LIGHTNOVELWORLD Chapter 57 - II
Cheng Wei and his family welcomed him. Jing Xingzhi descended from the carriage, spotting a middle-aged man in casual attire with his wife and children. He raised his hands and greeted: “Is this Prefect Cheng? Thank you for greeting me; you are quite courteous!”
“How have you been? I heard of your recent return to the academy. How is the Chief Fang?” Cheng Wei extended a hand, helping Jing Xingzhi up, his smile resembling a spring breeze.
Jing Xingzhi smiled and replied, “Thank you, Prefect Cheng, for your concern. The teacher is very good. He will give classes occasionally when he has time.”
“Who are you calling Prefect Cheng?” Cheng Wei made a dissatisfied face and introduced, “This is your sister-in-law. If you need anything in the past two months, just send someone to find her. This is my son; his name is Cheng Huan. He is playful and naughty like a monkey.”
“Hello, little brother.”
“Hello, Uncle Jing,”
Jing Xingzhi didn’t react, but Cheng Huan’s call of uncle made Jing Xingzhi tremble, as if he had really aged ten years older. But when he thought about being a father soon, he deserved this call as uncle.
Jing Xingzhi took off the purse containing the little gold nugget from his waist. “This is the first time we meet, Ah Huan, don’t dislike it.”
Cheng Huan was simply stunned.
Jing Xingzhi couldn’t bear to pay attention to such a villain, so he started chatting with Cheng Wei after sending out the greeting gifts. The two of them talked very harmoniously.
Xu Zhongqi went to help Wang Zhuang place Jing Xingzhi’s luggage. When Cheng Huan saw that the adults were busy, he shrank his head and ran away. He couldn’t bear to mess with these people.
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Two quarters of an hour later, Jing Xingzhi returned to the Zhixin Courtyard where the Cheng family had arranged for him. At the same time, Xu Zhongqi also returned to the main courtyard, Yongan Courtyard.
Cheng Wei asked, “Madam, what kind of character do you think this person is?”
Xu Zhongqi looked at his plain white fingers. “He looked okay at first glance, but the luggage is really a lot. I heard that he is a poor man but I don’t think he looks like it. He has a good temperament, but I can’t tell.”
“It doesn’t matter if we don’t know for sure. Anyway, he will hang out in the sixth divisions later, so we don’t need to worry about him. We just need to make arrangements.” Cheng Wei touched his beautiful beard; his eyes were calm and powerful.
Xu Zhongqi said, “Is that old man really that capable? I heard that he has been hiding in the mountain for ten years. Don’t waste your time looking back. If you have this time, why not arrange for Huanhuan to experience it.”
“With Huanhuan’s temper, what is there to experience? It will be good to eat and drink for a lifetime, anyway, his brother will take care of him.”
When the two couples talked about this, their harmony gradually disappeared, and the feeling of alienation that they couldn’t agree on gradually came up. Xu Zhongqi didn’t know what she thought of, she turned sideways and cried silently.
Cheng Wei sighed helplessly. “Madam, I’ll tell you the truth. Huanhuan is not my biological child. Even if Yule is not yours, I still feel heavier for him in my heart.”
Cheng Yule was the legitimate son of Cheng Wei and his ex-wife.
Cheng Huan was brought by the Xu family and was actually Xu Zhongqi’s nephew. However, few people knew about it.
When Xu Zhongqi heard this, her heart felt like a knife: “If it weren’t for him, my son would be fine! Now that Huanhuan is my son, why can’t I give Huanhuan the treatment of my own son!”
Cheng Wei felt guilty after hearing this and said nothing with a cold face.
Xu Zhongqi married him later. After entering the house, she became pregnant with a boy. As a result, Cheng Yule hit her. With such a collision, the six-month-old fetus died at childbirth. Xu Zhongqi also lost the ability to give birth, so he had to bring Cheng Huan from his parents’ home as a replacement.
Xu Zhongqi felt that Cheng Yule did it on purpose, but Cheng Wei felt that Cheng Yule was not that old at the time, so how could a child be so vicious-hearted. The two of them each insisted on their own opinions.
Xu Zhongqi could not find any evidence. Cheng Wei as the head of the family, let Xu Zhongqi earned Cheng Huan the title of a legitimate son.
Thinking of what happened back then, Xu Zhongqi felt hatred in her heart, and her crying eyes were full of numbness and emptiness.
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Zhixin Courtyard.
Jing Xingzhi soaked his feet first, then opened the best papers from previous years’ provincial examinations given by Fang Qichen and started reading them, focusing on policy topics.
Cheng Wei treated him well and asked him to come back to rest first and have dinner with Cheng’s family in the evening. After dinner, they would talk about how he would study in the government office for two months.
Jing Xingzhi was very curious about the ancient officialdom, but he still had to listen to Cheng Wei’s arrangements on how to handle things. He thought he would gain a lot; otherwise, Fang Qichen would not have arranged for him to spend two months here before the provincial examination.
Jing Xingzhi read the meeting policy and asked his servants to call him two quarters of an hour before dinner, and then took a short rest.
As a result, just after sleeping for a while, before the time came, the servant woke up Jing Xingzhi in a panic: “Young Master Jing, wake up! Something happened!”
Jing Xingzhi opened his eyes, stood up, and asked, “What’s the matter? Are you there? Please make it clear, don’t panic.”
The servant looked young and indifferent, with a mournful face, and said in an urgent and fearful tone: “The eldest son of the Cheng family is dead, Brother Zhuang asked me to call you! And… and that Master Cheng actually found clues led to our courtyard. We just arrived today, who did we offend?”