Chapter 764: Team Pet
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Su Xiaoxiao turned around and saw a handsome scholar in the Directorate uniform. He had a scholarly aura and was elegant.
“Shen Chuan?” she said softly.
Hearing a familiar voice, Shen Chuan’s eyes were filled with surprise. “Is it really you?”
He looked her up and down. “You… you’ve lost so much weight. I almost didn’t dare to recognize you! ”
One had to know that the first time he saw her, she was still a 200-pound little fat village girl. When she stood on the street, she was chubby and round.
Shen Chuan did not judge a book by its cover. Otherwise, he would not have become friends with her back then. However, when he really saw her lose weight and become an out-and-out beauty, he could not help but be happy for her.
Back in town, because she was fat, she had been mocked.
“You remember me, don’t you?” he asked.
“I remember.” Su Xiaoxiao nodded with a smile. “The first time I met the son of the Dean of Wutong Academy was at Jin Ji. I saved a child who choked. You saw me upstairs, but I didn’t see you. The next day, I set up a stall at the entrance of Jin Ji. You bought ten pancakes and asked me why I didn’t give you a free one. When you said that I had given the first six, I replied that it was for the first businesses of the day. I’d give you a free one if you were the first to come the next day.”
“Then, I was really the first to come. I really waited a long time that time and was scolded by my father.”
Shen Chuan continued her sentence and suddenly smiled. When she related their experiences, he felt as if a lifetime had passed.
Su Xiaoxiao looked at his Directorate uniform. “You came to study in the
Directorate?”
Shen Chuan smiled and said, “I was the Top Scorer of Qingzhou and was recommended to the Imperial College.”
Su Xiaoxiao said sincerely, “Congratulations. Dean Shen must be overjoyed.”
She remembered that Dean Shen had once been an official in the Hanlin
Academy and had a good relationship with Xiao Zhonghua. When Xiao Zhonghua went to Qingzhou and was seriously ill, he was recuperating in his Wutong Academy.
Shen Chuan brought her to treat Xiao Zhonghua, so she got to know Xiao Zhonghua and Jing Yi.
Shen Chuan had once gone to the prefecture to study. There was a period of time when he was not in a good state. Su Xiaoxiao was worried about him, but the second time she saw him, he had adapted.
He was a strong-willed person. It was not surprising to Su Xiaoxiao that he could become the Top Scorer. Some people were destined to be extraordinary.
Shen Chuan’s appearance did not change much, but his eyes were heavier and more mature. He was someone who had experienced vicissitudes.
Shen Chuan actually had a lot to say to Su Xiaoxiao, but he did not know how to ask.
He opened his mouth. “Are you here for Ergou?”
Su Xiaoxiao asked, “You’ve already met?”
Shen Chuan smiled in embarrassment. “On the first day I came here, I was almost bullied by a few students from the capital. It was Su Ergou who chased them away with his brothers.”
Su Ergou was now a tyrant in the Directorate.
He, who had once taken care of the siblings in the countryside, had the tables turned in the capital. He now received Su Ergou’s protection.
Shen Chuan sighed. “I just found out that you’re from the Protectorate.
Fortunately, I had the foresight to buy your pancakes. Otherwise, where would
I go to cozy up to the Protectorate?”
Su Xiaoxiao said seriously, “Isn’t it because they taste good?”
“Haha!” Shen Chuan was amused.
This laughter resolved the unfamiliarity and estrangement brought about by not seeing her for a long time.
“Has Dean Shen come to the capital?”
“No, my father doesn’t want to return to the capital anymore. I came alone.”
Dean Shen had once been suppressed by his colleagues in the Hanlin Academy. He had seen through the filth of the officialdom and was unwilling to collude. He could not tolerate sand in his eyes. It was not a bad thing to go back and be an idle dean.
The two of them chatted for a while before the carriage of the Protectorate arrived.
Su Ergou saw his sister at a glance and jumped out of the carriage. He waved his arms and ran over. “Sister!”
His lackeys, who were standing at the door and planning to welcome him, were about to say, “Boss, you’ll make us look bad if you’re so childish!”
Su Xiaoxiao patted Su Ergou’s head. “Oh, you’ve grown taller again.”
The lackeys were shocked to see a woman touch their Boss’s head!
Su Ergou obediently let her touch him. It was not enough to touch the left side. He even handed the right side over.
“Sister, you..
Ring!
The Directorate rang the bell.
Su Xiaoxiao said, “Class is about to start. The two of you should go. Shen Chuan, come to the Protector Duke’s Estate for dinner with Ergou tonight.”
“Okay,” Shen Chuan agreed.
“By the way, Ergou, get Fourth Cousin to come along.”
“Are you only calling Fourth Cousin? Are you going to invite Second Cousin and
Third Cousin?”
…Yes, but Fourth Cousin must come!”
“Why?”
Su Xiaoxiao said, “Write.”
Su Xiaoxiao returned to the carriage. The three little ones were still sleeping soundly and didn’t wake up until they reached the Protector Duke’s Estate.
Su Cheng knew that his daughter was here today, so he specially changed his shift.
“Grandpa, Grandpa!”
The three little ones immediately became excited and pounced at him.
Su Cheng hugged the three little fellows. “Aiyo, have you gained weight? I can’t hold you anymore!”
“It’s growing tall!” Xiaohu said.
Su Cheng brought the three of them to a date tree. He would measure the height of the three little ones once a month by marking on the tree. It had been four months since the last time, and it was indeed a little bumpy.
Su Cheng picked them up one by one and raised them high. The three of them
gmgglea excitedly. “Did you miss Grandpa?” “Yes, I do!”
“Erhu misses you too!” “Xiaohu misses you the most!”
“Dad.”
Su Xiaoxiao walked in.
“Daughter!” Su Cheng’s eyes lit up, but soon, his expression darkened. “Didn’t Wei Ting give you food? Why did you lose so much weight?”
Her chubby cheeks were almost thin!
Su Xiaoxiao smiled helplessly.
She was not too thin; compared to before, she was still a little chubby when she was with thin beauties like Princess Hui An and Princess Jingning.
However, she was already very satisfied.
When Su Cheng saw his daughter and the three children, he was overjoyed. His smile never disappeared.
“Where’s Great-Grandpa?”
The three little ones went to each room to look for Qin Canglan.
They missed their big great-grandfather and wanted him to bring them high into the sky.
‘Great-grandpa isn’t around,” Su Cheng said to the three little ones.
“When will Great-Grandpa come back?” Dahu asked.
Su Cheng smiled. “Next year if it’s fast.”
The three little ones went to play with Su Cheng’s newly installed swing.
When he mentioned Qin Canglan just now, he could not help but sigh. “If your grandfather had gone to war a few days later, he would have been able to ee you.”
Su Xiaoxiao was stunned. “Going to war? Didn’t hey say that they were only going north to transport food?”
Su Cheng sighed. “The transportation of rations is a cover. Northern Yan has been restless recently. Bandits have been causing trouble at the border.
Although it’s said to be a bandit problem, it’s actually a test by the Northern Yan people. This battle will start sooner or later.”
In the evening, Su Ergou returned.
Shen Chuan, Su Xuan, and Su Qi, who had come with him, caught a cold and did not go to the Directorate for class today.
In addition, Wei Ting came.
Wei Ting was going to pick up Su Ergou. Unexpectedly, he picked up a large troop.
Su Cheng and Su Ergou brought the three little ones to pick fruits.
Su Xiaoxiao and the others sat down around the stone table in the courtyard.
There was a cushion on the stone stool, and it was not cold at all.
Su Xiaoxiao looked at Su Xuan. “Fourth Cousin, you came at the right time. I have something to ask of you.”
“Are you talking about this?” Su Xuan took out a stack of letters from his wide sleeve and smiled quietly. “It’s done.”
Su Xiaoxiao’s eyes brightened.
Shen Chuan coughed lightly and took out a stack of letters. “I helped you write them too.”
Wei Ting had just taken out the letters he had been writing in the government office for the entire day when he saw two thick stacks on the table. The corners of his mouth twitched.
Was ghostwriting in trend now?