“Uncle Liu, you’ve gone mad!” Shen Tongyun shrieked in fury.

“Miss, please don’t make a scene. It wouldn’t be good to disturb the customers.” The shopkeeper hurriedly pulled back the proprietor’s daughter who was red-faced with anger, earnestly persuading her: “As that gentleman said, I will certainly report this matter to the proprietor first, then let the proprietor decide. If he’s truly a fraud, we definitely won’t let him succeed easily.” As he spoke, the shopkeeper looked at the proprietor’s daughter with a complex expression. Usually, her conduct was quite methodical – why was she so impatient now?

Moreover… this matter was suspicious.

He was an old shopkeeper of Jin Man Tower. In the past, when drinking with the proprietor, he had occasionally heard the proprietor mention that Jin Man Tower’s true owner… was someone else, and the current proprietor was merely managing it for another.

Now seeing the proprietor’s daughter treating Jin Man Tower as her possession, if this matter was true, there would likely be quite a commotion…

He wondered if the proprietor, having managed this shop for so many years and invested so much effort, would still be willing to return it. After all, he was hired by the proprietor and naturally only listened to the proprietor… Now it depended on what the proprietor would say.

Lu Zhuxi paid no attention to the shopkeeper’s concerns, nor to Shen Tongyun who was glaring at him angrily. He simply nodded slightly toward Zhu Yanyan and prepared to leave.

Through her veil hat, Zhu Yanyan met his gaze. For some reason, her heart suddenly jumped, and she instinctively took a step forward, as if wanting to stop him. Shen Tongyun watched coldly from the side, and seeing this, suddenly sneered and rushed over to push Zhu Yanyan. Zhu Yanyan cried out in alarm and stumbled forward.

Lu Zhuxi quickly reached out to steady her, then with his other hand, put her veil hat that had almost fallen back on her head, preventing her face from being exposed to everyone’s gaze. However, this action was already improper under everyone’s watchful eyes. Knowing the strict rules down the mountain, he quickly helped her stand steady, then released his hands.

“Are you alright?” Seeing her in a daze, he couldn’t help asking.

After all, this was his future wife.

Zhu Yanyan stood there, gazing at him in a daze through her veil hat.

Are you alright?

Such familiar words.

Time seemed to overlap suddenly. She seemed to see again that young man who appeared against the light, the young man who pulled her out of despair…

At that time, he had also reached out his hand to her like this.

He had said, are you alright?

“Ha, the manners of a scholarly family’s daughter are nothing more than this – pulling and tugging with a man in broad daylight…” Before Shen Tongyun could finish her words, she was slapped hard and turned her face away. She immediately covered her face and glared at the old woman who dared to slap her, “You!”

“Miss Shen, please watch your words. Everything you’ve said and done today, this old servant will report to the madam in detail.” The nanny said with an iron-gray face, word by word, “My young miss is kind and won’t argue with you, but the Zhu family will not allow the eldest daughter of the main line to suffer such humiliation. You just wait.”

The nanny stared at Shen Tongyun with wolf-like cold eyes, as if she could devour someone.

Shen Tongyun was unconsciously frozen in place by her fierce, cold gaze and didn’t dare move for quite a while.

“Miss Shi, let’s go back.” The nanny spoke, then withdrew her gaze and helped the still-dazed Zhu Yanyan walk out the door.

Shi Fa Ke glanced at He Ketian, who stood beside Shen Tongyun with a gloomy face saying nothing, then followed Zhu Yanyan out of Jin Man Tower and got into the carriage.

Just as the carriage wheels began to move, Zhu Yanyan, who had been in a daze, suddenly seemed to wake up. She abruptly removed her veil hat, then reached out to lift the curtain of the carriage window to look outside. With this look, she saw the tall man standing at the entrance of Jin Man Tower, also gazing in the direction of the carriage.

Meeting Zhu Yanyan’s somewhat urgent gaze, he seemed to understand something. He curved his lips and suddenly raised his hand to wave at her.

With his raised hand movement, his sleeve slid down slightly, revealing a section of wheat-colored wrist.

Zhu Yanyan blinked. She saw that on the inner side of his wrist, there was a uniquely shaped tattoo, like a dragon but not a dragon, like a snake but not a snake.

Zhu Yanyan blinked again, feeling her eye sockets becoming moist.

Previously, she could never remember Scholar Lu’s appearance clearly, but this man – with just one glance, she had firmly etched his appearance in her mind, probably never to forget for the rest of her life.

So this was the person she was looking for. Scholar Lu hadn’t lied.

Zhu Yanyan remembered that day at the Shi family, after Ake and the nanny left, when she sat alone facing Scholar Lu, the words he had said.

He said, Miss Zhu, you’ve truly mistaken me for someone else.

He said, the person who saved you back then and promised to marry you was my elder brother.

At that time, she had asked him, what is your brother’s name?

He said, Lu Zhuxi.

Lu Zhuxi. Zhu Yanyan looked at the man waving at her and silently rolled this name, which she had savored countless times in her heart these past days, around her tongue once more.

Lu Zhuxi.

This time, she was truly not mistaken.

The first time they met, he saved her from life and death.

The second time they met, he again saved her from an embarrassing predicament.

Zhu Yanyan thought, Lu Zhuxi was probably the hero destined by fate for her.

At the entrance of Jin Man Tower, Lu Zhuxi raised his eyebrows slightly. Having practiced martial arts since childhood, his eyesight was excellent, so he could see her lips move. From the lip movement, it seemed to be… Lu Zhuxi?

She was calling his name.

His heart suddenly warmed, and his gaze couldn’t help but linger on those cherry-like lips. Her lips were small, as if painted with rouge, bright red.

Lu Zhuxi couldn’t help but curve his lips. How beautiful.

He remembered this girl had been very pretty as a child, and now that she had grown up, she was even more stunning.

Just a bit thin – once married, he would definitely need to take good care of her.

The carriage gradually moved away. Zhu Yanyan was reluctant to lower the curtain until that figure could no longer be seen.

“Yanyan, what are you looking at?” Inside the carriage, Shi Fa Ke leaned forward to look but saw nothing.

“…Just looking around.” Zhu Yanyan said somewhat guiltily, finally lowering the curtain reluctantly.

Seeing her young miss looking absent-minded, the nanny felt heartbroken. She reached out to embrace the young miss and gently patted her back as she had when she was small, saying huffily, “The He family and Shen family are truly going too far! When I return, I must report to the madam and make them pay the price. They really think the Zhu family has no one!”

Shi Fa Ke moved her lips, wanting to speak but holding back.

“Nanny, I’m fine. Don’t tell mother about today’s events, so she won’t worry.” Zhu Yanyan winked at Shi Fa Ke, then tugged at the nanny’s sleeve, saying softly.

Hearing Zhu Yanyan say this, Shi Fa Ke smiled at her gratefully and breathed a sigh of relief. Although He Ketian had indeed been excessive today, having known her for so many years, Shi Fa Ke knew she didn’t truly have any bad intentions. If she really offended the Zhu family because of this… the trouble would be considerable.

After all, since ancient times, commoners don’t fight with officials, and the Zhu family was an official household.

“But…” The nanny was obviously unwilling, but meeting her young miss’s pleading eyes, she finally sighed, “My young miss, kind people get bullied. How will you manage after marriage?”

Mentioning “marriage,” Zhu Yanyan became distracted again.

“Miss, are you truly alright?” Seeing this, the nanny asked again.

“I’m fine.” Zhu Yanyan buried her face in the nanny’s embrace, her mouth curved in a smile, her eyes bright.

Not only was she fine, she was absolutely wonderful.

Then, suddenly, Zhu Yanyan remembered that at Jin Man Tower, Lu Zhuxi had given the shopkeeper a list.

He had said, “I’m using these as betrothal gifts, so please be careful not to make any mistakes.”

Zhu Yanyan nestled in the nanny’s embrace, feeling her cheeks burning frightfully hot.

He had really come.

He had come to marry her.

But… did he know about her previous mistake of thinking Lu Chi was him?

Would he be angry?

For a moment, Zhu Yanyan was both happy and worried.

Just when her mind was in turmoil, Zhu Yanyan suddenly felt something uncomfortable against her waist. Just as she was about to reach out to touch it, she suddenly thought of something and abruptly withdrew her hand, then sat up straight rather abruptly.

“Miss, what’s wrong? Oh… why is your face suddenly so red?” The nanny saw Zhu Yanyan suddenly sitting perfectly upright, and seeing her usually pale face flushed completely red, she panicked and quickly reached out to feel her forehead, “Are you running a fever?”

“I’m fine, I… I’m a bit hot, getting some air.” Zhu Yanyan said somewhat awkwardly, sitting stiffly and turning to look out the window.

The nanny’s brow furrowed again. Oh no, the young miss looked even stranger now.