When Ji Yu returned to the Lu Mansion, the Lu family was still waiting for Ji Yu to come back for dinner.
We came back early today, so no one was seated.
Ji Yu was eating quietly. Father Lu, who was sitting opposite him, spoke first, "My dear nephew, today is a day off. Today is also Cheng Ruo's sixteenth birthday."
Ji Yu looked at the many dishes on the table and thought to himself that it was no wonder that today's dishes looked so rich.
Ji Yu picked up the teacup, raised it to Lu Chengruo and said, "Sister Lu, happy birthday."
In fact, Lu's father brought up Lu Chengruo's birthday today to test Ji Yu's attitude. After all, Lu Chengruo just turned sixteen this year and could be betrothed to someone. If Ji Yu was interested, the two families could become even closer.
Seeing that Ji Yu didn't understand what he meant, Father Lu had to continue shamelessly: "My daughter is sixteen today. It's time to find a good family for her. I wonder if my nephew has any good candidates to recommend."
After hearing these words, everyone at the table roughly understood what Father Lu meant.
Ji Shuyao looked at Ji Yu with worry on her face. She knew that her brother always hated merchants. Although he had treated the Lu family with courtesy in the past few days, she was really afraid that her brother would lose his temper if she let him marry Lu Chengruo.
When Lu Chengruo heard what his father said, she still had some expectations in her heart. She didn't know why she was looking forward to Ji Yu's answer. Although she hated Ji Yu because Ji Yu looked down on her brother before, she felt a little moved when she saw the young man caring for Gu Qingqing.
Everyone was waiting for Ji Yu's answer. Ji Yu pretended to pick up a piece of food casually and slowly said, "Sister Lu is only sixteen this year, so it's not urgent. If there are students of the same age in my college, I will ask them."
"If all else fails, I can wait until the beginning of next year if I can pass the imperial examination. By then, there will surely be a constant stream of scholars coming to propose marriage to me."
Mr. and Mrs. Lu were relieved to hear this. They guessed that Ji Yu would refuse, but they didn't expect that Ji Yu didn't understand what they meant at all. It would be nice if they could introduce other talented students to Cheng Ruo.
Several people thought that Ji Yu was young and didn't understand matters of love, so naturally they thought that Ji Yu didn't know how to introduce them.
When Lu Chengruo saw the others smiling happily, Ji Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Lu Chengruo felt as if he was holding back his anger.
After dinner, Ji Yu was studying in his room as usual.
There was a knock on the door. Ji Yu went to open it and saw Lu Chengruo standing there angrily.
"Sister Lu, what are you doing coming to my room in the middle of the night?" There was nothing wrong with Ji Yu's behavior and words.
"Ji Yu, I'm really not as good as Gu Qingqing. You would rather pretend not to understand my parents' intention to marry me to you and introduce me to other people." Lu Chengruo was getting more and more impatient the more he thought about it tonight, so he went straight to Ji Yu to question her.
When Ji Yu heard her words, he quickly pulled her in and closed the door.
Lu Chengruo was shouting in front of his door in the middle of the night. If someone else saw it, he would have a hard time explaining it.
"Sister Lu. I admit that I did pretend not to understand that sentence when we were having dinner today and said that on purpose. But you really don't like me, so there's no need for me to waste your time!" Ji Yu explained while pouring her a cup of tea.
"Who said..." Lu Chengruo seemed to have thought of something and held back what he was about to say.
Seeing that she did not refute, Ji Yu tacitly agreed that Lu Chengruo did not like her.
He quickly continued, "You know that I have someone I like. I don't have any great ambitions in my life. I just want to be with someone for the rest of my life. So I will only like her."
Hearing Ji Yu's sincere confession, Lu Chengruo felt as if his heart was being torn apart by a knife. He could not help but ask, "Does Gu Qingqing deserve you to be so nice to her? Besides, she has a fiancé, and she is a few months older than me!!"
Lu Chengruo always thought that Ji Yu was so repulsive to him because he was two years older than her.
Ji Yu explained, "If you use whether it's worth it to measure a person's emotional investment, it's actually a tragedy. If you really like someone, you won't care about your investment, nor will you expect the other person to return it. As long as she is happy, that's enough."
Ji Yu said very seriously, "If Qingqing really marries Brother Zhao one day, I will bless her, and I am willing to wait for her to divorce."
Thinking of this, Ji Yu took out an envelope and a wooden hairpin from the box.
A little embarrassed, he said, "If you have time, could you give this to Qingqing for me?"
Lu Chengruo also let it go, because the boy opposite her had never tolerated others from the beginning. She suppressed the bitterness in her heart and said with a wry smile, "It's my birthday today, and it's ok that you don't have a gift for me, but you also want me to help you!"
Hearing this, Ji Yu clenched the envelope in his hand and quickly explained, "If it's too troublesome, forget it. I'll think of a solution myself."
Seeing Ji Yu's helpless look, Lu Chengruo couldn't help but say, "How can a man like you enter the Gu Mansion? Even if you enter, you may not be able to meet the women. Forget it, just give me the things! But I have a condition."
"What conditions?" Ji Yu asked. As long as it did not violate morality, he would not refuse.
"Today is my birthday, please write me a blessing in person!" Lu Chengruo said, and then changed the subject, "If you become a high-ranking official in the future, this will be a rare calligraphy work!"
Ji Yu scratched his head and finally agreed.
Using the ground ink and the letter paper beside him, Ji Yu wrote: "On a good day, I wish you a happy time."
Lu Chengruo also happily accepted the blessing written by Ji Yu and took the gift for Gu Qingqing.
After leaving Ji Yu's room, the smile on Lu Chengruo's face disappeared. He hurriedly ran back to his room.
Sitting at the table, Lu Chengruo gently inserted the polished hairpin into her hair.
Then he looked at the piece of paper with the words "On a good day, celebrate the good times" written on it, and his heart ached.
Although it is written that everything will be fine if everything goes smoothly, my only wish has never been fulfilled smoothly!
"Forget it. Maybe when I give the things to Gu Qingqing tomorrow, she will throw them away without even looking at them. How could someone like Gu Qingqing, who has seen countless rare treasures, be interested in this cheap wooden hairpin?" Lu Chengruo said to himself as he threw the wooden hairpin and envelope aside.
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