When the prince is reborn, he will only hit me if he doesn't hit the wall!

Since the two of them reached a consensus, there have been very few cases of their bodies being suddenly taken away since then.

Xu Xianyue thought about it and made a plan in her mind. She decided to cut off contact with the outside world as much as possible before achieving the control effect.

Since it is impossible to predict when "she" can see and hear what she sees and hears, it is better to talk less to others and stay alone as much as possible.

Now is not the time to fight back.

The more you do, the more mistakes you make; the less you do, the fewer mistakes you make.

At least this is the safest approach until we have the ability to cut off "her" contact with the outside world.

Except for necessary communication, Xu Xinyue tried to stay alone in a room and keep silent at other times.

Even when Qin Lingruo and Xia Xueyao invited her to the Lantern Festival during the Lantern Festival, she declined politely, citing illness.

Qin Lingruo is a lively and outgoing person, with no restraint in words or deeds. If "she" accidentally learns some extra information about her and uses it, it would be a waste of time and effort.

Xu Xinyue didn't want to implicate others for no reason.

Xu Yuanshan was the first person to notice that Xu Xinyue had a different temperament.

His daughter, who used to love talking and laughing, now talks to him no more than ten sentences a day.

And every time they talked, Xu Yuanshan could feel that most of Xu Xinyue's smiles were not sincere.

His legs and feet had recovered enough for him to walk slowly with the help of servants. He couldn't help but worry about Xu Xinyue, so he would come to the main courtyard to see her a few times every day.

Today is the third time Xu Yuanshan has come to the main courtyard to check

"Yueyue, you always stay in your room and don't come out. Are you sick?"

Xu Xianyue stood up and responded, quickly walked to Xu Yuanshan, took his arm, and helped him move to the stone table. With her usual warm smile, she replied in a calm voice: "No, Daddy, I'm fine."

Xu Yuanshan didn't believe it.

How could a father like him, who has raised his daughter since she was young, hide from him when something happened and when nothing happened?

Although her eyebrows were curved at the moment, Xu Yuanshan could not feel her genuine happiness and joy at all.

It seemed that Xu Xinyue started to behave like this after the raccoon died.

Xu Yuanshan waved to Uncle Zhang who was not far behind him.

A servant came up holding a bamboo cage and gently placed it on the stone table. Xu Yuanshan smiled and pushed the bamboo cage, and a slight sound came from inside.

He said to Xu Xinyue, "Dad found it for you, open it and take a look."

Xu Xinyue opened the cage lid and was surprised to find that curled up inside was a young cream-colored cat.

It looked to be only a month old, and was only about the size of an adult's palm. Its fur was sparse and fluffy, soft and milky, and very adorable.

Seeing her bright eyes, Xu Yuanshan thought that this was indeed a good choice.

"How does Yueyue like it? Daddy knows that you are probably unhappy without that 'little thing', so he specially found this for you."

Xu Xianyue smiled without saying anything. She carefully held the raccoon in her arms and gently touched the tip of its nose with her fingertips. Her eyes were filled with extreme love and affection: "Thank you, Daddy. I like it very much."

Xu Yuanshan saw that her happy expression did not seem fake, so he breathed a sigh of relief: As long as you like it.

He continued, "Yueyue should go out and stretch her muscles. You'll get sick if you stay in the yard all day."

"Didn't you like visiting the Lantern Festival with Yaoyao the most in previous years?"

"Dad, I heard that there were many acrobatic artists at the Lantern Festival this year. It was very exciting! If Dad hadn't had a problem with his legs, I would have wanted to go and see it."

Xu Xinyue pursed her lips, and her smile faded unconsciously: "Daddy... I don't want to go shopping this year. I'm not in the mood..."

You never know when you might be monitored, and you can't even have fun playing.

Xu Xinyue stroked the raccoon slave, and she and Xu Yuanshan fell into silence again.

Xu Yuanshan sighed, thought of something, and suddenly said: "Why don't I just take Ana Luo from..."

"Daddy!"

Xu Xinyue was startled. She knew what Xu Yuanshan was about to say, so she quickly stopped him:

"I don't need Ana Luo to buy any sweet snacks for me."

"Oh, no, Daddy means..."

"I know Daddy's good intentions, but it's really not necessary. Daddy, I'm a little sleepy and want to sleep for a while. Daddy, go back first and I'll come to see you later."

Xu Xinyue got up in a hurry, holding the little cat slave in her arms, and hurried back into the house.

Xu Yuanshan was left alone, not knowing why, sitting there in a daze.

Xu Yuanshan was puzzled.

what happened?

He just wanted to call Ana Luo back from the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion to talk to her.

Why did Yueyue react like this?

Xu Yuanshan couldn't figure it out, but he also had no way of knowing what Xu Xinyue was really thinking. He could only ask the servant beside him to help her up, and then slowly walked back to his own yard.

Xu Xinyue stood in front of the window, watching Xu Yuanshan's figure gradually disappear. Before she could breathe a sigh of relief, a familiar and feminine voice rang out in her mind: [Why did you react like that just now?]

Xu Xinyue's heart tightened.

Or was it seen or heard by “her”?

She lowered her head, touched the cat in her arms, and said to "her" as if nothing had happened:

"It's okay, sister. Ana Luo doesn't understand my preferences, and the snacks he chooses are always different from what I like. As soon as Daddy opens his mouth, I know what he wants to say."

"That's all."

Hongyu was skeptical: [Is that so?]

Xu Xinyue responded straightforwardly and without any hesitation:

"Ah."

Right now Qin Yuechuan is far away in the northern border, and the person behind the scenes is probably out of reach and cannot touch him for the time being. However, He Xuehuai is still in the capital. If that person knows that he and she are uncle and nephew, I am afraid that even the Duke of Zhenguo’s Mansion will be implicated.

If she had not been able to predict what her father would say today, she would not know how to argue with "her".

The voice in my mind said again: […But, what your father said is not without reason. It is not a good idea for you to always stay in Luanfeng Courtyard. You should go out for a walk from time to time.]

[Although I have said that one should calm down and have a peaceful mind when practicing, I have never said that one should isolate oneself from the outside world and have no contact with it...]

Hongyu thought: If this goes on, she will always be confined to this small courtyard. How can she have the opportunity to obtain useful information about Prince Rong's Mansion and report to her master?

At first, Hongyu thought Xu Xinyue had a mild temper and was the easiest to control, but now, she feels that she is a little too introverted.

Hongyu couldn't help but ask: [Are you usually so withdrawn?]

Princess Rong is such a boring and taciturn person?

He has no family background, no power, and a very cowardly character.

How could such a person be worthy of the decisive and ruthless King Rong?

I thought there should be something special about her, but after observing her for many days, I found that Xu Xinyue was simply useless.

Xu Xinyue nodded and said, "Well, sister also knows that I am a merchant's daughter. I have few friends since I was a child. I like to read books and study medicine alone the most."

[Learning medicine also requires someone to teach you…]

"It's all my mother's words and deeds. There's no need to deal with outsiders."

Hongyu felt depressed.

If Xu Xinyue were to chant sutras, she would be no different from the nuns practicing Buddhism in the temple!

From her questions, Xu Xinyue could roughly guess what she was thinking.

She just pretended not to know and changed the subject naturally:

"Sister taught me this a while ago. Please read it to me again. I feel like it's not working very well these days."

Hongyu thought about it and realized that it was true.

She had previously thought that Xu Xinyueshi was intelligent, but it was all an illusion!

I secretly thought that Xu Xinyue was not only dull, but also stupid! It was not a rare thing, but I had practiced for several days but still could not comprehend it!

But if you think about it carefully, if he really had a brain, how could he be fooled by her few words?