Xia Weibao was a savvy person and guessed what he was up to when he didn’t return to the company.
She hid in Zhong Wanshu’s room and refused to leave.
If Lu Hualiang caught her, she’d be in big trouble.
She didn’t dare come out until dinner time.
After dinner, Xia Weibao and Lu Huashan assisted Zhong Wanshu on a ten-minute walk and then took her back.
A maid helped her bathe, and Xia Weibao and Lu Huashan continued their walk.
The scenery of Lu Garden was breathtaking, and with a goddess accompanying her, Shanshan couldn’t have been happier.
The residential area was named Lake Heart Community because of the natural small lake within it.
The lake’s water was crystal clear, with swaying aquatic plants and wild little fish — very beautiful.
Lu Garden and the Presidential Mansion used this small lake as the dividing line.
There were walls separating the shores, but nothing blocked the lake’s surface.
You could see the other side, but you couldn’t walk over, nor were there any boats.
Unless, of course, you swam across or knew the Light Skill Water Float.
Both Lu Garden and the Presidential Mansion had built a small pavilion by the lake to enjoy the view.
When Xia Weibao and Lu Huashan sat down at the pavilion, Yan Weiyang and Yan Yuexian happened to arrive at the pavilion on the Presidential Mansion’s side.
Xia Weibao vs. Lu Huashan, "..."
Yan Weiyang vs. Yan Yuexian, "..."
This was truly one of those legendary encounters between rivals, having just had an unpleasant incident early that day, and now they ran into each other again!
They genuinely found each other insufferable.
Turning away immediately would seem too unrefined, so after exchanging glances, they all sat down at their respective pavilions.
For Xia Weibao and Lu Huashan, it was no big deal. Yan Weiyang or Yan Yuexian didn’t matter much to them.
Yan Weiyang was cunning; even if she longed to mar Xia Weibao’s face, she wouldn’t show it.
Yan Yuexian, on the other hand, was a naive and straightforward young lady afflicted with a princess syndrome.
Her dislike for Xia Weibao and Lu Huashan was blatantly displayed on her face, screaming "I hate you both."
The distance was too far to hear the voices from the opposite side, but Xia Weibao and Lu Huashan could be seen whispering, occasionally covering their mouths to chuckle, sometimes laughing uproariously.
Yan Yuexian pouted angrily, annoyed at how those two could laugh so freely over there. They looked absolutely obnoxious, obnoxious, obnoxious!
She glanced back at her own side, where Yan Weiyang had been sitting expressionlessly the whole time, not saying a single word, terribly dull.
Yan Yuexian was lively and loved excitement, so she felt even more out of sorts.
"Laughing like a couple of fools."
She mumbled discontentedly, refusing to admit she envied the camaraderie on the other side, much less her desire to join in.
There’s no point sitting around here when she could go back and practice the zither.
She had studied Xia Weibao’s Fuxi Finger Technique for ages but couldn’t even touch the threshold — it was too hard.
She genuinely loved the guqin and could only continue to ponder it herself.
Yan Weiyang had long been impatient, seeing Xia Weibao and Lu Huashan getting along so well was driving her nuts.
When Yan Yuexian suggested leaving, she naturally agreed.
Just as they rose to leave, Lu Hualiang appeared at the pavilion opposite, carrying a coat.
Then he draped the coat over Xia Weibao’s shoulders.
The doting look in his eyes instantly made Yan Weiyang’s blood boil with rage!
Lu Huashan seemed somewhat displeased, and her expression changed as she spoke to Lu Hualiang.
Though she couldn’t hear the conversation, Yan Weiyang could guess from their expressions what was happening.