After chatting with Chi Chi for a while, Shen Jing returned to his room to rest.
Inside the room, Su Yourong was sitting at the desk, writing at times and pausing to think at others.
Hearing the door open, Su Yourong looked up.
"You've come at just the right time."
Su Yourong waved at Shen Jing, "Quickly, tell me, what was the next line?"
Shen Jing leaned closer and realized she was silently transcribing the beginning of the Dao De Jing.
She had already written up to the line, "By doing nothing, nothing is left undone."
A small part at the beginning was still blank, likely because she hadn't memorized it completely.
"Your memory is quite good!"
Shen Jing looked at Su Yourong in surprise.
He remembered that he had memorized it quite quickly himself!
Although she also had a few blank spots at the beginning, to be able to remember so much, her memory was not just ordinarily good!
"It's alright!"
Su Yourong smiled modestly and urged Shen Jing again, "Quickly, tell me, what comes next?"
"I forgot."
Shen Jing grinned, "My mind has been thinking about too many things lately, it needs some stimulation..."
Stimulation again!
Su Yourong immediately understood what Shen Jing meant.
This scoundrel!
Couldn't his mind think of anything else?
"You want stimulation, do you?"
Su Yourong slowly stood up and, with a half-smile, made a kicking motion towards Shen Jing's crotch, "This kind of stimulation, I'm afraid you can't handle it!"
Shen Jing chuckled indifferently and said earnestly, "You're a young lady from a good family; you should be more ladylike! It doesn't matter if you hurt me, but you can't let people say that Grand Tutor, my father-in-law, has a bad family upbringing."
...
Su Yourong was speechless.
He was so shameless himself, yet he spoke with such conviction?
Sigh!
Encountering such a shameless scoundrel was sometimes quite interesting.
But sometimes, it was quite frustrating!
"Who can be ladylike when they encounter a scoundrel like you?"
Su Yourong rolled her eyes at him, sat back down, "How about you write? I'll grind the ink for you."
Shen Jing thought for a moment, then shook his head and smiled, "How about I teach you to write?"
"Teach me to write?"
Su Yourong looked at him suspiciously and warily, "How will you teach me to write?"
From her understanding of Shen Jing, this scoundrel definitely wasn't up to any good.
Shen Jing smiled, walked behind Su Yourong, bent down, and leaned over.
His head was right next to Su Yourong's ear.
Su Yourong's body stiffened, her heart rate suddenly accelerated, and her originally crystal-clear earlobe visibly turned red.
This scoundrel!
He really wasn't up to any good!
Shame and anger flared in Su Yourong, and she lightly elbowed Shen Jing in the chest, "If you want to take advantage, just say so!"
"I think you've misunderstood me!"
Shen Jing complained, "How is this taking advantage? This is cultivating feelings! My mother-in-law wants me to help the Su Family prosper every day, and I can't be the only one working hard, can I?"
As he spoke, Shen Jing's hand reached around and grabbed Su Yourong's hand.
Su Yourong's body trembled, and she instinctively wanted to pull her hand back, but after a moment's hesitation, she suppressed the impulse in her heart, only letting out a soft 'tsk', "I'm just baffled, how do you manage to say such shameless things without blushing at all?"
Shen Jing keenly sensed Su Yourong's change and was secretly delighted.
There's a chance!
"If you want to learn this, I can teach you too."
Shen Jing chuckled and then took Su Yourong's hand to pick up the brush.
Su Yourong blushed, slowly picked up the brush, and dipped it in ink under Shen Jing's guidance.
"That's right!"
Shen Jing smiled with satisfaction, "As long as we're both proactive, not only will we have a story, but we'll also have children."
"Shut up!"
Su Yourong was incredibly embarrassed and lightly nudged Shen Jing's chest with her elbow again, "If you talk any more, I'll pour the ink into your mouth!"
"Okay, okay! I won't talk, alright?"
Shen Jing was helpless.
Sigh!
It's a long and arduous journey!
However, this is also a good start!
With this thought, Shen Jing began to hold Su Yourong's hand and write.
Feeling Shen Jing's warm breath, Su Yourong was incredibly shy.
It was her first time being so close to a man.
She truly didn't understand Shen Jing.
How could this shameless scoundrel know so much?
Making white sugar, painting, comprehending the Dao...
Moreover, from her interactions with Shen Jing, this scoundrel was clearly someone who wouldn't take even a small loss.
So why was he still swindled out of hundreds of thousands of guan by Song Lianxin?
Was he really just so infatuated with Song Lianxin?
Su Yourong's mind wandered, and she wrote, guided by Shen Jing's hand, like a puppet on strings.
Soon, Shen Jing completed the missing parts.
But he only completed up to the point he had previously memorized.
Even after he stopped, Su Yourong remained like a puppet.
"Wake up..."
Shen Jing released her hand, waved his hand in front of her, and teased, "Were you captivated by my masculine charm?"
"Have some shame!"
Su Yourong, as if waking from a dream, angrily slapped away Shen Jing's paw, "You really should experience Wang Zan's masculine charm!"
...
Upon hearing this, Shen Jing immediately looked disgusted, "Damn it, I have to find an opportunity to castrate that Sunzi!"
Yes, castrate him!
Aren't there eunuchs needed in the palace?
However, before castrating that scoundrel, I'll send Zhao Ying to him as a gift!
Su Yourong turned around.
Seeing Shen Jing's disgusted expression, she immediately burst into a giggle.
Hmm, it seems there's a way to deal with him after all!
"Still daring to laugh?"
Shen Jing's body trembled, and his domineering aura surged.
"This concubine knows her mistake, this concubine will not laugh anymore."
Su Yourong smiled at him, then turned back to look at the completed content.
The characters Shen Jing wrote while holding her hand were very different from her own.
Hmm, she'll have to recopy it later.
Su Yourong thought, then asked Shen Jing, "What about the rest? Are you really not going to tell me the rest of the content?"
"Let's talk about it later!"
Speaking of this, Shen Jing was uncharacteristically serious, "Including this content, you can know it yourself, but don't spread it!"
"Why?"
Although Su Yourong herself hadn't intended to spread it, she was still a little puzzled.
This was content he had recited in public, so why wasn't it allowed to be spread now?
"I still haven't thought some things through."
Shen Jing replied, "I'll tell you after I've thought it through."
Su Yourong was puzzled.
What hadn't he thought through?
However, seeing Shen Jing's expression, she knew that even if she pressed him, Shen Jing wouldn't say.
Forget it!
If he doesn't want to say, then he doesn't want to say!
"Alright!"
Su Yourong readily agreed, "By the way, let me tell you something serious."
"Can we not talk about serious matters?"
Shen Jing smirked, "I still prefer to talk about romantic things."
"You're so improper!"
Su Yourong scolded, "How do you plan to arrange Chi Chi? Are you going to have her manage specific affairs in the manor, or do you just plan to have her be your personal maid?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Jing immediately dropped his playful expression and said seriously, "I want her to manage the accounts."
"This..."
Su Yourong frowned, "Was she in charge of accounts before? Learning this isn't something that can be done overnight."
"It's alright, I'll teach her."
Shen Jing smiled casually.
"You can also manage accounts?"
Su Yourong was surprised.
"Of course."
Shen Jing raised an eyebrow and smiled, "I'm lazy to manage accounts, not incapable!"
"Is that so?"
Su Yourong's lips curled up, "Then how about I test you with an arithmetic problem?"
"Not good."
Shen Jing shook his head, "When you want to test me, it means you're doubting me! I'm angry and need a kiss to be appeased!"
"Go to hell!"
Su Yourong glared at him in shame and anger...