Su Qingyao turned her gaze away from Zhang Ruoshui's back and saw Mu Shao sitting next to her, secretly laughing. She wanted to kick her, "It's all your fault, you vixen, you're so wicked. You've got more than eight hundred schemes in your body."

Mu Shaohua smiled slightly, a faint smile playing on her lips. "The extra shrewdness I possess is precisely what you lack."

As she spoke, she looked at Su Qingyao's clenched teeth.

He chuckled and continued, "Well, it's because your man and my man are the same man. We've got a long road ahead of us, so who else would I tease but you?"

She smiled and waved her hand gently, looking just like a mischievous child.

Su Qingyao rolled her eyes at her. She was afraid that arguing with this woman would drive her crazy one day.

She turned her head away, refusing to look at Mu Shaohua.

Seeing that Su Qingyao was sulking and didn't want to talk to her, Mu Shaohua also didn't intend to speak.

She chuckled to herself, 'Tch, trying to out-silence me? Who's afraid of who?'

She simply stopped talking and fiddled with her fingers, looking at her nails one moment and turning the bracelet on her wrist the next, looking completely at ease.

In the end, Su Qingyao couldn't hold back any longer. Thinking of Lin Yinuo's docile and dependent appearance, she felt uncomfortable, as if an ant was crawling around in her heart.

She frowned, staring intently at Mu Shaohua, and finally gritted her teeth as she spoke, "Aren't you worried that one day, Lu Qingzhou will have another woman by his side who will steal your place?"

Seeing that she had taken the initiative to speak to her, Mu Shaohua glanced at her quietly, a deep meaning in her eyes, and slowly said, "I'm not worried."

Her tone was calm and natural, as if nothing concerned her.

Su Qingyao: "..."

After a long pause, she finally uttered a sentence, saying disdainfully, "It's a waste that you have such a big chest; I never expected you to be so brainless."

After saying that,

She looked at Mu Shaohua with disdain, thinking that this woman was too naive and had no idea how serious the situation was.

Mu Shaohua's lips curled slightly as she glanced at Su Qingyao, thinking to herself, 'How could you possibly guess what's on my mind?'

She ignored Su Qingyao's sarcasm and maintained her calm and composed smile.

Seeing that Mu Shao did not speak,

Su Qingyao frowned even more, still feeling uneasy. She muttered to herself, "That girl Lin Yinuo doesn't seem simple. I'm afraid Lu Qingzhou might make a mistake."

She appeared to be talking to herself, but she was actually speaking to Mu Shaohua, hoping that she could come up with a good way to deal with Lin Yinuo, this troublesome person.

Mu Shaohua glanced at her, a fleeting thought flashing in her eyes, as if she were pondering Su Qingyao's words, or perhaps thinking of a strategy to deal with Lin Yinuo...

Next to the guesthouse courtyard,

A winding pebble path, like a slender ribbon, stretches leisurely out from behind the guesthouse.

The sunlight broke free from the shackles of night, piercing through the thin clouds and casting golden threads that slowly elongated the two figures.

Lin Yinuo followed behind Lu Qingzhou, walking step by step towards the pavilion on the higher ground.

She would steal glances up every now and then, her gaze following Lu Qingzhou's retreating figure, a strange pang of sadness welling up inside her.

Lu Qingzhou's steps were noticeably heavy, each step as if he were dragging a thousand-pound burden, the soles of his shoes rubbing against the cobblestones with a dull sound.

She was worried about the upcoming conversation, wondering how to minimize the harm to Lin Yinuo.

After all, he had to reject Lin Yinuo once again.

Finally, we arrived at the pavilion.

Lu Qingzhou gripped the railing tightly with both hands, her knuckles turning slightly white from the force.

He gazed at the distant, rolling mountains, shrouded in mist, a dreamlike and ethereal scene, yet this beauty held no appeal for him whatsoever.

a long time,

Lu Qingzhou sighed softly, her voice full of helplessness: "Yinuo, I made it very clear to you last night that I am really not suitable for you. I hope you can find a man who is more suitable for you."

I already have a family to support, including two women. This is so unfair to you.

You shouldn't focus all your attention on me; there's no need to hang yourself on this crooked tree.

His eyes remained fixed on the distance, not daring to look at Lin Yinuo, unable to bear seeing her pitiful appearance.

Lin Yinuo gently raised her hand and tucked a strand of hair that had been ruffled by the breeze behind her ear.

She bit her lip lightly, trying to calm herself down.

Then she stood side by side with Lu Qingzhou, her gaze first meeting his as they looked at the distant scenery.

But soon, she turned her head and looked straight at Lu Qingzhou, her eyes revealing an unwavering determination: "Brother Qingzhou, to be honest, if it weren't for the fact that you already have two women, I wouldn't have the audacity to confess to you like this."

She took a deep breath.

After calming down, I said, "But I just can't control myself. I have feelings for you. At first, I wasn't repulsed, but slowly it turned into liking you... You know what? I haven't had much contact with boys alone, and I have very few male friends."

When other boys get close to me, I instinctively feel resistant. But you're different. Whenever I'm with you, I feel safe and at ease.

Her voice grew softer as she spoke, and a slight blush rose to her cheeks, but every word seemed to come from the deepest part of her heart, spoken with utmost sincerity.

A gentle breeze blew by, ruffling Lin Yinuo's hair. It was as if the wind had opened her up, and she slowly recounted her feelings about men over the years.

Lu Qingzhou listened quietly, his expression growing increasingly complicated, his brows unconsciously furrowing into a deep frown, his heart filled with mixed emotions.

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