Ye Qingwan: "...Shut up!"
Lin Xiuyan laughed.
Ye Qingwan glared at her, then pulled a gold hairpin from her hair and handed it to her, saying, "It's yours!"
Lin Xiuyan looked at her, puzzled.
She said angrily, "I just made a bet in my heart that if you can beat me again, I will give you this hairpin that my mother left me."
"You win, this hairpin is yours!"
Lin Xiuyan felt a little embarrassed when Ye Qingwan said that, because these were items left behind by her mother.
She replied, "This item is of great significance to you, so I cannot accept it."
Ye Qingwan shoved the hairpin into her arms and said, "A bet's a bet!"
She walked away with her chin slightly raised, a hint of arrogance in her expression.
Lin Xiuyan found her appearance somewhat amusing; her personality was truly unique.
When Lin Xiuyan returned to her room with the hairpin, Ye Junfei saw it and asked, "Why did Ye Qingwan give you this hairpin?"
Lin Xiuyan sighed and said, "Qingwan may be a bit awkward, but she's still quite honest."
“She lost a bet with me in her heart and gave me the hairpin that her mother had left her. I felt a little embarrassed.”
Ye Junfei's expression turned slightly strange upon hearing her words: "She said this hairpin was left by my mother?"
Lin Xiuyan nodded, and Ye Junfei chuckled: "You've been fooled by her."
"This hairpin was made by her using a design she drew herself last year during the Chinese New Year. She wears it often, so it must be one of her favorite things."
Lin Xiuyan: "..."
Although this hairpin was Ye Qingwan's beloved possession, its origin was completely different from what she had told her, leaving Lin Xiuyan somewhat at a loss for words.
Ye Junfei looked at her and said, "You'll know once you spend more time with her. As long as she uses the name of your mother, it must be fake."
Lin Xiuyan: "..."
She genuinely felt that Ye Qingwan's attribute was also exceptional.
Ye Junfei said to her, "My mother died during childbirth when she gave birth to me and her. It happened so suddenly that she didn't leave anything behind."
"After all, by the time she grows up and can get her mother's things, almost all of the things her mother left behind will be gone."
Lin Xiuyan was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it carefully, she realized that it was indeed true.
Ye Junfei continued, "But she was indeed quite capable. We were too young at the time and didn't understand anything."
“I was sent to the capital when I was five years old, and she was left alone in the Prince’s mansion. I once thought she would die at the hands of the old witch.”
"As a result, not only did she not die, but when she was ten years old, she also took all of her mother's dowry from the old witch with the help of the Imperial Clan Court."
"I don't know how she did it at the time, but it must have been extremely dangerous, after all, the old witch is ruthless."
"When I came back, I heard that when she took over her mother's dowry from the old witch, those businesses had been expanded by almost double thanks to the old witch's management."
"Given the old witch's nature, it's impossible for her to let her go. It's said that when she was fifteen, the old witch forced her to marry, and she had her face slashed in front of the Imperial Clan Minister and all the officials of the Prince's Palace."
"Although she can be quite annoying at times, I admire her. If I were to stay in the Prince's mansion, I wouldn't do any better than her."
Lin Xiuyan thought about the current situation of the Pingnan Prince's Mansion, and then thought about Ye Qingwan's age back then.
She felt she couldn't do any better than Ye Qingwan.
Ye Qingfei sighed softly: "Although she can be quite annoying at times, she is the only person in this world with whom I share a blood relationship."
"Even if I really wanted to kill her, I could only hold back."
Lin Xiuyan laughed when she heard this: "You actually care about her a lot, don't you?"
Ye Junfei said with a look of disgust, "Who cares about her? If she weren't my own sister, I would have killed her ten or eight times over."
Lin Xiuyan chuckled softly upon hearing this; she didn't believe a word of it.
Ye Junfei said to her, "Stay up late tonight, I'll take you somewhere."
Lin Xiuyan asked him, "Why didn't you go earlier?"
Ye Junfei said calmly, "We're going too early. Ye Qingwan will come with us, and I don't want to take her."
Hearing this, Lin Xiuyan couldn't help but laugh. These two siblings, one disliked the other more than the other, yet they both protected each other.
The place Ye Junfei was taking Lin Xiuyan to was behind the manor.
Behind Zhuangzi there is a mountain that is not very high, and there is a pool in the mountain.
It was early summer, and the mountains and forests were lush with vegetation. The air was filled with the faint scent of grass, occasionally mixed with the fragrance of flowers, which smelled wonderful.
Although Lin Xiuyan had been a man twice, this was the first time she had a late-night date with the male lead.
She couldn't quite put her finger on the feeling, but a sweet sensation welled up inside her.
When the two went up the mountain together, he carried a lantern in one hand and held Lin Xiuyan's hand in the other, reminding her where there were stones and thorns, showing great care and consideration.
Although Lin Xiuyan had experienced Ye Junfei's gentleness several times recently, Ye Junfei was exceptionally gentle tonight.
She knew that when Ye Junfei was willing to be kind to someone, he was extremely gentle.
At that moment, Lin Xiuyan felt that spending her life with him like this might not be so bad.
As Ye Junfei led Lin Xiuyan to the edge of the pool, a solitary moon shone into the water from the sky.
The moment the moonlight shone in, many white fish swam to the surface of the pond.
When the white fish encounters the moonlight, its belly glows, and its snow-white scales shimmer in the water, like scattered stars falling into a pool. In an instant, the entire pool is like a rippled Milky Way.
This was the first time Lin Xiuyan had ever seen such a scene, and she was completely stunned.
Ye Junfei stood beside her and asked, "Do you like it?"
Lin Xiuyan nodded: "This is the first time I've ever seen a fish that glows. Where did you get it?"
Ye Junfei looked at her and said, "I think at this moment, you shouldn't ask me where the fish came from, but should lean against me and let me kiss you."
Lin Xiuyan looked back at him and said, "Young Master Ye, once you say something like that, the romantic atmosphere is completely gone!"
Ye Junfei chuckled. She turned around and walked to the edge of the pool, wanting to scoop out a glowing fish to see why it was glowing.
Unfortunately, the fish swam extremely fast, and she didn't have a fishing net with her. No matter how fast she moved, she couldn't catch the fish.
Lin Xiuyan exclaimed, "This fish swims so fast, it must taste delicious!"
Ye Junfei: "...I don't know, I've never eaten it."
Lin Xiuyan asked him, "Should we give it a try?"
Ye Junfei: "...Okay."
Previously in the capital, in order to lull the emperor into a false sense of security and make him believe that he was indulging in sensual pleasures, he often mingled with noble ladies in the capital.
He was adept at using all sorts of fancy tricks to please women in the capital.
Even though his status as a hostage was extremely awkward, he still had many women who admired him.
In such a romantic setting under the flowers and moon, any other woman would probably have already snuggled into his arms.
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