Jiang Ling withdrew her hand in shame and anger, and glared at him.
Not only was Zhou Jing'an not annoyed, he even smiled, put the prepared soup next to her, and gently asked her to take a few sips.
After the four of them finished lunch, Jiang Ling and Cheng An slipped away to the orchard. Zhou Jingan and Cheng He wanted to drink and chat, but they didn't want to listen.
Zhou Jing'an followed for a few steps and reminded her worriedly, "Be careful, don't pick the fruits from high up. If you get tired, take a break..."
"I know, I know." Jiang Ling was helpless. She turned around and waved at him, saying with a smile, "You're really becoming more and more long-winded."
After watching Jiang Ling go away, Zhou Jing'an returned to the stone table and found that Cheng He was staring at him.
He picked up the wine jug and poured a glass of wine for each of them, then asked with a smile, "What's wrong?"
Cheng He smiled and shook his head, "Nothing, just a little dazed."
The two raised their glasses and drank. Cheng He said with emotion: "This time last year, you and Ling'er were still disgusted with each other. Oh, that's not right."
He looked at him with a smile, "It's you. As soon as you saw Ling'er, your nose wasn't a nose and your eyes weren't eyes."
"Who knew that a year would pass in the blink of an eye and you would already be married."
Hearing him bring up what happened before, Zhou Jing'an looked embarrassed.
It's over. He always felt that his previous cold treatment of Jiang Ling would be talked about by others for the rest of his life.
"Brother Cheng, please don't say anymore." He begged for mercy and touched his nose.
He naturally couldn't mention the fact that this Jiang Ling was not that Jiang Ling, and only said: "It was my fault in the beginning. I was blind and made her sad and upset many times."
Cheng He laughed out loud and sighed with him for a while about how time flies. He couldn't help but think of his mother asking him to see a doctor again and again, and he felt a headache.
He sighed, "I'm going to Linjiang County this time, thinking that my mother should take a break from worrying. Who would have thought that she would actually be happy."
"Oh?" Zhou Jing'an asked.
Cheng He pulled him aside and started to complain, "My mother said that she had fallen in love with a girl, but she felt that her family was too far from the capital and was afraid that she would not want to marry into the family, so she didn't tell me about it. Who knew that Linjiang County, where I was going, was exactly where the girl's family lived."
He gestured to Zhou Jing'an how elated Zhu Yun was at that time, "My mother was very happy. She said it was great and that she would let me be a live-in son-in-law. The next time I go to Beijing, I will bring him back to her. What do you think..."
Zhou Jing'an imagined Aunt Zhu Yun dancing with joy at that time, and couldn't help laughing as he patted his shoulder.
"I just don't want to get married and start a family in such a hurry. It's not like I'll never marry in this lifetime. Why is my mother so anxious?"
He looked at Cheng He sighing and asked, "Which girl are you talking about, Auntie?"
Cheng He grabbed the wine glass and took a sip, then replied, "It's Ji Nanyi, the daughter of Ji Qing, the governor of Xuanzhou."
Linjiang County is a county under the jurisdiction of Xuanzhou, and Ji Qingqing is his superior.
Zhou Jing'an lowered his eyes and thought quietly, and found someone like Ji Qing.
He said, "I remember Uncle Cheng once served in Xuanzhou and had a close relationship with Lord Ji. I think Auntie wants to bring the two families closer."
Cheng He nodded, "Yes, that's what my mother said."
He held his forehead and said, "I was very close to Ji Nanyi when I was a kid, and I would often go and play with him."
Zhou Jingan laughed and said, "Really?"
"I was only five years old at that time and I don't remember much. How could I know whether what my mother said was true or not?" Cheng He snorted lightly, quite unconvinced. "My mother must have been talking nonsense."
Otherwise, why had he never known about Ji Nanyiyi in all these years, and never seen the two families interacting with each other?
His mother must have lied to him.
Cheng He became more confident and drank the whole glass of wine, but he heard Zhou Jing'an beside him chuckle and nod in agreement, but not in agreement with him.
"Yeah, they do match."
They are childhood sweethearts.
Zhou Jing'an filled his glass with wine and said with a smile, "Auntie, this is for your own good. The Ji family has been a family of upright officials for generations, and Ji Qing is also a good official with an upright character and clean hands. The daughter he raised should be no less capable."
Cheng He blinked in disbelief, "What? Bu Yan, how could you help my mother lie to me?"
He wanted to break it down and analyze it with him, "Then why have I never met the Ji family in all these years? And why haven't my parents mentioned them?"
Zhou Jing'an chuckled and asked him, "Did Brother Cheng leave the capital during the New Year and other festivals?"
"No." Cheng He shook his head. "Those kinds of things are what my parents worry about. Just let me focus on my studies."
Not to mention other places, he didn't even care about interpersonal relationships in the capital.
Either reading and reviewing homework, or playing with Zhou Jingan and others.
After all, Cheng He had just turned twenty two years old. Most families would prioritize their children and grandchildren obtaining academic honors and would not allow them to be distracted by other matters.
However, Zhou Jing'an is an exception.
Zhou Huaixin was strict with him, and Zhou Ke was even stricter with him, so he was more sensible and polite than others since he was a child.
Zhou Jingan smiled knowingly, "Then it's understandable that you didn't know."
After hearing what he said, Cheng He had to believe it a little and sighed again.
Zhou Jingan smiled and advised him: "It's okay, your aunt is far away from you anyway. If you really don't want to, no one can control you."
Just like him.
No matter how Xia Zhixian helped him at the beginning, she was helpless and had to figure it out on her own.
Cheng He nodded. "You're right. Anyway, once I leave, it'll be far away, and my mother won't be able to control me even if she wants to."
He won't be free then.
Zhou Jing'an looked at his smug expression and suddenly had a premonition that he would contradict himself like him.
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