Cui Lan smiled awkwardly, "This is my fault. I owe you. If you come to me, I can meet your condition within my ability."
It’s all Xia Ziyu’s fault!
Who knew that that guy wasn't in the capital at all? Who knew he would hold him to account as soon as he came back? Only then did he realize that the boss he usually only relied on tokens to communicate with was actually Xia Ziyu?
Hidden so deeply!
Cui Lan, a grown man in his thirties, was about to burst into tears. As a friend, he failed to keep him, and as a subordinate, he got the wrong partner. He was doomed.
"So?" Shen Lianqing was confused, "You came to me tonight just to talk about this matter?"
If that's the case, then it's okay to talk about it tomorrow.
Cui Lan put her fingers into her hair, with a sad look on her face, "Miss Qing, you don't understand."
"Don't look at Xia Ziyu, who appears to be charming and courteous on the surface and treats every woman like a butterfly. In fact, he is actually perverted and twisted in his heart!"
Otherwise, how could he hide it so well? He didn't find any trace, and he sat in that position at a young age and became his leader.
Unfathomable, unfathomable!
"Let me tell you, Xia Ziyu..."
"How is this prince?"
Cui Lan was about to talk, when there was an extra hand on his shoulder, and his familiar tone was unruly. He turned his head and looked, Xia Ziyu?
No, no, no, I must have read it wrong. How could he be in Shen Lianqing's room so late at night?
He shook his head and closed his eyes, unable to believe it.
"Mr. Cui." Cui Lan had been Xia Ziyu's teacher, and he usually called him sir most of the time.
Now he feels a little confused, Cui Lan, what does he want to do to his woman?
"Hahaha--"
Cui Lan laughed tactically. He held Shen Lianqing's hand and put her hand on the back of Xia Ziyu's hand, showing a satisfied expression, "Xing Shen, I just intend to open up your hearts so that you can Just holding hands!”
"I don't mean anything else."
"oh?"
Bang bang bang——
There were a few more gentle knocks at the door.
"Qing Niang, are you asleep?"
Liu Qingran!
Shen Lianqing's eyes widened. Didn't Xia Ziyu say that he had taken care of Liu Qingran's parents, and he had taken care of him too?
What's going on with him showing up at her door now?
"Qing Niang?"
Xia Ziyu stared at her with his dark eyes, and Cui Lan also blinked at her.
"Wait a minute, I'm changing clothes." Shen Lianqing grabbed their wrists and walked inside, trying to stuff them under the bed.
Cui Lan complained softly, "You want us to lie on the ground?"
Xia Ziyu looked at her without saying a word and just sat on the edge of the bed with one leg propped up. So what if Liu Qingran saw him? How can he bear with him?
When Cui Lan saw what Xia Ziyu was doing, he naturally didn't bother to go in. He was not Xia Ziyu, and he didn't steal anyone, so there was nothing he couldn't do.
Their mother's!
People were still urging outside the door, so Shen Lianqing had no choice but to pull up the screen, put down the bead curtain, walked to the door alone, opened a crack, exposed half of her face and looked at Liu Qingran, "Mr. Liu, what's wrong with you looking for me so late?"
"Yes." Liu Qingran looked serious, "I want to tell you something very important."
"What's up?"
Liu Qingran's hand held the door, and her slender eyelashes left shallow shadows under the light. There was no expression on his fair face, "Let's go in and talk."
He was kept at home by his parents, who also said they would find him a wife.
Liu Qingran didn't want to. He knew that Qing Niang was just a brothel girl who followed the crowd, but in her heart, no man had ever come close to her.
Xia Shizi was attracted by so many people, and when he was with her, he gave her jewelry and even took her out. This treatment was something no other woman had ever received.
But as soon as he got engaged, wouldn't she be able to turn around and joke with Mr. Cui without any hesitation?
He was afraid that if he had anything to do with someone else, the relationship between them would be broken.
He didn't know if she would compromise when there was no other way out, but he didn't dare to gamble.
He finally escaped. He wanted to see her and hug her.
"Qing Niang, let's talk, okay?"
His clear and pure eyes looked at her, which caused Shen Lianqing to feel particularly pressured. It was not oppression from a powerful person but something that she could not bear.
She couldn't figure out what it was for the moment and couldn't see clearly.
"Qing Niang."
His face was expressionless, but Shen Lianqing felt that he was about to cry.
"Okay, okay."
Shen Lianqing closed the door and pulled him to another place, "Don't you have a room in this courtyard? Let's go to your room to talk."
"Yes." Liu Qingran held her arm, her whole heart satisfied, and he followed her step by step.
In Shen Lianqing's room, Cui Lan's teeth were sour, "She just followed that kid?"
Xia Zi smiled angrily, "You ask me who should I ask?"
Everything today was beyond his expectation, not to mention finding out that his best friend was a subordinate he hated so much. He couldn't do anything to him if he ruined his own affairs.
Liu Qingran, whom he had stopped, escaped and came here to slap him in the face. Girl Peony, who had always thought she had feelings for him, actually followed Liu Qingran away. Her sincere tone was in stark contrast to her appearance in front of him.
Ah! Ah! Ah!
"Should we stop them?"
"What to stop? In what capacity?"
"It's good that you know." Cui Lan patted his shoulder and enlightened him as a teacher, "There are so many flowers that I like you, and there is no shortage of this one."
"Besides, she is with Wei Ming now, and Wei Ming is good to her. She is not suitable to be involved in your whirlpool, so be it. If you miss it, you will miss it. You are not destined to be together."
Xia Ziyu adjusted his mood at this moment. There will be no chance in the future now.
When he heard what Cui Lan said, he pushed his hand away and sneered, "Mr. Cui, have you read too many stories? I, Xia Ziyu, have never failed to get what I want."
"Whatever you want." Cui Lan also shrugged. Forget it if he doesn't listen. He has no morals anyway. Don't let him find any loopholes, otherwise he will exploit every opportunity.
*
Liu Qingran's room.
Illuminated by candlelight, there was a simple desk and a shelf of books in front of the bed. Compared to Shen Lianqing's room, the place he lived in was not big, and it was basically filled with books.
He would occasionally come to see Shen Lianqing when he came over, but he spent most of his time reading. After reading, he would stick his head out of the window to see where she was.
If she was in the yard, he would feel particularly happy. If he couldn't see her in the yard, he would feel a little disappointed, straighten up and continue reading.
Repeatedly.
On the simple bed, Shen Lianqing was held in his arms.
After walking all the way, he suddenly stopped saying anything.
