The differences between hotowns can actually be quite significant.
There is one type of hotown you can return to, where family mbers you miss dearly reside, and the journey back is filled with longing.
The other type is the hotown you can’t go back to.
There’s only mory, but no one you wish to see.
This kind of hotown stays in your mind, but you don’t feel the urge to return.
For Shen Han, Yun’an City is the hotown he can’t return to.
Madam Yun and Cailing are in the Yun Family of Anyang City.
Although he has many blood relatives in Yun’an City, it’s only that thin bond of blood relation.
He doesn’t want to see them, and they probably don’t want to see him either.
Sitting in the luxurious carriage of the Dean, they should be reaching Yun’an City in a few more hours.
Traveling south from the Capital City to Yun’an City, the difference in vegetation around is quite noticeable.
The main reason is the significant mountain range between the north and south of Great Wei, causing a considerable climate difference.
With the imminent competition, Dean Tianyi felt a bit anxious.
"This ti, don’t put too much pressure on yourself, winning or losing is commonplace.
Shen Ye is much older than you, which gives him a considerable advantage.
Even if you lose, it’s just a matter of handing over the Shen Family’s title, no big deal.
Anyway, your Shen family never intended to pass the title to you.
Just see it as failing to take soone else’s thing."
Dean Tianyi’s consolation sounded sowhat odd.
If you’re not good at comforting soone, there’s no need to force it.
People indeed have different strengths, and for Dean Tianyi, he’s more suited to telling dirty jokes.
Today is May 24th.
7:00 AM.
Shen Han and Dean Tianyi finally arrived in Yun’an City.
Yun’an City isn’t considered a big city, just slightly better than so frontier towns, and the population isn’t large.
But these days Yun’an City is really bustling, and many inns can’t accommodate everyone.
The main reason for the popularity is, of course, the competition between Shen Han and Shen Ye.
For Yun’an City to produce two prodigies at once, it’s earned the reputation of a land of talents.
Shen Ye has been a renowned prodigy for years, and Shen Han also perford exceptionally well in the Ten Nations Grand Competition, even having his portrait prominently displayed in the Celestial Universe Pavilion.
The duel between these two outstanding young n makes for quite a spectacle.
Apart from just watching the excitent, many co to observe the competition, hoping to learn sothing.
The carriage stopped at the gate of Yun’an City, and Shen Han, together with Dean Tianyi, got off the carriage.
The two walked towards Shen Mansion.
Along the way, Shen Han had a faint smile on his face as he explained to Dean Tianyi his past experiences in Yun’an City.
With little money, he could only go to the market to buy so naan bread to stave off hunger.
Dean Tianyi had never heard of naan bread before.
Having so ti, he invited Shen Han to go and have a look.
Walking into the market, Shen Han greeted familiar stall owners proactively.
But upon hearing his voice, these stall owners frowned.
They looked at Shen Han a few more tis before suddenly realizing.
This is Shen Han!
After Shen Han beca famous, people often ntioned his na.
So stall owners even used his fa to boast when selling things.
Saying Shen Han bought many things from them before attaining his current achievents, thus flattering themselves.
Talking about him often, they hadn’t expected they couldn’t recognize him when they saw him in person.
Actually, there was another reason people didn’t realize.
Who would have thought that Shen Han, now of such status, would actively greet small stall vendors like them.
Upon hearing the voice, they instinctively didn’t think of Shen Han.
Reaching the naan stall, and seeing such a large piece of bread.
Dean Tianyi didn’t expect it would only cost a few coins to buy several pieces...
Taking the naan bread Shen Han handed over, Dean Tianyi took a bite, and to maintain his image in front of the young ones, he struggled to swallow it.
The taste wasn’t exactly bad because the naan bread actually had no taste.
"Did you eat this every day when you were at Shen Mansion?"
Upon hearing Dean Tianyi’s question, Shen Han smiled and shook his head.
"Life wasn’t that bad, not every al was naan bread.
Occasionally, Madam Yun would send so dishes, which was a rare treat.
But the Old Dowager always liked to preach self-reliance, not allowing Madam Yun to send als.
If I want to practice and study, I could only fill my stomach with these naan breads."
Hearing Shen Han’s words, Dean Tianyi’s eyes seed to flash sharply.
"The Shen family fell to this state truly of their own doing."
After wandering around the market for a while, checking the ti, the two then headed to Shen Mansion.
The family performance assessnt is an internal competition within the Shen Family.
This year is a special occasion, so more people are sure to co to watch.
But as Shen Han and Dean Tianyi arrived at the mansion’s gate, they were still a bit surprised.
There seed to be too many people.
Madam He stood at the gate, exchanging polite words with the dignitaries as they arrived.
But when she saw Shen Han and Dean Tianyi, her expression abruptly changed.
She turned her face away directly, completely ignoring Shen Han and Dean Tianyi.
Shen Han remained indifferent, greeting when necessary, it’s up to others to respond or not.
When other dignitaries arrived, Madam He would arrange a servant to guide them.
But Shen Han and Dean Tianyi could only find their own way.
Shen Han didn’t mind, he was familiar with Shen Mansion, it’s not that big a place.
There were only a couple of locations suitable for the family performance assessnt.
Just as they walked a short distance, a servant from the mansion carefully approached.
"Young Master Han, don’t mind, Madam He didn’t allow us to guide you, that’s why no one ca...
Now that she can’t see, I’ll lead you and this esteed guest."
Saying this, the servant bowed and walked ahead.
While leading the way, he explained the Shen Family’s changes over the past year to Shen Han.
Occasionally ntioning unsuitable topics, he would cautiously move closer to Shen Han and lower his voice.
"Young Master Han, you have no idea, every ti the mansion hears of your achievents, the Patriarch, Old Dowager, and the two madams are furious.
They can’t vent their anger on you, Young Master Han, so they can only scold the other masters and misses, and occasionally we servants also suffer..."
Upon hearing the servant’s words, Shen Han couldn’t help but smile, asking, "But you still ca to guide us, wouldn’t you face more scolding if caught?"
Yet this servant seed to think things through.
"Today, the master families are busy and have no ti to wander around. We servants must also learn to judge the situation.
The future master of the Shen Family isn’t certain yet ~
Previously, Young Master Shen Han wasn’t well taken care of, so now I must curry favor.
Once you, Young Master Han, inherit the title and beco Patriarch Shen, we won’t have such proximity anymore ~"
The words were indeed spoken candidly.
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