After she finished speaking, she seemed to realize who was next to her, and felt a mix of regret and unease.

She was afraid of saying the wrong thing and upsetting Zhu Jiayu.

She was somewhat afraid of Zhu Jiayu. At the banquet at the Wei family last time, Zhu Jiayu was so decisive and swift, unlike any of the young ladies she had ever met.

It would be difficult for Qiu Boyan not to feel intimidated in front of such a person.

She felt that what she had just said was very unladylike and made her and Mingyan seem useless, so she couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

Zhu Jiayu didn't say anything, but just looked at her gently.

In her previous life, she had never been to Heling, nor had she met any of the Qiu family's relatives. However, when she and Rong Heng got married, Qiu Boyan was the only person from the Qiu family who sent a congratulatory gift. She sent a pair of jade pendants symbolizing love, along with a note written in delicate small regular script. Although they had never met, she always hoped that her cousin would be well. At the end, she wrote that she wished her cousin and Rong Heng a long and happy marriage.

Later, she accidentally lost the pair of jade pendants during the displacement and war, but she always remembered her cousin who was far away in Heling and the blessing she had written herself.

Later, she inquired and learned that she had married a man of noble character who was deeply devoted to her. He had no concubines or maids, and her parents-in-law were kind and treated her like their own daughter. She was living a very good life in her husband's family.

In this life, when she arrived at Heling, she still cherished the kindness Qiu Boyan had shown her in her previous life, but she did not think of getting close to her because she was afraid that her rebirth would affect or even change Qiu Boyan's fate.

After all, Qiu Boyan's fate in her previous life was quite perfect.

But she never expected that Qiu Boyan would have such a cousin. And it seemed that she had been bullied by this cousin quite a bit.

"Why are you looking at me like that, cousin?" Qiu Boyan's gaze met hers, and she unconsciously rubbed her cheek with her thumb. "Is there something on my face?"

"No." Zhu Jiayu came back to her senses and smiled, "I was just thinking, how come my cousin is so nice?"

How could anyone bully such a good cousin?