"You can see my current situation; I'm so poor I only have my underwear left. So I'll owe you this meal for now, and I'll treat you when I have the money."
"Haha." He stared at Shen Ye for a while, then laughed. "Hey~ none of that matters. What matters is that I got to know you this way, so this meal can be considered our acquaintance meal! By the way, what should I call you?"
"Chen... Yu Changjun, what about you?" He uttered the name of this world without any hesitation.
"Su Yan." After saying that, he picked up the wine pot and poured a cup for Shen Ye, saying, "This is the famous peach blossom wine here. Changjun, you must try it. By the way, do you mind if I call you that?"
"I don't mind." Upon hearing this, Shen Ye immediately looked up at Su Yan in disbelief. "You...don't you know me?"
"We just met, haven't we?" He put down the wine pot, his face full of questions.
"Yes." Shen Ye paused, then smiled and said, "Su Yan, you're not from around here, are you?"
Everyone in Chang'an knows the name Yu Changjun. Putting aside the fact that his father is a corrupt official, Yu Changjun is now a notorious madman with homosexual tendencies.
"I forgot to mention, I'm from Suzhou."
"No wonder." Shen Ye was shocked. Suzhou is quite far from Chang'an. Could it be that he traveled all this way just to become a painter in the Ning'an Prince's Mansion?
Su Yan immediately saw through Shen Ye's thoughts and said, "I came to Chang'an to seek refuge with relatives, but I couldn't find any. It just so happens that the Ning'an Prince's Mansion is selecting painters, so I came here to get a full meal."
"I see. Then I'll..."
Su Yan gave a mysterious smile: "It's just a meal. Speaking of which, Changjun, you are still the first friend I made when I came to Chang'an."
After a long silence, Shen Ye smiled and said, "It's really a coincidence that you are my first friend in all these years."
"Really?" He clearly didn't believe it. "Changjun, you should be a local, how come you don't have any friends?"
Shen Ye smiled but didn't say anything.
After that, Su Yan didn't ask Shen Ye any more questions about this topic, but instead made small talk about some things related to painting.
After leaving the tavern, Su Yan walked beside Shen Ye, remaining silent for a long time, as if deep in thought.
"Changjun," he suddenly stopped speaking, "if I fail the test, would you be willing to take me in?"
"Of course I'm willing," Shen Ye agreed without hesitation. "However, you will definitely pass; you must have confidence in yourself."
Back at the Ning'an Prince's Mansion, before the results were even released, the two chatted for a while in the front garden. Suddenly, someone shouted, "Hey, isn't this that crazy guy from the Yu family with homosexual tendencies?"
"What? He's the famous Yu Changjun?"
"She looks so delicate and frail, I never expected this, tsk tsk..."
"He's definitely the one on the bottom. I'll ask him about his price later. I've never been with a man before, I wonder what it's like!"
“A couple of days ago, he was almost beaten to death on the street by the families of the people his father had killed. If it weren’t for Prince Ning’an, he would have been wrapped in a straw mat and thrown into a mass grave long ago.”
......
At this moment, the steward of the Ning'an Prince's Mansion came over with the review results. He glared coldly at the people whispering and said loudly, "Now, I announce the top three in this assessment." As he spoke, he looked down at the booklet in his hand: "First place: Su Yan; Second place: Yu Changjun; Third place: Nan Wuyue."
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