Chapter 68: Chapter 67: Witty Words (20+ Monthly Tickets)

Du Family Yunluo.

Just four words, yet they carry great weight.

Mu Lianxiao was slightly stunned, suddenly reminded of the flower melon that had been sent to the study during the Qixi Festival, the grand dragon boat, the intricate drum stand, and the drummer who bore a striking resemblance to him.

He had often wondered what kind of woman his fiancée was, and how she observed the scene from the riverside so vividly?

And now, here she was before his eyes.

So, the hands that carved that flower melon were pale and tender like fresh green onions;

So, the one he was to marry was such a beautiful and delicate person.

Even better than he had imagined.

Only, at their first meeting, he had made her cry, that earlier fall must have been quite hard.

If he had known it was her, he would have...

"Did it hurt when you fell?" Mu Lianxiao softened his tone, gentle yet slightly apprehensive.

Du Yunluo, hearing his clear voice, just as she had decades ago, cried even harder. She quickly wiped the corners of her eyes with the back of her hand, about to speak, when Jin Ling interrupted her.

Jin Ling had been standing by Du Yunluo’s side, witnessing a woman bump into Du Yunluo. Amidst the chaos, if not for this young gentleman’s rescue, the young lady would probably have fallen into the releasing pool.

Frightened out of her wits, Jin Ling wanted to protect her mistress, but the crowd around the pool was too much, everyone trying to look at the woman who fell in. As a small maid, she couldn’t squeeze out, and only after much difficulty did she manage to emerge, seeing her own young lady sitting on the ground, with tears streaming down her face, while the young gentleman unabashedly stared at her.

"Miss," Jin Ling stood in front of Du Yunluo, picked up the veil hat from the ground without a word, dusted it off, and covered Du Yunluo’s face.

Du Yundi also pushed through the crowd, saluted and said, "Greetings to the Princely Heir."

Jin Ling’s movements froze, she turned to look carefully, wishing she could dig a hole to hide in.

This young gentleman was clearly the drummer carved on the flower melon by her young lady, the future young master!

Jin Ling, who served closely by Du Yunluo’s side, understood her young lady’s feelings better than anyone. With this interruption, she had abruptly cut off her young lady from speaking with the young master, truly...

Mu Lianxiao returned the salute.

"Thanks to the Princely Heir’s rescue, otherwise Fifth Sister would have fallen into the water," Du Yundi expressed gratitude respectfully.

Mu Lianxiao smiled and shook his head slightly, lowered his gaze to look at Du Yunluo who was still sitting on the ground, just about to speak when someone behind him called, "Ah Shao."

A youth accompanying him stood not far away, and one richly dressed youth happened to be a classmate of Du Yundi, remarking, "Yundi, is this your Fifth Sister? Then wouldn’t she be..."

Saying this, his charming peach blossom eyes flicked towards Mu Lianxiao, causing everyone to laugh.

Another black-clad youth clapped his hands, "Guess what Ah Shao is thinking?"

"Regret, regretting so deeply!" The richly dressed youth’s voice was moderate, with a bit of good-natured teasing, "If he had known it was his fiancée, he wouldn’t have let go, letting her fall like that. That fall must have been hard, right?"

Needless to say, the richly dressed youth guessed correctly.

Mu Lianxiao thought exactly that, his ears felt hot, yet he couldn’t retort, knowing the more he responded, the more lively it would become, so he pretended not to hear, bent down, and asked Du Yunluo, "Did you sprain your foot?"

It must be sprained, otherwise, why would she cry so much. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Du Yunluo also heard the youths’ teasing clearly, her face blushing, yet feeling warm inside.

The incident happened suddenly before. When Mu Lianxiao helped her, he was just mindful of the propriety between men and women, not daring to hold her steady, releasing her hand after pulling her, though it caused her to fall on her bottom, it was much better than falling into the water a thousand times.

A kind heart, yet not forgetting his engagement, unwilling to inadvertently create a topic of conversation, thereby sparing his betrothed waiting at home for marriage from unwanted comments.

Her Princely Heir had always been such a person.

Du Yunluo, with tears in her eyes, smiled while pressing her lips together.

Nanny Zhao came over with the maids, seeing the situation, thought to herself that it wasn’t good, if this scenario were embellished and spread, it would be troublesome.

After Du Yundi introduced Mu Lianxiao, Nanny Zhao breathed a long sigh of relief, lowered her guard, and saluted respectfully.

Nanny Zhao reached out to support Du Yunluo. Du Yunluo said tenderly, "Mom, I twisted my ankle."

The voice soft and melodic, pleasing to the ear, yet that statement made Mu Lianxiao tense up, indeed he had caused her to be hurt.

A very anxious Nanny Zhao crouched down, cautiously holding Du Yunluo’s foot, causing her to draw a sharp breath from the pain.

Nanny Zhao seeing this, said, "Miss, your foot injury needs to be looked at quickly, let someone strong carry you back to Madam’s room, leaving a couple of people here, they can release later after everything by the pool has settled."

Du Yunluo naturally nodded in agreement, and Nanny Zhao called over a sturdy maid.

The maid, saying "Forgive me," quickly picked up Du Yunluo and headed for the room.

Du Yundi saluted Mu Lianxiao and the youths, then turned to follow.

Mu Lianxiao remained in place, noticing something shiny on the ground, crouched down to find a small pearl.

Today Du Yunluo’s hair was adorned with a row of small pearls, surely one had fallen when the veil hat came off, Mu Lianxiao picked it up, held it in his hand, feeling thoughtful.

"I’ll escort her back." Mu Lianxiao hastily said to his friends and, despite their laughter, quickly chased after the Du siblings.

Du Yunluo, enduring the pain in her foot, had her mind on Mu Lianxiao, constantly looking back over the maid’s shoulder, seeing Mu Lianxiao squat down and then stand up, she was puzzled, but upon seeing him quickly catching up, her eyebrows raised, secretly happy.

Du Yundi hearing footsteps behind, seeing it was Mu Lianxiao, was a bit surprised.

"That maid said Aunt is also at the temple, I must ask after her, logically," Mu Lianxiao said, looking towards Du Yunluo, but her eyes were hidden behind the veil hat, so he couldn’t see clearly, "I caused her to hurt her foot, I must explain to Aunt."

At the time, though Du Yundi stood several meters away, he clearly saw the incident. Mu Lianxiao was helping, Du Yunluo got hurt not because of any intention of his.

However, since there is an engagement between Mu Lianxiao and Du Yunluo, meeting the elder of the other family outside the house, it’s only proper to pay respects.

Besides...

Du Yundi remembered Du Yunru telling him that Du Yunluo was wholeheartedly happy about the engagement, although they didn’t know why, but Fifth Sister indeed fancied the Princely Heir.

If he didn’t allow Mu Lianxiao to accompany them to the room, when Du Yunluo came around, she would probably be upset with him.

The maid carrying Du Yunluo walked briskly ahead, Du Yundi and Mu Lianxiao followed behind, Nanny Zhao seeing this, called someone speedy to run ahead to the room to report the news.