On the way back, Shanshan held the stone.
Her steps were brisk, like a jumping sparrow. If the stone hadn't pulled her along, she would have tripped over the pebbles on the ground if she wasn't careful.
"Brother Prince is such a good person." She said: "Brother Shitou has lost so many times, but he doesn't think Brother Shitou is stupid and has played chess with him for so long."
Stone:"……"
"Brother Prince has always been very good." Wen Jiahe echoed: "He taught me how to play chess and study. He also taught me anything I didn't understand in my homework. He usually played with me when he had time. My mother always praised me at home. He is great, and he has always been better than other students in school. He always comes first in every major exam in school."
The prince was established as the crown prince since he was a child. Now in his fifteenth year, he has studied government affairs with the emperor. He was talented, intelligent and diligent since childhood, and was praised by everyone in the court.
Shanshan is so worshipful.
His Royal Highness the Prince is smart, gentle and kind. He has helped Shanshan a lot and even gives Shanshan snacks every day. He is really the best brother in the world.
Shitou glanced at her.
After returning, Shanshan still went to find his mother as usual, but Wen Yiqing was still with the Queen Mother and did not come back. She enthusiastically dug out her homework again, and under Wen Jiahe's guidance, she memorized an article while studying.
By the time I finished memorizing the article, it was getting dark.
Shanshan only had so much patience, so he quickly put down the book and went to play. But she couldn't find the little rabbit.
She searched around the courtyard, picking at every patch of grass. She also stood under the tree, trying hard to open her eyes wide and find every shaded place. The moon cast a clear light, and with the moonlight, She wished she could look behind every leaf, but she still couldn't see the little rabbit.
"Brother Shitou——"
Shanshan stepped forward with his short legs and looked for the stone in panic: "Rabbit - the rabbit is gone -"
The stone house was brightly lit.
When Shanshan broke in, he was neither doing homework nor practicing martial arts, but teasing the rabbit. The rabbit had been taken out of the cage by him. Its soft fur seemed to have been rubbed hard by someone, and it was lying messily on its body. Its two small black bean-like eyes were open in fear.
As soon as he saw Shanshan, the hare called out "coo", his voice seemed to be asking for help.
"Brother Shitou, are you playing with the rabbit?"
Shanshan stretched out her hand, and Shitou handed the rabbit into her arms. The fluffy hare was warm and soft. Shan Shan carefully stroked its fur and quickly straightened out its messed up fur, like holding a soft puff pastry.
"You like it?" Shitou asked.
Shanshan nodded immediately: "I like it!"
"Then..." Shitou raised his head, glanced at her quickly, and muttered: "...Forget it."
"What?" Shanshan didn't hear clearly.
He didn't say anything more, but opened his homework and started writing.
But this time, it was hard for Shanshan not to notice that something was wrong with him.
She knew Brother Shitou well. When he touched his belly, she knew what he wanted to eat. How could Shanshan not care about the little brother she fed him snack after snack?
She put the rabbit back into the cage and leaned in front of the stone. It was obvious that he was not paying attention to his homework. He wrote five of the questions assigned by the master and made four mistakes.
"Brother Shitou, what's wrong with you?" Shanshan sat next to him, holding his fleshy chin, looking at him worriedly: "Are you angry? Did the rabbit steal your snack?"
"No."
"Did I do something wrong to make you angry?"
"No."
Shan Shan is even more confused.
Seeing that he wrote another wrong question, Shanshan moved his butt uneasily and asked again: "Is that my mother?"
Shitou said dullly: "You are all very good."
He didn't recognize anyone else either.
Shanshan thought hard for a while, but still couldn't figure it out. She said sadly: "It would be great if the prince's brother was here. He is so smart, he can definitely guess it."
"..."
Shitou lowered his head silently and wrote another wrong question.
After a long while, he said: "He is better than me."
"yes."
"..." Shi Shi's lips pursed into a straight line: "I can't beat him."
Shan Shan looked at him doubtfully.
It took a long time before her little mind slowly realized: "Brother Shitou, aren't you angry with His Highness?"
"Brother Prince is a very nice person. He taught us how to play chess today. I was wrongly accused in the school before. It was Brother Prince who invited Mr. Di to come over to investigate the case, so everyone believed that it was not me. He also helped us catch rabbits today. ." Shanshan touched her belly. It wasn't dinner yet, but she was already hungry: "The rabbit at noon was delicious."
Shanshan is puzzled: "Why are you angry with him? Is it because you lost to him?"
But Shitou is not that competitive. Usually when they play games at home, they will lose to her nine times out of ten, and they have never been angry with her.
"..." He said gloomily: "...You even called him brother."
Shanshan slowly opened his eyes.
"His Royal Highness is older than me, so of course I will call you brother." Shanshan explained hurriedly: "Look, I also have an eldest cousin, a second cousin, and many brothers."
How can it be the same?
Shitou finally realized that he had made a mistake, took out a new piece of paper, and started writing again.
The elder brother of the Qi family is a kind brother, but His Highness the Crown Prince is not.
Shanshan likes His Highness the Crown Prince so much, and he praised him even more today. His Highness the Crown Prince has outstanding abilities. He is even better at archery than him, but stones cannot match him.
In the past, Shanshan always praised him for his greatness.
The question was still wrong, so he simply put down his homework and asked: "Are you hungry? Do you want to have dinner?"
Shanshan nodded.
Shitou led her out.
But this time, Shanshan's melancholy can't be solved by one or two meals.
She no longer slept with her mother. At night, she was lying on the bed. Wen Jiahe took out the words of Sun Wukong and wanted to read them to her. When he saw her frown, he suddenly wondered: "Shanshan, you don't like Sun Wukong." Yet?"
"It's Brother Shitou."
"What's up with him?"
Shanshan told her his confusion sadly.
Wen Jiahe was a few years older than her and had a clear mind. He knew it after listening to it.
She laughed: "He's not angry because he lost to the prince brother, he's just afraid that you won't like him."
Shan Shan couldn’t believe it: “How could that happen!?”
Although the stone cannot teach her lessons, he eats too much and is stupid, he is still the best brother.
When other children bully her, he is the first to stand up and stand in front of her. He will give her delicious food and make toys for her every day. He has a good temper, and sometimes he is too lazy to be kind and asks her to be carried or hugged. And never get rejected.
How could Shanshan not like him?
She couldn't wait to get up: "I'll go find him now and tell him!"
Wen Jiahe didn't stop her and saw her running out happily. Not long after, she came back dejectedly.
"Brother Shitou has fallen asleep."
She comforted: "Let's talk about it tomorrow."
"Um!"
Shanshan didn't even listen to Sun Wukong, and quickly climbed into bed to sleep. She immediately closed her eyes and wished it would be the next day.
The next morning, she got up early to look for stones.
Shitou is practicing boxing in the courtyard.
General Wen taught him to study hard and practice hard, and he never slacked off even a day. He got up before dawn every day to practice. Shanshan sat patiently and watched him finish a set of boxing skills, and then he said excitedly: "Brother Shitou, I want to see you shoot an arrow."
She had already thought about it, so she waited for Shitou to shoot the arrow and then praised him. Shanshan liked to hear others praise her most, and I think Shitou would also like it!
Shitou didn't think much and nodded: "Okay."
There is also a martial arts arena in the palace, equipped with eighteen kinds of weapons. When they arrived, the prince was also doing morning exercises.
Seeing them approaching from a distance, the prince wiped his sweat and asked proactively: "Shanshan, are you here to see me?"
Shanshan was afraid of seeing him at this time. She quickly glanced at Shitou and said quickly, "I'm here to play with Brother Shitou."
She wanted to say archery, but then she quickly remembered that yesterday His Royal Highness beat Shi Shi in archery. She was in a dilemma and didn't know how to praise her.
There were many weapons on the weapons rack nearby. Shanshan looked around and didn't recognize any of them. She asked in a low voice: "Brother Shitou, what else do you want?"
Shitou pointed at a heavy sword.
He had seen General Wen use it, and he had seen it several times. He wrote down some of it, and he also touched it in the general's mansion.
Shanshan said quickly: "Then let's play with this."
The prince frowned slightly: "Shan Shan, the sword has no eyes. This is not a place for fun. It would be bad if you get hurt."
"I will stay away." Shanshan said.
The prince wanted to say something, but when he saw the stone walking straight towards the weapon rack, he picked one of them and reached out to pick it up.
He reminded: "That one is very heavy. You are still young, so you may not be able to..."
Before he finished speaking, Shitou reached out and easily took out a long sword, weighed it and tried the feel, and easily turned the sword flower in his hand.
The prince was stunned.
An epee may or may not be heavy, but it weighs five or six kilograms. It is not easy to grasp it easily when you pick it up again.
Being an adult is difficult, not to mention that Shitou is still a child who has just practiced martial arts.
The prince was surprised: "How come you are so strong?"
This is not unusual.
Shanshan had long known that Stone was born with supernatural powers. He had seen him working hard among adults before, but this was the first time for the prince to see him. There was nothing in the school that required him to exert his strength, and there were few opportunities for the two of them to meet. When they suddenly saw each other, they were shocked.
Shitou quickly turned his head and glanced at him.
His eyes slowly brightened, and his gray eyes shone brightly.
"You can't do it?"
The prince was stunned for a moment and shook his head frankly.
If he were Shitou's age, he really wouldn't be able to do it.
The corners of Shitou's lips curled up quickly, and then quickly pursed, not much different from his usual expressionless face. He walked up to Shanshan with the sword and said in a relaxed tone: "I will practice it for you."
"Very simple."
