Zheng Xiao Mistake: The Mistake of Rebirth Provoked the Cold Master

Even if this face turned to ashes in front of her, she would probably have to wait until she crossed the Naihe Bridge and drank it mixed with Mengpo soup before she could forget it.

Zhu Zheng secretly complained in her heart, but quickly put on a decent smile on her face.

Thanks to having grown up in the Zhu Mansion, she had mastered the art of playing dumb and knew how to compress the curves of her eyebrows so that the other party would think that she was simple-minded and not worth mentioning.

Rong Yan's gaze paused for a moment on her curved eyebrows and said, "If you're not hungry, leave."

"and many more!"

Zhu Zheng's stomachache was three-quarters acting and seven-quarters real. When she was young, she was always punished to eat one meal and skip the next, which made her unable to stand hunger. This morning, Nanny Guixiang was urging her to death all the way, and she didn't even have time to drink a sip of water.

Forget it, she is not worth mentioning in front of the Grand Tutor, so why bother pretending to be "not worth mentioning".

After all, integrity cannot be eaten. If Wen Boqiu doesn't come back, she really suspects that she will faint from hunger here.

Zhu Zheng retracted half of his head, stretched out one hand, and quickly hooked the food box into the cabin like a mouse stealing rice.

The heavy food box was filled to the brim with Yaoguang Island's most famous lotus cakes, known for their delicateness and sweetness, as well as some exquisite snacks that I had never seen before, and a small pot of tea at the bottom.

Zhu Zheng touched the teapot and found it was still warm.

He had no time to appreciate the delicacy of the food, nor did he need to observe any dining etiquette with anyone across the bamboo curtain. He just grabbed the food and gobbled it up in no time.

"Slower."

A faint warning came from outside.

Zhu Zheng didn't have time to respond. How could a starving person listen to these two words?

When she stuffed the last lotus cake into her mouth, the voice of the Grand Tutor lingered through the bamboo curtain like a ghost.

"Miss Cui."

"Ah?" Zhu Zheng almost choked to death, "Ahem, ahem, ah, um... yes, what's wrong?"

There was a sound from outside the bamboo curtain, like a very light laugh.

The figure seen through the bamboo curtain was not clear. Zhu Zheng was stunned for a moment, thinking that he had heard wrongly, and even forgot to chew the snack in his mouth.

"The two daughters and two young masters of the Zhu family." Rong Yan said slowly, "I don't know which one of them has a servant called Cui Liu?"

Zhu Zheng choked on the snack. Not only did he know the Zhu Mansion? He also knew the names of the maids and attendants? This was impossible... Zhu Zheng's heartbeat quickened. She was unsure if he was lying to her or if he had really sent someone to the mansion to investigate.

She drank a sip of tea to calm herself down, and responded carefully, "Because this was my maiden name before I entered the mansion, and I have never told outsiders about it."

"Oh? Then why did you tell me?"

Zhu Zheng choked on her tea, "Ha..."

After finally calming down her cough, there was no sound outside for a long time. Zhu Zheng lay on the small bamboo window and secretly peeked out.

The Grand Tutor only left her with his back and did not look towards the boat again, as if he was preparing to leave.

He didn't ask any more questions, so he should just pretend to be dead.

Just as if she had just choked to death.

Zhu Zheng took out a handkerchief and wiped her mouth gently, then she packed up the food box very quietly and lay on her back on the boat, ready to take a nap.

When will Wen Boqiu come back?

There were two more knocks on the awning.

"Get off the boat." Rong Yan said.

Zhu Zheng closed her eyes and said, "I fell asleep."

At some point, Rong Yan had been standing very close, his long shadow projected into the cabin through the bamboo curtain, covering Zhu Zheng.

"You left the house just to accompany him on the boat?"

Zhu Zheng suddenly opened her eyes. What a brilliant question.

She finally figured out where the inexplicable depression in her heart came from. Since this morning, she was dragged by her arms and legs, dressed up and sent to the ship, and was placed like an object. Zhu Zheng hated this feeling since she was a child, and when Rong Yan provoked her, she rebelled even more.

Looking out through the bamboo curtain, Zhu Zheng remembered the reason why she didn't want to get off the boat, which was to avoid meeting the person outside the boat. Now that she was trapped, why should she still deceive herself and not get off the boat?

She pulled aside the bamboo curtain and walked out of the cabin gracefully.

Outside, the trees are lush and green, the spring scenery is endless, and the fresh air after the rain blows in your face.

Rong Yan was standing on the deck of the dock, with his back to the light.

Zhu Zheng raised her head and looked up. She seemed thin among all the women, and she looked even more petite when compared with the tall and strong Grand Tutor.

The black-sailed boat she was standing on was not small, but it also looked very delicate among a row of gorgeously decorated painted boats.

Standing on the exquisite boat, she inexplicably felt much weaker in momentum.

The weaker Zhu Zheng turned around and took out her hat. It was not to increase her height, but because she was afraid that she might run into someone who recognized her and be caught off guard.

Seeing Rong Yan looking over, Zhu Zheng explained, "Sunbathing."

Rong Yan lowered her eyes, and the sunlight shone through the thin bamboo strips onto her face, making her cheeks seem like they were covered with a layer of gold powder.

"Hmm." He turned away.

After a pause, he suddenly extended a hand towards her.

Zhu Zheng looked at the hand in confusion.

It must be said that the Grand Tutor's hands were also born with unique features. They were slender and white, with distinct joints, as if carved from jade, and they matched his handsome face perfectly.

Zhu Zheng stared at it unconsciously. Although she didn't remember whether she had touched it or not, she always felt that it was cold, as if she had grabbed a place on her body that she shouldn't have, but it didn't seem so cold at that time.

On the contrary... that astonishing heat in the memory is like a brand.

Zhu Zheng realized that her mind had drifted to a strange place, and when she came back to her senses, her face was already hot. She ignored Rong Yan's hand in anger, decisively grabbed the Xiangfei bamboo beside her, and climbed up the shore like a monkey climbing a tree.

That posture was absolutely ugly. She pretended to dust off her hands loudly, always remembering that in front of Rong Yan, she should be a maid from the Wen Mansion. The more vulgar her behavior, the more reasonable it was.

Rong Yan paused in mid-air for a moment, then slowly withdrew his hand.

The scenery is breathtaking and the flowers are dazzling.

Yaoguang Island is an egg-shaped island. The middle part was hollowed out to draw lake water, creating a strange sight of "an island in the lake and a lake in the island".

There are clumps of green bamboos on both sides of the path, forming a series of green barriers. As you go down along the lake, you can really see a changing scenery with every step.

The lotus flowers in the lake were in full bloom, almost reaching out to grab the tourists' clothes. Zhu Zheng followed behind Rong Yan, shaking her head left and right, dazzled by the sight.

In fact, Zhu Zheng's personality is such that she cannot be confined to the courtyard. She prefers to be active rather than quiet. She likes flowers, trees, birds, beasts, fish and insects, and she likes to be close to spring even more.

But she had no intention of appreciating the flowers now, she was just looking around stealthily.

Zhu Zheng’s plan was this: she had to find Wen Boqiu as soon as possible, or she didn’t have to look for him at all, she just had to find the boatman who came with her and quickly escape from this hellhole.

No matter what the plan is, it is urgent to separate from Rong Yan.

But the Grand Tutor seemed to be very relaxed and didn't say much along the way. It was as if he was just going along with her, walking side by side in silence.

Slowly, Zhu Zheng deliberately fell back half a step, and after a while, she fell further and further behind. When she was two or three body lengths behind, she resolutely turned around.

"Why don't you leave?"

Rong Yan seemed to sense something and suddenly turned his head.

Zhu Zheng's raised foot suddenly stopped, and she looked up at the sky and the ground awkwardly, and finally looked at the lotus pond, "Sir, look, the flowers here are in full bloom, it's really a place that makes people linger!"

Although the tone is exaggerated, it is indeed the truth.

Yaoguang Island is a royal landscape, and the scenery of each season has its own merits. Midsummer is a good time to view the lotus. The green sky and the earth are dotted with lotus flowers, which are all rare and famous products.

When she was young, she once heard a line from poetry: "In a midday dream, I was sitting in a small boat under the flowers, and the fragrance filled the whole lake."

At that time, I was moved by its artistic conception. I dreamed of sleeping soundly among the lotus flowers, with my body filled with fragrance.

But in reality she had never had the chance to smell the fragrance of lotus flowers, as they always bloomed far away in the middle of the water and could not be touched.

Zhu Zheng thought of the lotus crisps she had just eaten, which were sweet and fragrant, and asked curiously, "Sir, does lotus have a fragrance?"

"Yeah." Rong Yan responded indifferently.

Zhu Zheng leaned over the edge of the pool and took a closer look. "I haven't smelled it carefully, but I guess it should be..."

Before she could finish, a light pink lotus was handed to her and fell on her shoulder.

Zhu Zheng stood up and asked, "Why did you break it off?"

"Smell it." Rong Yan said.