After a night of wind and rain, as dawn broke, flower petals carpeted the courtyard ground and stone steps outside like a delicate rug, filling the garden with fragrance. The shadows of flowers swayed and fell, while the grove of trees stood cool and clear, their layered shadows casting patterns on the mottled bamboo blinds. As summer arrived, amid the vibrant growth of all things, there was also a sense of languor. Behind the door and bamboo blinds, a young lady sat at her mirror arranging her appearance, her eyes filled with melancholy. Her maid was helping her insert the final hairpin into her coiffure. Other maids entered behind the blinds, treading softly, not daring to make a sound that might disturb their lady.

After a while, Luo Lingyu herself came to her senses and began instructing her maid Lingxi about her younger sister’s tasks for the day. Lingxi hesitated before advocating for her young mistress: “The Fourth Young Master Lu has invited our young miss to see turtles. The young miss wants to go – what does my lady think?”

Luo Lingyu turned her face to look at Lingxi beyond the blinds, thoughtfully asking: “Fourth Young Master Lu Cheng? Isn’t he the one who fought with Huan’er before? Is Little Fourth Master very familiar with our Huan’er?”

Lingxi hurriedly replied: “Not familiar at all! The young miss finds him quite annoying. She just wants to go out and play, that’s all.”

Luo Lingyu gazed at her pensively: “Why are you so nervous? Why explain so much? Do you think I would make Huan’er curry favor with her little cousin? Are the Lu family’s masters proper masters, while we of the Luo family are born to please them? Are the Lu family of noble character while we of the Luo family are all mercenary?”

Lingxi’s face stiffened, and she dared not reply. Since that night when the lady had quarreled with Third Young Master, her words these past days had been somewhat acidic, with an odd tone as if mocking someone. Lingxi was timid, and the matter of the arm bracelet had been handled by her – she never imagined that the jade shop was under Third Young Master Lu’s name… These past days she had worried the lady would scold her and settle accounts with her, leaving Lingxi restless.

However, Luo Lingyu didn’t scold her, only speaking unpleasantly. Lingxi was already very grateful for this.

Seeing how easily bullied Lingxi appeared, Luo Lingyu sighed, also feeling rather bored. She waved her hand signaling Lingxi to leave, and after agreeing to let Huan’er go out to play, Luo Lingyu had just finished securing the hairpin in her cloud-like tresses. She rose gracefully, her waist slim and supple, wearing a plain cross-collared narrow-sleeved short jacket, bound with an autumn-yellow colored skirt, and a thin gauze shawl draped over her arms. The lady was tall and slender, with the beauty of flowers and moon, as she paced behind the bamboo blinds, causing all things in the courtyard to lose their color in comparison.

Luo Lingyu said: “Let’s go, the ox cart should be ready by now.”

The lady was going out again.

Lingyu, the maid who had been arranging Luo Lingyu’s appearance, hesitated. She quietly glanced at her lady and worriedly said: “Having just quarreled with Third Young Master, isn’t it somewhat inappropriate for my lady to go out so conspicuously?”

At this, Luo Lingyu became annoyed: “Why should I try to please him?”

Originally only fifty percent were inclined to go out, this now increased to ninety percent – it would be better if Lu Yun was unhappy.

At this time, she was angry with Third Young Master Lu. Although she knew she was in the wrong in this matter, the way Lu Yun had spoken to her still left her unable to back down. After crying all night, seeing her swollen red eyes the next day, Luo Lingyu decided to never associate with this person again. Though she was full of anger towards Lu Yun, having known each other for so long, she could tell that Lu Yun wouldn’t widely spread their conflict, and wouldn’t let the entire Lu family know about the cousin’s poor character.

This person’s only merit was perhaps that he kept both good and bad things to himself – this was why Luo Lingyu wasn’t afraid of the Lu family learning what she had done and still dared to go out socializing at this time.

Lingyu had originally worried that Luo Lingyu had offended Third Young Master Lu and would suffer some disadvantage in the Lu family, but seeing that Luo Lingyu seemed completely unaware that Third Young Master Lu might target her, Lingyu could only close her mouth and hurry to keep up with her lady’s steps as she left. Luo Lingyu headed straight for the main courtyard gate, and shortly after leaving “Snow Tracing Courtyard,” she saw Second Young Master Lu Xian, who was also preparing to go out.

When greeting Lu Xian, the Second Young Master smiled and looked her over. The young lord’s face was like jade, wearing a wide-sleeved brocade robe, standing in the wind with his clothes flying like ripples, quite elegant and refined. Usually, he was overshadowed by the Lu family’s Third Young Master, appearing dull and unremarkable. Wherever they went, people only saw Third Young Master Lu. However, when the Third Young Master Lu wasn’t present, one could see that the other young masters of the Lu family were also quite excellent.

Without Third Young Master Lu drawing her attention, Luo Lingyu now noticed that some changes seemed to have occurred in Second Young Master Lu. Previously, Second Young Master Lu had been dull and uninteresting, blushing at just a glance from her, but now though the young lord still appeared like a frail scholar, the spirit around him had become much more lively and animated – it seemed that while she wasn’t paying attention, quite a few things had happened to her second cousin.

When Second Young Master Lu saw his cousin at this time, his eyes flashed, and he instructed his servant behind him. The servant glanced at the young lady in surprise before running off like the wind. Luo Lingyu didn’t know what they were doing, but pretended not to notice, casually starting a conversation: “Second Cousin has just returned from court and is going out again? I didn’t think Second Cousin was so busy.”

Lu Xian said: “My official position has changed, now I work under the Grand Marshal. After gaining real authority, I’ve found that government affairs are quite busy indeed.”

Luo Lingyu was surprised: Second Young Master Lu was no longer immersed in poetry and painting. He had become interested in officialdom.

So Luo Lingyu asked with concern: “Second Cousin must be working hard. Are you heading to the government office now?”

Lu Xian: “Oh, no. I’m going to Prince Hengyang’s mansion, I have an appointment for a scholarly discussion with Prince Hengyang.”

He had forced Liu Mu into it. He wanted to change Prince Hengyang’s feelings of aversion towards the noble families, to convince Liu Mu that the noble families couldn’t be offended. Liu Mu was extremely annoyed by him but couldn’t do anything about this noble young master, so he could only glumly agree. These behind-the-scenes stories naturally didn’t need to be told to cousin Luo.

Prince Hengyang?

Luo Lingyu tilted her head slightly, remembering. She was now more sensitive to young lords than before, and as soon as Lu Xian mentioned it, her beautiful eyes rippled as she smiled and looked over: “I haven’t seen Prince Hengyang for a long time. Second Cousin, why don’t you arrange a time for the young lord to come play together sometime?”

Lu Xian immediately said: “No!”

Luo Lingyu’s smile froze: “…?”

Seeing the undisguised disappointment in his cousin’s eyes, Lu Xian awkwardly and vaguely explained: “He doesn’t like participating in these social occasions, and when he does play, it’s usually with other purposes… It’s not specifically directed at cousin.”

In any case, Second Young Master Lu was now firmly wary of any contact between Prince Hengyang and Luo Lingyu. Although the truth of the dream story was uncertain, it was better to prevent things from the start. For that tragic ending from the dream not to occur, it would be better if Liu Mu and Luo Lingyu weren’t very familiar from the beginning. If they weren’t familiar, there would be no love. If there was no love, there would be no need for mutual heartbreak.

Luo Lingyu felt Second Young Master Lu’s gaze on her was somewhat strange, but she only smiled slightly, pretending not to know – except for Third Young Master Lu, Luo Lingyu was still very good at reading people’s expressions when dealing with others.

Luo Lingyu and Second Young Master Lu continued their amicable conversation until they exited the Lu family’s main gate, arriving at the black-canopied long-eaved carriage waiting outside. The carriage door was closed, and Lu Xian gestured for Luo Lingyu to board first. As Luo Lingyu approached the carriage, she felt the servants standing by the carriage looked somewhat familiar. Just as her steps slowed, Second Young Master Lu quickly said from behind: “Third Brother, cousin is going out, you two are heading in the same direction, why don’t you take cousin part of the way?”

Luo Lingyu was startled: “…!”

Who was Second Cousin talking to?!

From inside the carriage came a young lord’s voice, clear as jade chimes, languid and refined: “Mm.”

Luo Lingyu: …Lu Yun! She had thought the servants outside the carriage looked familiar. They were Third Young Master Lu’s people.

That servant nodded to the young lady and crouched down to serve as a footstool, but Luo Lingyu was completely resistant, not wanting to share a carriage with Third Young Master Lu. However, Second Young Master Lu kept urging from behind, and Luo Lingyu was practically pushed into the carriage by him. As soon as Luo Lingyu was pushed in, Second Young Master Lu hurriedly instructed the driver to go quickly, as if afraid the two inside might jump out.

Luo Lingyu’s face flushed red, and as the carriage door opened, she saw Lu Yun sitting inside. Lu Yun’s face was like snow and jade, wearing a cyan robe, sitting properly in the carriage with lowered eyelids, not even glancing at her. As he sat there, even though they had quarreled, Luo Lingyu had to admit his handsome elegance made her heart skip involuntarily. Luo Lingyu steeled herself and also sat silently in the diagonal corner furthest from him in the carriage. Outside, the now distant Second Young Master Lu was still anticipating the beautiful carriage encounter between his third brother and cousin, unaware that inside the carriage, neither person was acknowledging the other.

As soon as Luo Lingyu boarded, she turned her head away, concentrating intently on opening the window and curtain, staring at the scenery outside. From the diagonal corner, Third Young Master Lu’s eyelids lifted slightly, his ink-jade-like eyes fixing on her. Her resistant posture drew a cold smile to Lu Yun’s lips. Lu Yun asked coolly: “Where are you going?”

After a while, Luo Lingyu finally realized he was talking to her. She found it strange that Second Young Master Lu had said they were going the same way, yet Lu Yun was still asking. She turned back to see Lu Yun’s cold eyes fixed on her. Luo Lingyu also straightened her back, making herself neither servile nor arrogant before him: “To the Zhou residence.”

Young Master Zhou had bought a house in Jianye. When first hearing this, Luo Lingyu had complex feelings: Young Master Zhou came from a humble background, yet he didn’t seem to lack money at all – perhaps Young Master Zhou’s family was among the top humble families. In any case, Young Master Zhou was much richer than her, a noble lady…

Yesterday while corresponding with Young Master Zhou, she learned from servants that Young Master Zhou had fallen ill again. Luo Lingyu now had no hope for marriage, unable to find a satisfactory young lord, and after much hesitation, she still harbored some small thoughts about Young Master Zhou, so she decided to visit him while ill.

Having received the answer, Lu Yun’s gaze swept over her as he quietly instructed the driver outside where to go.

His gaze as it swept over her carried little emotion, calm and steady, looking at her as he would look at any other lady. Yet Luo Lingyu shuddered, feeling that though his face appeared languid, he must be secretly laughing at her for going to seduce another man, suspecting he looked down on her. Luo Lingyu said: “I’m going to visit Young Master Zhou out of friendship, with siblings’ affection. I have no other thoughts or purposes!”

Lu Yun: “…”

Lu Yun said icily: “Do as you please.”

“Whatever you want to do has nothing to do with me.”

As soon as he said it had nothing to do with him, Luo Lingyu felt immense resentment, her whole body turning sour. She felt uncomfortable inside, tears threatening to spill from her eyes again. But she didn’t want Lu Yun to see her make a fool of herself, didn’t want to appear as if she was desperately clinging to him. Luo Lingyu turned her face away, continuing to stare out the window, and from then on refused to speak to him again.

Yet she didn’t know that after she turned away, Lu Yun’s lowered eyes lifted. Under thick lashes, the young lord’s gaze fell deeply on her jade-like profile – after not seeing her for several days, she seemed to have grown thinner, her brows furrowed, appearing extremely melancholy… as if she was worrying about him.

But he had asked the maids, and they said the young lady was eating and sleeping well, even in the mood to go out and play.

Indeed she didn’t care about him at all.

As the long-eaved carriage swayed, the light in Lu Yun’s eyes grew even deeper.

When the carriage reached Chang’gan Lane, Luo Lingyu eagerly jumped down from the carriage. Just as she felt her body relax, finally free of Third Young Master Lu, she saw from the corner of her eye a figure descending and turned to see Lu Yun had also gotten off the carriage. Luo Lingyu’s beautiful eyes widened as she suspiciously watched what he was doing following her down. Lu Yun tilted his head down: “It has nothing to do with you, I’m looking for Prince Chen.”

Seeing him repeatedly say “has nothing to do with me” and “has nothing to do with you,” Luo Lingyu immediately gave a cold snort. The lady walked ahead first, acting as if Lu Yun didn’t exist. Lu Yun then leisurely followed behind her as they wound through the alleys, finally entering the Zhou residence. The Zhou residence yard had only one young servant, one old servant, and one maid in total. Compared to the luxury of the great noble families, Young Master Zhou’s place was so modest.

Led by servants, Luo Lingyu and Lu Yun appeared outside the room. Green bamboo cast shadows through the window, through which they could faintly see a young lord kneeling on a couch outside the bed. From the back view, it was indeed Prince Chen. Luo Lingyu pondered that Young Master Zhou must truly be greatly talented to have Prince Chen constantly coming to visit him. As Luo Lingyu and Lu Yun entered the room, they heard Young Master Zhou’s voice, even hoarser than usual: “Your Highness… please return. *cough cough* I am ill, my appearance is unsightly, too feminine, I fear it would offend Your Highness’s eyes. When I recover in a few days, I will make amends to Your Highness.”

Prince Chen Liu Chu spoke characteristically slowly: “Feminine… what of it? I too… am feminine… you… shouldn’t feel inferior.”

As Lu Yun’s foot crossed the threshold, his step faltered: Inferior?!

Zhou Yangling’s extraordinary beauty could appear forcefully masculine when dressed as a man, convincingly passing as real, and when returning to women’s clothing would only appear as pure as a celestial maiden… when had she ever felt inferior about her appearance? Even if all women in the world felt inferior, Zhou Yangling would not. What Zhou Yangling meant was probably that while ill, it was difficult to maintain her male disguise, so she didn’t want to meet with Prince Chen Liu Chu too much.

Yet Liu Chu remained completely oblivious.

After taking her seat and hearing the Prince’s words, Luo Lingyu raised her eyes to look carefully. Looking at Young Master Zhou on the sickbed, hair barely tied up in illness, she saw fine long eyebrows, wave-like eyes, and though there were still some masculine features in the face, the red lips, white teeth, and crystalline skin… at first glance, there truly was somewhat of a feminine appearance.

Luo Lingyu stared fixedly, sudden suspicion arising in her heart: even as a woman herself, she was still a lady who loved beauty. She knew some advanced makeup techniques that could change facial features, such as making one’s face appear more masculine when dressing as a man. Now as Zhou Yang lay weakly ill on the bed with a haggard face, the features held an almost bewitching beauty…

As she was about to look more closely, Zhou Yangling, who was struggling to sit up to entertain guests, raised a sleeve to cover her face and looked toward Luo Lingyu, saying with a smile: “Sister, please stop staring at me, I truly look awful and don’t wish to be seen.”

Zhou Yangling was extremely helpless.

She had said she was ill, but Prince Chen insisted on coming to see her, wanting to care for her. She couldn’t even rest while sick, still having to continue her male disguise. But with limited energy while ill, just as she was perfunctorily dealing with Prince Chen, she hadn’t expected Luo Lingyu and Lu Yun to arrive one after another. Luo Lingyu was such a beauty, extremely sensitive to makeup… this made Zhou Yangling’s disguise even more difficult to maintain.

Luo Lingyu leaned forward, looking with concern at Zhou Yangling’s sickly appearance. As Zhou Yangling covered herself with her sleeve, unwilling to be seen, Luo Lingyu could only say: “Don’t worry, young lord, it’s just a minor cold, you’ll be better in a few days.”

Zhou Yangling responded vaguely, and to divert Luo Lingyu’s attention from her appearance, she struggled to bring up other topics.

As Zhou Yangling and Luo Lingyu talked at length, Prince Chen Liu Chu’s expression gradually soured. Liu Chu looked to Lu Yun beside him, hoping Third Young Master Lu would understand his meaning and say something to his cousin. However, Third Young Master Lu kept his eyes lowered, as if he hadn’t seen him at all. With no choice, Liu Chu could only carefully organize his words in his mind before saying: “Sister Luo, Young Master Zhou is ill, you… shouldn’t disturb him.”

Luo Lingyu’s eyes darkened.

Zhou Yangling immediately consoled: “It’s alright, Your Highness. I want to talk with Sister Luo… my complexion is poor while ill, and I wanted to ask Sister Luo how to conceal it. I don’t want visitors to see my sallow, haggard face.”

Liu Chu thought for a moment, nodded, and looked toward Luo Lingyu.

Luo Lingyu: “Uh…”

Help Zhou Yangling conceal her haggard appearance? To be honest, the powders and rouge she usually used weren’t suitable for sick people. But she also read medical books regularly, and she knew some obscure formulas that could make things suitable for ill people. Luo Lingyu was fourteen years old, had lived in Nanyang for four years, and before that had spent ten years in her parents’ care in Ruyang. When she had been carefree and didn’t have to worry about making a living, she had experimented with many beauty formulas.

Even today, the flower essence she had previously given Third Young Master Lu to drink – besides her, there was absolutely no second person in this world who could make it the same.

These things were all Luo Lingyu’s private collection, her own experience. She was a selfish person, and when she couldn’t see a goal, she didn’t want to share her decades of experience with others…

Zhou Yangling coughed, seeing the hesitation in Luo Lingyu’s eyes. As a fellow lady, she immediately guessed Luo Lingyu’s concerns, and Zhou Yangling hurriedly stopped her: “No need, no need. I was just saying, Sister Luo, don’t take it to heart.”

As Luo Lingyu struggled with the decision, her wandering gaze caught Third Young Master Lu leisurely drinking tea beside her. Lu Yun seemed completely uninterested in their topic of conversation – while they chatted happily, he just drank his tea. But as Luo Lingyu looked over, she saw that as the young lord drank his tea and heard them mention the topic of “beauty,” when Liu Chu casually asked Luo Lingyu for the formula… Lu Yun’s lips curved slightly upward.

When he smiled to himself like that, that smile falling in Luo Lingyu’s eyes felt as if he was mocking her.

Luo Lingyu’s heart skipped, and as soon as she saw Lu Yun’s ambiguous smile, she became convinced he must look down on her. He must be saying in his heart that she was so selfish and petty, how could she possibly give Young Master Zhou anything good? He must think Liu Chu was talking nonsense… Luo Lingyu straightened her back and immediately blurted out: “What’s wrong with that? Young Master Zhou is such a person, I admire Young Master Zhou in my heart, and I am willing to contribute some methods to help Young Master Zhou improve his complexion.”

“Young Master Zhou, just wait, I’ll go back and prepare some powder for you, I’ll help Young Master Zhou restore his former radiance.”

“Bang!”

As soon as she finished speaking, everyone in the room turned to see Third Young Master Lu with a dark face, his teacup slammed heavily onto the tray. Lu Yun looked coldly at Luo Lingyu, his gaze burning with hidden anger as if he couldn’t believe she would help Young Master Zhou like this. Seeing his unpleasant expression, Luo Lingyu felt delighted. Originally she had felt somewhat reluctant, but now she helped Zhou Yangling with genuine sincerity, eagerness, and enthusiasm: “Actually, I have some unused powder cakes with me now, I can have my maid go back and get them for Young Master Zhou…”

Zhou Yangling was slightly startled, seeing her clear and sincere gaze, and sighed: “Sister is truly kind-hearted.”

Luo Lingyu smiled: “Yes, I’ve always been this kind-hearted.” After a pause, she couldn’t help adding one more sentence, “If someone can’t see my kindness, they should reflect on why they can’t see it, why I’m not good to them. Is it because they don’t deserve my kindness.”

Lu Yun: “…”

Zhou Yangling and Prince Chen Liu Chu’s eyebrows twitched simultaneously – both being clever people, as soon as Luo Lingyu spoke, they noticed the strange atmosphere between Luo Lingyu and Lu Yun. Only then did Prince Chen realize: ah yes, since entering the room, Lu Yun and Luo Lingyu hadn’t spoken a single word to each other.

And the more Lu Yun’s face darkened, the more happily Luo Lingyu spoke with Zhou Yangling. Zhou Yangling didn’t speak much while ill, but she talked so much that she almost seemed unable to read the room. The Prince coughed several times beside them, but Luo Lingyu completely ignored it. Fortunately, Zhou Yangling was kind-hearted, listening with a smile on her lips without stopping Luo Lingyu from talking.

Lu Yun didn’t speak, and Liu Chu didn’t want to say much to hide his stutter. Liu Chu watched Luo Lingyu talk endlessly, chatting happily with Zhou Zibo, and the frustration in his heart grew heavier, with some disappointment. He secretly mocked himself for his foolish fantasy, thinking Young Master Zhou must extremely like lovely ladies like Luo Lingyu, which was why he was willing to talk with her… he and Zhou Zibo were both men and Zhou Zibo probably didn’t want to pay any attention to him at all?

His interest waning, Prince Chen found an opportunity to speak, bidding farewell along with Lu Yun, who had long since been unable to sit still with his dark expression.

Through the curtain, Luo Lingyu turned her head, watching the departing figure of the young lord in the courtyard. The young lord’s figure was slim and elegant, seeming quite angered by her, walking very quickly. After he left, Luo Lingyu lost all interest in talking, looking listlessly, her face growing cold.

Zhou Yangling on the sickbed smiled: “Truly a pair of bickering lovers. When he’s here you ignore him, when he leaves you want to cry.”

Luo Lingyu was startled, immediately turning back to glare at Zhou Yangling: “What did you say?!”

Zhou Yangling raised an eyebrow: “Does Sister Luo think I can’t tell? Between you and Third Young Master Lu, you’re having a lovers’ quarrel. What is it, did he make you angry? Did you fight?”

Luo Lingyu: “Young Master Zhou…”

Her voice faltered, and under Zhou Yangling’s warm caring gaze, her nose immediately stung and tears welled up in her eyes. She grabbed Zhou Yangling’s sleeve, leaning against the bed, her face pressed against the young lord’s sleeve, feeling extremely upset. As Zhou Yangling gently consoled her a few more times, Luo Lingyu was influenced by the young lord’s gentle aura and blurted out the truth to her.

Naturally, she omitted some unfavorable parts of the story: “…in short, he was unhappy that I carelessly handled the bracelet. I know in my heart it was wrong, but, but…”

Zhou Yangling: “But he wouldn’t coax you, wouldn’t give you a way to back down.”

Luo Lingyu cried: “He even took all his things away! He won’t pay attention to me anymore… what’s so great about that, I won’t pay attention to him either.”

Zhou Yangling sighed, looking down at the lady sobbing on the couch. She also knew she was wrong, yet felt wronged. Zhou Yangling pondered: “Actually, for such a reason, it all comes down to the Lu family’s great power. Their power isn’t a problem – Sister Luo usually benefits from the Lu family’s influence in social circles, and the Lu family has no ladies, so you should be mutually beneficial. That you and Third Young Master Lu have reached this point… it’s simply because you’re alone and don’t have financial support.”

Luo Lingyu’s heart jumped, suddenly startled: she hadn’t told Zhou Yangling about her poverty. For a noble lady to say she was poor was very embarrassing. Yet Zhou Yangling had pieced together the truth from her few words.

Luo Lingyu was momentarily embarrassed and immediately stood up, wanting to refute Zhou Yangling. But Zhou Yangling reached out, catching her wrist, looking up at her: “If… I was willing to support Sister Luo, letting Sister Luo never worry about money again. Wouldn’t that solve Sister Luo’s difficulties?”

Luo Lingyu’s eyes widened: “…Young Master Zhou, what do you mean? I can’t just take your money…”

Her Young Master Zhou lowered his eyes and smiled: “Not giving sister money directly, but rather we’ll open a shop in Jianye. I also need to establish a foothold in Jianye, having a shop would be better… I’ll provide the capital and people, sister will provide the talent and ability. In the future, if there are profits, we’ll split them half and half, how about that?”

Before even hearing what kind of shop or business it would be, Luo Lingyu was first attracted by the money. Luo Lingyu concealed her excitement, saying shyly and modestly: “I’m not as good as Young Master Zhou… for profit sharing, fifty-fifty would be too unfair to Young Master Zhou. Better to make it eighty for Young Master Zhou, twenty for me.”

Zhou Yangling: “Oh, that’s fine.”

Luo Lingyu: “…”

Why didn’t Young Master Zhou even try to refuse?

Zhou Yangling lowered her eyes as if thinking about how to handle this business, and after Luo Lingyu waited a moment, seeing Young Master Zhou not speaking, she could only forge ahead: “Let’s make it seventy-thirty then. I feel I’ll have to contribute a lot of effort.”

Zhou Yangling said carelessly: “That’s fine.”

Luo Lingyu probed further: “Would sixty-forty be alright?”

This time Zhou Yangling finally raised her head, looking at this beautiful young woman blinking expectantly at her. She burst out laughing and reached out to pinch Luo Lingyu’s cheek. The lady winced at the pinch, hearing Zhou Yangling say with a voice full of laughter: “Alright, whatever sister likes.”

Luo Lingyu blushed: Young Master Zhou was so indulgent toward her… she wanted to marry him.

Thinking about Young Master Zhou’s lavish spending, his family must be quite wealthy. Young Master Zhou only lacked status… and given the abilities Young Master Zhou had shown in front of her, surely Young Master Zhou could achieve the same status as the noble families?

Luo Lingyu began to seriously consider the possibility of marrying Zhou Yangling.