Too high to reach

Chapter 157 The True White Lotus
At this moment, Mo Yuan is experiencing the highlight of her life.

The young men surrounding him were all handsome and elegant.

He introduced himself politely, looking at her with a hint of shyness.

Upon hearing about these people's family backgrounds, Mo Yuan's eyes crinkled with laughter.

She could marry into any family she could have imagined before.

This made Xu Ke, whom Mo Wen was going to marry, seem less unattainable.

At this moment, Mo Wen also returned. Instead of going near Mo Yuan, she found a stone bench nearby and sat down to talk to the person next to her.

Mo Yuan truly possessed a natural talent for expressing herself; her expressions ranged from innocent and bewildered to beaming with joy, and sometimes to a delicate and vulnerable allure. Even her voice was sweet and coquettish…

As for the rules, they weren't too out of the ordinary.

But when it comes to charm, she possesses a quality that those well-behaved ladies from respectable families lack.

What young man had ever encountered anything like this?
He was always laughing and joking around her, which aroused envy and jealousy from countless girls around him.

Mo Yuan casually mentioned kites, and Zhang Debao, like a playful child, excitedly went to get them for her.

The kites flying all over the sky today were also arranged by Consort Dong.

There was a designated place to take it down, but coincidentally, the two girls had just managed to persuade someone to take down the biggest and most beautiful kite that was hanging there as a decoration.

Just as he reached out to take it, Zhang Debao arrived and snatched it away.

"Huh?" The two girls looked up and saw it was this person...

I recognize it!

I know that the Emperor has treated the Marquis of Zhongyong's family well, as he is the only son in the family.

The old man was timid and easily influenced. His mother, on the other hand, was a strong woman who managed the family business with both shrewdness and competence.

The couple spoiled Zhang Debao rotten.

“Young Master Zhang…this is ours.” The girl who spoke came from a good family and was unmarried.

The Marquis of Zhongyong's mansion is a wealthy and prestigious place, a good destination.

Therefore, she spoke carefully and politely.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Debao rolled his eyes, showing no appreciation whatsoever: "Yours? You paid money to buy it?"

“We asked this little old man to pick them!” another girl said.

"This isn't a sale of goods, so there's no such thing as first come, first served. The Empress Dowager gave it away for free; whoever gets it keeps it!"

"How can you be so unreasonable?" Princess Wenfang had just arrived and wanted to stand up for the girl.

"Tch!" Zhang Debao found a long string for the kite and looked at Princess Wenfang impatiently. "Why is it that you have to do everything?"

They also know each other.

"You! You're really something, trying to steal from a young lady!" Princess Wenfang said angrily.

"Who's taking it from you? I don't even know who you are. Humph!" Zhang Debao angrily tied up the line and ran away in a flash.

Mo Yuan was chatting and laughing with someone when Zhang Debao came back, skipping and jumping around.

"Miss Mo, look! This one is the biggest and the prettiest! Do you like it?"

"It really is beautiful! Young Master Zhang has good taste!" Mo Yuan had already lost interest in him, but she was good at being perfunctory.

"Miss Mo, take this, I'll fly it!" Zhang Debao handed the kite to Mo Yuan, then ran with the string... excited like a child, running quite a distance before shouting, "Let go!"

Mo Yuan let go, and the kite, trailing a long tail, soared up to a height of two people before falling askew to the ground...

"Oh dear! I didn't get up..." Mo Yuan said in frustration.

"It's okay, let's try again," someone immediately said from the side.

Zhang Debao ran back to pick it up, "My bad, my bad! Let's do it again!"

Some people were unhappy with it, saying, "Debao, you're so stupid... Can you even put it down? If not, just find someone else."

“Of course it can be launched! I didn’t get the wind direction right just now, this time I’ll run in this direction…” he pointed.

He hurriedly handed the kite back to Mo Yuan.

Mo Yuan perfectly captured the "pure and innocent" image. "It's not Young Master Zhang's fault, it's just that I let go too late!" Her tone was incredibly affected.

But the group of dull-witted men felt as if a feather was gently brushing against their hearts, something hard to grasp and elusive.

“It’s not too late for you to let go, girl! It’s just right! I chose the wrong spot. This time there will definitely be no problem!” Zhang Debao’s eyes lit up, and he ran out again.

This time, there really wasn't a problem.

The kite soared into the sky with a whoosh. Zhang Debao's movements were very skillful; with a few pulls and tugs, it flew high and steadily.

"Miss Mo, please take this..." "Oh dear, will I be able to hold it back?"

"No problem! I'll help you..."

Several men watched as Mo Yuan stretched out her jade-like hand, revealing a bit of her fair wrist, and tugged at it.

A beautiful woman flying a kite—it's so wonderful!
Princess Wenfang, holding a butterfly kite, walked over and saw everything.

Did Zhang Debao give it to this bitch?
The Mo family woman is such a spoilsport!

He walked back with a grim expression, only to run into the Wang sisters.

These two had been avoiding Mo Yuan. They wanted to play by the lake for a while, and happened to see all this. They pretended to bump into each other and started chatting.

……

"Young lady, did you save my master?" the man asked, suppressing his excitement.

"What do you think?" Mo Yi asked Liu Nian.

Liu Nian was extremely unwilling to let this man know about this, but she had no way to deny it.

“Uncle Wu, I wanted to test if the clothes really didn’t get wet, so I sent you away. Then, I did fall into the water… and my sister saved me.”

He lowered his head and spoke softly, ultimately downplaying the severity of the situation and not exaggerating its seriousness.

The man's body went limp, and he collapsed to the ground. Having lived such a life of danger for so many years, he never imagined he'd be so terrified.

He lay quietly for a while, then got up and solemnly kowtowed to Mo Yi.

"Wu Yong kowtows to thank you for your great kindness, young lady! You are my master's benefactor, and therefore I, Wu Yong, am also his benefactor. Please leave your name, young lady, so that my master may repay you handsomely."

"Uncle Wu, listen to me, nothing's happened, so please don't tell me anymore..." Liu Nianzhen was scared and quickly pleaded.

"Young master, how can we not speak of something like this?" The man knew he was in for a beating.

"But your uncle will punish you... This is my fault, not yours. I don't want your uncle to punish you!"

Wu Yong was one of the two bodyguards Li Jing assigned to Liu Nian, and was originally supposed to protect her in secret.

Normally, Liu Nian is accompanied by servants from the Liu family.

Since it belongs to the Liu family, it is to some extent inseparable from the control of the Hu family.

Granny Zhao had also secretly arranged for some people to infiltrate his inner circle.

Although her husband forbade her to interfere in Liu Nian's affairs, Hu Shi would still secretly meddle from time to time. This included those around Liu Nian. Anyone who served Liu Nian well was transferred away after a short period of time.

This relationship cannot be exposed at the moment, so we can only use bodyguards to protect him.

But Liu Nian was very shrewd, and it didn't take long for him to realize that someone was secretly following him.

He liked this kind of secret guard, and after several twists and turns, the secret guard became known to the public.

They only hid when they entered the mansion, but once they left, they were treated like ordinary servants.

Today, Liu Nian found a way to get rid of him, then ran off to the water's edge to test his "waterproof coat."

And so, it almost ended.

“It was my fault, and it is only right that my master punishes me. It has nothing to do with you,” Wu Yong insisted stubbornly.

"Oh, please don't do this..." Liu Nian said helplessly. "Nothing happened. I promise this is the last time, I won't do it again. Don't make your uncle worry..."

Mo Yi stared at him coldly.

“If you really know you’re wrong, then as you said: this is the last time.” Wu Yong finished speaking and ignored him.

"May I ask your name, young lady? Regardless of your family, my master will surely bestow upon you a gift that will move you deeply."

Mo Yi thought for a moment. Judging from the situation, his family would find out sooner or later. He might as well leave his name so he could report the little guy later.

"My surname is Mo. I am Mo Yi, the fifth daughter of the Mo family."

When Liu Nian heard that the surname was Mo, her eyes widened.

The people kneeling on the ground are also included.

Then I heard the name Mo Yi again.

Liu Nian yelled and ran away...

The man on the ground suddenly smiled, and his smile was rather unsightly.

"Thank you, Miss Mo!" She kowtowed to Mo Yi again and chased after Liu Nian without saying another word.

"Huh?" Mo Yi wondered: Why did they all run away?
Didn't you say you were going to thank me?

"This is really messed up... Neither master nor servant is reliable!"

(End of this chapter)