Zhenzhu hesitated for a moment and said, "Miss, I don't know if I should ask this. The Third Young Master is over 20 years old. Others of his age should have had children long ago. But it seems to me that the Third Young Master doesn't even have a roommate..."

"It was delayed because of the mourning period for my former grandmother." Yining told her.

Thinking of the scene just now, Yi Ning felt a strange feeling in her heart. She hoped she was overthinking it... She felt that he had been a bit aggressive just now, and it was not impossible for him to just suppress it. This would be a bit too much for his sister. Maybe he really was too angry just now... That was the only way she could think.

...As for the person in the room, it's time for him to have one.

The next day, while having breakfast in the main hall, Luo Shenyuan specifically took her hand to look at it.

Yi Ning dodged, but was caught by him. Seeing that it had almost disappeared as she said, Luo Shenyuan said, "...Why are you hiding?"

Yi Ning shook his head. Seeing that he was in casual clothes, he asked, "Third brother, aren't you going to the government office today?"

"I'm taking that man to the Ministry of Justice Prison this afternoon, so he's not at home either." Luo Shenyuan said calmly, "Mother sent a message saying she'll be arriving this afternoon. I'll ask Mother Xu to help with the packing, so you can catch up."

Yining nodded, but she felt that she had never been so relaxed in front of him today.

But she was still very happy that Lin Hairu was finally coming. She hadn't seen her for over a year, and she didn't know what her brother, whom she hadn't met yet, looked like.

After lunch, Yining was walking around the rockery made of Taihu stones when she heard that Lin Hairu had arrived. She hurried to the main hall.

The Luo family had relocated to the capital. Luo Chengzhang had actually arrived first, but he hadn't lived here to make it easier to get to the government office. However, the land there was small, not as spacious and bright as here, so they all moved here. Lin Hairu had just gotten off the carriage and came to find her. Yi Ning noticed that she had gained some weight and looked much more energetic.

Lin Hairu happily went forward to hold her. Seeing that she had lost some weight, she couldn't help but say, "...Aren't you going back to be the daughter of the Duke of Yingguo's mansion? How come you've lost weight again? Is it because the food there doesn't suit your taste?"

"The food is delicious, don't worry." Yining held back her smile and bowed to her.

She really wanted to see her brother whom she had never met, but she looked left and right but couldn't find him. She asked Lin Hairu where her brother was.

Lin Hairu said, "Oh, don't look anymore. Your brother was taken away on the way—"

Yi Ning was a little confused, so Lin Hairu continued, "It was your cousin Lin Mao. He had just left the government office when he saw my carriage and insisted on taking Nan'er with him. I sent our wet nurse along."

Lin Hairu's maids and servants were putting things away. When Yi Ning walked to the ceremonial gate, she saw Luo Yilian also standing at the door.

Luo Yilian turned around and saw Yining. She was wearing a plain white gown. She was still as beautiful as ever, but she looked much thinner than before, with a pointed chin.

She bowed to Lin Hairu and said, "Madam, I will take my aunt to the west courtyard first."

Lin Hairu nodded lightly.

Luo Yilian didn't even look at Yining when she left.

Yi Ning didn't care about her anymore and watched her go away calmly. Then she asked Lin Hairu in a low voice: "I heard that Aunt Qiao is not in a good mood now?"

Lin Hairu brought her into the house and said to her, "Because of Xuan'er's medical treatment, Concubine Qiao was injured, and the master didn't favor her as much. Later, Concubine Qiao falsely accused your third brother of harming her..." Lin Hairu paused here, "But at that time, your third brother was about to take the imperial examination. How could the master let her say such things? He locked her up. Later, she was finally well-behaved and was released. Now she trembles with fear when she sees your third brother. In fact, everyone knows... If it weren't for her, how could you have left the Luo family? Your third brother must have punished her for you. The master actually understands this, but no one dares to say a word about your third brother because of her."

Lin Hairu drank a sip of tea when she said this, and asked the maid to call the maid who served Luo Shenyuan over for questioning.

She then said to her, "How is the Duke of England's mansion? I heard that the Duke of England is quite nice."

Yi Ning only picked out the good things to tell her. When the maids arrived, Lin Hairu questioned them about Luo Shenyuan and told Yi Ning to retreat to the west side room. From there, Yi Ning could faintly hear their conversation. The leading maid, Fu Jiang, had a fair complexion and a gentle, well-behaved demeanor. She whispered, "The Third Young Master doesn't want us to serve him in bed... But when we were cleaning the room last night, we discovered something on his bed..."

Yi Ning realized what they were talking about and suddenly felt her face flush. She asked Zhenzhu to close the lattice door in the west room so that she could no longer hear anything. Perhaps after what happened last night, she felt that Luo Shenyuan was no longer just her third brother.

After a while, Lin Hairu finally came in, and seemed to have breathed a sigh of relief. With a smile on her face, she asked Yi Ning to go out and have some snacks she had brought.

Yining was eating absent-mindedly, and kept thinking about what the girl had just said.

At this time, Ruixiang came in and bowed to Lin Hairu: "Madam... Master Lin has brought the young master back. The young master is crying and looking for you!"

Yining finally came to his senses.