"When I found them, I saw the Fifth Princess leading the Seventh Prince out of Fumanlou Restaurant. They must have gone to have breakfast."

Then they went to buy kites together, strolled around the streets, ate snacks along the way, and bought toys. They got along very well.

Ye Beihan pondered. This way of getting along felt more like that of friends. Could it be that they didn't know each other's identities?

"Shuangshuo, prepare the carriage, I'm going out for a while."

Ye Beihan was still worried about his younger brother. He didn't understand anything and couldn't be taken advantage of by the people of Nanning.

Nangong Manyu bought a tiger plush toy and gave it to Ye Yueze, saying, "Here, this is for you. It's silly, just like you."

Ye Yueze took the tiger doll with both hands, his smile was honest, but he was not ugly. He was seven feet tall, with fair skin, big eyes, and a very refined appearance.

"Manman, I'm sorry to have troubled you. I was in such a hurry to leave today that I didn't bring any money with me."

Nangong Manyu patted his shoulder and laughed, "This young master... this young lady has plenty of money. I was the one who brought you out to have fun today, so as long as you're happy, that's all that matters."

Looking at Nangong Manyu's smiling face, Ye Yueze wondered how there could be such a gentle and lovely woman in this world. Her eyes looked like crescent moons when she smiled.

He had never felt this way with anyone before; this woman was so good to him, and he loved being with her.

It would be great if the two of them could always hang out together, just like today.

Seeing that he was staring at her, Nangong Manyu patted his chest and said, "What are you looking at? Am I pretty?"

Ye Yueze nodded honestly: "Beautiful!"

These words made Nangong Manyu feel embarrassed, so she pulled him away.

"I'm thirsty, let's buy some pears to eat."

Nangong Manyu pulled him to a pear stall, and the two of them each held a pear in their hands.

Before they could even give Xiao Fan the scale, a carriage stopped behind them. When Ye Yueze turned around and saw the carriage, his face instantly turned panicked, and he grabbed Nangong Manyu's hand and ran.

"Manman, run! Run!"

"What's wrong with you? Why are you running?"

The pear vendor was still calling out to the two men from behind: "My pears, you haven't paid for them yet!"

Ye Beihan didn't chase after the two. He saw many guards from Nanning following them on the street. He only needed to make sure his brother was safe.

Looking at the small vendor, he took out a tael of silver from his sleeve and tossed it to the vendor.

"Is that enough?"

The peddler quickly bowed to express his gratitude; the two pears had been exchanged for an ounce of silver, which was more than enough.

"Thank you, young master, that's enough."

"Shuangshuo, find a few people to follow them."

"Yes, Master."

They ran down the street until they were both too tired to run anymore. Nangong Manyu leaned against a tree by the street and gasped for breath.

She was still holding the pears they had snatched: "I...I can't run anymore."

Ye Yueze was in no better shape, also struggling to breathe.

"Thankfully, my brother didn't catch up with us."

After hearing his words, Nangong Manyu realized that the carriage belonged to her brother Ye Yueze.

"He's just your brother, why are you running away?"

Nangong Manyu couldn't understand why Ye Yueze was so afraid of the people in the carriage who hadn't even shown their faces or yelled at them.

He dragged me along the whole way, and I'm exhausted.

“My brother won’t let me go out to play; I’m afraid he’ll drag me back.”

"You, you..."

As she spoke, she realized that the two of them still had pears in their hands, which they hadn't paid for yet.

"Yueze, did you pay for these pears?"

Ye Yueze, who was also holding a pear, shook his head, and the two of them laughed at the same time.

"Yueze, do you know, this is the first time in my life that I've ever taken something from someone else."

Ye Yueze: "Me too!"

Nangong Manyu knew that Xiaofei would pay later, but it still gave her a bad feeling of robbing someone else.

"Since we've already stolen it, we might as well eat it."

The two sat down on the spot, and Ye Yueze used his own clothes to wipe the pear clean before handing it to Nangong Manyu.

"Manman, eat this."

Nangong Manyu didn't stand on ceremony and swapped the food with him, but he himself couldn't bear to eat any.

"Manman, do you know what? Today is the happiest day I've had in years."

Ye Yueze never resisted Ye Beihan, but today was the first time he had run away from his brother, and he felt so free.

"I'm happy too."

They played until noon before preparing to go back.

The street was bustling with people, and the two of them walked along, chatting and laughing as they carried their things.

"Yueze, where do you live? I'll take you home."

Ye Yueze was from Beiliang, and they were temporarily staying in a house arranged by the emperor in Nanning.

"South Street!"

Nangong Manyu understood, "I live there too, so let's go back together."

"Um!"

The road on the street was clearly wide, but somehow the two of them bumped into an elderly couple.

The old man bumped into Ye Yueze's shoulder, fell to the ground, convulsed, and foamed at the mouth—it was terrifying.

"Oh dear, old man, what's wrong with you? You can't die! Wake up!"

This was the first time Nangong Manyu and Ye Yueze had encountered such a situation, and they were both quite frightened.

Suddenly, the old lady grabbed Ye Yueze's hand. Her face was covered with age spots, and her eyes were blurry.

"It was you, it was you who killed my grandfather, it was you..."

Ye Yueze hurriedly dodged the old man's outstretched hand.

"I didn't. I didn't do it. This old man bumped into me and then he fainted. I didn't do it. I didn't kill anyone."

Nangong Manyu shielded Ye Yueze behind her, and when she looked back, she saw that Xiaofei and the others hadn't caught up yet, leaving only her and Ye Yueze there.

"Grandma, don't worry, let's take Grandpa to see a doctor first. He seems to be very ill."

In Nangong Manyu's eyes, only human life is the most important thing, and blaming anyone now is useless.

The old woman knelt in front of the two men, crying with tears and snot streaming down her face.

"Young masters and ladies, you don't understand the suffering of us common people. It's not that we don't want to see a doctor, it's just that we have no money. We can't even afford to eat, how can we afford to see a doctor?"

My husband was perfectly fine, but this young man hit him and he's in this state. He can't die! He's my only husband; if he dies, I won't live either.

Ye Yueze felt very guilty. He didn't do it on purpose, and he didn't know how he bumped into the elderly couple, since the road was wide enough.

He squatted down and comforted the old woman: "Grandma, don't be afraid. I have silver, I have a jade pendant and a gold lock. The jade crown and hairpin on my head can also be exchanged for a lot of silver."

The old man looked up at Ye Yueze's accessories; each one was enough to feed them for a year.

Putting everything else aside, the jade crown on his head was pure moon white, gleaming with a rich luster under the sunlight.

Such a fine item could only be worn by nobles in Nanning.

"Young master, you don't know, my old man needs to take medicine all year round. What you have can only be used for his medical treatment at most, and it's not enough to cover his medicine at all."

This old woman is begging you two kind-hearted gentlemen and ladies, please have mercy on my husband and give him a way to live.