The melody of the Titanics sinking echoed in Zhou Xuans mind, and he spoke in a sorrowful, slow tone: "At that time, my lover said to me with great effort, Zhou Xuan, promise me one thing. I agreed, promising her anything. She said you must survive, you will live for a long time, at least until you are 80 years old, and you will have many children. Remember my words, you must survive. At that time, my mind was very dull, as if it had also frozen, and I didnt understand what she meant by saying these things. Just then, her hand suddenly loosened its grip, and she slid from the edge of the ships deck into the sea. I cried out loudly, wanting to grab hold of her, but my hands and feet were extremely stiff, and after a few strokes, I couldnt move them anymore. I watched helplessly as she sank into the icy depths of the ocean."

  Thyme was already crying uncontrollably.

  Zhou Xuan said: "I originally wanted to die with her, but I thought of my promise to her to live a good life, so I struggled back to the edge of the wooden board, hugging it and drifting away. On the third day, I finally encountered a Tang Dynasty merchant ship and was rescued. At that time, I still tightly grasped the only things she left behind - a handbag and jeans. Xiaohui, dont you think Im always smiling and not like someone with a sad past? In fact, I am fulfilling my promise to live a good life, to live happily, so that I can be worthy of my fiancée who sacrificed for me. Xiaohui, do you think Im right?"

  "Okay!" Little Xiang suddenly buried her head in Zhou Xuans lap, as if to warm up Zhou Xuan, and hugged Zhou Xuans legs tightly, bursting into loud sobs.

  Zhou Xuan did not expect Xiao Huixiang to be so sentimental, and he was secretly sweating. He didnt deceive the young lady but deceived the maid instead. However, this maid was a bit too young, only thirteen years old, and he wasnt interested for the time being.

  Zhou Xuan pried open her legs, helped Xiao Huixiang sit up straight and said: "Stop crying, Xiao Huixiang. Go wash your face quickly. Your eyes will be swollen if you cry too much, it wont look good. Remember, dont tell Miss Qin about my business, or shell say Im a liar again."

  Xiao Huixiang wiped away her tears and said firmly: "Master Zhou, dont worry, if anyone dares to call you a swindler again, Xiao Huixiang will be the first to argue with them——" She paused for a moment, then continued: "Xiao Huixiang will definitely help Master Zhou."

  Xiao Huixiang left, Zhou Xuan poured himself a cup of tea and took a big sip. He had been telling stories for so long that he was very thirsty. He felt relieved in his heart, the efforts he made were paid off. Xiao Huixiangs view of him was completely restored, her last sentence meant to be a clever and brave matchmaker, matching Zhang Sheng with Cui Yingying.

  Zhou Xuan sat alone for a while, sorting out his thoughts from the past day. He felt that he had been struck by both a car accident and lightning to arrive in this world, which was even more miserable than "Titanic". Therefore, he needed to be more optimistic, just like what his non-existent fiancée said - he wanted to live happily and have many children.

  "Children? How can there be children if they dont enter the bridal chamber?" Zhou Xuan looked at the inner courtyard, Miss Qin lived in the east wing of the inner courtyard. But with Zhou Xuan here, Miss Qin had been closing her door and not coming out, it was really too humiliating, this face must be won back, one day he would make Miss Qin look up to him.

  My wife cant see it, so Ill go find my little brother-in-law to play with. That little guy was just riding a bamboo horse and running around excitedly.

  Zhou Xuan asked a servant woman: "Where is Young Master Xiao Di?"

  "My wife smiled and said: Tell Master Gugu, Young Master Xiaodi is doing his homework."

  Its good to bribe, this servant woman is more respectful to Zhou Xuan than to Qin Laoye.

  "Do homework? What homework?"

  Zhou Xuan walked into a small study on one side of the hall, pushing open the bamboo curtain and walking in.

  A small, dark wooden square table, a round stool with embroidered cushion, Qin Xiao Di sat on the round stool, her hands supporting her cheeks, staring at the chessboard on the dark wooden table, more than ten black and white pieces were arranged in a dog-tooth pattern in the upper right corner of the chessboard.

  "Huh? Xiaodi, you can play Go too? Whats going on, doing homework?"

  When Zhou Xuan saw the Go board, he became energetic. In college, he once played a chess friend for two days and two nights without sleep, playing 47 games. Zhou Xuan won 13 games clean, with one game worth 100 yuan, so Zhou Xuan won 1,300 yuan. The chess friend was completely dizzy by the end, and even an amateur 5-dan couldnt tell the difference between two eyes. But Zhou Xuan was still spirited. The chess friend said: "Zhou Xuan, to be honest, my chess skills are stronger than yours, but you little devil can grind, stay up all night and outlast me, you win!"

  Qin Xiaodi saw Zhou Xuan, pouted and said with a sob: "Brother-in-law, sister said that if I couldnt solve this math problem, she wouldnt let me play with toys. Ive solved it three times, but sister said I was wrong each time."

  Zhou Xuan glared and said: "Your sister is being too strict with you, shes ruining the countrys flower. Playing chess is supposed to be fun, but its no fun when youre forced to - Xiaodi dont cry, brother-in-law is here, brother-in-law will teach you."

  Zhou Xuan glanced at the dead-alive problem on the chessboard, smiled slightly, and thought to himself: "This is too easy for me, a strong amateur 4-dan player. Its just a pig mouth shape. This type of chess pattern has a key point; if White moves to that key point, its a narrow escape, otherwise, its a dead end."

  Zhou Xuan showed the change to Xiao Di, Xiao Di was very clever and understood at once, happily saying: "Then Ill go tell my sister." She went off excitedly.

  Zhou Xuan followed him out and saw Xiao Di entering Qins room. Then he heard the sound of chess pieces being knocked, Xiao Dis crisp voice, and Qins low voice. After a while, Xiao Di came out with a red face, saying loudly: "Brother-in-law, lets go play." With a slingshot in his left hand and a spinning top in his right hand, he was extremely happy.

  "Alright, brother-in-law will take you out to play." He lifted Xiao Di up with one hand and sat her on his shoulders, heading towards the front yard.

  The magpie in the room heard Zhou Xuan take her brother away, and only then did she lift up the bamboo curtain and walk out. She looked up at the tall pagoda tree and let out a long sigh. It was so suffocating to be cooped up in the room for an entire afternoon. That annoying guy had been hovering around her door the whole time. Alas, it was all because of her cousin. He had put her in such an awkward position. When would her cousin arrive? And how would she get rid of this person once he did? This person seemed to have plenty of money...

  Qin Que was lost in thought in front of the pagoda tree, unaware that Zhou Xuan had quietly returned with his flute, and Qin Que still underestimated the cunning of this scoundrel, falling for his trick of creating a diversion and luring Mei Li away from the house.

  Xiao Di is now Zhou Xuans partner in crime, and has long been instructed by Zhou Xuan to remain silent, allowing his sister to be stared at by Zhou Xuan until shes had enough.

  Qin Que was in a daze for about five minutes, and Zhou Xuan stood one meter behind her, watching her elegant hair bun, her slightly disheveled snow-white neck, and the curves of her waist and hips under her dress, completely enchanted.

  Qin Que let out a soft sigh, unable to understand what Zhou Xuan was really after. If it wasnt for money, could he actually want to marry her? Thats impossible, she didnt like this smiling, thick-eyebrowed and white-toothed guy at all. In her heart, there was only her older cousin.

  Qin Que turned around to go back to her room, but saw two people, one big and one small, standing still in front of her, almost bumping into them. This time she was really scared, even a gentle lady would scream, then she saw clearly that it was Zhou Xuan carrying his younger brother Xiao Di, and her heart was still "thumping" wildly.

  Qin Que was not an ordinary lady in the boudoir, she was a famous female doctor, who had experienced many storms while rescuing patients. She quickly calmed down and looked at her brother Qin Xiao Di with a hint of anger: "Xiao Di, what are you doing!" Completely ignoring Zhou Xuan, as if Xiao Di was not riding on Zhou Xuans neck, but floating in mid-air.

  Zhou Xuans eyes were fixed on Miss Qin, who was even more beautiful and pure than Bi Lin Qingxia. He said, "Xiao Di said she still wants to take the lotus lantern out to play, but its not night yet, whats so fun about the lotus lantern? Lets go." This time they really left.

  Two people went out of the gate, and Madam Qin hurriedly let Jia Ding come to Fu to follow and serve, but she was still worried about Zhou Xuan, fearing that this fallen prince was actually a child trafficker.

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