After traveling through time, the four best friends were all targeted by the boss

At night, in Xiaoyao City, four people were sitting in the yard chatting and eating snacks.

The two maids walked up to Tao Tao and said, "Madam, the young master said that he wants you to go to the study."

Tao Tao spat out the tea she had just drunk.

"Young Master's Madam!?" Meng Yin and Xu Zheng reacted quickly and shouted before her.

The two maids looked at each other and said timidly, "The young master said that Miss Tao is his future wife, so we should call her Madam."

"Taozi, are you engaged?" Meng Yin asked.

Tao Tao shook her head and smiled awkwardly: "That's not the case, it's just that after we got together, he was sure that I would be his future wife..."

When she came to the last part, Tao Tao felt choked up and became speechless.

Xia Nian saw how upset she was and said to the two maids, "You go down first, Taozi will be here soon."

"Yes."

Xia Nian held her shoulder with one hand: "Taozi, you..."

Tao Tao raised her eyes and said, "I know, maybe there is no ending between us."

She paused, put away the discomfort in her heart, and looked at the three people with a firm and confident look.

"No matter what the future holds, I want to be brave for Yiqing once, maybe just this once in my life." She said, lowering her head a little embarrassedly, "and I'm really happy to be with Yiqing."

"It's okay, Taozi, you two can try it together first." Meng Yin consoled her and then began to exclaim in amazement: "Oh, I didn't expect Taozi to be the first one among us to get out of being single."

"Yinyin, maybe it's not early for you either." Tao Tao said with a smile, and stood up, "I'll go to the study first."

"This Taozi, she just left after making a joke on me." Meng Yin shook her head helplessly, "I didn't expect Yiqing to be so clingy. It was so hard for Taozi to play with us, but she was called away again."

"That's true, but we also benefited from Taozi's help." Xu Zheng said, still chewing something.

"That's true." Meng Yin said, looking at Xia Nian who was silent beside her.

She pursed her lips, not knowing what she was thinking.

"Niannian, what's wrong with you?" Meng Yin asked.

Xia Nian shook his head blankly: "It's okay, maybe I feel a little sleepy."

As soon as she finished speaking, Xia Houyu's voice came from outside.

"Miss Xia, are you free now?"

Xia Nian stood up and walked towards him.

"Is there anything I can do for you, Master Xiahou?" she asked.

Xia Houyu had an innocent smile on his face: "I just want to talk to Miss Xia about something."

Xia Nian vaguely guessed what it was, and she immediately said, "Just say it here if you have anything to say."

Xia Houyu shook his head, stepped forward and looked down at her: "This matter must be discussed with Miss Xia alone."

His eyes flickered as he looked at her hopefully, as if he was worried that she would refuse.

Xia Nian bit her lip. She couldn't bear to see Xia Houyu like this...

"Okay." Xia Nian nodded and walked out of the yard. Xia Hou Yu was secretly delighted and hurriedly followed.

The two people watching the show in the back looked at each other, and Meng Yin spoke first: "A Zheng, do you think Nian Nian will agree?"

Xu Zheng had never expected what Xia Houyu was going to say to Xia Nian. She blinked blankly, "Ah? Promise what?"

"It's with Xiahou Yu." Meng Yin said.

Xu Zheng poked her cheek and said, "No way, is Xiahou Yu going to tell Nian Nian about this? I don't think Nian Nian will agree."

Meng Yin sighed: "Alas, there will be a sad little boy tonight."

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Xiahou Yu brought Xia Nian to his own house.

Xia Nian looked around and asked, "Why are we here at your house?"

Xiahou Yu pretended to ask casually: "Miss Xia, Miss Tao and Yiqing, have they already..."

Xia Nian glanced at him and walked towards the courtyard: "Yes, it's what we call a couple in our hometown."

"But Yiqing said that Miss Tao will be his future wife." Xiahou Yu walked up to her and said.

Today he saw at a glance that something was not right between the two, so he asked Yiqing about it while they were practicing sword in the afternoon. He proudly said that Tao Tao was his fiancée.

He had heard Xia Nian talk about Tao Tao's personality. Since Tao Tao agreed with Yi Qing, would Xia Nian also agree with him?

Thinking of this, Xiahou Yu's ears turned red unconsciously.

"That's his promise to Taozi," Xia Nian said.

Xiahou Yu suddenly stood in front of her and looked at her with an especially gentle look.

"Actually, I came to you just to talk about this." He spread out his hands, and Xia Nian saw a well-made pear blossom hairpin inside.

"Miss Xia, we have been together for so long, I am very grateful to you..."

"Stop talking. I won't agree." Xia Nian turned around and said in a cold tone. Xiahou Yu's heart, which had been excited just now, was suddenly poured with cold water.

"What?" he heard himself mutter.

Xia Nian's nails dug into her palms: "I won't be with you, and I won't get married. That's it."

After she finished speaking, she walked out with somewhat messy steps.

Xiahou Yu grabbed her arm and said, "Wait, why? You obviously also…"

"I didn't!" Xia Nian interrupted him again.

Xiahou Yu choked for a moment, his brows furrowed. Xia Nian's words were like ruthless and fierce lightning, striking his heart one after another.

"Master Xiahou, don't say anything. I have my principles and I won't do anything that has no results!" She tried her best to suppress the sadness in her heart and made her tone as ruthless as possible.

Where Xia Houyu couldn't see, tears slid down her jade-like cheeks.

"How do you know there will be no results? Are you worried about the situation of my family? It won't be long before I get rid of them. Don't worry." His voice was trembling, and he tried to make amends, "No matter your family background, I only want you."

Hearing his words, Xia Nian's last line of defense was almost broken.

She bit the tip of her tongue hard until she could clearly taste a sweet and fishy taste, and then she became a little more sober.

"These are not the main points." She said slowly, "If there is a result between us, I will be with you without hesitation no matter what happens in the future, but unfortunately, there is no future between us."

She turned her head and looked at him with cold eyes.

Xiahou Yu's lips moved, and he suddenly grabbed Xia Nian's shoulders, turning her body so that she faced him.

"Why is there no result? If there is no result, how can Miss Tao and Yiqing be together!?" Xiahou Yu was a little overwhelmed. Tao Tao was so soft in character, but she was still with Yiqing. However, a strong-willed woman like Xia Nian was unwilling to take a step forward for him.

Is he so unimportant in her heart?

"Taozi is Taozi, and I am me!" She shouted, but her tears showed her inner feelings regardless of her outward behavior. She still said stubbornly, "Everyone has a different personality. I, Xia Nian, will never do anything that has no results."

Xiahou Yu shook his head and looked at her without blinking. She was crying. She obviously liked him.

Xia Nian saw a sense of sadness on his face. Her heart ached and she turned her eyes away to avoid looking.

"I will just pretend that what happened tonight never happened. We are still friends." Xia Nian took a deep breath and said calmly. As he turned around, he added, "I hope there won't be any rift between us because of this."

After saying that, she left without looking back.

Xiahou Yu stood there in a daze. He lowered his head, his dark eyes without a trace of light, and looked weakly at the hairpin in his hand.

Xia Nian rejected him.

He couldn't understand. Xia Nian didn't say that she didn't like him, but she looked very sad. Why didn't she agree to be with him? Why was she so sure that there would be no future between them?

Is there anything that we can't discuss together? There was silence all around him, and he could only hear the throbbing sound of his temple.

Xia Nian, who had jogged outside, was already crying.

She slowed down her pace and let the tears fall.

She kept repeating "I'm sorry" in her heart. She did have feelings for Xiahou Yu, but it was precisely because of her feelings that she couldn't delay him.

I thought if I rejected him openly, he would give up.

She was strolling on the street like this. Some young men around her wanted to come up to her and ask her what was wrong, but they were scared away by her cold but red eyes.

After her tears dried, Xia Nian wiped her face and prepared to go back.

Just as she walked into a small street, a man ran out of the alley and fell in front of her.

Xia Nian took two steps back, but was grabbed by the ankle by the man, and the blood on his hands immediately stained Xia Nian's skirt.

Xia Nian was startled and was about to kick him, but suddenly he felt that this person looked familiar. He took a closer look and said in surprise: "Lin Yue!?"