Chapter 71: Underestimated Her (2)

Huangfu Jue turned back around, only to face forward again as Gan Yuan appeared in the garden, ostensibly there to find Gan Tang in the stable.

Could this woman be lost?

As he pondered, Gan Yuan changed direction, emerging from beneath the grape trellis, passing between the two trees with fiery-red blossoms, and made her way to the back of the stable.

On the balcony, Huangfu Jue's blue eyes narrowed.

When he first bought this castle, there was a path under the grape trellis that led directly to the stable. Later, when the garden was redesigned, that path was covered with grass. The route Gan Yuan just took was exactly along that old path.

It's not just the guests, even the new servants aren't aware there ever was a path there, yet she knew to take this shortcut?

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In front of the stable, Gan Tang watched the workers bathe the white horse.