In the following days, there were no major upheavals.
Helan Rong had to accept the reality that even his parents did not oppose his sister and Lu Shuo, but he was still unwilling. He often dragged Helan Chang along to secretly observe Lu Shuo at the Imperial Academy, checking if he associated with any wastrels.
Lu Shuo felt awkward when he saw them, but knowing he was in the wrong, he became even more submissive to them and never argued.
Helan Pei's favorite days now were the holidays of the Imperial Academy again.
Her parents said she couldn't secretly meet Lu Shuo, but they didn't say she couldn't spend time with him. So she openly kept the doors and windows open for all to see—she and Lu Shuo really were just reading and chatting, doing nothing else at all.
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