The Little Childhood Friend in a Female-Dominated World (ChatGPT Translated)

32. 生辰 translates to "birthday" in English.

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Knowing that the person who beat him up yesterday might be Xu Yu, Lu Feng, and others, Zhang Chen Tuo had no evidence and dared not ask for confirmation.

Several times, he stared at Xu Yu, wanting to ask if it was her, but he was afraid that people would find out that he had hit her first, so he could only accept his bad luck.

But this was just the beginning.

In the next half month, Zhang Chen Tuo was beaten several times, one after another. Every time, when her injuries were just right, someone would cover her with a sack and beat her on the ground, causing her so much pain that she could only lie in bed. Even the maidservants refused to help her bathe.

The two servants who often followed her were scared and came up with an idea for her to take a carriage back home every day.

But after only two days of taking the carriage, the wheels somehow broke.

After half a month, besides her face, Zhang Chen Tuo's whole body was covered in bruises. The only fortunate thing was that they were all external injuries, and they would be fine after a few days of pain.

After being beaten on the ground so many times, Zhang Chen Tuo became much more gloomy. Every time she looked at Xu Yu and Lu Feng, her eyes were filled with darkness.

The letter written by Lu Feng had already been sent to the town where Zhang Tai Fu retired. Judging by the time, the old Tai Fu should be coming to the capital soon.

Zhang Tai Fu had raised countless children and naturally couldn't tolerate his granddaughter in the capital being idle and playing with men at such a young age. After receiving the letter, he was so angry that he personally came to the capital to take his granddaughter back and educate her, instead of leaving her in front of her doting father.

The situation was exactly as Lu Feng had expected. Before the Qingming Festival, Zhang Chen Tuo was taken back to the countryside by Tai Fu, and even the Prime Minister couldn't persuade him to leave her behind.

After Zhang Chen Tuo's matter was resolved, it was An Qing Le's birthday in just two days.

An Qing Le, the son of Minister An, was raised as if he were a daughter. Last year, he was praised by the Emperor himself, saying that at such a young age, he had such outstanding qualities and limitless future.

This meant that the Emperor encouraged An Qing Le to participate in the imperial examination, following the previous male Prime Minister, to have another male minister in the court. It showed the Emperor's expectations of him.

Therefore, An Qing Le's birthday was not confined to the inner chambers like an ordinary man's. Minister An allowed him to invite some of his friends to celebrate at the An residence.

This year, An Qing Le invited a few more friends for his birthday, but it wasn't a grand celebration to avoid gossip.

In the Xu residence, Wan Shi looked at the gift prepared by Xu Yu, and her eyebrows almost knitted into a knot. "Xiao Yu, what is in this box?"

In the palm-sized box made of elm wood, there was a lifelike wooden cat.

Wan Shi shook her head. "This thing is too light."

Xu Yu lowered her head and looked at the cat in the box, pursing her lips without saying a word. This thing was her months of hard work, nothing was more precious than this.

Regardless of whether Xu Yu was willing or not, Wan Shi still prepared other gifts for her. The Ministry of Justice is subordinate to the Left Prime Minister. This time, it was the son of the Minister of Personnel who was celebrating his birthday. The gift should not have been too valuable, but An Qingle was praised by the emperor last year, and he was also a classmate of Xu Yu. This year's gift should not be too light.