Chapter 796: Chapter 797: Go Get an Umbrella
Looking at the straight road ahead that led directly to the building opposite, Huo Yishan couldn’t help but swallow her saliva.
They’re not really going to walk there, are they? In such scorching sun, and with her wearing high heels no less—wouldn’t this road take at least fifteen minutes to traverse?
Though she was quite good at handling high heels, the sun was just too intense.
And when the car could very well have driven in, why should they walk?
"Are we really going to walk over there?"
"Mm," Li Yuan didn’t tell her that this was a family tradition of the Li Family.
It was customary for a prospective bride to walk to the main hall upon her arrival.
"Let’s go, I’ll hold your hand."
He tightly held her hand, walking shoulder to shoulder with her. Their harmonious figures appeared to be part of a magnificent painting set within an ancient castle, dazzling and splendid.
Halfway through the walk, Huo Yishan’s brow lightly furrowed, showing signs of fatigue.
After all, this walk wasn’t casual like a typical shopping spree that involved dawdling and stopping; it required to maintain a formal posture all the way, which was genuinely exhausting.
Especially with the fierce sun beating down, she was about to break into a sweat.
"Go get an umbrella."
Noticing that she was intermittently using her handbag to shield her head, Li Yuan instantly ordered a servant to bring over a parasol.
Upon hearing this, the servant hesitated.
Because at this very moment, the matriarch and the entire Li Family were sitting in the main hall. The reason they had got out of the car in front of the castle was that the Young Master was bringing a girlfriend home for the first time, and the matriarch wanted to ’assess’ the future Young Madam’s character by having her walk from the main entrance.
The Li Family knew the matriarch favored modest girls; one had to be dignified, respectful, and resilient to qualify as their Young Madam.
Suddenly asking for an umbrella—would the matriarch mind? After all, it was a test of the Young Madam’s endurance; if she couldn’t even withstand the sun, she likely wouldn’t win the matriarch’s favor either.
Although the servant hesitated, they dared not defy the Young Master’s command, quickly retrieving an umbrella and bringing it back.
Opening a pure white lace-edged parasol, Li Yuan turned his head, a slight smile curling on his lips, and shielded her from the glaring sunlight.
In this manner, under a shared umbrella for two, the slanted rays of sun accompanying their clasped hands.
"Ah."
A soft exclamation, and Huo Yishan’s whole body suddenly swayed, gripping Li Yuan’s arm tightly!
This cry of alarm really frightened Li Yuan; he quickly turned his head only to see her frowning deeply, her form leaning on his arm.
"What’s wrong?" His deep eyes were full of concern.
Huo Yishan, with a furrowed brow, said, "I think I sprained my ankle."
Bending down, she realized that due to the weariness from walking, she hadn’t been careful and had sprained her ankle.
Li Yuan bent down to carefully examine her injured ankle, gently pinching it, "Does it still hurt?"
Under his gentle touch, Huo Yishan instinctively winced—it was indeed somewhat painful, but not excruciating.
"It’s nothing," she laughed it off, fully aware it was her first visit and as his ’girlfriend,’ she shouldn’t appear too delicate.
"Let’s go!"
She took his arm again and headed towards the main entrance of the castle.
But having just sprained it, there was still some pain, which she forcibly endured.
Li Yuan noticed her slightly knitted brows, aware that the sprain must have been to her ankle.
He suddenly stepped forward, stopping in front of her, then bent down, "Climb aboard, I’ll carry you."