When Luo Ran saw his father coming, he was about to breathe a sigh of relief when he saw someone else following him. His face turned pale and he lowered his head.
Fu Jinan seemed to have arrived at his own home. He came in without looking at the group of people next to him. He went straight to the seat below Mrs. Luo and sat down. He picked up the tea cup at hand and smelled it. He frowned and put it down again. He seemed to be very happy. dislike.
Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he waved his hands casually: "You are busy with your business. I am just here to visit the Marquis on the order of the emperor. By the way, I would like to ask for a cup of tea."
Mrs. Luo kept smiling: "So it's Jin'an. Long time no see. How are you doing lately?"
Fu Jinan's lips curled up, as if he didn't hear the old lady's words. Instead, he looked to the middle of the ground in surprise: "It turns out that my second brother is here too."
"What you say is yours, don't worry about me."
After saying that, he stopped talking, picked up the teacup and shook it gently, as if he really just came to drink tea.
I don't know if it was an illusion, but Luo Ran always felt that there was a line of sight falling on him, and he felt uncomfortable all over.
But she couldn't care so much now. Since she had already mentioned it, it would be a waste not to explain it clearly.
"Grandma also saw it. The prince and his sister were cuddling in the garden, and she didn't take me seriously at all. If we still insist on this marriage, it will not only be me who will be ridiculed, but also the entire Luo family! "
Luo Ran looked at Fu Shiheng again: "Sir, this is the list of betrothal gifts. Please take a look at it and see if there is anything missing. Second Aunt has been keeping these all along. Second Aunt, please help the Master count them."
Li didn't expect that the fire would burn on her own head.
When the Fu family sent the betrothal gift, Luo Ran and his daughter were still on their way back to Beijing, so the old lady made the decision and asked her to help collect it temporarily.
Unexpectedly, Luo Ran insisted on returning to the private property of Dafang a few days ago. Mrs. Li thought that Luo Ran would not marry into the Fu family until next year anyway, so she misappropriated part of the betrothal gift to fill the vacancies.
At this time, if she breaks off the engagement, where will she get these things?
So, Mrs. Li took Luo Ran's hand and persuaded her with kind words: "Ran'er, you can't be angry for a moment. Xue'er only regards Shiheng as her brother. If you are unhappy, the second aunt will not let you go in the future." Xue'er just associates with Shiheng."
Luo Ruxue originally heard that Luo Ran was going to break off the engagement, and she felt happy for a while.
She was just acting for her grandmother just now, but now she saw that her mother's eyes did not look like hypocrisy, and she was a little anxious. She gently tugged on Fu Shiheng's sleeves and said pitifully: "Brother Shiheng, it's all Xue'er's fault." .”
Fu Shiheng glanced down at her, feeling a little distressed. Then he looked at Luo Ran opposite, who seemed like an indomitable grass, pliable and strong. He suddenly felt flustered.
If he was not satisfied with this marriage before today, he preferred the pretty and lovely Luo Ruxue in front of him compared to the Luo Ran whom he had never met and who had lost his mother since childhood.
But for some reason, after meeting Luo Ran today, he had a hunch that once he agreed to break off the engagement, he would definitely regret it.
"Canceling the engagement, I don't agree!"
As soon as Fu Shiheng finished speaking, he was stunned for a moment.
"Oh, look at my brain, I almost forgot about the real thing."
Fu Jin'an, who was drinking tea at the side, suddenly said: "Miss Luo, you helped me last time. The emperor was very happy when he found out about it and praised you for being a woman like no other. I specifically asked me to ask if there is anything Miss Luo wants. Reward?"
Luo Ran met his playful eyes and wondered what kind of medicine he was selling in the gourd: "My dear, thank you for your kindness. My dear, I don't need anything."
Fu Jinan seemed to just say it casually. Luo Ran said no, but he didn't insist.
Fu Shiheng glanced at his half-brother. Although he usually disliked him, at this time he hoped that he would stand up and say something for him.
But Fu Jinan only looked at him once when he came in, and then regarded him as a transparent person.
Luo Deyun frowned: "Shiheng, I know you have no intention of Ran'er, but..."
"Uncle Luo, you don't have to persuade me. I won't withdraw from this kiss! If uncle insists on withdrawing, just talk to my father! If you have other things to do, please don't bother your uncle."
"Old lady, take care."
Seeing that his elder brother refused to help him and that he was alone and helpless, Fu Shiheng simply ran away.
Seeing that there was no excitement to be seen, Fu Jinan also stood up and left.
When passing by Luo Ran, he deliberately whispered: "Miss Luo, I was in the garden just now and I helped you. How are you going to thank me?"
Luo Deyun was persuading the old lady at this time and didn't pay attention here for a moment.
Luo Ran glanced at him and said quietly: "Isn't Master Fu worried that this matter will spread out and damage the reputation of the Fu family?"
She didn't say what "this matter" was, but the two of them knew it.
Fu Jinan's cold eyes narrowed: "The Fu family's reputation? What does it have to do with me!"
Luo Ran was stunned.
After a moment, he bit his lower lip and asked in a low voice: "What on earth do you want to do!"
Fu Jinan raised his eyebrows, said nothing, and left with a big smile.
Changyun, who had been waiting outside the door, saw the master coming out in a good mood, and asked Changying curiously: "Why is the master so happy?"
Changying glanced at someone's back and warned in a low voice: "If you want to survive, don't ask so much!"
Changyun shrank his neck, and as expected he stopped asking.
Changying sighed.
He suddenly remembered that more than ten years ago, when he was only six or seven years old, he went hunting with the emperor for the first time in the Western Mountains.
The adult fell in love with a young deer at a glance. In order to catch it alive, the six-year-old adult followed the deer in the mountains for two days and two nights with Changying, who was seven years old at the time.
Just when the emperor thought that the two of them died in the mountain, the emperor finally came out of the mountain with the deer intact.
Only he knew what they went through in those two days and nights.
The adults liked the young deer very much and wished they could eat and sleep while watching it.
One day, the emperor Xuan entered the palace, and four-year-old Fu Shiheng somehow slipped into the emperor's yard and played with the deer for half a day.
After the adult came back, he walked around the deer, suddenly pulled out his dagger, and stabbed it into the deer's neck. He watched with his own eyes as the deer bled out bit by bit and died.
He also cut the deer into pieces with his own hands and threw them to feed the dogs.
I still feel chills when I think about it.
From that day on, Changying knew: no one else can touch the things that belong to adults!
Luo Deyun came out of Ningfuyuan and came to Luo Ran's yard.
Seeing that she looked calm and was directing her servants to move things, I finally felt relieved.
"Dad, why are you here? Why don't you come in?"
Luo Ran looked up and saw his father, and hurriedly put down the things in his hands and came towards him.
Luo Deyun stared at his daughter in a daze. The little baby who was no longer as long as his own arms had suddenly grown taller and taller, and had reached the age of marriage.
He suddenly felt a little sorry for his deceased wife, and his throat was a little hoarse: "Ran'er, daddy is sorry for you."
Luo Ran tilted his head and looked at his father: "Dad, if you want to break off the engagement today, there is no need. This matter is decided by the daughter herself and has nothing to do with dad."
Luo Deyun touched her head lovingly, feeling a little regretful: "If dad had canceled this marriage earlier, this wouldn't be the case now."
"But don't worry, since you decide to break off the engagement, daddy will definitely help you!"
