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Chapter 486 Being near the water tower gives you an advantage (10)

Wen Jiayue was dragged into the carriage by Shen Funian.

"Third sister, what are you doing?" Wen Jiayue asked, confused. "That's my childhood neighbor, he's not a bad person."

“I don’t care, he looks like a bad guy to me anyway,” Shen Funian snorted. “You’re not allowed to have any contact with him.”

"why?"

Shen Funian blurted out, "Because you are my older brother's..."

The sound stopped suddenly.

She suddenly remembered the words her older brother had threatened her years ago, forbidding her from revealing her identity as a child bride.

But Wen Jiayue is almost fourteen years old now. Maybe she will marry her older brother as soon as she comes of age. It doesn't matter if we talk about it, right?

But she was afraid her older brother would accuse her of acting on her own.

Shen Funian was caught in a dilemma. Looking at the innocent and curious Wen Jiayue, she suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

Since her older brother forbade her to say it, she wouldn't say it.

Not only did she not say anything, she also tried to match Wen Jiayue with the neighbor's brother, to see if the older brother would get anxious!

Who told him to threaten her? Humph!

Thinking of this, Shen Funian changed her mind and said, "But after thinking about it carefully, your neighbor brother looks quite kind. I was too anxious just now, so why don't I get out of the car and apologize to him?"

Wen Jiayue nodded, then asked curiously, "What did Third Sister want to say just now? What am I to the Crown Prince?"

Shen Funian casually brushed it off and then pulled her out of the car.

Entering the jewelry shop, Gu Tingqing was still there.

As if knowing they had returned, he turned around and looked at Wen Jiayue.

Wen Jiayue said apologetically, "Brother Dragonfly, Third Sister misunderstood you just now, and I have already explained it to her."

Shen Funian said with a smile, "I'm really sorry, how about I treat you to lunch?"

Gu Tingqing responded gently.

The three of them went to a restaurant for a meal, and everyone enjoyed themselves.

Wen Jiayue also learned about his general situation. He was focused on preparing for the imperial examination next year, and he went to the market today to buy a birthday gift for his younger sister.

It turned out that his widowed mother had remarried to a fifth-rank official and had given birth to a younger sister a few years ago.

Shen Funian immediately said, "Jia Yue loves children the most. We'll visit your residence another day. I hope Young Master Gu won't be unwelcome?"

“Of course you’re welcome,” Gu Tingqing said, looking at Wen Jiayue. “Come anytime, I’ll always be here.”

On the carriage back to the manor, Wen Jiayue asked, "When did I say I liked children?"

“Oh, I was just saying it offhand,” Shen Fu said. “Shall we visit him another day?”

Wen Jiayue nodded. Suddenly seeing her childhood playmate, she was also a little excited and wanted to see him more often.

Half a month later, Shen Funian took her to Gu Tingqing's house.

On the way back, Shen Funian instructed, "You must not tell my elder brother about our meeting with Young Master Gu today."

"Why?"

"Because he's petty and won't let us see any men outside our family. If he sees you getting close to the neighbor's son, he definitely won't let you see him. Do you want to lose a friend you've regained again?"

Wen Jiayue suddenly realized that this made sense. Anyway, it wasn't a big deal, so she decided not to say anything.

The two kept this a secret, and every one or two months, Shen Funian would take her to see Gu Tingqing.

A year passed peacefully.

Shen Funian couldn't help but wonder if her older brother didn't like his sister-in-law, otherwise why was he completely unaware of this?

Seeing that his sister-in-law was about to come of age, he acted as if nothing was wrong, spending all his time going to the Hanlin Academy!

But then I thought, the calmer I am now, the more panicked I will be later.

Shen Funian became increasingly bold and decided to take Wen Jiayue out of the mansion during her elder brother's day off.

On this day, Wen Jiayue finished getting ready, but after waiting and waiting for Shen Funian, she still hadn't seen him, so she decided to go to Chang Le Yuan to see for herself.

Halfway there, she suddenly heard Shen Funian's voice.

With a very short sound, Wen Jiayue doubted that she was hallucinating and continued walking forward.

"Why are you like this!"

Suddenly another voice came, and this time Wen Jiayue was certain that it was indeed Shen Funian, seemingly coming from the direction of the bamboo forest.

Has she encountered some danger?

Wen Jiayue frowned and approached, then heard a man's voice.

"Third Miss, why do you always go to see him?"

She recognized the voice as that of the imperial physician, Su Ye, and her eyes widened in surprise. The two of them...?

"What do you mean 'always'? It's not even once a month! Stop bothering me, I still need to go see Jia Yue... you bastard..."

The kisses were quite loud.

Wen Jiayue blushed, covered her ears, and silently moved away, preparing to return to Xiangzhu Courtyard to wait for her.

Unexpectedly, Shen Fuhan was waiting outside the courtyard.

She stepped forward with a delighted expression: "Brother Prince, what brings you here?"

Shen Fuhan looked at her flushed, gentle face and said, "Sibai is sick and asked for leave today, so I would like you to help me grind the ink."

Wen Jiayue hesitated for a moment: "But I promised my third sister that I would go shopping with her."

For more than a year, Sibai has been in poor health, and Wen Jiayue has served as his temporary page five or six times.

Unfortunately, this time the two things happened at the same time. Since she had promised her third sister, she had to keep her promise.

She then said, "Young Master, why don't you ask someone else for help, like Second Brother?"

Although Su Ye is young, her medical skills are very advanced, and Shen Fufei's condition has been improving for quite some time.

Grinding ink is a trivial matter, of course, no problem for him.

Shen Fuhan agreed and asked, "Where are you planning to go?"

Wen Jiayue had never lied before, but suddenly became very busy, touching her face one moment and tucking her hair behind her ears the next.

He then forced himself to speak: "It's just... I was just going out to look around."

Shen Fuhan looked at her uneasy appearance and recalled how she had blushed earlier.

I initially thought it was from walking, but now that I think about it, it seems to have a significant origin.

He said calmly, "Yes, go early and come back early."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Wen Jiayue breathed a sigh of relief; her brother, the young master, was quite easy to fool.

After a long while, Shen Funian finally arrived.

She said resentfully, "Let's go!"

Wen Jiayue asked a couple of perfunctory questions, "Why are you so late?" and then shut her mouth.

They had agreed to have lunch at Peach Blossom Spring Restaurant today.

When the two of them arrived, Gu Tingqing was already there.

Wen Jiayue said apologetically, "Brother Dragonfly, I'm so sorry, something came up and I was delayed."

"It's alright, it's good that you're here," Gu Tingqing invited her to sit down and then called over the waiter, "Order whatever you'd like to eat."

Wen Jiayue smiled and agreed, then named two dishes and asked Shen Funian for her opinion.

She said listlessly, "You keep an eye on it, I have no appetite."

Wen Jiayue didn't ask any further questions and ordered four dishes and a soup, saying that was enough.

The waiter noted down the names of the dishes and quickly left.

They had only exchanged a few words when someone knocked on the door.

Shen Funian asked in surprise, "The food is served so quickly today?"

She called out weakly, "Come in."

The steady footsteps slowly approached.

Wen Jiayue suddenly felt a sense of familiarity, and after a casual glance, she was immediately frozen in place.

Why is the Crown Prince here?

Shen Funian immediately sat up straight, shaking off her previous gloom.

The show we've been waiting for all year is finally about to begin!