Chapter 320 No Need to Make Friends

Fortunately, Liu Ge'er himself was calmer and stopped Yu Erhu.

"Dad, there's no point arguing with them." Liu Ge'er said, "It will be fine in a few days."

Yu Erhu didn't know about Bo Ge'er and Liu Ge'er's plan, and thought that his son meant that no one would talk about it in a few days.

He looked at his son distressedly: "My son passed the imperial examination with honors. I don't know how much smoke must have risen from the ancestral tomb of our Yu family to exchange for this."

Liu Ge'er smiled and said, "Dad, don't worry. I will not stop at being the top scholar. There will be a time when they will slap me in the face."

Yu Erhu still felt a little aggrieved, and glared at those who were gossiping about him. Then he left angrily with Liu Ge'er and the others.

But after a while, Yu Erhu's mouth opened wider and wider, and then he laughed loudly: "My son is the top scorer in the imperial examination! My son passed the imperial examination and became the top scorer in the imperial examination!"

The three stores of the Yu family business in the provincial capital were decorated with red silk that had been prepared long ago. They used long bamboo poles to carry the red silk and beat gongs and drums to congratulate their third young master for passing the imperial examination.

All the guys had smiles on their faces.

How could they not be happy? Their boss gave them a half-month salary increase to celebrate the third young master's success in the imperial examination!

After setting off the firecrackers, every branch of Yujia Store brought in a basket of wedding money and threw out a wave of copper coins!

The Yu family store had always had a very good business in the provincial capital. Now, half of the people in the provincial capital knew that the third young master of the Yu family store passed the imperial examination and became a Liyuan scholar at the age of seventeen!

This dynasty does not particularly value agriculture over commerce. Although some old-fashioned families still look down on merchants, there are no restrictions on merchants' imperial examinations.

After a quick search, many people found out that Brother Liu was actually the closed disciple of the retired Master Liu!

Good guys!

The small courtyard where the Yu family was temporarily staying in the provincial capital received invitations like snowflakes.

Of course, at the same time, the rumor that Liu Ge'er had colluded with Qin Jingqian in order to win the title of Jieyuan was spread more and more fiercely by many sour followers.

Many jealous people are even keen on spreading these groundless rumors.

For them, if they stepped on Liu Ge'er a few times, the fire of jealousy in their hearts could be extinguished a little, and they could even have some sense of superiority over Liu Ge'er - so what if they didn't pass the exam to become the top scholar, it was because of their noble character that they disdained to attack other candidates!

Whenever Xingxing goes out shopping, she always meets some people who talk nonsense.

"Have you heard about this? That Yu Yongliu was able to pass the exam because his teacher, Master Liu, got the exam questions through his connections! Oh my, how can other candidates compare to him?"

"Tsk tsk, who knows what dirty tricks he used!"

Xing Xing turned around and looked at those people.

She was followed by the maid from the courtyard, and both of them were dressed very ordinary.

When those people saw a beautiful girl suddenly staring at them, they paused in their talk.

Xing Xing had a sweet and pretty face, but her words were very cold: "You jealous people are used to making up rumors behind people's backs! Even a child like me knows that leaking the exam questions is a serious crime punishable by execution of the whole family. If you really think that my third brother passed the exam and won the first place, then go and sue the government. Let's see whether the government arrests my third brother for buying the exam questions, or arrests you for defamation!"

Xing Xing made a ferocious expression and said, "Go and sue the authorities!"

The rumormongers were so ruthlessly criticized by a little kid that they felt embarrassed and shouted, "What do you know, kid?"

Xing Xing asked back: "These principles are not difficult to understand. Even a little kid like me knows them, so you guys should know them too!"

Those people were even more embarrassed by what Xing Xing said: "Hey, you little brat, why are you so annoying!"

As he said this, he made a gesture to fight.

"stop!"

A childish voice came.

Qin Shaomeng looked anxious, strode over and shouted, "What's wrong with you guys? You are the boss, why are you bullying a little girl?"

"Who are you, kid?"

Before the man finished speaking, his companion, who obviously knew Tan Shaomeng, quickly pulled his arm and said in a low voice, "That's the young master of the prefectural family."

Tan Shaomeng stood in front of Xing Xing in a protective posture.

Those people were even more embarrassed: "...No, Young Master Qin, this little girl's brother is the culprit that caused your eldest brother to lose Li Yuan. Why are you still protecting her so much?..."

Qin Shaomeng frowned: "What nonsense are you talking about? There is no evidence! It's you who are saying these slanderous words. If they really want to investigate, they can send you all to jail!"

Those people looked at each other, muttered something like "We were just chatting casually", and left awkwardly.

Qin Shaomeng turned around and looked at Xing Xing, but didn't know what to say to her and felt a little embarrassed.

After all, his father had locked up his brother in jail for quite some time.

In the end, no evidence was found and he was acquitted.

In Qin Shaomeng's mind, this proved that Yu Yongliu was innocent.

Xingxing's attitude towards Tan Shaomeng was not very bad. She thanked him and was about to continue walking with the maid.

Qin Shaomeng didn't expect Xingxing to leave so soon. He was a little anxious and took two steps forward: "Miss Yu..."

Xing Xing turned around and looked at him: "What's the matter?"

Tan Shaomeng stuttered: "Your third brother's matter..."

Xing Xing waited patiently for Qin Shaomeng to continue, but Qin Shaomeng could not continue.

Xing Xing waited politely for a while, and when she saw that Qin Shaomeng still couldn't say anything, she asked, "... Is there anything else?"

Qin Shaomeng could only shake his head dryly.

Xingxing nodded politely to Qin Shaomeng and left with her maid.

Although Tan Shaomeng was a bit slow, he was a decent person and not a bad person. If Tan Shaomeng didn't have such a brother, they might still be friends.

But, right now, Qin Shaomeng's brother is very bad, and the Qin family is also like that. Xingxing is still quite angry about this.

Although it wouldn't anger Qin Shaomeng, it was impossible for Xingxing to be friends with him anymore.

We all have friends, so do we have to make friends with people with whom we have complicated relationships?

Not really.

Xingxing grew up in a loving family and was not lacking in love.

Mrs. Wei and the others gave her enough confidence, allowing her to face every emotion calmly.

Xingxing left in a very elegant manner, but Qin Shaomeng, who stayed behind, felt a little uncomfortable.

He looked at Xingxing's back as she left and sighed.

He also didn't know what his brother and father were doing, they never told him.

But he vaguely felt that the atmosphere at home was not right.

Especially when the list was announced earlier, his eldest brother only got the last place, and his eldest brother and his father were so ashamed at home.

His mother also cried and said that it was Yu Yongliu who harmed his elder brother.

Although Qin Shaomeng is young, he is not a fool.

He felt... that this shouldn't be the case.