At the dinner, Ayun stood behind Yu Nianchu, always glancing at Fu Zhao casually. She was very careful not to be noticed by anyone.
After meeting Xie Zhun, Yu Shuen was still grounded, so there were only Yu Chengguang, Yu Nianchu, and Fu Zhao at the dinner table.
Before the meal, Yu Chengguang had already pulled Fu Zhao to the study room and carefully warned him to get along well with Chu'er.
Fu Zhao also expressed his feelings to Yu Chengguang, saying that he would not marry anyone other than Yu Nianchu, and made a promise never to take a concubine.
So at the dinner table, Yu Chengguang tried his best to bring the two of them together, and even let them sit next to each other.
She looked at the sweet and sour fish on the table and said to Fu Zhao, "Chu'er has loved eating sweet and sour dishes since he was a child. Zhao'er must remember it."
Fu Zhao wisely took a piece of fish to Yu Nianchu and nodded.
"Yes, I have eaten at Uncle Yu's house since I was a child. Zhao'er remembers Chu'er's preferences."
The fish meat was put into the bowl, and Yu Nianchu ate it as usual, but he didn't say much.
No matter how hard Yu Chengguang and Fu Zhao tried, she simply nodded and shook her head, as if she was not familiar with Fu Zhao at all.
Seeing Fu Zhao's smile gradually disappear, Ayun felt uncomfortable in his heart.
Yu Chengguang felt bad. He didn't understand. Why did Chu'er look down on such a good child like Zhao'er?
He lost his appetite, made some random excuse, and left the two children on the dining table.
As for the other servants, they all followed him out.
Yu Nianchu didn't squint his eyes and continued to eat the food in the bowl unhurriedly. Fu Zhao seemed a little strange.
"Chu'er, are you still angry with me because of what happened last time?"
Fu Zhao couldn't stand Yu Nianchu's neglect of him, so he had to lower his head first.
"I admit, I had a bad attitude last time. I saw the change in you, and there was a big gap in my heart...I couldn't control my tone for a while."
"I apologize, can you please pay attention to me? We are still the same as before."
Yu Nianchu seemed to have finished eating. He gently put down his bowl and chopsticks and looked at Fu Zhao with very cold eyes.
"Master Fu, I made it very clear last time what I need to say, so please don't bother me anymore."
"It's not good for you or me."
After she finished speaking, she stood up and wanted to leave, but Fu Zhao was so depressed that he no longer cared about etiquette and grabbed Yu Nianchu's wrist.
"I understand! I really don't understand!"
"Chu'er, I..." He wanted to talk to Yu Nianchu about her revenge again, but he was afraid of exposing the wrong thing she did last time, so he had to pull her to the empty pavilion last time.
Fu Zhao looked around cautiously, making sure no one was around before speaking his mind.
"Chu'er, I don't like lying. I still think what I said last time was right."
"If everyone in this world is blinded by hatred and cannot let go of the past, how can there be stability?"
"I'm afraid the whole world will become a purgatory!"
Yu Nianchu pushed his hand away indifferently. Now, he didn't want to look at Fu Zhao anymore.
"Master Fu, I didn't say you were wrong."
"You and I have different cognitions, so there is really no need to force us to be tied together."
"I will not ask you to live according to my knowledge, and please do not use your ideas to measure what I do."
“Just like seagulls and fishes are at odds with each other, so are you and me.”
"Master Fu is the most knowledgeable. Do you know what Chu'er means?"
Fu Zhao's eyes were a little sore, and his distinct eyelashes were trembling.
How could he not understand? He was just so unwilling...
It was obvious that they were childhood sweethearts, it was obvious that he had liked her for so many years, it was obvious that she liked him before, and it was obvious that everyone thought they were a good match.
But now, his first son said such heartless words to him...
"No……"
Fu Zhao's voice was deep and full of reluctance.
"Chu'er, I said before that I would marry you when I grow up, and you promised..."
The snowy wind was very cold, and Fu Zhao's eyes hurt even more from the blow, but his upbringing did not allow him to cry casually.
He could only raise his head stubbornly and turn around.
After a long time, Yu Nianchu only replied, "Children's words are unbridled."
People can change. Fu Zhao has always understood this. He can accept and adapt to the unpredictable people in the officialdom.
Every time when he was most tired, he could always think of his little childhood sweetheart. She was like the little sun, always in Fu Zhao's heart.
Those letters and visits again and again, even after three years, have not wavered in the slightest.
It's just...becoming someone else.
He clenched his fists, and before Yu Nianchu left, he said with all his strength, "Chu'er, tell me, how can we go back to the past?"
"As long as you say it, I am willing to do it, even if you change my concept, change my mind!"
He said firmly, but Yu Nianchu smiled calmly.
"Okay, aren't you the Minister of Dali Temple? Reexamine my mother's unjust case for me, find the real culprit, and bring him to justice!"
"If you can do it, I will promise you anything!"
"But, can you? Or, will you?"
The result was just as she expected, there was only silence in the answer.
She knew early on that Fu Zhao would not make the decision for her, so she had no intention of expressing this unreasonable idea.
It's just that Fu Zhao is pushing hard, so she can only make him give up.
Finally, Fu Zhao struggled to open his mouth, as if he had spent all his energy in this life.
"Chu'er, I'm sorry...I can't..."
That incident involved many people. Behind him was his family, his relatives, and... the future he had earned through hard study.
If you take even one wrong step, you will be in danger.
"Perhaps you're right... seagulls and fish don't follow the same path."
He sat down on the stone bench, as if he had lost his soul.
Yu Nianchu didn't intend to stay any longer. She turned around and was about to leave. Unexpectedly, the dark blue money bag in her sleeve fell out at an inappropriate time.
She was a little stunned. Didn't Ayun put this purse in the drawer of the dressing table?
Why did it go into my sleeve again?
She knelt down and was about to pick it up, but Fu Zhao snatched the purse first.
He was already sad enough, but the moment he saw the pattern on the money bag, he could no longer control his emotions, and tears and anger were vented at the same time.
"Yu Nianchu!! You lied to me, didn't you?"
He stepped forward in an instant, held her shoulders and shook her desperately, "You are talking about being on the same path but having different paths! It's obvious that you have someone else in your heart!!!"
"This is His Highness the Prince's purse, I've seen it before!!"
"You hold me so close to me. Do you think you have a prince in your heart? That's why you are so heartless to me!!"
"Say it! Tell me! Tell me!!!"
She was shaken so hard that she pushed Fu Zhao away decisively and said angrily, "Whether there is or not, even if there is, it has nothing to do with you!"
At this time, a certain black figure lying on the roof was stunned.
