Hearing the sound of footsteps, Wu Chao looked back.
"Master Wu, are you waiting for me?"
The girl stopped three steps away from him, her eyes and tone were calm and gentle, with a hint of polite smile.
Wu Chao was stunned.
He was just... enjoying the cool weather.
His father was summoned to discuss matters, but he didn't want to foolishly follow him back to Jiaotai Palace. Seeing that the place was quite clean, it happened to be a good place for him to calm down his thoughts.
As for the girl talking in the pavilion not far away, he vaguely heard it, but he didn't want to pry, so he didn't really hear it, and he didn't know there was any clear meaning in it.
But this girl Xu walked up to him and said that he was waiting for her?
Even if she really thinks so, out of a girl's reserve, shouldn't it be common sense to pretend to be a chance encounter?
...The other party's straightforwardness and confidence are also rare in the world.
He is not one to mince words, especially when it comes to a girl who is very likely to be happy with him——
The word "It's not" came to his lips, but because he was a step too late to speak, the other party beat him to it: "It just so happens that I also have something to say to Mr. Wu."
"oh?"
Wu Chao immediately felt uneasy and alert.
This girl is bold and straightforward. Should she express her feelings to him?
"The big bird Mr. Wu raises goes to the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion every day, at least once in the morning and evening, and sometimes it stays outside my window all night," Xu Mingyi said.
"..." Wu Chao was silent.
He said how sometimes he didn’t see any birds for most of the day——
What does this stupid bird mean? Is he planning to change his master?
"It sometimes makes a lot of noise and has been seen several times by my servants."
Hearing this, Wu Chao could only take responsibility and said: "It was my fault in discipline... that disturbed your house."
"It's okay to be disturbed." Xu Mingyi said frankly: "It's just that it's plump and eye-catching, and I can't protect it all the time. If something goes wrong in the Duke Zhen's mansion, I won't be able to explain it to Mr. Wu."
The day before yesterday, she overheard the servants discussing how to catch the vulture that often came here, and there was a dispute over how to eat it after catching it - some people wanted to roast it, others wanted to eat it.
They wanted to stew the bird for soup. In the end, they reached a consensus since the bird was fat enough and half roasted and half made into soup.
What she said this time was also out of consideration for the other person's life.
Wu Chao, who had not expected to hear such a sentence, was stunned for a moment.
As expected of Jiangmen, it is indeed a dangerous place for both humans and birds.
"Thank you very much, Miss Xu, for reminding me. I will be able to restrain you later."
"By the way, I haven't asked Mr. Wu yet. Mr. Wu is waiting here, but what do you want to say to me?" Xu Mingyi asked instead.
Wu Chao paused.
The girl looked seriously waiting for his answer.
Wu Chao swallowed back the words "Miss Xu misunderstood", and a trace of inquiry gradually appeared in his eyes: "...Miss Xu came out to save the prince tonight, which surprised Wu. Wu originally thought that Miss Xu was not
Nosy people.”
He classified rescuing the prince as "nothing".
He said this not out of arrogance, but out of intention to cover up the fact that he heard Xu Mingyi talking to the Duke of Zhen that night. It was from that conversation that he thought that the Xu family girl had a guarded temperament and did not seem to be able to do anything.
The person who made such an outstanding move tonight.
Xu Mingyi was not surprised either, and smiled and said: "I didn't expect Mr. Wu to meddle in such nosy matters."
"..." Wu Chao couldn't help but choke.
He is not a nosy person to begin with - but who let his aunt's eyes hint at him?
"So, everything has exceptions, and human principles will not remain unchanged." Xu Mingyi said.
She admitted that she did have the idea of staying on the sidelines at first, and also admitted that when she decided to save the prince, she had an emotional impulse.
People who have never met before are often easy to tell what to do. But when she saw the boy in the garden and heard him say those words, something quietly changed.
She had killed many people in her previous life, so she could not be called soft-hearted and kind-hearted. However, she was willing to face and accept the swing of people's hearts calmly as long as it would not damage the overall situation.
Maybe there was guidance from somewhere, and she saved the prince in a single thought, which also changed the situation. Some truths may become clearer as soon as possible——
Wu Chao also smiled noncommittally.
He felt that the girl in front of him had obvious contradictions, but she herself combined these contradictions very skillfully and freely.
She was the one who had deep concerns when discussing the overall situation with her elders, and it was she who was so excited that her eyes lit up after rescuing the prince.
Now the contradiction has disappeared, replaced by a rare sense of freedom and ease.
He has never seen such a person.
"Aren't you afraid of getting into trouble?" He is a person who doesn't want to talk nonsense, and he never talks heart-to-heart with others, but now, somehow, when he came to his senses, the words had already come out of his mouth.
Saving the prince was a great achievement, how could it be troublesome, but he knew that the person in front of him would definitely understand.
"Afraid."
Xu Mingyi lowered his voice and said: "But I also thought about it at the time. I rescued the prince openly. It shouldn't make people feel strange. Even if the person who did it was really suspicious, he would definitely not dare to tell the truth.
If they attack me, they are just testing me secretly, and I am sure I can handle it."
Then he added: "It would be a good thing if I really test him. Maybe I can find out something by following the clues."
Wu Chao laughed after hearing this.
The girl's tone has a strategizing tone that says, "As long as the sheep comes to the door, she will definitely pick up a handful."
"According to what you say, the other party may want to steal the chicken but lose the rice?"
The young man was only half-joking, but his rare smile gradually disappeared.
wrong--
Are they familiar?
This girl is very thoughtful and has a strong ability to identify situations. She is undoubtedly a smart person.
But how could a smart person express these thoughts without reservation to a person he had only met twice?
And he... was almost led astray by her. Just for a moment, he really felt that the two of them knew each other very well and could talk about things and even talk happily.
Just when the young man felt very strange, he heard the girl whisper: "To put it bluntly, I have something to ask Mr. Wu for help——"
She didn't originally want to ask him for help, but didn't she meet him and say these words again?
Wu Yan's eyebrows and his heart beat slightly.
Why do I suddenly feel like I have become a fat sheep in her eyes...?
"Miss Xu, you might as well talk and listen first."
The feeling this little girl gave him was too evil. It was not as simple as just falling in love with him. He had to brace himself and be more careful.
