"Getting married would be wonderful. I...I also want to get married..."
"Then why haven't you gotten married yet? Don't you already have someone you love? Why don't you marry that person?"
"People look down on me. They have always looked down on me. They say that there are three thousand rivers, but you can only drink from one. I... I thought she was my one. But I didn't know that she already had her own one, and... she also became someone else's one. They are... a match made in heaven. What am I... What am I..."
And what Chen Qingxuan said to him in person in Chenjiatun that year: "My ideal wife doesn't have to be that beautiful, nor does she have to be that outstanding. As long as she can enter my heart, that's enough."
…
Who else could it be?
Who else but Mei Ya? !
Chen Qingxuan swallowed hard, then slowly turned around and said to Kong Wenmin, "Don't talk nonsense. I have never had any improper thoughts about my wife."
"Do you dare to swear? You have never thought of marrying her?" Kong Wenmin suddenly raised his voice twice as high. Thinking of the sadness and decadence that Chen Qingxuan showed after getting drunk in Ningguta, his old heart felt like it was soaked in a vinegar jar.
"Why should I swear to you?" Chen Qingxuan was so uncomfortable being stared at by Kong Wenmin that he was furious. He couldn't help but hate the man in front of him. "Kong Wenmin, what gives you the right to make me swear? Who are you to me?"
Kong Wenmin's Adam's apple slid up and down violently, and it took him a long time to make a frustrated sound: "Qingxuan, I... I am your brother."
"Brother? Haha," Chen Qingxuan seemed to have heard a huge joke. He laughed uncontrollably at first, but suddenly stopped laughing and said to Kong Wenmin in a cold voice, "I don't want to compete with Wen Jie for a brother like you!"
At that moment, Chen Qingxuan turned around and left, but was stopped by Kong Wenmin again.
"What exactly do you want?" Chen Qingxuan said angrily. He was not a person who would lose his temper, but for some reason, he could not control his emotions in front of Kong Wenmin. He was extremely annoyed because of this. He knew that it was because he attached too much importance to Kong Wenmin, but... but he didn't want this, okay?
"You haven't explained it clearly yet..." Kong Wenmin pursed his lips and said with difficulty, "Do you still... still have feelings for the lady?"
"What if I have feelings for Madam? What if I don't?" Chen Qingxuan suddenly pushed Kong Wenmin away fiercely, and said coldly, "Didn't you also have feelings for that girl Fang Chengyin?"
As soon as the words fell, the room fell silent. Chen Qingxuan did not speak again, nor did Kong Wenmin. The two of them stood there quietly until Kong Wenmin walked over and spoke softly, "Qingxuan, do you mind that I have had feelings for someone else before?"
"What's it got to do with me?!" The next second, Chen Qingxuan suddenly pushed Kong Wenmin away, then stumbled out.
Kong Wenmin did not chase after him. Instead, he looked at Chen Qingxuan's back getting farther and farther away, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, forming a gentle arc.
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August 6, 34th year of Jiasheng
evening.
Zhili Governor's Office.
When Fu Zhongtian was chatting with Zhong Mingwei, Mei Ya and others in the backyard, he saw the guards hurried in.
"What's wrong?" Fu Zhongtian asked the guard.
"Your Excellency, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Ling Shi'an, requests to see you!" the guard bowed hurriedly.
Fu Zhongtian glanced at Zhong Mingwei, and then asked the guard slowly, "Did you tell me what it was about?"
"The commander said that it has been a whole month since the young master returned to Zhili, but he has not returned to Beijing yet, so I was ordered to come and check it out. But is there something wrong in our house that has delayed him?" said the guard.
"Oh? Since the commander wants to see Jiayou, please invite him in quickly." Fu Zhongtian said with a smile.
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