The Villainous Classmate is My Lucky Star

Wen Yantong was absent-mindedly picking some food for herself, and while still lost in thought, a pair of chopsticks suddenly placed lotus root on her plate.

She widened her eyes in surprise, and when she looked up, Wen Yantong saw Chi Jingxi retracting his chopsticks.

What are you doing?!

Wen Yantong was startled; she wanted to rush over and grab hold of his shoulder and shake it fiercely while yelling, "Wake up! Your father and my father are still here!"

Chi Jingxi's expression remained calm as he naturally explained to Wen Qin's extremely shocked expression, "I saw that Miss Wen seems to like eating lotus root. However, this dish is a bit far away from her, so I gave her a hand."

Wen Yantong immediately nodded and expressed her gratitude, "Thank you, Little Marquis. Unexpectedly Little Marquis is so thoughtful and even noticed this small detail."

Chi Jingxi turned and smiled at her, "If Miss Wen enjoys it, feel free to eat more."

Wen Yantong nodded cautiously, but from her peripherals, she noticed Chi Shu’s smirking gaze.

F*ck, that sly old fox must have seen through it!

Looking at her own father's dumbfounded look, she had no choice but to divert his attention, "Father, if you don't move your chopsticks, the fish piece in your bowl will be cold."

Wen Qin came back to his senses, immediately responded, and lowered his head to finish the fish.

Like her father, Wen Yantong now also wanted to end this meal as quickly as possible. If Chi Jingxi took care of her like this when there was no one else, she would accept it calmly, but there were currently two elders still sitting at the same table.

Chi Shu and Chi Jingxi were an intelligent pair, she and her blockhead father weren’t their opponents when it came to a battle of wits, so it's better to disperse quickly.

Wen Yantong remained quite reserved during the meal, afraid that Chi Jingxi would pour her more tea or help her to more dishes, she simply ate without making any more eye contact.

Unfortunately, it didn’t end after the meal. Chi Shu invited Wen Qin to go to the Government Repository to assist in doing some paperwork, which would be used by Chi Shu to present as a memorial to the Emperor and request for a title.

It wasn’t appropriate for Wen Yantong to follow them into the Government Repository, so she suggested going home first.

Chi Shu made another suggestion, "Since Brother Wen wants you to learn the art of business. It just so happens that Danli is going to check the accounts of a shop on Chang'an Street, you should tag along and maybe learn from the experience."

"Ah?" Surprised, Wen Yantong looked at Wen Qin, as if asking for his opinion.

But at this moment, Wen Qin’s ‘opinion’ couldn’t even be considered an opinion, at most it was a couple long-winded words of caution, before allowing Wen Yantong to follow Chi Jingxi.

Thus, Chi Jingxi took Wen Yantong, surrounded by some guards, and made their way to Chang'an Street together.

Chang'an Street was the most bustling street in the center of Chang'an City, and the stores and restaurants on both sides were lavishly decorated. Account checking was a special method set up by the government to prevent shop owners from conducting secret transactions or evading taxes.

Chi Jingxi was usually not responsible for this matter, but Chi Shu deliberately wanted Chi Jingxi to remain busy in Chang'an City and allow him to slowly ease into official affairs, so he always found these trivial jobs such as these for him to practice on.

Wen Yantong followed Chi Jingxi for a bit before he suddenly halted and turned to look back at her. "Why are you walking so slowly?"

Wen Yantong was stunned, "How am I slow? I’m keeping up."

Chi Jingxi clicked his tongue impatiently, "Take a few steps forward and stand beside me."

She hesitated, "That isn’t suitable, no?"

"Why is it not?" Chi Jingxi lightly retorted, "Get over here, else I’ll have to resort to using my hands in the street."

Wen Yantong had no choice but to take two steps forward before saying in a muted voice, "Why can’t you restrain yourself a little?"

"What have I done that needs restaining?" Chi Jingxi asked, "Now you know to be afraid, why were you so courageous last night?"

After being reminded of the event last night, Wen Yantong’s ears quickly turned red as she fumed, "Courageous I was, but you're the one who received the advantage."

Chi Jingxi raised his brows slightly, and realized her words were indisputable. Amused by her clever and eloquent words, he smiled and replied, "Let's go. We are going to be handling official business, there is nothing to hide."

Wen Yantong hummed in response, and followed Chi Jingxi's unhurried pace to the end of Chang'an Street.

Although Chi Jingxi was not as famous in Chang'an compared to in Chaoge, many people still recognized him when he was walking on the street, and all gave him a second glance.

Wen Yantong walked with him for a while, and could no longer suppress her doubts as she asked, "Why did the Marquis… talk like that today?"

"Hmm?" Chi Jingxi lazily replied, "What do you mean?"

Wen Yantong smacked her lips. "Stop pretending, you clearly know what I'm talking about."

Chi Jingxi immediately laughed, but at the same time, felt it was quite particular. He never thought that one day, Wen Yantong would dare to speak to him in such a tone. What’s more, he was not angry at all.

He asked, "Are you curious?"

Wen Yantong retorted, "Why would I bother to ask if I didn’t want to know?"

Chi Jingxi said, "Then answer my question first. Would you be willing to be a part of the Marquis Mansion?"

(T/N: aka marry)

Wen Yantong gritted her teeth, "Nevermind. Little Marquis, you can go check the accounts by yourself, I'm going back."

"Okay, okay." Chi Jingxi immediately compromised, "I'll tell you."

Hehe, men.

Wen Yantong quietly waited for him to speak.

Unexpectedly, Chi Jingxi said, "There are too many people here, it's inconvenient to talk about it. We'll talk about it in a more secluded place."

Wen Yantong fell speechless. "So you won’t even tell me in the end."

"I'll tell you, don’t worry." Chi Jingxi wanted to pat her head, but since they were in public, he restrained himself.

Chang'an Street was crowded with people. Chi Jingxi and Wen Yantong walked on the sidewalk furthest to the side, and just when they were about to reach the shops at the end of the street, a child suddenly ran over towards them.

The child seemed about five years old, dressed in a beautiful brocade robe, with his hair tied into pigtails; he looked to be a child of a wealthy family.

He ran straight to Chi Jingxi, opened his arms wide, and shouted, "Daddy, Daddy!"

The guards quickly reacted and stopped the child from approaching any further. Chi Jingxi and Wen Yantong also stopped at the same time.

After the child was restrained, he struggled endlessly as he cried and insisted on calling Chi Jingxi ‘Daddy’.

Wen Yantong was startled and looked at Chi Jingxi with widened eyes, as if asking, ‘your son is already this old?!’

Chi Jingxi immediately said, "What nonsense are you thinking? Can my son be so ugly?"

Wen Yantong looked back at the child, and secretly agreed. The kid had small eyes and a flat nose; he looked nothing like Chi Jingxi and seemed not to share a single gene. However, for a child to recognize someone else as his father on the street, was an embarrassing matter. It’s hard to say what the real father would feel when he hears of it.

Thus, Wen Yantong suggested, "Little Marquis, you go in first. I will send this child away."

Chi Jingxi frowned, "It's better to leave it to the servants."

Wen Yantong replied, "This child is still young, I'm afraid the servants will scare him. You go in quickly, it won't be very good if someone heard this child continue to call you ‘dad’."

Knowing that she was stubborn, Chi Jingxi relented with a sigh, "Then make it quick."

"I'll go in right after coaxing him away." Wen Yantong answered with a smile.

Chi Jingxi had no choice but to step into the shop first. The child cried even more when he saw him leave.

Wen Yantong watched him go in before turning her eyes back at the child. She walked towards him with bright eyes.

The child continued to wail loudly while looking back at her.

Wen Yantong snorted softly, "Who taught you to indiscriminately call out ‘daddy’ on the streets? Get out of here or I’ll have you fed to the wolves."

After finishing speaking, she mimicked the howling of a wolf, "Awoo—!!"

The child was so frightened that he stopped crying immediately.

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