“Really?” Madam Han was a little disappointed and looked a little uncertain. “If you are interested, she should have invited me, but why is there no news at all…”

She really thought that the Jiang family was interested in marriage, and she was happy about it for several days.

Han Jing did not dwell on this matter, nor did he want his mother to dwell on it, so he advised her not to dwell on it any more, saying, “I will study hard and obtain a good career, and mother should just wait and enjoy the blessing of her son.”

Madam Han couldn’t help but think, “You are still young, and you don’t know how much a good marriage will benefit your future. Maybe it will save you a lot of detours and hard work.”

The young man was extremely proud, and was unwilling to bow to power and gain a better future by taking shortcuts. He answered his mother’s questions briefly, left her sight, and returned to his study to study hard.

The light in the study remained on until late at night. Madam Han felt sorry for him, so she sent someone to deliver a midnight snack to him at 11 p.m., and asked her maid to urge him to go to bed early at 11 p.m.

Han Jing responded verbally, and did not turn off the light in the study until the middle of the night, then returned to the bedroom to rest.

He was the last to turn in at the Han family’s house. When the candle in his bedroom was extinguished, the Han family’s house fell completely into the night and was silent.

At midnight, when people were sleeping the deepest, a sneaky little figure crept into Han Jing’s yard, looked around, and walked cautiously towards the study.

Han Jing’s study was not locked, so the man easily pushed the door open, then held the door with both hands to control it and try not to make any noise.

After the door opened with just a crack large enough for one person to pass through, the man glanced around, especially at Han Jing’s bedroom. After making sure that no one in the yard noticed him, he carefully went into the study.

The moonlight was good today, so he didn’t dare to light a fire and could only observe Han Jing’s study by the moonlight.

There were several rows of bookshelves against the wall of the study. He walked over quietly and took a rough look. They were all filled with various books, nothing special, so he turned to the desk and the antique shelf next to it.

On the desk were Han Jing’s writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone, as well as the article he had just finished writing before going to bed.

The visitor was afraid of being noticed, so he didn’t dare to turn it over too carefully and could only get closer to take a closer look.

“Crunch——”

He was startled when he heard the door open, and he quickly lay down, hiding behind a chair and trembling.

“Eh? Why is the study door open?”

The maid came over in a daze, saw the study door was open, and pushed it open to look inside.

The person behind the chair was shaking violently, swallowing nervously, not daring to make a sound.

The maid took a quick look around the study. It was quiet and empty. She yawned and said, “Maybe it was not closed tightly last night and the wind blew it open.”

As she said this, she closed the door and went back to sleep.

In the study, the man was sweating all over. After a long period of silence, he collapsed to the ground.

He was a servant of the Han family. He was bribed to sneak into the study to see if there was anything special.

At that moment, the servant had thought about the severe punishment he would face if he was discovered, and he regretted sneaking into Langjun’s study for a little money.

But now that he was safe, his greed came back, so he climbed up with the help of a chair and continued checking.

There were seven or eight scrolls on the desk, placed randomly. Normally, there would be nothing special about them being placed so casually, so he simply skipped over them and looked at the antique shelf.

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