Upon hearing this, Tian Wei snorted coldly.
"So what if we're uneasy? In this day and age, conscience is the least valuable thing. If either of us lacked a conscience, we wouldn't have ended up as officials in such a lowly government office!"
After saying this, Tian Wei left. Before leaving, he repeatedly told Fan Wenjing not to let the news leak out, and even more so not to go to the house of Censor Zhou next door.
Fan Wenjing repeatedly assured him before Tian Wei finally left.
However, after seeing Tian Wei off, Fan Wenjing was restless and couldn't eat or sleep, always feeling guilty towards her neighbor, Imperial Censor Zhou.
When he first moved in, Censor Zhou gave him two tables and a large, unused vat.
He hasn't even repaid this kindness, yet he's supposed to be enjoying himself on someone else's corpse. How can he bear that?
After much deliberation, he finally decided to have his wife deliver some fresh vegetables to the Fan family as a token of his goodwill.
However, to his surprise, not long afterward, Imperial Censor Zhou personally led his son to his door to express his gratitude.
"Brother Fan, you're too kind. You even went out of your way to have your wife deliver vegetables to our house!"
Upon hearing this, Fan Wenjing quickly stood up and pulled Imperial Censor Zhou to sit down.
"Brother, you're too kind. We not only serve in the same court, but we also live next door to each other. It's only right that we look out for each other!"
Zhou Zhengqing smiled slightly upon hearing this, and then pulled his son over.
"Quickly pay your respects to Uncle Fan!"
Fan Wenjing dared not let the child bow to him, but just as he was about to step forward and pull him back, his hand was unexpectedly held tightly by Zhou Zhengqing.
"Brother Fan, please give me some face and accept my son's generous gift!"
"this……"
"Brother, I'm afraid my health is failing. I'll entrust my son to you from now on. Please take good care of him!"
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