Chapter 118 Chased by a Dog
Yu Nian's mind went blank, but her body's instincts made her climb over the windowsill and rush into the house.
He reached out and hugged Lu Mingzhu, who had just kicked over the stool and was about to hang herself.
"Mingzhu, how could you be so foolish!"
Yu Nian forcefully raised her arm and put Lu Mingzhu down.
It's truly frightening; if she had arrived even a moment later today, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
If Lu Mingzhu were to die like this, wouldn't Yu Jing immediately turn evil and send the entire Lu family to be buried with Lu Mingzhu?
"Sister Niannian, what are you doing here..."
Two tear tracks still clung to Mingzhu's small face, and she stared blankly at Yu Nian in front of her.
Looking at Lu Mingzhu like this, Yu Nian felt a pang of heartache. Where was the radiance and vitality that Lu Mingzhu had shown when they first met at the Princess's residence?
"I've heard about what happened to you. My fourth brother is discussing with my father about marrying you."
Given Lu Mingzhu's unstable mental state, Yu Nian still didn't tell her the truth.
"Tell him not to worry about Mingzhu anymore. I don't deserve him treating me like this. I can die without regrets now that I've met Sister Niannian. Please help me deliver this suicide note to Brother Jing. I'm leaving now."
Lu Mingzhu felt utterly hopeless. Before she could finish speaking, she got up and tried to stand on the stool.
"Don't act rashly!"
Yu Nian hurriedly pulled Lu Mingzhu back, wrapped her arms around her waist, and drew her back.
"This isn't even the end yet. Don't you want to try your best for my fourth brother?"
Mentioning Yu Jing, Lu Mingzhu's tears fell like a broken string, each drop landing on the back of Yu Nian's hand, feeling somewhat burning.
“We are from two different worlds, and our efforts are in vain.”
She did try, but all her efforts yielded no results.
When her hopes were shattered time and time again, Lu Mingzhu truly lost the courage to stand up again.
Yu Nian sighed inwardly. Besides the damned difference between legitimate and illegitimate children, there was also the increasingly tense relationship between the two families. In this feudal world, each of these factors could easily separate two lovers.
"Sister Niannian, please let me go. Let me die cleanly, rather than marry that tea merchant. Lu Baishi just wants to sell me to get a dowry for her own daughter. Preventing her evil scheme from succeeding is the last thing I can do."
Lu Mingzhu's resolute decision reminded Yu Nian of Yu Jing.
The truth hidden behind the engagement made Yu Nian frown. This Lu Bai was truly incorrigible; she could even come up with such an idea.
"Mingzhu, trust me this once. I have a way to prevent you from marrying that tea merchant. Promise me you won't try to kill yourself."
This matter is so complicated that a solution certainly cannot be found overnight. Yu Nian said this to first dispel her suicidal thoughts.
"really?"
A glimmer of light finally appeared in Lu Mingzhu's gloomy eyes.
If you can live a good life, who would want to die?
"When have I ever lied to you..."
Yu Nian was about to say something when Lu Baishi's voice suddenly came from outside.
"Go check on that brat! People causing trouble in broad daylight, she's probably the one who brought it."
Oh no, I didn't expect this woman to find us so quickly. Yu Nian quickly got up and squeezed Lu Mingzhu's hand tightly.
"I'm leaving now, but I'll find a way to come see you again. You have to believe me, okay?"
Yu Nian jumped down from the windowsill, and when she looked up, she found that someone was already patrolling the road she had come from.
"Sister Niannian, there's a dog hole behind those bushes if you go east!"
Lu Mingzhu whispered something to the window; it was a place she had discovered when she was playing around.
"Okay, close the window quickly."
Lu Mingzhu watched Yu Nian's departing figure, her lips pressed tightly together.
Sister Niannian took such a big risk for her, and she couldn't let Yu Nian's efforts go to waste.
If she still has no way to resolve the situation by the time she gets married, then it's not too late for her to prove her innocence by taking her own life.
After crawling out of the dog hole, Yu Nian ran wildly, sprinting to the Regent's Mansion at the last moment of the Xu hour, and even tripped and fell because he was running too fast.
"How did you get like this...?"
Chun Tao greeted Yu Nian at the gate of her villa. When she saw her young mistress in such a disheveled state, her heart skipped a beat.
"Why don't you go to the side room to freshen up first?"
Yu Nian was already exhausted from running, and thinking that Chun Tao was reminding her that she was not following the rules, she casually waved her hand.
"No need, I'll go back and get some water first."
Yu Nian and Chun Tao missed each other, and now she just wanted to sit for a while and rest her feet.
"But young master..."
Chun Tao followed behind Yu Nian, wanting to remind her again, but it was too late.
Yu Nian had already entered the room, and without any regard for appearances, picked up the teacup on the table and was enjoying her tea when her gaze fell upon a dark-clad figure inside.
"...cough cough cough"
Damn it, why is Chunyu Han in her room? Shouldn't he be in his own Honeysuckle Pavilion?!
Chunyu Han was writing at his desk when he looked up at Yu Nian, who was coughing violently, and his handsome brows furrowed instantly.
When Yu Nian got off the carriage in the afternoon, she was dressed smartly. How could she have become so disheveled in just half a day? Even the only pair of twin lotus hairpins in her hair were missing one of them...
Did she go back to her parents' home, or was she chased away by a dog?
However, he was quite obedient and didn't come back late.
"Husband... Husband, what are you doing here?"
Yu Nian wiped the water from her chin with her sleeve. Why was Chunyu Han always the one who witnessed her most disheveled moments?
"This is my home."
Chunyu Han lowered his eyes and continued writing.
Yu Nian choked. What he said made sense; the entire Regent's Palace belonged to him. But he didn't know who had said that everyone should live their own lives.
"Then I'll go and wash up first."
Yu Nian turned and left the room. No wonder Chun Tao told her to go to the side room as soon as she entered.
"Chuntao, you can be more direct in the future."
Yu Nian crawled into the bathtub, the warm water enveloping her and dispelling her fatigue.
Chun Tao was combing Yu Nian's hair. She didn't mean to be direct, but Yu Nian walked away too fast and didn't give her the chance.
"How long has Chunyu Han been in my room?"
“My son-in-law has been writing things inside ever since he came back.”
By that calculation, he's been writing for at least two hours, and he's still writing; doesn't he feel tired?
"You know, it's so late and Chunyu Han still hasn't returned to Rendong Pavilion. What's he planning to do?"
Yu Nian picked up a petal, wondering if this rascal was waiting for her to bring back the money...
Chun Tao had no idea what Yu Nian was thinking, so she just blurted it out.
"I want to sleep with you."
Yu Nian: There's no need to be so direct...
"Ahem, um, could you find the key to my dowry warehouse and give it to me later?"
Yu Nian was still thinking about Yu Jing. Being in the same room with Chunyu Han made it difficult to concentrate. It would be better to get rid of him as soon as possible.
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