Duan Hua was right, Zhou Gu was indeed sitting in the private room upstairs.
In addition to Zhou Gu, there was also Su Xingze.
Su Rong knew that Su Xingze had left the house early in the morning and made an appointment with Zhou Gu to go to the library. When she and Feng Ling walked out of the house slowly, he had already been out for more than half an hour.
Su Xingze originally wanted to distance himself from Zhou Gu. After all, after Su Rong broke off the engagement, he did not want to have more involvement with Zhou Gu. If he got too close to Zhou Gu, it would be inevitable for the two of them to become more involved. But that day, Su Xingze
Rong came back after the third watch and told him that he should spend more time with Zhou Gu recently. He could only agree, and naturally he could no longer be alienated.
So, last night, he sent someone to the Duke Protector's Mansion to ask Zhou Gu if he was free today and accompany him to the bookstore to pick out books. Zhou Gu was naturally free and agreed. So, early in the morning, the two of them
They went out to the street at the agreed time. Unexpectedly, the bookstore they were going to was closed today for unknown reasons. After discussing it, the two went to the nearest teahouse to listen to books.
Because I arrived early, I walked in when the restaurant first opened, so even if I didn't make a reservation in advance, there was still a place.
I used to sit in the lobby every time, and I like the excitement, but now I'm in a bad mood and I like to be quiet, so I chose a private room.
In ordinary restaurants and teahouses, the private rooms are usually the most popular, but on the day when Mr. Zhao was telling stories at Yipinxiang, the lobby was the most popular place. Everyone wanted to be close to Mr. Zhao so that they could hear clearly.
After the two came in, the curtains were kept open and the door was closed, so they didn't know that Duan Hua had also reserved a seat in Yipinxiang today and called Su Rong with him.
When they heard that Mr. Zhao was talking about Princess Zhenmin, they both looked at each other and frowned.
Zhou Gu lowered his face and ordered to the side, "Ziye, go to the shopkeeper and ask him why he is talking about Princess Zhenmin today? Who asked him to say this? If the shopkeeper doesn't explain, go and block Zhao Fei.
, if he doesn’t say anything, you will send him to King Ruian to be involved in the trial of Princess Qingping’s assassination.”
Zhao Fei is the son of Mr. Zhao, the largest tea merchant in Beijing, and the owner of Pinxiang Tea House.
In the middle of the night, he went immediately.
The two of them stopped talking and listened quietly to Mr. Zhao downstairs talking about Princess Zhenmin. The guests in the hall occasionally spoke quietly, looking around with sharp ears. Suddenly, he heard someone mention his name. He opened the curtain and looked down.
, with just one glance, he saw Duan Hua, Su Rong and others sitting in the special seat closest to Mr. Zhao. He was stunned for a moment, and it was during this moment that Duan Hua spotted him with sharp eyes.
After he lowered the curtain, he pursed his lips and said to Su Xingze, "Su Rong is here too."
Su Xingze was also stunned and surprised, "Seventh sister didn't say yesterday that she would come to Yipinxiang to listen to books today."
If he knew she was coming, he would definitely not come to Yipinxiang with Zhou Gu.
Zhou Gu lowered his eyes and whispered: "Brother Su, since you came to Beijing to take the exam, you have been quite alienated from me, and you have been alienated without leaving a trace. Now you take the initiative to ask me out and get closer to me because Su Rong asked you to accompany me."
Will you accompany me?"
Su Xingze was silent. Zhou Gu was so smart that he was speechless.
Zhou asked him, "Do you think I can let go of Su Rong?"
Su Xingze looked at him, "Yes! After all, you haven't known each other for long."
Zhou Gu twitched the corner of his mouth, as if he wanted to smile, but couldn't. He said softly: "I don't know who to blame. I should blame my grandfather. He forced me to go to Jiangning County to congratulate my fiancée on her hair extensions. I'm not happy.
Went there. Maybe it’s Ziye’s fault. He said that Jiangning County was very good in his new travel diary, and he could take the opportunity to go out to the capital for a visit. I had never been that far away, so I became interested as soon as I heard about it.
I went happily. Maybe I should blame myself. I asked Su Rong when I left Jiangning County, and she said there was no rush. Although I felt unhappy, I left without asking. Maybe I also blame Xie Lin.
, he knew clearly that something might have happened to Su Rong on the day I left, but when he saw me, he deliberately concealed it and didn't tell me. I was like a fool who didn't know anything and was still very angry with her.
Suddenly broke off the engagement with me."
Su Xingze listened to him mentioning several people in succession, but did not say anything to blame Su Rong, and asked in a low voice: "Don't you blame Qimei?"
Zhou Gu shook his head, "What did you blame her for? Who would be willing to be killed unless forced to do so? My grandfather is right, neither the Protector's Office nor I can reach out to Nanchu and help.
She, unless we keep her in Daliang, can the current Protector's Mansion fully protect her if she stays in Daliang?"
He sarcastically said, "It's impossible, His Majesty is there."
Su Xing fell completely silent.
Su Rong is right. Zhou Gu knows everything in his heart. He really doesn't need anyone to persuade him. He just needs to talk to people, and he is the right candidate. What he can't say to others can't be said in front of him.
, it can be said.
"Dong dong" there were two knocks on the door. Zhou Gu raised his head, and Su Xingze turned around and looked. If he came back at midnight, there was no need to knock on the door. He thought it was a boy coming to bring tea, so he got up, walked over and opened the door.
Duan Hua was standing at the door. Su Xingze asked doubtfully, "Princess?"
Duan Hua said directly: "I'm looking for Zhou Gu."
Seeing that she was alone, Su Xingze hesitated and turned sideways.
Zhou Gu heard clearly from inside. If it had been in the past, he would have blocked Duan Hua from the door or climbed out of the window and left as soon as he saw her coming. But now he looked at Duan Hua coming in with no expression on his face, but he was thinking in his heart
, she is very good. Who would have thought that not long ago, he was mad at him and kept shouting at Su Rong to kill him, but in a short period of time, after meeting Su Rong, he and she became a good person? Leave it aside.
In the past, if someone had told him that Duan Hua and Su Rong would be able to have a good relationship in the future, he would have scoffed.
Duan Hua didn't expect to meet Zhou Gu so smoothly this time. Moreover, he didn't show off to her or avoid her. She was still a little uncomfortable for a while. Until she came closer, Zhou Gu still sat there and didn't move.
, she finally found a sense of reality.
She stared at Zhou Gu and found that he was still so good-looking, so she sat down, held her chin, and looked at him, thinking that she must take a good look at him before he chased her away today.
I’ll show you everything I haven’t seen enough over the years.
Su Xingze knew that Zhou Gu used to hate Duan Hua, but now his face was expressionless when he saw people, so he asked aloud, "Would the princess want to have tea?"
Duan Hua shook his head, "I won't drink."
Su Xingze asked again: "Does the princess eat cakes?"
"Don't eat."
Su Xingze saw Duanhua grabbing a handful of melon seeds in his hand and suggested, "The princess eats melon seeds?"
"Oh, why are you talking so much?" Duan Hua was dissatisfied, "Don't talk, I just want to see him."
Su Xingze closed his mouth in silence. In fact, he didn't want to say much, but one of the two people had no expression on his face, and the other stared at the other person. If he didn't say something, he always felt that the atmosphere was too
stiff.
No one said anything in the private room, and it suddenly became quiet.
Zhou Gu did not dodge, Duan Hua looked at him, if he had been angry in the past, he was not angry now, his whole person was numb from face to heart, and he allowed her to look at him casually.
Duan Hua looked at Zhou Gu for a moment, then curled his lips and commented, "It's boring."
Zhou Gu stopped hiding from her and let her look at her casually, but she lost interest. People are so strange. They like someone so much that they go crazy. When they go crazy, they can ignore it and even risk their lives. But suddenly one day
, a person came next to her, and she said, "There are so many men in the world, even if the one she marries in the future is not the most handsome, it doesn't matter, as long as it suits her." Duan Hua seemed to be broken by that indifferent attitude.
Some stubborn things, like tightly locked chains, suddenly broke apart, and I found that this statement seemed to be quite right.
Duan Hua has this mentality now, and finds that she doesn't have that kind of care anymore, but she still likes him, but she won't go crazy for him again.
After she finished her evaluation, seeing that Zhou Gu was still expressionless, she didn't leave. She started to eat the pastries on the table. After one piece of pastry was eaten, she suddenly said: "Hey, Zhou Gu, you have broken off your engagement with Su Rong now.
I still like you, how about you try to like me?"
Zhou Gu refused without hesitation, "I don't like it and don't want to try it."
Duanhua was dissatisfied, "What's wrong with me? I just have a bad temper, but if you like me, I will definitely not lose my temper with you. When I lost my temper with you before, it was all because you didn't like me."
, you avoid me and don’t look good when you see me, that’s why I’m angry.”
Zhou Gu remained expressionless, "If you don't like it, you just don't like it. It has nothing to do with me whether your temper is good or bad."
Duanhua choked and almost threw the teacup in anger, but her temper was not so bad now. Under the subtle influence of Su Rong, she would rather make others angry to death than herself, so she snorted angrily and said deliberately:
"What's the use of your liking Su Rong? She doesn't like you and doesn't want to marry you. You don't know yet, right? She likes Ye Guixue, the second son of Nanchu Ye Xiangfu, and she specifically warned me not to compete with her.
Woolen cloth."
She muttered, "Nanchu is so far away, so only a devil would snatch it from her. She actually said, let me snatch it from you."
