After rebirth, she became the favorite of the powerful minister.

The two people, who were not really familiar with each other, walked slowly along the bluestone road, and neither of them spoke first.

The sun shone through the branches and leaves, and the light and dark shadows gradually moved across his eyelids. Yuan Ge narrowed his eyes, his gaze falling on the other person's tightly clenched fingers with white nails. He curled his lips and chuckled, "Miss Zhuang, if you have something to say, just say it. I'm not used to your shyness like this."

I'm really not used to it. I've never seen a Zhuang Mengdie like this in my two lifetimes.

It's like a different person.

Obviously, Miss Zhuang herself was not used to it. She smiled with her eyebrows lowered, but did not loosen her clenched fingers. She coughed and then asked hesitantly, "You... I heard them say that you are the young lady of that, that family. I also heard that you came here because of my grandfather's matter?"

So that's how it is.

This girl was very rebellious in her early years. She changed her name by herself and lived alone in her own yard. In recent years, she wandered outside and only returned home once every one or two years. Friends and family did not seem to be that important to her. Until this moment... Yuan Ge raised his eyelids to look over, and suddenly raised the corners of his mouth, but quickly suppressed it, trying to maintain an unfathomable expression, and replied concisely, "Well, I guess so."

"What?" The voice suddenly rose, and then suddenly suppressed, "What do you mean by 'count it as such'?"

After all, she needed help from others, so the usually arrogant and domineering Miss Zhuang put away her arrogance and sharp thorns, and even kept her eyes on the ground. She took only two steps, but suddenly stopped - "Wen Qian" walked with her hands behind her back and her head down, kicking the small stones on the road from time to time, kicking them back into the grass one by one. Wherever she passed, she really did not miss a single stone. If she couldn't find a stone, she didn't care, and would just kick the grass leaves, she must have kicked something.

In my memory, that person was also like this, restless even when walking... Yuan Ge.

This pause made her fall behind by two steps. Yuan Ge turned around to look at her, "What's wrong?"

Zhuang Mengdie suddenly came to her senses, shook her head, and hurried to follow him, saying somewhat listlessly, "Nothing, I just thought of an old friend... Let's not talk about it. You haven't answered my question just now, what does 'count as' mean? Will you take my grandfather away from Zhixuan Mountain to Shengjing for trial?"

Yuan Ge slowly stopped and looked up at Zhuang Mengdie.

The other person also tilted her head to look at him, not avoiding his gaze. Half of her face was bathed in light, while the other half was hidden in shadow. Her expression seemed a little blurred due to the change of light and dark. Yuan Ge smiled and asked her, "What do you think?"

"I don't know." Zhuang Mengdie sighed softly, "That's why I came to ask you because I don't know... I want to defend him, for example, he didn't kill the person, for example, the person who knew the secret room mechanism was Jinsu, even if he didn't participate, Jinsu would do those crimes herself... But, I also know that it's done, no matter how many explanations can't cover up the facts. But, Madam, I, I think about what you said that day, as long as Grandfather stays in his yard quietly and doesn't go out, this matter will be over... I wonder, does this still count?"

In Yuan Ge's memory, Zhuang Mengdie had never been as cautious and anxious as she was today.

The girl who also grew up in Zhixuan Mountain, one year younger than Yuan Ge, is also the person who gets along the most with Yuan Ge. She is just as unruly, just as unwilling to admit defeat, and just as persistent in her principle of "why should I give in to you?" She never quarrels when she can fight. In those years, half of the chaos in the mountain was caused by the two of them. Such a person would never bend her back even if she dies. But now...

Yuan Ge finally couldn't bear to tease her anymore, nor could he bear to see her like this, so he nodded gently and said, "Since I promised, I will naturally do what I said."

The other party was obviously relieved and said, "Thank you."

"Let's walk a little further?" Yuan Ge nodded towards the front.

"it is good."

The atmosphere was more relaxed than before, but still a little strange. Zhuang Mengdie was not a talkative person. The two walked in almost silence. One of them was still kicking the stones and grass leaves, while the other watched her kicking the stones and grass leaves. A strange sense of familiarity came over her again. Zhuang Mengdie cleared her throat and was about to ask, but she heard the other party call her, "Miss Zhuang."

"Hmm? Young Madam, you can say whatever you want."

Zhuang Mengdie, who rarely speaks with precision, looks particularly serious.

Yuan Ge smiled and said, "I heard that Miss Zhuang doesn't often go back to Zhixuan Mountain? Are you planning to go down the mountain this time?"

"What's wrong?" There was really no relationship between the two of them where they could chat casually. Zhuang Mengdie looked at each other suspiciously, "Young Madam means... that you want me to stay on this mountain and accompany the old man under house arrest?" Her eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and her eyes were slightly sharp.

"You misunderstood." Yuan Ge retracted her gaze, put her hands behind her back and walked with her head up, still kicking. It didn't matter if she kicked in vain, this step was like a habit that became natural. As she walked, she said, "Just now in the courtyard of the Great Elder, I heard him talk about the current Zhixuan Mountain. The decline of the Yuan family's descendants is a foregone conclusion. The Third Elder has not even thought about getting married yet, and there is no prospect of having children. In the end, the future of Zhixuan Mountain will eventually rely more on the Second Elder's lineage... I am not familiar with the Second Elder's lineage, and I only know Miss Zhuang, so I want to ask Miss Zhuang about her plans for the future."

After saying that, he lowered his head and smiled, "It's just a small talk. If Miss Zhuang doesn't want to talk, that's fine."

"I," must go down the mountain.

As soon as she said this, she couldn't say it out loud for some reason, as if she was eager to prove herself. All the words were stuck in her throat, and none of them could come out. She coughed softly to cover up her gaffe, and then she said slowly, "I... I don't have any skills. I can only wield a sword or a gun. There's no point in staying in this mountain. It's better to go down the mountain and broaden my horizons. One day, when I have seen all the creatures in the world, maybe I will come back."

Somehow, she always had some inexplicably strange feeling towards this young lady, and even her subconscious explanation seemed strange.

I shouldn't need to explain it to her.

It must be because I owe the other party a favor for my grandfather's matter...Zhuang Mengdie explained to herself this way.

Fortunately, the other party seemed to be just asking casually, and nodded after hearing what I said, "I didn't expect that we would almost reach the medicine garden while talking... Miss Zhuang, if there is nothing else, I will... go back?"

Sure enough, the medicine garden was just ahead.

Zhuang Mengdie nodded and stood there watching Yuan Ge leave. His eyes fell on the other person's unruly steps, and he pondered for a long time.