Green Kite followed closely behind them. Qiu Lingyan turned her head, her face slightly cold: "What's wrong with you, little maid? Can't you see I want to have a private talk with your young lady? Why are you following so closely? Do you think I'm afraid I'll sell your young lady?"
Green Kite looked to Zhu Jiayu for help.
Zhu Jiayu smiled and echoed Qiu Lingyan's words: "You heard it, the Third Miss wants to have some private words with me, you should stay away from her."
Green Kite then obediently stepped back.
Qiu Lingyan glanced at the little maid, then at Zhu Jiayu: "Your little maid is quite obedient."
"I'm sorry to have troubled you, cousin. She's quite dull and inflexible," Zhu Jiayu said with a smile, then asked, "What does my cousin want to tell me?"
"Just chatting!" she waved her hand. "After all, we are cousins, and even if we get married in the future, we will still be connected and should help each other, right? It can't hurt to talk more."
She paused, not giving Zhu Jiayu a chance to speak, and then asked, "You just met with my brother and fourth brother. What do you think of them?"
The girl's eyes were full of probing, which she thought she had concealed well.
Zhu Jiayu felt a little amused, but also found it quite interesting.
It had been a long time since she had interacted with such a naive young girl.
“My second cousin is gentle and upright, with the demeanor of a gentleman; my fourth cousin is innocent and sincere, and has a cheerful personality. They are both very good,” she said earnestly.
Qiu Lingyan nodded. Although she felt that her second and fourth brothers weren't that great, Zhu Jiayu's praise was sincere, and she felt a sense of pride.
“That’s true,” she said, trying to save face for the two of them. “My mother often said that if the two of them were to get married, matchmakers would probably wear out the door.”
“But my mother also said that we only have these two sons in our generation, and we will have to rely on them to revitalize the family in the future. So we must be very careful in choosing our daughter-in-law.”
Qiu Lingyan glanced at Zhu Jiayu and said meaningfully, "The most important and basic point is that the families must be well-matched. What do you think, cousin?"
At this point, Zhu Jiayu finally understood that her cousin had come to give her a warning.
She smiled and pursed her lips, saying, "What my cousin says is very true. But isn't there another aspect to this 'marrying someone of equal social standing'? For example, I've seen many families that like to arrange marriages between relatives."
"Of course, I am of humble appearance and come from a lowly family, so I would never dare to covet my two cousins."
Qiu Lingyan really didn't expect that her cousin, who looked so gentle and weak, would actually have a sharp tongue in her words.
But since she made herself so clear, I felt that whatever I said would be seen as bullying her.
She stomped her foot, unwilling to give up.
Zhu Jiayu found it even more amusing to see her frowning and pouting all the time.
When Qiu Lingyan arrived at the entrance of Chunshan Residence, she still couldn't think of a rebuttal.
Zhu Jiayu sighed almost imperceptibly and said sincerely, "Cousin, I can't think of anything I can leave unsaid."
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