Chapter 112 Taking it to heart
Baozhu's face was full of indignation.
Miss Xie?
Xie Qingran now felt that this identity was simply a huge joke to her.
She lowered her head and began preparing the fishing rod she would use for fishing, saying indifferently, "I've been on the estate for so many years, and my parents have never even brought me a single thread. Tell me, who would still take this so-called Miss Xie seriously?"
It seems that from the moment she left the capital and arrived at the estate, Xie Qingran had no connection with the Xie family anymore, and the Xie family seemed to have completely forgotten about their daughter.
After thinking about it, Xie Qingran felt that her life seemed to have ended the moment she was sent to the manor.
Soon, Xie Qingran had prepared her fishing gear and then took Baozhu to the river to fish.
"Miss, you're amazing!"
Baozhu watched Xie Qingran's skillful movements with envy. In the entire capital, no other young lady was as capable as her.
"Young Miss, there's a Miss Gu outside who wants to see you." Granny Feng walked over, looking at Xie Qingran with some concern.
Family-oriented?
Xie Qingran nodded: "She's my friend, please invite her over."
Gu Xiangyuan quickly walked in, and was stunned for a moment when she saw Xie Qingran's simple clothes. Just as she was about to speak, she saw Xie Qingran catch a fish.
Xie Qingran immediately picked the fish off the shell and put it into her fish basket, saying with a smile, "Great, we can have fish for lunch now."
"Sister Xie?"
Gu Xiangyuan could hardly believe that the vibrant young girl in front of her was the same Xie Qingran from before.
She walked over, took Xie Qingran's hand, and looked at her carefully. When her gaze fell on the bruises on Xie Qingran's face, her expression changed: "Sister Xie, why are they bullying you again?"
"No one bullied me, but Miss Third, what brings you here?" Xie Qingran sat casually on the grass, tilting her head and looking at Gu Xiangyuan with some curiosity.
The contrast between her current appearance and her appearance at the banquet was so great that Gu Xiangyuan was still a little unaccustomed to it, but she had to admit that Xie Qingran was more adorable this way.
Gu Xiangyuan looked around and, after confirming that Baozhu was the only one there, her expression changed. She then said sullenly, "I don't know what happened. The matter at the Zhao family last time was just left unresolved. It's infuriating! Why did my parents just let it go like that?"
"It's probably the Empress's idea," Xie Qingran said honestly. "However, this matter will definitely not be left like this. You just need to wait and see what happens. Besides, this concerns our reputation. Our reputation as young ladies is extremely important, don't you think?"
In fact, Gu Xiangyuan had been being persuaded at home for the past few days. She was tired of hearing all sorts of nonsense. In desperation, she could only come to Xie Qingran. She thought Xie Qingran would be just as indignant as she was, but she never expected that Xie Qingran would have the same attitude as the elders.
She was getting anxious, frowning as she looked at Xie Qingran with displeasure: "Sister Xie, why are you so good-tempered? Are you really just going to let this go like this? Are you really willing to just let it go like this?"
"I'm not willing to give up, but what can I do? If they can't do it, what can a young, unmarried girl like you or me do?"
"Third Miss, do you believe it or not? Evil people will be punished by Heaven."
Xie Qingran smiled at Gu Xiangyuan.
"Why don't you have lunch here? You look so angry. Let's have a drink and calm you down, okay?"
Gu Xiangyuan took a deep breath, and the anger in her heart finally subsided a bit. Then she looked at Xie Qingran sullenly.
"I heard that Xie Hanyue is also involved in this!"
"That little bitch, I'll teach her a lesson she won't forget!"
Xie Qingran looked at her sullen face, remained noncommittal, and simply gave a faint twitch of her lips before continuing to fish.
Gu Xiangyuan, being a wealthy young lady, had never done anything like this before, and found it all quite novel. She quickly calmed down and focused intently on the fishing rod, eager to catch a fish as soon as possible.
The Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.
Xiao Jue looked at a book, studied the chessboard on the table, and said calmly, "You're saying she went to the estate and is living a very carefree life?"
“She is indeed carefree; she smiles much more often.” Hongshan nodded in agreement. “Young Master, it wasn’t convenient when she was at the Xie family’s house. Now that she’s at the estate, shouldn’t we go and see her?”
Xiao Jue also wanted to see her, but the key issue was that Xie Qingran was an unmarried girl. If he chased after her to the manor at this time and was seen by those gossipy people, they would definitely slander their innocence.
Even though Xiao Jue himself didn't care about these things at all, he couldn't let Xie Qingran not care about them, so he could only force himself not to look at them.
"Give her my bow to play with."
Xiao Jue raised his eyes and glanced at Hong Shan.
"That's your most treasured possession, and you just give it away like that?"
Hongshan was stunned for a moment, then looked at Xiao Jue in disbelief.
After confirming that Xiao Jue was not joking, he hurriedly nodded.
"Wait a moment……"
"Send her some other novelties to cheer her up."
Xiao Jue hadn't had much contact with young ladies, so he had no idea what to give a girl. He just knew that giving her more things she liked was always a good idea.
Hongshan looked at Xiao Jue: "Young Master, are you trying to curry favor with Miss?"
"roll!"
"yes!"
Sequoia patted his mouth. Why was he so bad at talking?
Soon, Hongshan arrived with large and small bags to find Xie Qingran and began to introduce the treasures she had brought. Finally, she took out the bow and looked at Xie Qingran very seriously: "This is our young master's treasure, Miss, you must use it well!"
"Since it's the young master's treasure, you should take it back. My archery skills aren't very good, so I shouldn't waste this precious thing."
Xie Qingran looked at the bow and smiled somewhat embarrassedly.
Upon hearing this, Hongshan hurriedly shook her head: "No, no, I must give you all these things. Otherwise, when I go back, the young master will be angry. The young master said that you should just have fun here and leave everything else to him."
"Yes, please thank the young master properly for me." Xie Qingran reached out, took the bow in her hand, and smiled gently: "It's really beautiful!"
As soon as Hongshan left, Gu Xiangyuan came over and said, "Young Master Xiao seems to care quite a bit about you!"
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