Nalan Yanran's Peculiar Trait (Third Update)

With that thought, Mo Li forced a smile, as though the earlier unpleasantness had never happened. He directed the servants to unload the birthday gifts Nalan Yanran and Ge Ye had brought for the Mo Clan's patriarch, then said no more.

Nalan Yanran glanced at Mo Li, a flash of distaste in her beautiful eyes.

"Sister Yanran, it's been so long! Come to the Mo Residence. I'll have my brother arrange a room for you." Ling Lin came over, linked arms with Nalan Yanran, and began coaxing her.

"Hehe... I wouldn't want to disturb the old master's peace. I'll stay at this inn. Mr. Ge, would you book us rooms?" Nalan Yanran declined with a smile. She had no idea the Mo Clan would dare use such despicable methods against her, but her instincts told her not to get too close to them. Her teacher had also instructed her to leave after the birthday banquet and not to stray too far from Ge Ye.

When Ling Lin saw Nalan Yanran refuse, she looked helplessly toward Mo Li. Only after he nodded did she hurry off to help book the rooms.

The inn belonged to the Mo Clan, so its staff naturally obliged the Mo Clan's second young lady.

But just as Nalan Yanran and Ge Ye headed upstairs, two more figures appeared. An ordinary-looking young man stepped into the inn. "Two rooms."

"Do you have an invitation from the Mo Clan? If not..." the inn's maid said tactfully.

Beside him, Yao Ye stood calmly, much like a maid herself. She took two ink-green invitations from her Storage Ring and handed them over.

Though the Jia Ma Imperial Family's influence in Salt City lay mostly with the military, and they owned no shops in the city where they could stay, obtaining