In the days after returning to the Imperial Academy, Lu Shuo barely knew how he got through them. Luckily, as the year-end approached, his classmates were somewhat restless, and Lu Shuo blended in without standing out. The instructors turned a blind eye and did not reprimand the students.
Finally, the holiday arrived. Lu Shuo followed Helan Chang and Helan Rong back to the mansion. All the way, he couldn't help wondering: would she be waiting for them at the gate this time? Last time she wasn't there because she had to accompany their guest Shen Hechuan; surely today she wouldn't be with him again?
But when they got out of the carriage, the front yard was still empty of the person he wanted to see. Lu Shuo stood under the empty screen wall and slowly pressed his lips together.
"Where's Cousin?" Helan Rong grabbed a passing servant as soon as he entered the mansion. "Is he studying now? Or at my mother's place?"
The servant replied, "Master Shen isn't studying, but he's not in the mansion right now either."
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