Reborn as a Merchant Girl, the General's Beloved

Xiao Fu glanced at Jinyun and seemed to see only a touch of warm goose yellow passing through the blooming red plum forest, running towards this side happily, like a spring breeze. Suddenly, her heart tightened, and she took a deep breath. The bone-chilling cold immediately penetrated into her chest with her breath, as if all her internal organs were frozen.

Jin Liu leaned against Yunyu's side, caught a glimpse of the barely perceptible smile on the corner of his lips, turned back to glance at Huaizhu who was following closely behind him with a pale face, and silently patted his shoulder.

Anan ran to the bottom of the warm pavilion, holding up her skirt and climbing up. Bai Shao followed closely behind her holding her cloak, holding a golden hairpin that had fallen from her hair when she was running in the plum forest. Jing Mo, who had been chasing her from behind, saw that there were already guests on the high platform, so he had to give up in disappointment and turned back.

Pushing the door open breathlessly, the first person Anan saw was Huaizhu hiding at the back of the crowd. His good mood immediately plummeted to the ground, and his smile froze for a moment.

Huaizhu was still wearing a decent white dress today, with the jade ring on her waist particularly eye-catching, as calm and elegant as ever. At this moment, she was standing behind Yunyu, carefully looking at the lively and cheerful girl in front of her. Every time she looked at her, her brows furrowed deeper.

Anan glanced at him and saw that he was wearing the clothes he had given him yesterday. The clothes were of high-quality material and well-cut, which highlighted his broad waist and narrow shoulders. He stood out from the crowd and could not help but twitched the corners of his mouth.

Jin Liu coughed twice, pushed Yunyu from behind, and said jokingly with a gloating look: "Brother is so lucky!"

But he didn't seem to care and didn't say anything. He quietly moved two steps to the side, deliberately keeping a distance from the grinning Jin Liu.

Jinyun walked forward, his joy beyond words.

Anan smiled and asked everyone to sit down. Banxia had already ordered people to prepare tea and fruit, and they were busy bringing them up. The only sound in the room was the rustling of footsteps, and the atmosphere was slightly awkward.

Xiao Fu glanced at Huai Zhu with disgust, only to see her sitting directly below Yun Yu without any courtesy. She sneered and turned to Anan and said, "I'll have someone dig a few holes in the river behind. After we have some hot tea, I'll take you fishing. We can light a fire and grill fish at the pavilion in the middle of the lake at noon. Is that okay?"

Anan smiled and nodded and said yes. He did not look at Yunyu, but only looked at Jinyun and chatted with him.

Yunyu just lowered her head and drank tea, not realizing anything was wrong. The more Jin Liu looked at her, the more he felt something was wrong, so he tried to poke Yunyu, but Yunyu didn't react at all. This made Jin Liu so angry that he kicked his chair hard, but the chair didn't move at all.

"Sixth Master, are the pastries not good?" Xiao Fu asked him when she saw him grinning.

He shook his head and smiled awkwardly, then picked up a piece of cake and stuffed it into his mouth: "No, it's delicious."

The group left the warm room and went straight to the lake.

Xiao Fu followed Jinyun, carrying fishing gear in her hands, talking and laughing as they moved forward.

Jin Liu and Yun Yu walked side by side, admiring the scenery. Huai Zhu shrank back a little, and Huan Er followed behind Huai Zhu, rolling her eyes at An Nan from time to time.

Anan covered his face with his hood and angrily led Bai Shao to walk behind him.

Bai Shao grabbed the corner of her clothes and looked at Huaizhu with great worry. She seemed to have made plans long ago and was following Yunyu closely.

Anan looked back at her and shook his head slightly.

"He is clearly the Yunyu that Xiaofu often talks about. How come he has become Lord Hongze?" Bai Shao said in a low voice.