Chapter 164: You

He listened to Feng Qingyang's question.

Qiao Sheng looked at him and said, "Grandpa, Shi Yun and the others have improved a lot compared to before, they're doing well, you don't need to worry. As for Shi Ren, he came to my house last night; I still don't know him well, but from what I see he's a polite child."

Hmm.

Feng Qingyang also thought Shi Ren was a polite child, not much better than Shi Jin.

Qiao Sheng stayed a while longer chatting with Na Lan Ruo Lan before leaving; when she came out, she saw Shi Lin still standing outside and, surprised, said, "Do you have nothing to do?"

Shi Lin replied bluntly, "I do, but I have something to tell you first; I plan to speak before getting to work."

"What do you want to tell me?"

Qiao Sheng asked, meeting Shi Lin's gaze.

He couldn't possibly be doing it because she said last night that she was not convinced and had thought of a countermeasure, so…

He was thinking.

Shi Lin began to speak.

"It goes like this: I find Shi Jin and Shi Ren to be rather troublesome, so I decided to send An Liu and An Shi to you. They can protect Shi Jin and the others, and also protect you. Any task you can't handle, you can have them do. If there's something they can't solve, you can have them come to me."

So that's how it is.

"Fine!"

Qiao Sheng agreed.

Shi Lin had thought he would have to persuade Qiao Sheng to agree, but she was so straightforward.

"I'm leaving."

"Let's go, let's go."

Qiao Sheng waved her hand, looking as if she wouldn't let him leave.

This woman really didn't want to talk to him!

Shi Lin hummed and left.

Qiao Sheng twitched the corner of her mouth and thought, "Why is Shi Lin humming? He's the one sending people, not because I begged him, so why should I thank him?"

There is no door!

This way.

After finishing his chat with Qiao Sheng, Feng Qingyang walked toward the classroom where Xiao Shitou and the others were, having already arranged Shi Ren's seat and even stuck a name tag on the desk.

In their class, each row has three long tables, with two children per table; previously there were eleven students.

Two rows are seated, leaving one empty spot.

When Xiao Shitou arrived, it perfectly filled two rows.

When Shi Jin came, a separate table was added for him at the back.

When Shi Yun came, Shi Jin initially sat with him, but later couldn't stand him, so Feng Qingyang gave Shi Jin his own table.

In other words,

Now the third row has two tables with two empty seats.

Feng Qingyang hasn't returned to the Imperial Capital for a long time; he doesn't know how Shi Jin gets along with his brother, only assuming they're close as real brothers, so he arranged for them to sit at the same table.

When Shi Jin entered the classroom and saw Shi Ren's name tag on a desk, he was completely upset.

Shi Ren is so terrible.

If he sits next to him.

He'd have to keep harassing him all the time!

Shi Jin originally wanted to ask Qiao Sheng for an extra table, but when he turned back and saw Shi Ren looking at him with a half‑smile, he couldn't help recalling what Qiao Sheng had said.

He tightened his grip, walked to a stool, sat down, set the book box down and took out its contents one by one.

Shi Ren's eyebrows twitched; is this still the Shi Jin he knows? Even sitting next to him, he remains so calm.

He slowly sat down, imitating Shi Jin's manner, taking some books from the box onto the desk and placing others into the drawer beneath.

All set.

He hung the book box on the wall beside.

Shi Jin ignored Shi Ren the whole time, casually picking up a book and flipping through it.

Shi Ren, like Xiao Shitou and the others, took a book and read it earnestly.

Shi Jin bit his lip and also began reading, but because he doesn't study hard, he couldn't recognize many characters.

"You're still the same as before."

(End of chapter)