A Handsome Top Scholar Moved in Next Door and Won’t Stop Flirting with Me

Name: A Handsome Top Scholar Moved in Next Door and Won’t Stop Flirting with Me
Author: Mr. Nine Fingers

对门搬来帅探花，总来撩我怎么办

by Mr. Nine Fingers (九指君)

Status: Completed
Length: 184k Words
Genre: Ancient Romance
Subgenre: Ancient-Style Life
Updated: 7mo ago
Source: Fanqie

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The handsome young scholar who had placed third in the palace examination had lately lost his appetite. There was only one reason: he'd fallen for the young widow across the street who sold tofu. Unfortunately, he was smitten and she wasn't. She not only ignored his advances, but had a watchful younger brother-in-law at her side who called her “Sister-in-law” all day and guarded her like a hawk.

Lu Qinghuai had never suffered such a setback. He snapped his paper fan shut and came up with a plan.

No corner is too hard to dig out, only hoes that don't try hard enough! He immediately drew up a full battle plan, with just six words at its heart: pursue her, cling to her, surround her!

And so, every day, the residents of the entire bluestone alley saw the newly arrived Gentleman Lu become the first customer at the tofu stall, unfailingly. One day he'd praise the rich flavor of the soy milk, the next he'd sample the freshly made dried tofu. From morning to night, he showed up without fail, rain or shine.

The young man ground his teeth and tugged at Lanxiang's sleeve. “Sister-in-law, look at him!” Mo Lanxiang kept her head down as she sliced the tofu. The gleam of her knife reflected off her snow-white face. At his words, she gave a soft “Mm,” her tone so elusive that her feelings were impossible to read.

Lu Qinghuai smiled and waved his fan, looking every inch the elegant gentleman. Addressing the young man, and the person behind the tofu counter, he drawled, “My young friend, that's not quite right. As for this corner...” He paused, then snapped his fan shut and tapped it against his palm. “It is indeed well fortified. But how do you know the hoe in my hand wasn't tempered a thousand times, made especially to break through stone?”

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