Be a master through ancient times

"This...he..." Wen Hai tried his best to recall what Wen Ran liked to do and the mistakes he made, but the harder he tried, the more he couldn't remember.

The deepest memory is probably the incident when Wen Ran asked to go to the Imperial College to study. The desperate stubbornness on his face at that time was moving, but is this a fault?

The hesitation on Wen Hai's face was seen by the two of them, Wen Ran lowered his head, and a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes.

"Father, Chu Siye, I'm here." He walked in from the door, breaking the somewhat stagnant atmosphere in the room, and also giving his father a step down.

"Oh, come on, sit down." Wen Hai seemed a little more friendly than usual, "You Chu Siye just praised you to me. I am very relieved that you can study hard."

"Thank you Chu Siye for your compliment." Wen Ran cupped his hands at Chu Ci.

"You're welcome, I'm also seeking truth from facts." Chu Ci said with a smile, "If it wasn't for his good behavior on weekdays, I wouldn't be able to say these words."

"It's still Chu Siye who taught you well, otherwise, he wouldn't be able to make such progress." Wen Hai said with a smile.

"My lord, you're welcome. This kid Wen Ran has always been smart. He was always reading books in his hands in the Imperial College. Obviously he was influenced by his family. I don't know what books Wen Ran usually reads at home?"

"This... is about the Four Books and Five Classics." Wen Hai was a little embarrassed.

"Then he really works hard, and he never forgets his studies when he is resting at home. By the way, our Guozijian is going to follow the example of the sages and set up some elegant courses, such as piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, rites, music, numbers, and archery. I don't know where Wen Ran is." One is the best?" Chu Ci asked.

"Uh, maybe it's a book." This was what he discovered when he was just flipping through Wen Ran's homework.

"Oh, is it a book? At the first morning meeting, when I asked them to come to the stage to introduce what I was best at, what Wen Ran said at that time was that he was good at chess and painting. It turned out that he was still hiding his clumsiness." Chu Ci said with a smile.

"Well, maybe I misremembered." Wen Hai pressed his fist to his lips, a little embarrassed.He couldn't help but look at Wen Ran who was sitting on the side, but saw him sitting there with his head down, not saying a word.

Wen Ran slightly raised his head to look at his father who was sitting on pins and needles, then at Chu Ci who was sitting beside him smiling, and then lowered his head again.

Chu Siye remembered what he said only once.His father, however, remembered what his elder brother was best at, and he never read the Four Books and Five Classics at home.

Chu Ci asked Wen Hai some more about Wen Ran's situation at home, Wen Hai's expression became more and more solemn, and Wen Ran's head lowered lower and lower.

"Lord Wen—" Chu Ci spoke again.

"Master, Madam said that the food and drinks have been prepared, let the servants come and invite you over." A little servant girl came in recklessly and interrupted what Chu Ci was about to say.

In the past, Wen Hai would have reprimanded the servant girl for being unruly, but this time he stood up in a hurry as if he had been redeemed, and said to Wen Ran: "However, then you call Chu Siye over first, Excuse me for my father." After finishing speaking, he turned around and walked towards the back hall, as if someone was chasing him.

"Yes." Wen Ran stood up and made a gesture of invitation to Chu Ci.

Chu Ci also stood up, cupped his hands at Wen Hai, and followed Wen Ran out.

"Are you satisfied?" As soon as he left the living room, Wen Ran couldn't help but said coldly.

"Satisfied with what?" Nonsensical words.

"You've successfully humiliated me, so you've achieved your purpose of visiting home!" Wen Ran stopped and stared at Chu Ci with resentment.

"Wen Ran, why do you think I humiliated you?" Chu Ci was a little puzzled, he praised him the whole time, why did he humiliate him?

"Stop pretending, don't you just want to use my father's attitude to tell me that I am not valued by others, a dispensable person?" Wen Ran's eyes were red, her nose was flaring, and her chest was panting violently Panting, the mood looks very excited.

"Then do you think you are such a person?" Chu Ci asked calmly.

"I'm just that! My father doesn't know anything about me. He never cared about me throughout the year. He only cared about his official duties! My mother also only cared about my younger siblings. Besides caring about my food and clothing, Have you ever worried about my feelings! Now you see me like this, are you very happy? I know you hate me too, I Wen Ran is such an annoying person, okay?!"

Wen Ran gritted her teeth, not letting her tears fall.As soon as he sat there, he wanted to cry.

At that time, he thought that Chu Siye would come to sue him, and his father would be furious, and then he would be strictly controlled.Who knew that this person played cards out of common sense, praised every sentence, and then asked his father some questions, but his father couldn't answer any of them, and was dumbfounded by the questions!This home visit not only did not make his father pay attention to him, but spread all his thoughts that he did not want to be noticed in the sun, making him feel ashamed to be naked.

"Have you finished?" Chu Ci said with a calm expression, as if he hadn't seen anything, "After I've finished speaking, let me tell you what I saw."

Wen Ran turned her head away, but her ears pricked up, wanting to hear what this cold-blooded Chu Siye would say.

"You think your father doesn't care about you, but I think he cares about you very much. Do you think that a senior official from the third rank doesn't have to do anything in the yamen? The affairs of the court are cumbersome and meticulous. It takes a lot of effort for him to take charge of a yamen There are more than you can imagine. After a busy day, he came to see me as soon as he stepped into the gate without even changing his clothes, is it because of my mere sixth-rank official title?"

"My grandfather is the Grand Tutor, so naturally he has to be a good example to all the officials. Don't belittle the teacher. He came to see you just to protect the family's reputation." Wen Ran poked her neck and repeated what his mother said before. .

"Oh, you are so naive. Now that I have entered the mansion, others have no way of knowing what happened inside. Your mansion is strictly disciplined. I think those servants who like to talk fast and tell stories must be expelled. No one dares to spread the word, so why worry about losing your reputation?"

"Isn't there still you?"

Chu Ci chuckled and said, "You really think highly of me. I'm a mere sixth-rank official. I can't bear the crime of slandering the chief. Besides, it's true that a senior official crushes someone to death. Let alone your father Listed from the third rank, even if a fifth rank official wants to belittle me, no one will think it is too much when I say it."

"Then you want to say that it's me that he came to see you?" Wen Ran's eyes were still red, but his mind was already distracted by Chu Ci.Before he knew it, he had turned his head and looked at Chu Ci suspiciously.

"Could it be because of me? Just like what you thought before, if I don't act as your master, I'm afraid I won't even be able to enter the mansion of the Taifu. Because I value you, you don't understand the principle of loving the house and the bird, right?"

Wen Ran was silent, not knowing what to say.

Chuci saw that he was silent, and said again: "Just now you kept your head down, so you didn't notice. Every time I asked your father a word, your father would take a look at you. He looked at you with apologetic eyes. Sometimes it also looks like being roasted on the fire. I think he must have understood the neglect of you on weekdays and feels guilty, so he looks like this."

"What you said...is it true?" When Wen Ran was told this by him, what he believed in deeply in his heart collapsed.

"Of course it's true. It's natural for parents to love their children. Think about it carefully. Did your father and mother really care about you?"

Wen Ran was startled, and suddenly remembered that when he was ten years old, he fell into the water for fun and apparently drowned.At that time, he had a high fever, and whenever he opened his eyes in a daze, he could always see his parents waiting by the bed.There are also some usual bits and pieces, which have also popped up at this moment.

Chu Ci has been carefully observing his expression, and seeing that he is a little moved, he strikes while the iron is hot: "Actually, it's not that they don't love you, but they just don't know how to express it. Besides, have you noticed that you don't know how to express your feelings either?" ?There is a saying that is vulgar, but it makes sense. It is called that a crying child has milk. You have always closed your heart and refused to communicate with others. If things go on like this, others will not care about your inner thoughts, because they will Think, you don't need anything. You have to tell them what you want."

After hearing this, Wen Ran was silent for a moment, then turned around and led the way.The expression on his face was complicated, and it was obvious that a fierce struggle was going on inside.

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Mrs. Wen and Mrs. Wen stood behind the rockery. When Mrs. Wen spoke, tears kept falling down.

That little maid was arranged by her to rescue Wen Hai.When Chu Ci was asking questions, she had actually been sitting in the back hall and listening.

At the beginning, she was a little funny, because her husband, who was usually majestic, would also be speechless one day when he was questioned.

But then, she stopped laughing.

When Wen Hai hurried to the back hall, she quarreled with Wen Hai.When the two came out of the back hall without paying attention to each other, they heard Wen Ran yelling in a broken voice not far away, saying that he was dispensable.

Mrs. Wen was extremely shocked in her heart, she wondered why Wen Ran had such an idea?After listening all the way, she realized that Wen Ran's heart had always been in such pain.

Wen Hai sighed and patted Mrs. Wen on the back.He was annoyed at the beginning, full of resentment towards Chu Siye, who was so aggressive that he couldn't step down, but his consistent upbringing kept him from getting angry at outsiders.

Now look at him showing affection and reason to Wen Ranxiao, pouring out their feelings that they had never expressed.Watching Wen Ran, who was on the verge of collapse, slowly calm down under his earnest instruction.

He couldn't imagine that if Chu Siye hadn't come today, Wen Ran would have kept this emotion deep in his heart and lived with misunderstandings about them all his life.Or, if Chu Siye didn't persuade Wen Ran, could it be that the child was going to be divorced from them from now on.And they didn't know anything, they only felt that Wen Ran was getting more and more stubborn. Under this kind of misunderstanding, parents and children gradually drifted apart.

He shuddered at the thought of the possibility.