Chapter 1019 - 1021_1
Suddenly Mu Shaofeng felt a bit sorry for Commandery Princess Dongyang. Who do you think you are to coerce our beloved Divine Physician Mu? If he was so easily swayed, he would have married someone by now, wouldn’t he? Could it even be your turn?
"But cousin, do you really not like Dongyang even a little bit?"
Well, he was curious about that tiny bit.
After all, Commandery Princess Dongyang was a great beauty; any ordinary man would be moved if such a beauty were to cling to him every day, right?
Listening to these words, Mu Shaoling remembered the kiss from before for some reason—the warm lips, soft and actually somewhat sweet.
Images of the past few days spent with Commandery Princess Dongyang flashed in his mind, stirring a touch of irritation in his heart.
"You like her? If you like her, you marry her."
After dropping that stiff remark, Mu Shaoling walked away.
Observing Mu Shaoling’s somewhat stiff and unnatural retreat, Mu Shaofeng couldn’t help but wonder, why does my cousin seem almost like he’s throwing a tantrum? It looked suspiciously like he was upset about being hit where it hurt.
Suddenly, Mu Shaofeng felt as if he had stumbled upon something and thought to himself, ah, the drama’s truly about to start now.
But this way, won’t I be the only single one left?
That doesn’t seem right. Should I also find someone? Mu Shaofeng was conflicted. But he dismissed the thought; wasn’t he about to head to the northeast? Just thinking of the northeast made him feel miserable, so he resigned himself to having the carriage readied, along with his belongings, to set out on the journey.
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Yangshu Village
"Kong Rong, styled Wenju, was a native of the Lu Kingdom. At the age of four, when he shared pears with his brothers, he always picked the smallest. Asked by adults why, he said, ’As the youngest, it’s proper for me to choose the smallest...’"
On this day, the children woke up early, and since it was windy outside, they didn’t take them out to play. Instead, they were held downstairs, where she took out a book to read to them.
Hearing her reading, the children calmed down and stopped fussing about going out.
Right now, she was reading them the story of Kong Rong giving up the larger pears and had explained it to them once again after reading it.
Seeing Lele quietly touching his little face, Yang Chuxia kissed him and said, "Baby, you’re the older brother. In the future, you should look after your younger brother and give in to him." After speaking to Lele, she turned to Yangyang, telling him to respect his elder brother and to take good care of him.
It wasn’t until a few years later, when she told the children the story again, that Yangyang said he wasn’t really interested. He also remarked, "Mother, I think Kong Rong actually wanted the bigger pear but was too shy to say it, so he said that instead. That way the elder brother wouldn’t be able to argue with him for the bigger one."
Immediately, Yang Chuxia was at a loss for words, as she had always felt that Kong Rong was rather sly.
However, at this time, the two children were still very interested in the story.
She listened with extra care each time she read it.
"Lele, call out to mommy, mommy..." After reading for a while and feeling her mouth dry, she put down the book and began to engage the children in conversation.
"Come on, call out to mommy, mommy..." Yang Chuxia took the rattle drum from the side, shook it, and teased, "Say mommy, and I’ll give this to you."
Unfortunately, little Lele didn’t seem interested in the rattle drum and lowered his head after a brief glance.
So she had to turn her attention to Yangyang, "Yangyang, call out to mommy, mommy... Say mommy, and you can play with this."
Yangyang was accommodating and opened his mouth as if wanting to speak, but despite trying for a while, no words came out. Since he couldn’t say it, Yang Chuxia wouldn’t give him the rattle drum. This made little Yangyang anxious.