Chapter 279: Plan

“Does Steward Ye have a very bad misunderstanding about Young Master?”

“So you knew about that too?”

Hearing Jiang Sui say that, Lu Yunze couldn’t help rolling his eyes at her.

“But she said you’re a Harem Protagonist, Young Master. Aren’t you angry, Young Master?”

“It’s not that I’d get angry…”

Lu Yunze had heard the term Harem Protagonist before, from his university classmates.

Especially Xiao Lin. Whenever the Harem Protagonist topic came up, he would erupt with a lot of resentment and mutter some terrifying-sounding words:

“Anyone who builds a harem deserves to die.”

“Why doesn’t this kind of good thing ever happen to me?”

“Whoever builds a harem, I’ll cut ties with them.”

In short, he was full of resentment, the kind no one could persuade him out of.

Rather than the Harem Protagonist topic, Jiang Sui actually cared more about the relationship between another person and Lu Yunze.

“Young Master, have you ever spoken with Steward Ye before?”

“Rarely.”

Apart from times when he couldn’t find Luo Qiaoying and needed to ask her, Lu Yunze rarely talked with her.

He didn’t know if it was because she also served as Luo Qiaoying’s guard, but Lu Yunze felt this person was somewhat hard to approach.

He just never expected her to develop such a strange misunderstanding.

“Then what does Young Master think of her?” Jiang Sui poked her chin and asked.

“What could I think? I’m not even familiar with her.”

“Mm, I see. Not familiar.”

Jiang Sui smiled slightly and looked at Lu Yunze, who was crouching to tend the flowers and plants.

“Then is Young Master familiar with me?”

“…”

Lu Yunze looked up at her, seemingly not knowing how to answer such a question.

Familiar?

That was far too familiar. Not only her personality, but even her body was almost thoroughly known to him.

“Why isn’t Young Master saying anything?”

Jiang Sui was almost pressing her mouth to his ear.

“Young Master~ are you really this unwilling to pay attention to me?”

Lu Yunze’s shoulder trembled, but he continued with the work in his hands.

Seeing this, Jiang Sui immediately showed a regretful expression.

“In the end, my feelings were still misplaced, Young Master. After you played with my body, you started neglecting me. No doubt it won’t be long before you find a better woman than me. That’s fine too. Young Master must have long found me annoying, so disappearing from your life early wouldn’t be without its benefits.”

When these words reached Lu Yunze’s ears, they truly made his heart itch.

When Jiang Sui sighed and turned to leave, he still couldn’t help standing up and grabbing her wrist.

“All right, all right. I don’t dislike you. It’s my fault for ignoring you, okay?”

“Heh, Young Master really loves telling the truth. It makes me shy.”

Jiang Sui changed her expression faster than turning a page, touching her cheek and posing like an innocent young girl.

Just then, a peach-colored petal landed on top of Lu Yunze’s head. Jiang Sui immediately stood on tiptoe and picked it off for him.

“Is this… a Peach Blossom petal?”

Hearing the girl’s confusion, Lu Yunze turned to look at the peach tree in the Courtyard.

All the other plants had entered their winter state early, but this tree alone was full of blooming flowers, becoming a beautiful sight in the Courtyard.

“How strange.” Lu Yunze muttered. “It’s clearly January, so why can this tree bloom so abundantly?”

Peach Blossoms usually bloom the most from March to April. Why was this tree blooming more than two months early?

Could this tree be a special variety that is especially cold-resistant?

The cold wind blew noisily, and even the most gorgeous Peach Blossoms would have a few petals blown off.

At times like this, Jiang Sui would consciously bring cleaning tools and sweep the Courtyard.

That day, Lu Yunze ran into Ye Qianlan several more times.

Each time he wanted to speak first, she looked as if she couldn’t avoid him fast enough and deliberately kept her distance.

Although in front of others Ye Qianlan would not take the initiative to mention Lu Yunze’s Harem Protagonist nickname, the look she gave him made her meaning clear.

The misunderstanding had not been cleared up.

This troubled Lu Yunze. He wanted to explain clearly to her, but she simply wouldn’t give him a chance. What was he supposed to do?

If word of the Harem Protagonist rumor got out someday, wouldn’t Lu Yunze’s reputation be ruined?

“Bitter. So bitter.”

Lu Yunze let out a long sigh in his Bedroom.

“Is it?”

Jiang Sui, beside him, blinked.

This time she had a legitimate reason for appearing in Lu Yunze’s Bedroom: she said she had made fruit salad and brought it specially for Young Master.

Hearing Lu Yunze say that, Jiang Sui first put a bite of cantaloupe into her own mouth and tasted it carefully.

“It’s not bitter. It’s very sweet.”

Lu Yunze gave her a look. “How am I supposed to explain it clearly to her?”

“Do you have to explain it clearly?”

Jiang Sui speared a piece of watermelon with a toothpick and brought it to his lips.

Just as Lu Yunze was about to eat it, she played hard to get and quickly put it into her own mouth.

“You’re not the one being gossiped about, so of course you’re not anxious.”

“True. I’ve never seen Young Master look so helpless that he cries. It must be delicious. I mean the fruit.”

Jiang Sui speared a piece of apple and brought it to Lu Yunze’s lips again, then in the instant she turned her head, put it into her own mouth.

“…A real man, how could he cry just like that?”

“Young Master is truly admirable, but that only makes me want to see Young Master cry even more.”

Jiang Sui speared a piece of pear.

This time Lu Yunze first glanced at her, saw sincerity and innocence in her light purple eyes, and only then opened his mouth in relief.

Then Jiang Sui put the fruit into her own mouth again, looking utterly pleased.

“Weren’t you giving that to me?”

Lu Yunze thought, so you just wanted to find a place to slack off and eat snacks, huh?

“Young Master can eat it, but I can’t?”

“Anyway, since you’ll be mine in the future, aren’t your things also my things?”

“The taste is really good.”

He had to admit Luo Yao’s cooking was good.

Of course, Jiang Sui never mentioned that she had made this fruit salad.

Lu Yunze didn’t know even after he finished eating it all.

After eating the after-meal dessert, Lu Yunze lay back with his arms behind his head and began worrying about how to save his reputation.

Seeing his expression about to scrunch into a bitter melon, Jiang Sui ultimately stopped her steps to leave the room and returned to his side.

“What, are you going to feed me salad dressing too?” Lu Yunze looked at the empty bowl.

“How did Young Master know?”

Jiang Sui pretended to be surprised, but soon indicated it was a joke.

“I thought of a good idea. It just depends on whether Young Master is willing to accept it.”

“I’m willing!”

Lu Yunze sprang up at once.

“Quick, tell me what it is!”

Seeing how eager he was, Jiang Sui’s smile took on a familiar slyness, immediately making him feel something was off.

The next day, in the Corridor of the Gu-style Mansion, Lu Yunze and Ye Qianlan met again.

Seeing him walk toward her, Ye Qianlan’s first reaction was to slow down, then plan to turn and leave.

“Um, Miss Ye…”

Unfortunately, she still did not escape Lu Yunze’s hunting range and was forced to stop.

“I can’t bear the title of Miss. I’d have my Salary docked.”

Don’t be fooled by how Luo Qiaoying could usually get along well enough.

As the Eldest Daughter of the Luo Family, she had quite a strong sense of pride.

She couldn’t stand her own Servants showing off in front of her, nor others failing to properly carry out her orders.

Otherwise, being dismissed just for failing to take good care of the flowers and plants in the Courtyard wouldn’t happen.

“Then, Ms. Ye?”

“I’m not that old.”

“Steward Ye, is that okay?”

Ye Qianlan’s expression had already turned very ugly, but she still spoke with patience:

“So Young Master Lu, is there something you need from me? Let me say this first: although we are both Servants of the Lu Family, I am under Miss. I can’t do things like serving you. And even if you forcibly drag me to bed, you’d better be careful of these sharp teeth. I guarantee you’ll hurt too much to get out of bed for a month.”

“No, what kind of person do you think I am?”

Lu Yunze was almost stunned. He hadn’t even said anything yet, so how had she imagined so many things?

Ye Qianlan glanced left and right for a while, then answered:

“Probably a Harem Protagonist with lots of women and very loose in bed.”

Lu Yunze was truly so angry he laughed.

“First, I want to make one thing clear. Although I am a rich Young Master, what you said is just a stereotype and has nothing to do with me.”

“So you’re bad in bed?” Ye Qianlan widened her eyes.

“No, who’s bad in bed?” Lu Yunze was really angry now. “I mean you have a lot of misunderstandings about me. I’m not some Harem Protagonist, and I’m not as ambiguous with other people as you imagine.”

“Is that so?”

Ye Qianlan frowned.

At this time, it was Jiang Sui’s turn to appear.

Lu Yunze had already discussed it with her.

They were going to put on a play in front of Ye Qianlan to change her impression of him.

Verbal explanations alone would seem pale and weak, so he would prove it with actions.

Lu Yunze held Ye Qianlan there, waiting for Jiang Sui to appear, pretend to be a Maid who adored him, run over and get jealous, and then be righteously rejected by Lu Yunze.

As long as Ye Qianlan saw all of it, her impression of him would surely change.

Footsteps came, approaching.

Lu Yunze turned first, put on a serious expression, and spoke first:

“Why are you still pestering me? I already said it’s impossible for me to agree to you…”

Before he finished speaking, Lu Yunze’s expression froze.

Because the one who came was not Jiang Sui, but Luo Yao!

“Brother Lu, what were you just saying?”

Luo Yao was still holding a bowl of fruit salad, and the leisure on her face instantly disappeared.

Sensing that things were not good, Ye Qianlan voluntarily stepped back and left this battlefield to them.

“You, how are you here?”

“Why can’t I be here?” Luo Yao bit off a piece of cantaloupe forcefully. “I’d like to ask Brother Lu why you’re here. Did you arrange to meet someone here to do something?”

She glanced at Ye Qianlan. The other immediately explained that she was only passing by and that the person Lu Yunze mentioned was someone else.

Perhaps out of trust in her sister’s subordinate, Luo Yao did not keep pressing her, but instead stared at Lu Yunze with burning eyes.

“Brother Lu, you’d better explain this to me. You just ate salad last night, didn’t you?”

“Mm, yes, yes.”

Lu Yunze really wanted to say the salad was delicious, but unfortunately, it was not made by Luo Yao.