the other side.
Chen Anning returned to Luo Qiuyuan, packed up all the gold and silver jewelry given to her by Lu Wenjun and others, as well as the things she bought from today's shopping, and then followed her to Washington in a carriage.
On the road.
Chen Anning reached out to Xie Xun who was riding beside the carriage and said, "Five thousand taels of silver."
Xie Xun glanced at her hand, "What five thousand taels?"
"Performance fee." Chen Anning said calmly, "One thousand taels belongs to the prefect's palace, and four thousand taels belongs to the Washington palace."
Xie Xun decisively refused: "No."
"Are you sure?" Chen Anning glanced at him, half-smiling.
Xie Xun said: "I'm sure not."
Chen Anning retracted her hand: "We'll arrive in Washington soon, then we'll have to figure out what to do."
Xie Xun looked at her and said, half jokingly and half seriously: "Do you want Miss Chen Er to consider taking me down? I have a share of the Guangling Prince's family property. I am now the minister of Dali Temple and have a bright future. Take me down. What you get is much more than five thousand taels.”
Chen Anning looked at him and said, "Mr. Xie, have you forgotten that after capturing you, I will get far more than 5,000 taels, but the trouble you will cause me will also be far more than 5,000 taels."
"Risks and benefits are always equal." Xie Xunyou said, "Besides, even without me, you will still be in trouble."
"Just because I have a lot of troubles, I don't want to cause more troubles." Chen Anning retorted.
"But have you ever thought about it," Xie Xun reasoned patiently, "I can also block a lot of trouble for you."
Chen An Ning looked at him intently for a while, then teased: "Master Xie, are you confessing to me?"
Did you finally see it? Xie Xun nodded happily: "You can think so."
Chen Anning clicked her tongue twice, "Has Mr. Xie never been in love before?"
Xie Xun asked: "How to say?"
"Mr. Xie also saw what Miss Hua and Miss Hua did to me when we were in the Prefect's Mansion just now." Chen Anning mocked, "When we get to Washington Mansion later, it doesn't matter what they or the people in Washington will do to me. You can guess a bit. Mr. Xie chose to confess to me at this time. Do you really admire me, or do you want to use me to deal with the upcoming trouble? "
Xie Xun laughed twice and said, "I see you had a lot of fun dealing with them, didn't you?"
"Of course I enjoy it," Chen Anning said calmly watching the excitement, "After all, it's rare to see excitement like 'cousin, cousin, a match made in heaven'."
Xie Xun: ...He shouldn't talk too much.
"Miss Hua looks good," Chen Anning said in anger, "Mr. Xie, do you really not think about it?"
Xie Xun hummed: "Chen Anning!"
Chen Anning raised her eyebrows and asked him to speak directly.
Xie Xun raised one corner of his mouth and said, "My mother is already preparing for the wedding."
Chen Anning looked at him sideways, "So?"
Xie Xun joked, "Do you think that in five years' time, we will already have two children?"
Chen Anning smiled: "I don't know whether I can hug you or not. I only know that Mr. Xie's skeleton should be quite collectible."
"My father said that the property of the Guangling Palace will be divided equally between the three of us brothers." Xie Xun said casually, "According to my father's estimation, it will definitely not be a problem to buy half of the capital with the property after the equal division."
Chen Anning teased: "Master Xie, are you going to use this equally divided family property to hit me?"
Xie Xun looked at her eyes that brightened up in an instant, and teased: "Miss Chen Er, just say, are you allowed to smash it?"
Chen Anning tutted: "Five million taels is too little."
Xie Xun nodded: "That's quite a small amount, but there are still opportunities to make up for it, it depends on whether you are willing to seize it."
Chen Anning laughed out loud, "Master Xie is really moved by Fan Fan?"
"In ancient times, King You of Zhou lit beacon fire to play with the princes, just to win a smile from his admirers." Xie Xun said, "Now I have spent all my wealth just to get Miss Chen Er's promise. I don't know if Miss Chen Er will give her a chance." ?”
Chen Anning tilted her head and looked at him, "Are you serious?"
Xie Xun also looked at her with stern eyes: "I never tell lies."
After Chen Anning looked at him for a moment, she looked away calmly, "Why?"
"I just like it," Xie Xun said, "Where do you get so many of them?"
Chen Anning looked at him again, "Your liking is most likely just because you and I come from the same place."
"Chen Anning," Xie Xun smiled, "Are you belittling me or yourself?"
"It's just a backward system here."
"It doesn't mean that they are stupider or dumber than people in modern society."
“There are as many outstanding people here, both men and women, as there are in modern society.”
"So?" Chen Anning interrupted him disapprovingly, "I admit that there are many excellent people here, but you also said that the system here is backward. The backward system means that their thoughts will be corrupted to a certain extent. Restricted."
"You value me more, not because I am better than them, but because I have received the same education as you, and my thoughts have not been corrupted by these backward systems."
"In other words, what you value is not me, but the same kind of people who are not corrupted by the backward system."
"Same kind?" Xie Xun murmured, a trace of frustration flashing in his eyes.
Chen Anning affirmed: "Yes, the same kind."
"Okay, same kind." Xie Xun said lightly, "You have convinced me."
Chen Anning nodded and praised: "If you know your mistakes and can correct them, there is no greater good."
Xie Xun rode away.
Chen Anning looked at his arrogant back and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
In fact, she was not as indifferent as he thought.
In real life, there are many people pursuing her.
But when I hear about her profession, I will basically be scared away.
Among her peers, there were quite a few people who pursued her.
It's just that everyone is busy, and even if they work in the same unit, they can't see each other all the time.
If you don't get timely feedback on your good feelings, as time goes by, no matter how strong the feelings are, they will gradually fade away.
Therefore, she has really never been in love.
I don’t know how to fall in love either.
Another thing, people in their profession dissect the most corpses of love murders.
I'm used to seeing this, and I can say that I have basically no expectations for relationships.
So Xie Xun suddenly confessed... Her first thought was naturally that he had ulterior motives.
Thoughts abound.
Washington is also here.
Before setting off from the prefect's mansion, Hua Jin sent someone back to inform him in advance.
So as soon as the carriage stopped, it was surrounded by women and maids who came up.
"Mother!" Hua Rong got off the carriage first.
Passing through the mother-in-law and the maid, he quickly walked to the luxurious woman standing outside, immediately hugged her arm and said, "We brought the third cousin here!"
The noble lady, Mrs. Hua, nodded and looked at Xie Xun, who was riding on the horse and guarding the carriage behind.
After not seeing him for half a year, he seemed to have grown a little taller.
His appearance and demeanor became more and more handsome.
But his eyebrows seemed colder.
Hua Jin followed Hua Rong and got out of the carriage.
After calling Mrs. Hua "mother", her eyes followed her and fell on Xie Xun.
Xie Xun calmly turned over and dismounted, waited for Chen Anning to get out of the carriage, then walked with her to Mrs. Hua, bowed and said: "Auntie."
Chen Anning bowed and said, "Mrs. Hua."
After Mrs. Hua said gently "Thank you" to Xie Xun, she turned to look at Chen Anning.
The maid who came back first to inform her said she was vulgar.
But looking at her face and face at the moment, but still not losing half of her appearance and demeanor, it is obviously very different from what the maid said.
Is it pretending?
Or were Hua Jin and Hua Rong deceived by her?
Mrs. Hua calmly gave her a friendly smile, held her hand and said, "I'm asking you to come over so late. Are you tired?"
