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

35. The taste of childhood friendship.

The Taste of Childhood Sweethearts

Ji Shi returned on the second morning after the weather cleared, with a stern face, listening to the steward saying that Lu Feng and Xu Mu had slept together on the soft couch last night.

After the steward finished speaking, Ji Shi lowered her eyelids and casually said, "Little Feng and Mi Jian are cousins with a good relationship. It's nothing if they occasionally sleep together, especially since the young master is timid, maybe he's afraid of thunder at night."

Ji Shi picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and instructed, "Don't let the servants gossip about such trivial matters, especially not in front of Lord Li. The two children are still young, don't let them be estranged because of some words. If I find any servant spreading rumors about the young masters, don't blame me for giving them a beating and selling them off."

The steward immediately nodded respectfully and replied, "Yes."

After everyone left, Ji Shi frowned and placed the teacup on the table. She said, "Although Lu Feng is still young, she is already twelve years old. In some families, girls of this age already have their own chambers. Why doesn't she understand the boundaries between men and women?"

It was fine when they slept together in the ancestral hall last time, but now they took advantage of Xu Mu and Li Shi's absence and brought him to her own room. If this continues, something bad will happen.

If Ji Shi didn't know her daughter so well, she wouldn't be able to sit still now. She would immediately move Mi Jian's belongings into the newly renovated courtyard.

Lu Feng and Mi Jian are not blood-related cousins. If they end up falling in love with each other, the two families will be even closer. Ji Shi would be delighted if Mi Jian married Lu Feng. But Lu Feng has never thought about romantic relationships, and Ji Shi can't figure out what kind of feelings she has for Mi Jian.

For the sake of the two children, this courtyard must be divided.

The courtyard that was renovated for Xu Mu is called "Falling Plum Courtyard." Many plum trees are planted according to the courtyard's layout. One can imagine how beautiful Xu Mu's courtyard will be when the entire Lu residence is covered in white during winter.

Personally supervised by the two masters, Falling Plum Courtyard is exquisite and beautiful, a perfect residence for a young master. Just by walking into the courtyard, one can feel the meticulousness of the renovation. It can be described as a picturesque scene every ten steps.

Lu Feng's Ting Feng Courtyard is grand and simple, while Xu Mu's Falling Plum Courtyard is small and delicate. The two courtyards are separated by only one wall.

When Falling Plum Courtyard was completed in autumn, Xu Mu moved in and looked at his own courtyard, then glanced at Lu Feng's courtyard next door. He suddenly felt a sense of familiarity with Falling Plum Courtyard as if it were his natal home.

After getting married, if he marries Lu Feng and lives in Ting Feng Courtyard, he can easily return to his own courtyard whenever she annoys him. It's quite amusing to think about.

Ji Shi thought that by dividing the courtyards, the two children would become more restrained and not as intimate as when they shared one courtyard. But the reality was different.

Three years passed in the blink of an eye.

During this time, every autumn evening, Xu Mu would sit on the swing in Ting Feng Courtyard, watching the maple leaves, while Lu Feng stood behind him, gently pushing him. In the end, they would nestle together on the swing and whisper to each other.