170, home visit
170, home visit
The days get darker slowly in the summer, and it was still daylight when they finished their meal.
Knowing that their adopted son had guests, Lu Qingfeng and Xu Yueniang didn't stay long after dinner. Their son refused to go home with them, so the couple went back and left their son at the Lu family's.
On the way back, Lu Qingfeng comforted his wife: "Someone is watching over the boy for us, which saves us the trouble."
Xu Yueniang was so angry that she punched the man.
After being punched, Lu Qingfeng not only did not walk away, but moved closer and deliberately teased his wife: "It's a pity that we have tried so hard for so many years but failed to give birth to a little girl. Alas." He sighed heavily at the end.
"Aren't you afraid that even if you have a little girl, she will run to Sanniang's house?" Xu Yue Niang glared at the man and asked.
“…” Lu Qingfeng thought about it and realized that this was really possible!
The couple walked farther and farther away until they disappeared around the corner of the alley.
After seeing off his adoptive parents, Lu Mingfei was about to return to the courtyard when he saw a carriage heading towards their home. Initially, he thought it was just a passing carriage and turned to walk in. However, after taking a step, he stopped and turned back, remembering that this was the carriage they had ridden in together the last time Zhao Lang took him out of the city.
Knowing that the person sitting in the carriage was the one he was waiting for, he simply didn't leave and stood at the door waiting for the young master to arrive.
“Ouch—”
The carriage stopped at the gate of the Lu family courtyard.
The servant sitting on the shaft of the carriage jumped off, took a low stool and put it on the ground, and stood aside waiting for the master in the carriage to get off, "Master, we're here." The servant following the carriage today was Qingzhu, but he had changed his appearance today.
The same goes for the coachman, who also wears a human skin mask on his face, not the guard's original face.
After the guard got off the car, he pulled the horse's reins to control the horse from moving.
Zhao Lang, feeling the carriage stop, lifted the curtain and peeked out. He was somewhat surprised to see Lu Mingfei standing at the door, waiting for him. Their eyes met, and he raised an eyebrow.
"You're here? Come down." Lu Mingfei took two steps forward and said to the person who lifted the car curtain and looked at him.
Zhao Lang also changed his appearance today, using the same face he used when he took Lu Mingfei out of the city last time.
So when he saw this face again, Lu Mingfei didn't feel unfamiliar, because he knew this person was Zhao Lang. He also knew the two people following the carriage: the servant was Qingzhu, Zhao Lang's servant, and the driver was Zhao Lang's guard, but both of them had changed their faces today.
Zhao Lang bent down and got out of the carriage. When he got off, he reached out and held Lu Mingfei's hand.
"Come on, I'll take you in. Ling Xuan, Zhuo Ran and the others are here, and my adoptive father and mother just went back. You haven't eaten yet, right? The fried noodles we had just had are gone, but we still have sesame cakes. How about I bake two sesame cakes for you and put meat in them?" They had just finished their meal not long ago, and Lu Mingfei thought that this man would not come over until after dark tonight. He never expected that Zhao Lang would come so early.
If he had known that Zhao Lang would come so soon, he would have asked everyone to wait, or asked his mother to leave a bowl of noodles for Zhao Lang.
"Okay." Following Lu Mingfei into the Lu family courtyard, Zhao Lang saw the people in the courtyard at a glance.
Lu Youtian, who was in the yard, saw his eldest son bringing a young man with an unfamiliar face into their yard. He looked at his eldest son and asked, "Ming Fei, who is this?"
The others also looked over.
"This is my new friend... Wang Zhe." Lu Mingfei remembered the pseudonym Zhao Lang had used last time, so he introduced Zhao Lang to everyone. Otherwise, he couldn't just say this person's surname was Zhao and his given name was Lang.
Zhao is the royal surname. As soon as he said Zhao, everyone would definitely guess that Zhao Lang was a member of the royal family.
"Oh, please come in." Lu Youtian called out hurriedly.
"Have you eaten? Do you want to eat something?" Liu Sanniang asked.
"He hasn't eaten yet. Mom, please get some pancakes. I'll bake them and heat them up for everyone." Lu Mingfei said to his mother.
"Okay, wait a moment." Liu Sanniang replied.
They would often bring back sesame cakes, often leftovers from the sesame cake shop, and they would bring them back for breakfast the next day. In fact, Liu Sanniang suspected that Xu Yueniang had deliberately baked a few extra sesame cakes, saying they were leftovers and given them back for them to eat.
However, the relationship between the two families has always been good over the years. If there is anything delicious in their family, she will send it to the Lu family. Xu Yueniang and his wife adopted their eldest son as their adopted son, but the son of the Lu family was raised by them for so many years that there was no distinction between the two families.
So many times, whenever Xu Yueniang and her husband gave something to their family, she would accept it and then find an opportunity to return it.
"Madam, I'll get it." Upon hearing that, Ruyi went to the kitchen and brought out a basket of sesame cakes. She also asked their eldest young master, "Young master, do you want me to mix some dough, roll some noodles, and cook a bowl of noodles for this young master?"
Lu Mingfei glanced at Zhao Lang and saw that the young master didn't want to bother, so he had to tell Ruyi that it was not necessary, "We can just eat the sesame cakes."
"Yes." Ruyi responded and stepped back. She turned around and brought a pot of freshly brewed tea and a few cups, and poured a cup of tea for their eldest master and several other young masters.
Seeing that their eldest young master had no other instructions, she went downstairs to take care of other things.
After the maid who brought the tea left, Ye Zhuoran glanced at Wang Zhe, then looked at Lu Mingfei and asked, "Why haven't I seen your friend before?" He believed that he had known Lu Mingfei since childhood. Over the years, apart from being good friends with a few of them, he had never seen anyone around Lu Mingfei that they didn't know.
Zhang Lingxuan looked at Wang Zhe with a little doubt in his heart. They had known Lu Mingfei for so many years. Logically, they knew basically everyone around Lu Mingfei, but this was the first time they met Wang Zhe.
However, Fu Boming's expression was much more normal, and he looked at Wang Zhe with a normal look.
Seeing Ye Zhuoran looking at him with a look that said, "You've been secretly making friends with other people behind my back?", Lu Mingfei felt a pang of amusement. However, he maintained his usual gentle and polite expression as he introduced Wang Zhe... and the disguised Zhao Lang to his classmates. He also introduced Zhang Lingxuan, Ye Zhuoran, and his senior brother to Zhao Lang.
"Brother Wang and I have just known each other for a short time. It's normal that you haven't seen him." Facing Zhang Lingxuan's gaze, Lu Mingfei lied with a normal expression.
In fact, he had known Zhao Lang for longer than he had studied with any of his classmates. However, his relationship with Zhao Lang had never been publicized, so apart from a few close guards and servants around Zhao Lang, no one outside knew that he and Zhao Lang had maintained contact over the years.
He even kept it a secret from his own family and did not let them know that he had any dealings with Zhao Lang.
A major reason Lu Mingfei didn't want his family to know about his relationship with Zhao Lang was Zhao Lang's status. He was worried that his parents would be upset if they knew about his close relationship with a prince. After all, many ordinary people never met a county magistrate in their entire lives, let alone someone of higher status.
It would be better not to tell his parents, nor let other people in the family know about his relationship with Zhao Lang. The fewer people who knew about his relationship with Zhao Lang, the less likely it would be exposed one day.
Given Zhao Lang's current situation in Kyoto Prefecture, their close relationship with a hostage in Kyoto Prefecture was not a good thing for their family. If something happened to the Prince's Palace or Zhao Lang, it would not only implicate their family, but also his adoptive parents.
So no matter what their reasons were, Lu Mingfei and Zhao Lang both meant that they would keep each other secret and be each other's secret friends. He knew that he was Zhao Lang's best friend in Kyoto Prefecture, and Zhao Lang was the first friend he had ever made since he came into this world.
The experience of the two of them disguising themselves and leaving the city together last time inspired him, so this time he asked Zhao Lang to change his face and visit their house, that is, his new friend, Brother Wang Zhe.
They were all young people of similar age, so they had a lot to talk about when they got together. They sat around the grill, chatting while grilling, so there was no dull or awkward atmosphere.
"You eat it." Lu Mingfei put mutton in the hot pancake, put two vegetable leaves in it, and then rolled up the pancake and gave it to Zhao Lang to eat.
Zhao Lang took it naturally and took a bite.
Zhang Lingxuan, who was sitting across from them, happened to witness the scene. He found it a bit strange. From what he knew about Lu Mingfei, he knew he would never bring a new friend home. Furthermore, the way these two passed and received things seemed so natural. They must have known each other for a long time and were very familiar with each other.
But if they were friends, why did he hide it from them and say they were just friends he had just met? This was what Zhang Lingxuan was most confused about. However, despite the doubt in his heart, he would not ask it out loud.
Since Lu Mingfei didn't want to be honest with them, then of course there was a reason why he didn't want to be honest with them. He just had to pretend he didn't know. Seeing through things but not saying anything was also a virtue.
Meeting Zhang Lingxuan's gaze, Lu Mingfei thought Zhang Lingxuan had seen something, but he quickly looked away and stopped looking at him and Zhao Lang. He suddenly felt like he had dodged it. What a close call! Author's words: Thank you Bole 9492239 (9492239) for your support. Kisses! To know more exciting content, please leave me a message on Liancheng Reading.
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