Chapter 306: Have You Never Been to School?
But Han Yan’s antics indeed made Su Xingyan emotionally troubled for several days, making him more irritable than before, and he didn’t allow anyone to come within half a step of his courtyard. Even Han Yan, who originally lived in Su Xingyan’s courtyard, was ordered by him to move to a more remote one.
Ever since Han Yan found out that Su Xingyan had fallen for Han Jing, she knew he would eventually tire of her. So she didn’t resist; she obediently packed her things and left. Her life was now in Han Jing’s hands, and she couldn’t afford to offend Su Xingyan, which was quite difficult for her.
Soon, it was Lantern Festival time. In Nanyao Country, the Lantern Festival is a very grand occasion. The nighttime lantern party is a magnificent annual event. Nanyao Country doesn’t impose such strict constraints on women, especially on the Lantern Festival. Families don’t restrain them at this time. So, during the lantern festival, quite a few young men and women tend to go out in pairs for some fun.
There was a palace banquet today, and Su Yaogeng went into the palace. Han Jing didn’t want to follow, so she stayed back at the mansion. An Chuxue heard about the lantern festival outside and was eager to go. She persuaded Han Jing for a long time and finally convinced her to take the three maids out with her.
Han Jing had been here for a while but hadn’t seen Hanjing City this lively before, let alone An Chuxue.
So at first, Han Jing, who thought it was a bit dull, soon started playing the childish game of wearing masks and guessing riddles with An Chuxue.
Unfortunately, both she and An Chuxue were kind of half-baked when it came to literature. She grew up at an overseas base, and even when she returned home later, she didn’t have the time to cram literature, so she basically knows nothing about it and can’t even recite a full poem. An Chuxue is a surgeon, from a family of doctors, and was instilled with the idea of becoming a doctor from a young age. So, naturally, she was biased towards science and hopeless at literature.
So now, the two of them together were quite a joke, not even recognizing all the words on the riddles, let alone solving them.
They wandered around seven or eight stalls and couldn’t solve a single riddle correctly, even Mu Jin and the others couldn’t bear to watch them anymore.
Since it was rare for them to come out to play, Han Jing simply waved Mu Jin and the others off to play on their own, arranging to meet them at a specified spot within two hours.
Mu Jin was initially worried about following Han Jing, but Han Jing said she brought Youyou along, so Mu Jin felt at ease and went off with Dongbao and Bo He to have fun.
That left Han Jing and An Chuxue, who continued tirelessly trying to solve lantern riddles they had no hope of getting right.
"Pfft—did you two never go to school?" Just as Han Jing and An Chuxue were frustrated from yet another wrong guess at a lantern riddle, a clear and pleasant laugh came from beside them.
Han Jing looked over and saw a handsome young master who appeared to be eighteen or nineteen years old.
An Chuxue also glanced over, then turned to Han Jing and mouthed, female.
Han Jing and An Chuxue were having a great time, so when they suddenly got mocked for never having attended school by a girl disguised as a man, they had to retort: "So what?"
The handsome young master laughed, "Ladies, if you don’t mind, may I help you with your guesses?"
Han Jing and An Chuxue shook their heads simultaneously, "No need!"
We’re just playing for fun, you know?
Then the two of them turned around simultaneously and ignored her.
The handsome young master was puzzled, "Hey, I was just trying to help out of goodwill, why don’t you appreciate it?"