Is it the moonlight and snow outside the window that are spreading, or the shyness in the hearts of the young boy and girl?

As if just realizing the distance between them, Liang Churen suddenly retreated several meters, a distance that would have caused him to fall off the bed and roll several times on the ground if it weren't for the large dormitory-style dormitory.

Zhu Qianxiao also turned her back, somewhat afraid to look at Liang Churen.

It's strange. I just used my real identity and was honest with myself, so why did it make me feel so much more uncomfortable than usual?

The two of them were thinking the same thing at the same time, but they hadn't quite figured it out yet, which made the onlookers anxious.

Seeing the silence between the young couple, Yi Yi quietly lowered her head and peeled two oranges for herself.

After eating just one, Liang Churen broke the silence first: "Speaking of which, when you were on the street you said you were being forced into marriage by your family, what's the story behind that?"

“Speaking of this, I really should explain it to you in detail.” Zhu Qianxiao smoothed her hair and said without turning around, “Two years ago, my older brother arranged a marriage for me with the Ma family.”

"That Ma family?" Liang Churen asked.

“Yes, that young marshal from the Ma family,” Zhu Qianxiao answered Liang Churen’s question and continued, “but I didn’t like this marriage, but at the time, circumstances forced my elder brother to agree…”

At this point, Zhu Qianxiao stopped for some reason, lowering her eyes as if lost in thought.

Liang Churen noticed the strange pause and turned around to ask, "What's wrong?"

Zhu Qianxiao took a deep breath and said, "It's nothing, I'm just suddenly wondering whether she agreed to this marriage because she was forced by the circumstances at the time, or because it was a spontaneous decision."

Faced with this question, Liang Churen could not give an answer, after all, he did not know the truth of the matter and should not make any comments.

He could only move closer silently, stretch out his hand, and pat Zhu Qianxiao's shoulder to comfort her.

Zhu Qianxiao was amused by his behavior, let out a long breath, turned around and smiled at him, "It's okay! In the end, I made a condition with my brother. I can agree to this marriage, but I have to study at Qingshan Academy for three years during the marriage contract. However, my brother asked me not to reveal my identity."

"So you disguised yourself as a boy to attend the academy?"

"Yes, you know what happened next." Zhu Qianxiao tugged at the corner of her mouth again and said with a wry smile, "Actually, I have been trying to find a way to break off the engagement, but later I really fell in love with Qingshan Academy and wanted to stand with the students."

"But... the academy was recently shut down." As expected of a close friend, Liang Churen immediately pointed out the crux of the problem.

Zhu Qianxiao nodded in agreement: "Yes, because of our activities, the academy was shut down. The matter became too big, and I was also grounded at home."

Liang Churen frowned as he listened, never expecting that Zhu, who usually seemed so optimistic and cheerful, had such a strict family atmosphere.

No, it's that the Zhu family's stance completely contradicts her ideals.

"So why did you run away from home?" he asked.

"Actually, it's nothing much. Today she wanted me to meet that young Marshal Ma, but I refused. She even tried to use force, so I used the excuse of going to the toilet to send the servants away and ran away," she replied.

Liang Churen was speechless, not expecting that the Zhu family head to be so ruthless.

He glanced at Zhu Qianxiao, who had lowered her head again at some point, but he could also hear the affection she felt for her "brother" in her tone.

Remembering the senior who had been highly praised by his father in his early years, Liang Churen clenched his fist. He didn't want to say much, but he couldn't help but say, "Perhaps you should have a good talk with your brother?"

“We talked.” Hearing this, Zhu Qianxiao’s smile became even more bitter. “I’ve tried talking to her many times, but every time we have a calm exchange, we start arguing again after less than three sentences. I don’t understand why she completely denies my ambitions and ideals? Is it that in her heart, I’m just a tool for her to climb the social ladder with the Ma family? I shouldn’t think like this, but I can’t help it. I have no idea whether she loves me or not…”

As if trapped in her own mental loop, once she started talking to someone, Zhu Qianxiao couldn't help but chatter on and on.

Liang Churen listened quietly without interrupting her.

"She was also a student at Qingshan Academy, and she used to be the person I admired most! How did things turn out like this?"

“I shared my thoughts with her, but she said I was too young and my thinking was too naive, and that I should just listen to her.”

“I told her that the world is in chaos and I wanted to do what I could, but she said she was a businesswoman and never did anything without a return.”

“I told her that the three-year period hasn’t ended yet, so what right does she have to restrict my freedom? I haven’t even made my best effort yet, so why should I give up? What right does she have to say that I’m just delusional?”

"Did everything change after she took over the Zhu family? Did she even stop loving me altogether?"

Zhu Qianxiao kept rambling on, and gradually, her voice became choked with sobs.

She slowly bent her knees and reached out to hug herself.

Liang Churen was about to say something when he was interrupted by a series of urgent knocks on the door.

The next second, a group of people in military uniforms burst through the door.

There's really no time for the two of them to wallow in self-pity now.

The leader, wearing a hat with decorations that clearly indicated he was in charge, ordered expressionlessly, "The young marshal has ordered that both of them be taken away!"

Seeing this, Yi Yi slammed her hand on the table and stood up, scattering orange peels all over the floor with her movement.

"What's going on?! Why are officers coming straight at them? Ma Yuliang shouldn't have discovered their affair so quickly, right?"

Logically speaking, Ma Yuliang had just returned to Yangcheng and still had many things to deal with personally, which gave Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai plenty of time to develop their relationship.

Ma Yuliang would only intervene after they had become a couple!

Could it be that Commander Ma knew something and told Ma Yuliang? But how did he know that?

Thinking this through, Yi Yi, though in a hurry, began to tidy her clothes in an orderly manner.

She planned to go to the Marshal's Mansion to see what was going on.

That was what he had been thinking, but just as he finished gluing his Adam's apple, he heard Red Sparrow outside the door say, "Master, Young Marshal Ma invites you to have a chat by Yanghu Lake."

Yanghu Lake is the same lake where Yiyi and Ma Dashuai enjoyed the snow on their pleasure boat.

Yi Yi frowned, and after confirming that her Adam's apple had been properly taped, she walked to the door, grabbed the cloak hanging on the coat rack, and went outside.

"Red Sparrow, you don't need to come along. Just arrange a driver for me. I need to go by myself." Yi Yi stopped Red Sparrow, who was about to follow, and gave her these instructions.

I have to go alone to this invitation, which is most likely a trap.

Do not know why……

I have this inexplicable premonition...

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