Sitting down on the chair in front of Cheng Yan, Gu Yunji poured himself a cup of tea and asked in a good time:

"Recently, there are many nobles in Beijing who want to marry you, and the matchmaker is about to break the threshold of your family, but you haven't allowed any of them. Some people are unwilling, and they come to me and want to ask what kind of woman you like, so that you can give a word, and they can go back to find it. ”

"Okay to go back and find it? Scold. Cheng Yan sneered, "Listen to what they mean, if I say it, will they really want to send a woman who meets the requirements?" Treat your daughter as if she was an object, and you can do it thanks to them. ”

Gu Yunji said: "There are some people who fish in troubled waters, but there are also many good people who are sincere in marriage. I heard that even His Majesty's own uncle, King Lin'an, intends to recruit you as a son-in-law, and his daughter is the county lord, so you are not tempted? ”

Cheng Yan disagreed: "The royal family of my dynasty likes to find a new science and technology scholar like me who was born in poverty to marry, first, the foundation is shallow and easy to grasp, and the other is that he is helpless in Beijing, so he can only obey the Yue family." If I really choose the king of Lin'an, I am afraid that I will have to be restrained by others for the rest of my life, and I will not be free. ”

Gu Yunji asked, "What about the home of the rookie in the imperial examination like you?" Neither has a prominent family background like a prince, nor is he an important member of the court who holds real power, but it is better to be right with you, and it will not put too much pressure on you, and it is good to help each other and rely on each other in the court in the future. ”

Cheng Yan poured a glass of cold wine left over from the banquet, and took a sip of it: "It is already difficult for me to move an inch in the DPRK and China without roots and foundations, if there is another one, I am afraid that it will not rely on each other, but be suppressed and excluded together." ”

Gu Yunji was not discouraged, and asked again: "Then the ordinary family of the scholarly heirloom is always good, right?" After several generations of imperial examinations, while accumulating some heritage, they are not arrogant and domineering, and most of the daughters they raise are also knowledgeable, isn't it just right for you? ”

"It's not good at all." Cheng Yan ruthlessly rejected this choice, "This kind of scholarly family is the most traditional etiquette, so that it will not marry a daughter to a person whose parents have died, so forget it." ”

Gu Yunji raised his eyebrows: "This can't do this, that can't work, what do you want?" ”

Cheng Yan looked calm, took a sip of wine unhurriedly, and did not reply.

Seeing Cheng Yan's calm and calm appearance, Gu Yunji glanced at him a few times, with a strange expression: "While picking and choosing, and at the same time refusing to say what you like, Cheng Yan, should you be ...... Someone's in my heart, right? ”

Cheng Yan lifted his eyelids lightly and glanced at him lightly: "If I have someone in my heart, I will go directly to the door to ask for a kiss, do I still need to talk nonsense with you here?" Besides, we stay together almost every day, when have you ever seen me come into contact with a strange woman? ”

"That's right." Gu Yunji listened to this, and a sense of anxiety surged in his heart, "Then you tell me what you plan?" Your parents are not there, and you don't think about the major events of your life, so only I, who is a friend, will think about it for you, so you can't just keep putting it off, right? ”

Facing Gu Yunji's burning gaze looking forward to answering, Cheng Yan suddenly didn't see it, and slowly took a sip from his wine glass, as if he was savoring it.

"Oops, drinking hurts your body, what kind of wine do you drink in the afternoon."

Gu Yunji was so anxious by his slow appearance that he couldn't bear it, so he simply snatched his wine glass and forced him to face his question: "If I ask you, you say it!" ”

Cheng Yan looked helpless: "You are a new science detective in your prime, why did you learn to be old-fashioned at a young age, and your mother-in-law and mother are worried endlessly?" ”

Gu Yunji said angrily: "It's not for you?" You are not in a hurry about your own life's events, but you want me to be anxious for you, are you embarrassed to say it? ”

Can Gu Yunji not be in a hurry? In the past, he and Cheng Yan went in and out together, and both hearts were placed on the imperial examination, and there was not much difference. Now that the imperial examination is over, Gu Yunji is reunited with his family, and he will soon marry Xu Shuhua, and the family is happy.

On the other hand, on Cheng Yan's side, both parents passed away, and there were no brothers and sisters, and the house was deserted from morning to night. In this case, he still dislikes to socialize with outsiders more and more, and he has the tendency to completely sink himself into loneliness, which makes Gu Yunji feel distressed and worried.

Compared with Gu Yunji's anxiety, Cheng Yan seemed calm: "You also said that marriage is a lifelong event, so naturally you should be very cautious, how can you find a woman at will and scribble to marry?" What's more, I'm eighteen years old, and I'm not very old, you must know that your cousin Gu Mingxuan didn't get married until he was twenty-four years old, what am I anxious about? ”

Gu Yunji's eyes were surprised: "What, listen to what you mean...... Are you still a late marriageist? ”

Hearing this somewhat novel word, Cheng Yan raised his eyebrows: "It's not that you have to marry later, you just want to wait a little longer and take a look." ”

As he spoke, he sighed leisurely: "Marriage is the destination of the second half of a woman's life, and for a man, isn't it an important choice in life?" If you don't choose a good wife, you will be separated from your appearance, and at worst, your family will have no peace. Although I, as a man, can have more than one woman in my life, I don't want to be attached to concubines. ”

"Young couples should spend their lives together, and their feelings should be the deepest. My future wife doesn't have to be of a prominent background or a great talent, I just want her to be like-minded and understandable to me. It is said that he does not seek Zhumen embroidery, but a person who seeks knowledge. ”

Gu Yunji was silent and asked again: "Then who is your confidant?" ”

Cheng Yan replied neatly: "I don't know." Still looking, still waiting. ”

"In a few years, I really can't find it, maybe I will compromise with the good and find the right woman to marry. Of course, I may not give up yet, and would rather be lonely for the rest of my life than settle. ”

Gu Yunji didn't expect Cheng Yan, who has always been quiet and introverted, to have such persistence in marriage, and his heart was complicated for a while, and he didn't know what to say.

After being silent for a long time, he finally couldn't help but say: "In this case, you should open yourself up and socialize more with others." During this time, I was busy proposing and hiring, and I didn't take care of you, so you kept yourself at home all day long, and you didn't go out of travel. If you don't know more people and things, can the confidant still take the initiative to come to the door? ”

"Well, I know, you don't have to worry so much about me." With a perfunctory remark, Cheng Yan got up from the chair, "I've been sitting for a long time, my body is very stiff, I'll go out for a walk." ”

Seeing that Gu Yunji was about to follow, Cheng Yan pressed him back: "Didn't you see Miss Xu and your sister walking this way while admiring the flowers?" It won't take long for me to walk in front of you, and you're just waiting for them here, and you've been with me for so long, so you have to say a word to your fiancée, right? ”

As he spoke, Cheng Yan glanced up at the two of them, and after staying on Gu Yunqiao for a moment, he quickly withdrew his gaze and turned to leave.