Ruan Yuluan listened and was speechless for a moment.

If possible, she would not like to live under someone else's roof, guessing other people's thoughts and preferences, and guarding against being secretly harmed.

Although the window was open, the windowsill was still a little too high for a petite woman like her, making it difficult for her to climb out on her own.

"let me help you."

As the young man spoke, he stretched out his fingertips to support her arm. Ruan Yuluan subconsciously felt that physical contact between men and women should not occur, but there was nothing she could do at the moment. She looked at the young man again, who was staring intently at her feet, with no distractions.

Her lips moved a few times, but she didn't say anything.

After she climbed out of the window and stood firmly, the boy loosened his hold on her.

Ruan Yuluan lowered her eyelashes and thanked him softly and sincerely.

"...Thank you for your help, sir."

The young man shook his head indifferently, turned around and walked forward. After taking a few steps, he seemed to realize that the girl would get lost in the garden, so he slowed down his pace and turned back.

"Will you return to the ladies' table?"

The girl nodded slightly and followed his steps. She suddenly felt a stinging pain on her wrist, and when she lowered her eyelashes and looked over, she saw a cut on her originally fair and flawless skin caused by the sharp corner of the window, which was a bit shocking.

She put down her sleeves, looked up and saw the young man handing her a porcelain bottle.

She uncorked the bottle and smelled a strong scent of ointment. She said again, "Thank you, sir."

"You don't have to keep thanking me," the young man scratched his head and said, "We have met twice, so we can be considered acquaintances... You can call me Yin Xu."

Yin Xu... Ruan Yuluan remembered that the main family of Duke Xuan’s Mansion was surnamed Yin, so it seemed that he was indeed the legitimate son of the mansion.

She didn't want to offend someone like this, but she also didn't want to reject his kindness, so she could only respond vaguely.

"Mr. Yin is a kind-hearted man."

"Oh, right." Yin Xu remembered something and asked, "You said there was a maid in our house who took money from your sister and locked you up. Do you remember what she looked like?"

The girl answered truthfully, and the boy nodded to indicate that he understood.

"I'll go back and have someone look for him... We can't let this kind of person help the tyrants and become a disaster."

After sending her to a place not far from the ladies' table, the young man said, "Go by yourself. If people see us together, we will be gossiped about."

People in this world are always harsh on women. I didn't expect him to be so careful to notice this. Ruan Yuluan nodded slightly and turned away.

When she arrived at the banquet, the mistress had already brought her two ladies to pay respects to the wife of Duke Xuan. Seeing that she had just returned, she couldn't help but frowned slightly.

"What happened?" In her impression, Fifth Lady has always been cautious and not the type to do such clumsy things.

Ruan Yuxi rushed to accuse the girl before she could speak, and said smugly, "That's right, this is at someone else's party, Fifth Sister is not afraid of losing face for our family..."

Ruan Yuluan spoke slowly and in a gentle voice.

"Someone dumped the cake on me on purpose."

She didn't say who it was directly, but her eyes were fixed on Ruan Yuxi.

The fourth lady suddenly showed a little panic on her face, but she pursed her lips and said with all her might: "Fifth sister, it's funny. Who are you trying to throw dirty water on by saying this?"

The Third Lady sneered and said, "Is it Fifth Sister who wants to throw dirty water, or is it someone who dares to do something dirty but dares not admit it?"

The fourth lady glared at him fiercely: "You!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his wife scolded him coldly, "Stop talking! What are you arguing about? Don't you think today is embarrassing enough?"

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