Yang Dong was indifferent to these things initially, and when Xiao’er said it was suitable, he just went with it.

He didn’t want to linger too long because of this matter, so he asked for the price, paid the Silver, and had Xiao’er wrap it up.

From start to finish, buying this silver hairpin took less than half a quarter of an hour.

He took the hairpin, turned around, and met a pair of eyes.

He was somewhat stunned; he hadn’t expected to encounter the girl named Li Chuntao again after she left the Yang Family village.

At this moment, Li Chuntao’s face showed a hint of sadness, and she was also surprised to meet Yang Dong here; she thought she wouldn’t have the chance to encounter him after leaving the Yang Family village.

Unexpectedly, she ran into him at the Silver Pavilion; not only that, she overheard him choosing a silver hairpin for Yang Xiaocui. It seemed their relationship was progressing well.

The two just looked at each other, and Yang Dong spoke first upon seeing Li Chuntao, "Miss Li, what a coincidence to meet here."

The last time he indeed avoided Li Chuntao because he overheard his second sister-in-law and third sister-in-law’s conversation, and the third sister-in-law intended to match them up. Although the girl probably didn’t know, he still felt uneasy and thought it best not to get too close.

Nonetheless, he didn’t purposely avoid her; at the fish pond, he was working over there, and when he saw Li Chuntao coming, he just continued working without greeting her intentionally.

But this time was different; after all, the two were acquainted now, so if he pretended not to see her and left, it would make the girl overthink. Thus, he spoke up, though unbeknown to him, the girl had already overthought it last time.

Hearing Yang Dong speak to her, Li Chuntao snapped out of her earlier disappointment, nodded, and said, "Hmm, I’m here to pick a silver hairpin for my mom."

"Oh, I see. Well, you get busy. I have something to do, so I’ll leave first."

With the intent to distance, Yang Dong didn’t say much; this one sentence was all he uttered before raising his leg to leave.

As he walked away, his eyes glanced at the plump man beside Li Chuntao.

He felt the man looked familiar, seeing him somewhere before, but he couldn’t recall where.

Before he could step out of the Silver Pavilion, a voice echoed from behind.

It was the man’s voice, clearly confused, "Who is he?"

Before hearing Li Chuntao’s voice, the man spoke again, "I’m asking you, who is he?"

It was evident Li Chuntao didn’t want to tell the man who she was thinking about, and hearing her slightly impatient tone, "Are you still buying a hairpin or not? Hurry if you are."

"Fine, don’t say if you don’t want to. Wait for me. Shall I get you a hairpin too?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Dong turned back, seeing Li Chuntao and the man walking one after the other; the man clearly listened to Li Chuntao, yet his attire indicated he wasn’t a servant; no one’s servant was as plump as him. So, who was he, and what was his relationship with Li Chuntao?

Why didn’t Li Chuntao’s Little Maid come with her?

Turning back, Yang Dong thought about all this.

Seeing them choosing hairpins at the counter, Yang Dong turned and left the Silver Pavilion, thinking how ridiculous it was to ponder such things. Truly, he was bored.