Because this place is not an ordinary suburb, it is the best location in the suburbs of the imperial capital of Beichen Empire.

Xia Chujian was amazed by what he saw.

The water in the pond looked like a deep blue jade disk under the light, and the lotus leaves on the water surface stretched out their large green leaves, covering almost one-third of the pond area.

The one-foot-long, club-like flower buds fluttered in the wind at night, so numerous that it was dazzling.

Xia Chujian was a little anxious.

With so many flower buds, isn’t it too difficult to find one with silver stamens?

She couldn't possibly pry open every flower bud to check!

We have to think of a different way.

Xia Chujian pondered and stopped in the woods.

Then she smoothed her hair, put Wu Fu down, held him in her hand, and walked out slowly.

After crossing a white path, there are rugged lakeside stones on the opposite bank. I don’t know where they came from, but they are piled up in a circle along the edge of the pond.

Xia Chujian walked towards the pond where the flower buds were most abundant, and was about to reach out to test the distance.

Suddenly, a small boat emerged from the depths of the lotus leaves.

A man sitting on a small boat looked at Xia Chujian on the shore and said in a deep and powerful voice, "Are you the newcomer next door?"

Xia Chujian subconsciously retracted his hand, as if he had been caught, put it behind his back awkwardly, and nodded.

The man smiled and said, "Noble Daughter of the Quan family?"

Xia Chujian: “…”

She shook her head quickly: "...I'm not."

The man seemed to understand, and said with a meaningful smile: "Well, no, I understand."

His boat had already reached the shore and was very close to Xia Chujian.

There was no longer any backlighting, and Xia Chujian could see him clearly.

He has wheat-colored skin and is only wearing casual clothes, but his body is very strong. You can see his bulging muscles seem to be about to break through the casual clothes.

His facial features have a unique charm, as profound as if they were carved by a knife or an axe.

People with this appearance are actually rare in the upper class, but they are very common among the middle and lower classes.

For example, Tengpingmao belongs to this category.

Of course, this person doesn't look like Teng Pingmao, and he is much more handsome than Teng Pingmao.

It was just his temperament and appearance that gave her this association.

The man stood up from the boat, picked a few flower buds at random, handed them to Xia Chujian and said, "These are for you."

Xia Chujian said embarrassedly: "I haven't asked your full name yet..."

The man smiled and said, "My last name is Qiu Shenxing, and I just bought this house from the Rong family."

Xia Chujian blinked and thought, this is the person who bought Rong’s house!

This is great!

She wondered if this person's surname was the Qiu in "autumn"?

If it is the Qiu in autumn, does it have anything to do with Qiu Zijun's Qiu family?

Xia Chujian deliberately asked tentatively, "Is your last name Qiu? The Qiu next to your right ear?"

Qiu Shenxing shook his head: "It's the autumn of autumn."

Xia Chujian suddenly laughed: "Qiu in Autumn? Is it the Qiu family, one of the four great earls?"

Qiu Shenxing nodded and said, "Yes, I am a member of the Qiu clan. It is difficult to buy a house in this place without a title."

He squinted his eyes and looked at Xia Chujian, as if to say, "You say you are not the noble daughter of the Quan family, will I believe you?"

Xia Chujian didn't know that it was impossible to buy a house in this place without a title, and she couldn't help but worry for a moment.

She asked calmly, "Really? If you don't have a title, you can't buy a house in this place? Does that mean you can't buy it, or can't transfer the ownership?"

Qiu Shenxing looked at her in surprise and said, "That's not the case. It's just that the houses here are all owned by high-ranking nobles."

"So if they want to sell, they only sell to nobles who are at least of earl descent."

"Neither a baron nor a viscount is worthy enough to own property here."

Xia·Ordinary Civilian·First Encounter: Oh no, I'm the odd one out here...

The corners of her mouth twitched, and she said, "So that's how it is. I really didn't know."

Qiu Shenxing smiled and said, "You don't need to know, just let your family know."

Did he treat her as a spoiled girl from an aristocratic family who turned a deaf ear to the world outside?

Xia Chujian didn't want to continue correcting him, nor did she plan to have any further contact with him in the future.

She reached out and took the flower bud, saying, "Thank you, Mr. Qiu. It's so late, why are you still rowing in the pond?"

Qiu Shenxing said: "I just moved in, so I want to get familiar with the environment and exercise."

"Is your home over there? Do you want me to take you back?"

Xia Chujian said hurriedly: "No, no, if Mr. Qiu doesn't mind, I would like to stay here for a while and look at the lotus flowers in the mist..."

"This flower bud is so beautiful!"

Qiu Shenxing raised an eyebrow: "You still know Tianwu Handan? And you still say you are not a noble lady?"