Annie brought Mavis' gifts to Harper. On her part, Harper continued to talk with Annie as if she had forgotten what had happened yesterday.

On her way to Harper's house, Annie had still been thinking about how to persuade Harper, if she were still angry and upset. However, it seemed like Harper was fine with everything. She was even smiling gently at Annie, as if nothing had happened.

"My Lady, it's good that you can think it through. Lady Mavis cares about you," Annie said earnestly. "It's inevitable for her to think in such a way, due to her old age. And there have been so many things happening in our mansion lately. It was just Lady Hailey was driving a wedge between you and Lady Mavis. I could sense Lady Mavis was even unhappy to see you so sad yesterday. She went to pray early this morning and didn't even have breakfast."

"No way!" Harper disagreed to Mavis' behavior. "I was too distracted yesterday

ailed to notice that Harper had been staying in Mavis' place all the day. If she knew that Harper had stayed with Mavis since that morning, Hailey would not have acted in a hurry.

Before five o'clock the next morning, Tina sneaked out from the back door of the Chu Clan mansion. She walked cautiously as if she was afraid that she would be found out. But what she did not know was that all her efforts were futile. She had already been noticed.

The sun had just started to peak out of the mountains but that didn't stop the prosperous west market in opening its stores and offering all sorts of wares and products. Servants from various mansions would come to purchase vegetables and fruits, which were fresh and cheap here. Foreign merchants would also have their own stalls to sell the goods they had brought from outside. The air was filled with a lot of cries from sellers and customers bargaining for good deals.

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