Time Travel: The Noble Family

Tingli was also infuriated by Yueyao’s demeanor, and said in exasperation, "What are you talking about? Who wants your money, who wants to drive you to death? You believe whatever anyone says, do you even have a brain?"

Yueyao laughed and said, "If I didn’t have a brain, I would have been long dead." Suddenly, Yueyao felt rather foolish. Why was she even arguing with Tingli about this? Was it necessary? Absolutely not.

Yueyao stood up, looked straight at Tingli, and gazed at him as if he were a stranger. "Forget it, you should go back! I want to live well, I don’t want to die young, so I will definitely not return to the Lian family. You all shouldn’t come here anymore either; I don’t want to see any of you."

Tingli’s face turned red with anger. He really hadn’t expected Yueyao to be so unreasonable. He couldn’t reason with Yueyao. He could only go and find Ma Chengteng and Ma Peng, to convince Yueyao to come home with him. Unfortunately, Tingli was soon disappointed, as Ma Chengteng plainly didn’t want to see him. Although he met Ma Peng, Ma Peng merely offered superficial pleasantries and made no promises to him.

Zhuang Ruolan became somewhat worried upon hearing this news and said to Ma Peng, "Is Yueyao really going to completely sever ties with the Lian family?" Reconciliation was definitely not possible, but Zhuang Ruolan thought it should be made to look acceptable to everyone. Yueyao not returning for the New Year, and now not attending the Lian family elder son’s wedding, would truly dishonor the Lian family.

Ma Peng didn’t think much of it. If Yueyao didn’t want to go, then that was that. He smiled and said, "Don’t worry, when the time comes, just say Yueyao is ill and can’t attend. That should allow the Lian family to save face."

Zhuang Ruolan nodded. There was nothing else to be done.

Xiang Wei thought Yueyao would be upset, yet she hadn’t expected Yueyao to directly enter the studio and start painting seriously. Xiang Wei knew well that if Yueyao’s heart was not calm, she wouldn’t paint. This meant that the incident with Tingli had no effect on Yueyao whatsoever.

While Yueyao was painting in the studio, Xi Yu called from outside, "Miss, Marquis Jingning’s Residence has sent an invitation, inviting Miss to attend Miss Luo’s birthday celebration next month."

The fifth day of May was Mingzhu’s fourteenth birthday. In the Great Yuan Dynasty, women reached marriageable age at fifteen, and after that, it meant they could get married, so this birthday of Mingzhu’s was to be celebrated grandly.

Yueyao took the invitation, thought for a moment, and then said to Xi Yu, "Tell the messenger that I will definitely attend the birthday banquet." Mingzhu had been so kind to her, so not attending would be unthinkable. Even though she disliked social gatherings, she would make the trip.