Chapter 591, Rescue
On the way back to Guankou Tower, Daohua was worried about Xiao Yeyang dealing with the man in black, and was a little absent-minded. However, when she thought about Dong Yuanyao who had just fallen into the water, she cheered up and chatted with her to ease her lingering fear.
However, as she spoke, she found that Dong Yuanyao was even more absent-minded than her, and his responses were somewhat perfunctory every time.
"Miss Dong, be careful!"
When passing a stone step, Dong Yuanyao didn't pay attention to his feet and kicked the stone step, falling forward.
Daohua hurriedly tried to pull the person, but failed. Seeing that Dong Yuanyao was about to fall, Sun Changze rushed out from the side and grabbed Dong Yuanyao.
Looking at Dong Yuanyao, who was nestled in Sun Changze's arms and breathing heavily in fear, Daohua was stunned for a few seconds before hurriedly stepping forward to ask, "Yuanyao, are you okay?"
As soon as the rice flowers came over, Dong Yuanyao and Sun Changze separated quickly as if they had been electrocuted.
Dong Yuanyao shook her head at Daohua and said uncomfortably, "I'm fine."
Sun Changze glanced at Dong Yuanyao and quickly walked to the front.
Seeing Daohua looking at him inquiringly, Dong Yuanyao quickly took her arm and said, "Let's go."
Throughout the rest of the journey, Daohua discovered that Dong Yuanyao and Sun Changze would look at each other from time to time, and every time their eyes met, they would immediately look away, with an unignorable shyness on both of their faces.
Looking at the subtle atmosphere between the two, Daohua's heart skipped a beat. She moved her lips as if wanting to say something, but in the end she swallowed it back silently.
She herself doesn't quite understand matters of the heart, so how can she talk about it to others?
Not long after, Guankou Tower appeared in the sight of the three people.
When they were still a few hundred meters away from Guankou Tower, Sun Changze stopped and said, "Miss Dong, Miss Yan, I can't go any further. Let's say goodbye here."
Daohua quickly smiled and said, "Thank you for sending us back."
Sun Changze: "Miss Yan, you are too polite." After saying that, he quickly glanced at Dong Yuanyao and said, "You guys should go back now. I will watch you arrive and leave from here."
Daohua nodded, pulled Dong Yuanyao up and prepared to leave.
Dong Yuanyao didn't move. After hesitating for a moment, he looked at Sun Changze and said, "You were just injured. Take good care of it when you get back. Don't think it's a minor injury and ignore it."
After saying that, he took Daohua away.
When Sun Changze heard Dong Yuanyao's caring words, he couldn't help but grin and silently watched Dong Yuanyao's departing back.
After walking for a while, Dong Yuanyao couldn't help but look back. Seeing Sun Changze standing there with a silly smile on his face, he pursed his lips and quickened his pace.
"Yuan Yao, slow down a bit, I can't keep up."
Dong Yuanyao then remembered that Daohua's foot had not yet fully healed. She looked at her apologetically and said, "I'm sorry, I forgot." She looked at Daohua's right foot worriedly and asked, "Are you okay?"
Daohua glanced at her and shook her head: "I'm fine, but if you go back like this, I'm afraid you'll be in trouble."
Dong Yuanyao was stunned: "What's wrong with me?"
Daohua reached out and pinched her cheek: "Your face is so red. If I didn't know, I would think you had a fever." When she said this, Daohua was stunned. Thinking of what she had said before about Xiao Yeyang having a fever, she immediately cursed herself in annoyance.
Dong Yuanyao quickly covered her face with her hands, feeling her cheeks burning hot, and her expression became more and more uncomfortable: "What am I doing?"
Seeing that she was so anxious that she didn't know what to say, Daohua quickly pulled her to the pavilion nearby and said, "Let's rest here for a while."
Dong Yuanyao didn't object. After entering the pavilion, she kept fanning herself with her handkerchief. Seeing Daohua looking at her, she couldn't help but ask, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Daohua asked, "Why aren't you with Sister Su?"
Dong Yuanyao snorted, "Speaking of this makes me angry. Shiyu is a person who values love over friendship. As soon as your fourth brother appeared, she forgot about me. In order not to be an eyesore, I had to leave alone."
Daohua asked again, "Then why are you walking alone with Sun Changze again, and going to such a remote place?"
Hearing this, Dong Yuanyao was silent for a moment, then looked at Daohua and asked, "I haven't asked you yet, why were you alone with the young prince, and why did you go to such a remote place?"
Daohua was silent for a moment: "Xiao Yeyang took me to see the beautiful scenery there."
Dong Yuanyao immediately took over the conversation: "Sun Changze also took me to see the scenery."
Daohua: "Xiao Yeyang grew up with us, and I know him very well, so I feel safe going out with him. However, Sun Changze and you haven't met many times, right? Isn't it a bit rash for you to go out with him alone like this?"
Dong Yuanyao pondered for a moment, looked at Daohua, and walked over to sit beside her. "I don't know if it's because he saved me before, but I feel at ease with him." As he spoke, he lowered his head shyly, "I'm very happy too."
Then, he turned and looked at the rice flowers.
"Yiyi, you mentioned earlier that Sun Changze has a wild nature. To me, this wildness represents his freedom and unrestrained nature. He doesn't have the many twists and turns that children from aristocratic families have. He laughs when he wants to laugh and speaks when he wants to speak. He is straightforward, warm, and open. I really enjoy being with him."
Looking at the light flashing in Dong Yuanyao's eyes, Daohua was a little stunned and didn't say anything for a long time.
After that, Dong Yuanyao didn't say anything more. When the blush on her face faded, she and Daohua walked towards Guankou Tower.
Today, all the ladies from different families went out to play. Although Daohua and Dong Yuanyao came back a little later than others, it was not too abrupt and did not attract anyone's attention.
However, the attentive Guo Xueming noticed that the two people's clothes were different from before, so he smiled and asked, "Miss Dong, Miss Yan, where did you go before? Why didn't we see you?"
Daohua glanced at her and smiled, "I twisted my ankle a while ago, so it's a little inconvenient for me to walk. Yuanyao and I just found a place with nice scenery to enjoy the view."
Guo Xueming's face suddenly showed enlightenment: "So that's how it is." He looked at their clothes and asked doubtfully, "Did I remember it wrong? Did you two change clothes?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the other ladies around looked over.
Chen Jiarou smiled and said, "Miss Dong and Miss Yan really did change their clothes. However, I stayed upstairs the whole time and didn't see them come back."
What this means is that the two of them changed clothes outside.
There is nothing wrong with changing clothes, but changing clothes outside, especially when there are many other men around, is extremely inappropriate.
Daohua and Dong Yuanyao both looked cold.
Before the two of them could speak, Guo Xueming said first: "Miss Chen, please be careful with your words. Maybe you didn't notice that Miss Dong and Miss Yan came back." As he said that, he looked at Daohua and Dong Yuanyao with an apologetic look.
"It's all my fault. I apologize to both of you. Please don't take it to heart." Having said that, he wanted to change the subject.
Daohua and Dong Yuanyao's faces became even uglier. It was difficult to explain this matter, so they could only suffer in silence helplessly.
At this moment, Zhu Qiyun suddenly stood up and said, "Miss Chen, it seems that you haven't been upstairs all the time. I remember that you went to the bridge to listen to the folk song duet."
Chen Jiarou's expression changed, and she smiled awkwardly, "I went to listen to folk songs, but I came back soon."
Zhu Qiyun smiled faintly and said, "The distance between the bridgehead and Guankou Tower is quite long." After that, she stopped talking.
Su Shiyu immediately took over the conversation: "Speaking of which, Ningmen Pass is really beautiful with clear water and green mountains. I always can't help but want to play in the water when I see shallow water. I saw that many girls changed their clothes today."
As soon as these words were spoken, all the ladies echoed them and then talked about other things.
Seeing that the matter had calmed down, Guo Xueming kept smiling as he calmly picked up his tea and sipped it, then joined in the conversation with others with a composed look.
Su Shiyu pulled Daohua and Dong Yuanyao to sit in the corner.
Dong Yuanyao glanced at Guo Xueming and snorted coldly, "I used to think Guo Xueming was a good person, but now it seems that compared to Jiang Wanying, who always reveals everything, people like her are even more annoying."
(End of this chapter)
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