Even if Ye Zhen was not familiar with Nie Wei Yue's voice, as soon as he heard the tone, he knew she had arrived. He raised his eyes and glanced at Du Hao Ran.

  Du Haoran, however, was oblivious to the commotion at the foot of the mountain. He picked up a chess piece and with a "slap", he made a move that captured several of Ye Zhuo's pieces.

  Ye Zhuo smiled and focused his attention on the chessboard.

  However, the tree wanted to be quiet but the wind wouldn't stop. She was holding a chess piece and thinking about her next move when a woman in red rushed up from the mountain below, shouting loudly: "Brother Du."

  "It seems that this game of chess can't be played anymore." Du Haoran still didn't raise his head, his eyes fixed on the chessboard as he said, "Do you think you'll win in the end or I will?"

  Du Haoran's chess skills are not bad, but Ye Zhuo's offense and defense are in place, and the overall situation is still under her control. Although Du Haoran's attitude at this time makes her very grateful, she still says practically: "If you don't have any special moves, I will win this game."

  Du Haoran gazed at her quietly for a moment, then threw his head back and burst out laughing, saying: "Great, really great."

  "This is great" "Not bad at all", but I don't know if he's referring to the chess or Ye Zhuo himself. But that's not important anymore, as Nie Wei Yue has already entered the pavilion and sees these two chatting and laughing, without even giving her a glance, directly ignoring her like air, this is simply blatant contempt! Du Gege is still okay, he's always been like this. But that little gatekeeper who tried every means to squeeze into the Nie family, actually dared to treat her like this. People like him should be trembling with fear and kneeling on the ground begging for mercy when they see Miss Nie of the Nie family get angry, but she's still sitting in her seat, it's as if she's eaten a bear's heart and a leopard's gallbladder!

  Nie Weiyue felt like her lungs were going to burst. She didn't care whether Du Gege was happy or not, and she rushed into the pavilion, stretching out her hands to mess up the chessboard on the table with a "whoosh". The cup of tea on the table was knocked over by her with a "thud", and the tea water flowed towards Ye Zhuo's side. Ye Zhuo quickly got up and dodged to one side.

  "What are you up to again?" Du Haoran frowned and asked Nie Weiyue.

  Nie Weiyue's eyes reddened as she gazed steadily at Du Haoran for a moment before turning her body around.

  "Ye Zhuo has met Niece Nie." Ye Zhuo bowed and paid his respects.

  Nie Wei took a deep breath and suppressed the lump in her throat, then raised her chin and looked at Ye Zhuo with a slanted gaze: "Do you know Brother Du?"

  Ye Zhuo's mouth corners slightly hooked up.

  She originally thought that Nie Weiyue would immediately flip the table and scold her, pointing at her nose, and then have the servants drag her out to beat her. That's what those spoiled girls in the capital used to do. Unexpectedly, Nie Weiyue, although pampered, still had some brains and didn't erupt immediately. It seems that Mrs. Nie's education of her children was quite successful, and Nie Bowei didn't have any bad habits like a typical young master.

  She lowered her head and brought out that set of words again: "Yes. Mr. Nie and Mr. Du went to Guangneng Temple in Nanshan Town, and Ye Zhuo happened to be there too, so he got to know the two gentlemen. Later, Mr. Nie and Mr. Du helped my family with something again, so this time they came, my grandmother asked Ye Zhuo to bring some snacks for Mr. Du to eat, as a token of gratitude."

  "Oh? Is that the thing?" Nie Weiyue asked with a hint of sarcasm, pointing at the box still filled with pastries. Then, without waiting for Ye Zhuo's response, she waved her hand and said, "Du Gege's food is all made by chefs specially invited from the capital, nothing else will do, he's afraid of getting dirty; besides, he doesn't like sweets either. Alright, take your pastries and leave, I have things to discuss with Du Gege. Du Gege likes quiet, don't disturb him in the future without a reason. My family Nie's rules are big, it won't do for you to run around recklessly like this."

  "Yes." Ye Zhuo very obediently bowed and gestured for Qiu Yue to pick up the pastry box, then retreated. From start to finish, she didn't look at Du Haoran again.

  Qiu Yue looked at Ye Zhuo and then at Du Haoran, seeing that neither of them had any other expressions, she could only pick up the pastry box and follow Ye Zhuo down the mountain.

  Du Haoran, who had been silent all along, stood up and stretched his arms lazily after Ye Zhuo walked down the mountain and Nie Wei Yue sat down in front of him. He shouted loudly: "Du Nian, come out to clean up the table, I'm going to sleep." As he spoke, he got up and walked out of the pavilion.

  Originally, Nian Weiyue was comforted because Du Haoran didn't eat the green bean cake brought by that cheap girl and didn't say anything to keep her. She was about to say that she would personally go make some pastries for Du Haoran later, but unexpectedly, Du Haoran treated her as if she didn't exist. After Ye Zhuo left, he simply patted his butt and left. She suddenly became furious, with smoke coming out of her nose. However, even her father Nian Zhongkun and brother Nian Bowen couldn't do anything about Du Haoran. If Du Haoran wanted to leave, where could she stop him? The tricks of crying, making a fuss, and threatening to hang herself had been performed countless times in front of Du Haoran, but the effect was that Du Haoran became increasingly cold and distant towards her. So this time, she could only watch as Du Haoran's figure disappeared into another road.

  After Du Haoran shouted, a young man of 18 or 19 years old suddenly appeared from somewhere. He didn't care that Nie Weiyue was still sitting in the pavilion, and quickly cleaned up the things with a "whooshing" sound. At the end, he even walked to Nie Weiyue's front, pointing at the stool under her butt, saying: "Miss Nie, please move over, let me clean up the cushion."

  Du Haoran spoiled these two servants, who were lazy and rude. He treated them like brothers, so Nie Weiyue, the precious daughter of the Nie family, didn't dare to lose her temper in front of Du Nian. She got up, stamped her foot, and ran down the mountain with tears in her eyes.

  "Miss, slow down, be careful not to fall." Her nurse, Qian Mama, hurriedly shouted from behind, then led a group of maids and servants to quickly catch up.

  Autumn Moon held a small box of snacks and followed Ye Zhuo from behind, staring at Ye Zhuo's back as she walked and admired the peach blossoms. She had just begun to understand her own daughter's intentions: everyone could see that Niece liked Du Gongzi, and Ye Zhuo had come to find Du Haoran in order to provoke Niece's anger, so that she would make a big scene and drive them out of the Niece's house. But what puzzled her was why her daughter's words and actions were not more provocative, allowing Niece's anger to be even more fierce?

  Ye Zhuo was walking slowly on the bluestone road, enjoying the peach blossoms flying all over the sky, and her mood was extremely pleasant. When she heard the urgent footsteps rushing towards her from behind, the corners of her mouth rose slightly, and her feet walked even slower.

  In ancient courtyards, the distance from the entrance to the inner courtyard was often quite far. Therefore, in order to facilitate the movement of women or elderly people who were not convenient to move around, as well as patients entering and exiting, the paths would be built relatively wide, so that it would be easy for people to carry sedan chairs and walk. At this time, Ye Zhuo walked in the middle of the road, while Qiu Yue followed closely behind her right side, with the two of them occupying less than a third of the width of the path. Hearing footsteps coming from behind, Qiu Yue turned her head to see who was approaching, while subconsciously stretching out her hand to pull Ye Zhuo, fearing that she would be knocked over by the person behind. But when she pulled, she couldn't budge Ye Zhuo. Just as she was about to turn her head to take a closer look, a red figure swiftly ran up from behind and charged straight towards Ye Zhuo's direction.

  Just as he was about to shout "Be careful, miss!", Ye Zhuo quickly dodged to the side and stretched out his hand to catch the person in red who was about to fall.

  "Miss, miss!" A large group of maids and servants came rushing up from behind, shouting loudly as they quickly reached out to support Nie Wei Yue, taking her away from Ye Zhuo's hands.

  "You......" Nian Weiyue stared at Ye Zhuo, unable to speak for a long time.

  Although the Nie family is a high-ranking household, they are still craftsmen at heart. To have good physical strength for jade carving, children in the household were trained from a young age to toughen their bodies. As a result, even Nie Wei Yue learned some basic self-defense moves. Earlier, she had been holding back her anger and wanted to find an outlet, so she decided to take the most direct approach and ram into Ye Zhuo. In her mind, even if Ye Zhuo got hurt, she wouldn't dare report it to her mother. Even if she did, what's the worst that could happen? Her mother would still side with her own daughter and scold Ye Zhuo instead. If Nie Wei Yue failed to knock Ye Zhuo down and ended up falling herself, the servant girls would be afraid of taking responsibility and would shift the blame onto Ye Zhuo. Given how much her parents doted on her, even if they wouldn't punish Ye Zhuo, they would still dislike her, and her father would also not take a liking to her.

  But unexpectedly, things have developed into this. It seems that I haven't harmed Ye Zhuo at all, but instead owe her a favor.

  Qian Niangniang, the wet nurse of Nie Weiyue, was a person who had become an expert in the inner house. She understood her own young lady's little tricks and also sighed at her childish tactics. At this moment, seeing Nie Weiyue staring at Ye Zhuo, she seemed to want to say something again. Qian Niangniang hurriedly smiled at Ye Zhuo: "Sorry about that, just now my young lady had a disagreement with Du Gongzi and ran off in a huff, almost colliding with Miss Ye." After finishing speaking, she looked Ye Zhuo up and down, "Miss Ye wasn't bumped into, was she?" With one sentence, the intentional became unintentional, and regarding Ye Zhuo's action of supporting Nie Weiyue with her hand, not a word was mentioned.

  "No, it's nothing." Ye Zhuo smiled and looked at Nie Wei Yue, "Miss Nie, are you hurt?"

  "Hmph, don't worry, I won't die." Nie Weiyue shook off the maid's supporting arm and strode forward with large steps.

  Qian Aiyi smiled apologetically at Ye Zhuo and hurriedly followed him.

  Ye Zhuo didn't mind either, and brought Qiuyue along with her as they followed behind them, leaving the Bamboo Courtyard together.

  "Big Brother, you're back?" As soon as they walked out of the hospital gate, Nie Wei Yue saw Nie Bo Yi and Zhang Zi Qing, Zhao Song Zheng walking towards them. She quickly went forward to ask, "My brother? Is he back yet?" (Thank you for your support, it's my greatest motivation.)

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