Chapter 67
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—He Yunxiao is the one who cannot see a girl cry.
Especially a girl he liked, and who liked him.
Right now, He Yunxiao had to stop tutting at sister Du and instead coaxed her, “How come! I like Yinyun the most.”
Du Yinyun touched her tears and said, “If Young Master doesn’t like Yinyun, then Yinyun would be better off dead then alive.”
He Yunxiao kissed her tear stains and said comfortingly, “Don’t say such things, I will always love sister Du.”
“How much do you like her?”
“So much that I can’t breathe without you.”
“Well ..”
He Yunxiao spent a lot of time explaining, and finally got Sister Du to stop worrying about the “like” thing.
He asked, “Yinyun, does Fan Ziruo have any preferences?”
Du Yinyun said, “Poetry, songs, articles, s .. basically anything that has something to do with words, she likes. The most favorite would be s.”
He Yunxiao nodded and made a secret note.
Another question, “Is there anything she likes in life?”
“Mostly, she likes quiet.”
“What about food?”
“Lighter food.”
“What about objects?”
“Lotus flowers. But it’s the end of October, so there are no more lotus flowers.”
“What does she usually do?”
“Usually, in the morning or afternoon, she goes to the school and teaches a class. Then she reads books and does some housework. Occasionally, she also writes something, like a .”
“Young Master ..” Du Yinyun asked, somewhat embarrassed, “Do you like sister Ziruo?”
He Yunxiao stroked Du’s sister’s head and said, “Is it okay?”
Du Yinyun didn’t understand He Yunxiao’s meaning for a moment and asked, “What’s okay?”
He Yunxiao smiled, “Does Yinyun agree that I like her?”
Du Yinyun was not stupid, but rather very clever.
She knew that she could have no control over who her Young Master liked or disliked. But when her Young Master, in this matter, asked her opinion, she then very truly felt the respect that He Yunxiao gave her.
It was like a husband carefully discussing the matter of a concubine with his wife.
If his wife did not allow it, then he would not take it.
Given the status of men in Qi, such a thing was almost impossible. Unless they were to join the family.
But He Yunxiao, the first son of a noble Marquis, had said just that to her.
[Du Yinyun’s good sense level changed from 95 to 98]
“Well, hmm.”
“Disagree?”
“Agreed, agreed.” Du Yinyun said in a hurry.
He Yunxiao kissed Du Sister’s soft cheek and said, “Thank you, Yinyun.”
Sister Du thought for a moment and said seriously, “Young Master, sister is particularly attentive. If you plan to cheat her, you won’t be able to do so for long.”
He Yunxiao said, “Don’t worry. I won’t lie to her after all.”
Seeing that He Yunxiao was about to leave, Du Yinyun hurriedly pulled him back. Then, with a blush on her face, she took out a cleanly washed handkerchief from her arms.
“You-Young Master, I’m giving this back to you.”
He Yunxiao took the handkerchief and habitually placed it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it.
It was fragrant.
Du Yinyun hurriedly said, “Young Master, don’t, it’s too dirty.”
He Yunxiao solemnly took the handkerchief into his arms and placed it next to the handkerchief used by the antidote girl.
Then, flicking sister Du’s forehead, he said, “What’s dirty, it’s cleaner than even a white snowflake.”
Before he really left, He Yunxiao instructed again, “When I wandered around the academy in the morning, I heard from fan Ziruo that you were also going to teach. Is it in a couple of days, to teach music?”
Du Yinyun, still immersed in the words of love from the side, nodded her head.
“You’ve been at the Spring Breeze Mansion before, and I’m afraid some people will have a problem over nothing. If there’s any trouble, come and tell me immediately.”
Sister Du nodded again.
She only felt at the moment that she was in love with her Young Master, and that he not only liked her, but also loved, cared for and respected her; there was nothing in the world happier than that.
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In the afternoon, He Yunxiao came to the Antler Academy early.
Because Sister Du had said earlier that Fan Ziruo teaches one lesson a day. If she didn’t have a class this morning, she would definitely have one in the afternoon.
After enquiring which classroom she would be teaching in, He Yunxiao immediately went to that classroom.
How can you say you “like to learn” if you don’t sit in the front row?
All the good students sit in the front row.
It is called a classroom, but in fact it is just a large hall with wind coming out from all sides. Two sides of the hall are covered with white gauze, and the remaining two sides are simply empty. So, looking out, you can see the view from the outside.
Because it is built on the edge of a pond, this classroom is warm in winter and cool in summer. In summer, the pond is full of lotus flowers, which can be seen at a glance.
In winter, there is a white snowy scene with snow falling on the branches of the trees. Of course, in those days a fire was built to keep warm. No one could freeze the gentry of the families.
When He Yunxiao arrived at the classroom, he suddenly found that the first, second and third, the first three rows, were all filled up!
The point is not that they were full, but that the people sitting in the front rows were all dudes who were in the same circle as He Yunxiao and who had nothing to do with studying!
That’s outrageous!
Did you have to start rolling even to be a dude?
As soon as He Yunxiao entered, many people exclaimed on the spot, “Brother He?”
Then someone laughed, “How did Brother He end up here like us? Hahahaha!”
“How can Brother He be as naughty as you? Brother He really loves to learn!”
“He Yunxiao loves to study? I don’t believe it!”
“Come on, who’s going to read out Brother He’s masterpiece?”
“I’ll do it!” The man then shook his head and said, “Ah Daming Lake! Cough, cough. The Great Ming Lake! It’s big! There are lotus flowers in Daming Lake! ..”
“Hahahaha!”
Then there was a roar of laughter.
Looking at this scene, He Yunxiao was not only not angry, but also felt emotional.
He remembered that when he was in school, his classmates would often fool around like this. At this time, the nonsense was for the sake of the nonsense itself, not the nonsense of adulthood, which had a special purpose.
The dudes here at the Antler Academy, whose fathers were officials of less than five grades, were simply too embarrassed to speak.
Those who dare to loudly mock He Yunxiao, a second-ranking official and the son of a Marquis, must be from a family with an official position of fourth rank or above, at any rate.
Or else they were of such distinguished origins as princes or princesses.
To deal with these people, one must not give a good face, or they will not understand at all what you are talking about.
With a big wave of his hand, He Yunxiao said, “I have come to learn today too! Which one of you will give up your seat for me! Not the back row, I just want the first row.”
There were only four seats in the first row.
Those who could sit in these four seats were all from distinguished families.
Meng Yan, the first son of the Qi Wang family.
Yang Dong, son of Minister of Works Yang Xingguang and Yang Zhe’s clan brother. Unlike his brother Yang Zhe, Yang Dong was, in He Yunxiao’s mind, a pure jerk.
Li Jin, a well-known talent. No need for too much introduction.
The last one left was also an old acquaintance, the son of Minister of Justice Huang Qinghe’s family, Huang Buren.
Huang Buren did not have the Soul Devouring Pill to repair his body, and his face was still a bit swollen.
He Yunxiao’s arrogant stance of coming up and demanding a seat instantly made the group quite unhappy.
Originally, He Yunxiao was not very well liked in the dude circle, mainly because he was too handsome and no one else would take him for a ride. As soon as they stood next to He Yunxiao, those who were handsome turned into ordinary, and those who were ordinary fell below the pass mark.
Who could bear this?
Someone said, “Brother He, first come, first served! Who are you to make others give way?”
Someone else said, “Brother He, we are all bird of the same feather anyway, so just sit at the back and blend in!”
He Yunxiao had no intention of refuting these minions, but he caught sight of Fan Ziruo approaching with his books and immediately shouted, “Who says I’m like you? I, He Yunxiao, like to study the most!”
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