Chapter 714

Chapter 714

Chris looked at Rachel’s leisurely posture and the corners of her mouth could not help but

twitch.

Whether to say it or not, Rachel’s mentality was off the charts.

This was the first time Chris had seen someone who came to provoke others so at ease.

“The scenery here is really good,” Rachel said seriously.

Chris looked at Rachel speechlessly.

This courtyard was far inferior to the front courtyard in terms of layout and decoration. Hence, the

people in this courtyard tried their best to enter the front courtyard.

This was the first time Chris had heard someone praise the beautiful scenery in this courtyard.

Rachel walked in front of the crabapple tree and broke off a branch.

Rachel picked up a crabapple flower with her fingertip and sniffed it.

At this moment, there was the sound of a door opening behind Rachel, followed by the sound of high

heels tapping on the floor.

Rachel acted as if she did not hear it. She continued to admire the crabapple flower in her hand, and

the corners of her mouth curled into an intriguing smile.

Through the

gaps between the flowers and trees, Marina vaguely saw Rachel’s figure.

At first, Marina thought that she had seen it wrongly, but when she walked around the bushes in front of

her and saw Rachel’s figure clearly, a strong sense of disgust surfaced in her eyes.

“Why are you here?”

“I saw the gate of this courtyard open and walked in.” Rachel turned around and looked at Marina with

a kind expression. “Could it be that there’s a taboo in this courtyard that I can’t

come to?”

Marina lowered her eyes to hide the disgust in them. She smiled. “You’re David’s fiancée now. You’ll be

the Jones family’s future mistress. As long as you want to, you can even enter other courtyards

unimpeded, let alone this one.”

“Auntie Marina, it’s good that you know it,” Rachel said calmly.

Of course, someone as smart as Rachel could hear the sarcasm in Marina’s words.

However, Rachel had always known how to anger people.

Instead of flying into a rage out of humiliation, it was better to appear calm and make Marina anger.

Seeing that Rachel hadn’t gotten angry, Marina felt a deep sense of failure.

Her expression changed slightly. Rachel took a deep breath and said mockingly, “Don’t think that

everything will be fine just because David is willing to marry you. With your background, it won’t be

easy for you to marry into the Jones family. Even the elders of the Jones family might not agree. Your

real test is still ahead.”

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Rachel twirled the petals of the crabapple flower with her fingertips. Her voice was so calm that no

emotional fluctuations could be detected. “Auntie Marina, you’re right. I’m used to knowing how to back

off. If it doesn’t work, I’ll just change to someone else to marry. Anyway, there are many men in this

world”

With David’s status, forget about the other women in Aureliana, even the usually arrogant and reserved

daughter of the Clifford family would lower her attitude when she saw David.

No daughter of aristocratic families did not want to marry David. However, this was the first time Marina

had heard someone describe David so badly.

There were many men in this world.

How could those men be compared to David?

Marina secretly gritted her teeth and put on a fake smile. “Miss Grey, you’re really arrogant! I think you

don’t lack male friends around you!”

Rachel’s gaze casually swept past the bodyguards behind Marina. Then, Rachel lowered her eyes and

curled her lips into an intriguing smile. “There are some things that everyone knows very well. It’s really

not appropriate to say.”

Seeing Marina speak, Rachel hurriedly spoke again. “My bad. Auntie Marina, you should be thirsty

after talking for so long. Why don’t you come back to the courtyard with me to drink coffee and admire

the scenery there? There might be beautiful scenery that you won’t expect!”

Marina thought that Rachel was showing off to her. Marina snorted angrily. “I don’t have time to play

with you!”

With that, Marina raised her chin slightly and turned to leave in her high heels.

All Marina could think about now was the exchange’s trouble.

There was a problem with the virtual currency, and now the exchange was being targeted by the

regulatory department. If the relevant departments were to get involved in the

investigation, there would probably be trouble.

Rachel couldn’t help but smile as she watched Marina leave in a hurry. “Looks like something is

wrong.”

Otherwise, Marina could have heard the hidden meaning in Rachel’s words.

Rachel gave a hint, but Marina did not understand. Then, Marina could not be blamed for what would

happen later.

Rachel dropped the flower she was playing with. When she turned to leave, a tall figure enveloped her.

The man’s cold wooden fragrance filled the tip of Rachel’s nose, easily replacing the fragrance of the

crabapple flowers.

His deep voice was mixed with a hint of magnetism, like the bass chord of a cello. “Tell me about the

male friends around you.”

Rachel’s eyebrows twitched.

Rachel did not expect that the words she used to provoke Marina would be heard by David. Seeing

Rachel’s guilty silence, David took a step forward and reached out to hold her waist,

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pulling her into his arms. “Why aren’t you saying anything? Hmm?”

Chris, who was standing at the side, turned around and quietly walked to a corner.

“I just said it casually.” Rachel blinked and looked at David innocently. With a fawning smile, Rachel

cleverly changed the topic. “Why are you suddenly here? Are you done with it?”

Her charming eyes were black and bright, pure black and white, revealing an indistinguishable

innocence. In an instant, David was defeated.

With his palm on the back of Rachel’s head, David bent down and kissed her hard. “Why are you

here?”

“The crabapple flowers here are blooming quite well,” Rachel said as she handed the broken branch to

David. “Smell it.”

David sniffed lightly and an ambiguous smile flashed across his eyes. “I’ve smelled better

ones.”

“There are other crabapple trees here?” Rachel looked around curiously.

David held Rachel’s hand. “Follow me!”

The two of them passed through a secluded path and walked through a bamboo forest. The narrow

road ahead suddenly opened up.

An independent courtyard appeared in front of them.

It was a three-story single-family building with white walls, black tiles, and red lattice windows.

Outside the courtyard was a one-meter-wide cobblestone path with a small stream dug on the inside.

Because of this stream, there was an arched bridge in the front. The clear stream under the bridge

showed clusters of aquatic plants dancing with the slowly flowing stream. One could vaguely see

groups of goldfish swimming among the aquatic plants.

Rachel walked into the courtyard and looked at the ancient and quiet building in front of her. She

looked at David and asked, “What is this place?”

David’s Adam’s apple bobbed. He lowered his eyes to hide the emotions in his eyes and said calmly,

“It’s my courtyard.”

Rachel guessed that it should be where David grew up.

Although this courtyard looked a little too secluded, it did match David’s noble and

indifferent temperament.

Walking into the courtyard, Rachel looked around and found many rare and precious flowers and

plants.

No wonder David brought Rachel here.

There were many more good things here than in Old Mr. Jones’s courtyard.