The old lady led the whole family to send off Uncle Ling, Lu An, and his party to the door.

Outside the Ling residence, eight carriages had already been prepared and had been waiting for a long time.

There were three carriages for clothes and luggage. Of the remaining five carriages, Lu An and his son took one, Uncle Ling and his eldest son Ling Ji took one, and the servants and maids took up two more. Ling Jingshu and Ling Xiao sat in a car with their aunt Sun and others.

Lu Qian also slipped into the carriage while everyone was not paying attention.

Madam Ling was angry and amused at the same time, and scolded: “Ah Qian, don’t mess around anymore, come down quickly.”

Lu Qian only said one sentence, “I will send my father and older brother to the pier. After they board the ship, I will come back.” He didn’t say anything else after that. No matter how Ling tried to coax him, he refused to get off the carriage.

Madam Ling had no choice but to allow her stubborn son.

The carriage in front had already started to set off slowly.

Ling Jingshu was sitting in the second carriage. Lu Qian looked around, his eyes fixed on the carriage as if he saw Ling Jingshu’s figure through the thick wood.

After a long time, Lu Qian looked away and met Lu Hong’s inquiring gaze.

“Second brother, Shu biǎomèi is leaving Dingzhou to go to the capital, didn’t you know anything about it before?” Lu Hong hit Lu Qian’s sore spot by bringing this topic up.

Lu Qian secretly gritted his teeth and replied calmly: “Shu biǎojie must be afraid that telling me in advance will make me feel sad, so she deliberately hides it from me. She is going to the Capital to help Xiao biǎodì find a cure for his eyes. When Xiao biǎodì’s eyes are cured, she will come back.” 

“Even if they have to stay in the capital for two years, it doesn’t matter. Anyway, I’m not yet an adult, so I have to wait a few years before getting married. In short, I’ll just wait for her.”

He doesn’t know whether he was persuading Lu Hong or himself.

Lu Hong couldn’t bring himself to add insult to injury, despite seeing how frustrated and poorly Lu Qian was hiding it. He simply responded with an “Mm” and remained silent.

Lu An frowned, and reprimanded in a deep voice: “Qian, you and Sister Shu have not formally settled on your marriage, maybe there will be some changes in the future. Don’t mention these things in the future.” 

He guessed a little bit of the truth.

If Ling Jingshu was happy with this marriage, she definitely wouldn’t deliberately hide the news that she was leaving Dingzhou. By doing this, it was obvious that she wanted to avoid Lu Qian.

Looking at Lu An’s handsome and suave face, Lu Qian’s heart was instantly filled with hatred.

If it wasn’t for Lu An’s deeds that were inferior to animals, how could Ling Jingshu end up in such a miserable end? Ling Jingshu hated the Lu family so much that she didn’t want to marry into the Lu family again, so she avoided him… 

“I don’t care if anything changes or not, in short, I will not marry unless she is the one.” Lu Qian retorted back.

Lu An, as a father, felt his authority was being challenged and became furious. He was so angry that smoke was coming out of his seven orifices, and he cursed, “You bastard! How dare you speak to me like this? Where did your lessons of filial piety and loyalty go?” 

Lu Hong immediately became nervous, and he winked at Lu Qian: “Second brother, don’t you hurry up and apologize to Father.” Then he pleaded for Lu Qian: “Second brother also has a deep affection for Shu biǎomèi, and in a moment of impatience, he lost his sense of propriety. Please also ask Father to calm down.”

Lu Qian gritted his teeth, bowed his head, and admitted his mistake: “My son said something wrong, please ask Father to punish me.”

In the carriage, how can you punish him?

Lu Ann snorted heavily and stopped talking with a sullen face.

After that, there was no sound in the carriage, and the atmosphere along the way was oppressive and dull, making it hard to breathe.

…

Ling Jingshu was in a very good mood at this time.

It was also the first time Ling Xiao left home. He was both excited and unspeakably nervous. He subconsciously grabbed Ling Jingshu’s sleeve and asked in a low voice, “Ah Shu, have we reached the pier?” 

Ling Jingshu lowered her voice, laughed, and said, “It’s still very early! It’s been more than half an hour since we set off, we will reach Chen hour ^[1]Between 7 am and 9 am, and the pier is at least two hours away! “

Ling Xiao let out a cry and moved a little closer to Ling Jingshu naturally.

Ling Jingshu felt pity in her heart, she simply held Ling Xiao’s hand and started chatting with him in a low voice. Talking distracted her mind, and Ling Xiao’s uneasiness also dissipated. After halfway there, a smile began to appear on their faces.

Sitting in the same carriage, Madam Sun and the others all had a panoramic view of this scene.

Despite having become accustomed to the intimacy between the twin siblings over the past few days, Sun couldn’t help but be secretly amazed.

Men and women have different seats at the age of eight. As they get older, even biological siblings should keep a distance. It’s rare to see someone as close as Ling Jingshu and Ling Xiao. 

“Ah Shu, you and Ah Xiao really have a deep affection and cannot leave each other for a moment. “Sun joked half-jokingly: “I originally planned to let you live with Ah Yan, but now it seems that it is better for you and your siblings to live together. “

Ling Jingshu pursed her lips and smiled, and responded smoothly: “That’s fine, Ah Xiao and I stay together day and night every day, and we’re not used to being separated. “

If you are not familiar with the place in the capital, there must be many things that you are not used to. Ling Xiao can’t see. If she was not around, he will feel uneasy. Madam Sun lived in the capital for a long time, and she was not familiar with the siblings. After a few words, she stopped

….

Two hours later, they finally arrived at the pier.

The official ship had already docked at the pier, and the maids, women, and servants were busy carrying their luggage. The masters only needed to wait to get on the official ship.

Ling Jingshu got out of the carriage first, and then carefully supported Ling Xiao to get out of the carriage as well.

A familiar voice sounded behind her: “Shu biǎojie. “

Lu Qian really came after her! 

Ling Jingshu frowned quickly, then stretched her brows, and turned around with a smile: “Qian biǎodì, why are you here?” Her attitude was calm, her expression was calm, and she was even very friendly.

It seemed that they two were a pair of ordinary cousins.

Even so, everyone around looked over curiously.

Lu Qian collected himself, squeezed out a smile, and said, “Shu biǎojie and Xiao biǎodì are going to the capital, and I’ve come here to see you off.”

Ling Jingshu continued to smile: “Thank you, Qian biǎodì, we set off with Uncle and the others to seek medical treatment in the capital. With them taking care of us, you don’t have to worry about us.”

Lu Qian had imagined Ling Jingshu’s reaction, either shocked, guilty, or avoiding her. But he didn’t expect it to be like this…

Too calm, and smiling.

It was like wearing a flawless mask to cover up all the real emotions.

The weak and kind woman in the previous life who was prone to tears had been reborn from Nirvana, and she was no longer what he remembered.

Thinking of this, Lu Qian became inexplicably terrified, gritted his teeth and said, “Shu biǎojie, I have something to tell you. It’s inconvenient to talk here. How about we go to the carriage over there?”

Ling Jingshu did not refuse: “That’s fine. You wait a moment, I’ll let someone help Ah Xiao onto the boat first.”

Then, she ordered Bai Yu: “Bai Yu, you and Jing Yu will help Ah Xiao first. Get on the boat. Qian biǎodì and I will go over and talk for a while and then we will be back.”

Bai Yu hesitated for a moment, then said in a low voice, “Miss, I’d better accompany you with you!” Now, if this happens again, Miss will be embarrassed in front of everyone.

Ling Jingshu saw through Bai Yu’s thoughts, and gave Bai Yu a comforting smile: “Don’t worry, I’ll come as soon as I go.”

Bai Yu could only nod in agreement.

Ling Jingshu looked at Lu Qian again and said with a smile: “Qian biǎodì, the boat will leave soon, and there is not much time. How about we go there now?”

Lu Qian was completely passive and nodded with a dull expression.