in2ebook Chapter 201: Showing Kindness Again
Chapter 201: Showing Kindness Again
Seeing the small change, the bun shop owner's eyes lit up. He dropped the boy's hair, took the small change with both hands, nodded repeatedly in thanks, then turned and pointed at the beggar and cursed, "You're lucky to have met a kind person. Otherwise, I would have handed you over to the authorities and had you beaten with a stick!"
"let's go."
Lin Xuxi watched the bun shop owner leave and turned to go. Her foot felt heavy, and she looked down to see the young man tugging at her clothes, tears welling in his eyes.
"What are you doing?" Lin Xuxi pulled back the corner of his clothes and asked coldly.
"Thank you for saving me, saving..." Before he could finish his words, the boy fainted.
Lin Xuxi glanced at the fainted boy, took a few steps, and suddenly stopped. Looking back, she saw a man lying alone in the snow. She knew that if she didn't do anything, he would die here.
"Alas, God is merciful." She turned back.
When the boy woke up, he found himself in a warm and clean bed. He sat up suddenly and saw that all his clothes had been changed.
"Yes, it's that kind-hearted man!" The young man lifted the quilt and was about to get out of bed when he saw the kind-hearted man standing in front of the window, not knowing whether he was admiring the snow or the moonlight.
"Benefactor." The young man got off the bed, took two steps to his knees and kowtowed in front of him, choking with sobs: "Thank you so much for saving me, benefactor, thank you so much for saving me."
"No need."
Lin Xuxi turned around to look at the boy kneeling on the ground and asked, "What's your name?"
"Me? To answer your benefactor's question, my name is Shen Yichen."
Nodding slightly, Lin Xuxi walked around him and sat on the table, and asked, "This name is not something a beggar can come up with." Shen Yichen, how elegant.
Hearing the word benefactor, Lin Xuxi raised her eyebrows slightly.
"Yes, my family used to be quite wealthy, but due to the turmoil, everyone in my family died. I was left homeless. I used to only know how to study, but now I've fallen to this point. I can't do anything else. Even doing manual labor is looked down upon. I was so hungry that I resorted to such petty theft. I'm truly ashamed."
Shen Yichen cried and wiped his tears.
The words are sincere and touching.
Lin Xuxi leaned forward slightly and reached out to pinch Shen Yichen's chin. She wanted to see a hint of lies in his eyes, but there was none. She only saw sincerity and grievance.
"Benefactor." Shen Yichen was only seventeen or eighteen years old, at the time when he was growing up, but his fate was unfortunate. He was skinny and not tall, with a very pointed chin.
But those eyes are sparkling and beautiful.
Those eyes reminded Lin Xuxi of her second younger brother. She didn't know if he would inherit the throne after she left. It was spring when she left, and her younger brother ran after her, crying.
Ran for a long time.
When her father had promised her to go to the immortal realm, it was simply because he hoped she would be able to protect the Lin family's empire for eternity. But how could a dynasty last for thousands of years, with the passage of time?
"Since you are educated, then tell me what dynasty this place is in. How many years has it been since the Eastern Zhou Dynasty?" Lin Xuxi let go of his hand, sat up straight and asked.
Shen Yichen was a little surprised. Why did his benefactor ask this?
He secretly looked up and saw his benefactor dressed in red, with a face as beautiful as a spring flower, a figure of heaven. Perhaps, the benefactor was a deity sent from heaven?
It is said that there is a world of immortal cultivation outside the human world. In the previous Eastern Zhou Dynasty, there was a princess who was protected by an immortal and left the human world to cultivate immortality.
"In reply to your benefactor, more than two hundred years have passed since the Eastern Zhou Dynasty." Shen Yichen glanced at his benefactor and continued to explain, "Now it is the Chu State. It is the third year of the Zhengxuan Period in Chu State, and the new emperor has been on the throne for only three years."
More than two hundred years?
Lin Xuxi counted on his fingers and found that it was almost the same. He stood up and said coldly, "You should have a good rest. I'm leaving now. I'll give you some money. You can continue your studies or do some small business."
"No, benefactor!"
Shen Yichen didn't care how cold the ground was. He rushed over and grabbed his benefactor's feet. He refused to let go and begged, "Benefactor, please take me away. Wherever you go, I will go. I will serve you. I, I can do anything! Benefactor, please don't leave me. I really have nowhere else to go."
"Why do you have to follow me?" Lin Xuxi said indifferently.
He had no sympathy for the young man who was begging for mercy, only a sense of caution. This was all too coincidental. He just happened to run out and bump into her.
Is this really a coincidence?
She doesn't think so.
"Because, because my benefactor seems truly extraordinary. I think, perhaps, by following my benefactor, I still have a chance to survive," Shen Yichen wiped his tears with his sleeve and choked up as he explained, "I can't tell the difference between grains and vegetables. I've been studying so hard that I've become stupid. If you give me money, I'm afraid it will be swindled away again. Benefactor, please save me."
Shen Yichen can't survive in this world.
He was sent by his family to take the imperial examinations since he was young, and he knew nothing except studying. How could such a person survive in the lower class?
How can a brain that only reads books live on its own?
"I want to go to the imperial capital." Lin Xuxi pulled back her foot and asked, "Do you know the way to the imperial capital?"
"I know, I know!" Shen Yichen nodded repeatedly and said, "I know. Please, beg your grace, please let me follow you. I can lead the way. Please, beg your grace."
Shen Yichen kowtowed and begged, his forehead turning red.
"Okay." Lin Xuxi nodded. She wanted to know what the other party wanted to do. Since he was willing to follow, she would follow.
"Thank you so much, benefactor. Thank you so much, benefactor."
Shen Yichen wiped his tears and stood up. He was choking a little from crying so hard. Even after standing up, he couldn't stop sobbing. He felt a little ashamed. How could he cry in front of his benefactor?
But if he didn't shed this tear, he might not be qualified to stay with his benefactor.
"You should have a good rest." Lin Xuxi got up and left.
Shen Yichen watched his benefactor leave, and after closing the door, he breathed a sigh of relief. He touched his slightly aching forehead and smiled innocently.
Lin Xuxi stood in front of the window, watching the heavy snow gradually stop at daybreak. A moment later, the sound of roosters crowing could be heard, and some people had already started to move, along with the sounds of wheels and whispers.
Fireworks.
Lin Xuxi had a deep attachment to the human world. Having been away for so long, she felt a sense of sadness, lost in memories of her past in the palace. By the time she had recovered her thoughts, it was already dawn, and she gathered her consciousness.
There was a knock on the door outside.
"benefactor."
Lin Xuxi saw Shen Yichen through the door, closed the window and opened the door.
Shen Yichen raised his hand to knock on the door, but it opened mid-air. He hurriedly withdrew his hand and bowed, saying, "Benefactor, you're awake."
By this time, he had already changed into warm cotton clothes. While not luxurious, they at least kept him warm. A hint of shyness appeared on his pale face as he scratched his head and said, "I used the money my benefactor gave me last night to buy some clothes. It was so cold outside, but I only bought clothes and nothing else."