"Nian Yun, the rain is getting heavier and heavier. I will hold an umbrella and send you back." Chen Shaoan issued an invitation from under the carriage.
Su Nianyun looked away and glanced behind him silently.
Chen Shaoan also turned around and saw Chunhua, Xia Yue and others coming out holding umbrellas.
"Princess, I have kept you waiting for a long time..."
Chunhua put the umbrella under the eaves of the carriage, allowing Su Nianyun to successfully get out of the carriage.
Xia Yue's umbrella immediately followed, and then helped Su Nianyun get out of the carriage.
The two escorted Su Nianyun into the house, but did not pay attention to Chen Shaoan, who was waiting outside to show his attentiveness.
When Su Nianyun stepped into Tingfeng Courtyard in the early spring rain, Chen Shaoan also stepped in.
Su Er and Su San, who were guarding the gate, wanted to throw them out, but Su Nianyun waved to them.
She wiped away a few strands of hair that were messed up by the rain, but these few actions already made Chen Shaoan's eyes look straight.
He didn't know why, but when he saw Su Nianyun at this time, he always thought of the poem "Rain hits Begonia".
Before going to the academy to study, he felt that Su Nianyun was prettier than before.
Now if I look carefully, the woman in front of me still has the dark and cowering shadow in the palace.
Now Su Nianyun has turned from an ugly duck into a white swan. These... are all the changes brought to her by marrying into the Chen family!
Inexplicably, Chen Shaoan still felt proud inside.
If he hadn't married Su Nianyun out of the palace, how could she have had the chance to change so much?
If Su Nianyun knew what he was thinking at the moment, giving him two big slaps would definitely be indispensable.
"The southwest courtyard is locked, but you can live in another courtyard. What are you doing with me?" Su Nianyun asked Chen Shaoan.
Chen Shaoan woke up from his dream and apologized piously, "Nianyun, it was all my fault in the past."
"How about you give me another chance, give us another chance?"
Su Nianyun said disdainfully, "You have gone back and forth and apologized to me not just a hundred times, but ninety-nine times... which time did you really do it?"
"When you turn around and Zhou Yao waves to you, you still want to go to her arms."
"No, it won't happen. I swear, this won't happen again."
Chen Shaoan promised, "Zhou Yao has been using me from the beginning to the end. She is different from you. You are the one who loves me wholeheartedly!"
Su Nianyun's eyes were not moved at all, "So, I love you with all my heart, but you use me with all your heart?"
"Zhou Yao wholeheartedly uses you, but you love her wholeheartedly?"
Su Nianyun mocked, "You are the one who does everything the other way around, right?"
"That's right. That's the kind of person you are. Otherwise, you would cheat in the examination room, which would make the Chen family unable to hold their head high in Beijing, or even be expelled from the eight major families."
Facing Su Nianyun's ridicule, Chen Shaoan looked sad and muttered, not knowing how to explain it.
"I admit that I was really obsessed and did so many wrong things, but Nianyun, I really know that I was wrong..."
Su Nianyun shook his head, "You always just say you are aware of your mistakes, but you have never taken any actual actions."
"Forget it, go ahead and find a way to rescue your Zhou Yao. You are the right ones. I wish you will stay together forever."
"Nianyun, you keep saying that I won't take action, but I will show you this time."
After a while, Chen Shaoan made up his mind and said, "Jing'er will be gone soon, and I haven't even had the chance to write a family tree for him."
"Tomorrow I will call the uncles in the clan to come over. After I give Jing'er a genealogy, he will be my..." son!
"No need!" Su Nianyun looked at Chen Shaoan coldly, "Do you think it makes sense to do such a thing at this time?"
"Yes, I really don't mind if the child has my last name."
"I mind!" Su Nianyun shouted loudly, "Don't pretend to be in love with me here, I mind if my child has your last name!"
Chen Shaoan's eyes widened, "But Nianyun, the child always needs a father..."
"This is Su's child. His surname is Su and his name is Su Jing. He has nothing to do with your Chen family."
"Besides, you have your own children, and none of your biological children are on the family tree. Why are you thinking about my children?"
"No, no, didn't Chen'er lose it? That's why..."
"Do you believe this explanation?"
Su Nianyun snorted coldly, "Your child was over a year old when he was not lost, and I didn't see you giving him a genealogy. Don't use the lost child as an excuse for your incompetence!"
"Nianyun," Chen Shaoan's voice was painful, "What on earth should I do to make you believe that I have really changed?!"
He cheated in exams and completely lost his reputation. People outside laughed at him, ridiculed him, looked down upon him, and even made trouble for him.
It was Su Nianyun who spent all his money to help him atone for his sins and get him out of prison.
He didn't believe that Su Nianyun really had no feelings for him.
Now, he has cut off his career in the army and the road to the imperial examination. As his mother said, he must hold on to Su Nianyun tightly for the rest of his life in order to live a worry-free life.
His mother didn't know about his relationship with Li yet, so he wanted to take this opportunity to win back Su Nianyun.
Chen Shaoan always had an inexplicable sense of self-confidence, and he believed that Su Nianyun was angry with him.
As long as he lets her vent her anger, he believes she will tear up the book and come back to him.
"You asked for my forgiveness, but you asked me what to do?"
Su Nianyun stretched out her hand to drive her away, "Go away quickly. You can think about how cool it is. Don't make me upset when I see you here again!"
After that, Su Er and Su San pushed the person out, and then closed the door with a bang.
"Nianyun, Nianyun..." Chen Shaoan shouted a few more times outside, and finally turned around and left unwillingly.
The carefully prepared oil-paper umbrella fell to the ground and no one cared about it anymore.
Chen Shaoan rushed to the old lady's room covered in rain.
On a dark rainy day, the old lady's knees ached and she had been lying in bed to recuperate.
Suddenly seeing Chen Shao'an rushing in covered with rain, Wen's mother hurriedly stopped him.
"Uncle, you should change your clothes quickly because you are wet. The old lady is suffering from leg pain due to the humidity!"
Chen Shaoan was so angry at Su Nianyun that he had nowhere to vent his anger, when Wen's mother stopped him, and he immediately pushed her away.
Wen's mother staggered as she was pushed, but she didn't say much, only her face looked a little ugly.
As Chen Shaoan went to his mother's bed, he took off his wet robe and threw it aside.
"Mother, I really do everything you tell me now, but Nianyun never changes his mind about me. What should I do?"
The old lady's legs were in severe pain and she had no energy to begin with. Looking at her eldest son who always failed to lead the way, she finally understood that she had overestimated her eldest son's mind in the past.
He really has nothing but his skin. No wonder a woman like Zhou Yao can handle him easily.
"My silly son, things can't be solved overnight. You always think that Su Nianyun will forgive you right away. How is that possible?"
"But, when I had private meetings with her in the palace, sometimes I made her angry, so I just calmed her down, right?" Chen Shaoan was puzzled.
Wen's mother lowered her head to the side with a sarcastic smile on her face.
The old lady said, "At that time, Su Nianyun liked you."
"She tolerates you because she likes you. Even if you make her angry, she will not really be angry with you, so you can always coax her easily."
"But..." the old lady said earnestly, "Today is different from the past. If you have exhausted her love for you, you will naturally not be able to coax her anymore!"
"Alas," Chen Shaoan sighed and sat down helplessly, "Then, what should I do?"
"Didn't I say, let her fall in love with you again and stay with you!" If possible, the old lady would like to take her third son home who is studying abroad.
She has a sense of confidence that the Chen family can be managed better than the eldest son and the second son if it is left in the hands of teenage children.
"Mom, I understand the truth, but how should I do it specifically?"
The old lady felt pain in her legs. She knew that the pain was definitely not due to cold and dampness, but because she was angry with Chen Shaoan.
After a while, she looked at Wen's mother and said, "My legs hurt so much, come and teach An'er..."
Wen's mother then asked, "Uncle, what did the princess say the most to you when she rejected you?"
Chen Shaoan recalled, "She said I was all talk and no action, but I had already decided to put Jing'er on the family tree. What else did she want me to do?"