Jian Zhaoxing

Chapter 511 Extra Chapter 3: The Married Life of Childhood Sweethearts

Lin Zhiqing pondered for a long time but still couldn't figure out why, despite being so smart, she couldn't teach Lu Zhiyao a simple math problem.

She took a deep breath and smiled again: "Lu Zhiyao, let me ask you, what exactly does three plus two equal?"

Little Lu Zhiyao sucked on his fingers, blinked his big eyes, and frowned tightly. Under Lin Zhiqing's expectant gaze, he slowly extended four fingers.

"Ah!" Lin Zhiqing weakly pounded the table twice.

She had never encountered such a problem before, and she was completely at a loss.

Lu Zhiyao rolled his eyes and pointed to the bed.

"I haven't even complained about you yet, and now you're chasing me away. Lu Zhiyao, did your father teach you this?" Lin Zhiqing raised her voice slightly, feigning anger.

But Lu Zhiyao was already used to her bullying and shook his head.

Lin Zhiqing was completely at a loss with her daughter. She and Lu Zhiyao stared at each other for a long time until footsteps came from outside the courtyard gate.

"Lu Huai, come quick! Your daughter is driving me crazy!" Lin Zhiqing hurriedly complained.

Little Lu Zhiyao stared at Lu Huai, who walked in from outside, with her big eyes wide open, looking completely innocent.

"I bought these from the East Market." Lu Huai placed the pastries beside Lin Zhiqing, then patted Lu Zhiyao's head.
"Yaoyao, you've made your mother angry again."

Lin Zhiqing sulked, munching on pastries as she complained, "Lu Huai, how do you teach her numerology?"

"Why doesn't she even know what three plus two equals?"

"Ah Qing, you have to cater to her preferences!" Lu Huai smiled and shook his head, then sat down opposite Lu Zhiyao and said:

"Yaoyao, Daddy bought three swords today, and Mommy bought two swords. We're giving all the swords to you. How many swords do you have in total?"

Hearing Lu Huai's unique teaching method, Lin Zhiqing stared wide-eyed at Lu Zhiyao, eager to hear the five points from her!
Lu Zhiyao looked at his father, then at his mother.

Then, under their expectant gazes, she raised three fair and delicate fingers.

Lin Zhiqing couldn't help but chuckle, patting Lu Huai's arm: "Weren't you so confident just now, a mathematical genius?"

Lu Huai wasn't angry. He stared at Lu Zhiyao patiently and asked, "Yaoyao, can you tell me why there are only three swords?"

Lu Zhiyao smiled sweetly and pointed at Lu Huai: "Father went out to bring gifts for my brother and me, so there are three precious swords."

"But Mother didn't go out today, and Mother doesn't have a sword, so there are only three swords."

She spoke eloquently, counting on her fingers.

Lu Huai was immediately amused: "That makes sense."

"Yaoyao is like you, quick-witted."

The last sentence was said to Lin Zhiqing.

Lin Zhiqing raised her chin: "Of course, don't you know whose daughter she is?"

As she spoke, she picked Lu Zhiyao up and kissed him several times.

Lu Zhiyao wasn't annoyed. He buried his face in Lin Zhiqing's neck, like a soft, sweet little dumpling.

Lin Zhiqing held Lu Zhiyao for a while before putting her down on the ground and saying:

"Your younger brother has been reading in the study all day. Bring him over here so your mother can give him a good kiss."

Lin Zhiyao took short steps out the door, her little braids bobbing up and down, making her look very cute.

As Lin Zhiqing watched, the frustration of not being able to teach math problems long since disappeared.

"Ah Qing, Yao Yao just said yesterday that she missed you." Lu Huai poured Lin Zhiqing a cup of tea.

Lin Zhiqing took the drink, sipped it, and then tilted her head to look at Lu Huai:

"Is Yao Yao the only one who misses me?"

"Of course not." Lu Huai said calmly, "Zhi Xuan misses you too."

"Isn't it you who misses me the most?" Lin Zhiqing tapped Lu Huai's hand.

Lu Huai grasped Lin Zhiqing's hand in return: "No."

Lin Zhiqing pouted: "You didn't say that when we first got married. Sure enough, people change."

Back then, Lu Huai could indeed be described as an innocent young man.

Lin Zhiqing could make him blush with just a few mushy words.

Lu Huai didn't argue with him, but chuckled softly.

Lin Zhiqing felt something being stuffed into her hand. Looking down, she saw a pair of beautiful earrings.

"Oh, there's a gift for me too." Lin Zhiqing put the earrings on with a backhand motion. "Do they look good?"

The two quickly closed the distance between them, and Lu Huai touched Lin Zhiqing's earlobe: "Very beautiful."

This time, it was Lin Zhiqing's turn to blush.

"Daddy! Mommy!" A childish voice broke the tender atmosphere between the two.

Lin Zhiqing turned her head and beckoned to Lu Zhixuan: "Xuan'er, your father brought a gift. Come and have a pastry."

"Mother, eating too many pastries will cause worms in your teeth." Lin Zhixuan shook his head with his hands behind his back, like a little adult.

"Oh dear, it won't hurt to eat one piece." Compared to him, the elderly mother, Lin Zhiqing, seemed like a child.

"Mommy, you're being naughty," Lin Zhixuan said in a childish voice.

Lin Zhiqing couldn't resist reaching out and pinching his cheek:
"You little rascal, you're lecturing your mother now."

"Did your father teach you that?" Lu Huai quickly raised his hands: "I never taught him that, I'm innocent!"

Lu Zhiyao, who was in Lu Huai's arms, stuck out her tongue and imitated Lu Huai, saying, "Innocent!"

Lin Zhiqing was amused by the sight of one big and two small children.

She caught a glimpse of the numerology problem out of the corner of her eye, and her expression instantly turned serious:

"Yaoyao, come here, you'll finish these questions soon!"

Upon hearing that he had to do a problem, Lu Zhiyao struggled to get down from Lu Huai's arms and onto the ground. He picked up the wooden sword on the ground and walked towards the courtyard.

Soon, she was wielding the small wooden sword with impressive skill.

This is clearly an attempt to distract oneself from math problems.

“Lu Huai, Yao Yao is like my cousin’s child. If you don’t discipline her for three days, she’ll be climbing on the roof and tearing off the tiles. She loves to brandish knives and guns.” Lin Zhiqing rested her chin on her hands.

"Isn't it good to be like your older cousin?" Lu Huai said while checking Lin Zhixuan's homework.
"I heard from Yan Yu that they will be back soon."

"Huh? How come I didn't know about this?" Lin Zhiqing smiled. "When are you coming back? I haven't seen them in a long time."

“My cousin wrote to me last time saying that Yan Hang had regained his memory.”

Lu Huai smiled and said, "With your mind-reading courses so full, how would you have time to pay attention to these things?"

"I think if things continue like this, you might not even want to go home anymore."

That's a bit sarcastic.

Lin Zhiqing shrugged: "Once I've trained Xiao Yan, I can let him teach those students."

“I’m running back and forth between the palace and the school every day now, and I’m exhausted.”

"But you, aren't you also running between the palace and the academy? How come you don't look tired at all?"

“Talent and good stamina,” Lu Huai said succinctly.

"Cough cough." Lin Zhiqing choked accidentally and glared at Lu Huai angrily.

Lu Huai pretended not to see it, but the corners of his mouth involuntarily curved into a smile.

Lin Zhiqing quickly changed the subject: "Once my cousin and the others return, we will also go back to Shengjing City to stay for a few days."

"Father and grandfather must miss Yao Yao and Zhi Xuan."

"I'll do whatever you say." Lu Huai nodded.

Lin Zhiqing asked curiously, "By the way, Lu Huai, you won't blame me for moving here to live in this desolate place, will you?"

“You like peace and quiet, and so do I,” Lu Huai replied readily.

This means that this place is very nice.

Lin Zhiqing also thought it was good.

Since she became the Judge Zhaojun, the thresholds of both the Lin and Lu families have been worn down by visitors.

Lin Zhiqing disliked it the most, and Lu Huai disliked it as well.

The two hit it off immediately and settled down in a small village on the outskirts of the city.

Putting everything else aside, very few people come to bother us.

Lin Zhiqing really likes staying here; this is her true home.

There is Lu Huai, and there are also two little cubs.

Of course, if Lu Zhiyao's numerology skills were better, that would be perfect.

Thinking of this, Lin Zhiqing's lips twitched downwards again:

"Lu Huai, your numerology skills are so amazing, why did you pass them all on to Zhi Xuan, but not a single bit to Yao Yao?"

"This is something that can't be forced. After all, not everyone is as smart as me, right, Xuan'er?" Lu Huai was anything but modest these days.

Lin Zhixuan took his mother's surname, but his personality was exactly the same as Lu Huai's; he was practically a mini version of Lu Huai.

He was very intelligent, and he had a great talent for both numerology and the study of mind.

Unlike Lu Zhiyao, she's practically a carbon copy of Lin Yangyang.

Climbing trees to catch birds and going down to the river to catch fish are Lu Zhiyao's favorite activities.

She also loves to practice dancing with Yunfeng. If Chaoyan doesn't keep an eye on him for a while, he will disappear. She's practically a little devil.

After shifting her gaze away from the two children, Lin Zhiqing stretched.

Lu Huai stood up and massaged her shoulders:

"Aqing, there's something I need to tell you."

"A very amazing invention has appeared in Mozhou."

"I heard that a scholar, through research and improvement of the steam engine, discovered something with ten times the power of the steam engine."

"It sounds somewhat like what you said before, what's it called..." Lu Huai hesitated for a moment.

Lin Zhiqing's eyes lit up: "An internal combustion engine!?"

“That’s right, it’s very much like the internal combustion engine you mentioned before,” Lu Huai affirmed. “And what was that other industry again?”

"The Industrial Revolution..." Lin Zhiqing's lips curled slightly: "It seems that a new era for the Great Sheng is about to begin!"
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