Gu Xiyan still refused: "This is not good, how about another time?"
Xu Yanqing's face immediately dropped: "Xi Yan, do you not want to be friends with me? Or are you concerned about seeing me in the past and don't want to have anything to do with me anymore?"
Gu Xiyan thought exactly like this.
She told Liu Junyan that she and Xu Yanqing had already spoken out. If she went out to dinner with Xu Yanqing again, and Liu Junyan found out, he would definitely cause trouble for her again.
She was just afraid of trouble, so she just wanted to stay away from Xu Yanqing, a troublesome person.
"Perhaps you are afraid of Miss Liu San, so you don't want to associate with me?" Xu Yanqing asked seriously.
Gu Xiyan did not deny it this time: "I have such concerns."
Since she can't leave the Hou Mansion and can't get rid of Liu Junyan for the time being, she has to be more cautious in her actions.
"Because of Miss Liu San, you unilaterally ruled me out. And now because of Miss Liu San, I can't even be friends with you. Don't you think this is fair to me?" Xu Yanqing was really holding back her anger.
Gu Xiyan felt guilty: "I can't help you, sir."
"I can't understand why you would aggrieve yourself for someone who doesn't like you. I, an outsider, can feel Miss Liu San's malice towards you. You actually stopped making friends for such a person. Do you think
Worth it?" Xu Yanqing said again in a deep voice.
Perhaps to her, he is an unimportant outsider, so she can make the choice easily.
Gu Xiyan nodded honestly: "It's not worth it, but it saves trouble."
Xu Yanqing laughed angrily at her words.
"It doesn't matter if you don't agree to it. I'll force you to have lunch with me. When Miss Liu San asks, just say you were forced." Xu Yanqing made a "please" gesture.
Gu Xiyan's eyebrows were tangled: "Didn't I just have dinner with you? I keep seeing you, which will make people mistakenly think that there is something between you and me."
Although the folk customs in the Jin Dynasty were open and men and women could sit at the same table, she was not married and he was not married. They often appeared together in the busy city, which was not good for her reputation.
Moreover, she only met Jiang Zhou today. If the connection was seamless, then she would have lunch with Xu Yanqing, and the world would only say that she is a watery person.
Xu Yanqing wanted to kidnap Gu Xiyan at all costs just to have a meal with her. But her words made sense. The world was too harsh on women.
But he quickly thought of a way: "Then I will take you to the countryside to eat together. I will ask Xiaohu to prepare some dry food. Let's eat in the wild. It will definitely be a different experience!"
"But I don't want to..."
Just when Gu Xiyan opened her mouth, Xu Yanqing suddenly approached her and said, "I'm forcing you, you can't refuse. Gu Xiyan, I'm determined to be your friend!"
Gu Xiyan secretly thought that this was not like making friends, but rather forcing someone to make things difficult for them.
Just when she was still about to refuse, Liu Junyan's voice suddenly came from far away: "Young Master Xu came to the Hou Mansion, why didn't you go to the Hou Mansion to talk about it?"
Gu Xiyan felt that Liu Junyan had arrived just in time. She suppressed her smile and gloated to Xu Yanqing, "The person who admires you is here. You wish for your blessings."
When Xu Yanqing saw the sly smile on Gu Xiyan's face, his heartbeat suddenly slowed down. When he came to his senses, Gu Xiyan had already entered the Hou Mansion.
But his heart seemed to have finally recovered, and it was beating wildly and out of order.
He suddenly remembered that Zhen'er had said that the moment she first saw the young man in white next to the Hou Mansion, her heart beat very fast. She said it was a pounding heartbeat.
Was his heart pounding at that moment when his heartbeat was out of order?
Liu Junyan saw Xu Yanqing standing in a daze, as if he had been struck by lightning. She stepped forward and asked with concern: "Mr. Xu, are you okay?"
Xu Yanqing came back to his senses, feeling confused. He didn't look at Liu Junyan, but just cupped his hands and said, "I have something else to do, so I'll take my leave!"
Without giving Liu Junyan a chance to stop him, he quickly got into the carriage, leaving Liu Junyan standing there with her handkerchief almost torn.
As soon as Xu Yanqing got home, he found Xu Zhen'er and told her what happened when he met Gu Xiyan before returning home. Then he looked at her expectantly, hoping that his sister could clear up his doubts.
"Third brother, you are obviously attracted to Sister Gu." Xu Zhen'er sighed softly: "But Sister Gu has already judged you out, so what's the use of your being emotional? She's looking at each other now.
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Xu Yanqing sat on her chin and asked, "Why did I suddenly fall in love with her?"
I've obviously never felt like this before.
"How can feelings be explained clearly in just a few words? In the past, I felt that the feelings in the storybooks did not exist, until I met the young man in white that day... By the way, has there been any result about what I asked my third brother to inquire about?
Who is that young master?" Only then did Xu Zhener remember this important event.
Xu Yanqing thought of Zhou Mu's face, plus Zhou Mu's current status: "Zhen'er, you'd better give up, Mr. Zhou is not someone easy to get close to."
Xu Zhener's eyes lit up: "Tell me where this Master Zhou is from."
"He is your Majesty's personally appointed Right Minister of the Ministry of Finance. Even Mr. Mai, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, treats him with respect. I have never seen such a person before, and you also know that Mr. Zhou's magnanimity is no ordinary person. You
It's better to retreat when faced with difficulties and not ask for trouble." What Xu Yanqing didn't say was that he didn't like Zhou Mu.
Zhou Mu didn't seem easy to get close to. He had the same incense on his body as Gu Xiyan, and he lived next door to the Hou Mansion.
Looking at all the coincidences, he didn't like Zhou Mu, no matter how good-looking Zhou Mu was.
After hearing this, Xu Zhener secretly gasped: "It's really different. You look very young, how did you get the position of the right minister of the household department?"
"This is the strange part. I heard that it was His Majesty's personal will. This kind of person must be His Majesty's favorite. I only know that the one whom Your Majesty trusted most before was Marquis Wan Qing. Now that there is another Zhou Mu, these two people are still
The neighbor next door is incredible to hear."
Xu Yanqing didn't want to talk about Zhou Mu anymore, "You can help me give me some advice. What should I do in this situation?"
This question stumped Xu Zhener.
"Didn't Sister Gu reject you? What else do you want to think about? Anyway, with Miss Liu San here, Sister Gu thinks you are troublesome and doesn't want to associate with Third Brother." Xu Zhener weakly expressed her thoughts.
Xu Yanqing felt that Xu Zhener's words were reasonable, but, "Tell me, am I attracted to Xi Yan?"
When Xu Zhener saw her third brother calling Sister Gu by her maiden name, she was silent and then said: "90% yes."
But isn't it too late? What's the use of being tempted? Sister Gu doesn't even want to pay attention to the third brother.
Xu Yanqing was stunned for a moment, then stood up: "It's rare in this life to meet someone you like, and I don't want to give up easily. The person Xiyan is seeing today is the commander of the Army and Horses Division in the west of the city. He is not as good looking as me, and his family background is not as good as mine.
, is not as tall as me. Except for Miss Liu San’s trouble, my chances of winning should be better than that of Jiang Zhou.”
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Hehe, we are still in 9th place. It would be great if we could hold it steady. Thank you very much for your support, Ai Ni Meng.
