I failed again

Chapter 308 Shen Qinglun

Mo Country, Liangcheng

A carriage was moving slowly along the wide and busy street.

In the carriage, Song Shujing lifted a curtain with his slender jade-like fingers and looked outside.

There are shops on both sides of the street, and many vendors are setting up stalls. They are shouting hard, and some people coming and going are in a hurry, while others stop in front of the stalls to look at the goods in their spare time; children are laughing and playing among the crowd.

The scene in front of him, full of the breath of life, made Song Shujing a little dazed.

When he was a child, he was very naughty. He often sneaked out of the house to play without his mother's knowledge. He wandered around the market and watched people fighting cocks and crickets, which he found extremely interesting.

After a day of fun, he would always be caught by his mother. But as long as he acted like a spoiled child, his mother was helpless and could only warn him angrily and helplessly that she would punish him if he sneaked out again.

Every time after being warned, he would behave himself for a few days, but that was only the first few days. He would then run away again, come back and be warned again, and this cycle would repeat itself over and over again.

In fact, if he really wanted to go out and told his mother, she would not disagree. However, he just liked to sneak out without telling his mother, avoiding all the servants in the mansion. He thought it was more fun this way, as if he was playing hide-and-seek with his mother and she never noticed it once.

At that time, he was secretly proud of himself because he was able to sneak out without being discovered by his mother every time and he felt that he was really awesome.

But later, he found out that his mother knew every time he sneaked out of the house, but just because she saw he was happy, she kept playing with him. However, she still sent people to follow him secretly, for fear that he would encounter unexpected accidents while outside.

Unfortunately, when he found out, his mother was no longer around.

The mother who would play childish games with her son, who would send people to secretly protect her son when he sneaked out of the house, and who would wait in the house for her son to return home after playing enough is gone.

Afterwards, the Marquis's Mansion fell into the control of the stepmother's wife. He was trapped in that small courtyard and was not allowed to go out. Only occasionally, when invitations to banquets were delivered to the Marquis's Mansion, requesting him to attend the banquet by name, would his stepmother reluctantly let him go to the banquet.

"Tanghulu, five cents a string..."

The hawking sounds beside his ears called Song Shujing back from his thoughts. He looked at the scenery outside the window and thought to himself that he had become more and more sentimental recently and kept thinking about the past.

Song Shujing sighed in his heart, lowered the curtains, and withdrew his hands. As a result, when he turned his head, he met Mo Hanqi's gaze. He didn't know how long the other party had been looking at him.

Mo Hanqi didn't feel the embarrassment of being caught peeking at him at all, he just continued to look at him.

The two looked at each other for a long time. Finally, Song Shujing couldn't bear it anymore and was the first to shift his gaze to the car curtain. Well, this car curtain looked pretty good.

When Song Shujing lifted the curtain and looked outside the car, Mo Hanqi's attention was always on Song Shujing. He saw that Song Shujing seemed to be lost in memories, and his expression changed from happiness and joy at the beginning to sadness.

When he was wondering what Song Shujing was thinking about to make him sad, Song Shujing suddenly lowered the curtains and turned around, and his eyes met his.

Mo Hanqi looked at Song Shujing's surprised yet calm expression, and inexplicably wanted to see how long Song Shujing could pretend to be calm, so, although he was about to look away, he did nothing and just stared at Song Shujing.

Seeing that Song Shujing couldn't help but look away to look at the car curtain, Mo Hanqi looked at Song Shujing's profile and raised the corners of his lips in a good mood.

I was so shy that I couldn't help but want to do something excessive to him to see how he would react.

I can try it tonight. I have been enduring it these past few days in order to hurry on my way. Now that we are in Liangcheng, I don’t have to worry about Song Shujing getting tired from the journey.

While Mo Hanqi was thinking, Ye Yu's voice came from outside the carriage, "Master, we're here."

Hearing this, Mo Hanqi looked at Song Shujing and said, "Get out of the car."

After saying that, he reached out for Song Shujing's hand, carefully helped him get off the carriage, and then led him into the mansion in front of him.

Mo Hanqi took Song Shujing to the main courtyard and said to him, "You will live here with me from now on."

Hearing this, Song Shujing clenched the hand that was not being held, and said, "Live here together?"

Why do we have to live together? Do other families also have male lovers living in the same room with their own, eating and living together?

Could it be to facilitate that matter?

The more Song Shujing thought about it, the more he felt it was possible. He sighed inwardly, fearing that he would not have much time to rest.

Because his stepmother's son, that is, his second brother, kept many male favorites in the mansion, Song Shujing had a certain understanding of the status of male favorites. He knew that the task of male favorites was to serve the master, and as long as the master wanted, they had to follow the master's wishes at all times.

But understanding does not mean that he can do this kind of thing without any scruples. After all, in the past seventeen years, he has been trained according to the standards of a noble son, and for a while he can't get over the hurdle in his heart.

But he had no choice. Song Shujing looked up at Mo Hanqi. The other party now held the power of life and death over him. He could only try his best to overcome the hurdle in his heart and serve the other party well.

Otherwise, if the other party is unhappy, you will be the one who gets hurt.

Song Shujing's mind was full of thoughts, but he just nodded and said, "Okay, I'll follow your arrangements, Master."

Mo Hanqi looked at Song Shujing, who was lowering his head and saying obediently that he would follow his instructions. He reached out and rubbed his hair, thinking to himself, he is so obedient, which makes me want to bully him even more.

"You've been tired from traveling these days. Take a good rest first. I'll go out to take care of some things and come back at noon to have lunch with you." Mo Hanqi said.

"Okay." Song Shujing replied.

After Mo Hanqi turned and left, Song Shujing slowly raised his head and began to carefully look at the layout of the room.

His eyes first fell on the window opposite the door. There were exquisite patterns carved on the window frame. The sunlight poured in through the translucent window paper, forming patches of mottled light and shadow.

Then, his eyes moved to a large carved bed placed against the wall. It was covered with a soft quilt and pillows embroidered with exquisite patterns. The bed curtains were made of lavender silk, fluttering gently, as if carrying a hint of mystery. There was also a small bedside table next to the bed, on which was placed a bronze oil lamp and a yellowed book.

Then, Song Shujing saw the table and chairs in the room. The table was made of high-quality wood, with a smooth surface like a mirror and fine lines carved around it; the chairs were equipped with thick cushions and looked very comfortable. On the table, the four treasures of the study and some unfinished manuscripts were neatly placed.

Finally, his eyes stopped at a treasure house in the corner of the house. There were all kinds of antiques and treasures on display in the treasure house, including crystal clear jade, colorful porcelain, unique wood carvings, etc., each of which exuded a unique charm.

Song Shujing came to the bed, took off his outer robe, and lay down on the bed wearing only his inner clothes.

He had been traveling these days and had spent most of his time in the carriage, which was shaking, so he was indeed a little tired.

Song Shujing closed his eyes and fell asleep.

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As soon as Mo Hanqi left the main courtyard, he walked along the path to the back yard. As soon as he entered, he saw his second junior brother Shen Qinglun lying on a rocking chair in the yard, basking in the sun. He disliked the glare from the sun and covered his face with a book.

Next to Shen Qinglun's rocking chair, there was a flowerpot with a green flower in it.

"Senior Brother is here?" Shen Qinglun heard the familiar footsteps and asked leisurely while lying there without moving.

"Yeah." Mo Hanqi responded, "You are so leisurely and leisurely, lying here and basking in the sun."

"My flower wants to bask in the sun, so I moved the rocking chair out to accompany it." Shen Qinglun said, "But, Senior Brother, is there something you want to do by using this flower to lure me over here?"

Originally, he was planning to go to Ling Country to find Yan An, but halfway there, he received a message from his dear senior brother, saying that he had found the Biluo Flower he had been looking for, so he quickly turned around and went to Mo Country to find his dear senior brother.