saw her smile. His heart was like a lake where a pebble had been thrown, with ripples spreading outwards.
Just as Tianci was about to hand the cake to his father, he noticed his father staring intently at his mother and blinked.
She silently fed herself the cake.
After leaving the Bai residence and boarding the carriage for the return journey, he said to Qin Wenjun, "Mother, Father was completely mesmerized by your appearance just now."
Qin Wenjun: "???"
Is that true?
"when?"
"When you eat cake."
Qin Wenjun thought back for a moment, but had no recollection of it.
"You're mistaken. Your father should be looking at the orchid behind me."
Tianci pouted: "My eyesight isn't that bad."
Qin Wenjun smiled gently.
The carriage suddenly lurched, and Qin Wenjun accidentally bumped into the side of the carriage. The coachman quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, Madam, there was a small pothole in the road, and I was in such a hurry that I couldn't avoid it."
"It doesn't matter."
After Qin Wenjun finished speaking, she reached out and touched her hair bun, wondering if it had been knocked askew, but instead touched something that looked like a flower petal.
Suddenly, he remembered the fallen flowers from before.
Looking at the mirror she took out of her bag, she saw a half-open magnolia flower stuck in her hair.
The flower could only have been pinned up, not fallen off.
She couldn't help but grind her back teeth.
"This person is really..."
Using the excuse of helping her pick up fallen flowers to then offering to put a flower in her hair—that's far too scheming!
Thinking of Tianci's words that Bai Yanzhang had stared at her so intently, she was furious.
That man wasn't just staring at her in a daze; he was clearly treating her like a fool.
He didn't notice the flower he wore in his hairpin for most of the day.
If the carriage hadn't already traveled quite a distance, she would have wanted to make the driver turn back and have a word with him.
Bai Yanzhang was unaware that she had discovered his little trick and was standing at the gate of the mansion, watching the direction the carriage had left in.
He couldn't help but smile when he thought about how expressive her face was when she discovered the flower.
This smile fell right into the eyes of Meng Qi, who was hiding in a carriage not far away.
She was so angry her eyes turned red.
Since she fell ill, she hasn't even left the house because she looks so pale.
I'm going crazy from being so bored.
These past few days, I've had a different doctor, and my spirits have improved a bit, so I came to the Bai residence to keep an eye on Bai Yanzhang.
Unexpectedly, I happened to see Bai Yanzhang escorting Qin Wenjun and her son out of the mansion. That bastard Qin Wenjun even called Bai Yanzhang "father," and Bai Yanzhang responded!
After the mother and son left, Bai Yanzhang stood alone at the gate, smiling.
The moment that smile appeared, Meng Qi understood.
She has no chance.
Bai Yanzhang has already been won over by Qin Wenjun, and there's no way he'd give her a second glance.
She had no hope of marrying him and was also seriously ill. It wouldn't be long before she died a miserable death.
Qin Wenjun, with her illegitimate child, will marry Bai Yanzhang and live the life she has always dreamed of.
Why should I?!
Meng Qi gripped her wrist, her nails digging deep into her flesh.
Why is it that her life, as a legitimate daughter, is not as good as Qin Wenjun's life, as a concubine's daughter?
A look of madness appeared in her eyes.
She will die a horrible death, and Qin Wenjun will not have an easy time either!
...
After Tianci's birthday, he was often taken to the Bai residence by Bai Yanzhang to play, because his horses were kept there, and the only place he could go to feed or play with them was there.
Not only did he go himself, but he also called Qin Wenjun to go every now and then.
Qin Wenjun still had many things to help Xiao Qingyin embroider, so she didn't have time to spend with him.
Besides, she didn't want to meet Bai Yanzhang.
This man tricked her with his flower-adorned hairpin, and she hasn't settled the score with him yet.
When Tianci realized that his pleading and cajoling were useless, he had no choice but to give up.
In order to spend more time with Si Bai, he simply stopped attending classes with his father at the Marquis of Zhongyong's residence and instead went to the Bai residence.
As a result, Bai Yanzhang could only see Qin Wenjun once a year when handing over the children, greatly reducing the time they spent together.
The original plan has failed.
But seeing that the child was happy, they didn't say anything.
That day, as he was dropping Tianci off at home, a vendor carrying a large bunch of candied hawthorns approached him.
"Candied hawthorns for sale! Delicious candied hawthorns!"
Those candied hawthorns were made with fresh, seasonal fruit and looked extremely tempting.
Tianci wanted to eat it as soon as he saw it.
I want to buy candied hawthorns!
He shouted at the vendor.
The vendor stopped, propped the candied hawthorn sticks on the ground, and asked, "Which skewer would you like, young master?"
"This skewer, this skewer, and this skewer."
Tianci ordered three skewers in a row.
He had it all planned out: one string of pearls for his parents and one for himself.
The vendor took out the three strings he pointed to.
"Five coins a string, fifteen coins in total."
Tianci took out a small purse from his pocket, counted out fifteen copper coins, and handed them to the vendor.
This is the pocket money that Bai Yanzhang gave him.
One hundred coins every month!
He felt a great sense of accomplishment from being able to pay for his own purchases.
After the vendor took the copper coin, he handed the candied hawthorn to Tianci. Whether it was a slip of the hand or a trembling hand, he let go of the candied hawthorn before it was even in Tianci's hand.
The candied hawthorn skewer fell down, and Tianci hurriedly reached out to catch it.
Unexpectedly, one of the sticks pierced the back of my right hand, drawing blood.
The vendor hurriedly threw the candied hawthorn sticks on the ground, took out a handkerchief, and covered his hand.
"fine."
God offered comfort.
"It's just a minor cut."
He pulled out his right hand and showed it to the vendor.
The bleeding on the back of my hand has stopped.
The vendor hurriedly apologized: "I'm so sorry, it's all my fault for being clumsy and hurting the young master."
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