Perhaps the wind at Yanzi Islet was too strong; Yu Luo was blown by the wind and sneezed.
“Ah-choo…”
Yu Luo covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief.
She looked around, always feeling that someone was talking about her behind her back. As for who that person was, Yu Luo could not guess.
Ziming quickly stepped forward and gathered Yu Luo’s cloak around her. “The wind is strong here. Miss, you must be careful not to catch a chill.”
Yu Luo held the kite string with one hand. “Forget it. I’m a bit tired of playing today. Let’s go back first.”
At that moment, her kite was blown off course by the wind and somehow became tangled with Liu Yanran’s kite string.
No matter how the two of them pulled, they could not separate the strings. Helpless, they had no choice but to reel their kites back in.
The strings were wound too tightly together and simply could not be untangled. One of them had to be cut.
Liu Yanran’s eyes instantly turned red. “This kite was given to me by Second Cousin Brother… Forget it, just cut mine. Otherwise Cousin Luo will feel upset.”
Yu Luo: “……”
That cloying “green tea” act—she really could not hold it back, could she?
Besides, they were cutting the kite string, not the kite itself. Even if the string broke, it could still be reconnected. Was there really a need to put on such a show?
Yu Luo did not say anything further. She directly took the scissors handed over by a maid.
Snip.
She cut her own kite string and picked up her big white rabbit kite.
Yu Luo said calmly, “It’s just a kite. Cousin, do you really think I would argue with you over something like this? I am the daughter of the Marquis Manor, not some petty person with shallow vision. I wouldn’t take a small kite to heart.”
Liu Yanran froze.
Everything Yu Luo did today had truly exceeded her expectations.
In the past, Eldest Miss Yu—the hot-tempered fool—would explode into a huge tantrum as long as Liu Yanran provoked her a little.
Today, Liu Yanran had provoked her three or four times, yet each attempt had been calmly blocked.
To be honest, Yu Luo really looked down on this kind of little “green tea.”
Right now, Liu Yanran was still young and had not yet developed the vicious methods she would later use to scheme against the entire Yu family just to please the male lead.
At present, the tricks Liu Yanran used were merely small schemes and those delicate, manipulative words.
Yu Luo had already experienced great storms and waves before, so she naturally did not care much about this.
After saying that, Yu Luo did not even look at the expressions on her two brothers’ faces. She told Ziming to take the kite with the broken string and turned to leave.
Yu Che stared at Yu Luo’s departing back and stroked his chin. “It feels like Luo’er’s temperament has suddenly matured a lot. She even carries the bearing of a noble family’s young lady now.”
Yu Yuan felt the same.
Liu Yanran’s eyes reddened again. “Speaking of it, it’s all my fault for making Cousin Luo angry. Perhaps I should pack my things and go home another day, so Cousin Luo can feel at ease from now on.”
Yu Che said, “Biao Mei, don’t overthink it. You’re staying perfectly well in the residence. Why leave? If you go back home, your stepmother will torment you again.”
Yu Yuan had always felt that Liu Yanran’s background was pitiful, so he also tried to comfort her.
Liu Yanran forced a smile while wiping away tears. “In the end, my fate is just bitter. I was born with nothing. Cousin Luo, on the other hand, was born with great fortune—she can have whatever she wants.”
Yu Che and Yu Yuan, the two simple-minded straight men, heard how pitiful she sounded and immediately pushed Yu Luo out of their minds, eagerly trying to comfort Liu Yanran.
Yu Luo left by boat with her maids.
Although Ziming and Bitong were often scolded and tormented by Eldest Miss Yu every day, they were household servants who had grown up in the residence since childhood and were still loyal to the Yu Family Residence.
Because of that, neither of them thought much of that Cousin Miss.
Ziming could not help saying, “Cousin Miss is always speaking badly about you in front of the two young masters. Next time, you’d better just ignore her…”
Yu Luo slightly lowered her eyes, her long and thick eyelashes covering her gaze.
Then Yu Luo said, “I’m tired today and don’t want to deal with her matters. Don’t mention her in front of me today.”
Ziming responded, “Yes.”
By the time they returned to the residence, it was already nearing evening. Before entering the courtyard gate, Yu Luo saw Li Xiao on duty again.
Yu Luo felt a headache coming on.
As for the male lead, she truly did not know how she should make amends.
The male lead had a complex personality, and his thoughts were not something ordinary people could easily figure out.
In The Path of the Tyrant, the author had rarely written about his inner thoughts in order to make the male lead appear more imposing and admirable to readers, instead focusing mainly on describing his actions.
Because of the lack of psychological descriptions, readers felt that Li Xiao’s character was extremely mysterious.
Even Yu Luo, who had read the entire novel, could not guess what the male lead was actually thinking.
What she feared most was that the male lead might be planning whether to tie her to a pillar and steam her alive or braise her, or perhaps even come up with a punishment like dismemberment by five horses.
Li Xiao was not a male lead with a traditionally positive image.
His bright side only existed before the incident at Prince Qin’s Manor—back when he was the spirited Young General in splendid clothes and riding a proud horse.
Now, after experiencing so many things, his image was almost like that of a villain. Those cruel and bloody punishment methods had indeed been used by him on supporting characters who opposed him.
Thinking of this, Yu Luo could not help but feel some fear when she looked at Li Xiao.
Li Xiao noticed Yu Luo’s fleeting gaze. The trace of fear hidden deep in her eyes naturally did not escape his sight.
He showed no extra expression and only said calmly, “Eldest Miss’s kite broke?”
Yu Luo felt puzzled.
Brother Xiao had always been a man of few words. Unless he intended to kill someone, he was not the type to initiate conversation with others. Why was he asking about this?
Could it be that he wanted to do something to her now?
Send someone to kill her tonight?
She took two steps back.
But on second thought, she was the noble Eldest Miss, while he was merely a guard in the residence with a hidden identity. She absolutely could not show fear and break her character.
Yu Luo handed the kite to him. “The kite string broke. You fix the string. After you’re done, bring it to my courtyard and give it to me. If you can’t fix it, I’ll punish you severely.”
Li Xiao said nothing and took the kite from her.
Yu Luo returned to the courtyard with her maids.
After her mother died, she had grieved for a long time. Later, she was tormented by her stepmother, which further damaged her health. Her constitution had never been as strong as Eldest Miss Yu’s.
For some reason, after coming to this era, Yu Luo’s physical condition had not followed Eldest Miss Yu’s body at all—it was exactly the same as before.