The prince has been pestering me endlessly!

As soon as Chen Tianci's health improved, he got up early in the morning, slipped out from the back door of the Chen residence, and went back to his private school.

He came early, and none of the students arrived. Only Mr. Cen was sorting out the things needed for the lecture in the private school.Seeing Mr. Cen, Chen Tianci hurried forward and bowed his hands in salute, "Master, the students are being polite. I have been ill for the past few days and have been lazy in my studies. Please punish me, Master."

"Heavenly gift." Master Cen saw him, pointed to the chair in front of him, and told him to sit down, "I happen to have something to tell you, you should sit down first."

Chen Tianci sat down respectfully, as if listening carefully.

Mr. Cen thought for a while before opening his mouth, "There is still half a month until this year's county exam. I have already decided to recommend Xiang Dong to take the exam, but you..." Mr. Cen paused for a moment, and deliberately looked at Chen Tianci's expression Only then did he continue to speak, "You have forgotten too many things. I am worried whether you will be able to pass this exam, so I am very hesitant to report your name together."

"Master." After Master Cen finished speaking, Chen Tianci replied solemnly, "Please allow me to participate in this year's county examination."

Mr. Cen couldn't bear to meet his clear and firm gaze, but he still expressed his thoughts, "Tianci, you have worked very hard recently. However, learning should be done step by step. Besides, the county exam is held every year, I think Maybe it's better for you to take the exam next year."

"In the next half month, I will definitely work harder on my studies." Chen Tianci patted his chest, but still replied firmly, "I hope to be able to take the exam, and I ask my master to help me."

"If you fail the exam again..." Mr. Cen added worriedly.

It is said that the reason why Chen Changping is heartbroken every time he mentions the children's test is because Chen Tianci and Lin Xiangdong have participated in the children's test since they were 12 years old, and they have not even passed the first county test in the children's test for three consecutive years.Later, the two of them became too old to stay in the private school, so they began to evade the exam in various ways. As time passed, Mr. Cen didn't bother to recommend them to take the exam.

This time the two of them changed their minds and the prodigal son turned around, Mr. Cen saw it in his eyes, and while he was relieved in his heart, he naturally hoped that the two of them could pass the county test, wash away their shame and feel proud.It's just that Chen Tianci, the one of the two, had forgotten all the things he had learned before because of an accident. Now that time is running out, the chance of passing the exam is really not high.

Mr. Cen was thinking about it, but he heard Chen Tianci follow his words and replied, "I failed the exam this year, and I will take the exam next year."

"Then listen to what Master said, wouldn't it be better to wait until next year to take the exam?" It was Lin Xiangdong who came in from the outside and heard the conversation between the two, so he couldn't help interjecting.

After walking in, he bowed to his master first, Lin Xiangdong looked at Chen Tianci, his face was still a little pale, it was obvious that the wind and cold had not healed before he came out.

Thinking of the difficulty of Chen Tianci's study these days, Lin Xiangdong couldn't help but feel distressed, and continued, "It's still half a month, no matter how hard you try, it's useless. If you fail the exam after working so hard, those children in the capital will not know it by then. How can I laugh at you?"

"I don't understand." Chen Tianci looked at him sternly, not wavering at all because of his words, "I study hard and take the exam hard, so what is there for them to laugh at?"

Lin Xiangdong was stunned for a moment, unable to reply a word.

"I understand." Master Cen looked at Chen Tianci with a smile and nodded, "I will sign up for you."

Chen Tianci couldn't help being overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed to Master Cen, "Thank you Master for your success."

The students entered the school one after another, and Chen Tianci and Lin Xiangdong returned to their seats and sat down.

Lin Xiangdong took out his own notebook and handed it to Chen Tianci, "This is the note you asked me to take. I wrote down everything my master taught me in the past two days."

"Great!" Chen Tianci took the notes, his brows brimming with joy, and he didn't say much. He immediately opened the notebook and read it quickly, hoping to finish it before the teacher gave a lecture, so as to keep up with today's homework.

Lin Xiangdong looked at his serious look and was moved with emotion for a long time.

"Almost forgot." He patted himself on the head suddenly, and said to Chen Tianci who didn't turn his head to look at him, "The county examination is on February [-]th, which happens to be the day after your birthday. From this point of view, I'm afraid your birthday will be bad."

Chen Tianci replied indifferently, "Isn't it just the birthday? But that's okay."

"This is your birthday." Lin Xiangdong reminded him aloud, "Birthday is a big day for adults. If you don't want to make arrangements, can your parents agree?"

Hearing this, Chen Tianci, who was immersed in his studies, raised his head, "Daddy's place is easy to handle, but what about mother..." After he pondered for a while, he looked at Lin Xiangdong, "After school, accompany me to the market Would you like to take a stroll?"

Naturally, Lin Xiangdong would not respond to a friend's request.After school was over, he led Chen Tianci to the market near the private school to buy things.

Chen Tianci took a look at the sky and went straight into a jewelry store without hesitation, and told the boss that he wanted to buy a jade hairpin.

The boss knew that they were two sons from the way they were dressed, so he naturally enthusiastically took out all the best jade hairpins in the store.After looking at it for a long time, Chen Tianci picked out a green jade hairpin and asked the boss, "How do you sell this hairpin?"

The boss stretched out two fingers and replied with a smile, "This young man has good eyesight. This hairpin is of good quality, but it is not expensive at all. It only sells for 20 taels of silver."

When Chen Tianci heard this, he put down the hairpin, pulled Ah Ding over and asked him, "Ah Ding, how much pocket money do I have?"

Ah Ding took out his pocket, took out two taels of silver and a few copper coins, "Young master, your pocket money is three taels of silver a month. You have spent all of last month, and this month is going out with Miss Zhang's family." It took some time, and the rest is here..."

Chen Tianci silently took the money from Ah Ding's hand.Originally, I planned to give my wife the remaining pocket money for this month, but right now I don't even have the money to buy hairpins.

"Boss, I only have two taels of silver. Do you have any cheaper jade hairpins?" Chen Tianci turned to the boss, and asked in a pitiful low voice.

The boss was stunned for a moment, and finally replied with a smile, "Yes, yes. You are right to come to us, young master. We have all kinds of jewelry in our store. Come here with me."

The three followed the boss to another cabinet, only to see the boss took out a row of hairpins and put them in front of Chen Tianci.This row of hairpins is obviously much inferior to the hairpins I saw just now. Chen Tianci chose carefully for a while, and finally took two to ask Lin Xiangdong for his opinion, "Xiang Dong, which of these two hairpins should I choose?" ?”

"Ah..." Lin Xiangdong swallowed his yawn, squinted his eyes and looked at the hairpin in Chen Tianci's hand, "I think they are similar, is there any difference?"

"Of course there is a difference." Chen Tianci looked at Lin Xiangdong in disbelief, "these are obviously two styles, but I like both styles quite a bit. You see, the color of this one is brighter, but the end of the hairpin is a little flawed. This one Well, the color is more emerald green, but it looks a bit dull. Sigh... I'm really confused, which one do you think is better?"

"Ah..." Lin Xiangdong sighed with him, "You really look like my sister when you shop. There are only five jewelry stores on Yonghe Street. She can waste an afternoon visiting five stores just to pick out earrings. A decoration. I see you look like this, you are much better than her!"

"Hmph!" Chen Tianci snorted at him, "You don't understand girls at all."

These words immediately made Lin Xiangdong laugh, "I don't understand, do you understand?"

"I..." Chen Tianci stopped in time, ignored Lin Xiangdong, just turned around and handed one of the jade hairpins to the boss, "I want this one, please wrap it for me, boss."

After buying the hairpin, Chen Tianci happily held it by himself without Ah Ding touching it.

Seeing him like this, Lin Xiangdong couldn't help but smirked, "Tianci, you choose gifts so carefully, but you want to give it to a girl you like? Which girl is it? It won't be the girl from the Zhang family, right?"

Chen Tianci shook his head, "Give it to my mother."

Lin Xiangdong was stunned unexpectedly, "Heavenly gift, why didn't I know that you are still a dutiful son?"

Chen Tianci raised his lips and smiled, "My mother is so kind to me, so why not give her a gift to make her happy."

The two were chatting and laughing, but they didn't notice a tall figure rushing towards him obliquely from behind, knocking Chen Tianci to the ground with a powerful force.Before Chen Tianci could cry out in pain, the jade hairpin in his hand had already come out, fell to the ground from mid-air, and broke into two pieces.

Seeing him fall, Lin Xiangdong quickly knelt down to help him.Unexpectedly, Chen Tianci burst into tears in pain, but he threw off his hand immediately, lying on the ground and shouted loudly, "Leave me alone, stop that person, and let him pay for my hairpin!"