In the novel "Joy of Life," the protagonist wakes up at Li Chengze's residence.

Ye Ling'er had already opened her mouth, wanting to say something to "advise" her and Fan Xian to break up.

But then she felt that this wasn't quite right. So she closed her mouth again and swallowed her words back down.

The three were lost in thought. Tao Jingyang looked at Lin Wan'er sitting in front of him and remembered the "charges against the eldest princess" that Fan Wujiu had brought at noon.

Actually, when she finished reading the list of crimes, Tao Jingyang felt somewhat relieved.

After all, the charge made no mention of Lin Gong, nor of the assassination attempt on Niulan Street.

Tao Jingyang secretly thought: [I guess Fan Xian also wants to take care of Lin Wan'er's feelings.]

There are very few people in this world who are truly good to Lin Wan'er, and Lin Gong is one of those "very few people".

Ah, the child has finally grown up... and now he knows how to consider the feelings of those close to him.

I sincerely hope that he didn't mention it because he ran out of space on that piece of paper...

In short, the eldest princess is bound to fall this time.

No one was injured or killed this time, and Teng Zijing is alive and well.

Why must we fight to the death with Wan'er's own brother?

But when Tao Jingyang turned around, he carefully considered Lin Wan'er's words.

He couldn't help but shake his head slightly: "This Miss Wan'er really doesn't trust Li Chengze."

Thankfully, Li Chengze left early; otherwise, hearing that his sister trusted outsiders more than him... he probably would have had another sleepless night.

Thinking of this, Tao Jingyang decided to say a few good words for Li Chengze:

“Miss Wan’er, actually your second cousin is a very good person, he doesn’t have that many bad intentions.”

"It's clear that my second cousin is quite different from before."

Lin Wan'er recalled what she had seen today and had a general idea of ​​what was going on.

She couldn't help but recall the past, when her second cousin had a gentler demeanor than he did now.

"Second cousin, you used to treat me very well." Lin Wan'er suddenly said this.

Tao Jingyang neither confirmed nor denied it, but simply smiled.

Lin Wan'er changed the subject and asked Ye, who was sitting upright, "Ling'er, if you had to choose, what kind would you like?"

The latter was startled and replied, "How can I make that decision myself? I still have to listen to my father and mother." Ye Ling'er lowered her head.

"What if you could choose for yourself?" Tao Jingyang chimed in.

"If I could choose for myself..."

She remained silent for a long time, thinking for a long time but still couldn't figure it out: "I don't know, I feel like everyone is pretty much the same."

"They're all pretty much the same?" Lin Wan'er repeated this sentence:

"It seems that there is nothing in Kyoto that Ling'er would even look at."

Tao Jingyang agreed and gave Lin Wan'er a thumbs up.

"Alright, you two, stop making fun of me..." Ling'er glanced at the sky outside and continued:

"I have to go. Wan'er, do you want to leave now? The capital has been quite unsettled lately. I need to send you back to your residence before I feel at ease."

Seeing that Ling'er was in a hurry to leave, Lin Wan'er thought that she had already achieved her purpose for coming today, so she went back with Ye Ling'er.

Tao Jingyang saw them off at the gate of the mansion. After the three said their goodbyes, she watched them board the carriage for their return journey.

Turning around, she saw Li Chengze standing quietly behind her, his arms crossed in front of his chest.

"What are you doing? You startled me out of nowhere." Tao Jingyang patted his heart.

He was still standing in the same spot, but it seemed as if his legs, hidden under his clothes, had subtly changed his standing posture.

This caused him to stand still and sway slightly.

"A guest has come to the mansion, shouldn't I come out to see him off?" Li Chengze's tone, like his personality, was rather somber.

"Send it off?"

Tao Jingyang turned to look at the gate of the mansion and said:

"Send them off? They haven't even seen you..."

Then, as if realizing something, he said half-jokingly, "Hey, Li Chengze, you're not angry and want to kick me out of the manor, so you've come all this way to see me off, are you?"

"So you know I'm angry? I thought you were heartless."

Li Chengze accused Tao Jingyang as he moved closer to him.

On the other side, Tao Jingyang quickly stepped forward to meet him.

After the two met, Li Chengze turned around and headed in the same direction as Tao Jingyang, walking together into the mansion.

Tao Jingyang put his hands behind his back, looked left and right, and then bumped into Li Chengze as if it were an accident, saying:

"What do you mean? Did you mean that His Highness Chengze heard it all?"

Li Chengze let out two snorts of laughter from his nose and continued his "yin-yang" act:

"Oh, so Jingyang knew I was eavesdropping? Then it seems those words he just said were deliberately meant for me..."

Tsk tsk tsk, tell me, my "family background" isn't very good...

He turned his head to look at Tao Jingyang, and after meeting her gaze, he bent forward slightly and muttered to himself:

"What are we going to do about this? It's so difficult."

He shook his head as he spoke, looking as if he were deep in thought.

"Wan'er and Ling'er meant well; who else would tell me these things?"

"As the second brother, you should be more magnanimous; she's your own sister."

Tao Jingyang grabbed a handful of grass that was passing by, getting some green sap on his hands, and wondered what he should use to wipe it off.

"Oh, so this is Wan'er and Ling'er, right?" They're calling each other so intimately.

Li Chengze felt his sleeve being grabbed and looked down.

Good heavens, Tao Jingyang was tugging at his sleeve to wipe his hands.

[Li Chengze]: ......

He noticed Tao Jingyang's actions but didn't say anything, letting her wipe the clothes.

While wiping his hands, Tao Jingyang said, "You get jealous of everything... How come you can't even tell the difference between men and women when you're jealous these days?"

Just as she was about to say something to coax this "stingy guy," Li Chengze spoke up, his voice deep and his tone serious:

"I will not make you my concubine, and I will never marry anyone else."

Tao Jingyang suddenly stopped walking.

Of course, it was neither out of gratitude nor out of doubt.

She supported Li Chengze with one hand, then bent down, took off her shoes, and shook them upside down:

"I just got sand in my shoe."

......

After emptying the sand, he put his shoes on, dusted off imaginary dust from his hands, and strode forward.