Yan Jin continued to play the zither. Although she had practiced many times, her playing was still unbearable to the ears.

The flush on Yu Shu’s face faded completely. She sighed and rubbed her forehead, “Forget it, Yan Jin. Your talent isn’t here. Don’t force yourself.”

Seeing Yan Jin also let out a sigh of relief, Yu Shu secretly said to the system in her heart: Yan Jin doesn’t need to be good at everything. It’s enough to have one person in the family who is.

Hearing Yu Shu complain to the system, Qin Yuansi quickly raised his head to smile at the young boy sitting across from him, “Xiang Xiang, looks like you need to prepare yourself to call Yu Shu ‘brother-in-law’.”

The young boy Yan Xiang messed up his hair and let out a heavy sigh, “Yu Shu is a year younger than me. I really can’t bring myself to call her ‘brother-in-law’.”

“No, that’s not right!” Yan Xiang reacted, “My eldest cousin isn’t even together with her yet. Why do I need to prepare myself in advance!”

Qin Yuansi confidently grinned, “I burn incense every day, and the Bodhisattva always gives me an ‘OK’ sign. They will definitely make it.”

Yan Xiang snorted coldly in disdain, “The Bodhisattva is making an orchid finger gesture, not giving you an OK sign.”

Qin Yuansi and Yan Xiang met at the gathering of the three families’ parents last time. Originally, as Yan Jin’s cousin, it wasn’t appropriate for Yan Xiang to tag along to the parents’ dinner gathering. But relying on the fact that Yan Jin hit him the most when they were young and had a good relationship with him, he forced his way in.

At first, Qin Yuansi thought Yan Xiang was also a fan of the Yan Jin x Yu Shu CP and wanted to pull him into the CP fan group. But he found that Yan Xiang was a Yan Jin stan. Whenever Yu Shu was mentioned, his eyes and nose would scrunch up.

Qin Yuansi didn’t like Yan Jin anyway and wasn’t afraid of Yan Xiang at all, “If you have such strong opinions, I dare you to say it in front of your cousin.”

“You think I’m stupid?” Yan Xiang glared, “If they really get together, and I dare say it in front of my cousin, she will definitely hit me.”

Yan Xiang shuddered at the thought, “Other people’s sisters can’t open bottle caps. My sister can open my skull.”

Gu Aoyu returned to the dorm in a huff and ran into Song Qiongshi who lived next door.

Song Qiongshi was having Bei Baizhi style her hair. Seeing Gu Aoyu’s hurried manner, her luminous phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, “Hurrying like this, what’s the matter?”

“You don’t know how infuriating that newly arrived Yan Jin is.” Gu Aoyu recounted what had just happened, and at the end, she still said resentfully: “A mere commoner dares to speak to me like this.”

Song Qiongshi waited for Bei Baizhi to coil her shiny black hair into a bun at the back of her head. She glanced in the mirror and said to Bei Baizhi, “Your skill is still not good. Go back and keep practicing.” Only then did she raise her head and say to Gu Aoyu: “A grasshopper in late autumn, why bother with her?”

Gu Aoyu exhaled a breath of turbid air, “I just feel uncomfortable in my heart.”

“Even if you feel more uncomfortable, you have to hold it in. Don’t let such people catch your weakness out in the open.” Song Qiongshi took off the string of beads on her wrist and started turning the beads on top, “The Empress Dowager hates bullying the most. If those secret agents find out, the Empress Dowager won’t spare you even for the sake of the principal.”

Song Qiongshi’s uncle was the current Imperial Noble Consort. Before the Phoenix Consort entered the palace, everyone recognized the Imperial Noble Consort as the next Phoenix Consort. The entire Song family was waiting for him to take charge of the inner palace.

Who knew that a favored Phoenix Consort would cut in halfway? Under the Emperor’s favor, she actually disregarded years of friendship, bypassed the Imperial Noble Consort, and directly gave the Phoenix Consort title to a man of humble origins who only had beauty and dancing skills.

Although this mishap occurred, the Emperor still remembered their years of friendship and didn’t abandon the Imperial Noble Consort and his lineage. Song Qiongshi still called the Emperor “Empress Dowager Uncle” like in the past when the Emperor and Imperial Noble Consort were close.

“I know.” Gu Aoyu covered her face and said gloomily: “That’s why I eventually bowed my head and apologized.”

“Speaking of which,” Song Qiongshi pointed at Bei Baizhi and asked Gu Aoyu, “Did you find out about Yu Shu’s situation? Who is superior between him and Bei Baizhi?”