Chapter 128 Reading
She looked around the dim and dreary second floor, a hint of confusion in her tone.
"There's no candy to eat or butterflies to flutter around here, so what's fun here?"
When this was mentioned, Xiao Jingchi's face instantly fell, like an eggplant hit by frost.
"Mother!"
He spat out two words angrily, as if he was the most unreasonable person in the world.
"Mother insisted that I study! She said if I don't study, I will become a little fool, and Ah He will despise me in the future!"
Shen He was stunned.
Xiao Jingchi felt more and more aggrieved as he spoke, and his handsome features were wrinkled.
"I don't want to read those densely packed words. It's giving me a headache!"
He let go of Chen He, turned around and pointed at the mess on the ground, stomping his feet angrily.
"Little Quanzi said the books here have pictures! Such huge pictures! So I ran over to see them!"
He picked up an open copy of "Records of Strange Mountains and Rivers" as if presenting a treasure, pointed to a scribbled map of the direction of mountains and rivers on it, and handed it to Chen He.
"Ahe, look! I found so many with pictures!"
But the next second, his tone became weak again.
"But...these pictures don't look good at all."
He pouted, his face showing "boring".
"There are no colors, no little people, and the drawings are all messed up. I can't understand them at all!"
"I was watching... and then I fell asleep..."
Chen He's gaze slowly shifted from his innocent yet annoyed face to the books on the ground.
"Notes on the Classic of Waterways", "A Study of the Territory of Dayin", "Records of Strange Stories of Mountains and Rivers"...
She leaned over and picked up one of the books.
The pages of the book are indeed not filled with densely packed words, but with mountains, rivers, lakes and seas outlined with ink lines.
To a child with the mental capacity of a three-year-old, this is indeed a "picture".
But these "maps" are the direction of the dragon veins of the entire Dayin Dynasty and the feng shui layout of the dangerous passes!
To him, nature is a mysterious book, a series of boring lines.
Chen He's heart suddenly relaxed.
The cloud of doubt that had arisen just now and almost drowned her now seemed so ridiculous.
Yes.
He's just a kid.
A child who just wanted to read a picture book of little people, but was forced to read a bunch of feng shui atlases.
Chen He, oh Chen He, you are really blinded by the hatred of your previous life. You are so suspicious of even a child.
She was thinking too much.
An inexplicable feeling of regret and pity surged in my heart.
She looked at the big boy in front of her who looked aggrieved because he couldn't understand the "picture", and the softest part of her heart was gently touched.
That pity, like a thin silk thread, entangled Shen He's heart.
She was about to speak to comfort him, but she saw Xiao Jingchi tilt his head, and his clear eyes blinked curiously.
"Sister Ah He?"
He asked in a low voice as if he had discovered something new.
"Why are you here?"
"There's no candy or butterflies here. It's not fun."
Chen He calmed himself down and gently placed the book "A Study of Dayin's Territory" back on the desk.
She narrowed her eyes and spoke in a soft and gentle voice, as if coaxing a child who refused to take medicine.
"I came here to read, of course."
"Reading?"
Xiao Jingchi's face was full of confusion and resistance.
Chen He stretched out his finger and pointed at the despised copy of "Records of Strange Stories of Mountains and Rivers" in front of him, with a hint of mystery in his tone.
"Yes, reading."
"Because reading these books can make people smarter."
The three words "become smarter" were like a ray of light, instantly lighting up Xiao Jingchi's eyes.
He jerked his head up, eager to confirm.
"Really?!"
"If you read these books, you won't become... a little fool?"
When he said the three words "little fool", his voice lowered again, obviously he still remembered what Concubine Xian said.
Shen He nodded heavily, his tone firm.
"right."
"I won't become a little fool."
Xiao Jingchi's face suddenly changed from gloomy to bright!
It was a brilliance like the sun shining through the clouds, enough to brighten up the entire dim library.
"Very good!"
He clapped his hands happily, making a crisp sound.
"Then I'll stay here and accompany Sister He!"
He sat down on the mat next to Shen He, with a serious look of determination on his face.
“Let’s get smart together!”
Thus, on the second floor of this dull library, there was the world's strangest pair of reading companions.
An entire afternoon passed quietly with the rustling sound of turning pages.
Xiao Jingchi was very excited at first.
He imitated Chen He, sitting upright with a book bigger than his face in his arms.
But within a stick of incense, his true colors were revealed.
He knocked the book over.
He lay on the table for a while and drew little people on the blank spaces of the pages with his fingers.
"Ahe, look, this is you, and this is me!"
After a while, he lay on the cold floor again, covering his face with the book, and snoring evenly.
Shen He ignored him.
She just read her book quietly, letting him toss around her like a little animal.
Finally, he seemed to find it boring and simply moved closer to Shen He.
He moved a small stool and sat down next to her.
He didn't say anything, just watched her flipping through the book quietly.
After an unknown amount of time, Shen He felt his shoulders sink.
She turned her head subconsciously.
Facing his peaceful sleeping face.
He leaned on her shoulder, sleeping soundly, his long eyelashes like two thick little brushes, casting a beautiful shadow under his eyes.
Shen He's movements froze instantly.
In my nostrils, I could smell the familiar, crisp scent of soapberry, mixed with the smell of dry ink from ancient books.
This time, she no longer felt wary or scrutinized.
The blood feud of the previous life and the cautious strategies of this life, at this moment, seemed to be smoothed out by the warm sunshine slanting in from the window and the body temperature of the people around.
Her heart was at peace as never before.
It turns out that this is what it feels like to spend an afternoon with someone by your side.
Chen He slowly and gently adjusted his sitting position to make him lean more comfortably.
perhaps……
Marrying him wasn't all calculation.
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