Chapter 23.1

Substitute Marriage (9) – “You trapped me again!” (1)

The Zheng Mansion was strictly guarded, and except for the members of their own family, other people would need an invitation to enter and leave.

Even if Zheng Yan Qing and Zheng Mei wanted to bring someone into the Zheng Mansion, they also had to inform Madam Zheng first, let alone Li Ruo Shui.

She stood at the door with Lu Zhi Yao, waiting for the servant to go in and report.

After a while, not only the servant, but also Zheng Mei, the eldest daughter of the Zheng family, came.

She had obviously dressed up carefully, with a plum blossom painted on her forehead, and the snow gauze covering her body, swaying as she walked, carrying a fairy aura.

Zheng Mei stopped in front of the two of them and looked at them with her chin raised slightly.

“Strangers entering the house have to be examined.”

Li Ruo Shui looked at her suspiciously, and then nodded.

She always felt that there was something wrong with this Zheng Mei. Yesterday, she asked her about Lu Zhi Yao’s residence, and this morning she went to look for him.

Could it be that she had taken a fancy to Lu Zhi Yao?

P”Where do you live, who are there in your family, are you married?”

When Li Ruo Shui heard Zheng Mei’s question, the question in her heart was answered, and she immediately looked at Zheng Mei with a bit of admiration.

Zheng Mei’s appearance was cold and beautiful, but it’s different from Lu Fei Yue’s cold and beautiful appearance.

Lu Fei Yue had a touch of warmth in her cold beauty, while Zheng Mei’s beauty was accompanied by an unconcealed arrogance.

Even her question at this moment had a slight hint of condescension.

“Me?” Lu Zhi Yao crumpled the empty paper packet in his hand, and smiled a little: “I’m an orphan.”

All of Zheng Mei’s questions were blocked with just four words.

Zheng Mei frowned subconsciously when she heard this condition, but she loosened her brows when she thought that such a family background was easy to handle.

She looked Lu Zhi Yao up and down before revealing a satisfied smile, and then grant them a way.

“Go in.”

Li Ruo Shui lifted her foot and crossed the threshold, but Lu Zhi Yao was still standing in the same place without moving.

He harboured a smile that was a few degrees warmer than the sun this April, making Zheng Mei’s heart throbbing wildly.

“Forget it this time, next time you look at me like that, I’ll gouge your eyes out.”

Li Ruo Shui lifted her eyebrows and she hurriedly stepped forward to press his arm: “He’s joking, we still have things to do, so we won’t stay here much longer.”

Zheng Mei looked at Li Ruo Shui’s hurried steps and couldn’t help but sneer, and her arrogance was undoubtedly revealed.

Only people like them were so cautious, how could such words scare her, she was Zheng Mei, and she has countless masters, he would not dare even if she gives him a hundred guts.

However, only a man of such a kind would be worthy of her.

“And what a way to show beauty to the blind.” She touched the flower between her eyebrows and turned to her maid: “It’s all right, it’s nothing about being blind when he looks like that. I’ll go and talk to my mother about this.”

Zheng Yan Qing’s room was in the East Court, and it was not far, but there were many twists and turns along the way. Besides that, they were the only ones living in the East Court, so it was very quiet.

The only people they met along the way were the patrollers.

“These people are really useless. They patrol every night, but they have never caught those who pretend to be ghosts.”

Li Ruo Shui mumbled a few words and led Lu Zhi Yao into the room.

Zheng Yan Qing read here every day, but again, it wasn’t any classics, mostly some travelogues and strange stories.

“Miss Li, you’re back……”

Zheng Yan Qing put down the book in his hand and stopped when she saw Lu Zhi Yao who was following behind her, “Who is this?”

“His surname is Lu, and he is a friend I invited to catch ghosts.”

Li Ruo Shui replied casually, led Lu Zhi Yao to sit at the table and handed him a piece of almond pastry.

“Quickly try it, this is the best pastry they made at the Zheng Mansion.”

Li Ruo Shui was inexplicably relieved that he had eaten the crystal cake she handed to him just now, and she wished she could feed him more.

This was probably the joy of having a pet.

The faint milky fragrance was brought to his lips. Lu Zhi Yao originally did not want to eat anymore, but for some reason, he opened his mouth and ate it.

The taste of milk and almonds mixed, filling his tongue, accompanied by Li Ruo Shui’s murmuring voice. Lu Zhi Yao could not help but curl up his lips and relax his shoulders and neck.

He turned his head slightly to the left ‘looking’ at Li Ruo Shui. His ink-like strands of hair faintly covered his left eye, revealing a straight nose bridge and fan-like eyelashes, showing an indescribable beauty and tenderness.

“Won’t you let Mr. Zheng discuss it.”

Li Ruo Shui: “……”

Why did he say this so strangely.

Zheng Yan Qing smiled and sat down, looking a bit formal, and Li Ruo Shui was speechless.

This was clearly the Zheng family right, shouldn’t the two of them swap their attitudes?

“It’s okay, Zheng Yan Qing can’t even move at night, he can just lie down, the main output is still you.”

Li Ruo Shui patted his shoulder and spoke in a serious manner, “Whether I can sleep well or not all depends on you.”

Although Lu Zhi Yao was an unpredictable person and prone to some outrageous behaviour, Li Ruo Shui trusted his ability very much.

Zheng Yan Qing’s eyes flicked between the two of them, thoughtfully but didn’t reveal it, and just nodded along.

“In order to have a good energy for the night, I’ll catch up on my sleep first.”

Li Ruo Shui yawned and fell on the bed, and fell asleep after a while.

Zheng Yan Qing looked at Li Ruo Shui who slept in seconds, and had a better understanding of their relationship, Li Ruo Shui never slept this fast before.

“Mr. Lu, what do you want to do next, I can……”

“No, just wait until it gets dark.”

Lu Zhi Yao stood up and walked slowly outside the house. He sat on the swing which then squeaked and swayed.

Zheng Yan Qing didn’t say anything else. When he picked up the book, he looked at the courtyard again, with some doubts in his mind.

How did he know there was a swing there?

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