Chapter 17: Making Wedding Clothes for Others
"Your ancestors only served as minor officials of the seventh rank at best, and were even dismissed. But I am the eldest son of the Changning Marquisate! Even if I am uneducated and idle, I can still inherit the title of marquis thanks to my ancestors! And you..."
He took the book and hit Shen Mo on the head again and again: "You are only worthy of being a toy for me!"
"Didn't you say he looked like a piss bucket? Well, what are you waiting for? Give him some more water and make the most of it!"
So those playboys untied their belts and took turns humiliating Shen Mo.
"What are you doing?" The teacher heard the noise and hurried over to check.
Lin Rufeng remained fearless: "Shen Mo peed in the classroom. Teacher, look at this good student you taught. He has no sense of propriety, righteousness, and shame."
The teacher could see that they were bullying people, but he was hired to teach here and was paid by the Lin family.
He naturally didn't dare to offend the eldest son of the Lin family, the future Marquis of Changning, so he could only wrong Shen Mo:
"Shen Mo, since you made the mess, clean up the school before going back. Everyone else, please go away!"
That day, Shen Mo squatted alone in the classroom, wiping the dirty floor over and over again.
His family spent money and used connections to allow him to study here, so he couldn't give up halfway.
Just be patient, be patient. Wait until next year and get the title of honor in the imperial examination, and everything will be fine... everything will be fine.
I have figured it all out, but why can't I help but shed tears? Why am I still so sad?
Why do classes exist in the world?
Why are there such huge differences between people?
Why……
I just want to study hard...
After coming out of the school, it started to rain heavily. He walked numbly in the heavy rain, hoping that the rain could wash away the dirt on his body.
But that fishy smell always lingers at the tip of my nose and I can't get rid of it.
Some passersby hurried past and gave him sarcastic looks, which made him feel even more ashamed.
The raindrops fell, and his cheeks hurt. Is even the sky bullying him?
A smoky purple oil-paper umbrella hung silently above the head, blocking the rain and haze.
The servant's voice came to my ears: "My young lady gives you an umbrella to protect you from the wind and rain."
As he took the umbrella, a carriage with the words "General's Mansion" printed on it slowly drove past him.
The car drove a short distance and stopped at the door of a cloth shop. A young lady in a long green dress walked down.
As if she sensed something, the young lady suddenly turned around, her bright eyes looking at him through the heavy rain curtain.
Without the arrogance and prejudice of aristocratic families, his calm eyes were filled with a hint of gentleness and kindness.
That glance was like a bright lamp in the fog, bringing light to the young man's dark and desperate heart.
Later he found out that she was the third daughter of General Weiyuan's family, a famous talented woman in the capital.
In addition, he also found out that Miss Liu had been kind since she was a child, and she would set up a soup kitchen to help people on the first and fifteenth day of every month.
What a noble birth, what a pure and kind person.
He felt inferior for a short moment, then suddenly thought: "If I can take first place in the next autumn imperial examination, maybe..."
Perhaps behind this is a delusion that he dare not have.
He did not allow himself to harbor any profane thoughts towards such a beautiful woman.
But every first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, when Miss San opened her porridge stall, he would quietly hide in the distance and watch her distribute porridge.
——This world is full of filth, but she is the only pure lotus!
From that day on, he studied harder.
Maybe one day, he would be able to cross the social ladder and muster up the courage to walk in front of her...
But his efforts were even more noticeable in the eyes of a playboy like Lin Rufeng, who was uneducated and fell asleep as soon as he listened to lectures.
So they bullied Shen Mo even more.
They tore up his cherished books and scribbled over the articles he had painstakingly written.
Being beaten became the norm.
Lin Rufeng particularly liked beating people, and he also liked to change the way he beat them, such as riding on Shen Mo's body, whipping him with a whip and shouting: "Hurry up, horse, or I will whip you to death!"
He would also deliberately take away Shen Mo's stool while he was in class, and then light incense underneath...
Many times, Shen Mo couldn't stand it and wanted to drop out of school.
But no matter how bad the Lin Family School was, the teacher here was a great scholar of the time with great knowledge, and he could learn a lot of knowledge that he could not learn in his hometown.
He told himself, "I've suffered so much and endured for so long. If I give up halfway and delay my studies, all my efforts will be wasted!"
When he was most desperate, the image of that rainy evening, the oil-paper umbrella that lifted up the haze above his head, and the clear and beautiful lady would emerge in his mind.
One day, Lin Rufeng suddenly said to him in a gentle voice, "I have a crush on a girl, but she likes talented men and thinks highly of herself. Shen Mo, if you can help me write a love letter to win her heart, I will not embarrass you anymore. How about it?"
Shen Mo hesitated and said nothing.
Lin Rufeng grabbed his neck and threatened him fiercely, "If you dare to refuse, I will make sure you can't stay in the academy! I will also break your legs so that you can't take the imperial examination!"
Shen Mo was already very afraid of him, and after being threatened by him, how could he dare not agree?
Shen Mo's literary talent was indeed amazing. After he wrote seven love letters in a row, the other party began to reply.
At first it was just some casual greetings, but after dozens of letters, the girl's deep feelings were evident on the paper.
Whenever Shen Mo saw Lin Rufeng showing off while holding a letter full of girlish love, as if no one was around, he couldn't help feeling guilty.
But what can he do?
He just didn't want to be beaten or bullied anymore, he just wanted to study hard and get a good degree.
That's all.
But life is so unfair. Some people do terrible things and yet they still get away with it.
And he was just forced to make a mistake, and then retribution came.
That day, he saw the third young lady of the general's mansion at the school gate - the pure girl whom he had secretly hidden in his heart.
But the girl he liked was looking at Lin Rufeng with a shy face and affectionate eyes...
It was then that Shen Mo realized that the girl he had been exchanging letters with was actually the third lady of the general's mansion - Liu Wanqing.
He personally wrote touching letters with pen and paper, but pushed the girl he loved into the arms of the scumbag Lin Rufeng!
By the time Shen Mo found out, it was too late. Both families had already gotten engaged.
That day, Shen Mo, who had always been cowardly, hit Lin Rufeng for the first time.
In return, they were treated with even more violence.
Lin Rufeng stepped on his bruised face and told the truth with a smile on his face:
"I've known for a long time that you're obsessed with Miss Liu. It's like a toad wanting to eat swan meat! So I deliberately set up a trap to get you to write a letter for me."
"So, how does it feel to be someone else's bride? Isn't it nice? Hahaha!"
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