Late at night, when everything is quiet, a bright moon hangs on the branches, casting a dreamy glow on everything in the world.

In a courtyard somewhere in Qu Mansion, Chanmu was bending over and picking something from the ground.

He held the plant with one hand and a pair of scissors with the other, carefully cutting the leaves off the mother plant.

"Little Master~"

Suddenly, a gentle voice came from behind him. Zenmu was stunned, stood up and turned to look at the person who came.

Then he saw a woman behind him in pink clothes, with bright eyes, white teeth and a sweet smile. It was Ren Qiaoqian's daughter, Ren Xiaole.

Zenmu clasped his hands together and nodded slightly to her, saying calmly, "Miss Ren."

Ren Xiaole looked at his handsome face with interest, and a hint of heartbeat appeared in his eyes.

"Holy monk, why are you not resting in your room at this late hour in the yard?" she asked in a sweet and tender voice.

Zenmu lowered his eyes, not looking at her, and pointed to his feet and replied, "I cut a piece of aloe vera leaf."

Ren Xiaole looked in the direction of his finger and asked in confusion: "What's the use of cutting aloe leaves?"

Zenmu's eyes flickered, and he said casually, "Of course it is useful."

Ren Xiaole felt embarrassed and stopped struggling. Instead, he stared at him with a half-smile on his lips.

Noticing her undisguised gaze, Zenmu frowned unhappily, "Miss Ren, why are you staring at me?"

Ren Xiaole raised her eyebrows, stared at him and sighed quietly, "No wonder my sister fell in love with him at first sight and pursued him even if she didn't care about her face. Today, I see that the holy monk is indeed handsome and his face is as red as cinnabar.

"Not to mention my sister, even my daughter couldn't help but be amazed when she saw it."

Zen Mu frowned even deeper, took two steps back to distance himself from her, and said in a cold tone, "Miss Ren, please stop talking nonsense. It was me who wronged Xiao You in the beginning, and it is only natural that Xiao You is angry and wants to settle the score with me."

After a pause, he continued, "Xiaoyou is your elder sister, you shouldn't say that your elder sister has no shame."

Ren Xiaole curled his lips in dissatisfaction and asked resentfully, "Why are you speaking for her? You didn't mean to play a trick on her, and you've already apologized, but she still won't give in and is forcing a monk like you to marry her. Isn't that too much?"

Zenmu didn't want to talk to her anymore, so he bent down, picked up the half-cut piece of aloe vera, took it in his hand, and said goodbye to her.

"Miss Ren, it's late, you should go back to your room and rest. I won't keep you company any longer."

After saying that, he started walking in a certain direction, but he stopped after only two steps. He turned around and looked at Ren Xiaole with displeasure, "Miss Ren, what are you doing following me?"

Ren Xiaole shrugged innocently, "My sister has a toothache, I want to go to her room to see her. I saw that the direction the holy monk was walking in seemed to be my sister's room. Why, the holy monk also wants to see my sister?"

Zenmu was startled and quickly shook his head to deny, "No."

Ren Xiaole curled his lips, rolled his eyes, and said in a coquettish voice: "It's dark and difficult to travel. I'm scared to go alone. Why don't you ask the holy monk to accompany me to visit my sister?"

Zenmu looked at the aloe vera in his hand and thought for a moment before answering.

He originally wanted to give Xiaoyou some aloe vera, but there is a difference between men and women. If someone saw him when Xiaoyou came out, it would damage Xiaoyou's reputation even more.

Having this woman with me can help me avoid misunderstandings.

The two of them came to Qu Xiaoyou's room together, and Ren Xiaole knocked on the door.

It took a while before a response came from the room, followed by the rustling sounds of clothes and footsteps.

As the door creaked open, Qu Xiaoyou appeared in front of the two of them.

I saw that the left side of her face was swollen, with crystal tears hanging in the corners of her eyes and her brows were tightly furrowed. It was obvious that she was suffering from toothache.

"Why are you together?" As soon as Qu Xiaoyou saw the person coming, her already bad face instantly turned cold.

Before Chanmu could open his mouth to explain, Ren Xiaole took Chanmu's arm affectionately and explained to Qu Xiaoyou with a smile: "Sister, I was worried that you would have a toothache in the middle of the night, so I wanted to come and see you, but it was too dark and I was afraid, so I asked the little master to accompany me."

After she finished speaking, she turned her head and glanced at Zenmu, her eyes were full of meaning, "I didn't expect the holy monk to be so nice. He agreed to accompany me as soon as I asked him."

Zenmu took two steps to the right to reject her touch, looked at Qu Xiaoyou's swollen face and asked, "Does it still hurt?"

How could Qu Xiaoyou care about her toothache? She was so angry that her eyes were about to spit fire. She stared at him coldly and asked, "Is what she said true?"

Normally, when she asked him to go somewhere, she would ask him eight hundred times before he would reluctantly agree. But now, he easily agreed to another woman's request and even went out with her in the middle of the night without considering the gender difference?

Zenmu was speechless. After hesitating for a while, he felt that what Ren Xiaole said seemed to be correct, so he nodded and admitted it with the mentality of a monk who does not lie, "Yes."

"You..." Qu Xiaoyou felt as if her heart was stabbed by someone.

Ren Xiaole felt happy from the inside out, but on the surface he apologized to Qu Xiaoyou aggrievedly: "Sister, don't get me wrong, the holy monk didn't mean anything else, he just had good intentions, he was afraid that I would fall down in the dark."

"Get lost!" Qu Xiaoyou yelled at her angrily, "You know our relationship better than anyone else. Would you be so kind to come and see me? Why are you pretending to be such a naive person?"

"Sister~" Ren Xiaole was frightened by her yell, and tears came out at that moment. She looked at Zen Mu pitifully, wanting her to give her justice.

Unexpectedly, Zenmu was no longer "compassionate" at this moment. He lowered his brows and head, not even looking at her.

Ren Xiaole bit her lip and looked at Qu Xiaoyou with red eyes, her expression full of resentment, "Sister, I really mean well, how could you do this to me?"

"I told you to get out!" Qu Xiaoyou raised her hand impatiently and pointed to the door, but her arm touched her, and then her body went limp and she sat down on the ground with a plop.

"Sister~" Ren Xiaole was like a little white rabbit that was bullied. Two lines of tears slid down her fair face. Her shoulders trembled slightly because of sobbing. She looked so pitiful.

"How could you push me away? Although we are not biological sisters, I have always treated you as my own sister! It's ok that your sister looks down on me normally, but in front of guests, can't you save some face for your sister?"

“Heh…” Qu Xiaoyou sneered, leaning against the door with her arms folded, watching her performance with an expression as if she was enjoying a good show.

Ren Xiaole was so angry at her contemptuous look that he complained to Chan Mu angrily: "Saint monk, look at my sister..."

Zenmu glanced at her calmly, clasped his hands together, and opened his red lips, "Amitabha."

"..." Ren Xiaole was speechless.

Qu Xiaoyou couldn't help but want to laugh. For the first time, she felt that the way Mu Tou chanted the Buddha's name seemed so annoying.

Ren Xiaole could see that this monk was a blockhead who didn't understand romance at all. He didn't have the slightest sympathy for women and actually allowed her to be bullied.

She has disliked Qu Xiaoyou since she was a child and originally came here to cause trouble for her, but looking at the situation, it seems to have little effect.

If she stayed here any longer she would only bring humiliation upon herself, so she clenched her fists to suppress her inner resentment. She stood up weakly, glanced at Zenmu with resentment, and walked away with tears in her eyes.

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