"Zepei, are you okay?" Qin Kaichang asked with concern.

"It's okay, I just need to rest for a few days." Bai Zepei smiled bitterly. He finally persevered.

The Bai family all came to pick up Bai Zepei and greeted him as soon as he came out. Bai Zehao even took his brother's arm and helped him into the carriage.

Dean Wen also brought some gentlemen to see the candidates in the examination room. He happened to see Bai Zepei getting on the carriage and hurriedly came over and asked, "What's wrong with Zepei? Is an old illness coming back?"

Mr. Zhang also looked worried and said, "Why don't you go to the medical center quickly?"

Bai Zepei said weakly: "Let the dean and sir worry about it. I had a stomachache before the exam. The doctor in the exam room looked at it and said it was because I ate something unclean."

Next to her, Lin Ping'er opened her mouth. How could there be unclean things in the house? She kept a close eye on them. But she could clearly see that the second child didn't want to say anything, so she had no choice but to keep her mouth shut.

"Then go see the doctor quickly and go back and have a good rest." Dean Wen patted Bai Zepei on the shoulder, feeling a little pity in his heart. Seeing Bai Zepei's condition, it was difficult to perform well.

Otherwise, based on Bai Zepei's performance when he went to Jiangnan, he would be able to get at least the top three in the provincial examination, and maybe even get the first case.

Pity……

When Bai Zepei got home, he went back to his room to rest. He didn't ask anyone to call a doctor, and said he could just take the medicine left by his little sister.

Qin Kaichang sent him back to Bai's house, and then said that it was time to meet him at his own house. He was really embarrassed to have been bothering Bai's house for so many days. He would wait a few days for Bai Ruozhu to come back and then come over to express his thanks.

It's not easy to stop Lin Ping'er and the others. After all, they have their own homes.

When Qin Kaichang left the yard, Bai Yihong asked in a low voice: "Mother, do you think it could be him?"

"After thinking about it, he is the only one. Alas, I didn't expect it to be like this. Someone as smart as the second brother must have thought of it, and he must feel uncomfortable. Let's not mention it." Lin Ping'er whispered, and returned it to Bai Zehao. He winked.

The friend Bai Zepei had made sincerely hurt him at this time. It would be better if he didn't mention it, but if he did, it would make him feel even more uncomfortable.

Moreover, no one in the Bai family asked Bai Zepei how he performed, for fear of making Bai Zepei even more sad.

Qin Kaichang walked out of the Bai family gate without taking the carriage. He walked out of the alley and saw a carriage coming towards him. He took a closer look and saw that it was the carriage that Fang Guizhi often used.

His eyes lowered, and some unknown light flashed in his eyes.

Fang Guizhi saw him on the carriage and hurriedly asked the driver to stop. She got out of the car and stopped Qin Kaichang, and asked worriedly: "Where are you going? Didn't you just finish the exam?"

"Yes, the exams are over, and I can't continue to bother you, so I will go back to my home and come back to visit another day." Qin Kaichang's tone was light, with a touch of alienation.

Fang Guizhi noticed his attitude and felt a pain in her heart. He was not like this before. Every time he went to the hot spring village to deliver goods, he would see her. He always had a warm smile on his face, and his eyes were particularly bright. Looking at her was like looking at her most beloved book. She could feel the passion, but why had he changed now?

"You, you didn't do well in the exam?" Guizhi asked cautiously.

"It's okay, I should be able to pass." Qin Kaichang's tone was still light.

Guizhi was a little anxious, "Then you still don't remember what happened before? Didn't Ruozhu say you were fine?"

"I remember it all, but I was too reckless in the past. Let it go. After all, I have a low status." Qin Kaichang said and turned his head, not daring to look directly at Fang Guizhi.

Fang Guizhi was stunned, and her big eyes slowly became misty, but she was a strong woman after all, and her tears never fell.

She understood. He said that he was reckless in the past and that he was of low status and was not worthy of her. What he said before did not count. Let her forget it.

But my whole heart has been sacrificed, how can I forget?

"Second Miss, I'd like to say goodbye." Qin Kaichang raised his hands and bowed, then strode forward.

Fang Guizhi opened her mouth and wanted to stop Qin Kaichang, but she also had her own dignity, and finally turned around with tears in her eyes, and did not get on the carriage again, but walked towards the Bai family step by step.

With every step she took, the tears in her eyes receded a little. By the time she arrived outside Bai's house, she had tried her best to return to normal.

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On the third day after the rural examination, Jiang Yichun returned triumphantly with his troops. Meng Liangsheng, Lu Minglang and other officials came to greet him at the west gate. The people in the city also gathered on the street, applauding the officers and soldiers, saying that the great harm in the northwest had been eliminated. .

The people brought a lot of food and enthusiastically gave it to the soldiers. Of course, they also took rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs to hit the bandit prisoners. It was not until the prisoners were pressed into the prison cells of the government that the people were not so excited.

Jiang Yichun handed over the stolen motorcycles disguised as grain and grass to Meng Liangsheng, who sent someone to send them to the capital. He did not enter the government office and said directly to Meng Liangsheng: "My wife is homesick. I will go to the Meng Mansion to visit the city lord another day."

Meng Liangsheng laughed loudly, "Okay, that's right. Come and sit with Ruozhu then."

This tone obviously meant that they were a family. Lu Minglang and other officials next to him once again re-evaluated the status of Jiang Yichun and his wife in Beiyu City. Some people who were originally jealous of the Bai family's business also re-evaluated whether they had the ability to mess with them. people.

Bai Ruozhu was really eager to return home at this moment. She even wanted to go home first, but she had to follow all the etiquette. Finally, when Jiang Yichun greeted Meng Liangsheng over there, she suddenly heard someone calling her from the crowd. She turned around and looked over, only to see her parents hugging Deng Deng, and her eldest and second brothers protecting her beside them. Waving and smiling.

Bai Ruozhu got off the horse and didn't care about her image as a lady at all. She slightly picked up the hem of her skirt and ran over happily. Jiang Yichun looked at her back and shook his head with a smile. His wife still looked like a little girl.

"Father, mother, why are you all here?" Bai Ruozhu asked excitedly, and then she held little Dengdeng in her arms. To be honest, what she missed the most outside was her son. She was always afraid that he would not eat well or not be well. When I go to bed, I will miss her and cry and make fuss at night.

Deng Deng saw his mother shouting happily and babbling. Bai Ruozhu found that the little guy had four teeth sprouting out, clustered in the middle, as cute as a little rabbit.

As soon as he started to use it, he could feel that the pedaling was a little heavier. Bai Ruozhu felt a lot more relieved. It seemed that her parents were taking good care of her.

At this time, Jiang Yichun also came over and greeted the people who came. Bai Ruozhu noticed that there were Zhang Liliang and his wife, Lai Fu's wife and her family. She greeted them with a smile, and jokingly said to Lai Fu's wife: "Okay. Ah, why are you here if you don’t open a shop?”

Mrs. Laifu said with a smile: "You have become a heroine, how can I not come to greet you and take advantage of you?"