Men are superior to women: the heartthrob in Yunqi

Helian Yun was worried that the boat was damaged, so he immediately stood up and went to the stern to check, and sure enough, there was a hole.

The boatman was swept into the water by the violent waves and the fierce collision, and was struggling to climb along the edge of the boat. Helian Yun pulled him out of the water with one hand.

Turning around and looking at the hole that had been hit, I saw the rushing water rushing in desperately.

The ferry not far away was already filled with people on both sides. The ladies were so frightened that they were pale and didn't care to avoid suspicion and just clung to the men beside them.

Some of them lost their balance and fell into the water. A wave hit and swept them far away. The men on the boat who could swim jumped down and tried their best to save them.

Screaming, crying, chaos.

Mu Yao and Helian Qing hid in the boat awning, hugging each other and shivering. The water was so strong that even Helian Qing, who was a good swimmer, was not sure she could escape unscathed, let alone Mu Yao.

Helian Yun frowned and asked the boatman to row towards the ferry.

The wind was strong and the rain was pouring down. They were only six feet away from the ferry, but in a blink of an eye they were more than ten feet away.

The people on the ferry also noticed the boat and tried to get closer to them, but the boat was too big and it was difficult to turn around. Not only did they try so hard to get closer, but they even got further away.

The boatman was struggling to turn the boat, and Helian Yun quickly reached out to help. Seeing that the crack was getting bigger and bigger due to the turbulent current, Helian Yun asked Helian Qing and Mu Yao to get out of the boat quickly.

It seemed as if a huge hole had been dug in the sky, and the rain poured down like a waterfall.

Their clothes were instantly soaked and stuck tightly to Mi Li's veil.

Mu Yao saw the water was in chaos and roaring, and the boat under her feet was shaky again. She trembled slightly and held on to Helian Qing's arm tightly.

The sound of rain, wind, shouting, all kinds of sounds mixed together. At this moment, Mu Yao wanted to cry loudly!

She said to Helian Qing in a trembling voice: "Yo yo, I can't swim."

Helian Qing opened her veil and gasped for air. The heavy rain fell on her delicate face, blurring her vision.

She tried her best to steady herself and hugged Mu Yao tightly: "Don't be afraid, Yaoyao, I'm good at swimming, I will protect you."

It was the first time Helian Qing saw Mu Yao looking so helpless, and her eyes were filled with worry.

"Yaoyao, quickly take off the veil." After saying that, he stretched out his hand to lift it off.

"Don't pick it. I won't pick it. It's good this way."

Mu Yao doesn't think it is a burden, but instead it gives her a sense of security.

The waves kept hitting the boat. The two stood on the bow, trembling, supporting each other to keep their balance.

Finally the boat successfully adjusted its direction.

After assessing the situation, Helian Yun looked at Helian Qing and Mu Yao with complicated eyes.

The boat under his feet was about to sink, and he could only carry one person across at a time.

Helian Qing is a good swimmer, but her strength and speed are not enough to escape from such water conditions.

After struggling, he decided to take Helian Qing there first.

"Brother, Yaoyao can't swim, you take her away first."

The water has reached Mu Yao's ankles!

In such a serious situation, Helian Qing was still able to sacrifice himself for her. Suddenly, she felt that she was not so scared anymore.

"Yo Yo, listen to your brother and go there quickly." Mu Yao said firmly.

She didn't allow Helian Qing to refuse and continued to urge, "If you hesitate any longer, neither of us can leave. Go!"

She and Helian Yun looked at each other and nodded in tacit understanding. Helian Yun then jumped up and lifted up Helian Qing. His figure was as light as lightning, and he stood steadily on the ferry in a few breaths.

Mu Yao felt relieved. But just as Helian Yun was about to return, two waves came one after another, and she lost her balance and fell into the water.

The water was freezing cold, and each drop of water gently caressed her skin, as if bidding her a final farewell.

The vines floated down, and the wine-brown hair blossomed in the water, gently entwining with the water plants.

She watched quietly as the blue-sprinkled hedge drifted farther and farther away until it disappeared completely.

Her body continued to sink, and the feeling of suffocation was like a pair of shackles that trapped her tightly, making her unable to move.

There was silence all around her. Her consciousness gradually faded away, and endless darkness was swallowing her up.

Just when she had given up completely and was ready to face death, a pair of strong arms tightly wrapped around her waist and swam her upwards.

In the dim light, she felt something soft on her lips. Her instinct for survival made her greedily absorb that warmth.

Their breaths intertwined. Helian Yun's breath became unstable and he almost lost his breath. He dragged Mu Yao onto the ferry as quickly as possible.

He stared at the girl in his arms in a daze. Her thick hair was wet and scattered on her shoulders. Her clothes were soaked, and her graceful curves were looming, extremely charming. The girl's unique gardenia body fragrance filled his entire nose. Her overly beautiful face was so beautiful that it was neither a flower nor a mist, as if it had transcended all the noise and complexity of the world.

At this time, the dark clouds gradually dispersed, and the sky became bright and clear. The sun broke through the clouds again and shed golden light.

The beautiful woman's flawless face suddenly became radiant and sparkling.

Helian Yun reacted very quickly and took the veil from Helian Qing's hand, covering Mu Yao tightly. He then reached out and gently took her pulse, and after confirming that she was fine, he carefully carried her into the cabin.

The people around were confused and thought someone was drowning, so they all came forward to show concern, but were politely turned away by him and Helian Qing.

They found a quiet corner and gently put Mu Yao down. Helian Qing thoughtfully placed Mu Yao's head on her shoulder.

Helian Yun's eyes were always on Mu Yao. He unconsciously rubbed his palm with his fingers, as if the beauty's hot body temperature was still on it. He took out the last tranquilizing pill from his arms and asked Helian Qing to feed it to Mu Yao.

Ningshen Pills is one of the three precious medicines of the Helian family. Its value does not lie in the formula but in the method of making it. It not only has the effect of nourishing the spirit, invigorating the qi and detoxifying, but also has an excellent effect of dispelling cold.

After about a cup of tea, Mu Yao woke up.

She couldn't believe she was still alive, and she stood up weakly and looked around. She clearly remembered that she fell into the water, and she seemed to see Xu Qingcheng, Grandpa, Dad, Mom, and many other people calling her.

Helian Qing finally felt relieved when she saw Mu Yao wake up: "Yaoyao, you scared me so much! The wave was as high as a two-story building, pressing down on you, and I felt like my heart was going to jump out."

"Who saved me later?" She couldn't remember clearly, but she felt like she had grabbed a life-saving straw at that time.

"Who else could it be! Of course it's my brother!" Helian Qing said with a matter-of-fact expression.

Mu Yao looked at Helian Yun with gratitude: "Mr. Helian, you saved my life, and I am grateful to you. If you need me in the future, as long as it does not violate the law, I will repay you with gratitude."

Helian Yun looked at her with a gaze as deep as the boundless ocean: "Don't you remember?" His lazy voice was low, cold, and a little hoarse.

Mu Yao was startled, her eyebrows slightly wrinkled. She tried to recall the place she might have forgotten. The unique hormone scent of Helian Yun's strong years drifted past her nose, as if mixed with a faint scent of agarwood. She just felt her brain was confused, and she couldn't remember it anymore.

Helian Yun saw Mu Yao's reaction and looked at her with a half-smile, a barely perceptible dark light flashing in his eyes: "Some things can't be forgotten just by saying you don't remember them. As for repaying the favor, it's fine. I'll get it when I want it."

Mu Yao noticed his displeasure and adjusted her sitting position awkwardly without saying anything more.

The two of them sent Mu Yao to the Grand Tutor's Mansion. Xu Qingcheng was already waiting outside the door.

When he saw that Mu Yao's clothes were a little transparent, his eyes gradually turned red, and his expression was no longer as clear as before, but suddenly became gloomy and bloodthirsty.

Helian Qing's heart was trembling. She was already feeling guilty for not taking good care of Yaoyao as promised. She was so nervous that she even forgot to say hello and left with the shocked Helian Yun.

Mu Yao coquettishly stepped forward, took his arm and asked softly, "How long have you been waiting here?"

But they didn't get the response they wanted. The two walked to the central hall in silence. At this time, Li Taifu had just finished reading the last visiting card.

When he saw his daughter coming back, he lovingly asked Mu Yao to sit beside him.

Master Li looked at Mu Yao carefully, and seeing that her clothes were slightly wet, he asked in surprise: "Yaoyao, did you fall into the water?"

She glanced at Xu Qingcheng standing beside her, only to see that he had an extremely serious expression on his face, looking down at her sinisterly.

Mu Yao's breathing stagnated, and she laughed awkwardly twice: "That's right, there are always unexpected events."

Tutor Li stood up excitedly.

"Dad, don't worry, I'm fine. Let me go back to my room, take a shower and change clothes, and then I'll tell you in detail."

"Go quickly, Qingcheng is worried about you and has been waiting at the door. If you had known this would happen, why would you have gone to the Spring Banquet?"

Mu Yao felt very distressed when she heard her father say this. She tried to pull Xu Qingcheng's hand, and felt relieved when she saw that he didn't break free.

After she had taken care of herself, she felt relaxed and refreshed. Xu Qingcheng did not wait for her in the inner room today, but sat in the outer room. She could not help but whispered: "I knew this would not be so easy."

She filled a glass of "Tianshan Snow" for Xu Qingcheng, showing her sincerity. She sorted out her thoughts and raised her most gentle voice: "Brother Xu, I regretted it the moment you left today. The Spring Banquet was not fun at all, far worse than I imagined. I will not go if anyone invites me there again in the future."

Seeing Xu Qingcheng's eyes fluctuate, she perked up instantly and continued, "Today, we were halfway through the "Giving Away Willows" activity when the weather changed. On the way back, it started to rain heavily. You don't know, that damn girl Helian Qing lied to me. I thought her boat was a big one, but it turned out to be less than one-tenth the size of the Crown Prince's boat. If I had known her boat was so small, I would have gone with you right then and there. Later, a few waves came over and our boat collided with a ferry, and many people fell into the water. Fortunately, everyone was lucky enough to be safe and sound."

When Xu Qingcheng heard that Mu Yao had fallen into the water, his heart trembled, and his left hand under the table unconsciously clenched into a fist. He tried his best to calm himself down and asked calmly, "Don't you know how to swim?"

Sure enough, the question hit the nail on the head! With the last bit of desire to survive, Mu Yao said calmly, "I can't swim, but Helian Qing can. There are many people there who can swim. It seems that I have to learn this survival skill. Brother Xu, are you good at swimming? If you have free time in the next two days, can you teach me?"

Xu Qingcheng's complexion indeed looked much better, and her eyes gradually regained their former gentleness.

Today's events have been successfully concluded.

After dinner, Xu Qingcheng returned to Linglong Pavilion with Mu Yao.

Mu Yao discovered that there were many more books on her bookshelf, most of which were related to the spring exam.

Does this mean you are planning to move to her place to prepare for the exam?

Xu Qingcheng stayed in Linglong Pavilion to study and showed no intention of leaving until midnight.

Mu Yao seemed to understand something. But she felt guilty today, so she let him go.

Today he was different from the past, and went straight to the point. After a night of passion, when she woke up the next day, it was already noon, and Xu Qingcheng was no longer by her side.

Mu Yao held her breath and stood up tremblingly. Before she could stand firmly, she was invited to the study by Uncle Zhao, the steward.

"Dad, are you looking for me?"

"Yaoyao, come and take a look." Master Li pulled her to a pile of visiting cards with a smile on his face.

Mu Yao remembered that she still had a pile of books in her room that she hadn't finished reading, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but twitch.

"Dad, then I'll take it back and have a look." He said and was about to pick it up.

"Don't worry, these are not for you, they are all visiting cards for me."

Li Taifu continued with a proud smile, "These invitations are all from marriage proposals from the noble families in Shangjing. There are also quite a few from other places. It seems that there are also a few from Nanyue Kingdom and Beiming. Oh, there are too many, I can't remember them all. I'll look through them later."

Mu Yao was shocked. They said kiss proposals? So many? Are there people from other countries proposing to her? Is she so famous now?

Li Changan smiled even more happily when he saw her cute silly look.

"Our Yaoyao is very talented, and she stands out wherever she goes! Naturally, there are many men pursuing her. There are many men with good talents and good character in these marriage proposals. Yaoyao, do you want to meet them?"

This morning, Minister Xu came to him, wanting to propose marriage for his youngest son Xu Yan. Xu Shida had this idea long ago, but he had not mentioned it before because Mu Yao and Qing Cheng were not married yet. Now seeing more and more families coming to him to send invitations, he could not wait any longer and came to him to ask.

He watched Xu Yan grow up. He is now 23 years old, the same age as Qingcheng. He is now working in the Ministry of Personnel. He has good literary talent and good character. In addition, Minister Xu is an old friend of his, so he is naturally happy for his daughter to marry him.

Mu Yao immediately became alert when she heard this. Thinking of Xu Qingcheng's madness yesterday, she couldn't help swallowing her saliva and refused righteously without any hesitation: "Dad, you must not do this!"

Li Taifu Qiao was a little surprised to see her nervousness. He knew that Yaoyao and Qingcheng were in love, but it was impossible for him to stay with Xu Qingcheng alone. If it was any other noble lady, it would be fine. But Yaoyao, it was absolutely impossible. Maybe his daughter hadn't realized this problem yet, but as a father, he had considered all the pros and cons.

"Yaoyao, Dad didn't ask you to think about this right now. You can wait until you and Qingcheng get married before making plans. Qingcheng is very good, but with his current abilities, he can't protect you. It's better for you to marry into a powerful family as soon as possible. This will do you more good than harm in the future."

Mu Yao was thinking a lot. She felt that marriage would flourish only when it was free. A marriage that was fulfilled with some kind of obligation or purpose would only lead to its death.

Considering her father's good intentions, she patted Li Taifu's back and said coquettishly, "Dad, you see, he is busy with everything about my marriage with Brother Xu, and he also has to take care of the spring exam. As for me, I have to be responsible for the banquet in a few days. The imperial banquet in the palace is so important. I am worried about it these past two days. There are a lot of things waiting for me to worry about at "Shuiyunjian". Brother Licheng's legs are also waiting for me to follow up regularly. There is also the treasure hunting meeting in half a year. Brother Xu promised the Treasure Pavilion to auction another work of Mr. Wu Liu. In addition, I also did a big business with Zhao Huaian of the Floating Light Pavilion. Your daughter is really overwhelmed!"

My goodness, when Master Li heard this, his daughter was even busier than the emperor! How could she handle so many things? Even ten people couldn't handle it! But why did she start a business with Fuguang Pavilion?

"Yaoyao, are you starting a medicinal materials business?"

"No, his great grandfather is going to have his birthday in a few months, and he wants me to paint a self-portrait for him."

"Does he know you are Mr. Wu Liu?" Master Li raised his eyebrows.

"I don't know. Maybe he thought I was some relative of Mr. Wu Liu."

"What kind of self-portrait?" Li Changan felt a little jealous.

Mu Yao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She patted her chest with great pride and said, "Dad, don't worry. Next time it's your birthday, I'll draw a picture for you. I promise that you'll look energetic and powerful!"

"Hahaha, OK, OK, I'll wait for Yaoyao to take me away!" Li Taifu's beard danced with joy. His daughter is Mr. Wu Liu, who is good at medicine and runs a thriving business! The more he looks at his daughter, the more proud he is. In his eyes, no one is worthy of her!

When your heart is at ease, you will be happy and nothing will be a problem.

"Yaoyao, you have to take care of yourself and don't get tired. What noble lady would worry about this and that like you all day long! Let Qingcheng take care of the wedding. It's only right for him to help in finding a wife. As for the spring exam, don't worry, with his talent and knowledge, he is more than qualified to enter the officialdom. The people in "Shuiyunjian" are all old friends. You just need to tell them well and don't worry too much about other things. You should pay more attention to Licheng's legs and the banquet. Time is running out, you have to think more about the dishes in the next few days. The royal family's face is no different from other things, and no mistakes can be tolerated. As for Zhao Huaian, his aunt is the current imperial concubine He, who is a ruthless character. It's better to keep a distance from him, and don't let anyone trip him up."

Mu Yao listened to her adoptive father's earnest teachings, and her nose felt sore. She patted her father's back very attentively, and a silent warmth flowed through her heart.