Chapter 670 Fang Luxue's Worries

Chen Family Courtyard.

Fang Luxue and Wu Gousheng stared at each other, wide-eyed.

"Why hasn't Sister Qi come back yet?" Fang Luxue frowned, her melancholy written all over her face.

"Don't worry, my brother-in-law went to pick them up! Maybe the two of them ran into something fun, so they haven't come back yet!" Wu Gousheng explained.

He ate fruit sporadically, his mind still replaying the events of the day.

Sister Qi doesn't hide anything from herself, so he heard everything Zhao Yi said clearly.

After hearing it, he wished he hadn't listened at all.

The chaotic situation was giving him a headache.

He couldn't understand how someone like Fang Luxue, whose emotions were always written on her face, could have such a complicated and scheming father.

Isn't it better to be more direct in your actions?

They also have to put on a show for the world and give themselves a bad reputation!

Actually... it doesn't seem to have a bad reputation?

Since Fang Ziming took office as the magistrate of Yunhe County, he has been highly praised, and there have been very few people who have expressed dissatisfaction with him.

The more this is the case, the more people suspect that Fang Ziming must have eliminated all those who were dissatisfied in order to obtain such high praise.

Wu Gousheng became increasingly worried, feeling that things shouldn't be like this.

Since he was old enough to understand, the villagers had mostly praised Magistrate Fang and often compared him to the magistrate of the neighboring county.

People were puzzled as to why officials from other counties who did not perform as well as Lord Fang were promoted, while Lord Fang remained in the same position.

What exactly went wrong?

Wu Gousheng didn't notice that Fang Luxue was staring at him as if he were some strange or unusual person.

Not only that, Fang Luxue was also muttering to herself, and noticed that the person sitting there was ignoring her.

She slapped Wu Gousheng on the head and said angrily, "Wu Gousheng, are you even listening to me when I'm talking to you?"

Wu Gousheng was startled when he was filmed, and quickly nodded, "I heard! I heard!"

"Wu Gousheng!" Fang Luxue stood with her hands on her hips, glaring at Wu Gousheng.

Wu Gousheng immediately realized that Fang Luxue had noticed his perfunctory attitude. He stood up and said, "Sigh, you really don't need to worry about Sister Qi and her husband. They can take care of themselves. But you, instead of staying at home, you came here again. Aren't you afraid of causing trouble for Sister Qi?"

"Who are you saying caused trouble?" Fang Luxue was displeased and reached out to grab Wu Gousheng's little tuft of hair. "Explain yourself clearly!"

"Ouch, ouch, ouch...it hurts, let go, let go quickly..."

In fact, given Wu Gousheng's current skills, he could easily open Fang Luxue's eyes.

But he knew that if he provoked this young lady, he would be in for a lot of trouble!

Most importantly, he doesn't hit women!

"If you know pain and know my abilities, then don't mess with me!" Fang Luxue let go only when she saw that he seemed to be in real pain.

She clapped her hands dismissively and sat down on the stone bench.

Wu Gousheng rubbed his head and sat down as well, asking, "You ran away without even checking on your family?"

"What's there to care about? They even had Xiangcao Pavilion sealed off, but he's perfectly fine!" Fang Luxue said indignantly.

She'll remember this for the rest of her life!

Wu Gousheng's eyes widened. "Your father ordered the seal?"

"Otherwise, why would I run away?" Fang Luxue thought Wu Gousheng was really not very bright.

Wu Gousheng frowned and asked, "Have you thought about why he did this?"

"What else could it be? He wants me to listen to him, stay at home, and not let me do business!" Fang Luxue said angrily.

She thought Wu Gousheng was really not smart enough; he couldn't even understand such a simple question.

But she didn't know that a grand drama was already unfolding in Wu Gousheng's mind.

Wu Gousheng felt that Fang Ziming's purpose in closing the shop was not to prevent Fang Luxue from doing business, but to protect her.

Because Xie Xing is digging into Fang Ziming's past, it's dangerous for him to stay by Fang Ziming's side.

But since everyone was with Sister Qi, no one else dared to make a move; it was safer that way.

Thinking about it this way, Wu Gousheng realized that Fang Ziming was actually a good father who pushed his daughter away in times of crisis, not wanting her to be implicated.

The truth is unclear to everyone except Fang Ziming.

Even Wan Qiqi couldn't be sure what Fang Ziming was thinking.

Wan Qiqi and Chen Yongnian exchanged a glance and pushed open the courtyard gate.

I happened to see two people sitting at the stone table.

The two people in Wan Qiqi's courtyard both looked unwell, so she couldn't help but ask, "Did you two have a fight?"

“No, how could I dare to argue with her?” Wu Gousheng replied immediately.

Fang Luxue added, "We didn't argue, we were just worried about Sister Qi!"

Wan Qiqi looked around and nodded, seemingly believing what they said.

Then she sat down and said, "Gousheng, go help your brother-in-law tidy up!"

Although Wu Gousheng didn't know what the other party was saying that he couldn't hear, he still got up and did as they said.

"Sister Qi, why are you only coming back now? Did something happen at the restaurant?" Fang Luxue asked curiously.

She looked a little nervous.

“No!” Wan Qiqi replied, then looked up at Fang Luxue, “Why do you think something happened at the restaurant?”

Fang Luxue immediately avoided Wan Qiqi's gaze, forcing an unnatural smile. "It's nothing, I was just concerned about Sister Qi!"

Actually, she saw something, but didn't know how to bring it up.

She saw Tang Qiwen enter her father's study.

The two talked for a long time.

When Tang Qiwen came out, he still had a smile on his face.

Soon after, the father came out of the study, looking unwell.

Then, she heard her father order Officer Yuan to search the Fragrant Grass Pavilion.

Fang Luxue guessed that Tang Qiwen must have said bad things about her and Sister Qi to have the shop shut down.

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