Shen Danqing picked up Baozhu with one hand and spoke before Teacher Li: "Brother, it's getting late. It's time to go home."
"Alright, alright. Then I'll give little Baozhu a gift." Even though he failed to persuade little Baozhu to be his disciple, Teacher Li still cherished talent. He rummaged out the poems he had copied earlier and gave them to Baozhu.
After thinking for a while, Teacher Li added a few ancient books: "Little Baozhu, never waste your talent. You should..."
Teacher Li's words were interrupted halfway by Shen Heqing: "Got it. You said earlier that girls were not allowed in the school, but now you've changed your tune. If Danqing hadn't come in time, Baozhu would really have been deceived by you."
After learning that Teacher Li wanted to take Baozhu as his disciple, Shen Heqing was now very cautious. Even when Teacher Li was talking to Baozhu, he would stand in between.
"It's funny. I didn't make this rule. It was the elders of your Shen family who thought girls were an eyesore and thus made the rule that girls were not allowed in the school. And yet you blame me?" Teacher Li was so angry that his hand stroking his beard trembled slightly.
Teacher Li emphasized to Baozhu: "Little Baozhu, it's the elders of your Shen family who are patriarchal. It has nothing to do with me. If you want to find a master in the future, you can come to me. My previous disciples are all capable. They can make you walk freely in the capital."
Afraid that Teacher Li would directly snatch Baozhu away, Shen Heqing dragged Shen Danqing back to their residence in the school.
Baozhu had a good impression of Teacher Li. She lay in Shen Danqing's arms and ate the pastries in small bites: "Teacher Li is a good person. He can be my master."
"Is he a good person, or are the pastries he gave you delicious?" Shen Danqing guessed Baozhu's thoughts, and a smile appeared in his eyes.
Shen Heqing poked Baozhu's little face in disappointment: "You're so spineless. Teacher Li doesn't like you just like that. He just cherishes your talent and wants to take a genius little disciple with a photographic memory."
Baozhu's eyes lit up. She straightened her back and said happily: "That means Baozhu is a genius!"
Seeing that Baozhu's focus was on this, Shen Heqing was speechless.
Shen Danqing took out the toy he had bought for Baozhu from under the table and handed her the wooden Chinese rings. Then he pulled Shen Heqing aside and whispered: "Brother, are you feeling better?"
"And... do you know what Father has done?"
Shen Danqing was alluding to the things like pushing Baozhu into the water and forcing her to take medicine. Although Concubine Yun still trusted Shen Yunfeng and thought he wouldn't do such things, Shen Danqing had already seen through Shen Yunfeng.
In his eyes, Shen Yunfeng was an out-and-out scoundrel. He probably used up all his good fortune in this life to marry the Princess Jingning.
But Shen Heqing misunderstood. He thought Shen Danqing was referring to the matter of sending Baozhu to the countryside.
Mentioning this matter in front of Baozhu, Shen Heqing felt a bit guilty. He complained: "So you know about it too? Father has really gone too far this time."
Knowing that Shen Heqing also knew about it, Shen Danqing corrected his words: "It's not just going too far. He's simply worse than a beast."
"Previously, I only thought Shen Yunfeng was irresponsible. I didn't expect him to find someone to push Baozhu into the water and even force her to take poison!"
"After that, he shifted the blame for these two things onto Concubine Yun and just sent a box of scar-removing ointment. If it weren't for the Princess worrying about Concubine Yun and asking Imperial Physician Liu to send the wound-healing medicine and the medicinal herbs for internal use, Concubine Yun would still be foolishly using the ointment he sent!"
"What's the use of removing scars when the wound hasn't healed?"
"And then there's the matter of Baozhu being pushed into the water..."
Shen Danqing was gentle by nature and usually polite. This was the first time Shen Heqing saw him so out of control. It was obvious that he was extremely angry.
His words also shocked Shen Heqing's mind, making him stutter and unable to say a word. Finally, he could only say: "You're right."
It could be seen that Shen Danqing had really held it in for a long time. Once he started, he couldn't stop.
From when Shen Yunfeng ignored him when he was a child to Shen Yunfeng allowing Cousin Miss Xie to target Concubine Yun a few days ago...
"Wait, who? Cousin Miss Xie? Why did she target Concubine Yun? Father sends you birthday gifts every year. That can't be considered ignoring you, right?" Shen Heqing only felt his head buzzing. Was this still the father in his memory?
A hint of coldness appeared on Shen Danqing's face: "What cousin? She's just a woman who had an affair with Shen Yunfeng. In my opinion, maybe their relative status is even fake. As for those birthday gifts, they were all sent by Mother on behalf of Shen Yunfeng."
When mentioning the Princess Jingning, Shen Danqing became much gentler, full of gratitude.
Seeing Shen Heqing looking confused, Shen Danqing's tone was also a bit strange: "Mother has a lot of miscellaneous things to deal with on weekdays. Haiyan and I were afraid of bothering her, so we kept it a secret. Brother, you didn't notice, did you?"
Shen Haiyan, the third brother of Shen Baozhu, was now in the military camp. He was also the smartest among the three young masters of the Shen family.
He had discovered Shen Yunfeng's selfish nature a long time ago, and his relationship with Shen Yunfeng was extremely poor.
Fine sweat broke out on Shen Heqing's forehead. Since both of his younger brothers had discovered their father's affair, in this situation, he could only deny it bravely: "How could it be? I discovered it a long time ago. Father... Shen Yunfeng has gone too far!"
Not far away, Baozhu was fully concentrating on the Chinese rings in her hand.
There was a mechanism in this wooden Chinese rings. As long as one found the trick, one could disassemble the rings. Baozhu had played with her friend before, but neither of the two children could find a way.
But when she got the Chinese rings again today, Baozhu quickly discovered the secret and was fully immersed in it. She didn't hear the conversation between her two brothers at all.
And this conversation was transmitted through the system across the planes and reached Lin Yu's ears.
The young man who was checking the data paused for a moment. He turned around and looked at his colleague who was passionate about literature: "If you were in ancient times, what would you research to make yourself famous?"
"There are many things! Low - cost papermaking, improved cold weapons, the cement formula, the guide for seed cultivation..."
As his colleague rambled on, Lin Yu was lost in thought.
If he gave all these to Baozhu, she probably wouldn't be afraid of that scoundrel father anymore.
On the other end of the system, Baozhu had just solved the Chinese rings when a booklet suddenly appeared in front of her.
[These are several low - cost papermaking formulas and the drawings of improved cold weapons.]
Knowing that Baozhu didn't understand interstellar language, Lin Yu was also careful to use pictures. There wasn't a single word in the whole booklet.
Baozhu picked up the picture book half - understandingly and flipped through it. When she saw the brightly colored pictures, she couldn't help but let out an exclamation: "Wow, it's so beautiful."
Hearing the exclamation, Shen Heqing subconsciously walked over: "What's so beautiful?"
Baozhu still remembered her mother's instructions. She quickly hugged the picture book so that Shen Heqing couldn't see it: "No, big brother can't look!"
Shen Heqing wasn't angry. He just reached out and poked Baozhu's head: "You even have secrets at such a young age? Alright, big brother won't look."
Hugging the picture book tightly, Baozhu jumped off the chair and ran to Shen Danqing with quick steps.
Shen Danqing squatted down. His eyes were gentle: "Does Baozhu need second brother's help?"
"Yes, yes. Second brother, quickly put away the treasure. Big brother can't see it!" Baozhu stuffed the booklet into Shen Danqing's arms and then covered her ears and pretended not to notice as she looked at Shen Heqing.
The little girl spread out her arms and said openly: "Big brother, look. Baozhu has nothing."
Shen Heqing was both angry and amused.