Seeing Wei Jingran's seemingly heartbroken expression, Yan Qingxue ignored him, feeling utterly bewildered.
Xue Qingluan smiled politely at Feng Yan, as if they were already acquainted, and greeted him.
"Young Master Feng."
Feng Yan simply nodded, his expression remaining indifferent, as if he were used to Xue Qingluan's greetings.
Wei Jingyue also greeted him.
Xue Jinluan stole a glance at Feng Yan, revealing a girlish shyness. Actually, when she saw Feng Yan in the commercial building earlier, she wanted to greet him.
At the time, Wei Jingran was arguing with that woman, and the surrounding area was full of people from prestigious families who were watching the show. They were all considered to be in the same circle and were quite familiar with each other. If you were to greet one of them, you would have to greet them all. So everyone tacitly agreed to just play around and didn't deliberately flatter this person or that person.
Moreover, many important figures were present at the time.
In that kind of situation, there's really no need to greet each other.
If she were to force a greeting, it would seem as if she were deliberately flattering him, greeting everyone else but specifically the young master Feng. What would the noble families and powerful clans present think of that?
So the only option was to avoid speaking up and avoid any appearance of impropriety.
But things are different here. Here, I suddenly run into an acquaintance, and even someone of high status. Naturally, I have to greet them properly.
Although they deliberately came to our door.
"Young Master Feng, I am Jin Luan, and I greet you."
Feng Yan's status is different from everyone else's. He comes from a prestigious family, while they are just a commoner family. The difference between a prestigious family and a commoner family is a whole class.
Those from prestigious families hold official positions and are naturally influential figures in the officialdom.
These so-called aristocratic families sound prestigious, being what are known as scholarly families, but they don't actually hold any real power. They're just families with a better reputation than ordinary people.
Ultimately, they were just ordinary people, without any official position or post.
Feng Yan nodded in response.
Xue Jinluan persisted, trying to get a few more words out of Feng Yan, because she rarely had the chance to meet him on ordinary days. Even when they met at important occasions or banquets, she didn't dare to go up and say much to him.
Firstly, to avoid suspicion, and secondly, because Feng Yan was aloof and rarely associated with the young masters and ladies of these aristocratic families. He had never been seen interacting with any girl and always maintained an unapproachable attitude.
That aura that keeps people at arm's length makes it impossible for anyone to get close.
Xue Jinluan boldly stepped forward to strike up a conversation with him, partly because they had 'coincidentally' met outside, and there weren't many prominent families or powerful clans around, so people wouldn't gossip and say that she was deliberately seducing Feng Yan.
Even if she deliberately spoke a few more words to Feng Yan, no one else would know.
Secondly, seeing Feng Yan following closely behind Yan Qingxue and An Le, it turned out he was interacting with people and seemed quite approachable, which naturally gave her an opportunity to greet him and chat a bit more.
"I didn't expect Young Master Feng to come here to play. What a coincidence."
Having been met with a cold shoulder, Feng Yan nodded and followed An Le, leaving with Yan Qingxue.
They had only taken two steps.
Wei Jingran quickly called out, stopping them, "Wait, wait, Miss Yan—"
The person who called out was naturally Yan Qingxue. She hadn't expected Yan Qingxue to be a young lady from the City Lord's Mansion, nor had she expected her background to be so impressive.
She was just a nobody from a small family, how could she dare to offend someone from a prestigious family? Naturally, she wanted to apologize to her properly and avoid a public falling out.
This was something Xue Qingluan had carefully analyzed with her. Sister Qingluan said that the Green City Lord's Mansion had a very powerful background and was of a higher status than the Red City Lord's Mansion.
As for why it's so much higher, it's naturally because the Green City Lord's Mansion has connections with the Thirteen Famous Families.
This startled her. The Thirteen Famous Families! Every famous and aristocratic family knew about these Thirteen Famous Families.
Even ordinary people know the names of these thirteen prestigious families.
For ordinary families like theirs, the thirteen prestigious families were simply unattainable; they were at the very top.
Even ordinary aristocratic families are far from being on par with ordinary prestigious families, let alone the thirteen prestigious families.
So their arrival here can hardly be considered a coincidence.
Although it seemed like a coincidence, they had actually inquired about the group's whereabouts and specifically sought them out.
Sister Qingluan said that they absolutely must not antagonize such a being, as it would bring no benefit to their family and might even bring disaster upon them.
After listening to Sister Qingluan's analysis, they searched for the person in the commercial building again, but the person was no longer there.
After circling around for a while without finding anyone, they asked around and found out that the sales assistant said the person had come this way, so they followed the trail.
According to her own nature, she didn't want to bow down to this woman, but unfortunately, the woman's status was so much higher than hers that she had no choice but to bow down.
Moreover, she wasn't the only one who spoke out at the time; Xue Jinluan was also there.
Even if she didn't come over to apologize, Xue Jinluan would still be dragged over and forced to apologize.
I just didn't expect this woman to have such a good relationship with Young Master Feng.
Unexpectedly, I saw Young Master Feng chasing after someone with great enthusiasm.
Young Master Feng actually hangs out with a woman like that! I never expected Young Master Feng to have such a taste!
This was something that absolutely shocked her.
It was something she found unbelievable and incomprehensible no matter how she thought about it.
Such a woman and Young Master Feng are completely different kinds of people, how could they possibly cross paths?
This completely overturned her previous understanding of Young Master Feng.
Upon hearing the sound, Yan Qingxue paused, turned her head to look back, and her eyes showed a hint of disdain. She did not miss the "Miss Yan" that Wei Jingran had mentioned.
Ha, so they know who she is and are deliberately coming here to flatter her, huh? She's seen this kind of ugly face all the time and hates people like this the most.
Everyone who comes into contact with her has an ulterior motive, so she doesn't like to associate with the daughters of prestigious families and always stays out of the circle, mingling in the streets.
Do they genuinely enjoy spending time with her? No, they are after her status and want to use that status to get close to her and strengthen their relationship with the City Lord's Mansion.
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