Before leaving, Hu Xiaotian made a special trip to his parents' quarters to say goodbye. His father had been summoned to the Ministry of Revenue early that morning, leaving only his mother at home. When Hu Xiaotian arrived, she was chatting with Murong Feiyan. The two seemed to get along wonderfully, laughing from time to time as they talked. Seeing Hu Xiaotian enter, Murong Feiyan stopped laughing and rose. "Madam Xu, I'll be going now. I won't keep you and your son from talking."
Xu Fengyi nodded. As Murong Feiyan brushed past Hu Xiaotian, she did not so much as glance at him.
Hu Xiaotian's gaze followed her graceful figure. Only after she disappeared through the doorway did he turn to his mother.
Xu Fengyi could naturally see her son's disappointment. She smiled. "What is it? Have you had a quarrel?"
Hu Xiaotian smiled. "Not really. I just feel she's been deliberately keeping her distance these past two days."
Xu Fengyi said, "Feiyan has a strong personality. Your engagement to Princess Yongyang was quite a blow to her. But I can still tell that she likes you and cares about you deep down. She was just talking to me about you."
Hu Xiaotian grinned. "Mother, what did you talk about?"
"How you spent sixteen years a simpleton, then suddenly became clever!"
Hu Xiaotian smiled wryly. "Weren't you exposing your son's shortcomings?"
Xu Fengyi laughed. "Heaven has eyes. It gave me back a bright, quick-witted son, blessed with both wisdom and courage. The Zhou family broke off our engagement back then. Let them regret it now."
Hu Xiaotian inwardly flushed with shame. Xu Fengyi would never have the chance to learn that he had merely borrowed this body to be reborn. His mind and consciousness were not those of that fool