When Xie Zhan returned home, a confidant came to report, "Master, Miss Lu sent someone to send a message saying that she wanted to see you."
After the confidant finished speaking, he lowered his head. This was already the third time that Miss Lu had made an appointment with their clan leader.
Xie Zhan thought for a while, "Then let's go to Minghua Building tomorrow night."
That night, Xie Zhan declined Chen's invitation to stay overnight and came out of Chen's house.
As soon as he got on the carriage, he heard a close clan member say to him, "Chief, Miss Lu has been at Minghua Building for about an hour."
Xie Zhan's eyebrows were cold and he turned his thumb, "Go and have a look."
When passing the city gate, Xie Zhan opened the curtain and took a look. He found that the city gate was brightly lit and the city gate guards were patrolling all night.
Outside the city, countless victims were stopped outside, crying and shouting that they wanted to enter the city.
"Clan leader?"
"Continue to go."
When Xie Zhan arrived at Minghua Building, he found Lu Fei drinking.
Seeing him arriving, she smiled and said, "Are you here?" Her eyes were slightly drunk.
Xie Zhan sat upright and said calmly, "We will talk again when you wake up."
Lu Fei laughed and said, "Okay, I'll wash my face first." Then she raised her hand and motioned for the maid to come up and help her.
Her personal maid glanced at Xie Zhan gratefully, and then helped her eldest daughter inside.
Xie Zhan drank the tea in the cup and didn't glance at the fragrant wine next to him. When he is outside, he will never drink unless forced to do so. The situation of the Xie family and his situation require him to stay awake and cope with all changes.
Inside, the sound of Lu Fei washing could be heard faintly.
Xie Zhan was sitting upright, his posture unchanged.
Lu Fei is the eldest daughter of Lu Yuan, the head of the Lu family, one of the six aristocratic families in the South. Her mother was Lu Yuan's first wife, but her mother died young and only gave birth to her one child.
Now the young patriarch of the Lu family, Lu Xihua, is the stepmother, and the relationship between Lu Fei and Lu Xihua is not close.
Lu Fei's mother, Ruan, was a daughter of a well-known family in Linchuan County. At that time, the Lu family was in a crisis. It was Mr. Lu who took his son to Linchuan in person to propose to marry the daughter of his best friend. It is unknown what happened in the process. Later, Ruan married into the Lu family with a large dowry and helped the Lu family survive the crisis.
After the death of the Ruan family, although Lu Fei was the eldest daughter of the Lu family, she was not favored by the Lu family. Fortunately, Mr. Lu was watching over her and she was treated well.
Later, Mr. Lu fell seriously ill and went abroad for two or three years for treatment. Lu Fei lived under her stepmother, and her temper became softer and softer. Later, although Mr. Lu managed to save his life, even when he returned to the south, he was often in low spirits and gradually stopped taking care of things.
The Ruan family in Linchuan saw that this was not going to work, so they took her in and lived with her for two years a few years ago. After she came back, her temperament became much more cheerful and tough.
The stepmother and others did not dare to bully her anymore, but the two sides were tit-for-tat and secretly fought several times.
Because Lu Fei was washing up and Xie Zhan was sitting upright drinking tea, their private room felt quite silent.
But the box next door was very noisy.
Young Master Zhu Congwen of the Zhu family, one of the six aristocratic families in the South, was entertaining friends at Minghua Tower.
"Zhu Congwen, your father is so cruel that he sent you to Zhuya Island to suffer hardship!"
"Yes, if he hadn't still loved you, I would have doubted whether you were his biological son."
"Don't leave when you come back this time. If he lets you go to Zhuya Island again, you will complain to your mother!"
At their words, Zhu Congwen sneered, "That's nonsense, what do you know?! My father is deeply in love and responsible."
If his father hadn't sent him to Zhuya Island, how could he have fallen into a cave while hunting and discovered the big secret?
Now, what's bothering him is thinking of some way to get the Chen family's Xiaozhuya Island.
"No, does this hardship have anything to do with deep love and deep responsibility? Brother Zhu, you should say, 'Parents who love their children have long-term plans.'"
Zhu Congwen waved his hand and said, "Whatever! It all means the same thing anyway."
Others chuckled.
"Come on, let's have a drink. I'm going to Zhuya Island now. It's rare to come back. Everyone must eat and drink well. If you don't have enough wine, don't take it. If you don't have enough food, don't order it!"
"Brother Zhu, are you rich? Are you so generous?"
"Hey, I haven't made a fortune, it's just that I rarely come back." Zhu Congwen felt that his mouth was still tight.
The box where Xie Zhan was sitting was next to Zhu Congwen's box. When someone came in and out next door, the lively sounds could be heard inside.
Xie Zhan lowered his eyes and saw that the fish had already arrived at the nesting spot. The next step was to let it take the bait.
At this time, Lu Fei came out after washing up and was awake.
Xie Zhan asked her directly, "You come to me again and again. What's the matter?"
Lu Fei didn't expect him to be so direct, so she smiled bitterly and expressed her frustration and anger at the Lu family.
Xie Zhan listened with a calm expression, and finally said, "If you are dissatisfied, then resist." Xie Zhan believed that too many people had comforted her, and she should have heard of all kinds of comfort. He didn't waste any time talking.
"How to resist?"
"Think for yourself."
Lu Fei tilted his head, "Like the girl you told me about before?"
"You decide."
"Can you tell me more about her?" Lu Fei begged.
Xie Zhan pondered for a moment, and Lu Fei stared at him closely.
Finally Xie Zhan relented, "Okay..."
The last time there was a horse frightening incident at Jingci Temple, later the loyal servant she brought found out that her carriage and horse had been tampered with, and the tampering was done by none other than her good brother Lu Xihua.
When she went to thank Xie Zhan, she was a little frustrated.
It was Xie Zhan who told her a story, and there was a heroine in the story.
The heroine had been engaged in a marriage since she was a child, but because she was not from the right family, her fiancé's family disliked her.
The story tells how she went from being at the mercy of others in an engagement to getting rid of that bad engagement through her own efforts and finding a good one.
The original fiancé's family were initially disgusted but later became impressed by her wisdom and methods.
In the end, the heroine becomes the actual person in charge of both her mother's family and her husband's family.
Xie Zhan told this story using the shell of a mythical story.
Lu Fei heard it at the time, but actually didn't take it seriously. He just thought that the storybook was the storybook.
It was Xie Zhan who told her that the story was true and the heroine also existed.
It gave her a great shock and inspiration at that time.
A few years ago, she was in the Ruan family, and her grandfather also taught her business.
She sometimes felt that Lu Xihua was as stupid as a pig, and some of his decisions made people laugh. If her father hadn't been there to check on him, the Lu family wouldn't have known how much they would have to pay.
Her ridicule before was just ridicule, but now, the heroine in Xie Zhan's story can do that, why can't she?
After Xie Zhan finished telling the story, he just said, "If you don't want to live dependent on others, you have to work hard yourself. No one can help you."
Lu Fei looked at the handsome but indifferent man in front of her and asked in a strange way, "Can't you help me?"
Xie Zhan admitted directly, "Yes, I can't help you. The only person you can rely on is yourself."
After Lu Fei came back from Jingci Temple, she asked someone to check on Xie Zhan. She knew how hard he worked in the Chen family and that he never gave up hope.
Lu Fei thought to himself, give it a try, no matter how bad the situation is, it won't be worse than it is now.
Lu Fei confirmed with him, "Xie Zhan, is there really such a woman?"
"have."
"who is she?"
"I'll tell you if I have a chance in the future."
Lu Fei was a little unhappy.
"You've been out for a long time. It's time to go back. Come on, I'll take you out."
The two stood up.
The confidant at the door immediately said, "Chief, I'm going to prepare the carriage!" As he said that, he accidentally pushed the door too hard, and the door hit the wall with a bang.
Xie Zhan frowned displeased.
"Clan leader, I'm sorry, I was too careless."
Xie Zhan didn't say anything for long and waved him off.
"Let's go too, this way-"
At this time, the banging sound of the door just now startled Zhu Congguang and others who were having fun in the next box. The boy he brought was even more frightened and accidentally spilled the wine in his glass on him.
The boy quickly said, "I'm sorry, young master. I'll go down below and get you a set of clean clothes!" After saying that, he quickly walked out the door.
Zhu Congguang looked at his wet clothes and wanted to scold him, but was blocked by his series of actions. He was so angry that he glared in the direction of the boy angrily.
At this time, the box door was open. Zhu Congguang saw Xie Zhan's profile flashing outside the door and heard his last words.
From his angle, he could also see a corner of the woman's snow-colored skirt.
Zhu Congguang reacted very quickly. He rushed out of the door quickly and said, "Eat slowly while I go change clothes."
He rushed to the door and saw Xie Zhan escorting a woman downstairs, followed by two servants. But he couldn't see the woman's face clearly.
Zhu Congguang thought for a while, then returned to the box and went to the big window.
Sure enough, he didn't keep him waiting long, and saw two carriages parked not far from the gate. Xie Zhan first sent the woman to the carriage, then got on and left.
This time, Zhu Congguang saw the woman's face and recognized her identity - Lu Fei, the eldest daughter of the Lu family.
At this time, Zhu Congguang really wanted to look up to the sky and laugh. He really couldn't find anything after wearing iron shoes, and it took no effort to get it.
Zhu Congguang secretly thought about his good luck, but he didn't know that there is a saying that a good hunter always appears as a prey.
