On the second day, Shi Chen took Xi Xin to the Elder's Mansion.

Although the mansions are very close to each other, when Shi Chen passed by, Mrs. Shi ordered someone to prepare a carriage, and asked the accompanying servants to go with them with gifts.

The destination will arrive soon.

Shi Chen led Xi Xin out of the carriage, and saw his cousin Shi Rui waiting outside the door from a distance.

Xi Xin saluted and bowed with them, but Shi Rui came up at this moment, and said with a smile: "Chen'er came late today, father is still in the frontier and has not returned, and mother is sick in bed, so he let me come."

There was nothing wrong with Shi Rui's words, but his tone was really strange, as if he was blaming Shi Chen for coming too suddenly.

Xi Xin lowered her head and didn't speak, but she was thinking in her heart, why the second young master's cousin spoke so strangely, they obviously posted a post to inform them, and now they acted as if they were uninvited guests, and Shi Jinyu and Shi Jinyu are indeed a family, it seems It's all weird.

He lowered his eyes, and his long eyelashes swept gently, leaving a shadow.

Shi Rui had seen the person next to Shi Chen a long time ago, if it was an ordinary servant, he would have let him go first and followed behind waiting for orders, but the child next to him was walking with Shi Chen.

Is this the Shi Chen's book boy they mentioned?

To be so favored in the Shi family, he could walk side by side with the young master of the Shi family, and his servants seemed to be used to it, and didn't react too much.

He was shocked in his heart, but there was no expression on his face.

Shi Chen was too lazy to make excuses with him, and said directly: "Auntie, mother asked me to visit her."

Shi Chen's almost commanding tone made Shi Rui's expression stiff, and he smiled stiffly: "Chen'er, you..."

Shi Chen didn't speak any more, just looked at him expressionlessly.

This ignoring attitude made Shi Rui feel suffocated, but he smiled and said, "You child, why are you so impatient."

He looked at Xi Xin and the others, and said to the servant next to him, "Take the young master's book boy and the others to the side courtyard."

Hearing Shi Rui mentioning herself, Xi Xin raised her head, her amber eyes were extremely clear.

Being looked at by such penetrating eyes, as if all his thoughts had been seen through, Shi Rui secretly scolded himself, obviously he did nothing, but he felt guilty when he was looked at by a child.

"No need." It was Shi Chen who spoke first.

He walked in directly holding Xi Xin's hand, clearly expressing his attitude.

Shi Chen's look of turning a blind eye is really annoying, but Shi Rui is different from his son, he has learned to hide his thoughts and emotions, so he changed into a smiling face and led Shi Chen into the mansion.

The lady's room was filled with a strong smell of medicine. At this time, she was lying on the bed, but she didn't get up, talking to them through a screen.

A heavy cough came, and she asked softly, "Is Chen'er here?"

Shi Chen said: "Auntie is in poor health. Mother was really worried, but she couldn't come because of her business, so she asked me to visit you on her behalf."

Shi Chen's words were short, but the words "encumbered with affairs" stuck in the heart of the eldest lady, so just after he finished speaking, the eldest lady coughed again, and the maid who served beside her quickly poured her a glass of water.

She wiped the water stains around her mouth with a handkerchief, and she saw three figures behind the screen out of the corner of her eye.

Two of the figures are very familiar to her, one is her child Shi Rui, and the other is Lin's son Shi Chen, but who is the thin figure standing next to Shi Chen?

She glanced at the servant girl, who knew what she meant, and whispered in her ear: "Schoolboy."

Da Furen's eyes flashed, and a strange smile evoked on her pale face, which was fleeting.

It's really surprising that Shi Chen has a weakness, but I don't know how important this little book boy is to him?

She smiled and said, "Thank you brother and sister for your kindness."

Originally, these words should be said reluctantly, but after discovering certain things, the tone of thanks from the eldest lady became much more sincere.

Xi Xin'an stood quietly by the side, and didn't look much. What they said was too difficult for Xi Xin to understand. It took him to go around several times to understand the meaning of a sentence, so he stayed silently, She seemed to be focused, but in fact she didn't pay attention to what Mrs. Shi and the others said.

The moment Xi Xin was distracted, Shi Chen, who was already familiar with all his actions, noticed it. With a secret smile in his heart, he stretched out his hand and held him quietly.

The two were already very close to each other, and their sleeves were wide, so no one noticed that their hands were holding each other again.

Xi Xin was frightened by Shi Chen's sudden action, he frowned slightly, and slapped Shi Chen's palm lightly in protest, but the strength was so small that it was like a kitten stretched out its paw and scratched lightly on the palm , Shi Chen secretly held back his smile, and his expression became more serious.

The atmosphere was silent for a while, and few people spoke again.

The Da Furen rubbed the space between her eyebrows, and the servant girl next to her understood, stepped out of the screen, and said to them: "The Doc said, let Madam rest more, Madam is going to rest after taking the medicine."

The eldest lady coughed again, and told Shi Rui in a weak tone, "Rui'er, as an elder brother, you should take care of your younger brother. I'm tired, so you can take Chen'er for a walk inside the mansion."

Shi Rui nodded, "Mother, please rest assured."

Then he turned his head and smiled at Shi Chen: "Chen'er, you haven't been here for a long time, maybe you don't know, the mansion has changed, my father ordered someone to build an archery range in the courtyard, I will take you to see it?"

"Okay." Shi Chen raised the corner of his mouth slightly.

When Shi Rui took Shi Chen to the archery field, Shi Jinyu was instructing a group of servants to bring his bow and arrows. The young man standing next to him was holding many arrows in his hand. He pushed the man away. He directly took the arrow in his hand, put the arrow on the crossbow, and shot it far away...

Missed.

Xi Xin watched curiously, seeing that the arrow had missed the target and fell to the ground, she looked at Shi Chen with questioning eyes, as if asking, is this always the case with archery?

His eyes were full of doubts.

Shi Chen really couldn't help it this time, he laughed out loud, and was about to reach out to rub the little bookboy's head, but was dodged by Xi Xin, who had been on guard for a long time.

When Xi Xin tilted her head, Shi Chen's hand was missing.

Shi Jinyu heard the laughter, and from hearing the sound, he was taken aback when he saw Xi Xin, and then his face turned dark when he saw Shi Chen next to him, but he didn't dare to say anything because of his father's presence.

Seeing Shi Jinyu's appearance, Shi Rui frowned and said a lesson: "Jinyu, you have practiced for so long, is this the virtue?"

When Shi Chen was seven years old, he already surpassed many people in archery.

It's just that he can't compare to Shi Chen's father, isn't even his own child inferior to Shi Chen now?

Shi Jinyu simply threw away the bow and arrow, ran towards Shi Rui, and called out, "Father! This bow and arrow is not easy to use at all."

"Nonsense!" Shi Ruixun said, "It's obvious that your skills are inferior to others."

Shi Jinyu was taught such a lesson, and quickly shrank back, taking a step back.

Shi Rui suddenly looked at Shi Chen, smiled, and said, "Chen'er, are you interested in competing with me?"

Shi Chen raised his eyebrows slightly, but did not speak.

Shi Rui continued: "Let's have a competition, who will hit the bull's-eye within the three arrows?"

As he said that, he looked at Xi Xin who had been quiet all the time, and pretended to be joking and said: "If you lose, why don't you give the little bookboy beside you to Jinyu, how about it?"

Shi Jinyu, who was suddenly named, widened his eyes. He looked at Xi Xin, and then at his father, feeling a little at a loss.

Xi Xin seemed not to hear, just lowered her head, still quiet.

He just frowned slightly in private.

Although he didn't understand why Shi Rui suddenly mentioned himself, it was the first time he had resistance to someone's words.

He didn't like this, as if it was treated as an item, allowing people to choose and transfer it.

Shi Chen's face turned cold, and when he saw Xi Xin who had been silent all this time, he felt extremely guilty.

He originally brought Xi Xin here just to let him familiarize himself with the relationship between Jingkehou's Mansion and Mr. Shi's Mansion in advance...

Shi Chen held his hand, moved closer to Xi Xin, raised his head and looked at Shi Rui coldly, "Xi Xin is not an item, you can't decide whether he goes or not, and neither can I."

Shi Rui just wanted to test them out, and had no real interest in competing, so he said, "I was just joking with you. If Chen'er doesn't dare, then..."

"Who doesn't dare." His tone was cold.

Shi Rui's expression froze.

Shi Chen said word by word: "I can't decide whether Xi Xin will stay or stay, but Shi Jinyu, brother, you can always make the decision, right?"

He also repeated what Shi Rui had just said, "If you lose, how about giving me your son?"

"This..." The smile on Shi Rui's face was almost unbearable.

Shi Chen smiled: "I was just joking with you, cousin don't need to panic."

He brought over the crossbow bolts prepared by the servants, looked at Shi Rui, "If my cousin wants to compete with me, why bother to say unnecessary things, if you open your mouth, even if you don't place a bet, I will satisfy your request."

"Give the crossbow arrows to your master." Shi Chen glanced coldly at the next person.

The servant who was frozen in place was shocked by this look, but subconsciously obeyed, and obediently handed the bow and arrow to Shi Rui.

Shi Rui can't get off the tiger.

If he wins, he is so much older than Shi Chen, I'm afraid that if it spreads, it will only make others laugh.

But if you lose...

He lost all the face of the General's Mansion.

Shi Rui's hand holding the crossbow gradually turned white.

Shi Chen said: "The previous tricks inevitably fall behind, cousin, let's change to a new one today, how about it?"

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