Chapter 60: Not One for Smiling
Chapter 60: Not One for Smiling
“You’re not going?” The Eldest Young Lady narrowed her eyes, staring at her younger brother. She enunciated each word carefully: “I went through all the trouble, pulling every string, to bring Senior Sister Zhang here for you, and you’re telling me you won’t go? I’ll give you one chance to reconsider!”
“I’m not going!” The Seventh Young Master shrank back slightly but still held firm in his refusal.
“Zhao! Jing! Fan!” The Eldest Young Lady clenched her fists. “Don’t make me start my visit by beating you up!”
The familiar tone and cadence seemed to spark some painful memories for the Seventh Young Master. His defiant voice softened. “Zheng Fa stays up late every night, bringing piles of books back to draw those talisman diagrams for me…”
The Eldest Young Lady’s expression froze, her anger visibly subsiding as she processed his reasoning.
The Seventh Young Master continued, “He works so hard. If I stop learning from him now, won’t he feel like all his effort was wasted? He might even think I look down on him. How could I be so ungrateful?”
“That’s your reason?”
He nodded, his tone slightly resentful. “If not for how hard he’s working, I would’ve run off long ago. You think a little rattan stick could stop me?”