Chapter 330 A Passionate Woman and a Resentful Man

"Mr. Yuan!" The tent flap suddenly ripped into pieces.

Yuan Hongqu looked outside and saw that Lan Su was still more than ten meters away from the tent, but in the blink of an eye, she was in front of her.

"Are you alright?" Lan Su looked Yuan Hongqu up and down, and only felt relieved when she saw that not even a single strand of her hair was messed up.

This was the first time Yuan Hongqu had seen Lan Su so nervous, especially since she had come for her sake. She felt a little touched, but also a little unaccustomed to it.

She didn't have many friends in this world, and she always felt that only Daiyu and Wang Xifeng, who came from the same world, would care about her from the bottom of their hearts. Others probably respected her more than they cared for her.

In other people's eyes, Yuan Hongqu was a woman with an iron will, so why would she need other people's care?

Back then, she didn't even flinch when she held her fiancé's head in her hands. Most people thought she was cold-blooded and a monster without any feelings.

“I’ve caught the maid who delivered the message last night,” Lan Su said, throwing the person she had been carrying to the ground. “We just got here when the Imperial Guards said someone was holding you at knifepoint…”

"It's alright now, thank you for your concern." Yuan Hongqu tidied Lan Su's disheveled hair, which she had made while rushing over. "She's right there, already tied up."

"I was so afraid that you would be killed by someone else. Miss Lin would be devastated. Lord Lin would definitely insist that I stay by Miss's side... Luckily you're alright." Lan Su said to herself, but she didn't see that Yuan Hongqu's face was getting worse and worse, and her movements were getting heavier and heavier.

"Ouch, that hurts! You're pulling my scalp!" Lan Su clutched her head, completely unaware that Yuan Hongqu, who had been so gentle just moments before, had suddenly changed her expression.

"Then you can clean it up yourself. Don't run around like that next time, young lady. Your hair is all messed up like a little madwoman!" Yuan Hongqu threw her hand away. "Fix this curtain for me! You shattered this perfectly good curtain with one palm. I know you're good at kung fu, but this curtain didn't do anything to you, did it?"

"Mr. Yuan, I don't know how to set up a door curtain. I was just worried about you..."

"Don't use that as an excuse. You're just worried you won't be able to enjoy yourself!" Yuan Hongqu said in an unfriendly tone.

Lan Su then realized that she had blurted out what was on her mind.

“Hehe, Mr. Yuan,” Lan Su said with a smile, “I’ve also caught this person for you. I’ll go keep an eye on the girl first, you go ahead with your work…” After saying that, she ran away in a flash, afraid that Yuan Hongqu would bring up the rest of the score with her.

The academy's teachers all went to the horse race this afternoon. Yuan Hongqu looked at the two people inside the tent. One was tied up, and the other had his acupoints pressed by Lan Su. Both were unable to move.

It seemed inappropriate to interrogate alone, and Yuan Hongqu was considering whether to call a few more Imperial Guards when she heard Liu Zhentao suddenly speak.

"Dean, this matter has nothing to do with anyone else. Please release her."

Yuan Hongqu frowned slightly as she glanced at the woman on the ground.

The woman's attire suggested she was a maidservant in the Second Prince's household. However, her appearance differed from that of typical grassland women, instead exuding a gentle beauty reminiscent of women from the Jiangnan region.

"Aren't you Mongolian?" Yuan Hongqu ignored Liu Zhentao and instead asked the woman.

The woman shook her head and spoke a long string of Mongolian.

Yuan Hongqu didn't understand a single word.

"Since you were able to pass on a message to Liu Qianrou last night, it means you can speak Chinese. But now you refuse to talk to me. Why don't you wait until Liu Qianrou comes over and tell her?"

The woman didn't speak, but Liu Zhentao became anxious.

"We can't see Qianrou. If you... if you let Qianrou know we're here, I... I'll kill myself on the spot!" Despite Liu Zhentao's imposing appearance with his full beard, Yuan Hongqu was surprised to find his words rather effeminate and clingy.

“Your sister is more manly than you!” Yuan Hongqu couldn’t help but complain.

Liu Zhentao listened to these words without taking them seriously, and simply lowered his head.

“Brother Liu is the most manly, more responsible than the men of our grasslands. He is a true man!” The woman on the ground suddenly spoke, speaking fluent Mandarin, her voice very pleasant to hear.

Yuan Hongqu gave the two of them a meaningful look.

"Back then, Liu Zhentao was kicked out of the Liu family. Could it be that his family disapproved of him, so the two of you eloped?"

Suddenly, a story popped into Yuan Hongqu's mind: Liu Zhentao, as a descendant of the Duke of Liguo in the capital, would certainly not be approved of his relationship with a foreign woman if he fell in love with her. Therefore, Liu Zhentao eloped with the woman to the grasslands. To prevent Liu Qianrou from recognizing him and spreading his whereabouts after returning to the capital, Liu Zhentao deliberately gave Liu Qianrou the wrong information, directing her to the military camp.

Liu Zhentao knew Liu Qianrou's personality best. Given her persistent nature, she would definitely not give up if she couldn't find Liu Zhentao at the military camp, and might even cause a big scene.

Liu Qianrou is the granddaughter of the Duke of Liguo, and the people in the military camp will not easily do anything to her, so Liu Qianrou will not be in any danger.

However, the border military camp is not a place where a little girl can act recklessly. She will definitely be taught a lesson. She will be locked up for a few days. When it is almost time to leave the grassland, Liu Zhentao will find someone to reveal Liu Qianrou's whereabouts and let the people from the academy go to the military camp to bring Liu Qianrou out.

In this way, his whereabouts will not be revealed.

As for the other people in the capital, Liu Zhentao had grown a beard and changed into Mongolian clothing; unless one knew him very well, it would be impossible to recognize him...

It must be said that Yuan Hongqu has some imagination. Although her thoughts are not close to the truth, they are not too far off. At least she guessed correctly about Liu Qianrou.

After Yuan Hongqu filled in these thoughts in her mind, she looked at the two of them again and felt a pang of sympathy that she herself did not realize.

The woman looked shy, but Liu Zhentao was lost in thought. What was going on?

After a long while, Liu Zhentao spoke with a bitter tone.

“It has nothing to do with her. Release her. She is the Second Prince’s daughter. Arresting her will cause trouble for the academy.”

"Is that so?" Yuan Hongqu curled her lips. The Second Prince looked at her like he had seen a god of wealth, his fawning was disgusting. She heard that he had more than twenty daughters, and this woman was one of them.

Upon hearing Liu Zhentao's words, the woman's face turned deathly pale, but when her gaze met Yuan Hongqu's, she seemed to regain her courage.

"Brother Liu, Sixth Sister doesn't want you, but I do. Take me with you to the capital. I believe your family will understand you."