After the fake young master left home, he discovered that it wasn't raining at all outside.

Zhu Yan glanced at Lin Shen with cold, calm eyes, hesitated, and then decided to give up.

So he simply closed his eyes, lay back, and slumped into the chair. Zhu Mo and Bai Zheng nodded in satisfaction, while only Lin Shen breathed a sigh of relief...

As for Xu Zhiyuan and Lu Ze, they originally wanted to go with Zhu Yan, but Zhu Yan stopped them, saying that it was so hot and difficult to walk under the blazing sun, and they would only suffer.

But they had only taken a few steps with the banquet in hand when the banquet called out to them.

"Stop." As soon as the words were spoken, the four people carrying the sedan chair immediately stopped.

"Xu Zhiyuan," Zhu Yan called out, opening her eyes.

"What's wrong, Xiao Yan? Have you changed your mind and want me to go with you?" Hearing Zhu Yan call him, he immediately ran over happily.

Just as he reached Zhu Yan's side, Zhu Yan reached out and took the jacket draped over his shoulder, then glanced at him:

"You can leave now."

Xu Zhiyuan: ...

Heartless.

Zhu Yan suddenly remembered something, rummaged in Xu Zhiyuan's pocket, and sure enough, found a few lollipops. She then casually tore one open, popped it into her mouth, and stuffed the trash from the packaging directly into Xu Zhiyuan's hand.

Xu Zhiyuan looked down at the candy wrapper that had been stuffed into his hand, then his gaze fell on Zhu Yan, and he smiled helplessly.

Before the banquet, he often did this: whether it was empty snack wrappers or other things, he always liked to casually stuff them into Xu Zhiyuan's hand. This habit of his hasn't changed.

After throwing the candy wrapper away, Zhu Yan ignored him, lying expressionlessly in her chair, seemingly indifferent. And so, under everyone's gaze, she was carried out.

As soon as the sedan chair stepped out of the main building, the rising sun slanted its rays onto the canopy of the sedan chair. The cooling system inside had also been activated, so not only did no sunlight fall on Zhu Yan, but the temperature around him was also lowered to a just-right level.

Lin Shen was still immersed in the joy of his master lying still obediently when he saw out of the corner of his eye that Zhu Yan shook the coat he had just taken from Xu Zhiyuan, then casually covered his head with it, completely obscuring his face.

Lin Shen: ...You're too happy too soon.

"Young Master?" Lin Shen asked tentatively.

"Speak." A single word came lazily from under the coat.

"Are you cold?" Lin Shen tilted his head slightly, looking at Zhu Yan, who was sitting on the chair, completely hidden by his clothes.

"Speak your mind."

"Could you please stop covering your face?" Lin Shen asked directly, no longer trying to hide it.

Zhu Mo and the others originally intended to make sure everyone in the manor saw clearly so that there would be no more incidents of offending the young master. But now that Zhu Yan has his face completely covered, how can they see him?

"Mind your own business." Zhu Yan didn't move, but coldly uttered a sentence.

Lin Shen: (╥_╥)

How could I dare!

"Alright, just walk a few steps as a formality, then go back through the back door." Zhu Yan never intended for them to actually carry her around. If they were to recognize someone, they should come to the main building to pay their respects. What's the point of carrying her around? It's just a waste of their time.

"But Patriarch..." Lin Shen seemed to still want to argue.

"Whose orders are you listening to?" Zhu Yan seemed a little impatient. Lin Shen claimed to be following him, but he always talked about the head of the family.

Indeed, one must cultivate trusted confidants gradually.

"Yours." Seeing that Zhu Yan was angry, Lin Shen finally behaved himself. "I'll go back right now."

So he didn't say another word after the banquet until he returned to his bedroom.

Xu Zhiyuan and Lu Ze were waiting for Zhu Yan in his room. They had only been inside for a short while, barely had they settled in, when Zhu Yan returned.

Lu Ze watched Zhu Yan alight from the sedan chair and sit on the chaise lounge, then asked, "Is the manor so small?"

Zhu Yan adjusted his posture, casually placing one leg on the chair, bending the other leg, and resting his head on the upper part of the chair, tilting it slightly backward.

"It's too much trouble, so annoying," Zhu Yan replied.

"Little Yanyan, you're just too lazy. You even complain when people carry you around." Xu Zhiyuan sat on the sofa and teased Zhu Yan, who was lying on the chaise lounge.

"You just found out I'm lazy?" Zhu Yan chuckled and retorted in response to Xu Zhiyuan's teasing.

Well, it wasn't the first day. Both of them knew that Zhu Yan acted like a lord every day, never standing if he could sit, and the key was that his posture was not upright, lazy and sluggish, without any proper manners.

What's most infuriating is that this lazy sitting posture actually has a unique charm at the banquet, captivating many people.

Moreover, Zhu Yan wasn't very fun. He spent his days fiddling with his computer, sometimes playing games. If Xu Zhiyuan hadn't always forced him to go out and play, he wouldn't have left his room for a whole day.

"That's good. Now that you've found your biological parents, I can tell they genuinely care about you, a thousand times better than the Wen family. I'm relieved." Although Xu Zhiyuan's gaze was fixed on Zhu Yan, his eyes were unfocused, as if he were lost in thought.

"Come on, don't talk to me in such a profound tone. What are you pretending for?" Zhu Yan was used to Xu Zhiyuan's glib talk, so his sudden seriousness made him feel a little uncomfortable.

The key point is that these words sound like instructions from an elder to a child, so who is being taken advantage of?

Xu Zhiyuan laughed, somewhat helplessly. It seemed that joking with him too much wasn't a good idea; now, even putting in a little effort would get him criticized.

Lu Ze was already used to the verbal sparring between the two. He just smiled and glanced around the luxurious and spacious bedroom, noticing that servants were standing everywhere, while Lin Shen was always by Zhu Yan's side.

It's fortunate that the room is ridiculously large, otherwise it would be very crowded for more than a dozen people to stand there.

"Brother Yan, are they all here to serve you?" Lu Ze asked curiously.

"Serve?" Zhu Yan sneered. "Here to keep an eye on us."

Zhu Yan felt a headache coming on whenever they were mentioned. Not only were they making him unable to take care of himself, but they also kept nagging him to go to sleep every night at ten o'clock. He was getting really annoyed.

Who has a family where everyone goes to bed at 10 p.m.? Are they even normal people?

Moreover, he was used to being ignored in the Wen family, and being watched by a group of people every day here made him feel uncomfortable all over.

Lin Shen felt a pang of sadness upon hearing Zhu Yan's assessment of them.

"Young Master, we..." Lin Shen's tone was somewhat aggrieved, but he was interrupted before he could finish speaking.

"Stop, no need to explain, I don't want to hear it. You're even more long-winded than Xu Zhiyuan." Zhu Yan didn't want to listen to Lin Shen's long-winded explanations; they gave her a headache.

It's nothing more than that we're here to take care of your daily needs, that your foot is injured, that you can't put weight on it, and that it's inconvenient for you.

……

He can recite them all.

But Xu Zhiyuan, who was standing to the side, was not happy about it.

"Am I being long-winded?" he questioned Zhu Yan.

Zhu Yan ignored him, so he pulled Lu Ze aside and forced him to look at him. "Am I being long-winded?"

"Bro, can't you have some self-awareness?" Lu Ze retorted without holding back.

Dissatisfied with the answer, Xu Zhiyuan ruthlessly pushed Lu Ze away, saying, "Then you can shut up."

Lu Ze: Tsk tsk tsk, still someone you can't talk about.

Lu Ze glanced at it sideways, showing his disdain.