You rascal, stop right there!

The streets of the capital are bustling with people.

Especially in the surrounding areas, there are numerous study rooms, painting studios, restaurants and snack shops.

This place is many times more prosperous than Baiyun City and Zhengzhou City.

Bai Wan looked at the snacks around him with great interest and ran around excitedly.

It was so fast that he didn't even notice the person behind him.

As soon as he got out of the cell, Bai Wan ordered his new younger brother Zhang Pin to act as his lackey, and then he packed some buns and biscuits into big bags and bought a lot of them.

"This! This! And this!"

……

Someone filled up the bag with rice, flour, grain and oil as if he was ordering from a menu.

Ling Shumo looked at this man and felt dazed.

It seems that just looking at his mottled back in the pouring sunlight makes me happy.

On the other side, Bai Wan, completely unaware that he was being followed by eyes, continued to behave strangely.

He leaned over to Zhang Pin's ear and said, "Xiao Zhang, remember to give all these to the homeless beggars in the suburbs."

"What if you don't give it to me? Hehe!" He bared his teeth viciously, "I'll beat you so hard that your father won't even recognize you, let alone the antidote!"

Zhang Pin was so angry that he didn't know what to do. Seeing that this person looked so good and kind, but was actually two-faced, he wondered how could there be such a scoundrel in the world!

He had no choice but to follow the instructions, pack up his things and tell the other servants to help transport them away.

At this time, Bai Wan walked to Ling Shumo's side and said softly: "I'm sorry, Brother Zichen. I need to set some rules for my new little brother."

This man is truly a genius, as he could take the person who teased and imprisoned him as his younger brother.

Ling Shumo frowned slightly, then looked at Cai Jiang, who was smiling earnestly beside him.

"Are you his younger brother too?"

After Cai Jiang learned about Ling's identity as one of the masters of calligraphy and painting, she was so excited that she burst into tears and almost asked for his calligraphy on the spot.

This question made him even happier: "Yes, I am the hundredth little brother that Brother Bai has recruited in Zhengzhou City."

"Master Ling!" He said sincerely, "I see that you have a good relationship with Brother Bai. Are you also his younger brother?"

The other side suddenly fell silent.

Cai Jiang noticed that the man looked strange, so he asked tentatively, "Could it be that Brother Bai is your younger brother?"

Unexpectedly, the expressions of the people around him looked even more strange.

Bai Wan smiled bitterly: "How can Brother Zichen be my younger brother? I am not his younger brother! He, is..."

Ling Shumo listened carefully and stopped talking, as if he didn't want to miss every word this person said.

"He is my half-brother! Much closer than you!"

The person opposite him widened his eyes, holding tightly in his hand the white lotus jade pendant that he had never taken off for the past few months, and felt heavy in his heart.

Seeing Ling Shumo's strange expression, Bai Wan felt something was wrong and said softly:

"You Jiang Si'er, why don't we go to Wa Zi another day!"

"Oh! Some other time!" Cai Jiang was dumbfounded as she could no longer understand the order to expel the guest.

So he pretended to have thought of something, bowed, and ran back.

While running away, he did not forget to say that he would visit Ling Shumo in Shangshu Mansion next time. He is truly a fool who admires the Saint of Painting.

Bai Wan couldn't help but ask privately when he saw the man leave: "Brother Zichen, were you angry just now?"

When Ling Shumo heard the words "closer than brothers", he realized it.

When I gave him the white lotus root jade pendant, I’m afraid this person had no idea what it meant!

The man frowned, not knowing whether he should be angry or not.

"I... didn't..." Ling Shumo glanced sideways, pursed his lips, and pretended to be indifferent.

Bai Wan looked at him and felt that Ling Shumo was a little strange.

This person is saying no again.

That must be anger!

Before this person could say anything, the person on the other side immediately asked:

"Why do you recruit followers everywhere? Zhang Pin wanted to sell you out, but you also recruited him? Cai Jiang was a flattering villain, but you also recruited him?"

Even he himself didn't realize that some smells could be smelled hundreds of miles away...

Bai Wan’s first reaction was: It turns out that Brother Zichen is standing up for me!

It's shameful for a boss to be betrayed by a man like this. It's a loss of face and really embarrassing.

But if he didn't have so many younger brothers when he was in Baiyun City, he would have been badly beaten to a pulp with his mediocre skills.

Recruiting younger brothers has become a survival instinct.

"I've already kicked Zhang Pin's ass! Jiang Si'er isn't a bad person! You don't have to worry about me."

Ling Shumo listened to this explanation, his eyes flickered and he shook his head helplessly.

Obviously, Bai Wan was not puzzled at all, because he deliberately ignored the absurd possibility in his heart.

The entire street was very busy, and even the crowd deliberately avoided these two people who looked extraordinary in their elegance.

The owner of the sugar shop named "Shisanxiang" was surprised to see two handsome men coming. He quickly asked his daughter to raise the curtain quickly.

"Brother Zichen!" Bai Wan smiled slyly, "Do you want to eat some sugar cake?"

If you want to eat, just say so directly. Why do you have to ask him?

Ling Shumo looked at him and laughed.

The man opposite had curved eyes, turned around and walked to the man's daughter, took out a few coins and started to calculate.

"Little girl, how much is one of these candies?" Bai Wan smiled brightly, and his handsome face looked particularly attractive.

The little girl in yellow clothes who was selling white sugar cakes across the street blushed and said timidly, "Five cents, one!"

"How much?" Bai Wan's smile became even brighter.

"Then... three cents each!" She pursed her lips and looked aside, not daring to look at him.

Bai Wan frowned slightly, then looked into the girl's eyes shamelessly, and the temperature on her face rose a little more.

"One...one penny!" the little girl said finally unable to resist.

……

"No... I don't want money. Just give it to the young master..."

……

"Thank you. I'll give this to you in exchange for candy!"

Bai Wan readily put the small yellow flowers she had just picked from the roadside on the table, and then took away the candy box.

The little girl was still holding the little yellow flower, completely unaware that she had been cheated.

……

On this side, Bai Wan took the candy box and walked towards Ling Shumo with a carefree pace, "Here, it's free! Do you want to eat it?"

He felt that Brother Zichen was probably angry just now, so he had to please him.

Ling Shumo who was standing beside him couldn't help but admire this man. With such a charming face, he must have cheated many people with this method in the past.

He took the sugar cake with a mixture of laughter and tears. He really underestimated this man before.

Bai Wan watched the man eat slowly and politely, with a gentleness that was really unbearable.

It's just a candy, but you eat it so... so elegantly and beautifully...

This is a sincere contrast to my own messy appearance!

cough!

Seeing this, he asked, "Brother Zichen, you once said that we grew up together as childhood sweethearts. When did I start liking white sugar cakes?"

"Actually..." Ling Shumo suddenly recalled something from long ago, "When I was a kid, I loved eating candy and my teeth got damaged. You snatched my white sugar cake and never let me eat it again."

He was slightly startled, and later realized that the man was actually afraid that he would damage his teeth again.

As a result, this person got addicted and couldn't stop eating the sugar cake.

Oh?

Bai Wan chuckled: "It seems that we all had good memories in the past. I suddenly hope that I can remember them soon!"

Ling Shumo looked at him, nodded, and said silently in his heart: Except for the year your parents died and the six months you were missing, they are indeed all beautiful memories.

That blank six months six years ago...

In a trance, I heard Bai Wan sighing beside me: "I have entered the palace examination and lived up to your expectations. Over the past few days, I have kept every painting and every letter you have given me to encourage me."

"Brother Zichen!" Bai Wan put her hand on Ling Shumo's shoulder with a smile on her lips.

"I just arrived in Beijing and have no place to live. Can I live with you?!"

Ling Shumo only felt that the shoulder that this person was holding was a little hot, and that temperature warmed up the past few months of separation...

After being stunned for a moment, his body couldn't help but tense up.

"Do you think the inns in the capital are too expensive and want to save money?" he asked quietly.

Bai Wan smiled at him cheekily: "My parents gave me life, but my brother Zichen is the one who knows me best!"

Looking at this hearty smile and words that were almost free of any impurities, Ling Shumo truly experienced what a heart-wrenching blow meant.

He looked at the man, raised his lips slightly, and spoke in a long tone:

"good ---"

The person on the other side nodded contentedly, then whispered slyly: "Well, but you have to charge me half price!"

"good ---"

"Then I will stay here until the end of the palace examination! If I don't have enough money, you can't ask for my debt!"

"good ---"

Ling Shumo had never known that someone could be so shameless as to do this.