Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 208 Cry for help

"Just think of practicing calligraphy." Li An shrugged.

Although the words were spoken easily, Li An did not dare to delay. After Desheng packed up his things and said hello to a few people, he left first.

Minglan looked at Li An's leaving figure, her heart full of apologies.

She knew that Li An was distracted in class because of what she said before.

Li An didn't know what Minglan was thinking. He went home and had lunch. He didn't even bother to take a nap, so he went directly to the study and started reading.

It wasn't until Desheng reminded him that it was time to go to the academy that he packed up and went out.

The Sheng family house is not just a house. The old man of the Sheng family originally bought two smaller houses around it and renovated them.

The Shengjia Academy is actually the front yard and middle yard of the original courtyard on the left.

There is a corner gate in the middle courtyard of the school that connects to the garden, and the garden connects to the backyard of the Sheng family.

"Don't think nonsense, we are still young, we will talk about some things later." Li An said quickly.

In the end, I had no answer.

Minglan was stunned, then raised her head and looked at Li An in surprise.

Back from Sheng's house, including on the way here, Li An was wondering whether he liked Minglan or not.

"My handwriting is ugly, it's just that I don't want to write better than the fifth sister." Minglan muttered.

This is the survival rule she has figured out over the years.

This question is indeed a bit profound for him, who has been single for two generations.

Li An was startled when he heard this, looked at Minglan with a trace of pity, and said: "Miss Six, you don't have to feel guilty. I heard that the food you cook is delicious. If you really feel guilty, next time you have a chance, give it to me." Let me make two dishes to try."

"Yeah!" Minglan nodded as if she understood.

Although her handwriting is not very good, it is definitely not ugly either.

"Brother Ziqian, I'm sorry." Minglan apologized.

It’s just that Mo Lan often teases Ru Lan with her calligraphy. If her calligraphy is better than Lan and Ru Lan is laughed at by Mo Lan, it will be easy to take his anger out on her.

Li An still thinks it's better to let nature take its course. Minglan is still young after all, and her liking for him is probably due to gratitude.

Minglan breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Li An walking in. Except for the servants here, Li An and Qi Heng would usually go to the academy from here. She was afraid that Qi Heng would be the first to come, which would cause Qi Heng to misunderstand. Oh no.

Li An felt soft and said with a smile: "Forget it, your handwriting is so ugly, can you imitate my handwriting?"

If Minglan is still interested in her in two years and he hasn't met anyone who makes him understand what 'like' means, let's think about this issue again.

"Are you here just waiting for me to come and say sorry to me?" Li An asked.

"Well, I'm really sorry that my brother Ziqian was punished by copying books. How about I copy some for you." Minglan lowered her head and pinched the hem of her skirt and said.

On weekdays, the girls from the Sheng family go to the school from here, which is a different route from Li An Qiheng and the others.

But Li An really likes to see Minglan's smile that comes from the heart.

However, when Li An entered the Sheng family and headed to the academy today, as soon as he stepped through the archway between the front yard and the middle courtyard of the academy, he saw Minglan waiting there.

Li An heard a sound of footsteps coming from behind and said quickly: "It seems that Yuan Ruo is here. You should leave quickly."

Minglan nodded and hurried away with Xiaotao.

"Zi Qian, who were you talking to just now?"

Qi Heng walked over, took a look at the place where Minglan disappeared, and said doubtfully: "I just seemed to hear the sixth sister's voice."

"You must have heard wrong. Why is Miss Six here?" Li An said.

"Did you hear that correctly?"

Qi Heng wondered if he had been thinking about Minglan's reaction after receiving the letter, so he had hallucinations. He didn't think much about it. He looked around, approached Li An, and whispered: "Zi Qian, Sixth Sister I received the letter, is there anything else?"

"No." Li An shook his head. Qi Heng was a little disappointed when he heard this.

Li An saw his look and advised: "Yuan Ruo, I gave the letter to the sixth girl yesterday. She must have read it after so long. There is no response now, which means she has no interest in you at all. You should give up."

"I will never give up if my sincerity leads to success." Qi Heng said firmly.

"As you wish."

Li An shrugged and said nothing more.

……

Hurrying slowly, Li An finally finished copying the "Book of Rites" within the time specified by the Master.

During class this morning, Li An gave the book he had copied to Zhuang Xuexue.

Xuexue Zhuang checked it over, gave Li An a few words, and then continued his lecture.

…………

Entering late autumn, the weather basically changes every day. As soon as December enters, snowflakes begin to fall in Bianjing.

Overnight, it was covered in silver, as if the world had changed.

Li An came to the school, shook off the snowflakes from his body at the door, and walked in.

As soon as I entered the school, I felt a sense of warmth. Several braziers had been lit in the school.

As expected, Sheng Changbai was the first to arrive. Li An greeted him, came to his seat, untied his cloak, handed it to Desheng and sat down.

After Desheng took out his books, pen, ink, paper and inkstone, he took out the anthology he had just bought two days ago and started reading.

After a while, Qi Heng walked in.

"Yuan Ruo, isn't the old lady of the Marquis of Xiangyang's birthday celebrating her birthday today? Don't you have to go and pay her respects?" Li An looked at Qi Heng and asked with some surprise.

A few days ago, Princess Pingning also sent a post to the Sheng family, inviting Mrs. Wang to attend a birthday banquet at the Marquis Mansion in Xiangyang.

Li An heard Ru Lan and the others talking about it in school.

Today, even San Lan asked for leave to go to Xiangyang Marquis Mansion to attend the birthday banquet with Madam Wang.

The current Marquis of Xiangyang is the cousin of Princess Pingning, and the person who passed away is the aunt of the same clan as Princess Pingning.

It's really strange that Qi Heng, the grandson, doesn't go.

"The provincial examination will be in a few months. Academics are the most important thing. I have asked my mother to apologize for me." Qi Heng said.

Hearing this, Li An knew that there might be some secret involved. Seeing that Qi Heng was unwilling to say anything, he didn't say anything more.

After the first class in the morning, Li An put on his cloak and went out to the latrine.

As soon as I came out of the hut, I heard an anxious cry.

Li An frowned slightly and walked in the direction where the shout came from, all the way to the corner gate of the middle courtyard connecting to the garden.

The shouts came from the garden.

Li An stopped. The garden is connected to the inner house and is where the female family members hang out.

It's freezing now, so it's unlikely that the female members of the Sheng family will go out to the garden to play, but as a foreigner, it's still inconvenient for him to enter.

Otherwise, it will inevitably lead to gossip.

However, just when Li An was about to leave, he heard the content of the shout clearly. Without any time to think, he opened the corner door and ran in.

Li An ran desperately in the direction of the sound, but because of the snow, even if the snow on the road in the garden was swept away, the road was still slippery, and he almost slipped down several times.

After running through a cobblestone path surrounded by rockeries, the scene in front of me suddenly became clear.

I saw a woman dressed as a maid calling for help at the edge of the pond not far away.

(End of this chapter)