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Lu Ciheng could feel that from that day on, Shen Mingan was slowly alienating him.

Except when they had to share the same room during class, Shen Mingan almost avoided him completely, and seldom talked to him.

He took the question to ask Shen Mingan, Shen Mingan would still try his best to answer it, but other than that, everything else was different from before, he couldn't tell what was different, but he just felt that Shen Mingan was avoiding him.

Lu Ciheng tried his best to attract Shen Mingan's attention and opposed him everywhere.

But when he did something wrong, Shen Mingan only reprimanded him a few times.

It was as if Lu Ciheng had let him go because he was really difficult to discipline.

Shen Mingan treated him so well in the past, so that Shen Mingan was a little distant and indifferent towards him, and he was very uncomfortable.

Lu Ciheng wanted him to treat him the same as before, but there was nothing he could do.

This situation lasted for half a year, and Lu Ciheng became more and more irritable, and what made him even more irritable was Lu Wenhuai, his fifth younger brother.

Since he brought Lu Wenhuai back from the back of the mountain that time, Lu Wenhuai often followed him like a follower and called him "third brother and third brother".

Especially in recent years, every time after school, Lu Wenhuai would drag him to some weird places.

He also brought pastries made by himself.

Lu Ciheng couldn't figure out why Lu Wenhuai, a prince, would like to make pastries.

Not only do I like to make it, but I also like to give it to him to taste.

The cakes made by Lu Wenhuai are pretty good in appearance, and the taste is really hard to swallow, but Lu Wenhuai is always the first to bring them to him to taste, and then look at him full of expectations, Lu Ciheng said against his will that it is delicious, Lu Wenhuai Next time I will bring him a box full of pastries.

Lu Ciheng accepted the food box, turned around and poured out all the pastries inside.

Lu Wenhuai was a few years younger than him, and he was raised under the queen's name. Lu Ciheng was afraid of the queen, and pointed to getting some news about the queen and the prince from Lu Wenhuai's mouth. On the surface, he didn't want to get into too much trouble with him, so he just had to be patient. Follow him as much as possible, and put on a brotherly and respectful look with him.

There is a lotus pond in the Guozijian. Every summer, there are lotus leaf pavilions, pink lotus flowers and green lotus pods hidden in it. Looking from a distance, they complement each other well. Just looking at it can make people lose most of the summer heat.

The Huxin Pavilion is in the middle of the lotus pond. The students of the Imperial College love to escape the summer heat and enjoy the cool in the pavilion, drinking and composing poems.

Lu Wenhuai asked him out several times, but Lu Ciheng prevaricated them with the lame excuse of having a headache today and writing an essay tomorrow.

During that time, Lu Wenhuai persistently asked him out, and whenever he was free, he would come to talk to him about it.

Lu Ciheng hadn't been able to talk to Shen Ming'an for more than ten days, and was very annoyed. When Lu Wenhuai wanted to hold his hand and play tricks like before, and wanted to drag him to the lotus pond, he pulled his hand out. , flung him away, frowned and said irritably: "How many times have I told you that I don't want to go! You have to go by yourself, why do you have to drag me?!"

"Third Brother..." Lu Wenhuai was pushed to the ground, staring at him blankly, his eyes filled with moisture, "I just want to pick lotus pods with you..."

Lu Ciheng couldn't help scolding him in his heart. He looked coldly at him sitting on the ground and couldn't stand up. After watching him for a while, he condescendingly extended a hand to him, and said reluctantly, "Let's go."

"Where are you going?" Before Lu Wenhuai could react, he put his hand into his palm subconsciously.

Lu Ciheng pulled him up, "Didn't you say you were going to pick lotus pods in the lotus pond, and now you don't want to go?"

"Go and go."

Lu Wenhuai swept away his previous frustration, and talked to him with great interest about some interesting things that happened in the capital recently. Lu Ciheng didn't bother to listen, and followed him full of complaints, not wanting to say a word to him.

"Third brother, what do you think?" Lu Wenhuai suddenly turned around and walked backwards, and asked with his face close to him.

"What do you think?"

"That's what I just said, did you not listen to me again?"

Lu Ciheng ignored him and walked past him. Lu Wenhuai didn't care, and walked beside him, "The merchant surnamed Zheng's family was in the shipping business. A boat builder near a small fishing village. Later, because the boats he built were durable and not easily damaged when resisting bandits, his business gradually expanded, and he started doing business with the government. Later, his family became prosperous and wealthy. Ordinary people would not dare to provoke him."

"Businessman Zheng's wife died early, and left him a young daughter who was not yet young. He loved his little daughter very much. When his daughter was still young, he invited a gentleman to teach poetry in his mansion. Businessman Zheng Xu had no chance to study since he was a child, and he liked scholars very much. Once, his daughter bumped into his teacher who was forced by his father, and the two slept together. The teacher was also a ruthless person. After stabbing Merchant Zheng with a dagger, he ran away in a panic, but was caught again and wanted to marry him after being tied up. The daughter couldn't accept it, and told her father that if she insisted on marrying her husband, she would sever her father and daughter from him. It’s a relationship, businessman Zheng really doesn’t even recognize his own daughter, and married Mr. Teacher the next day.”

Lu Wenhuai was talking vigorously, when he suddenly noticed that Lu Ciheng on the side stopped, standing under the shadow of the lush branches, with a gloomy expression on his face.

Lu Wenhuai felt strange, and was about to ask, when he heard Lu Ciheng's tense voice, "Now that teacher is willing to be with Businessman Zheng?"

"This matter caused a lot of trouble in the capital city. The teacher didn't want it at first. Probably, Merchant Zheng was really kind to the teacher. After he became a guilty minister, he stabbed Merchant Zheng. Not only did Merchant Zheng not Sued the government to investigate, and concealed and protected him everywhere, and blamed him, the teacher felt guilty for the knife, not to mention he found out that he was pregnant not long after getting married."

"Pregnant?"

"Yes, I have given birth now. It is not easy for a man to conceive, and it is even more difficult to have a child. If he is not sincerely willing, how can he be willing to give birth to an heir for Merchant Zheng. Later, he helped to talk to Merchant Zheng's daughter, and eased the relationship between Merchant Zheng and The relationship between his daughters can be regarded as having a happy ending." Lu Wenhuai sighed a little, and then said again: "Although there are many people marrying male wives nowadays, I always feel that two people are willing to marry. It's not good to force him like a robbery."

"What's wrong." Lu Ciheng lowered his eyes, his voice was low and inaudible, "After all, the ending is good now."

Lu Wenhuai pondered over his words for a long time, and tentatively said: "But these two people are not equal, and they are not suitable..."

"Since I like it, why do I care about my status?" Lu Ciheng blurted out the words without thinking.

Hearing what he said, Lu Wenhuai was stunned for a moment, "Third brother, do you really think so? Is it true that as long as two people like each other, they don't have to be bound by worldly etiquette?"

Lu Ciheng glanced at him suspiciously, quickened his pace and walked away from him.

The author says:

Changed the surname of this merchant, it will not affect the reading