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Chapter 440 Extra Chapter: That Year's Peach Blossoms 4

It was Shen Shiyan who arrived. Others might not understand Shen Shixi, but she understood her best. She felt that Shen Shixi was being improper, touching a man's leg, and that the man was none other than the Eighth Prince.

Shen Shiyan skillfully concealed her anger and respectfully bowed, "This humble woman, Shen Shiyan, greets Your Highness, may Your Highness be well!"

Shen Shixi leaned on Li Yuanke's shoulder and sobbed softly, rubbing her little bottom.

This action would be very indecent if done by an older child, but isn't she only three years old?

Li Yuanke even had the urge to rub her soothing pain, but ultimately decided against it. He glared at Shen Shiyan and turned to leave.

"Handsome brother, should I not have touched your leg? My older sister must have meant it that way. She's doing it for my own good. I must have done something wrong. They say 'men and women shouldn't touch each other.'"

Shen Shixi said with a wronged expression, her eyes red from rubbing them.

A surge of anger rose in Li Yuanke's heart, and he felt that he should have retaliated against the woman's two blows earlier, which made him have a particularly bad impression of her.

"Is she your eldest sister?"

"Mmm!" Shen Shixi hugged the handsome young man's neck. "You're so nice, handsome brother!"

Li Yuanke was a little embarrassed by her praise, after all, people nowadays value subtlety.

"Does your leg still hurt?" she asked. She had only touched it for a short while. Sigh, Shen Shiyan is such a spoilsport.

"It doesn't hurt, don't worry about it." Li Yuanke was quite touched.

I don't really care. I just feel sorry that you didn't say it hurt. That way, I could have taken the opportunity to touch those long, straight legs a little more!

This guy probably doesn't have abs yet; we need to find a way to help him develop them.

Just imagining six chocolate-shaped abs, clearly defined, made Shen Shixi drool, completely absorbed in the thought.

Li Gui felt that the little girl's eyes were somewhat lewd, but using those two words to describe a three-year-old girl made him feel like a beast.

After school, Shen Shixi asked her older brother if he wanted to play in her yard for a while. "It's too far. It would take me a long time to walk there by myself. I don't want the servants to carry me. I feel that it's inappropriate to enslave people like that."

Li Yuanke finally understood the implied meaning and found it somewhat amusing. He squatted down in front of her, and she leaned on his back, thinking to herself, "Handsome brother is so smart, he's quite perceptive!"

Li Yuanke carried her on his back through the second gate and escorted her to her courtyard. She quickly climbed off his back and said, "Handsome brother, would you like to come in and have a cup of tea?"

Li Yuanke was a little embarrassed. Even if she was three years old, it was still someone else's boudoir!

While he was still hesitating, he was pulled inside.

Shen Shixi thought to herself, "Do I look like the spider demon who captured Tang Sanzang and put him in the Spider Cave?"

Li Yuanke glanced at her boudoir, a room with one bright room and two dark rooms. The east side was the study, and the west side was the bedroom. The living room in the bright room was simply furnished, but it looked very comfortable.

The two drank tea and chatted about life for a while. Of course, Shen Shixi mainly brainwashed him, saying that as long as you can understand the meaning of what you read, there is no need to put in hard work. The important thing is to master riding and archery, which is the foundation for making a living.

Ideally, you should be able to develop abs.

Li Yuanke actually agreed with this, and he didn't quite understand why a three-year-old child had such broad knowledge.

After chatting for a while, it got late, and Li Yuanke felt it wouldn't be appropriate for him to stay any longer, so he got up to say goodbye.

Shen Shixi waved goodbye to him, "See you tomorrow, handsome brother!"

After watching Li Yuanke leave, Shen Shixi went to her mother's courtyard, where she always ate with her parents.

"Shen Shixi!"

Hearing the sound behind her, Shen Shixi took off running, her short legs moving incredibly fast. Shen Shiyan was furious when she saw this and followed, but she didn't run away; she was a lady and had to maintain her image.

She was a step too late; she saw her younger sister rush into the yard and throw herself into her mother's arms, crying, "Mom, my sister scolded me!"

Shen Shiyan was furious. Pointing at her younger sister, she didn't care about her image anymore, "What did I yell at you for? What did you do? You dare tell Mother?"

Shen Shixi pretended to be terrified, shrinking into her mother's arms and trembling, but her peach blossom eyes looked very calm when she looked at Shen Shiyan.

This was something her mother couldn't see from her angle, but Shen Shiyan could see it very clearly. "Mother, look at her!"

Madam Shen was quite annoyed. Holding her youngest daughter, she said, "You're the older sister. Why are you always picking on your younger sister? How old is she? What can she do?"

"She touched a man's leg, and that's not a big deal?" Shen Shiyan felt that her family had all gone crazy, being deceived by her younger sister all day long.

"Mom, no, it's not a man, it's a little brother. He broke his leg on the swing while trying to help me, and I'm applying medicine for him."

Madam Shen wasn't even surprised. She said to her eldest daughter with displeasure, "You mustn't say such things in the future. What kind of behavior will it create if word gets out? Is your sister such a tactless child?"

The old man praised his youngest daughter to the skies, and when he returned home, he was overjoyed, but also very disappointed that she wasn't a son.

Neither the couple favored sons over daughters; they simply felt that if their youngest daughter were a boy, she would have a world to realize her ambitions, while if she were a girl, she would only have a tiny backyard, which was a real pity.

"Fine, you don't believe me, huh? One day, she'll make the Shen family lose all face!" Shen Shiyan said angrily.

She clearly saw her sister lecherously touching someone's leg.

The First Madam said, "Just take care of yourself; your sister is none of your business."

The eldest wife felt that her eldest daughter was too jealous, and that she didn't even love her own younger sister. She tried to reason with her eldest daughter several times, but she wouldn't listen to a word. She thought it was too selfish.

Li Yuanke now studies his lessons diligently every day. The scriptures that he couldn't understand before are now quite interesting to him, because the little peach blossom spirit can always teach him to interpret them from a very strange perspective, and can also apply these seemingly boring and tasteless knowledge to real-world situations.

A piece of knowledge can only truly demonstrate its value when it can be applied in practice, indicating that the knowledge is useful to oneself and that learning it will be twice as effective with half the effort.

Li Yuanke came to the Shen family to study at a young age. When Emperor Zhenyou heard about this, he sighed, "It seems that the eighth prince is not unable to study. It should be that he is incompatible with Li Jizhong."

Li Yuanke deliberately entered through the side gate. Passing through the peach grove, he heard a soft chewing sound as he got closer. He looked up and saw a chubby little hamster hiding among the peach blossoms, stealing food.

She took a piece of dried peach from her purse, quickly stuffed it into her mouth, squinted her eyes, chewed it a few times with great enjoyment, and then swallowed it.

Looking towards the inner courtyard, seeing no one, he quickly took out a piece, stuffed it into his mouth, and chewed it carefully.

Li Yuanke was delighted to see this.

"Shen Shixi!"

It was that annoying voice again. Shen Shixi was so frightened that she trembled and fell off the peach tree. Li Yuanke rushed over and caught her in his arms.

Behind another peach tree, Shen Shiyan reappeared. She first bowed respectfully to Li Yuanke, saying, "Greetings, Your Highness!"

Li Yuanke thought to himself, "I'll be at ease if you don't show up."

"Miss Shen, a woman should prioritize virtue and conduct. Why do you always act so rashly, frightening your younger sister so much?"

Shen Shiyan is always like this. One second she says she won't care about her sister, and the next second she can't stand anything her sister does, always feeling that her words and actions are a disgrace to the Shen family.

Shen Shiyan's chest heaved with anger. "Eighth Prince, my younger sister is greedy. My mother doesn't allow her to eat too many snacks, but she doesn't listen and always hides to eat them. Just now, she was hiding under a book eating dried peaches."

Li Yuanke was speechless. "So what if she eats some dried peaches? Everyone has their own favorite foods. Does anyone forbid Miss Shen from eating what she likes?"

Shen Shiyan felt utterly humiliated and was so angry she wanted to stomp her feet. "Eighth Prince, you shouldn't be so protective of my younger sister! If I were as fat as her, I'd rather starve to death!"

Shen Shixi pouted, about to cry, then turned and hugged the handsome young man's neck, looking utterly aggrieved and as if she didn't want to live anymore.

Li Yuange felt heartbroken and sneered, "Some people are good-looking when they are thin, while others are good-looking when they are fat. Miss Shen is indeed extremely ugly when she is fat, but Xi'er is good-looking whether she is thin or fat. What's wrong with eating a few more pieces of dried peaches?"

Or are you saying you want to eat it too, but you're afraid of gaining weight, so you can't stand seeing others eat it?

Shen Shixi smiled, looking incredibly sweet and well-behaved, "Thank you, Brother Yuan Ke!"

However, Li Yuanke's arm was a little sore from being pressed down. He thought that the little peach blossom spirit really should lose some weight, since being fat is not good for her health.

With a thud, a bag of dried peaches fell to the ground. Shen Shiyan rushed over, picked it up, waved it at Shen Shixi, and then turned and left.