After rebirth, she became the favorite of the powerful minister.

Zhuang Mengdie felt uncomfortable because of her gaze, and glanced at her sideways, "What do you mean by that look? Do you look down on me? Let me tell you, I have gained a lot from traveling around the world these years... You are just too lazy and unwilling to come down from the mountains, so it is inevitable that you are short-sighted and have a shallow vision..."

She was chattering, beaming with joy, and boasting about herself, just like the Miss Zhuang Mengdie in memory, who was the best in the world and looked down upon by everyone.

Yuan Ge lowered his eyebrows and chuckled. He felt like he had come back from another life. It was great to meet an old friend who had hardly changed in the almost unfamiliar Zhixuan Mountain. He sighed in his heart, but on his face he only looked at the place where the other person had a missing tooth and joked, "Nothing. I just wanted to see if your missing tooth has grown back."

It turned out to be that guy Yuan Ge. He looked like he deserved a beating the moment he opened his mouth!

"Believe it or not, I can knock out your front teeth!" Zhuang Mengdie smiled with her back teeth tight, and slapped Yuan Ge on the forehead. She used less force and made Yuan Ge stagger. Zhuang Mengdie looked down at her slap, then looked at Yuan Ge who was coughing with a bitter face, and frowned, wondering, "What's wrong with you? Where is your martial arts?"

Obviously, the reason why Zhuang Mengdie was able to accept the fact that Wen Qian was Yuan Ge so quickly was not only because of her mouth that made people want to punch her, but also because she subconsciously thought that this was just a human skin mask. However, in all these years, Zhuang Mengdie had never been able to defeat Yuan Ge... She had never succeeded in sneak attacks from behind. This damn girl was very alert, as if she had eyes on her back.

Because of this, Zhuang Mengdie didn't hold back any strength in this slap, and Yuan Ge, who only had a few mediocre self-defense skills, had a sweet taste in his throat.

Yuan Ge suppressed his surging blood and smiled bitterly. He knew that Zhuang Mengdie had probably misunderstood and thought that he had escaped death and was hiding his identity. It was difficult to explain for a while, so he just explained in a nonchalant voice, "It's nothing. Who is like you? You think about fighting and killing all day long, like a reckless man... I was thinking about the plague, and I was careless for a moment, so you succeeded in sneaking up on me. Are you so proud of it?"

The slightly rising tone of voice and the playful smile still looked very provocative.

Zhuang Mengdie subconsciously tightened her hand that she had just used to hit someone, her eyes darkened slightly - she was not a reckless person, at least not now. During these years at the foot of the mountain, she had suffered a lot and endured a lot of hardships, and her eyesight was probably trained that way, so she could see Yuan Ge's avoidance of the topic, and even more so her abnormally pale face. It was obvious that it was not a momentary carelessness...

But just as she was about to ask, she saw a maid staggering towards them. She stood two steps away with her hands on her hips, panting, and said, "Young Madam, please go to the Great Elder, Elder Feng, as soon as possible!"

Yuan Ge ran away, and Grandma Dou followed him steadily with an umbrella, leaving only the maid who was still gasping for breath.

Zhuang Mengdie stared at Yuan Ge's receding figure for a long time, feeling that something was wrong with this girl. She had been down the mountain for a few years, and Yuan Ge had grown taller before she left. But now... she looked not only thinner, but also shorter. As she walked, she had the more delicate temperament of a daughter of a rich family... Could it be that Wen Qian had been pretending for so long that she herself began to believe it? Zhuang Mengdie waved at the maid, "You, come here."

……

The old man fell down.

He looks healthy on weekdays, but he is old after all. He was frightened by the matter of his two children a while ago, so he is naturally far from his prime. He is somewhat weak inside, and it is not easy for him to hold on until now.

The disease came on like a mountain, and the whole person began to have a high fever. He began to talk nonsense in a half-awake state, sometimes calling "Yuan Ge", sometimes "Yuan Qi", and sometimes "Da Lang". Occasionally, he called some names that Yuan Ge had never heard of, mostly relatives of the Yuan family. Yuan Ge had never heard the old man mention the past in these years, so naturally he didn't recognize these blood relatives.

The old man talked nonsense for half a day, and the room was in a mess. He wrote prescriptions and boiled medicine, but the old man was confused because of the fever. He couldn't feed the medicine. He vomited after two mouthfuls. He made a fuss again. After feeding a bowl of medicine, he had vomited most of it. After the old man's tossing and turning, the old housekeeper also started to have a high fever. The old housekeeper was obedient. He drank the medicine and slept quietly, only occasionally humming and saying that he had a headache.

There were not enough servants in the courtyard, so Granny Dou volunteered to stay with a few reliable servants and maids to help. But even so, Yuan Ge and his companions were still exhausted. When they finally sat down to rest and drink some tea, it was already dark. Candles were already lit in the courtyard. Zhuang Mengdie came in with a jar of wine. As soon as she stepped through the door, she asked, "How is it? How is the old man?"

Yuan Ge pressed his temple, shook his head silently, his face full of fatigue, and said nothing.

It was fine in the morning, but in just one day, most of the people in my grandfather's yard have collapsed. They are so aggressive that they are obviously not good people. There must be a tough battle waiting for them. Song Wenyuan led his men to search the mountain to find Zhan Yanfeng, and he also had to take care of the people on the mountain. He was too busy to do anything... The situation was really not optimistic.

She was silent, but Zhuang Mengdie got the answer from her silence. She waved the small wine jar in her hand towards Yuan E and said, "We have to have dinner. I made two side dishes. Will you accompany me to the rooftop to have a drink?"

Perhaps only Miss Zhuang could talk so calmly about having a few drinks on someone's roof.

Yuan Ge rubbed his stiff neck and refused, "No, I'm exhausted after working so hard for most of the day! You're so old, and you still have to climb up and down to eat a meal..."

"Let's chat with you." Zhuang Mengdie pulled Yuan Ge out without saying anything. As she walked, she turned back and put the wine jar in front of Yuan Ge, laughing, "Oh no, this is the peach blossom wine dug out from Yuan Ge's yard. I heard that it was brewed by Nan Yin herself. I have always wanted to try it, but Yuan Ge treasures it so much that I never had the chance. Before I came back this time, I thought that Yuan Ge was dead, and the peach blossom wine in her yard was ownerless, so I had to dig it out and drink it, right? Haha!"

After saying this, he laughed again, his face full of satisfaction and pride.

She was so shameless, calling him "you" and "Yuan Ge" at the same time. She looked so out of tune that it was hard to believe that she could keep such a secret... Yuan Ge was afraid that this loud-mouthed girl would say something wrong, so he had to let her climb onto the roof to drink.