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Su Tianrui burst into laughter, "Haha, I haven’t seen you in a year, and your aim with throwing things has gotten worse. How could you miss such a big target like me? It’s truly embarrassing!"

However, before he could finish laughing, another inkstone flew straight at him. His eyes widened as he hurriedly dodged, but though he avoided the inkstone, he failed to evade the wet ink still inside it.

Looking at the clusters of black ink on his brand-new clothes, Su Tianrui’s face almost turned green, "Xia Zheng, this is my favorite outfit, specially worn for a stunning debut in front of the young ladies! You owe me a new outfit!"

Xia Zheng rolled his eyes, feeling instantly better after his outfit was ruined, "I’ll compensate you, compensate you. There are so many here, take your pick."

Giving a disdainful glare at the robes Xia Zheng carelessly tossed onto the table and chairs, Su Tianrui threw down a harsh sentence and stormed off, "Who wants your old clothes! Pink ghost!"

Pink ghost?

Dong Qing was both curious and puzzled. Just as she was about to ask, she saw her young master’s face turn green again.

At the street corner, a carriage quietly waited by the roadside. As Su Tianrui approached, Yaner leaned close to the carriage and whispered softly, "Miss, the Second Young Master has returned."

Almost simultaneously with the voice, Su Qiuyu couldn’t wait to lift the carriage curtain. However, upon seeing that only Second Brother arrived, the light in her eyes immediately dimmed.

"Second Brother, where is Brother Zheng? Is he still behind? Why hasn’t he come? Let’s wait a little longer for him."

Seeing the eager little face of his sister, the speech Su Tianrui had prepared all the way suddenly became impossible to utter a single word.

Seeing Second Brother hesitate, how could Su Qiuyu not understand? Yet she still refused to accept it and asked repeatedly, "Did Brother Zheng not get up yet? Or has he not had breakfast? No worries, no worries, let’s wait for him a bit longer, there’s still plenty of time."

"Little sister," Su Tianrui truly could not bear to see his sister like this and interrupted her firmly, "Xia Zheng is sick and will not enter the palace today. You should go into the palace earlier."

Since the words had been spoken, Su Tianrui also laid out the rest of it. It was better to get the long pain over with than a short pain; it was better for his sister to forget her obsession sooner.

"Not only today, but tomorrow, the day after, and in the future, he won’t go into the palace with you.

Let go of this hope. Little sister, how many times has Second Brother told you?

Xia Zheng has no romantic feelings for you, so stop fantasizing.

Look at you now, what has this obsession done to you?

Little sister, listen to Second Brother, let it go, and stop clinging. "

"No!"

Su Qiuyu interrupted Su Tianrui, her normally gentle eyes now filled with determination, almost screaming out, "Second Brother, don’t you understand?

Marrying Brother Zheng has been my dream since I was little.

I’ve dreamed of marrying him! Why are you asking me to give up?

What right do you have to ask me to give up?

Don’t you remember? Every time we played house as kids, I was always Brother Zheng’s bride! "

Su Tianrui shook his head and sighed, "If you remember those things, then you shouldn’t have forgotten that every time you cried and made a fuss about being Xia Zheng’s bride, he always ran away without a trace.

Little sister, stop being so fixated, you and Xia Zheng will never happen, you just aren’t. .."

"No!" Su Qiuyu was huffing and puffing heavily, throwing down the carriage curtain with a swipe, which blocked her view from Su Tianrui. However, from the muffled sound of her speech, Su Tianrui could still tell that his little sister had not given up.

"Second Brother, don’t say anymore. Marrying Xia Zheng has been my dream since I was a child, and I will absolutely not give it up. Even if it means taking a long journey or paying a great price to realize this dream, I am willing."

After she spoke, the carriage started up, and the sound of its wheels slowly drifted away.

Watching his little sister’s carriage fade into the distance, Su Tianrui sighed with pain in his heart and forlornly mounted his own carriage.

Lin Yuan had a date with Xia Zheng to stroll through the night market and view the lanterns that very night, and she began selecting various outfits from the moment she got up.

First, she tried on the ready-made clothes she had bought, then she tried each outfit sent by Princess Anle, one by one.

Despite all being beautiful, she felt unsatisfied with each as she put them on.