The next morning, as soon as Xu Nian stepped out of her room, she was met with her father's hesitant expression.
Clearly, Mr. Xu had something he wanted to ask her, but was hesitant to speak because of some concerns.
"Father, is there something you want to tell me?" Xu Nian's face was full of smiles, looking exactly the same as usual, provided one ignored the fatigue in her eyes.
"A-Nian, you're still young, there are some things you should be careful about... Taking care of your health is important." After saying this, Xu's father hurriedly went into the kitchen, leaving Xu Nian with a flustered back view.
Still young? Take care of your health? And that hesitant expression...?
Xu Nian's face went blank. She stood there stiffly for a moment, mentally cursing Ye Lin.
Mr. Xu must have heard something last night, otherwise he wouldn't have said such strange things to her so early in the morning.
Xu Nian went into the kitchen to wash up with a blank face. She blushed with embarrassment at the frequent glances from her father.
How do you explain this to an elderly father?
The silence lasted until breakfast was finished.
Father Xu spoke first: "A-Nian, when are you going to bring that young man back for us to see?"
“Father, no rush, it’s not the right time yet. I need him to have a degree of official rank before I can marry him.” Xu Nian’s embarrassment faded, and a soft smile appeared in her eyes.
"Then you must work hard and not ruin their reputation," Mr. Xu said worriedly.
"Father, I will try my best." After washing the dishes, Xu Nian said to her father and set off for the school.
She arrived a little early today; there were hardly any female students reading in the classroom.
Zhao Xian's seat was empty, and Qu Nuannuan was nowhere to be seen either.
Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, Xu Nian went to her seat and started reading.
After watching for just over ten minutes, my tired body started to feel sleepy.
Her eyelids drooped, and her head bobbed up and down, almost falling onto the table.
As soon as Zhao Xian entered the classroom, she saw Xu Nian dozing off and immediately teased her, "Xu Nian, did you go thieving last night?"
"Hmm! I went to cheat on someone last night." Xu Nian rolled her eyes at Zhao Xian, not caring how he would react, and yawned delicately before lying down on the desk to read.
Ye Lin only wanted to give her a warning, but he didn't dare to go too far last night.
Even so, her body was almost ruined.
"Xu Nian, it seems you and your husband have a good relationship!" Zhao Xian looked at Xu Nian with a curious gaze, making her feel uncomfortable.
Most importantly, who knows where that elusive Ye Lin might be hiding right now, watching her?
“Zhao Xian, he can hear Qu Nuannuan’s thoughts just like you, which means he knows you’re a man.” Xu Nian sighed, drew a line between the two of them with her hand, and then smiled apologetically at Zhao Xian.
"Xu Nian, you're not in a good position as a wife! Are you that afraid of your husband?" Zhao Xian's expression became increasingly strange.
Xu Nian shook her head and said, "It's not that I'm afraid, it's that I want to put his mind at ease, and it's also for your safety."
So far, Ye Lin has not shown any murderous intent towards Zhao Xian.
It was because she and Zhao Xian always maintained a safe distance.
But if this continues, Ye Lin might start to overthink things.
He was a suspicious person by nature.
If she doesn't firmly stand her ground and give him a sense of security, he'll probably go crazy.
"Xu Nian, you like it that much...!" Zhao Xian looked at Xu Nian with complicated eyes. Before she could finish speaking, she heard Qu Nuannuan complaining to her system in her mind.
"Yu Hao is missing, and Ye Lin can't be found at Yunxifang either. I can't find any of the male leads. System, what am I supposed to do with this stupid mission?" Qu Nuannuan roared in her mind.
She spent a long time staking out Yu Hao's house last night, hoping to bump into him by chance, but the system belatedly told her that Yu Hao wasn't home.
He wasn't home and didn't say so earlier, leaving her waiting there like a fool.
Just when Qu Nuannuan naively thought that Yu Hao was simply not at home, the system said that Yu Hao had disappeared, and even the system couldn't find where Yu Hao had gone!
The easiest target to conquer has disappeared. Is she having some bad luck?
After grumbling and cursing, the system decided to change her mission target again, this time to Ye Lin, the most alluring and poisonous flower among the male protagonists.
He possessed stunning beauty, but also a heart of stone, readily ordering the deaths of those around him.
It is said that the flowers in the Imperial Garden are extremely beautiful, and half of that is thanks to Ye Lin.
Because those he ordered to commit suicide were buried in the imperial garden and used as fertilizer.
While watching the story, Qu Nuannuan felt a mixture of fear and love for Ye Lin. She loved his incredibly alluring face, but she was also afraid of his tendency to kill people at the drop of a hat.
Asking her to seduce Ye Lin now felt like sending her to her execution.
With mixed feelings, she went to Yunxifang. In order to attract Ye Lin's attention, she even recited a poem on the spot.
He won thunderous applause and also made friends with many talented women.
However, when she asked the madam to let her see Ye Lin, the madam told her with a troubled expression that Ye Lin had left Yunxi Fang more than half a month ago and his whereabouts were still unknown.
Unable to find Ye Lin, Qu Nuannuan left Yunxifang with a look of disappointment.
Little did she know that her act of deliberately seeking out Ye Lin was reported to the madam.
After repeatedly changing her target and failing to find the person, the system had no choice but to send Qu Nuannuan back to the academy to pursue Zhao Xian.
...
Having made a bad start, Qu Nuannuan, exhausted and disheartened, slumped onto the desk, utterly dejected.
Her gaze darted back and forth between Xu Nian and Zhao Xian.
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