Where prosperity ends, flowers never end

Chapter 243 Love or Not

Until the sun set, Ran Qianxi still hadn't returned home, so Li Zhengzhong went out to look for her again. No matter how Huai Rufan tried to dissuade her, it was of no avail.

He searched the south of the city with his cloak and went to several houses before he found this place. Such sweet love may seem enviable to outsiders, but Ran Qianxi just felt suffocated.

A few people were chatting and laughing as they were getting ready to leave. Ji Wanzhi was the first one to see him at the door.

"Is your fiancé?"

Ran Qianxi turned her head and looked over, and when she saw him, she didn't give him a good look.

"Yeah, like tying me up."

Ji Wanzhi smiled faintly, and Li Zhengzhong seemed to feel a sense of provocation.

"Is he worried about you?"

Although she was helpless, she could only try to understand him. After all, it was because of her that the literary god-level figure became so insecure.

"Maybe. We slept with each other within a few days of knowing each other. He might be afraid that there will be another him."

Although it is not difficult to hear her protectiveness in her words, this kind of love that is monitored invisibly is extremely difficult to bear.

"Why are you here again?"

"I saw a strong wind outside the window and I was worried about you."

Faced with the shackles, she not only did not feel the slightest bit of excitement, but she even developed a rebellious mentality.

"Am I a three-year-old child? If I want to go back, I will go back by myself."

"I know, but I don't know why. I feel so nervous every day."

Ran Qianxi raised her eyebrows and took the cloak from his hand.

"I'm staying at Happy tonight, so hurry back."

After saying that, she turned and left, not caring at all whether he felt disappointed or not.

The four of them left together, and as soon as they walked out of the store, they met Tan Qianhuan holding an umbrella at the corner. Facing him, Ran Qianxi was obviously not so repulsive.

"Why are you here too?"

"It's snowing hard today, and I'm worried about you going out to drink again."

"I'm fine, you can go back too."

Tan Qianhuan looked at the lonely Li Zhengzhong in the distance and couldn't help but smile sadly.

"I think you have someone else to care about without me, why don't you go home with him?"

Ran Qianxi turned her head following his gaze and found Li Zhengzhong still standing there motionless.

"I feel annoyed."

"Annoyed? If Hang Jiuzhou or Xu Yuanchao came to look for you, would you be annoyed?"

Ran Qianxi threw out four words without even thinking.

"of course not."

"Yeah, you just don't have him in your heart, so why did you agree to marry him?"

"Marriage is a matter of parents' orders and matchmaker's words. If my parents allow me to marry, I will marry."

Tan Qianhuan took a step forward anxiously, and Ran Qianxi subconsciously shrank back.

"What are you doing?"

"You are not in love with him, cancel the engagement and I will marry you."

Ran Qianxi raised her eyebrows in surprise, and after a moment of silence, she laughed with contempt.

"You marry me? Baili Yong will be killed in Jizhou!"

"Will he be able to live in peace if he marries you?"

"It's hard to say. After all, he is not you, and he is not a thorn in the side of the court. Moreover, Baili Yong owes King Chenyang his life."

"Xi'er, although that's true, it's not as simple as you said. King Chenyang saved him from a bear's mouth, but think about it, he is the Son of Heaven, and he will do anything to get what he wants. Even if you marry Li Zhengzhong, it will only bring you a short period of peace."

Hearing this, Ran Qianxi sighed impatiently.

"What should we do? Kill him and get rid of the roots?"

"Xi'er."

Hearing the heavier tone, Ran Qianxi looked up at him and pursed her lips.

Tan Qianhuan saw her embarrassment and comforted her.

"If you cancel the engagement, I will take you away. This will never happen again in my life. I can guarantee it with my life."

"Haha, you're really interesting. After being assassinated, who on earth told me to marry whoever I wanted to marry?"

After she finished speaking, she turned and left without any reluctance, and Shu Han and Ji Wanzhi followed her.

She walked towards Li Zhengzhong step by step, and Tan Qianhuan was left alone and lonely again.

"Brother Shu, you guys go back first. It's really windy today, so I'm going back too."

"Aqian."

Shu Han tried to keep her, but after looking at her for a moment, he let her go. It seemed that he was not even qualified to participate in this love game. If it were Shu Xuanhe, perhaps he could have given it a try.

Li Zhengzhong sent her all the way back to Huanleju when it was snowing heavily. There was a hint of pleading in his eyes, so Ran Qianxi let him stay.

At the end of the Xu hour, the snow was getting heavier. The two of them sat around the stove in the east warm room and made tea. Thick mist rolled out of the tea stove, and they enjoyed the time comfortably.

"What kind of tea is this that you made for me?"

Li Zhengzhong: "White pear tea. I put longan and lily in the tea soup. It can replenish qi and calm the mind."

"It smells so good. You are worthy of being called masters."

"As long as Qian is willing to drink."

The tea soup is fresh and sweet. It makes people feel intoxicated just by smelling it, and it is even more refreshing when they drink it.

Li Zhengzhong looked at her and smiled vividly. It was not difficult to see how much sincerity he had put into this relationship.

"tasty?"

Before she could swallow it, Mou Lan came over with Shu Xuanhe. She almost choked to death on the spurted tea with a "puff".

"Pfft! You you you you...didn't I give you all the paintings?"

Seeing the corners of his mouth slowly rise, Ran Qianxi immediately sensed a bad omen.

"Second Miss, you are really forgetful. It's freezing cold today, but I haven't waited for you to send me clothes."

"What clothes?"

He walked forward step by step and held Ran Qianxi in front of his chest, his smile becoming more and more intriguing.

"My clothes were worn by the second girl that day."

Ran Qianxi’s first reaction was to explain to Li Zhengzhong that even though she didn’t love him, she couldn’t be wronged in front of him.

"I wasn't wearing his clothes, and he was swearing at me."

Li Zhengzhong smiled slightly, his emotions unusually stable.

"I know, maybe something else?"

Her mind raced, and she finally remembered the cloak embroidered with gold lotus flowers.

"By the way, wait for me to get it."

She turned and walked out, ignoring the snow outside the window. Shu Xuanhe quickly opened an umbrella for her and covered her with his hands behind his back.

"Hey..."

Ran Qianxi almost lost his balance. He turned around with a nonchalant smile, which made people feel that his waist and face were full of tension.

"Hold an umbrella."

At this moment, she also felt the brief teasing.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

The heavy snow gradually stopped, and after only half a cup of tea she walked back to the warm room with her cloak.

"Here you go."

Shu Xuanhe looked at the cloak in her hand for a moment and raised his eyebrows in confusion.

"Didn't you wash it for me?"

Ran Qianxi also looked at the cloak.

"Is it not dirty?"

Shu Xuanhe turned sideways and put his hands behind his back, with no intention of taking the cloak away.

"Since I'm lending it to you, it's courtesy to wash it after use."

Ran Qianxi's face immediately dropped.

"Why are you so hypocritical? Your son can spread his clothes on the floor for me to lay out, so I just wear them for a while and they're not dirty or smelly. Do I have to wash them for you?"

Hearing what Shu Han had done, he immediately turned his head, his expression becoming serious to a certain degree.

"He spread his clothes on the ground?"

"Yes!"

After less than a second of silence, he suddenly broke into a smile.

"Hahaha, my son is really willing to risk everything for you. Did you know that he never lets his robe get stained with a drop of dew? He even spreads it on the ground."

"what?"

Shu Xuanhe looked at the cloak, picked it up and examined it. Although even the hem was not covered with dust, she put it back in her hands.

"Wash it and return it to me."

Ran Qianxi was already furious and directly stuffed the cloak into his hand.

"That's it, don't throw it away."

In this case, Shu Xuanhe could only hold the cloak tightly in his hands.

"Then wait until the weather is good before washing me."

After taking the cloak, I thought he would leave, but unexpectedly he sat down calmly. Ran Qianxi was speechless for a moment.

"What are you doing?"

Shu Xuanhe slowly straightened his clothes and looked up at her.

"Cooking tea around the stove."

Ran Qianxi sat down next to Li Zhengzhong cursing, and he picked up the teacup in front of him and drank it all without any hesitation.

"Hey!"

Ran Qianxi tried her best to stop him, but by the time Shu Xuanhe turned his head towards her, the tea in the cup had already been drained.

"Is it wrong?"

She impatiently snatched her cup and said, "Not appropriate."

Shu Xuanhe smiled knowingly and ignored her.

"Why don't you say anything, Mr. Li? You watched me take advantage of your fiancée and remained indifferent."

"No, but I don't believe that the prince came here in the snow just to tease a married woman."

"Hahaha."

He laughed loudly a few more times, and the atmosphere in the warm room seemed to be different.

"I came here to see how you treat her. If you don't treat her well, I... my Han'er is willing to take her place."