Misty Rain of the Old Times

Chapter 45 Separated by a Wall

The crying stopped soon, and no one knew if it was "held back". Chen Xuan guessed that it was the fat boy Gao Jingning who ran back to get beaten.

If that's the case, it really can't be blamed on him, as it wasn't him who instigated it.

However, this also made Chen Xuan realize from the side that sometimes reality is more outrageous than drama!
In the past, he thought that the maids and servants of the legitimate line of wealthy families in dramas who would mock and defraud the young masters and young ladies born out of wedlock were exaggerated. Now it seems that the performance was still conservative.

Just because of a chance encounter, without me doing anything, Master Gao Jingning got into trouble...

After things quieted down over there, Chen Xuan no longer paid attention to it.

The sun was getting higher, and it was estimated that Gao Jingming would have to have breakfast at Mrs. Gao's place before coming back. After being busy all day, the porridge and fried dough sticks he had eaten in the morning had long been digested. Chen Xuan simply asked someone to bring him some food to fill his stomach first.

The one who delivered the meal was Qingdou. She should be one of the maids in charge of this courtyard. When delivering the meal, she also brought a menu and said that next time Chen Xuan wanted to eat something, he could tell her in advance. If Gao Jingming ate here, he had to follow the arrangements above. The menu would be adjusted according to the season.

A bowl of rice, a plate of fried meat and a plate of vegetables. While Chen Xuan was eating, Qingdou cleaned his room and took away the dishes.

These days, they are not just servants, but even the young masters from small families are probably not as good as them.

After dinner, he went to take care of his personal hygiene, but Gao Jingming still hadn't come back. It was not until Chen Xuan was about to doze off that he saw his figure appear at the gate of the yard.

"Young Master is back," Chen Xuan took the initiative to greet him, thinking to himself that when you were not around, I acted like the young master here.

Gao Jingming nodded, but seemed to be in a bad mood. He motioned Chen Xuan to follow him and said, "Ah Xuan, are you ready?"

"Master, we are ready and can leave at any time."

"Okay, I'll change my clothes and leave."

Seeing that he didn't have the same impatience as in the morning, Chen Xuan thought for a moment and asked, "Master, are you in a bad mood?"

Hearing this, Gao Jingming waved the stack of papers in his hand and said dejectedly, "Just now, my mother checked my schoolwork and said that I haven't made much progress in this period. If I'm still like this next time I come back, she won't let me go out. I have to spend all my time studying, and she will supervise me personally!"

It turned out that his homework was being checked, and Chen Xuan didn't want to say any more about this matter.

Gao Jingming looked at him resentfully and said, "It's all your fault."

"Me?" Chen Xuan glared slightly. Do you want to listen to what you are saying? I just saw you yesterday. How can you blame me for your lack of progress in your studies?
I feel more wronged than Dou E!

Gao Jingming said as a matter of course: "Of course it's your fault. If you had come to study with me earlier, we could have discussed and corrected each other, and you wouldn't have been blamed by your mother for not making any progress."

Good man, you are the young master, so what you said makes sense.

Complaining in his heart, Chen Xuan's thoughts raced, "If I had known that the young master needed me so much, I would have come here myself a long time ago. But then again, young master, you can't say that you haven't made any progress. It's just that the progress is not obvious. It's too subtle, so the lady didn't notice it."

"Yes, that's right. My progress is just not obvious. Next time I will make it more obvious and give my mother a surprise." Gao Jingming suddenly became enlightened after hearing what Chen Xuan said. He became happy all of a sudden and looked at Chen Xuan as if he had seen a confidant.

This middle school boy is so easy to fool, he even believes it.

Before Chen Xuan could rejoice for two seconds, Gao Jingming handed the manuscript in his hand to Chen Xuan and said, "Here, Xuan, take it. This is all the characters I have written before. There are more than 200 characters. They are all the ones you missed. You have to make up for them when you have time to catch up with my progress. If you don't know them, you can ask Xiaoye, Xiaocai or others."

Chen Xuan subconsciously took the stack of manuscripts and his mouth twitched. How could he have gotten himself into trouble?

But from another perspective, this is also a good thing. I can quickly learn and master more characters, but I have to spend time working overtime. Humph, I hope I won't kill him. It's only 200 characters. At most, the pain in my hand will go away in a month...

Gao Jingming was happy anyway, and he happily went upstairs and asked Xiao Cai to help him change his clothes. Since he couldn't take this thing with him when he went out, Chen Xuan simply put it in a special place in the study.

"A Xuan, hurry up, let's go," Gao Jingming urged after changing his clothes.

"I'm coming"

Gao Jingming and Xiao Cai were already waiting in the yard. Xiao Ye was there too, with a somewhat resentful look in her eyes. She couldn't go with them, as someone had to be left in the yard.

On the way out of the house, Chen Xuan saw Xiao Cai carrying an exquisite little wooden box and took a few more glances at it out of curiosity.

Noticing his gaze, Xiao Cai smiled and held out the wooden box towards him, saying, "Xuan Ge'er, are you feeling hungry? Here are some nuts, snacks, candied fruits, sweets, and tea. Would you like some?"

Aren’t we going to Deweilou to have a banquet? This isn’t an outing. Why are we preparing all this? Why are we preparing it so carefully? Wasn’t Xiaocai busy with this before?

Is this the life of a rich young master? I love it, I'm so envious... Hey, it seems like I can enjoy it too?
Shaking his head, Chen Xuan said, "This is prepared for the young master. I..."

"Why are you being so polite, Xuan? Have you forgotten what I said? We are just friends. I can't eat that much anyway. I'm tired of it. I'll get new ones next time. Anything I can't finish will be wasted," Gao Jingming interrupted before Chen Xuan finished speaking.

Having said that, Chen Xuan still said: "I just had a meal, I can't eat anything else now."

He is not a real child, so he is not that greedy.

It is said that Gao Jingming enjoys different things every day, but he does not know that the things he cannot finish or waste because he gets tired of them will be taken away by someone and tasted carefully later. Even if it is just the leftovers, who knows how many people dream of it.

As they turned around and around, the three of them were met with greetings and greetings wherever they passed, and Gao Jingming was too lazy to even nod in response.

From this we can see that he is the eldest son of the Gao family after all, and the so-called easy to get along with does not apply to everyone.

Soon they arrived at the main gate. Even though Gao Jingming was traveling, he did not open the main gate but went out through the side door.

As Chen Xuan walked out, he saw low, old, and dilapidated buildings in the distance, and uneven dirt streets. Most of the pedestrians were wearing tattered clothes, with unkempt hair and dirty faces. Few of them had smiles on their faces...

Under the same sky, the inside and outside of the Gao family gate seemed like two completely different worlds.

What you see with your eyes is the true face of this world. The Gao family, separated by a wall, is just a paradise on earth that is out of reach for ordinary people.

"A Xuan, hurry up and go, what are you standing there for?" Gao Jingming turned around and asked in confusion.

"My eyes are dazzled by the sun, I'll be right there," Chen Xuan said casually and followed.

A group of people were already waiting at the gate. Geng Hong, Niu Le, and Wang Hai, all people Chen Xuan knew, were there. After they appeared, they approached in an orderly manner as if they had rehearsed.

"Uncle Geng, Brother Niu, Brother Xiaohai, and everyone else, I'll be troubling you from now on," Chen Xuan greeted with a smile without hesitation.

Gao Jingming may not care about anyone, but they were all specially selected by Chen Xuan. They will have to deal with each other for a long time in the future, so it will never be wrong to be kind to others.

As he spoke, Chen Xuan's eyes caught sight of a dashing figure. He wondered if that must be the guard Leng Bing. He truly had the looks and the figure. His legs were taller than his current height and longer than his life. Especially his cold face, which seemed to carry a look of disdain, a look that looked down on everyone. He truly lived up to his name, absolutely stunning...

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