The autumn air was crisp and the sun was just right. After a few days of rest, Ren Xin felt much more energetic. She lazily leaned against the window and stared at the lazy sky in a daze.

She remembered that today was the day when the results were released, probably in the afternoon, and she should leave at this time, but she couldn't muster the courage to look at the results. She tried hard to recall what she had written, but she couldn't think of anything.

Unable to bear it, Taiyang Xun felt a slight sting. She closed her eyes gently. The only thing she could remember was that she seemed to have written some rebellious remarks...

"I just left the court for a few years to cultivate myself, but they don't take me seriously! How can this not make sense, how can it not make sense, then who is Lu Zilin..."

"He is the prime minister..."

In a daze, Ren Xin seemed to hear Master Xu's angry voice and Chu Qingchen's words to attack him. Is it an illusion? Ren Xin's hazy eyes looked in the direction of the source of the sound. There was a wall across the courtyard and no one could be seen.

"Xin'er, what are you looking at?" Hua Qianli appeared in Ren Xin's house at an unknown moment, and a sudden voice came to her ears, which frightened Ren Xin.

"Why are you here? Aren't you still looking for someone?" Ren Xin felt inexplicably relieved when she saw Hua Qianli. However, she did not see Yanran.

"It's enough to leave the matter of finding the person to Yanran. I came to you to take you to meet two old friends."

"Old friend? Your old friend or mine?" Ren Xin felt a little strange and couldn't guess who the old friend Hua Qianli was talking about. Hua Qianli looked at Ren Xin and smiled lightly, "Guess?"

"I guess...if I can guess it, do I still need to ask you?" Suddenly, Ren Xin thought of the auditory hallucination just now, "Master and Chu Qingchen?"

"Well, it's Mr. Xu and Chu Qingchen." Hua Qianli responded, pushing Ren Xin's shoulders to sit down at the stone table in the yard, and then someone brought tea. Upon hearing that the person who came was really

It was Master Xu who made Ren Xin panic. He took the tea brought by the servant. Ren Xin handed the tea to his mouth, but did not take it. He frowned and put the teacup on the stone table.

Get up and leave.

Hua Qianli grabbed Ren Xin's sleeve and pulled her back, "What? Where are you going?" Ren Xin looked at Hua Qianli with a headache, and waved her hand impatiently, "Qianli, let go quickly.

Come on! How can I have the honor to see the Master?"

"Why don't you have the face to see Mr. Xu? Mr. Xu misses you very much and just wants to say a few words. Why don't you want to?" Hua Qianli didn't know what Ren Xin was struggling with.

"I..." Ren Xin didn't know what she should say. Her master had warned her not to let anyone tell her gender from her content during the provincial examination, but she didn't expect that she... would be hopeless in the provincial examination.

, what can she say?

"Xin'er, you girl, why are you sick? Come, let me see, are you feeling better now?" Well, now Xin'er can't run away no matter how much she wants, Master and Chu Qingchen appear together.

Ren Xin stiffly tugged at the corner of his mouth, lowered his head, not daring to look at the Master, "It's okay, I'm sorry for the trouble, Master."

"What's wrong? You're in a bad mood?" The master saw that there was no smile on Ren Xin's face, and she even looked a little depressed. This made the master feel a little distressed. He had raised her as his own daughter since she was a child. Why?

I don't want her to suffer the slightest grievance.

"Nothing..." Ren Xin lowered her head, not daring to look at Master. The more Master showed such concern for her, the more ashamed she felt, "Master... I'm afraid Xin'er has no chance of taking the exam..." At first, she still

She vowed that she would be able to win Jieyuan, but in the end, she might not even be a good judge.

As Ren Xin spoke, tears rolled back and forth in her eyes. She didn't want her husband to see her cry. She lowered her head and closed her eyes, refusing to raise her head. Chu Qingchen silently squeezed Hua Qianli away from Ren Xin and sat down next to Ren Xin.

Xin's side casually got a crescent-white handkerchief from somewhere and handed it to Ren Xin.

When the Master saw Chu Qingchen handing over the veil, he understood the expression on Ren Xin's face with her head lowered.

"How could it be? I saw your answer sheet, it's very good, very good. Even I feel excited after reading it..." Master didn't know how to comfort Ren Xin. This girl has been a steady child since she was a child, and she has never been

I have never seen her shed a single tear, and I have never seen her look so fragile at this moment.

Also, recently, she has experienced too many things, she has endured too much in her heart, and she needs to vent.

The master kept talking to comfort Ren Xin, but Ren Xin became even more tangled. She would rather the master pointed at her and said that she was not living up to expectations.

Her closed eyes could no longer stop the undercurrent of tears. The tears broke through the obstacles and flowed freely on her cheeks. Ren Xin never accepted the handkerchief that Chu Qingchen handed her, so he took the handkerchief to help Ren Xin.

Wiping his tears, he looked into his wife's eyes and told him to stop talking. At this time, what Ren Xin needed was not some comfort. On the contrary, letting her cry well could calm her down.

Ren Xin kept her eyes closed, trying to control her emotions, but the master's words made her unable to calm down. She sobbed and hugged Chu Qingchen, who was wiping her tears, and cried wantonly. Inexplicably, around her,

The only person who can make her feel at ease is that it seems that with him around, she doesn't need to pretend to be strong.

Chu Qingchen's clean clothes were wet, and even Ren Xin's snot rubbed into his arms. He frowned and said nothing, patting Ren Xin's back gently, trying to make her feel more relaxed.

In normal times, the master would have said that men and women should not be intimate and separate them. But at this time, when the master looked at the two people in front of him, he didn't think there was anything inappropriate.

For a moment, the environment seemed to become very quiet, and only Ren Xin's cry could be heard. Master and Hua Qianli watched silently, not knowing what to say. Chu Qingchen hugged Ren Xin and let her cry.

she cried.

After a long time, Ren Xin finally calmed down, but crying for a long time made her dizzy. Her vision was blurred and she couldn't see real things. She wiped her face with a handkerchief and apologized to the people around her.

Chu Qingchen looked down at his clothes and frowned, stood up without saying a word, and went to change clothes. Hua Qianli watched Chu Qingchen walk away quickly, with a slight curve on her lips. She was a little tired from standing.

After that, Hua Qianli sat next to Ren Xin again, brought her tea and let her drink it. Ren Xin drank a cup of tea in big gulps. It's no wonder that after crying for a long time, she had been short of tea for a long time.

Water.

Ren Xin looked at Master blankly and said for a long time, "Master, I'm afraid Xin'er will disappoint you."

"How do you know that you will disappoint me before you even watch the rankings? Xin'er, I hope you win the first prize, but I don't insist on it. You have endured too much recently, and I know that, but you are really watching the rankings.

Don't you have the courage? This is not like you..." The master changed his previous caution and looked at Ren Xin's face becoming serious.

"I'm afraid..." Ren Xin showed an unconfident expression for the first time in her history. She looked at the Master and was afraid to speak.

"Are you afraid?" Master suddenly became angry. He looked at Ren Xin's voice that was too loud, "Xin'er, what are you afraid of? This provincial examination is not your only chance. This time, however,

And next time, why did you shrink back? Do you really have no such courage? You will encounter many obstacles in life. The provincial examination is just a pebble on your road. If you kick

If you don’t leave him, you won’t be my student, Xu!”

Master Xu was inexplicably excited when he said it. Ren Xin felt as if someone had poured cold water on her face, and she felt cold from the outside to the inside. Master Xu had never spoken to her loudly like this before, which made her

It was a little hard to accept. She looked at the master stupidly, a little unbelievable. The master had a cold face, taught Ren Xintong a lesson, got up and left without looking back.

Before leaving, Master caught a glimpse of Ren Xin's hurt face and felt a little distressed. However, he felt distressed. He shook his face, turned around and left without taking a step. He tried his best to suppress it and turned back to comfort Ren Xin.

The thought made his body tremble with excitement. He muttered silently, "Xin'er, don't blame me for looking at you. Master really can't pamper you like this all the time..."

Ren Xin was stunned for a moment by Master Xu's words. Seeing Master Xu shaking with "anger", she felt extremely ashamed in her heart. She lowered her head with an expressionless face. She didn't know what to say.

Hua Qianli sat next to her, and he could clearly see the true intentions of both parties. She took the handkerchief in Ren Xin's hand and helped her wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and asked her softly, "

Otherwise, I will accompany you to watch the ranking in a while? The two of us will always have someone to take care of us."

"No, I'd better go by myself." Ren Xin felt that Hua Qianli was really gentle and thoughtful, and her heart felt warm. She couldn't help but break out a big smile and tell him that she was fine, "Fuzi said

You're right, I should have kicked this small rock in front of me away by myself, so it's strange. I've been through so many things, so why did I lose the courage for such a small thing like this?"

"Eh? I'm the only one in front of you, are you going to kick me away?" Hua Qianli suddenly joked, and the stiff atmosphere provoked by Ren Xin and Fuzi was instantly kicked away by him.

It made Ren Xin chuckle.

Seeing that she was happy, Hua Qianli felt relieved and gave her a hug with pity, "Sometimes the more you care about something, the harder it is to muster the courage. Don't force yourself too much. It's okay to indulge occasionally.

.”

"Well..." Ren Xin was hugged by him, feeling very calm, "Thank you, you are very gentle." Hugging Hua Qianli back, she turned and took the handkerchief in Hua Qianli's hand and jumped away lightly, "

Please wait until I clean this veil before returning it to you."
Chapter completed!