CHAPTER 1225: CHAPTER 242: THE NOBLEMAN, POLISHED LIKE JADE (PART 2)

"Where are we going?" she asked.

"Jiangzhou, the place where we met, the place where we pledged our love, the place where we... will spend the endless years of our lives." The scenery there is beautiful and captivating, the sky is blue and vast, the air refreshing and soothing; he dreams of it, the spring blooms, and the woman he loves stands amidst a sea of flowers, turning her gaze towards him—one glance, eternity.

There aren’t so many rights and wrongs, just the two of them, opening their eyes to see each other, with time tranquil.

Yan Song lived in Capital City until he was five, but those memories are too distant now; all his memories start from age five, and in those memories, there’s only the blue sky of Jiangzhou, the boundless sea, and the silhouette of that girl.

Ji Yunya’s gaze filled with memories, she smiled and said, "Alright, but Aunt Zhuang will definitely insist we get engaged before letting us leave, and there are still many days until the engagement, let’s endure a little longer."

"Alas..." Yan Song sighed deeply, his warm breath stirring Yun Ya’s earlobe, her body trembled involuntarily, even the slightest changes in the body were keenly felt by Yan Song, who embraced her and growled lowly, "Don’t move..."

Ji Yunya truly dared not move anymore.

Yan Song took a good while to calm down, released her, his eyes somewhat bloodshot, poured himself a glass of cold water and gulped it down, Ji Yunya looked at him and said, "Drink slowly."

Yan Song slammed the glass on the table, stood up and walked away, "Sleep well, I’m leaving." With that, his silhouette swiftly vanished from the porch.

Ji Yunya shook her head and chuckled.

Feeling extremely tired, she got up and lay on the bed, just then Mingyue climbed in through the window, Ji Yunya buried her face in the pillow, "What’s wrong?"

"Xiao Zisu has returned to the Xiao Family, but she hasn’t found an opportunity to make her move yet, and the people tracking her say Xiao Bao’er intends to make a move on Miss at the Fangyuan Society event."

"Fangyuan Society?" Ji Yunya raised her brows slightly.

"I’ve found out that Fangyuan Society is a self-organized group by young women of note in the Capital City, aged between 14 to 25, mainly a gathering of socialites under the guise of networking events, but actually for contests and comparisons. Each year, a leader is chosen, who enjoys absolute voice within the society as the leader of these socialites."

Ji Yunya was intrigued, "What do they compete in?"

"Music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine, flowers, tea, equestrianism, judo."

Ji Yunya: ... That’s a decathlon.

These socialites truly have nothing better to do.

"Who was it last year?"

"Dongfang Yi."

Mingyue paused, and continued, "Every year the socialites openly and covertly fight for the leadership, which benefits not only their reputation but also greatly aids their marriage prospects. Furthermore, Fangyuan Society has a rule to invite famous young talents from the Capital City for networking events at the spring opening gala each year."

Ji Yunya mused to herself, isn’t this just a disguised matchmaking party?

"This year’s spring opening gala is on the day of the spring equinox, which is three days from now, Miss will surely be invited, and..." Mingyue looked up at Ji Yunya, inevitably participating in the contests, losing too badly would have the rumor spread wide across the world belittling Ji Yunya as unworthy of Yan Song...

Ji Yunya guessed what Mingyue was about to say, and sneered coldly, "If they’re not afraid of losing too miserably, let them come."

Mingyue, though unsure of Miss’s prowess, having spent days together, had some understanding — a typical case of hidden depths, estimated to surprise many when the time comes.

She silently lit a candle for those women.

——

Xiao Family, at this moment, was in chaos.

Servants gathered downstairs, listening to the arguments coming from upstairs, faces full of gossip.

Since that secret daughter returned, the house has never been peaceful for a day, that woman could really stir trouble, feeling unwell today, displeased with the view tomorrow, and now fighting for the second miss’s room, the madam was so angry she lost two pounds in three days.

"This is my room, what gives you the right to make me move out, it’s you who should be moving, you bastard." Xiao Bao’er shouted angrily.

Things were already bad enough, who knew a worse one would come; suddenly her father exposed having a secret daughter, this secret daughter she was too familiar with — the little celebrity Xiao Zisu, who was recently in the limelight battling with Xue Chengcheng tearing apart entertainment headlines every day, who in Country Hua doesn’t know her name?

Moreover, this Xiao Zisu is stunningly beautiful, has no acting skills, yet hogs the best resources in the entertainment industry, bombarded with appearances, to the extent of backlash from audiences, always embroiled in scandals of escorting and being a diva, but her patron behind the scenes has invested heavily in her, smoothing out scandals with money, an anomaly in the entertainment industry; she used to question which patron was so foolish to support a talentless pretty face, now she knows, the fool she referred to is her own father.