The surroundings were a little frighteningly quiet, and the children who were originally noisy felt that something was wrong when they heard it, and they all looked up at the teenager who was reading aloud, and their eyes were surprised.

The chubby boy held up the letter paper, and felt that there were so many changes, and the writing was casual, and the paper was still crumpled, which really did not look like the articles made by everyone in the mouth of the gentleman.

Although he stumbled, he persevered to read it, and the last sentence was: "Do you want your future child to be surnamed Ye?"

When the words fell, the young man raised his head complacently, he was the oldest one here, and he was also literate, and he was expecting everyone's applause, but everyone's eyes were looking at Kaoru Yutai, expecting her answer.

The lecturer standing on the side had a subtle look in his eyes, and after a moment he realized what was going on, and looked at Ye Chi, but the other party had no other expression except that he was petrified.

Although the boy read intermittently, sometimes taking apart the words he didn't recognize, Kaoru Tantai roughly understood what it meant, and was a little puzzled that the beginning of such a crepe would end with such a sentence.

"Nope. She looked at the Bailai lecturers and students in the hall expressionlessly, and for a moment she did feel a little uncomfortable, "Of course, my descendants must be surnamed Yutai." ”

"......" will strike a blow to the heart.

Ah Yao rubbed his face, and suddenly felt guilty to the extreme. Originally, he just wanted to help Ye Chi carry a few books, but he happened to see a piece of paper sandwiched inside, thinking that he would help him bring the article, but it turned out to be ......

Ye Chi slowly supported his forehead, and an indescribable hardship echoed in his heart. It is true that he is ready to confess to Kaoru Tantai today, and now he is confessing, but in front of hundreds of people, there is nothing more terrible than this.

The children of the three houses were uneven, and some of the younger ones didn't understand what was going on, and those who were precocious cast pity at Ye Chi. The lecturers knew that something was going to happen if they stayed any longer, and they began to send the students outside.

The children reluctantly walked out of the house, but the little girl who asked the question suddenly ran over, tugged on Ye Chi's sleeve, raised a pair of clear eyes, and whispered: "Lord Ye, come on." ”

After speaking, under the reprimand of the gentleman, he trotted away.

The lecture hall quickly fell silent, and Kaoru Yutai silently picked up the piece of paper and swept it up and down.

Ye Chi's calligraphy is neat and neat, and it is pleasing to the eye, but the content of the writing is not as gorgeous as his handwriting, except for the beginning of which inexplicably quotes a few sour ancient poems that are not slippery and are crossed out by him, the rest of the content is very simple, basically just recalling the time from his arrival in Qinzhou to the present.

Her gaze rested on the last sentence.

To be precise, this is not the last sentence, because he has crossed out a lot of front and back, and this is the only sentence that can be seen clearly.

Obviously, there are many versions of this sentence.

"Is this really for me?"

Ye Chi looked up at her when he heard the voice, nodded silently and said, "Ah Xun, I have something to say to you." ”

Unlike Kaoru Yutai's imagination, he didn't look so embarrassed, but a little relieved, his eyes were always clean and bright, and his smile was light and clear.

He pointed to the letter she was holding, his face already red: "That thing...... Can you give it back to me?"

Kaoru Tantai looked down, shook his head and said, "Can you give me this?"

Ye Chi was stunned: "What do you want it to do?"

"You memorized a lot of things, some of which I almost forgot, and when I read them, I remembered them, which was very interesting. Kaoru Tantai pursed her lips, as if she really remembered something happy, her eyes softened, and she looked at it with relish.

Ye Chi was slightly stunned. Although it is not appropriate today, such a result is ...... It doesn't seem to be bad?

Kaoru Tantai didn't notice his gaze, and when he read the last sentence, he naturally picked up a pen on the table and crossed out the sentence "Do you want your future child's surname to be Ye", feeling that it would affect the overall appearance.

Ye Chi just watched quietly, and suddenly felt a little congested. In fact, in order to put it mildly, he pondered a lot of sentences for the same meaning, such as "Are you willing to write your name into the Ye family's household registration", "Are you willing to be my grandson's grandmother" and so on...... But he felt that it was too tactful and unrealistic, so he picked a slightly more realistic sentence - but unfortunately, it was obvious that it was still not direct enough for Kaoru Yutai.

Kaoru Tandai folded the letter and carefully tucked it into his sleeve, and when he got up, he suddenly remembered something and asked, "You ...... just now What do you want to say to me?"

Ye Chi was bored for a moment, waved his hand a little tiredly, and said, "I'll talk about it next time." ”

Kaoru nodded and left the lecture hall. Most of the students were sent away by the lecturers, but the gentlemen leaned outside one by one to eavesdrop.

She ignored it and found Haruka around the corner. He was carrying a bookcase and looking at the pond not far away, as if he was thinking about something, but his expression was very stern.

Usually Ah Yao doesn't show such an expression, because he is angry when he laughs at the Tai family, so he has developed the habit of smiling all the time, and now he is obviously troubled.

Kaoru Yutai took his hand and walked back, and said slowly, "You don't have to blame yourself. ”

"But this is Lord Ye's secret. Ah Yao buried his head, staring at the long and oblique reflection in the sunset, and said distressedly, "Sister, don't you really want your child's surname to be Ye in the future?"

"......" Kaoru Yutai didn't speak, and he still couldn't understand the logic of this sentence.

First of all, she has no children, and she hasn't even considered the issue of getting married, let alone talking about it; Isn't this an obvious question, and is there any need to ask?

They just don't have common sense.

***

The matter of Shixi Academy did not pass lightly, because the transmission ability of children is very amazing.

They like to go home and tell their parents about everything, and their parents also like to talk to each other, and they really do it one by one, and soon the entire Qinzhou City knows about Ye Chi's rejection by Tai Xun in public.

Surprisingly, Ye Chi didn't have any special reaction as a party, and his relationship with Kaoru Tai suddenly became normal, but the so-called calm before the storm, so people speculated that he might be recuperating and preparing to really let Kaoru Tai's "child" take the surname Ye.

Winter is coming quietly, and the climate is cold, which means that Ah Yao will have to take a break from school and go home soon, and the winter issue will not be completed. Kaoru Yutai left early today, and it was not dark after finishing her business, but Ye Chi seemed to have left earlier than her.

She went around the street, and when she passed by the teahouse, she wanted to go in to see if Ye Chi was there, but only Su Yu was listening upstairs listening to a book, and when she saw her, she said with a smile: "Tantai girl, come up and listen." ”

Kaoru Tandai didn't know why he was so happy, so she picked up a chair and sat down next to him. She arrived late, right in front of the screen, and could only hear the storyteller's muffled voice.

She suddenly asked without sadness or joy: "Has Su Tongju known Ye Chi for a long time?"

Su Yu peeled the peanuts and said casually: "Yes, it's been a few years." How do you remember to ask this?"

"Do you know how he got his wounds?"

She had wanted to ask this question for a long time, but Ye Chi was reluctant to say it, Chang Su was just a guess, and the only clue was the person in front of her.

Su Yu took his gaze back, looked at her, thought for a while, and said, "I don't know." I knew him in Taixue, but ...... Who didn't click on it, did they? ”

His words are still quite convincing, but his tone is very frivolous, a bit like a joke. Although he has never been to the capital, what kind of place Taixue is, Yutai Kaoru naturally knows that it is difficult for ordinary people to enter.

If it is as Changsu said, Ye Chi is from a slum area, and from Jintai to being the prime minister, it is fundamentally more difficult than that of high-ranking officials and nobles.

The storyteller suddenly slapped the board, and the voice pulled her thoughts back.

The story has been told in this area for quite some time, but there are various versions. The original version said that a Wenchen fell in love with a female soldier, but the other party didn't notice it, and after perseverance, he showed his heart, and the two were happily together.

Today's storyteller is still talking about the same couple, even the name has not changed, but the content has been changed beyond recognition, the Tao is that Wenchen was cruelly rejected by the intended person, committed suicide by throwing himself into the river and did not die, and then ran to hang himself, and finally saved the girl's heart, but unfortunately was hit by a carriage when he went out to greet his relatives.

Kaoru Tantai listened carefully for a while, and felt that the world was just like that, but because she had only listened to half of the story, she naturally didn't fit in as much as others, and several sentimental little girls beside her were crying with handkerchiefs.

"Lord Ye is really miserable......"

"......?" Kaoru looked back incredulously and asked Su Yu, "What are they talking about?"

Su Yu coughed and said: "The story comes from life, and the prototype of this Wenchen is Ye Chi." ”

The implication is that the prototype of the girl is her.

Kaoru Tandai realized that he had been written as a story, but the content of the story was clearly false. Ye Chi didn't commit suicide at all, how could he do such a stupid thing as suicide?

"Nonsense. ”

She jerked herself up from her chair, walked to the screen in two or three steps, and looked condescendingly at the stocky storyteller inside.

Storytellers don't have much fun doing this, they just like to watch those little girls cry, how miserable they are, how they abuse how to make up, and they especially like to make a 180-degree turn at the end. After he finished the story, he suddenly saw a person in front of him make a look, and looked outside through the screen, and Kaoru Yutai had already walked in front of him, and he was immediately shocked, and everyone was silent.

"Shodai...... My lord?" the storyteller's mustache curled, and for some reason she looked displeased, asked with a smile, "Yes...... What's the matter?"

"Ye Chi did not commit suicide and was not hit by a carriage and died. She said very seriously, and everyone present showed surprised expressions, but Su Yu helped her forehead because she didn't stop her.

The storyteller thought she was going to refute something, but then she suddenly laughed: "Lord Tantai is just joking, we are all storytellers, how can we get involved with Lord Ye?"

Indeed, not only storytellers, but also those who write books, some people who have no moral character can't make up stories and take real people to set them up, and they don't admit it when they are discovered. Others listen to it with relish, but they never explore the truth or falsehood.

Her face turned cold suddenly, and she repeated again: "Ye Chi has never done such a stupid thing, so I deleted everything you wrote in the script." ”

The storyteller was stunned for a moment. He has been talking about books for so many years, and it is the first time that he has encountered such a request; he has written a book to be printed and sold for money, and he cannot do anything about it if it is not said that it can be deleted.

"Lord Tantai don't have to worry about this. Master Ye is a frequent visitor to our place, and he heard it in person last time, and he thought it was very interesting, and he said he didn't mind......"

Interrupted in the middle of the story, the people around him began to whisper. Kaoru Yutai closed his eyes, suddenly raised his hand and slapped it on the table, and the surroundings fell silent for a moment, and no one dared to move.

Her voice was as soft as ever, but unmistakable.

"I said - delete. ”