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Chapter 265 A Competition of Earrings and Hairpins
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Looking at Ning Xueyan's mischievous look, the young man in white could not help smiling. He sat opposite her and looked around. Suddenly his face sank. "Where have your maids gone?"
"Tell me first, where is your servant?" Ning Xueyan smiled and asked Ming Yuanhua. What a coincidence that she could see Ming Yuanhua here.
After Ming Yuanhua knew her situation and her misfortune, he had no longer ignored her.
"There was a man who was surreptitiously speaking to someone when I saw him. He looked like he was from your house, and I wanted to ask if there was anything wrong, so I followed him." Ming Yuanhua smiled indifferently and took over the teacup from the owner of the tea house.
The rescuer talked with the one who was rescued and they drank tea together. Seeing this, the crowd felt bored and they all dispersed.
"Let me guess, is that person the reputable second son of the Xia family?" she asked in a pleasant mood.
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