Chapter 33: Departure from the Book

"Young Master Zhan didn't seem to have any Chinese medicine, so he rescued the people so quickly. After the two men failed, they had already dealt with them cleanly, leaving no trace."

Ah Jing glanced at Zhan Rongjun and then said, "Miss Li went to the wrong room and went to the second young master's room. This morning, the second young master came out of the room with a dark face."

After listening to the report from her subordinate Ajing, Zhan Rongjun did not speak for a long time, her brows were furrowed, and her fingers tapped rhythmically on the corner of the table. She reviewed it in her mind, wondering where the problem had occurred.

Thinking that all the people at the party were Zhan Feng's people, who were watching them closely, she hid the medicine under the nail of her little finger, and when serving the wine, she deliberately poured it into the wine glass next to her without anyone noticing, and then guided Ajing to serve the wine to her eldest brother. As expected, the eldest brother trusted Ah Jing very much and took the glass of wine with spiked liquor. She clearly saw the eldest brother drink it with her own eyes. The eldest brother was indeed not feeling well and went to rest. The cousin also went there as promised. When Xu Yueyao went out, she was caught by her people. Everything was going as planned, so why did it fail?

My eldest brother didn’t have any Chinese medicine, my cousin slept with the wrong person, and that bitch also escaped from her. Zhan Rongjun's face turned pale. It seemed that his elder brother had already noticed it, so he was playing along with her and waiting for her to fall into his trap. Zhan Rongjun broke out in a cold sweat. It seemed that ever since the accident of her second uncle, her eldest brother had become distant from their family and was no longer as enthusiastic towards their father as before, so something must have happened that she didn't know about. Zhan Rongjun suddenly regretted her recklessness. She was too conceited and thought that her elder brother would always be defenseless against their family.

It seems that I need to have a good talk with my father. Zhan Rongjun thought for a while and said to Ajing: "Don't take any action recently. Let's wait until my father comes back before we talk about it."

"Okay, miss," Ajing agreed respectfully.

"Father has been out with Auda for about half a month this time," Zhan Rongjun asked after calculating the time.

"I have been there for 13 days. A jade gambling event will be held in Yuewang City on the afternoon of the 21st. San Ye said that he will come back after the event."

Zhan Rongjun nodded. With Auda by his side, Zhan Rongjun felt relieved. After all, more than half of the third branch’s current wealth was earned by Auda from gambling on stones.

"You get out." Zhan Rongjun closed his eyes and leaned back in his seat and said.

A Jing looked at the young lady's heroic eyes and brows, which were full of irritation. His ears turned slightly red, and he mustered up the courage to say, "Miss, do you need my service tonight?" After saying this he clenched his fists nervously. This was the first time in the past two years that he had taken the initiative to bring this up.

Zhan Rongjun raised his eyelids and looked at his wheat-colored skin that glowed deeply under the light. He had thick eyebrows and big eyes, a very handsome appearance, a righteous face, and strong muscle lines that could not be hidden by his clothes.

Zhan Rongjun wanted to tear off his righteous face at the beginning, so she used her identity as a young lady to force him. Because she knew that no matter how much he went through, he would never leave her. After all, his life belonged to her.

Zhan Rongjun raised her eyebrows. She didn't like men taking the initiative, nor did she like men looking at her with loving eyes. What she wanted was to be conquered, to be seen as someone who was unwilling but had to obey her. Zhan Rongjun immediately lost interest in him and waved at him, signaling him to leave.

Ajing's eyes were full of loss, and he turned and left with a lonely look.

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Li Mo returned home and soaked herself in the bathtub, tears streaming down her face. She remembered that this morning when she woke up, Zhan Rongting looked at her coldly, "I didn't expect that Miss Li, who comes from a scholarly family, would be so passionate and unrestrained in private. I just don't know if Mr. and Mrs. Li, and Old Madam Li know that you have this side of you."

Then he pinched her chin and said, "I will find time to propose to you, and I hope Miss Li can regulate her behavior. I don't want my wife to be a fickle woman." After saying that, he walked away.

Li Mo stared blankly at her naked self. She actually slept with the wrong person, so was this retribution from God? She shouldn't have done this in the first place.

Thinking of this, Li Mo slowly slid herself into the bathtub. Just when she was about to suffocate, her body's instinct made her struggle to sit up. She breathed heavily. After she calmed down a little, she looked at her useless self and laughed at herself. Maybe this was her fate.

"Second Young Master, isn't this too much?" Zhan Lei asked, looking at the gifts filling the table. There's no need to bring so many gifts when proposing marriage.

"how"? Zhan Rongting looked at the gifts on the table, each of which was carefully selected by him. He was touching a pair of jade ruyi in his hand, and suddenly thought of the look in Li Mo's eyes when she woke up this morning, cold and resentful. Suddenly his heart cooled down, and he threw the jade ruyi in his hand and said, "Move everything in, and prepare a few items according to the rules." After saying that, he left without looking back.

Zhan Lei was a little confused. Just prepare a few things? I looked at the table of antique jewellery again. There is such a huge difference between the past and the present. But he still dutifully prepared a marriage proposal gift.

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In the Pear Garden, Xu Yueyao had dinner in the restaurant. Although she had lost all her face, she still wanted to save it. She ate her dinner calmly with big mouthfuls. The food was delicious, not worse than what Wang Ma cooked. Xu Yueyao looked up at Zhan Rongxuan and thought the food was quite good.

Zhan Rongxuan happened to catch her gaze and asked, "Why, not to your liking?"

After hearing this, Xu Yueyao shook her head and said, "It's delicious." Xu Yueyao picked up a piece of beef. It was very tender, with a mellow and juicy taste. It was so delicious that she squinted her eyes.

Zhan Rongxuan picked up a vegetable and put it in her bowl. He found that Xu Yueyao never took the initiative to pick up vegetables, but she didn't reject it when it was in her bowl and ate it with relish. Let him also find the joy of eating.

Xu Yueyao ate the vegetables he picked up and said, "After dinner, I want to go back to Huafu."

Zhan Rongxuan paused and asked, "What's wrong? Are you not used to living here?"

Xu Yueyao was slightly stunned and said: "A little bit."

"Let's do it tomorrow. Let Chen He come and check again tomorrow. If there is no problem, I will send you back. After all, the drug you took is not an ordinary aphrodisiac."

"Cough cough cough"! Xu Yueyao hurriedly picked up the cup of water and drank two sips of water, then turned around and looked around. Seeing that there was no one around, she felt relieved.

The good atmosphere suddenly became a little awkward. Xu Yueyao swallowed the last bite of food and said unnaturally: "I'm full. I'm going back to my room to rest." Then she trotted back to the room.

Zhan Rongxuan frowned as he looked at her back. Is she not used to living here? But what to do? He doesn't seem to be used to going to her place.

Xu Yueyao returned to the room and walked around with her hands on her hips. After what happened yesterday, why did she always feel shorter than him? How come the plot is getting more and more outrageous, it's simply crazy. Xu Yueyao pinched her chin, racking her brains to figure out what was going on. Finally, she looked up to the sky and sighed, "Forget it. The process is not important. What's important is my ending. I can just not die so miserably without any crazy plot twists."