Zu An chuckled awkwardly: "Who told you to have no clues at all? Besides, my status in the Chu family is too low, so I have no access to these things."

Pei Mianman snorted and suddenly turned her gaze to the side.

"Hey, this sword of yours is not bad."

She was somewhat moved as she watched the Tai'a sword being plunged directly into the floor tiles as if slicing tofu.

Just as he was about to step forward to check, Zu'an, worried that she would notice something, hurriedly said, "Um...aren't you worried that the elemental fluctuations will attract the attention of the Chu family?"

The two first met in Chu Chuyan's room. Even in the midst of a life-or-death struggle, she did not use the Black Flame, for fear of alerting the experts in the manor.

But the sudden burst of that aura was bound to attract attention.

As expected, Pei Mianman's expression changed: "It's all your fault!"

After glaring at him fiercely, she disappeared into the night sky with a light touch of her toes.

Thinking of the reproachful yet charming look in the other person's eyes as they left, a gentle smile involuntarily appeared on Zu'an's face.

Why did I suddenly become so infatuated that I kissed her?

What's even stranger is that she didn't seem to react much... no, her reaction was actually quite strong...

When Chu family leader Yue Shan arrived with a group of guards, he found Zu An looking in the mirror and hurriedly asked:

"Young master, have any enemies invaded this area?"

“No,” Zuan replied casually.

A group of guards searched the area for a long time but found nothing. Just as they were about to leave, Yue Shan finally couldn't help but ask:

"Son-in-law, what exactly are you photographing?"

The other guards shared the same question; it just felt awkward for a grown man to look in the mirror in the middle of the night.

"Am I handsome? Otherwise, why would so many women fall for me?" Zuan answered subconsciously.

First it was Shang Liuyu, then Chu Chuyan, and later Qiu Honglei and Pei Mianman. After learning that he had been assassinated by Chen Xuan, they all came to give him various props and skills.

This inevitably led him to develop an excessive confidence in his appearance.

Yue Shan: "..."

The guards: "..."

Sorry to bother you, I'll take my leave now.

Why do I feel so nauseous?

A group of guards left with strange expressions.

Seeing the string of angry points received in the backend, Zu An thought to himself that these people were really petty and were simply jealous.

The next morning, Zu'an was still asleep when he was jolted awake by a loud knocking on the door.

Who is it?

Zuan was in a bad mood as soon as he woke up. Who was the idiot who came to bang on the door so early in the morning?

He turned over, intending to ignore it, when suddenly the door was kicked open.

"Lazy brother-in-law, the sun's already high in the sky, why aren't you up yet?" Chu Huanzhao's unique voice, a mix of childishness and willfulness, rang out.

Looking at the broken door bolt in the distance, Zu An was speechless: "Can't you be a little more ladylike, or you'll never get married?"

"It's none of your business if you can't get married!" Chu Huanzhao said, looking at him still wrapped in the blankets. "Get up quickly, or I'll pull the covers off!"

As she spoke, her little hands reached into his blankets.

Zuan was startled and hurriedly said, "I'm not wearing any clothes underneath, so go ahead and lift them up if you want."

"You big pervert!" Chu Huanzhao pulled his hand back as if he had been electrocuted.

Zuan was speechless for a moment, thinking to himself, "I was sleeping in my own room, and you broke in, and now I'm the one who's a pervert?"

"Why didn't you go to school today?" Chu Huanzhao asked, her face slightly flushed, as she turned around.

"How did you know?" Zuan asked, somewhat surprised.

"My sister told me," Chu Huanzhao snorted. When she heard her sister say that Zu'an wasn't going to school today and that she didn't need to wait for her, she immediately ran over to verify.

"Yes, I have important business to attend to today." Unable to continue sleeping after her commotion, Zu An got up and started getting dressed.

"Tch, what important thing could you possibly have to do?" Hearing the rustling sound of clothes being put on behind her, Chu Huanzhao's face turned even redder. At the same time, she wondered what her brother-in-law would look like naked.

As soon as the thought crossed her mind, she was startled and quickly spat it out.

"What's wrong with you?" Zu'an asked curiously.

"It's nothing, I don't need to go, I'll go alone!" Chu Huanzhao said, then ran off guiltily, as if staying any longer would make him realize what he was thinking.

Zuan was completely bewildered. Why was this girl so easily startled? It was truly difficult to guess what a young girl was thinking.

Not long after, Chu Chuyan sent someone to inform him that the money was ready and that he could make appointments in advance.

Zu An thought about it and realized that he had only met Wang Yuanlong once, so he decided to ask Chu Yucheng to act as an intermediary, since he had dealt with Wang Yuanlong quite a bit on a regular basis.

Chu Chuyan figured that since the third branch of the family was also under the Chu family's control over the salt business, she had no objections.

Chu Yucheng quickly made arrangements, and in the afternoon, the group met at Shenxianju.

Looking at Qiu Honglei playing the zither behind the light gauze and beaded curtain, Wang Yuanlong couldn't help but sigh, "It's all thanks to my great brother, otherwise I wouldn't have had the chance to appreciate Master Qiu's beautiful music up close."

Zuan laughed heartily: "You flatter me, you flatter me. I don't have any other skills, but I've always been popular with women, haha~"