Yin Mingyu has recently been reading into Feng Shui and some books on ghosts and gods. There was a lady, the wife of the youngest son of the Guanglu Temple Minister, whose surname was Wen. She was only one year older than her and was also newly wed.

Lady Wen seemed gentle mannered but she also liked these things. The two of them sat together and chatted. As the content they spoke about from time to time was quite horrifying, there was no one else within ten feet of them.

Such leisurely time passed very quickly. The ladies said their farewells one after another and went out to become the wives of other families.

Jiang Fourth Lady saw everyone off, and Eldest Lady Qi walked over to Yin Mingyu and kept her for a while, but she just stared at a peony for a long time without saying a word.

Yin Mingyu saw that she had something to say, so she didn’t rush her and waited quietly for her to speak.

After a long while, Eldest Lady Qi said, “Second Lady Yin, Jiang Four often calls friends. If you want to make friends with someone, she will be happy to introduce you to someone.”

Yin Mingyu nodded and said with a smile: “If Sister Jiang doesn’t mind me being too much trouble, I will definitely bother her.”

Eldest Lady Qi was not a gentle person, and she said a little stiffly: “If you have nothing to do, you can invite us. If you have anything to ask, you can ask us. We will definitely not refuse to help if we can.”

Yin Mingyu smiled and said nothing, just looked at her.

Eldest Lady Qi looked away and said softly, “Be nice to her child……”

After saying goodbye to Jiang Fourth Lady and Eldest Lady Qi, Yin Mingyu entered the Xie family’s carriage. When she saw the noble and cold man in the carriage, she asked gently, “Are you here to pick me up, Langjun?”

Xie Qin put down his book and nodded honestly.

Yin Mingyu sat down by the carriage window and said with a smile, “Langjun, you didn’t ask me first.”

Xie Qin said, “I am bringing my wife back home. There is no need to worry too much.”

It was quite chilly in the late autumn evening. Yin Mingyu closed the carriage window, looked at Xie Qin, and suddenly said, “It’s a good thing that Langjundidn’t expose his face.”

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Xie Qin looked puzzled.

Yin Mingyu didn’t speak directly, but instead asked: “Langjun, you said one should be honest, but will you be angry because of my inappropriate words?”

“Of course not.”

Yin Mingyu lowered her eyes and chuckled, “Actually, Langjun, you are not as popular as people say. Some people don’t like you very much.”

Xie Qin was silent for a while, then said, “There is no perfect person in the world, so we need to reflect on ourselves often.”

Yin Mingyu was speechless.

Xie Qin took out his chess box and calmly invited: “Would you like to play a game of chess?”

Yin Mingyu had no objection, but she just sat opposite him and thought it would be good to find something to do, so she accepted the white piece.

Her chess skills were average, and she had some time to play at first, but she was soon beaten by Xie Qin and had no place to put her chess pieces. She held up the chess piece and looked around, but seeing that she was doomed to lose, she simply put down the chess piece and admitted defeat.

Xie Qin collected his pieces slowly and calmly asked, “Do you want to play another game?”

Yin Mingyu refused bluntly, “Forget it, I don’t have any fun in a crushing situation.”

Xie Qin glanced at her and said calmly, “The chess game is indeed boring, but your sad expression just now is quite interesting.”

Yin Mingyu: “……!”

“No one is perfect.” Xie Qin put the black pieces into the chess box one by one, and said in a clear voice, “I will reflect on myself.”

Yin Mingyu suddenly felt depressed.

After they returned to Xie’s house, Xie Ce rushed up to them excitedly. Yin Mingyu thought about her chess game with Xie Qin and the difference in chess pieces, and it must be the opposite with Xie Ce, so she invited him to play chess together.

A smile flashed in Xie Qin’s eyes and he let them go.

 Xie Ce was indeed no match for her, he didn’t even know how to make a move.

Yin Mingyu looked at the chess piece in the middle of the grid. She didn’t feel the fun of bullying a child at all, so she patted the top of his head and said, “Forget it, let’s wait another two years.”

Xie Ce rubbed her hand, then took out a chess piece from the chess box and placed it neatly on the chessboard.

Yin Mingyu looked at the ignorant child and suddenly smiled: “Why do you need me to be nice to you? Your mother left you with good karma, and I, your stepmother, am just bullying you for fun.”

She was a little envious and wanted to make some like-minded friends.

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