Gongsun Chi had a very ordinary face, as the elders would say: this child looks just right, with neither too many nor too few eyes, exactly a pair.
Ordinary in appearance, not very active in Yulan Study, only making good friends with one or two classmates.
With dozens of people in the class, it’s quite normal not to be noticed.
In Daqing, besides people from the Gongsun Family, few have the surname Gongsun.
Whether he belongs to the Gongsun Family remains to be proven~
Little Traitor and a few others also belong to small friendship groups, having good relationships among a few friends.
Meals and activities are always together, others do not mix into their group~
The last moment of the 9th hour (5:00 PM).
The "dong dong" bell rang in Lingxiang Courtyard, marking the end of school in the afternoon.
The sun sets in the west, withdrawing its rays, becoming a golden sphere.
The Imperial College west of the Capital City bathed in the sunset, cloaked in a faint golden hue.
After some time as the weather gradually warms, the sunset over West Mountain won’t be as fast, and at 7:00 PM, there will still be lingering light.
Little Traitor and several others packed their things and walked towards the gate of the Imperial College, heading back to Ye Mansion.
Huanhuan and Changzhou were also present. In April, Lingbo Fairy and Huan’s father arrived in the Capital City, intending to buy a house and settle there for their daughter’s studies.
The daughter wouldn’t need to stay at Ye Mansion.
The front hall of the Imperial College gate is tall, with high thresholds. On the two solid wooden doors are beast-faced door knockers, flanked by blue stone drum stones.
Between the drum stones and the stone steps at the door stood a man with a big stomach, squinty-eyed when he smiled, looking kindly like a neighborhood uncle.
Two Red Rabbit Horses carried a luxurious carriage, standing quietly beside him.
Today, it was Housekeeper Tan who came to pick them up~
"Huh, Housekeeper Tan, why is it you? Where’s Zheng Qi?" Ye Zhi, with water-like autumn eyes, saw the person in front and asked with slight surprise about the whereabouts of her housekeeper Zheng Qi.
Her gaze fell entirely on the chubby middle-aged man~
Housekeeper Tan calmly replied, "Mrs. Ye asked me to pick you up and also have dinner together at Ye Mansion. As for Housekeeper Zheng’s whereabouts, I’m not sure."
Ye Zhi smiled charmingly and said, "Then I’ll trouble you."
She was the first to step on the wooden stool, lift the curtain, and enter the carriage~
Next were Huanhuan, Changzhou, and Little Traitor.
The four sat inside a delicate carriage, Ye Zhi loved the window seat, where she could lift the curtain and lean on the window frame to watch the ancient street scenery outside.
The Kangwu stone-paved avenue had less pedestrian flow at this time.
Nearby, pedestrians strolled leisurely.
Upon noticing the approaching carriage, they also took care to avoid it.
The end of school in the afternoon always arrived at dusk, the faint golden hues bringing a tranquil beauty to the earth!
Inside the carriage, Huanhuan and Changzhou occasionally chatted softly.
Little Traitor closed his eyes, resting.
The wheels rolled, the carriage proceeded slowly, and with slight jolts, giving a deceptive feeling of drowsiness~
On the way back to Ye Mansion, they would pass through a sparsely populated avenue, a direction that would be much steadier.
The pedestrian walk was too narrow, generally unused.
At one end of the Imperial City, in a wide yet understated ancient avenue.
Two Red Rabbit Horses gradually came to a stop~
Not from fatigue, nor for any other reason, but because six men had appeared, their faces masked in black cloth, wearing identical black tight-fitting clothes.
These visitors were ill-intentioned...
Clearly seeking vengeance.
Ye Zhi leaned by the window, the first to notice the men in black besides Housekeeper Tan.