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As a member of the upper-class circles in the Prefecture Country, Chu Yirong had come to participate in her birthday blessings. Other than her close friends Ye Yanran, Lin Chen, and a group of beautiful young girls, there were also Shen Longfei, Yang Haitao, and many other young masters.

Among them, Shen Longfei sat alone at the side, holding a wine cup and looking at Ye Qing with eyes full of playfulness.

Ever since Misty Cloud Garden's defeat and the fact that Ye Qing actually knew Fan Yan Rou, he began to pay attention to this kid that Ye Yanran cared about and decided to send people to thoroughly investigate Ye Qing's background.

However, the information he had obtained were all information that he knew. For example, Ye Qing's father, Ye Wenrong, was a county magistrate and his mother was the boss of the Wen Rong Chamber of Commerce.

Other than Ye Qing, who worked at the Night Melody Restaurant and was willing to be a errand boy that anyone could order around, there was nothing special about him.

Hence, he felt that there was definitely a deeper connection or background behind Ye Qing. This was something that a person at his level would not be able to easily understand.

Just as everyone in the courtyard was in a flurry of emotions, a voice filled with maturity and solemnity suddenly rang out from the pavilion in the garden to the right of the courtyard.

"Yes, the guests are almost all here. It looks like it's about time to start."

Looking towards the source of the voice, he saw a forty year old woman dressed in luxurious clothing. Her appearance was very similar to Chu Yi Rong's. She was walking out of the pavilion and slowly headed towards the center of the courtyard.

She was Chu Yi Rong's mother.

When the crowd saw the noblewoman walk over, they all stood up to greet her.

Faced with the greetings from the crowd, Mother Chu smiled and nodded, replying to them one by one.

And behind her, there was a burly and sturdy youth. He was the son of the Prefectural General, Duan Feng. From the way he and his mother walked out of the pavilion, talking and laughing from time to time, it wasn't hard to tell that the two seemed to be familiar with each other.

"Feng, go call Rong'er and the others in." Mother Chu said to Duan Feng who was beside her with a smile.

"Yes, Aunt Chu." Duan Feng nodded before walking in large strides towards the direction of the mansion's entrance.

When he passed by Ye Qing, he stopped for a moment and swept a sharp gaze at him. After a cold and disdainful snort, he arrogantly left.

Ye Qing sat steadily with a calm expression.

When he was still in the Misty Cloud Palace, he spared Duan Feng's life on account of Fan Yanrou's painful request. Moreover, at that time he'd said that if Duan Feng dared to be disrespectful to him again, he wouldn't be lenient.

Soon, when Chu YiRong and the others entered the courtyard, the birthday banquet officially started.

Amongst everyone, Duan Feng was the first to congratulate Chu Yi Rong. Following his lead, everyone followed his example.

However, at the same time Chu Yi Rong received the blessings of the crowd, she would occasionally sneak a peek at Ye Qing through the gaps between the crowd.

"On my seventeenth birthday, I wish myself, and hope that Brother Ye Qing and I can be together …" 'From old age once.'

She silently wished him well in her heart.

Initially, when they were at Green Bamboo Bay, Ye Qing had very mysteriously revealed her thoughts. He had even told her thoughts that only she knew of, causing her to develop a great interest in Ye Qing.

The scene of Ye Qing defeating many of Yao Tianhao's underlings and offending the head of the Jianghu and still being able to appear safely in the academy caused her to have a strong desire to investigate Ye Qing's mysteriousness.

A series of events happened afterwards, such as Ye Qing's defeat of Luo Hua An, and Fan Yan Rou's appearance from the Misty Cloud Garden helping out … All of these unexpected things made her pay more and more attention to Ye Qing.

When she came back to her senses, she discovered that she had already fallen in love with Ye Qing.