Liu Mingzhi did not answer Liu Xuan's question directly, but fell into silence again with a thoughtful expression.
After a long time, Liu Mingzhi turned around and walked towards the stone table where the rouge rice was placed. He reached out and grabbed a handful of rouge rice from the bag and looked at it carefully for a while, then put it back again.
"Xuan'er, where did you meet Miss Ren?"
When Liu Xuan heard Young Master Liu's unexpected answer, her pretty face couldn't help but froze for a moment. After she came to her senses, she walked directly to Young Master Liu and stopped, then casually put the rouge rice in her hand back into the bag.
"Brother, the question Xuan'er just asked you was whether you want to take Miss Ren back, but what are you talking about?
Compared to the important matter of whether you can renew your relationship with Miss Ren, where Xuan'er and Miss Ren met is not worth mentioning, okay?
Don't you think that your answer is somewhat wrong?
Tell me quickly, do you want to take her back? It’s not clear whether you miss her little sister now, but your little sister can tell that she misses you very much!
Miss Ren, as a maid of honor, has paid so much for you regardless of the prejudices of the world. As a grown man, can't you have some courage?
Xuan'er, if I were you, I would immediately send someone to bring Miss Ren from Shu... No... I would personally take someone to Shu to bring her back to the capital.
Miss Ren has been away from the capital for more than a year and two years, but she has never forgotten you.
Don't you miss her at all?
As the saying goes, men chase women over the distance, and women chase after men over the distance. Why is it so difficult to get here?
If you are a man, tell me quickly, do you want to take Miss Ren back? "
Liu Xuan talked a lot, and then she stared at Liu Mingzhi's face intently, as if she wanted to read something from his expression.
Liu Mingzhi felt the unabashed gaze of his younger sister Liu Xuan, and shook the jade fan in his hand gently.
"Finished?"
"It's over!"
"Then tell me, brother, where did you meet Miss Ren?"
Liu Xuan couldn't help but stamp her foot when she saw Young Master Liu's calm and calm demeanor.
"Oh, my dear brother, do you know the key point of this matter? Is it important to you where Xuan'er and Miss Ren met?"
"unimportant."
"That's alright. Since it's not important, why do you insist on asking about this? What you should consider now is how to continue the marriage between you and Miss Ren.
Xuan'er really doesn't understand whether you are really confused or whether you are deliberately pretending to be confused for Xuan'er.
Which one is more important, why can't you tell the difference? "
"Since it's not important, why don't you tell eldest brother?
As for the other issues you mentioned, brother has his mind set and knows what he is doing, so you don’t have to worry about me.
Tell me, where did you meet Yatou Ren? "
Liu Xuan looked at Young Master Liu's firm eyes, remained silent for a moment with a hesitant look on her face, and softly uttered four words.
"Ningzhou Station."
The excitement deep in Liu Mingzhi's eyes flashed away, and then his eyes returned to that calm look.
"The Ningzhou Station on the official road of Ningzhou Prefecture leading to the capital?"
"Um."
"What about her? You met by chance in Ningzhouyi. Now that you have arrived home, she should have arrived in the capital as well, right?"
Liu Xuan shook her head with regret on her face, her lips parted slightly and sighed.
"After Xuan'er and Miss Ren met by chance at Ningzhou Post, she handed this bag of rouge rice to Xuan'er and asked me to bring it to you, and then took a carriage back to Shu.
It has been about six or seven days, and she should have returned to Shu by now. "
"What? Are you going back again?" Young Master Liu couldn't help but increase his tone, then immediately coughed twice, and then waved the folding fan in his hand with a calm demeanor.
"Ahem... Since she has already reached the boundary of Ningzhou, why did she go back again? Isn't this too much to bear?
Didn't you tell her and ask her to come back to Beijing with you? "
Liu Xuan sighed heavily, turned around and sat on the stone bench, picked up some tea and moistened her throat.
"Why didn't Xuan'er say it? Not only did Xuan'er say it, but she also said it more than once.
But Miss Ren told me that even when she arrived in the capital, she planned to ask someone to deliver this bag of rouge rice to you, and had no intention of delivering it to you personally.
Because she doesn't know if you want to see her, she is worried that you will be unhappy if she suddenly appears in front of you.
I told her that brother, if you see her, not only will you not be unhappy, but you will also be happy and excited, but she is still hesitant.
Later, we stayed in the same room and chatted until late at night. During this period, Xuan'er was making insinuations, and her words were almost worn out, but she still couldn't convince her to change her mind.
Otherwise, Xuan'er would not have handed this bag of rouge rice to you, but she would have followed Xuan'er back to the capital and handed it over to you personally.
Finally, she forced the cloth bag to Xuan'er outside the inn, thanked her, and then took the carriage back to Shu.
Xuan'er wanted to persuade her a little more, but she had already said everything she needed to say that night, and she really didn't know how to persuade her anymore.
She really doesn't want to come to the capital. Xuan'er, I can't knock her unconscious and take her back to the capital by force, right?
What if, as Miss Ren said, you will be unhappy when you see her?
It's not a person's name to fall on both ends.
With no other choice, my little sister and I could only watch her riding the carriage on the official road and go further and further away until she disappeared at the end of the official road.
The reason why Xuan'er just told you that Miss Ren is getting married, isn't it just to see what you really think about Miss Ren?
If I had known that you would not be angry and would still care about her so much, Xuan'er would have knocked her unconscious and forcibly brought her back to the capital to see you.
I really regret it now. There are so many official roads, so why do I have to take the Ningzhou official road?
Otherwise, Miss Ren should be in the capital by now.
After she asked someone else to bring the rouge rice to you, eldest brother, even if she left immediately, how far could she go in one night? If you wanted to catch up, it would definitely be too late.
Unfortunately, it's too late to say anything now. "
Liu Mingzhi hesitated and thought for a long time, then lightly glanced at Liu Xuan next to him.
"Apart from the conversation between you two and this bag of rouge rice, didn't she tell you anything else?"
"No, whenever the two of us talk about her life-long events, she answers the same questions as you did just now. She ignores him and doesn't talk about it in depth at all.
Xuan'er asked a little more directly, and she deliberately changed the topic.
She didn't want to talk about this matter, so Xuan'er couldn't open her mouth and forcefully ask, right?
Big brother, it’s not too late to make amends!
If you go and bring Miss Ren back now, it's still not too late. "
