"Give me a reason." Jiang Yeqian could no longer stand it. He was practically a celebrity back in the capital. His peers had teased him then, saying that if he was to be snatched away by a female bandit, he would definitely be made her husband.

In the end, he was rescued by this confusing woman, who said that she was afraid that he would have dealt with her in a manner worse than a beast—when in truth, she wanted to get rid of him. He could not understand if it was him who was not in the slightest bit attractive, or if she was the problem!

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Could it be that his attractiveness had lessened?

That was not true.

When he checked himself out in the mirror this morning, he was still extraordinarily handsome!

Qi Qingyao watched Jiang Yeqian quietly for a while. "I have a hunch that you're the troublesome sort."

Jiang Yeqian, "..."

Qi Qingyao did not want to be too overbearing. She said indifferently, "Give me a good reason why you keep insisting on staying with an infamous widow like me."

Jiang Yeqian was quiet and after thinking for a bit, he choked out, "I've set my eyes on your money. I never have to worry about food or clothing when I remain by your side."

Qi Qingyao was certainly surprised.

She put down her chopsticks and cradled her forehead in her hands.

She seemed to have been sincerely affected by that.

"Ahh! Oh my goodness! My heart has been shattered like smashed glass, I'm so hurt! I thought you were caught by my divine beauty but it turns out that you just want my money. I'm distraught! Oh, the minds of people are so narrow!"

Jiang Yeqian was dumbfounded by her dramatic display.

Just when he thought that she believed him.

Qi Qingyao scrunched her brows and gave him a gentle, knowing smile as she said, "I'll give you another one month's time. If you still can't recall who you were before this, then you really have to f*ck off."

Angered by her heartlessness, Jiang Yeqian took off his mask, left it on the spot, and took his leave.

At that moment, only Qi Qingyao and Si Jin remained at the dining table as they ate their meals. Qi Qingyao liked eating meat and Si Jin really loved eating rice. Si Jin was already on his fourth bowl.

Qi Qingyao had reminded him that she could call the waiter to top-up his portion if Si Jin had not had enough.

Curious, Si Jin asked, not quite understanding, "Sister, do you really hate him?"

"It's not that I hate him," Qi Qingyao said as she continued to gnaw on her drumstick.

"Then what is it?" Si Jin did not understand.

"I don't like things I can't control," replied Qi Qingyao.

"You can control me, and I let you control me," Si Jin said with a sweet smile.

"I can't control you either, but I think you're much simpler than him."After Qi Qingyao was done with her drumstick, she piled the bones together as she said, "If a person doesn't know who they were and were gravely injured before they lost their memory, they surely have some sort of amazing past. Consider the way he holds himself and his manner of speech. Even from his beautiful handwriting, one can tell he's not a simple person. If he wasn't some official, then he must be someone influential from the mainland. We definitely cannot afford to offend someone like him. It's not that I'm ruthless, I just want to avoid problems."

Si Jin nodded, not really understanding still.

Once the two of them were done with their meal, Qi Qingyao called for the waiter to clean their table. From the corner of the waiter's eye, he caught sight of the beautiful youngster seated next to Qi Qingyao and chatting away with her at the small, round yellow rosewood table. The waiter was taken aback.

He only knew before that this woman was very beautiful. Her three children were also really pretty and well dressed.

She had also brought two weird individuals, who wore ox and horse masks, along with her.

Who would have thought that one of the two individuals behind the masks would be such a beautiful youth?

The waiter did not dare say anything but thought to himself, 'Could she be the madame of some official who is secretly taking her children and subordinates to pay their respects at the koi temple?'