A Rebirth: Joined As One - Chapter 15

The morning class ended, but the people in the classroom were in no hurry to leave.

Chen Chen, who sat toward the back, dragged over his study companion and said excitedly, “Hey, in a few more days, the palace will decide the list of people accompanying the spring hunt. Do you want to go?”

That study companion said, “I do. I’ve never been to the spring hunt before. Heir, will you be going too?”

Chen Chen said, “Of course I’m going. I’ve been suffocating in this palace school for more than a month. Now that there’s finally a chance to go out and get some air, how could I miss it?” As he spoke, Chen Chen called forward to Commandery Princess Qingyang and asked, “Hey, Qingyang, are you going to the spring hunt?”

Hearing this, Commandery Princess Qingyang bit her lip, glanced to the side, and only then said, “If my Third Brother goes, then I will go too.”

Chen Chen followed her gaze toward the study companion sitting beside Prince Rui’s third son, then laughed knowingly. “I think it’s more like if Xie Ru Yi goes, you’ll go, right?”

“You!” Commandery Princess Qingyang’s face flushed faintly as she said in anger, “What nonsense are you saying?! Believe it or not, I’ll tell my Third Brother to beat you up!”

“Hahaha! Don’t! You should have Xie Ru Yi fight me instead!”

Commandery Princess Qingyang grew even angrier. “You!!”

Seeing Commandery Princess Qingyang being bullied, Xie Ru Yi immediately stepped forward to protect her. “Heir, Qingyang is thin-skinned. Please stop teasing her.”

But the more Chen Chen spoke, the more pleased with himself he became. “You two aren’t even married yet, and you’ve already started protecting her?”

Xie Ru Yi was also thin-skinned and could not withstand Chen Chen’s shameless teasing. For a moment, he was choked speechless. It was only after Commandery Princess Qingyang’s third brother smiled and watched the show for a while that he came out to smooth things over, then patiently coaxed Commandery Princess Qingyang before the matter could be considered finished.

Only after this bout of commotion did the people in the classroom gradually disperse.

Chen Chen seemed not to have had enough fun yet. After stirring up trouble with Commandery Princess Qingyang, he set his sights on Jing Ya. Smiling, he ran over and sat on the desk beside Jing Ya, calling out to her, “Hey, hey, Miss Jing!”

Jing Ya turned her head to look at him. “Does the Heir need something?”

Chen Chen grinned cheekily. “Nothing, nothing at all. I just came over to casually ask you—do you want to go to the spring hunt or not?”

Jing Ya replied calmly, “I will listen to the Princess Royal.”

Hearing this, Chen Chen raised his head to glance at the Princess Royal, then shrank his neck a little and muttered quietly, “So boring. One after another, all of you like listening to other people. None of you have any ideas of your own. Not fun at all…”

Jing Ya heard him but pretended she had not. She quietly tidied her books, then sat there waiting for the Princess Royal.

The Princess Royal finished gathering her things, stood, and beckoned to Jing Ya. “Let’s go.”

“Mm.”

Jing Ya answered and stood to follow behind her.

But after they had only walked a few steps, the Princess Royal suddenly stopped. She even turned around to glance at Chen Chen. Chen Chen was jolted by the Princess Royal’s look and hurriedly got down from the desk, respectfully saluting her. “Princess Royal…”

The Princess Royal lifted her brow slightly and gave a casual sound of acknowledgment, but said nothing more. She simply turned and left.

Only after the Princess Royal and Jing Ya had gone far away did Chen Chen straighten and stretch his neck toward the classroom doorway. After confirming that the two of them had truly left, Chen Chen patted his chest and let out a deep, long breath.

His study companion walked over and asked with concern, “Heir, what’s wrong?”

Chen Chen shook his head. “Nothing. It’s just that Her Highness the Princess Royal… Mm, forget it. Next time, I’d better stay farther away from that Miss Jing…”

The moment he finished speaking, Commandery Princess Qingyang walked past him and deliberately bumped him hard.

Chen Chen glared at Qingyang and shouted, “Qingyang, what are you doing?!”

Commandery Princess Qingyang turned back and gave him a smug little hum. “If you bully me again, I’ll go tell my aunt. Let’s see if you still dare act so arrogant then. Hmph!”

Chen Chen’s eyes widened in anger. “You!”

But Qingyang ignored him. After humming at him, she turned and walked away. This only burdened her third brother and Xie Ru Yi, who followed behind her, with apologizing to Chen Chen. “This girl has been spoiled by us. Heir, please don’t lower yourself to her level.”

Chen Chen was so angry he nearly jumped. “You’re all on the same side!”

Qingyang’s third brother exchanged a glance with his family’s future brother-in-law and felt that Chen Chen’s words did not seem wrong, so he did not argue. He only apologized once more, then chased after Qingyang.

Chen Chen grew even angrier. His study companion did not know how to comfort him either, so he could only stand to the side and wait for him to calm down.

Commandery Princess Qingyang and the heir of the Prince of Zhennan were the same age. They had grown up bickering and making trouble together since childhood. After making a fuss, they would turn around and calm down on their own. Such scenes happened often, so no one truly took them to heart.

As the end of the third month approached, news about the spring hunt gradually increased. The usually dull atmosphere in the palace school also clearly became more and more lively because of it.

The spring hunt was set to begin on the day of Lesser Fullness and would last ten days. The location was Luoping Mountain outside the capital.

Although the date of the spring hunt had been set, part of the list of people accompanying it was still undecided. The reason the students in the palace school were so lively was precisely because of this undecided portion.

Jing Ya was not worried about this. Not to mention her current identity, just based on the Princess Royal’s present attitude toward her, there ought to be a place for her on the spring hunt’s accompanying list.

On the twenty-sixth, the finalized list for the spring hunt was announced.

As Jing Ya expected, she was indeed on it.

Aside from her, Commandery Princess Qingyang and her third brother, Xie Ru Yi, and the others were all on the list too. After excluding those who were not qualified to accompany the hunt, there was only one person who had never imagined that he would not be on the spring hunt list.

That person… was the young heir of the Prince of Zhennan, Chen Chen.

When Chen Chen learned that he was not among those accompanying the spring hunt, he did not believe it at all. He even thought his study companion was tricking him, so he personally went to look again. Only then did he discover that he truly was not on the list.

But just as Chen Chen was about to jump in anger again, he suddenly received a family letter.

And this family letter came at exactly the right time, pressing down Chen Chen’s explosive temper.

Chen Chen had not been included in the spring hunt party. Commandery Princess Qingyang, who had suffered a loss last time, came over this time to deliberately provoke him. “What, you can’t go with us to Luoping? Are you very disappointed?”

“But don’t worry. I’ll definitely have enough fun for your share too, together with Third Brother and the others!”

Chen Chen rolled his eyes at Commandery Princess Qingyang. “What’s so great about Luoping? It’s not as if I’ve never gone there before! Besides, the wind there is strong and the weather is cold. I’m not happy to go anyway!”

Commandery Princess Qingyang gave a little hum at his stubborn attitude and exposed him right to his face. “You’re just saying grapes are sour because you can’t eat them!”

Chen Chen angrily glared at her again and turned his head aside to ignore her. Only after Qingyang found it boring and left did he turn back around. Still angry, he slapped the desk.

Who could have known it would be such perfect timing? Just after he slapped the desk, the lecturer walked in. The entire classroom fell silent, and everyone’s gazes gathered on him.

Chen Chen, who was being watched by everyone: “…”

The author has something to say:

Two relatively important—cute—little friends took up a whole chapter, hahaha.