Ye Mu nudged Shen Juanqing with his elbow, "I am not very talented, but I have heard a little about it." He winked at Shen Beian.
"Please begin your performance." Shen Bei'an coughed lightly twice, his eyes seemingly shining.
"Uncle." Shen Juanqing looked at the two of them joking around, feeling a little helpless. He reached out and stuffed a pastry into Ye Mu's mouth. "She's not even twenty yet, how could I?" He twisted his eyebrows.
Shen Beian breathed a sigh of relief. In other novels, adulthood is eighteen.
The seventeen-year-old female protagonist has one more year to live.
But here, the age of adulthood is twenty!
That means his nephew will have to wait another three years.
"So, do the old man and my mother not know about this?" Probably not, otherwise his nephew would probably be punished by family law.
The aloof young nobleman, dressed in a turquoise robe, held a porcelain cup to his lips and took a small sip. "My family only told you this," he said, his eyes fixed on the other side.
Shen Bei'an followed Shen Juanqing's gaze and his eyes widened suddenly.
The female lead!!!
Why is the female lead here too?
Ye Mu finally finished the pastry, picked up his teacup and chugged it down. "Old Shen, are you trying to murder me? I almost choked to death."
"Hey, isn't this my little brother's wife?" Following their gazes, I looked over.
A young lady wore a bright blue cross-collar long dress with floral and moon patterns adorning the hem. She had a light purple shawl draped over her arms, and a white jade belt with a matching brocade pouch embroidered with a nine-tailed fox hung from it.
"How about we go over and have a chat?" Ye Mu raised an eyebrow, feeling uncomfortable about it.
Who doesn't love a beautiful woman and a handsome man?
Unfortunately, this belongs to my good brother, so I can't touch it.
Before Shen Juanqing could even make a move, a young man had already approached her to strike up a conversation.
Imperial law does stipulate that minors cannot be induced, but it does not explicitly prohibit minors from falling in love.
There's no such thing as "puppy love" in the Empire. Adolescent feelings are normal, not to mention that many young couples are engaged since childhood, and their parents often try to bring them together.
Shen Juanqing remained motionless, sitting quietly, which made Shen Beian admire his nephew's great spirit.
"My relationship with Young Master Xie is currently just that of a pursuer and a pursued. What she does is none of my business," Shen Juanqing said calmly and gently.
That's not wrong...
You should not cause trouble for others for no reason.
Shen Beian patted Shen Juanqing on the shoulder, "Qingqing, if you like your wife, you should pursue her. Although she's not yet twenty, there are still three years left. Besides, even if you win her over, will her family necessarily agree? Don't you still have to win over her father and his family?"
Although it seems that his nephew is good, as he said, he doesn't seem to be qualified.
But are you an outsider?
This is your own wife!!
You really have no idea how many rivals you have outside!
"So hurry up and get on it, quick!"
Shen Bei'an: This "Soaring to Success CP" must rise to the top!!
Chen Juanqing turned her head, "Uncle, why do I feel like you're more anxious than I am?"
Shen Bei'an said righteously, "Don't you even look at how old you are now? Your aunt and I got married just a few days after I turned twenty. And look at you, how old are you? You've only just met someone. In a few years, you won't be anyone left, you know that?"
Ye Mu, standing to the side, couldn't help but cover his mouth and laugh. The fact that no one would want Shen Juanqing was the funniest joke he had ever heard.
I guess only someone from the Shen family could say something like that.
Shen Juanqing chuckled and stood up. "Uncle is right. I'll head over now."
Shen Beian smiled with satisfaction.
In the antique-style room, a young man wearing a lotus-colored silk robe with a stand-up collar and wide sleeves in the shape of flowing clouds approached the water. Sunlight streaming through the wooden window shone on him, making his black hair turn golden.
The young man smiled, the smile lingering on his lips like a feather, light and airy, silent and delicate, like the gentle spring breeze of Jiangnan, intoxicating and enchanting. Raindrops drifted through the misty alley, landing on his heart, tickling and soft, making him feel intoxicated.
Ye Mu looked up, momentarily lost in thought, until Shen Bei'an swept his hand across his face before he came back to his senses.
"What are you thinking about? I called you two or three times just now and you didn't hear me."
Unlike any other young nobleman, he was not well-mannered and even a little arrogant.
Ye Mu quickly deleted those inappropriate thoughts from her mind.
Ye Mu is the heir of the Ye family. He has a fiancée, and their relationship is okay, but they are not yet married.
But the person in front of him was truly not someone he could even dream of.
"Cough cough, no... nothing." Master Shen, this face truly lives up to its reputation as a peerless beauty.
If it weren't for the eldest son, and that other incident, the Shen family might not have been able to protect him.
He quickly banished those inappropriate thoughts from his mind, and said, "Uncle Shen, I'm going to have some fun too." He gestured with his chin; someone was calling him.
"OK." Everyone around was a stranger to Shen Bei'an. Occasionally, someone tried to approach him, but was stopped by the people nearby. His nephew seemed to be having a pleasant conversation with the female lead.
So he got up and prepared to go somewhere else to have some fun.
Along the way, there were always some subtle glances directed at Shen Beian, but no one dared to approach him or strike up a conversation.
Shen Beian walked to a place and saw a dessert that looked good. He stopped to eat it for a while when he heard a voice next to him. He turned his head to look.
"May Fifth Master Shen be well."
Shen Bei'an blinked, feeling as if he had seen him before, but he couldn't quite remember who it was.
The man seemed to have noticed, but he wasn't annoyed. He introduced himself, "Han Lianjun from the Han family. I met him during the military training performance at Qingjin High School. At that time, Young Master Fu Jiu and Young Master Sheng Liu were with you, and I was with Young Master Wei Sheng."
Shen Beian nodded, eating his snack. "Han Lianjun, right?" Was this a flirting attempt?
"Yes." Han Lianjun had a broad smile on his face, and his eyes were full of laughter.
"Nobody's hitting on me, so they're coming to me?" Shen Bei'an didn't like people hitting on him; it annoyed him.
Moreover, everyone here should know who Shen Bei'an is. If anyone tries to strike up a conversation, it's usually because they have some kind of project or something.
Clearly, that's not what he meant.
Han Lianjun was speechless, probably not expecting Shen Bei'an to be so disrespectful.
However, he maintained a good composure on the surface. "Fifth Master is joking. I just saw that you were all alone here and happened to learn that you had an item that you didn't manage to buy at the auction. Fortunately, I had met you once before, so I humbly stepped forward."
Shen Bei'an raised an eyebrow. "And then?" He didn't say anything more.
"I wonder if Fifth Master can bear to part with that Ming Dynasty Hetian jade thumb ring."
Shen Beian ate a piece of pastry, and his eyes lit up. This pastry was not bad.
The Hetian jade thumb ring from the Ming Dynasty was photographed by Shen Beian in the main hall below. To be honest, the material of that jade thumb ring was not as good as any of the ones in his room at Biluo Xiaozhu, but it was worth it because he was interested in it.
“Since you like it, I didn’t see you taking any pictures just now,” Shen Bei’an said directly, without giving any face.
Han Lianjun: Who the hell dares to steal the stuff you filmed?
Han Lianjun still had a smile on his face. "Fifth Master is right. I have overstepped my bounds." Even after being humiliated like this, he still did not leave.
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