His cold, deep gaze fell on Nan Qianyue's face. "It's not safe for her to have less contact with men outside the family."
"Let her go." Xiao Chen tried his best to suppress his anger.
Nanqianyue's mind wasn't on that; she was focused on Ye Jian and Qingyi, who were eating faster and faster. Was this a competition? How infuriating.
"Let go quickly, or they'll eat all the cherries." Nan Qianyue tried to break free, but Qin Yi held on too tightly.
Upon hearing this, he gave Qingyi a cold look, and Qingyi immediately stopped picking cherries, not even daring to chew them.
Ye Jian did the same; after receiving a warning look from Xiao Chen, he silently lowered his hand.
"I'll take you back to your residence." Qin Yi pulled her along, ready to leave.
Nan Qianyue's face immediately showed fear. She grabbed Qin Yi's arm and forced him to stop. "I don't want to go back. If I go back, I'll have to learn needlework. I don't want to learn it. It's prickly." She was almost begging Qin Yi.
But to Xiao Chen, it sounded more like a coquettish pouting... His eyes instantly darkened.
Qin Yi frowned slightly, looked down at her, and remained silent for a moment before saying, "Then I'll take you horseback riding in the countryside."
"No need, I just want to pick cherries." Nanqianyue was very persistent.
Xiao Chen, who was standing to the side, couldn't stand it anymore. He took a long stride and pulled Nan Qianyue's hand off Qin Yi's arm, trying to pull her over. However, Nan Qianyue's other hand was still being held tightly by Qin Yi.
Thus, one of the classic melodramatic scenes from idol dramas appeared on Nan Qianyue's life. She turned her head left and right, and her two hands were each grabbed by two men. She... felt extremely embarrassed and wanted to laugh.
The lines that popped into her head were too difficult for her to say, but she thought she should say them anyway.
"Let go, all of you!" she feigned anger.
She couldn't stop laughing less than a second after finishing the act, and the more she laughed, the more uncontrollably she became, until she was laughing so hard she was shaking uncontrollably.
Qin Yi and Xiao Chen frowned in unison, their eyes filled with confusion. What was she laughing at?
Ye Jian and Qingyi, who were behind the tree, were equally puzzled. They exchanged a glance as if by some strange twist of fate, and then simultaneously turned their heads away in disgust.
"Quick... let go... hahaha..." Nan Qianyue put all her strength into laughing, and the weak struggle of her two hands hit her funny bone again.
I don't know how long she laughed, but she stopped when she was too tired to continue, and her beautiful eyes were moist with laughter.
Her face suddenly fell. "If you don't let go, I'll kneel down." She got annoyed after laughing for a while.
Qin Yi and Xiao Chen gave each other a cold look and simultaneously let go of each other's hands.
At this moment, Green Robe and Ayu finally arrived. They were travel-worn, with disheveled hair, unkempt clothes, and even bruises on their faces.
Nanqianyue raised an eyebrow, "Did you all trip and fall?"
Green Robe and Ayu bowed immediately, and then explained in unison, but their explanations differed.
"Yes, girl."
"The girl wasn't thrown."
Nan Qianyue narrowed her eyes slightly, her sharp gaze sweeping over their appearance and evasive expressions, and said with certainty, "You two were fighting."
Green Robe and Ayu were terrified. Oh no, the girl had figured it out.
They couldn't stand each other, so they took the opportunity to teach each other a lesson.
Nanqianyue let out a long sigh. The maids came from Qin Yi and Xiao Chen respectively, so naturally they were biased towards their masters. Whoever their masters disliked, they disliked too.
"Escape today, there's always tomorrow. Forget it, let's go back to the manor." Nan Qianyue walked past Qin Yi and Xiao Chen, beckoning to the two maids, "What are you standing there for? Let's go."
"Oh, yes." The two maids bowed to their mistress before catching up with Nan Qianyue.
Qin Yi glanced at the cherry tree, then, without lingering, chased after Nan Qianyue.
Xiao Chen remained in the same spot, his entire demeanor somber, his lowered eyelids concealing the turmoil within.
"Master, don't you chase me?" Ye Jian asked.
Xiao Chen slowly raised his eyes, a layer of sinister aura filling them. "Nan Nan seems to treat him differently now."
Perhaps she herself didn't even realize it.
Ye Jian couldn't quite understand; what was different about them? They seemed pretty much the same.
Steward Wang prepared a new carriage for Nanqianyue. As soon as she sat down, Qin Yi climbed in.
"Don't you have a horse?" Nan Qianyue asked, frowning.
Qin Yi sat down close to her, his long arm naturally reaching behind her and resting on the soft pillow. It seemed like he wasn't hugging her, but it was more ambiguous than hugging her.
His gaze was fixed on her face, and he said expressionlessly, "One condition is that you have to comfort me when I'm unhappy. The second condition is that I have the right to take you home first at any time."
The moonlit night was choked with words, but since someone had saved your life, it was hard to deny it.
"so what?"
"You're just trying to coax me." Qin Yi's eyes were serious.
"Are you unhappy again?" Nan Qianyue asked playfully. "Could it be that you're too narrow-minded?"
Qin Yi's gaze darkened, his voice turning slightly cold, "Narrow-minded? Watching you entangle with other men, am I supposed to stand by and cheer?"
Nan Qianyue chuckled coldly, unable to contain herself as she retorted, "You can cheer, no one's going to shut you up."
The two were very close and could clearly see every change in each other's expressions.
"No one sealed it..." Qin Yi uttered coldly, and before Nan Qianyue could react, he sealed her mouth.
Nanqianyue's eyes widened, and just as she was about to push him away, he left on his own.
"Qin Yi! You just promised me yesterday that you can't just kiss me like that!" Nan Qianyue said angrily.
Outside the carriage, Ayu looked anxious: "It's all over! Prince Anzheng has taken liberties with a young lady! Why didn't my lord come along?"
Qin Yi smiled faintly, his face remaining calm and composed, and said, "I didn't kiss you, are you mistaken?"
"Me! You!" Nan Qianyue was speechless with anger. He used this trick again. How could someone be so shameless?
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