“When was that? How come I don’t know?
Sun Jin thought he was with Song Si every day, and he knew every move and action of Song Si, but as a result, Song Si was engaged to another girl for life, and he didn’t notice it at all.
Song Si was so preoccupied with the matter of going to the Duke of Ding’s residence that she didn’t have the heart to deal with him, “I have something to do, you should go back first.”
Sun Jin also knew that he shouldn’t be disagreeable at this time, but he was like a cat scratching his heart, he couldn’t bear not to ask the result.
“Just tell me whose girl it is and I’ll go.”
“Miss Xiao of the Ding Guo Mansion.”
“Ding ……”
Once again, Sun Jin’s eyes almost stared out, unbelievably circling Song Si three times.
Dizzy from his spinning, Song Si pushed him away and lifted her steps to walk outside, “You can go now.”
Sun Jin followed him out of the house and watched him go to Song Wangyue’s house, but he was still dazed. He raised his hand and punched his head a few times, trying to recall what Song Si had done these days. No matter how I thought about it, I couldn’t imagine how Song Si had met the young lady of the Ding Guo Mansion.
“Young master, young master ……”
The young man from the Sun family ran upstairs with a smile on his face, “Master has asked you to return.”
“What’s wrong?”
The boy looked at the scholars inside the inn and leaned close to his ear to say something, Sun Jin turned around and was about to go to Song Si when the boy pulled him back, “The man who came said that only you are allowed to go there alone, young master, go now, the messenger is still waiting. ”
With that, he dragged Sun Jin down the stairs in a hurry and went back to the inn where they were staying.
Master Sun was talking with Mr. Xu’s young man.
When Sun Jin entered, the boy immediately stood up with a very respectful attitude, “Sir Sun, Mr. Grand has asked me to invite you over.”
Even though he had just heard from his own servant, Sun Jin still didn’t dare to believe that the Grand Master would specially have someone come to his door to invite him over?
“Originally, it was the old gentleman who wanted to invite you over, but he is not feeling well these days, so he has replaced it with Mr. Big.”
The boy lied without changing his face.
Master Sun was already bursting with joy, feeling that smoke was once again rising from his ancestral grave, “Jin’er, quickly, quickly, I’ve already had a gift prepared, you should go over with this little brother.”
Sun Jin was a little hesitant, it was a rare thing to get guidance from a great gentleman, he had always dreamed of it, but he couldn’t leave Song Si behind, it would be too ungrateful.
Looking at his expression, Master Sun knew what he was thinking. He also knew that it was not good to leave Song Si behind, but it was Mr. Big’s decision and they could not make it.
“Why don’t you go now, don’t keep Big Sir waiting.”
He used the word “Mr. Big” with great emphasis, reminding Sun Jin not to be confused at this time, for with Song Si, they could go and make amends afterwards, and then give him the instructions from Mr. Big. But if they offended Mr. Big, I’m afraid they wouldn’t be able to get a foothold in the capital in the future.
Sun Jin also knew what was at stake, so he gritted his teeth and arched his hand towards the boy, “Thank you.”
Master Sun let out a sigh of relief.
After leaving the inn, he got on the carriage and followed the Xu family’s boy’s carriage all the way to the place, and when the carriage stopped, Sun Jin lifted the curtain and realised that it wasn’t the Xu residence!
The Xu family’s boy had gotten off the carriage and walked over, “Mr. Sun, please come down.”
“This is ……”
“Oh, this is Mr. Big’s mansion outside, he usually comes over to stay for a few days when he has nothing to do.”
Looking at the slightly dilapidated mansion in front of him, Sun Jin was puzzled but got off the carriage to follow him inside.
The inside of the mansion was similar to the outside, also slightly dilapidated, and there was no one to clean it up.
The boy led him to a small courtyard and stood outside the door to report, “Sir, Mr Sun has arrived.”
“Invite him in.”
Hearing the voice of the Grand Master, Sun Jin’s slightly hanging heart fell back, as he had almost thought that someone had tricked him into coming here under the guise of the Grand Master’s orders.
Sun Jin walked in with his head bowed and saluted, “I see you, Sir.”
Mr. Big’s voice sounded much kinder than last time, “There are no outsiders here, take a seat.”
Sun Jin thanked him and was just about to sit down, when he coldly saw that there was someone else in the room, he was so scared that he hurriedly sat down again, “Learn, student see, see ……”
The first time I saw him, I didn’t take a good look at him, but now I think Sun Jin is even more handsome than Song Si, not to mention that his family has money.
“Greetings, First Lady.”
Huo smiled and nodded, “Have a seat.”
Sun Jin’s heart pounded a drum and he sat down apprehensively, his body straight, hands on his knees, eyes on his nose and nose on his mouth, not daring to look up.
“I heard that you came thirteenth in the assembly exam.”
Huo spoke.
Sun Jin hurriedly stood up and replied, “Thanks, thanks to the old man’s guidance.”
“Sit down, there are no outsiders, no need to be so formal.”
“Thank you, Grand Mistress.”
Sun Jin sat down again in a formal manner.
Huo gave a wink to the Grand Master, who stroked his beard and asked, “Who else is in your family?”
“In reply to Mr. Big’s words, I am the only son in my family.”
Huo was more than satisfied.
Mr. Big asked many more questions, and Sun Jin answered them all.
Hearing that his family was more affluent than he had thought, Huo nodded towards Mr. Big.
Mr. Big coughed and changed the subject, “I have a granddaughter called Ling’er, she is fifteen years old this year, smart, pretty and lovely, knows how to read and write, she is not yet married, I want to betroth her to you ……”
Boom!
Sun Jin’s mind was a loud noise, he could not hear anything that the big gentleman said afterwards, only the sentence “I want to betroth her to you” echoed in his mind.
His family was well-off and had reached the age of marriage negotiations. The family’s threshold had been broken by matchmakers, but his father had not agreed.
The Sun family thought that one day when he became an official, he would marry a daughter of an official family, which would help him in his future career. But he did not dare to think that one day, Mr. Big would betroth his granddaughter to himself.
Seeing that he did not respond, Mr. Big frowned slightly, but Huo could see that Sun Jin was foolish with joy and knew that this would be a success, so he breathed a sigh of relief without a trace.
The day Wen and Xu Ling’er were kicked out of the Xu family’s house and came to live in this shabby mansion, she hated them with a passion. After all, it was because they were not the real bloodline of the Xu family. If they had been Xu Qingwan and his children, the old man would not only not have kicked them out, he might have helped to make things happen.
She was worried that once the Xu Ling’er’s expulsion from the Xu family was known to outsiders, Xu Ling’er would not even be able to find a good home in the future. After thinking about it, she felt that she had to start with the students, so she dragged her frail body to kneel outside the ancestral hall with Mr. Big. After kneeling for half a day, she fainted, causing Mr. Big a lot of pain.
When he was released from the ancestral hall and rested for a day or two, Huo took the opportunity to say that he was going to marry Ling’er to a student.