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  "I'm so fed up, can't you guys just let it go?" Lu Lin scrunched up his face and waved his hand in front of his nose. He didn't like reading books; his greatest wish was to take the martial arts exam, and one day wear a silver helmet and armor, hold a horizontal spear on horseback, and become a majestic and powerful general who protected his family and country, a great hero.

  Wu Xiang didn't think much of it, only smiled slightly and walked to Lin Shen's side, gently stroking his head. He said to Lin Jianrong, "Although that's the case, everything has a process of gradual progress. You can't swallow a big bun in one mouthful. You need to slowly tell him, let him absorb it through his ears and eyes, and after a long time, he will remember it in his heart and follow it naturally."

  Lu Jianyi appeared, Lin Jinyong felt uneasy and hated that he couldn't leave quickly enough. He lowered his eyes and said, "I know."

  Lu Xun impatiently said, "I'm saying, you guys aren't watching the play, why did you run out here?"

  Wu Xiang smiled and looked at Lu Jian: "Lu Erge is a bit depressed, I'll take him out for a walk." In fact, Lu Jian was so focused on playing chess that he forgot to pay his respects, and as a result, the men of the Lin family, including his grandfather, uncle, and cousin, surrounded him, teaching him that having talent was not enough, but also needed to be filial and have moral integrity, only then could he become a true gentleman. Wu Xiang couldn't bear it, so he spoke up and said it was his fault for dragging Lu Jian into playing chess, and then found an excuse to take Lu Jian out for some fresh air.

  Lu Jing laughed so hard her eyes narrowed into a slit: "Exactly, it's stuffy and noisy inside."

  Lu Xian glanced at Lu Jing, then looked away indifferently, her gaze drifting to the bamboo branches and leaves beside her. Her face showed neither joy nor displeasure, only a pair of deep, dark eyes like still water.

  As the first to be suspicious, Lin Jinyong immediately guessed the truth. She glanced at Lu Xuan and Wu Xiang quickly, then lowered her eyelashes.

  Are they going to be good friends again? In their previous life, Wu Xiang and Lu Duan were inseparable best friends, but later on, due to some unknown reason, they drifted apart. They even pretended not to see each other when they ran into one another. She had no idea what the reason was, but after hearing a few words from Lu Yun, she also felt that this wasn't good and wanted to mediate between them. However, Lu Duan wouldn't tell her the reason, and whenever she mentioned Wu Xiang, he would turn hostile towards her. One time, when they were admiring plum blossoms and drinking tea together in the snow, she saw that his mood was okay, so she mustered up the courage to bring it up. But Lu Duan suddenly turned red with rage, kicked over the tea table, and stormed off. All that was left was her, feeling wronged and tearfully staring at the scattered tea and broken porcelain.

  Then that night he didn't come back all night; then she didn't dare mention Wu Xiang in front of him again; then even when she met Wu Xiang and greeted him, it was secretly and quietly, not daring to let him know; then their only son died young, and his resentment towards her grew deeper; then he and she gradually drifted apart, and they couldn't talk anymore; then finally, he took her life! This friend, anyway, in the end, you can't succeed, so why bother doing it now?

  Lin Jinrong slowly raised his head and looked at Lu Lun with a bright smile: "Lu Wuge, take out that cricket of yours for me to see."

  Lu Xun, who was originally disheartened, immediately shook off his disappointment and said with a smirk: "Didn't you scold your seventh brother severely? What can this little cricket do?"

  Lin Jinyong said: "You've already taken a few strands of my hair, besides, you can't lose face in front of my seventh brother."

  "Alright, let's just keep our words credible." Lu Lun put down his foot and ordered a nearby servant, Chang An: "Bring it over!"

  Chang'an smiled and took out a cricket cage made of wheat straw from his waist, presenting it to Lu Zhen with both hands. Lu Zhen snorted and shook his sleeve, holding the cricket cage high, puffed out his chest and beckoned to the crowd: "Everyone come see my great general, this is not something that can be easily obtained!"

  Lin Shen's face turned bright red with excitement, and he tiptoed to pull Lu Yun's sleeve: "Give it to me! Brother Wu Lu, give it to me quickly!"

  Lu Xun pinched his cheek and said generously: "Take it!"

  "Fourth sister, what are you doing?" Lin Qi's voice rang out with a hint of obvious excitement.

  Lin Jinyong looked around, but only saw three younger sisters and Lu Yun with several maidservants standing not far away, staring at him with different expressions. The twins had a look of catching a thief, Lin Wu was pouting, as if blaming herself for not calling her. Lu Yun was smiling warmly, making people feel very comfortable.

  Lin Jinyong didn't bother to care about what they thought, and simply pointed to the cricket cage in Lin Shenzhi's hand: "Watching crickets."

  Several little girls walked over, barely holding back the shyness on their faces, pretending to be calm and courteous as they greeted Wu Xiang, Lu Jian and others. Then, in a flurry of chatter, they said: "Is that a mantis? Let me take a look." "What a big head! It must be quite fierce?" "Where did it come from?"

  Lu Xun was overjoyed: "Of course it's because of me."

  "It's really pretty, give it to me?" Lin Qi was the youngest among the Lin family girls and had always been the most spoiled and overbearing. Without waiting for Lu Xun's response, she snatched it from Lin Shen's hand and handed it to her maid with a smile, wanting her to put it away for her.

  Lin Shenzhi was in a great hurry and couldn't help but choke back tears as he said, "It's mine, it's mine." Then he tiptoed to snatch the cricket cage from Lin Qi's hands.

  Lin Qi's actions were nothing but a show-off, trying to make herself look superior among her sisters and gain attention. Seeing Lin Shen like this now, she felt a bit embarrassed and thought Lin Shen was really annoying. Parents are the children's backbone, Lin Qi had never taken him seriously as a small thing, so with one hand holding the cricket cage firmly and the other pressing on Lin Shen's shoulder, she gave him a hard push and scolded: "Obviously it belongs to Lu Wuge, how did it become yours? No discipline! Crybaby, get out of here!"

  Lin Jin stretched out his hand to help, but it was too late. Lin Shen fell backwards and sat on the ground, wailing loudly. In a moment, he cried so hard that he couldn't catch his breath. His pale face turned bright red like cinnabar. Lin Qi felt a bit anxious, while Lin Liu frowned and said: "Old Seven! How can you be so shameless? Your seventh sister just lightly pushed you, but it's worth your while to sit on the ground and cry out loud? At such a young age, you don't learn well and have no dignity at all. You're full of rascal energy!"

  "This was originally his cicada! As a sister, she quietly snatched the younger brother's cicada and still wanted the younger brother to be scolded and beaten. Not even allowed to cry? Whose family rules are these? Our Lin family has never been taught this way!" This is not the first time or the last time, Lin Jianrong had already forgotten everything around him, his face darkened with anger as he walked forward, pulled up Lin Shenzhi and hugged him in his arms. While wiping away his tears, he said in a low voice: "A man, such a big deal, is it worth crying about?" After Lin Shenzhi stopped crying, he coldly looked at the twins: "He may be small, but he is also your brother. You don't have to love him, but if you're wrong, you should apologize to him."

  The twins saw her with a dark face and a fierce momentum, completely unlike the gentle, quiet and timid one before, and couldn't help but feel a little intimidated. Lin Qi glared at her, pretending to be tough: "Fourth sister, you make it clear, who hit him and scolded him? Obviously he was taking advantage of his young age to be naughty! Besides, is that cicada his? Obviously it's Lu Wuge's. Are you relying on being a sister to act recklessly?"

  Lin Jian's eyes were cold as he glared at her, taking a step forward. She was more developed than Lin Liu and Lin Qi, half a head taller than them. With this height advantage, she pressed down on Lin Qi, who unconsciously took a step back, looking up at him and saying, "Do you dare to hit me?"

  To bully her younger brother, just step on her! Lin Jinyong clenched his fists and shook them in front of her, coldly saying: "Apologize!" If these twin sisters didn't know what was good for them, she wasn't afraid to publicly discipline them, leaving a bad reputation, this bad reputation was exactly what she wanted.

  There were servants who saw that things weren't going well and wanted to come forward to advise, but Lin Jinrong gave them a stern look and they retreated in fear. Li Zhi and Chun Ya also stood beside Lin Jinrong and Lin Shen without revealing any expression.

  Sisters fighting, completely ruining the image, and to make matters worse, it was her least favorite twin siblings. Lin Wu couldn't help but get angry, shaking her fan and helping to mediate: "Seventh sister, you're being too unreasonable! We all saw that you weren't being reasonable and bullying seventh brother! Sixth sister, you're also at fault for speaking harshly without distinguishing right from wrong, it's not the behavior of an older sister. Apologize quickly!" Then she smiled and went forward to coax Lin Shen: "Seventh brother, don't cry, fifth sister has delicious crystal cake, want some?"

  Lin Liu gave Lin Wu a hateful glare, then looked at the boys on the side and immediately put on a smiling face to mediate between Lin Jianrong and Lin Qi: "Forget it, forget it, it's just a misunderstanding. We all saw earlier that it was Eldest Brother Lu who brought it out, and he said it was his. Who knew he would suddenly give it to Seventh Brother without saying a word? We didn't know. Today is Grandmother's good day, let's just consider the matter settled among siblings. Why must Fourth Sister make our cousins laugh at us?" The words sounded pleasant, but the underlying meaning was that Lin Jianrong was being unreasonable and uncooperative.

  What's the use of just putting on a fake face? Can having a fake reputation be eaten as rice? She was too concerned about her reputation in her past life, that's why she suffered so much. Lin Jian Rong sneered: "Although Seventh Brother is young, he also has his own dignity. As an older sister, you don't give him any face, and you're not setting a good example for him. How do you expect him to behave in the future?"

  Lu Lun was already furious, and upon hearing this, she pushed Lin Liu aside and stretched out her dark and plump hand in front of Lin Qi, glaring at her and saying: "Give it back! This was originally a gift I gave to Brother Lin Qi, how could you think of taking it for yourself? I've never seen a woman like you before, who doesn't know reason or etiquette! And aren't you afraid that no one will want you in the future?"

  A girl?! Only eleven or twelve years old, and that young girl was actually called a woman by him! The girls' faces all changed slightly, Lin Liu and Lin Qi's faces turned black, Lu Yun wanted to laugh but didn't dare, her face flushing bright red, while Lin Wu laughed out loud without any restraint, Wu Xiang curved his eyes, and a hint of a smile also appeared in Lu Jian's eyes.

  Lu Jing's face turned stern as he went to beat Lu Lin: "You scoundrel! Who told you to speak of my sister like that? With such an unbridled tongue, just wait and see if I don't report back to mother and beat you until you can't find your way north!"

  "Lu Lao San! You dare to touch me again!" Lu Lian roared, his face red and his neck thick as he bellowed even louder at Lin Qi: "Lin Qi! Return my cricket to me! Even if my cricket is trampled to death, I won't give it to you! Dead woman!"

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