Wan Yao slowly turned around, saw it was me, hurriedly took out a silk handkerchief to wipe her face, and then forced a slight smile: “Miss Fei, why are you here?”
I looked at her apologetically: “I’m sorry! I didn’t know things would turn out like this! Are you… alright?”
“No!” I patted my hem, stood up, innocently blinked, and pretended to be confused while pointing around at the group of people, asking, “What’s going on here?”
The old man continued to laugh, “Here’s the situation. The servants in the mansion saw you two wandering outside the Qi residence and thought something might be happening, so they asked me to come out and take a look!”
“No!” I shook my head again, my eyes clear, and then pointed to the big tree behind me, “I just thought this tree outside your mansion is big and lush enough, perfect for me to cool off!”
“Cool off?”
The old man’s expression became somewhat strange, probably unable to understand my behavior…
“Yes, yes! Don’t believe me? Come sit down, it’s really cool!
“To enhance my persuasiveness, I even reached out to pull him, which scared the old man into repeatedly waving his hands and backing away!
Suddenly, a dignified and magnetic voice came from behind the crowd. Everyone quickly parted and stood respectfully, not daring to breathe…
Might I ask your noble name, sir
I couldn’t help but look up. I saw a carriage had stopped at the Qi residence gate. The curtain was lifted, and then a man in blue clothing walked out, handsome and tall.
My instinct told me he was the person I was looking for!
Indeed, the steward hurriedly went forward and respectfully called out, “Young Master, you’re back?”
The man stepped down from the carriage with steady steps, slightly furrowing his brows and asking in a deep voice, “What’s happening?”
Though he was asking the steward, his ink-like deep eyes were fixed on me, making me feel so guilty that I quickly lowered my head.
The old steward respectfully answered, “This young gentleman said he was cooling off outside our Qi residence, so this servant brought the household staff to take a look!”
“Cooling off?”
The man repeated the words with a profound expression, then glanced behind me and coldly ordered, “Cut it down!”
Cut it down? Really?
