Chapter 168 Men Worry About Gains and Losses
Lu Ji was busy, so he got up at the first light of the next morning and dressed quietly. The little woman had always been lazy, and would not get up until the sun was high in the sky. Because she had to go to the villa on the top of the mountain with the other women in the mansion today, she was thinking about this, so when Lu Ji got up, she woke up as well.

"It's cold outside in the morning, remember to wear a cloak."

It was still early, so after giving her a warning, the little girl turned over slightly, intending to take another nap. Lu Ji, who was putting on clothes, paused slightly when he heard her words, then leaned over to get close to her and coaxed her, "Don't follow me to the villa today. I'll be free in two days, and I'll take you to a better place to play."

The little girl opened her eyes immediately after hearing this: "Didn't you promise to let me go? Why are you breaking your promise?"

There was displeasure in her tone, and she rolled her eyes at the man while speaking.

Lu Ji frowned slightly: "I can't bear to leave you. If I can't see you when I come back, I will miss you very much."

He was telling the truth, he was just reluctant to let her go, but the most important thing was that he was worried about her leaving his side. He always felt that the little thing was acting sneaky lately, and he didn't know what she was up to. As a man, he couldn't figure it out, and he felt inexplicably worried.

The girl trapped in the quilt heard the man's love words and smiled and opened her eyes: "It's just five or six days away, how can it make you miss it so much?"

"Why not?" Lu Ji glanced at her and said lovingly, "Don't even mention three or five days. I miss you even if I don't see you for one day."

The little girl snorted coldly when she heard that: "I remember you went out on a business trip last spring. You were gone for more than a month, and I didn't see you miss me."

Lu Ji was surprised when he heard this: "When did this happen?"

He is a forgetful person.

The little girl reminded him, "It was that time because of Shen Qingshu that you got angry with me and slapped me, then ran away to live in the study. I cried and begged you early in the morning, but you ignored me and left me with a cold face. You were also mean to me in front of others. No matter how much I begged, you didn't tell me where I was going, and just left me there without asking any questions, leaving me waiting in agony."

After being reminded by her in such detail, Lu Ji could no longer play dumb.

Why does this little thing hold grudges like this?

She will remember this slap in the face for the rest of her life and will bring up the past whenever she thinks about it.

The man frowned: "How dare you bring this up?"

He snorted again: "If you weren't so naughty and made me so angry, would I treat you like that?"

As he spoke, he raised his hand and pinched her soft little face: "It seems that the slap was in vain. It didn't make you realize your mistake, but instead made you bear a grudge against me."

"I can't say I hold a grudge, but I'm not that petty."

She blinked her eyes and said to him, "I just think that what you said just now about being inseparable from me was just a lie. How can you be inseparable from me? If you really couldn't be inseparable from me, then why didn't you leave without saying goodbye for more than a month last year? When you came back, weren't you still fine? I didn't see you missing me so much that you lost a pound of weight."

He is a sharp-tongued person and becomes more and more unruly as he grows older.

The man was helpless, but still patiently coaxed her: "Do you really have to go? Are you really willing to leave me behind?"

This man has been nagging a lot lately. The little girl got impatient and simply turned around, closed her eyes, and said to him calmly: "Let's talk later."

Lu Ji raised his hand and pushed her: "Let's talk about it later. What do you think?"

You are becoming more and more nagging.

The little girl completely lost her patience and squinted her eyes and said perfunctorily: "Okay, okay, I won't go. Go and do something serious and don't disturb my sleep here."

Lu Ji secretly rolled his eyes at her, and tidied up his half-dressed clothes before leaving the house. Finally, she was quiet, and the little girl closed her eyes again, taking another long nap, until the sky was bright, and then she got up to pack up.

It was a fine spring day. Except for the Madam Dowager who was feeling unwell, almost all the women in the mansion followed the Duchess's wife to the villa on the top of the mountain.

More than ten carriages of various sizes drove out of the mansion and into the long street.

Spring has returned to the earth, and the scenery on both sides of the long street is pleasant. The sharp-eyed Sixth Miss looked at the scene outside and suddenly pushed the Fifth Miss aside and said, "Fifth sister, look quickly, why does that official on horseback look so familiar?"

Several people in the car heard the sound and looked over. In the distance, they saw a man riding a horse. Although they were far away and could not see clearly, they could tell that he was a handsome man just by looking at his temperament and figure.

"Why does he look like Shen Qingshu?" The fifth girl guessed, squinting her eyes.

As the man gradually approached, the Sixth Girl said with a smile: "It's true."

Upon hearing this, Li Lanchun looked towards the newcomer and murmured in praise, "This Shen family boy is indeed an outstanding one."

The Sixth Miss sighed, "Now he seems to be more handsome than when he was studying at our house. Oh! If the Third Sister from the East Mansion saw him, she would probably be upset again."

"Don't talk nonsense, little kid." Lin Lanchun turned her gaze from Shen Qingshu in the distance to the Sixth Miss: "The Third Girl is going to marry into the Duke of Qi's mansion. If this word gets out, it will cause trouble."

The Sixth Miss smacked her lips when she heard this, and dared not say anything more. However, the Fifth Miss at the side could not help but said, "Although the Third Brother-in-law of Duke Qi's Mansion has a noble status, in terms of temperament and appearance, he is really not as good as this boy from the Shen family."

"Why are you still bringing it up, kid?"

Li Lanchun glared at the Fifth Miss and said, "No one is allowed to mention this again. After all, it was I who listened to Mr. Su's recommendation and asked your eldest brother to enroll this Shen family boy in our private school. If these rumors get to Third Aunt's ears, she will blame me."

As several people were talking here, Shen Qingshu had already rode his horse over. Seeing that it was the carriage of the Lu Mansion, he dismounted, respectfully greeted the Duke's wife and the Second Lady in front of him, and then walked over with upright steps.

When the fifth and sixth girls saw the handsome man approaching, one of them quietly adjusted the hairpin on her head, and the other secretly adjusted her dress.

Qin Xiaoning tried to lean closer into the car.

Just yesterday, Lu Ji was jealous because of Shen Qingshu. She was deliberately hiding because she didn't want to make Lu Ji unhappy because of a foreign man.

"Mr. Shen has become even more refined since he entered officialdom." Before Shen Qingshu came closer and stood still, the cheerful Li Lanchun joked at him.

Shen Qingshu smiled slightly when he heard this, and walked forward slowly, bowing to Li Lanchun first: "Shen can have the good fortune today, and I have to thank Grandma for recommending me back then. If I hadn't been lucky enough to enter the Lu family private school, how could Shen have been so successful in high school."

He was wearing his official uniform today, which made him look more calm and capable. His jade-like face was even more dazzling than the scorching sun in spring.

A modest gentleman, gentle as jade.

It's just like Shen Qingshu's situation.

Who wouldn't like such a man? Without waiting for Li Lanchun to reply, the usually straightforward Sixth Miss smiled and interrupted, "That's also because Mr. Shen has done his best."

After hearing this, Shen Qingshu looked at the two young ladies of the mansion. He said he looked, but in fact, he just glanced at them politely, and then said politely: "Hello, Fifth Young Lady, Sixth Young Lady."

After a pause, he added, "Meet Miss Qin."

When saying this last sentence, Shen Qingshu's tone paused slightly, and the moment he raised his head, his eyes were fixed on Qin Xiaoning who was half-hidden in the car.