Shen Yunjin didn't actually pay attention to these poems; he heard them from the female students at the military academy.
Seeing Nanzhi like this, this sentence immediately came to mind.
The thought grew stronger, and Shen Yunjin's emotions were complicated.
Shen Yunjin has never been in a relationship because he has no interest in it and doesn't want to be like Shen Zhencai, who has multiple wives and concubines and is constantly bothered by women.
That's why I made up a reason why it wouldn't work.
This is a sensitive topic for men, and Shen Zhencai couldn't possibly go to a doctor for confirmation. It would not only be a loss of face for him, but also for the Shen family.
Shen Zhencai already had concubines before, but because of the reason he mentioned, he married a few more.
Although Shen Yunjin is a blank slate when it comes to emotions, that doesn't mean he's stupid.
In fact, countless women had approached him before, and he knew what such a gaze meant.
He used to be indifferent to others because he genuinely disliked them.
But at this moment, he clearly felt a subtle joy in his heart.
But this kind of joy is absolutely unacceptable.
Looking at the chestnut cake in her hand, he hesitated to reach out and take it.
Suppressing the slight agitation in his heart, he looked at Shen Zhencai beside him, his thin lips pressed tightly together, "I don't like it."
Seeing how fierce he was, Nan Zhi seemed to be frightened. Shen Zhencai's face darkened, and he pretended to be angry: "Yunjin, give Ninth Concubine some face."
Shen Yunjin remained expressionless. "Isn't what I gave enough?"
Shen Yunjin turned and walked out, leaving Nan Zhi completely stunned by the words he left behind.
"You and your stepmother eat."
Shen Zhencai was also taken aback.
This kid actually called me "stepmother"!
Shen Yunjin did not return to the Marshal's Mansion with Nanzhi and Shen Zhencai, nor did he return for dinner that evening.
In the middle of the night, Nan Zhi, half asleep and half awake, faintly heard his footsteps coming from downstairs.
She hurriedly put on her clothes and went out, only to bump into him in the stairwell.
Shen Yunjin had drunk some wine tonight, and Nanzhi smelled the alcohol on him. Looking at his dark face, she didn't dare to speak and tightened her cloak.
Shen Yunjin hadn't expected to run into her. He glanced at her expressionlessly and continued walking uphill.
Just as they were about to pass each other, their sleeves were suddenly tugged by a force.
He looked down and saw a small, fair hand. When the hand noticed him looking over, it was startled and let go.
There were no lights in the corridor, only some light coming in from a window not far away.
Shen Yunjin noticed her pursed lips and asked him somewhat timidly, "Young Marshal, you...you..."
She didn't know what to say, and after stammering for a long time, her face turned bright red but she still couldn't say anything.
Shen Yunjin was almost certain of what she wanted to say.
His eyes were astonishingly black in the night, as thick and unyielding as ink.
With his towering stature, a direct eye contact with him could be suffocating.
Nan Zhi swallowed nervously as he suddenly pulled something out of his pocket and stuffed it into her hand.
"I found it before, I was busy, now I'm returning it to you." Then, without saying anything more, he walked into the dark night.
By the dim light from the window, Nanzhi could see what was in her hand.
Her lost camellia hairpin, and the purse she gave him.
He came back from outside so late, and his body was cold, but these two things were warm.
It's been so long, no matter how busy he is, he couldn't possibly not have time to repay her.
Nan Zhi looked down at him, caressing the lingering warmth of his body, and listened to the system notification of 50% favorability. A smile appeared on her lips.
What a hypocritical scoundrel.
But he seemed to have misunderstood something.
It seems she really needs to explain things clearly.
Shen Yunjin thought he had made his refusal obvious enough; he didn't say it directly because he wanted to give her face.
The next day, he returned home very late again, trying to avoid seeing her as much as possible, but unexpectedly, he ran into her again at the entrance of the building.
She's become much bolder; she even dares to block his path.
His dark eyebrows and eyes stared at her with a gloomy expression.
Seeing her blushing again, and timidly wanting to speak to him, he was about to stop her when he heard her say, "Young Marshal, could you... do me a favor?"
The light in the corridor was brighter than last night, and he saw that although her eyes were filled with light, it was different from what he had seen in other women.
It wasn't like seeing someone you admired; it was more like seeing the light of a savior...
His voice was hoarse: "What?"
"I..." Nan Zhi hesitated, but still, as if she had already made up her mind, she pursed her lips and said, "I don't want to become the ninth concubine. Can you let me out?"
Shen Yunjin almost thought she had misheard.
His gaze was intense as he stared intently at her, trying to discern affection from the girl's face, but he found nothing. Her flushed cheeks were not the result of shyness he expected, but rather the result of fear and nervousness upon seeing him.
So all these days, she's been sending him flirtatious glances, giving him purses and chestnut cakes, all just to please him and get him to leave this place?
She wasn't interested in him; he must have misunderstood.
So, the poems she copied that day were just copied, and she had no other intentions?
Shen Yunjin, who was usually thick-skinned, felt a burning sensation on his cheeks at this moment, as if he had been slapped.
No, he slapped himself.
He didn't know whether to be angry or laughing, whether he was disappointed or delighted; he just felt as if a giant wave had surged up in the ocean, making him very unsettled.
After a long silence, he sneered, "You've come to the wrong person. What makes you think I'd help you?"
He is Shen Yunjin, Shen Zhencai's biological son. Why would she think he would betray his father for her sake?
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