After time travel, he devoted himself to helping his father with his career.

"Is this painting by Mingjia?"

Shen Qing looked at the painting on the opposite wall. Just now he was only paying attention to the person in the painting, but now his attention was focused on the signature.

"Xiao Erlang?"

This signature was really hard for Shen Qing to accept, but he soon smiled knowingly. Such a teasing signature was indeed Mingjia's style.

Mingjia's paintings are rarely passed on to others, and most of them are given to family members or masters. However, from the very beginning, Mingjia considered giving this painting to the commander.

Therefore, the name at the signature was deliberately changed. It was also common for men in Daliang to refer to themselves by their ranking in the family.

Shen Qing returned home without time to change his clothes. Now that he knew his father was fine, he could not stand the clothes he was wearing.

He stood up and said goodbye to his father, then turned and walked out of the study. Until the last step out of the study, Shen Qing was thinking about how to ask his father for the painting.

However, Shen Qing really couldn't think of a suitable reason, after all, the person in the painting was his father himself!

Shen Qing had no choice, Shen Qing was annoyed!

……

Mingjia and Xie Zhiqiu chose a teahouse to meet. Xie Zhiqiu was puzzled by this and wondered if it would be better to just meet at Shiqulou?

"Don't tell me you don't want me to go to the Shiqu Building. It would be nice if we could meet at the Technical College to have tea and chat!"

In the past few years, Xie Zhiqiu has devoted all his attention to the technical college, and in order to avoid it, he even moved directly into the college.

"I'd better try to go to the academy less often! Also, you should go out more often!"

As Mingjia spoke, she raised her hand to pour tea for Xie Zhiqiu. She really didn't want to have anything to do with the college now.

On the one hand, Mingjia was worried that she would be detained in the academy. After all, she couldn't risk her freedom to gamble with the emperor's thoughts.

Of course, another reason is that Minzhou seafood stores have been so popular in the past two years that Mingjia still wants to keep a low profile.

If people knew that the Xiao family was involved in the technical college, Mingjia was worried that his father would be targeted in his career.

"Has anyone come to propose marriage in the past two years?"

Mingjia is also a vulgar person, and vulgar people are bound to have a gossipy heart, especially when Mingjia and Xie Zhiqiu are in an open relationship.

Although Xie Zhiqiu's life is busy now, it is indeed much smoother. Many bad voices and dirty things will not be exposed to her.

"Sometimes, I do. Usually, some civil servants hire me as their second wife or stepmother."

"What is the highest grade?"

"You may not believe it even if I tell you - from the fifth rank!"

As Xie Zhiqiu spoke, she stretched out a palm and deliberately flipped it twice in front of Mingjia, seemingly showing off but actually teasing.

"Not low! These people are shameless enough!"

"There is nothing they can't do, only what you can't think of!"

Mingjia's eyes lit up. He felt like there was something to be said for this, and it was the person involved who told him the story himself.

So, Mingjia heard a lot of explosive stories, and the one that made Mingjia laugh the most was the story about the hero saving... but not the beauty saving the scholar.

Han An has always been with Xie Zhiqiu, and she had more followers during her later trips. Some people wanted to stage a hero saving the beauty, but they really couldn't find a chance.

In the end, I don’t know what he was thinking, but he actually thought of the opposite, and made Xie Zhiqiu a down-and-out handsome scholar!

Then...Xie Zhiqiu must have just stood by and watched the show from across the carriage!

"Hahaha...hahaha..."

"I can't take it anymore, my stomach hurts from laughing so hard! This is too funny!"

Mingjia kept laughing. Xie Zhiqiu had taken over the task of making tea. She shook her head and poured a cup of tea for Mingjia!

When Mingjia finally laughed enough, tears came out of the corners of his eyes. The scene was so vivid.

Mingjia took the teacup handed to him by Xie Zhiqiu and took a sip of the tea, but his curious heart was still restless.

"No one looks good?"

Xie Zhiqiu glared at Mingjia and then shook her head.

"I won't get married. I just need to take care of myself in this life! If I get married, I will have to worry about the whole family. Besides, I am only 25 years old. If I want a child, why don't I give birth to one myself? Do I have to be someone else's stepmother?"

Mingjia: "..."

That's not right! You just said you don't want to get married, and now you're talking about having kids!

Mingjia picked up the teacup again, sipping the tea while thinking about what Xie Zhiqiu had just said.

"You don't want to... get rid of the father and keep the son?"

"You can guess this?"

Xie Zhiqiu actually had this idea, and she planned to choose a suitable man this year, as she would go to Jiangnan to build a new school next year.

"Have you ever thought about the rumors your child will face when he grows up?"

"Just tell everyone that I was adopted! And I don't want the child to know the truth!"

Mingjia: "..."

Is it such a coincidence?

Mingjia's family wanted to adopt a child and claim that the child was their own.

Xie Zhiqiu, on the other hand, planned to give birth to a child of her own, but announced to the public that the child was adopted!

"Come on, shake hands! If there weren't so many people staring at you, we would actually be a good match for marriage!"

"puff!"

Xie Zhiqiu swore that she didn't spray the tea out for effect, she was really scared by Mingjia's words!

Mingjia has been in Daliang for many years and has almost no female friends, but Xie Zhiqiu is definitely one of them.

The two chatted for a long time, had lunch together, and finally went back to their respective homes.

[I always feel that Xie Zhiqiu's statement about getting rid of the father and keeping the son is not just an idea. From her tone, it seems like she is going to put it into practice? ]

On the carriage back to the Taifu Mansion, Mingjia felt more and more strange the more he thought about it!

I always feel that Xie Zhiqiu really plans to have a child, and the child’s father... has actually been chosen.

Xie Boyuan had been waiting in the study, waiting for Mingjia to come back to have dinner together. When he heard the servant come to announce that Mingjia had returned, he slowly stood up and walked towards the front hall.

"Master, next time I come back late, you can just have dinner first, no need to wait for me!"

"I'm not hungry, and the food has just been prepared!"

In the past two years, Xie Boyuan's health has been getting worse and worse. Mingjia even advised his master to retire and rest, but Xie Boyuan could not leave the capital.

"You've been away from home for more than a year. How long do you plan to stay with me?"

"Master! Please drive me away!"

Xie Boyuan discovered that his little disciple loved to act more and more like a spoiled child as he got older. He never spoke to him like this before.

"This is your home. You can stay here as long as you want, but you have to go back to see your parents!"

"Did my father write to you?"

"I guessed it, but you're still asking!"

Mingjia said that it must be something that his father and master said. He rolled his eyes and told about his meeting with Xie Zhiqiu in the afternoon.

Of course, Mingjia’s focus is to get rid of the father and keep the son, and to have a child!

Mingjia wanted to test the master's attitude. After all, Xie Zhiqiu was nominally the master's junior!

"She's really brave. You don't want to do the same, do you?"

“No~! No~!”

Mingjia waved her hands and shook her head. At least she didn't have this idea at the moment.

Moreover, judging from Master’s attitude, he seems unable to accept this matter.

Seeing Mingjia’s denial, Xie Boyuan nodded with satisfaction, then murmured a few words with regret.

"If you want to have two children, just give one to Li Hansheng as his grandson. He will be very happy!"

Mingjia: "..."