Xiao Keyan continued, "Appearance is secondary; it’s that cold and proud demeanor of hers that’s truly captivating."
Gu Moyan hurriedly urged Xiao Keyan to hand him the telescope. "Let me take a look."
Xiao Keyan handed the telescope to Gu Moyan.
After looking through it, Gu Moyan nodded in satisfaction. "Our big brother has good taste, as always." Seeing the crowd gathered around Ye Yueying, he snorted, "I really don’t like these noble ladies of Beijing."
Xiao Keyan replied, "Don’t dismiss everyone with one stroke. Some of them aren’t too bad."
The Prince chuckled warmly, "You can only blame your big brother for being too irresistible."
Gu Moyan furrowed his brow. "Big Brother doesn’t even let us disturb Miss Ye; how did word get out that he likes her?"
Xiao Keyan said, "Didn’t you see our seventh cousin from the Yan Family over there?"
Gu Moyan genuinely hadn’t noticed. He grabbed the telescope again to take a closer look and finally spotted the seventh Miss Yan in the crowd. "She hasn’t given up yet?"
To be honest, the Yan Family had more than one girl who fancied Xiao Moxi. Even their maternal grandmother had entertained thoughts of arranging a marriage. However, the moment this idea was brought up, their mother had flatly rejected it.
She had bluntly pointed out that close relatives should not wed, as they risked having children who might be born simple-minded.
With their mother’s stance made clear, the Yan Family had not brought it up again. Yet their seventh cousin from the uncle’s family didn’t believe in giving up. Every time Big Brother visited the Yan Family, she would always find a way to linger near him.
Since their uncle and aunt were stationed in a different region, they were more lenient with their daughter. Their grandmother, on the other hand, didn’t have the heart to discipline her strictly. Thus, their seventh cousin had developed a somewhat headstrong character.
Xiao Keyan sighed and turned to Gu Moyan. "You keep an eye on Grandpa. I’ll go over there to check things out. Let’s not actually let any conflict arise, or it could harm the relationship between our families."
However, before Xiao Keyan could descend the rockery, commotion broke out near the Water Pavilion.
Nobody knew who had shoved whom, but the seventh Miss Yan and another noble lady were suddenly falling backward toward the water. Just as they were about to splash in, Ye Yueying grabbed the collars of both women and hauled them back up.
Once she had pulled them up, she didn’t even wait for them to steady themselves. She let go, causing both women to fall unceremoniously onto the ground in a sorry state.
Immediately afterward, Ye Yueying turned her attention to the lady in the blue dress standing beside her. With one quick motion, she extended her leg, causing the blue-dress lady to stumble forward toward the water.
Right as the blue-dress lady was about to splash into the water, Ye Yueying grabbed her by the back of the collar and hoisted her up again. She then spoke in a cold voice, "When you’re near the water in the future, Miss, you had better not go around sticking your leg out. Otherwise, someone else might end up in the water just like you almost did just now."
As she spoke, her expression was utterly indifferent. She swept her gaze over the group of noble ladies standing nearby.
Xiao Keyan and Gu Moyan couldn’t suppress their amused smiles either.
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