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Qingyun Hall.

"Big brother." Jiaxing trotted in and threw himself on Zhu Zhanji.

"Why are you here all of a sudden, little girl?" Zhu Zhanji quickly put down the book in his hand and hugged his sister.

Jiaxing said pitifully: "Big brother, you haven't played with me for a long time. I missed you, so I came to find you."

"Oh, actually, brother misses us in Jiaxing too. Can I play with you for a whole day today?" Zhu Zhanji thought that he had not played with his sister for a long time.

"Really?" Jiaxing was so excited when she heard that Zhu Zhanji could accompany her for a day earlier that she almost jumped up.

"Well, whatever you want to play today, brother will accompany you."

"Great, let's go." Jiaxing said as he prepared to pull Zhu Zhanji out.

Zhu Zhanji let her pull him.

"What do you want to do in Jiaxing?" Zhu Zhanji asked his sister after coming out.

"I want to go to the tower."

"Why do you want to go there?"

"They all said I was too young and wouldn't take me, but I wanted to see what the tower looked like."

"Well, today whatever you say is what it is."

"I knew that big brother is the best." Jiaxing danced with joy.

Zhu Zhanji laughed too when he saw his sister was so happy.

The two siblings came to the top of the city wall. The little girl got so tired halfway up that she asked Zhu Zhanji to carry her up.

"You've gained weight." Zhu Zhanji said breathlessly. This girl has gained a lot of weight compared to last year.

"I'm growing." It's true that girls can't stand hearing people say they are fat since they were young.

"Yes, we're here." The little girl was not even as tall as the city wall, but Zhu Zhanji still held her in his arms.

It was my first time in Jiaxing. I held onto the city wall with both hands and looked at the scenery outside. "Wow, is this outside the palace? I haven't even been there. It's so beautiful here and there."

"This is still within the palace. If you go out of the palace, it's still a long way. You can go out and play when you grow up." Zhu Zhanji said, "Want to go out of the palace to play? You are still too young now. When you grow up, your brother will take you out to play."

"When will that be? The grandmothers in the palace also said that when I grow up, I will have my own princess mansion and can live outside the palace forever. Will it be the same as in the palace? Can I play with my brother anytime?" Jiaxing asked naively.

Zhu Zhanji suddenly felt that the wind on the tower was too strong. "When Jiaxing grows up and has her own princess's mansion, she won't live in the palace anymore. My brother will stay in the palace. But you can come back anytime you miss me."

"So, brother will stay in the palace forever?"

"That's right."

"Does my brother like the palace?"

"This is home. It doesn't matter whether you like it or not. You will stay here for the rest of your life."

"My brother is so pitiful."

"Little fool, we are already a rare blessing in this world. This is the palace that everyone in the world desires."

"No matter what, I want to grow up quickly so that I can go out. My second brother said that there is a lot of fun outside the palace."

"Jiaxing doesn't like the palace?"

"It's okay when my father, mother and brother are all here, but I don't like it very much when I'm bored, and I haven't been outside the palace. I'm so curious, big brother, didn't you go out all the time? Is it really fun outside the palace? The lantern you gave me last Lantern Festival was so beautiful. When can I go to the street market to see the lanterns?" Jiaxing said longingly.

When Zhu Zhanji heard her mention the Lantern Festival that year, he also remembered that time when he and Shanxiang...

"Brother, why are you in a daze?" Jiaxing saw that his brother didn't speak for a long time.

"It's okay. Wait two years and I'll take you to see the lights, okay?"

"Really. Of course."

"Okay, it's almost time for us to get out. I'll take you back." Zhu Zhanji was afraid that the wind on the city wall was too strong and he would catch a cold if he was exposed to it for too long.

"Ok."

On the way back, Jiaxing did not let Zhu Zhanji hug her again, and the two walked hand in hand on the palace road.

"Brother, I heard from them that my sister will come to the palace in a few days and will become my sister-in-law in the future. Is that true?"

"Don't listen to what they say, your future sister-in-law is not one of those people."

"That's great. I was worried that my brother would have a sister-in-law and he wouldn't be able to play with me anymore."

"How could that be? A brother is always a brother. Even if you have a sister-in-law in the future, it will just be one more person who plays with you and loves you."

"Really? Will my sister-in-law like me in the future?"

"Our Jiaxing is so cute, who wouldn't like her? Your sister-in-law will definitely like you."

"Is my sister-in-law among these sisters?"

"No."

"why?"

"Your sister-in-law doesn't want to enter the palace yet."

"I see. It must be because it's too much fun outside the palace, so my sister-in-law doesn't want to come yet. She will come when she's had enough fun."

"What if that sister doesn't want to do it?"

"Oh, my brother is so pitiful."

"Pfft," Zhu Zhanji couldn't help laughing when he heard his sister say that he was pitiful.

"Does my brother like that sister very much?"

"I don't know about this, brother." Zhu Zhanji was suddenly asked such a question, and he didn't have a clear answer for a while. Do you like her? At first, he just thought Shanxiang was a lucky star, and then he approached her for a purpose. It's not like, what does it feel like to like her? In his previous life, he doted on Sun. Was that love? I thought so before, but now I think it's not. After all, he had more than one lover in his previous life.

"How could I not know? I like such a simple thing."

"Is it that simple?" Zhu Zhanji thought. How would a child know what liking is?

"It's very simple. For example, I like sweet-scented osmanthus cake, so I don't like other cakes. Even if they look better than this one, or taste better than this one, I still like it. I will miss it if I don't eat it for a few days. I can share the ones I don't like with others, but I can't share the ones I like. Isn't this what love is?"

After hearing this, Zhu Zhanji thought to himself, yes, liking someone means that no one can compare to her, no matter how good other people are. I will miss her when they are not together, I will consider her feelings, and I will be afraid that she will get hurt. Shanxiang said that she did not want to enter the palace, so I let her go. If it were someone else, he would have forced her long ago. No wonder he dislikes other people.

"Yes, my brother likes that sister." Zhu Zhanji admitted after thinking it through.

"Do I like my brother?"

"This...it seems like maybe she doesn't like it?" Zhu Zhanji guessed based on Hu Shanxiang's reluctance to enter the palace and her behavior.

"Brother is so useless." Jiaxing laughed.

"What do you know, little girl?"

"Brother, you won't ignore me all this time, right?"

"But she doesn't like the palace? Why would I look for her?"

"I don't like the palace, but it doesn't mean I don't like you as a person. Did she say she doesn't like you?"

"It seems not?" Zhu Zhanji tried hard to recall.

"So what is it about the palace that she doesn't like? Is there any way to change it?"

"There should be." Zhu Zhanji said uncertainly.

"Then brother will give it a try."

"What you said makes sense." Zhu Zhanji had his Ren and Du meridians opened by his own sister.