Sui Zhao grabbed a soft pillow and hugged it, shaking her legs to look at him, but he took a quilt to cover her legs, hindering her movements.
"Shen Luyuan, who is in your family?"
Shen Siwei was a little confused, "It's just me."
Logically speaking, if she wanted to know, she could just ask the secret guards to investigate and find out his background.
As if she knew his doubts, she said, "I want you to tell me about your matter in person."
Sitting beside her in deep thought, he said, "I was born in a farmer's family in my hometown. Twenty years ago, there was a severe drought and the imperial court issued relief funds. However, corrupt officials embezzled the funds, causing tens of thousands of victims to starve to death, including my relatives."
"I was rescued by a hunter couple. Luckily, I survived. They had no children, but they provided me with food and clothing. They died when I was seven years old."
"From then on, I lived on the support of the Yijitang of the imperial court. The teachers in the school saw that I was smart and helped me to take the exams."
"My husband was a widower, and he was deeply in love with me. He rose from humble beginnings thanks to his late wife. Thinking that she would not remarry, he also adopted me as his son. He passed away two years ago."
"My entry into the Ministry of Justice has something to do with the corrupt officials back then."
Sui Zhao patted him on the shoulder and said, "You've had a rough life in the past twenty years, but fortunately you've met a lot of good people."
Twenty years ago, her father was still in the deep mountains and forests, and her mother had not yet been summoned into the palace.
Shen Siwei nodded lightly, "Yeah."
I met a lot of good people, but I also met just as many bad people.
After chatting with him for a long time, she was tired and leaned back on the couch, looking at the ceiling quietly.
There was a charcoal fire burning in the room. Shen Siwei put the teapot on, warmed the tea in it, poured a cup, and handed it to her lips, "Drink some, it will moisten your throat."
Sui Zhao drank from his hand, and seeing him staring at him, he looked up and smiled at him, "Chen Luyuan, do I look good?"
"Yeah." He looked away from her rosy lips, carefully pushed her head away, and went to pour another cup of tea, "Do you want more?"
"No."
Hearing this, he drank the tea in one gulp.
After looking at the cup he had used and then at his rolling Adam's apple, Sui Zhao coughed.
Chen Siwei put down the cup and went back to sit next to her.
Sui Zhao casually picked up the book he had just been reading, lowered his head and looked at it, absorbed in it. Then he thought of him, moved to his side, leaned against his hand, and slanted the contents in front of him.
Chen Siwei held her and helped her sit up straight, then he took his hand back and read a book with her, who was rarely quiet.
It gets dark early in winter. When the light in the house became dim, Sui Zhao put down the book in his hand and said, "Chen Luyuan, let's go have dinner."
"Okay." Chen Siwei followed her and listened to her talk about what she often did at home in the past few months on the way to the dining hall.
When he entered the dining hall, Yan Tinglan and Zhu Fuli were already there. Shen Siwei bowed to them.
Yan Tinglan just said calmly: "Sit down."
Zhu Fulixu pointed at the bowl of soup in front of Sui Zhao and said, "Drink a bowl of soup to warm yourself up."
"Thank you, mother."
After staying for another two days halfway up the mountain, Yan Tinglan returned to Beijing with his wife and daughter.
Chen Siwei attracted a lot of attention when he entered the village, and he attracted even more attention when he followed Sui Zhao when he left.
"Is that Miss Yan's fiancé?"
"What a handsome man."
Yan Tinglan glanced at Chen Siwei, turned around and helped Zhuan Zhu Fuli onto the carriage, his expression softened in an instant, "Ali, be careful."
"good."
Sui Zhao walked up to Yan Tinglan and said, "Dad, Chen Siwei and I are riding in the same carriage."
Yan Tinglan looked at her for a moment, then climbed onto the carriage and went in to find Zhu Fuli, "Yeah."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
