On this day, Gu Yunji was eating in the academy cafeteria when he heard noise coming from not far away.

Zhu Yuanfeng was a big man with a round waist and a fleshy face. He pointed at the stained corner of his clothes and said viciously to the young man in front of him: "Boy, you stained my clothes, is that all?"

Cheng Yan was now soaked with vegetable soup. He wiped his face with his sleeves, pursed his lips and said: "You bumped into me first, not to mention my clothes are soaked. Even if I have to pay, it's you who will pay."

Me." As he said that, he raised his head and stared straight at Zhu Yuanfeng, his eyes like swords.

Zhu Yuanfeng felt provocative from this look. He grabbed Cheng Yan's collar and threatened: "Try it again? Do you dare to ask me to compensate? A poor boy who was lucky enough to enter the academy really thought he was a golden phoenix.

Isn’t it? You don’t even look at the poverty all over your body!”

Hearing this, the air pressure in Cheng Yan's whole body suddenly dropped, the surroundings were full of hostility, and the darkness in his eyes became deeper and deeper. Suddenly, the sharpness in his body shrank, and his aura sank. He lowered his eyes and whispered: "Then you

What do you want?"

Zhu Yuanfeng lifted up his clothes and stepped on the stool, saying domineeringly: "I want you to kneel down and lick it clean!"

Cheng Yan froze, clenching his fists tightly, and his whole body was trembling slightly from trying to suppress his anger. He gritted his teeth and looked at Zhu Yuanfeng's greasy and arrogant face, and could hardly resist the urge to punch him.

"Cheng Yan." Suddenly, a familiar and clear voice came, interrupting the tense atmosphere. Cheng Yan relaxed his body, exhaled the turbid air in his chest, and slowly loosened his clenched fists.

"Why are you here?" Gu Yunji looked as if nothing had happened. "I've been looking for you for a long time. Sir, I'm calling you." After saying that, he was about to pull Cheng Yan away.

"Wait a minute!" Zhu Yuanfeng stretched out his arm between the two of them, "This kid has soiled my clothes and I haven't paid for it. How can I just let him go like this!"

Gu Yunji paused, with a fake smile on his face, turned around and looked at Zhu Yuanfeng and said: "Senior Brother Zhu, look at my friend who is all dirty, but we didn't say anything. You just got a corner of your clothes dirty.

Isn’t it inappropriate to ask him to compensate?”

Zhu Yuanfeng said: "I don't care if he is suitable or not! He is just a wild boy from the country who doesn't go around when he sees me. He dares to dirty my clothes. I have to let him lick it clean today!"

Gu Yunji's smile turned cold: "What you said is unforgiving. As far as I know, your father, Mr. Zhu Jie, is an upright official and upright. I wonder if he knows that his son is bullying others and corrupting him."

Where’s your reputation?”

Zhu Yuanfeng raised his eyebrows: "You actually know my father? Whose boy are you from?"

Gu Yunji straightened his sleeves and said in a calm tone: "The former crown prince and grand master Gu Zhengde is my grandfather."

"Are you the grandson of Grand Master Gu?" Hearing this, Zhu Yuanfeng was a little unbelievable. The Gu family is a prominent family in the south of the Yangtze River and has a deep foundation. I didn't expect that this kid, who looked so unassuming, was actually a descendant of the Gu family.

Although he was not afraid of him because of his family background, there was no need to argue over such a trivial matter. Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanfeng stopped pestering him: "Huh, I'll give you an advantage today. We'll see in the future." After that, he walked away.

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After returning to the dormitory, Gu Yunji brought a basin of water and said to Cheng Yan: "Wash it first." Cheng Yan lowered his eyes and took it, and just washed it silently without saying a word.

Gu Yunji turned around and stopped looking at him. People like Cheng Yan were like golden phoenixes who walked out of the dirt and haystacks. They were extremely self-esteem and at the same time extremely inferior. They didn't want others to see themselves in embarrassment and distress.

Neither of them spoke. For a while, the dormitory was silent, except for the slight sound of water splashing when Cheng Yan washed up.

"I've encountered similar things many times." Cheng Yan suddenly said, "At first I got mad and jumped on him to beat him, but in the end he always got beaten harder. Later I learned to behave and began to tolerate it.

, even if the other party humiliates me in every possible way, I will not fight back."

Gu Yunji turned to look at him. Cheng Yan's broken hair on his forehead was wet. As he spoke, he looked at the basin in front of him, his expression somewhat self-deprecating, but his eyes were full of unwillingness.

"Because I know that as long as I study hard, take the imperial examination, and become an official, I will be able to make those who have bullied me regret it when I get ahead." Cheng Yan put the handkerchief in the basin and washed it gently with a light tone.

, "I often envy you. You come from such a good background and have such a powerful grandfather. Even if you are a bastard, as long as you stand out a little bit, you will be taken seriously by the family and you can easily get what I dream of."

At this point, Cheng Yan stopped what he was doing and raised his head to look into his eyes: "It's not just envy, sometimes even jealousy. I'm jealous of all the children of aristocratic families like you. I'm going crazy with jealousy. Why are you born here?"

Are you nobler than me? How come I try my best but still can’t get even a tiny bit of what you have?”

His eyes were filled with complicated emotions such as unwillingness, jealousy, and resentment, and his sharp gaze almost stung Gu Yunji. On weekdays, Miley Yan disguised himself with a modest and gentle coat, hiding the inferiority and self-esteem in his heart tightly.

He refused to reveal it. At this time, he was alert and sensitive, like an injured hedgehog, with soft and unhealed wounds growing under the long hard thorns.

"That Zhu Yuanfeng just bullied me like that, but I couldn't do anything about it. But you came in front of me like a god, and you could easily make him retreat in spite of the difficulties with your own family background. I am very grateful to you for helping me.

, but at the same time I hate you, I hate that you can easily do things that I can't do, making me look like a coward who can only wait to be saved.

All our efforts have turned into a joke.”

Gu Yunji was stunned and said: "I'm sorry..."

He did not need to apologize to Cheng Yan, but at this time he inexplicably felt that he owed him. Gu Yunji could actually empathize with him. In his previous life, he had gone from a poor ravine to a prosperous big city through studying, but whenever he stood in the crowd,

I always feel that I am incompatible with the city where I live and I can't blend in.

Traveling back to ancient times with clear hierarchical order and a huge gap between the rich and the poor, Gu Yunji had rich clothes and fine food as soon as he opened his eyes. He almost forgot about the low self-esteem and sensitive self he once had. Seeing Cheng Yan at this time, he suddenly remembered that he was actually no better than

No matter how noble a person is, everything he possesses only comes from luck.

"You don't need to apologize to me. You helped me, and I should be grateful to you." Cheng Yan covered his face with a wet veil, and took it off after a while to reveal his reddish eyes. "I lost my composure and scared you.

,Excuse me."

After saying that, he quickly packed himself up and walked out the door.

"Cheng Yan." Gu Yunji stopped him, "You are no worse than anyone else, nor are you humbler than anyone else. It is not your fate to be stepped on like an ant. You are a Kunpeng, not a sparrow. You must know that your future lies in the mountains and seas.

between."
Chapter completed!