Chapter 138 · Main story end

“Yuan, where are we going?”

Lydia’s eyes sparkled as she looked at Yuan. With her bright smile, she looked genuinely happy.

Yuan frowned slightly as he looked down at the bound Lydia. It was as if everything that had happened yesterday had been erased from his mind.

“Are we going on a picnic? I’m so excited, Yuan!”

Lydia chirped happily in her excited voice.

Without responding to her words, Yuan opened the carriage door. Lydia looked at him, as if asking for his hand.

When Yuan shook his head, Lydia pouted. Then, realizing she was tied up, she looked flustered and teary-eyed.

“Yuan, why am I tied up? Let me go! Please, untie me!”

She struggled against the ropes, shouting.

Yuan nodded at Derek, as if telling him to handle it, and walked toward the carriage behind them.

Before getting in, Yuan glanced back at the duke’s residence. Through the…