Farewell Flower Festival

Here, Chao Pao ran a few dozen meters at the speed of a 100-meter sprint and stopped to catch his breath. He looked back and saw that no one was chasing him, so he felt relieved.

She looked around to find the way back when she heard someone talking not far away. She quietly went over and hid behind a rockery. She stuck her head out and looked forward and found it was Mu Tianling and another person.

The other person was standing with his back to her, so her face couldn't be seen, but judging from his voice, he seemed to be young.

The other person seemed to have noticed something and looked back. Chaoyan immediately retracted her head, held her breath, and waited for about a minute. She didn't hear any more talking and thought that both of them had left. She quietly stuck her head out and glanced forward, and sure enough, there was no one there.

The next moment she was startled by a sudden voice behind her.

"What are you looking at here?"

Chaoyan turned around and saw that it was Mu Tianling, who had walked around behind her without knowing when. Seeing him talking to her as if nothing had happened, Chaoyan didn't want to look at him in a good face, so she turned around to leave, but he grabbed her wrist, which happened to be the hand wearing the bracelet.

He grasped her wrist, his eyes fixed on the bracelet like icicles.

"Who sent it?" The icicle-like gaze moved to her eyes, as if ice needles were piercing into her eyes.

Chaoyan turned her head away from his gaze. She had nothing to feel guilty about, but her throat felt like it was clogged with cotton and she couldn't speak. He raised his hand to hold her chin, making her look him in the eye, and asked again, "Who sent it?" His voice was colder than before.

Chao Yan responded to him with the same stubborn and obstinate eyes, but she didn't say a word.

During the stalemate, Chaoyan's vision became a little blurry. Seeing that she seemed to be about to cry, Mu Tianling withdrew his hand first, but Chaoyan grabbed his hand and bit it hard, leaving a clear tooth mark on the back of his hand.

After biting the man, Chao Yan turned and left. She heard Mu Tianling ask behind her, "If I only marry you, can you wait?" She paused, her back was silent for more than ten seconds, and said, "I don't want to get married now," and then emphasized, "I won't marry anyone." After that, she walked away.

Mu Tianling stood there, looking at the teeth marks on the back of his hand, a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said to himself, "He is really like a puppy, he bites people when he says he will bite."

"Your Highness," when Qianfeng came over, Mu Tianling put his hand with the teeth marks on it behind his back. Qianfeng reported a few words to him, and Mu Tianling asked him to investigate Lin Rou.

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On this side, after Chaoyan came back, Han Min asked her where she had been. Chaoyan said she was lost. Han Min pursed his lips and motioned her to look at the twelve o'clock direction.

A group of maids and young ladies surrounded Shen Xue, watching her show off her newly bought jewelry and clothes.

Han Min complained to Chao Yan in a low voice, saying that she had never seen anyone as fond of showing off as Shen Xue, as if she had never seen the world. After complaining, Han Min told her another interesting story.

"Brother Shang came over just now and said he came to see me, but actually he just wanted to see what the princess looked like," she couldn't help laughing before she finished speaking, "but he took a look and left, shaking his head and saying it was a pity as he walked away." As Han Min spoke, she imitated Shang Ye's appearance at that time, shaking her head and sighing, and Chao Yan was also amused by her funny appearance.

This scene happened to be seen by Shen Xue. Her face changed immediately. She felt that the two people were saying bad things about her and making fun of her. She came over with her men in a menacing manner and demanded to know what they were laughing at.

Han Min said that she just remembered a joke, but before she could say what the joke was, she was interrupted by Shen Xue, who pointed at Zhao Yan with an angry look on her face, "Why are you here? Who let you in?"

Chao Yan asked, "Did the princess recognize the wrong person?"

Shen Xue became even angrier, "Why are you pretending to be stupid? Did you ignore what I said before? Catch her!" Shen Xue gave an order, and the two maids behind her came over to catch Chao Yan. Han Min shouted at them to step back, and put his hands on his hips as if he was ready to fight. The two maids were frightened.

Shen Xue was so angry that her face turned blue and she shouted for someone to come.

Chaoyan raised her hand to support her forehead and fainted. After being supported by Han Min, she blinked at Han Min. Han Min understood and asked her to hold on, then took her to see a doctor and helped her away.

After the two of them walked away, Shen Xue had not yet realized that she had been fooled. Instead, she thought that Chao Yan was a cowardly idiot who was far worse than her.

After seeing Chaoyan off, Han Min came back again. The dinner was about to start, so Shen Xue had no chance to bother her again.

In the middle of the banquet, Shen Xue stood up and told Lin Rou that she was going to change clothes and left first, but she did not return to her residence, and quietly came over to peek at Wen Yunlan.

She had heard other girls talking about the Young Masters List before. These girls all showed great favoritism towards Wen Yunlan, who was ranked second on the list, and praised him as better than the immortals in heaven. This successfully aroused her strong curiosity, and she had to see the other person's true face.

She hid behind the screen, quietly poked her head out to peek, and was discovered by a pair of fox eyes.

Han Lie raised his hand to his lips as a gesture to keep quiet, and blinked at her with those seductive fox eyes.

Shen Xue recognized him and thought of what happened on the street before. She turned her face away and didn't want to pay attention to him, but her face turned red and her heart beat a little faster because of his arousal.

When she quietly looked out again, Han Lie stood up and told Shen He that he was leaving. When he left, he looked at her again and winked at her to go outside and talk.

After Han Lie came out and waited for a while, Shen Xue followed him.

"I apologize for offending you before, I hope you will forgive me."

The pair of fox eyes were smiling, which made Shen Xue's heart beat faster again. Han Lie wanted to ask her to lead the way around, and Shen Xue did not refuse.

On the way, Shen Xue asked about his relationship with Chao Yan. Han Lie said that she was his distant cousin, and then turned the topic to Shen Xue, saying that she must have suffered a lot when she was a child.

After she said this, Shen Xue's expression became nervous, and she evaded the question, saying that she didn't remember anything about her childhood. She then asked in a very cautious tone, "Why do you want to know this?"

Han Lie smiled, closing the distance between the two of them, and said in a seductive bass voice: "Of course it's because I'm very interested in the princess."

Shen Xue blushed and her heart started beating fast. She was completely unable to withstand his attack and could not tell whether his words were true or false.

After alleviating her guard, Han Lie widened the distance between them and said he wanted to go take a look ahead, and the two continued walking forward.

On the way, Han Lie talked about the conflict he almost had with Shen Cheng in Zhenxiu Tower a few days ago, saying that her elder brother might have some misunderstandings about him and hoped that she could help explain it. Shen Xue agreed to help and asked him curiously if he had gotten married. Han Lie said that he had been thinking about a little girl for several years and didn't know when he would be able to marry her.

Shen Xue automatically put herself into the role and felt that Han Lie was hinting at her. She couldn't help feeling proud and deliberately mentioned Mu Tianchen as if she wanted to make him jealous.

"Do you know the Third Prince? He is very powerful on the battlefield."

"It turns out that the princess likes the Third Prince."