"After much pleading and urging, you've finally come out. I say, Young Master Chi, are you getting harder and harder to invite these days? Do you still want to continue this business?"
Ji Wuyai pounced on Chi Yan from behind, putting his arm around her shoulder, his tone clearly mocking.
Tang Xu chuckled and shook his head: "People who get married are different. Our carefree second young master has started to take care of his family."
Chi Yan chuckled slowly, then said in a lazy tone, "Go away, stop teasing me."
He paused, a worried look on his face. "You all know how strict my wife is. I even have to ask permission to go home for a visit."
"Tsk." Seeing his hesitant expression, Ji Wuyai was full of curiosity, sympathy, and jealousy. "Is Miss Shen really that ruthless? But if I married a wife like that, being controlled wouldn't be so bad!"
People are always tolerant of beautiful things, especially since Shen Tangning is not only beautiful but also talented. Apart from being a bit strong-willed, she is almost flawless.
If the engagement hadn't been arranged so early, suitors would probably have worn down the Shen family's doorstep!
Such a person, in the end, Chi Yan actually benefited from it. Although others didn't say it to his face, they made sarcastic remarks about him behind his back.
Chi Yan blinked. He couldn't really lie and say that Shen Tangning was bad, so he just sighed with feigned sorrow: "You unmarried people can't understand."
The two were both annoyed and amused, exchanging a glance: "Look at him, he's just trying to show off in a roundabout way!"
After the commotion subsided, Tang Xu asked thoughtfully, "But speaking of which, Ayan, are you really planning to participate in this autumn imperial examination? Are you confident?"
Upon hearing this, Ji Wuyai also dropped his playful expression and cautiously glanced at Chi Yan: "Oh dear, Tang Xu, this is really inappropriate of you! We're here to have fun, why bring up such unpleasant things?"
Everyone knows that Chi Yan failed the imperial examinations three times, which became a topic of conversation among the young masters, who mocked him for being a spoiled brat who still had unrealistic dreams of climbing the ladder to success.
Even worse, some people compared him to Chi Jingyu and attacked his humble origins as a concubine's son!
Chi Yan, on the other hand, seemed completely unconcerned, his arrogant eyes as unruly as ever: "Want to play around? Give it a try! I'm just killing time anyway."
Tang Xu hesitated for a moment, then comforted him, "Don't worry about those gossips. The fact that you have the courage to start over already makes you stronger than many of them!"
Ji Wuyai wholeheartedly agreed: "Look at me, I signed up but didn't even have the courage to participate! You have no idea, my mother even told me to learn more from you!"
He hesitated, scratching the back of his head. "Should I give it a try and make my mom happy?"
His mother didn't have high expectations for him; even if he got the lowest score, she would still happily set off two tables for him.
Chi Yan raised an eyebrow: "Then let's go. It's perfect that the three of us go together; it'll give me some courage!"
Ji Wuyai laughed and clapped his hands: "That's great, Tang Xu, what do you think?"
Tang Xu smiled helplessly: "I'm fine with anything, let's go together."
Ji Wuyai said excitedly, "That's great! What if we hit the jackpot and pass the imperial examination in one fell swoop?"
"Look what I just heard! Three good-for-nothing brats dreaming of passing the imperial examinations? That's the funniest joke I've heard all year!"
Someone behind him chuckled mockingly. Turning around, he saw it was Xiao Yu and his group.
Ji Wuyai's face immediately fell, and he muttered under his breath, "How come I've run into this plague god again?"
Nothing good ever comes of running into Xiao Yu!
"Look at what Young Master Xiao is saying. If you don't have the strength, all you can do is daydream, right?"
The people traveling with him chimed in with their own comments, and burst into laughter upon hearing this.
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