Chapter 184 Don’t Bully the Poor Youngsters
The next morning, after the two finished their breakfast.
Inside the house, a white porcelain duck-beast incense burner was burning with goose-pear incense. A few snacks and seasonal fruits were placed on the kang table with a carved cloud pattern of huanghuali wood. Two beautifully bloomed crabapple flowers were placed in a white teardrop-shaped vase.
The slanting sunlight fell on the crispy abalone and snails and milk and water chestnut flour cakes. Rong Jinchen held Su Zhenzhen tightly in his arms. They sat on the chaise longue. His head rested on her shoulder, his big hand caressing her soft belly, and he read the letter Su Zhenzhen sent back to the capital.
He really liked cuddling with Su Zhenzhen, and being affectionate with her from time to time. He was very clingy, like a big wolfdog with its tail raised.
Su Zhenzhen was replying to letters from her father, mother, elder brother, elder brother and sister-in-law, second brother and sister-in-law, as well as those from Xu Siyu and the fifth princess.
She couldn't help but smile, and stretched out a hand to pinch the man's big hand with thin calluses, "Husband, don't you need to write a letter to the emperor?" The emperor was simply the most disgusting emperor in the late stage of child-obsessed that she had ever seen.
Rong Jinchen had told her before that because he went to the border at the age of twelve, his worried old father would write him a letter less than half a month.
Therefore, the father and son have a good relationship and have not become estranged due to years of separation.
It has been two months since they left the capital, and Rong Jinchen had written four or five letters to his father on the way.
Rong Jinchen felt that his father was really too annoying. He had already reached adulthood, and it was already very filial for him to reply to his father's letter in less than half a month.
It is absolutely impossible for him to take the initiative to write a letter to his father again.
"No." Su Zhenzhen felt the man's hot breath spraying on her neck. Her body softened, she put down the wolf-hair brush in her hand, and fell directly into his arms. She tilted her little face up, and her sparkling peach blossom eyes looked up at his exquisite and perfect jawline, "Husband, it itches."
Rong Jinchen's big, bony hands pinched her little face, a hint of emotion flashed across his eyes. He lowered his neck and kissed her soft lips, then sucked on her lips, signaling Su Zhenzhen to let him kiss her. The girl's eyelashes trembled slightly at the man's little gesture, and she obediently opened her lips to let him in.
The man's familiar cool breath carried a temperature that was too hot to ignore, as if he wanted to mark her entire being with his scent.
"Qingqing, why can't you learn to breathe? Huh?" Rong Jinchen breathed heavily and hurriedly, his head buried in the crook of her neck, his voice filled with laughter.
Su Zhenzhen's face was rosy with shyness, her thick and curled eyelashes were wet, and she breathed with her slightly swollen lips open. She curled her lips when she heard that, she also wanted to know.
Why is it that when I take the initiative, I am not breathless when kissed, but when the initiative is not in her hands, I lose my armor and am defeated by kisses.
She had clearly known her shortcomings for a long time and had been trying to improve herself, but she was still no match for him and could only lean weakly in the man's arms.
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She nibbled the man's Adam's apple, which was rolling up and down so close to her. "Hmm." The man groaned a little out of control, and his big hand began to reach into her sleeves. Su Zhenzhen realized that something was wrong and wanted to slip away in annoyance.
Why did her brain suddenly short-circuit? A man's Adam's apple should not be touched!
Too careless.
When the college entrance examination results came out, there were all kinds of reactions.
"Great! I'm a scholar now!"
"Mom and Dad! My son is finally no longer a virgin!"
"Who's the top candidate? Wansong Academy is the most prestigious academy in Yangzhou! Where's their top candidate?"
"Well, if I didn't do well this year, I'll try again next year! The entrance exam only happens once a year anyway."
"How could I miss? I don't believe it..."
There was a young man wearing a washed-out, double-breasted gown who was shocked to see his name missing from the list.
He doesn't believe that he will fail the exam with his grades!
At this time, a young man wearing Song brocade embroidered with gold thread came to him surrounded by a group of people. He smiled and said, "Oh, isn't this the great scholar Su from our Wansong Academy?" He deliberately glanced at the notice board next to him, "What? The great scholar Su is not on the list?" He just couldn't stand his aloof appearance.
So what if I’m first place, haha.
Su Xu gritted his teeth and forced himself not to bother with him. He had endured the situation when someone deliberately drugged him during the college entrance examination.
Fortunately, he performed well. He was originally the first in Class A with perfect grades, so he was confident of passing the college entrance examination.
I don't know why his name is not listed.
"What's the point of doing well in exams? If you can't even pass the college entrance examination, you can't even become a poor scholar, hahaha..." This is the young man's companion, who is obviously his follower.
Actually, they were also studying in Class A of Wansong Academy, but they paid for it, unlike Su Xu and others who relied on their grades.
They were also jealous of the teacher's favoritism towards Su Xu, a poor student, and started bullying him at school.
Although Su Xu didn't know the term "school bullying", he wanted to swallow his anger in order to study in the academy. After all, the teacher also advised him that if he could not afford to offend, he could endure it for a while and everything would be fine.
Su Xu also listened to it, and as a result, they became more and more aggressive. From the initial verbal attacks, they intensified and started adding laxatives in his water bottle before the college entrance examination.
He had no choice, because he had nothing. Gu Wenbo was the son of the Jiangnan Chengxuan Provincial Administration Commissioner (equivalent to a province).
Even though he was being humiliated by Gu Wenbo and his followers in public, Su Xu did not intend to resist. Instead, he bit his cheek and prepared to leave.
"Hey, don't go." Gu Wenbo tugged at his collar maliciously, but Su Xu subconsciously waved it away.
"What's wrong with you? How dare you hit our Third Young Master Gu?" The lackey number two directly grabbed Su Xu.
Su Xu was surrounded by them, and no one around him dared to come forward to help him because they couldn't afford to offend them.
After being beaten, the tension in Su Xu's heart suddenly broke. A gentleman can be killed but not humiliated. His repeated tolerance only resulted in even more severe bullying.
But he was just a poor student, not even a scholar, so what should he do?
Su Xu, with a bruised face and nose, was staggering back. On the way, he happened to hear passing merchants talking about how His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan and His Royal Highness the Princess of Yan were ordered from the capital to inspect the land survey and supervise the administration of officials. Even the Prince of Hejian had a bad time. They also talked about how much His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan loved his wife.
His eyes lit up when he heard this. His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan was the God of War of the Great Qin, and was deeply favored by His Majesty. According to folk rumors, apart from his deep love for the Princess, he was also portrayed as a wise and brave man who could not tolerate any flaws in his eyes.
He seemed to have found a way to bring Gu Wenbo down, but the evidence he had was not enough. He still had to think carefully about it. He felt that even if his college examination results were not in the top three, they were still in the top ten. How could he not be on the list?
Su Xu secretly swore in his heart that he must become the best! He would remember Gu Wenbo and one day he would let him know what it meant to be a gnat trying to shake a tree.
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