Wen Nan returned in less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, her face flushed.
She just went in a huge circle.
Lu Yanqing's gaze lingered on Wen Nan's skirt, which was stained with some colorful blood.
"What's going on?" Lu Yanqing frowned.
Wen Nan followed Lu Yanqing's gaze and saw the blood on her skirt.
"..."
Even the most meticulous plans can have flaws.
“You know what sunflower water is, right?” After a while, Wen Nan found an excuse.
Lu Yanqing tilted his head slightly, his ear tips turning slightly red. He took off his cloak and draped it over Wen Nan's shoulders to cover the bloodstains on her dress.
...
Suddenly, sounds of chaos and commotion arose from the deserted alley next to the elegant academy.
"Young Master Zhang has been beaten! Quickly, catch that thief..."
Zhang Ruyu covered his bruised and swollen face, looked at the black sack beside him, gritted his teeth, and spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Shut up! You failed to protect me properly... If word gets out, where will I put my face?"
"Go and investigate right now! Who dares to touch me!" Zhang Ruyu said, his face twitching with pain.
"Young master, did you see that person clearly? What did they look like... what color were they wearing?" the servant beside him asked hurriedly.
Zhang Ruyu remembered. It was a woman. He had been arrogant all his life, and he had never been hit by a woman before. How humiliating!
Zhang Ruyu gritted her teeth.
"Forget it, forget it, stop investigating. You bunch of good-for-nothings won't find anything anyway! Useless!"
Zhang Ruyu was a man who cared a lot about his reputation. He was beaten so badly, and by a woman no less—he didn't even get a good look at who it was before being stuffed into a sack—that woman…
They also lectured him, telling him to do more good deeds and bully others less.
But how many people has he bullied?
Who is it?!
The person he's been bullying lately... Zhang Ruyu raised her eyes.
Lu Yanqing!
...
Wen Nan, wrapped in Lu Yanqing's cloak, followed Lu Yanqing onto the oxcart, preparing to return home.
He happened to be on an oxcart with Yang Sheng, the son of the village chief.
Wen Nan recognized Yang Sheng; she had just asked Yang Sheng to ask Lu Yanqing for leave yesterday.
We should be grateful at this moment.
"Scholar Yang, thank you so much for helping my husband ask for leave yesterday." Wen Nan was unusually kind.
This left Yang Sheng completely stunned.
Wen Nan was indeed beautiful, with bright, sparkling eyes and fair skin. She rarely did farm work and took excellent care of herself, making her practically indistinguishable from a wealthy city girl... Wen Nan was indeed a wealthy girl in the past.
But now he's fallen on hard times.
However, Wen Nan looked down on them, these farmers, and there was no question of gratitude from him.
Lu Yanqing sat next to Wen Nan. After hearing Wen Nan's words, his gaze fell on Yang Sheng, and his handsome eyebrows furrowed.
Asking for leave... Wen Nan asked Yang Sheng to ask for leave for him?
Yang Sheng chuckled awkwardly a few times. He glanced at Lu Yanqing, who hadn't said a word since then, and mumbled, "It's nothing, it's nothing."
Yang Sheng's face turned bright red; he hadn't even asked Lu Yanqing for leave.
Lu Yanqing was lame, and like him, he was just a scholar. Yang Sheng only regretted that he didn't have Lu Yanqing's good fortune to be able to go to the best academy in Jiangnan.
He could only study in that dilapidated academy, together with impoverished scholars from other villages.
He was both angry and resentful.
I was also jealous.
This mindset prevented Yang Sheng from asking Lu Yanqing for leave.
Yang Sheng had heard that Lu Yanqing had been punished by standing in the snow all day this morning, for... disrespecting his teacher and skipping class.
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