Lin Qing raised his eyebrows slightly, as he never expected his fifth sister to be so familiar with ancient poems and could speak in such a lofty manner. All who met him would praise his exemplary behaviour, Lin Feilu’s rainbow fart had just rightly hit all of his good points, thus Lin Qing felt a little more fond of her as he tied the sachet around his waist without asking for any further explanation.
Lin Jingyuan tearfully looked on as he witnessed all that was happening before his eyes.
Ah! I’m so jealous! Why don’t I have one too!
He reluctantly cupped his hands together and bowed before Lin Qing, “Third Brother.”
Lin Qing saw him and said with a smile, “Fourth Brother, finally you’re here. By the way, why did the Imperial Teacher ask you to stay behind? Did you forget your homework?”
Lin Jingyuan aggressively jumped up and down, “Who said that? He told me to stay behind to compliment me and he even rewarded me with a brush!”
He took the brush out of his sleeves and showed it to him.
Lin Qing took it and looked at it. He nodded in response and said, “It’s a good brush indeed.”
Lin Jingyuan: “Do you like it? If you like it, how about trading your sachet for this brush?”
Lin Qing: “…”
Lin Feilu: “…”
Lin Qing silently handed the brush back, and motioned to express his rejection.
Lin Jingyuan pouted so much that he could hang a bucket on his lips. He glared at Lin Feilu in protest. Lin Feilu pursed her lower lip and called out sweetly, “Brother Jingyuan~”
He grunted.
Lin Feilu went over to him and tugged at the corners of his sleeves, “Brother Jingyuan——”
Lin Jingyuan almost surrendered, but then he saw the beautiful sachet on Lin Qing’s waist. Thinking that it was painstakingly stitched together by Little Lu, that she plucked the orchid petals one by one, that she made this gift not for him but for someone else instead… He was upset for not being given such a level of treatment by his Little Lu, so he held his head up high and refused to respond.
Lin Qing could not help but to smile and say, “Why are you angry at Fifth Sister?”
Lin Jingyuan was internally scolding him: You still have face to ask. He shouted angrily, “She has never given me a present!”
Lin Feilu: “?”
Did I feed [The Analects] to a dog?
She could not help but to retort in a slow, low voice, “I did give you a present before… I gave you [The Analects], and…”
Before she could finish speaking, Lin Jingyuan interrupted her incredulously, “How can [The Analects] be considered a present?!”
Lin Qing: “…”
Lin Feilu: “…”
He was angry and aggrieved, “Just like this brush, it only gives me a headache!”
What should one do when a rowdy rascal of a kid throws a tantrum?
Others: Just give them a good beating.
Lin Feilu: Just put on a good show instead.
Once she blinked, immediately her eyes turned red as tears hung on her eyelashes without falling off. Her nose turned red as she choked and sobbed, “If Brother Jingyuan doesn’t like it, then give it back to me. Along with the begonia flower bookmark in the book. Return everything together to me.”
Lin Jingyuan: “!”
All of a sudden he stopped throwing a tantrum and hurriedly attempted to cajole his sister, “I…It’s not that I don’t like it, I just… Aiya! Don’t cry, Brother was wrong, Brother is not blaming you anymore!”
Lin Feilu sniffed and asked in a pitiful tone, “Then are you still angry?”
Lin Jingyuan somewhat begrudgingly flailed his hands and said, “I’m not angry! Not angry anymore! [The Analects] is also a great present!”
Lin Qing was amazed.