Chapter 47 (2/2)

Before Fan Xian could answer, Fan Sizhe cut in with a cold chuckle, ”I saw everything He bought a book fro about his dirty business”

Fan Ruoruo felt slightly panicked, as she had no idea as going on Fan Xian couldn't be bothered replying to his brother and instead wanted to speak to his sister in private Just then, Teng Zijing conveniently announced that their tables were ready, Fan Xian gently tugged at Ruoruo’s cold hands as they walked up the stairs

Fazed, Fan Sizhe licked his sugar figurine oncetheh there were many people in the restaurant, the third floor reh the private roo proved to be skillful, as he still ed to find a compartment Fan Xian felt that his decision to ask his father to let Teng Zijing coht one

As Fan Xian sat down, he noticed how Fan Size’s eyes were busy studying move He smiled and openly handed his sister the red book

Fan Ruoruo frowned as the book was given to her Her eyes grew large in astonishrew even es She explained to her brother hurriedly, ”Brother, this is the first I’ve seen of this”

Fan Xian laughed and couessed that his sister would take her copy of Dream of the Red Chamber and make it into a book, and also knew that she could not resist sharing the story with her good friends

The only question on his ed to spread beyond her circle of noble friends

It hen he saw the book ‘Drea sold on the streets that he realized he had coround bookseller of this world was

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Fan Ruoruo thought back to an incident that happened the previous year when she had just bound the first 68 chapters of Dream of the Red Chamber and left them to sit under the pressure of so’s family had come to visit and she saw the book Once she had read it she refused to let it go, as she was convinced she would be able to take it back home

But to Fan Ruoruo, her brother put his blood and sweat into this book, and she would not risk losing it under her watch, so no ed or threw tantru who suggested that their made rewrite a copy

Fan Ruoruo couldn’t find a reason to object, so she let her be Who knew that the book had spread like wildfire and soon becah the houses of the lords

And then to the public market

”nobody knorote it?” Fan Xian took the book, turning it in hands He noticed that the author was named, Cao Zueqin and he felt instantly relieved

Fan Ruoruo spoke with guilt, ”I know that you don’t care about fah; there’s no way I would have revealed your identity as the author”

I don’t care about fahed aardly and rubbed his sister’s head, apologizing quickly when he realized he was oing to be read by the public” He thought of the deposit he had paid and felt a jab of pain in his heart ”I just didn’t expect the underground sellers to get the biggest benefits It’s just a shas continued to talk until the waiter came with their food

It was at thisat Fan Xian with shock, and he broke the silence,enviously, ”You wrotethat book?”