Rong Ting didn't tell anyone about what he heard in the classroom. Even Song Yuan didn't know.
After class, he found Teacher Helen and handed her the food container. "Teacher Helen, this is very sweet. It's for you."
Teacher Helen was stunned. Looking at the beautiful strawberry cherries, she asked in a low voice, "Why are you giving me fruit?"
"My mom said that eating something sweet will make you feel better. I've tasted it. The strawberries are very sweet, and so are the cherries."
"Thank you, Lance."
She thought for a moment and apologized seriously. "I'm sorry. I might have brought my personal feelings into class. It won't happen again."
Her students were all very clever. From today onwards, she had been receiving snacks from the children one after another. There were candies and jellies. Their eyes were so innocent. They were worried about her. As an adult, she actually made these children worry about her.
Rong Ting said calmly, "It's okay. I forgive you. "
Teacher Helen suddenly laughed. "Yes, thank you."
She took off her wedding ring. Her parents advised her that there would always be some friction in marriage. Just bear with it and it would be over. Moreover, he didn't really have an affair. But she felt that it wasn't like that. She couldn't bear to marry such a person. She felt a little disgusted just by imagining his appearance when he talked about sex with others.
When Rong Ting was about to leave, he was probably really curious. He turned back and asked her, "Teacher Helen, where's your ring?"
Teacher Helen was stunned. She tucked her hair behind her ear and smiled. "I think it looks better without a ring."
Rong Ting left thoughtfully.
This incident was just a small interlude, leaving only a vague impression in Rong Ting's mind — Teacher Helen's painful, desperate, and suppressed cries.
Song Haiping came to pick up Rong Ting today.
Song Haiping had left Beijing a few days ago. He was really worried about this place, so he pushed back the year-end dinner party to come over. This was the result of his discussion with his ex-wife.
Rong Ting asked, "Where is Imperial Mother?"
Song Haiping weighed him in his arms, put him down, and took his bag. He said cheerfully, "Yuanyuan's old college roommate is working here. He just came back from a business trip, and the two of them are going out for dinner. It's just the two of us today. Grandpa will buy you whatever you want to eat. Are you happy?"
"It's alright!" Rong Ting said. Although he was very happy, he didn't want to show it because he was afraid that his grandfather would be proud.
"What do you mean 'not bad'? You're such an awkward child. You must have taken after your father."
Rong Ting pursed his lips. In any case, from his maternal grandfather's point of view, his shortcomings were all inherited from his imperial father, and his virtues were all inherited from his imperial mother.
***
Song Yuan was really happy today. After graduating from college, the four of them were in different cities. During their farewell dinner, they even agreed to travel together every year. However, it was difficult to even meet up now. Her roommate was called Ying Xiaoyu. The two of them had a good relationship in college. They often went shopping together, went to class, went to the cafeteria, and even shared cosmetics. Although they weren't as close as Xie Ya, they were still very good friends.
After graduating, Ying Xiaoyu followed her boyfriend to Beijing to develop his career. She was in the sales industry and often had to go on business trips. She just came back yesterday, and today, she invited Song Yuan out for dinner. She said that she wanted to be the host and welcome her on behalf of the people of Beijing.
Song Yuan put on beautiful makeup and took an express to the shopping mall. She even queued up to buy Ying Xiaoyu's favorite milk tea.
However, Song Yuan didn't expect to see Ji Junpei at the restaurant.
Ying Xiaoyu was still energetic. She pulled Song Yuan to sit beside her. "Yuanyuan, I missed you so much. Come, give me a hug. Senior Ji, you don't mind, right?"
Ji Junpei just smiled and didn't say anything.
Ying Xiaoyu was usually busy with work and rarely appeared in the WeChat group. For the time being, she didn't know about the complicated but hopeless relationship between her and Ji Junpei.
"Xiaoyu, why didn't you tell me that Senior Ji was coming over?" Song Yuan pursed her lips. "I only bought two cups of milk tea."
Ji Junpei took the initiative to speak up. "It's okay. I'll just drink plain water."
Ying Xiaoyu wasn't so meticulous. She handed the menu to Song Yuan and urged her to order. "Come, come, come. You order. If you really feel bad, just order a cup of milk tea for Senior Ji. It's not a big deal. "
"Okay." Song Yuan ordered absent-mindedly. However, she was still thinking about why Ji Junpei was here.
Ying Xiaoyu was indeed a salesperson. She could drive the atmosphere by herself. With her around, Song Yuan felt that this meal didn't seem so awkward.
"Senior, you should know Wu Hao, right?"
"Yes, he used to live in the dormitory next to mine. What's wrong? "
Ying Xiaoyu sipped her tea as she said, "It's nothing. I'm from the same county as Wu Hao. My mother and his mother are colleagues. I heard that Wu Hao's mother is about to die of anger. She was even hospitalized some time ago. It seems that Wu Hao found a second wife. That woman even has a two-year-old child. What do you think he's thinking?"
Song Yuan was originally eating fish, but when she heard this, she put down her chopsticks.
Ji Junpei's expression was natural. "I don't have much contact with him. However, I've heard about this. "
"Then have you seen that woman?"
"No." Ji Junpei shook his head.
"I remember that Wu Hao was very popular in school back then." Ying Xiaoyu pondered for a while and asked curiously, "Do you guys not mind this kind of thing? I can't. I feel that being a stepmother is so scary. "
"This kind of thing still depends on the person. Some people don't mind, while others do." In order to liven up the atmosphere, Ji Junpei paused for a moment and said in a joking tone, "It's not easy being a stepmother. It's also not easy being a stepfather."
"Yuanyuan, what about you? I remember that Wu Hao pursued you back then, didn't he?"
Song Yuan came back to her senses and said helplessly, "Where did this rumor come from?"
Fortunately, this topic was unknowingly changed.
After dinner, Ying Xiaoyu said that she had an appointment with her boyfriend to watch a movie. It was obvious that she wanted to give Song Yuan and Ji Junpei a chance to be alone.
The two of them took the escalator downstairs and walked out of the mall. A gust of cold wind blew straight into their clothes. It was bone-chilling.
"Yuanyuan, I'll send you home. Where do you live now?"
Song Yuan looked at Ji Junpei and suddenly felt that he had not changed at all. The one who had changed was her.
To Ji Junpei, they had always been fine, but to her, that was not the case. He did not know how many years she had stayed in ancient times. In those few years, she had encountered many, many things and met many people. His image in her heart had become fainter and fainter, to the point that they were just ordinary friends.
He had done nothing wrong. Perhaps he was also wondering why she had become so cold.
"Senior, let's put the past behind us." Song Yuan looked at him and smiled. She exhaled gently. "I've fallen in love with someone else. I'm really not lying to you. You should be able to feel that I'm different. I don't want you to waste time on me. It's been a few years, hasn't it? "
Ji Junpei lowered his head and did not speak.
He could vaguely guess that she might have other thoughts. His good friend had also advised him not to waste time on someone who had no hope, but he always felt that there was something that he had not finished.
She had waited for him for so long, and he had also made her waste a few years. Now that he was back, he had not done anything for her. Was this okay?
Seeing that Ji Junpei did not speak, Song Yuan could only say goodbye to him. "Then, Senior, I'll leave first. There are children waiting for me at home."
She walked towards the other side of the street. Ji Junpei looked up and could only see her back.
***
In the living room, three men were sitting on the sofa watching a television series.
Rong Ting sat in the middle. On his left was Song Haiping, and on his right was Yung Heng.
Yung Heng knew that Rong Ting liked to eat strawberries, so he specially came today to give them to him. He had originally planned to leave after giving them the strawberries. After all, Song Yuan was not at home. However, he did not know what happened. When he came back to his senses, he was already sitting on the sofa.
The three of them were watching a harem drama.
It just so happened that this channel was replaying it. Originally, the television and drama were just background. Unknowingly, the three of them were all watching it.
Harem dramas were naturally women's dramas. Everyone gathered together to fight. Today, they would fight to see which concubine had a miscarriage. Tomorrow, they would fight to see which concubine fell out of favor. They would do anything. The harem was a battlefield. This was a war without smoke. As for the men, they were just tools and background characters.
Rong Ting frowned. As a little expert at nitpicking, of course he would not say anything.
Song Haiping saw that one of the concubines had plotted against the female lead to a miscarriage. The female lead's face was as white as a sheet. From this to that, his imagination ran wild. He said, "Our Yuanyuan wouldn't have been hurt by these schemes in the past, right?"
These concubines were each more vicious than the last. Could someone like the Yuanyuan in the harem withstand them?
After thinking about it, he stared at the instigator. Then he thought about what Rong Ting had said before. This stinking shameless person actually had more than ten concubines. Although he was a man, with more than ten women gathered together … just thinking about it made him feel noisy and annoyed.
Thus, he began to indirectly curse the locust tree. On the surface, he was cursing the emperor of this harem drama for having no intelligence and being stinking dog shit. In reality, he was cursing Yung Heng for being fickle.
Yung Heng was also able to sit still. Even after hearing these curses, his expression did not change. It was clear that he was very calm.
Everyone knew that the most infuriating thing was when the other side did not react to a scolding argument. Song Haiping saw that no one said anything after scolding for a long time. He simply got up and went to the bathroom to cool off.
After he left the living room, Rong Ting, who had not said a word and had no intention of speaking up for his Imperial Father, finally spoke, "Imperial Father, there is something I don't understand."
"What is it?"
Rong Ting was really perplexed. He frowned, "Imperial Mother is a modern person. She advocates monogamy. The people here have all received this kind of education. Then why did Imperial Mother become the Empress? The Imperial Mother I know is not the kind of person who would force herself. I can't figure this out, and I don't understand. "
Before this, he had never thought about this matter. He was the Crown Prince, and his Imperial Mother was the Empress. These two points were known to him for as long as he could remember.
However, after meeting his Imperial Mother, he began to have doubts.
If his Imperial Mother was not that kind of person, then why did she become the Empress? The old palace maid had once told him that when his Imperial Father was still the Crown Prince, he already knew his Imperial Mother. Even the Guanyin jade pendant was given by his Imperial Mother before they were married. Why did he feel that it was a bit strange? With his Imperial Mother's temperament, how could she be together with his Imperial Father? How could she become the Empress?
Yung Heng smiled faintly. He crossed his legs in a leisurely manner, "I also forgot. But two people got married, it should be out of love. " quot;
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