Chapter 392: Peach Blossom Tribulation
Jiang Ci smiled and said, "Everyone avoids the Ghost Gate as much as possible. Isn't the old patriarch afraid of offending them?"
The old patriarch nodded: "Of course I am afraid, it is a childhood shadow that has been deeply engraved in my bones since I was a child."
"But you are a great benefactor of our Murong clan. It is difficult for us to repay you. So as long as you need it, Master Jiang, you can come to the Murong clan at any time. Even if we can only help you in a small way, our Murong clan will definitely do its best to help you."
Jiang Ci smiled approvingly: "It's good to repay a favor."
After nightfall, Jiang Ci was still sitting in the garden pavilion.
Murong Jinran saw what she was waiting for, so he brought her a midnight snack. After putting it down, she turned around and was about to leave.
Jiang Ci suddenly called her, "Xiao Ran, if you're not in a hurry, sit down and talk."
Murong Jinran sat across from her obediently, "Master Jiang, what do you want to talk to me about?"
"You are doomed to fail in love." Jiang Ci said straight to the point.
Murong Jinran was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted, her cheeks slightly turning red.
"Oh, yeah... There's a boy in the academy who's been pursuing me, but I never agreed."
"He didn't agree because he was considering the other party." Jiang Ci hit the nail on the head.
Murong Jinran blushed and said, "Well... after my consideration, he has good character and all aspects, so we can try to develop a relationship with him."
"When your heart is moved by a red phoenix, it is not a blessing, but a calamity."
"Tribulation?" As a practitioner, Murong Jinran certainly knew the weight this word carried.
She asked seriously, "What will happen?"
"Don't be fooled by the other person's appearance. He is not your soulmate." Jiang Ci said bluntly, "If you fall into his peach blossom array, you will cry in the future."
Murong Jinran hesitated, "But his knowledge and character are obvious to everyone in the academy. Could it be that he has some secret that he has deceived me?"
"A bystander sees more clearly." Jiang Ci said, "I only said this for the sake of the old patriarch. If you don't believe me, you can go and hit your head against the wall. You will know whether it hurts or not then."
"I...I believe in Master Jiang!"
Murong Jinran returned to the room in a daze, and just in time received a call from the boy.
She hesitated for a moment, but finally answered the call.
A very gentle voice of a boy came from the other side: "Ranran, I heard that you have returned from the small world? I would like to treat you to a meal before school starts, is that okay?"
Murong Jinran thought of Master Jiang's warning to her, suppressed her affection for him, and said coldly: "Zhuo Fan, I'm sorry, I have something to do at home and I don't have time."
"But I haven't said when it is." Zhuo Fan said in a disappointed tone: "Your birthday is coming soon. I made a gift for you personally. You will definitely like it. I have even booked a restaurant and found many people to celebrate your birthday. It would be a pity if you don't come."
Murong Jinran frowned, "You looked for a lot of people?"
She doesn't like crowded places.
Zhuo Fan immediately said: "It's not that many people, just people from our student union, they are all people you are familiar with."
"Of course, it's okay if you don't want to come. At most, I can go and tell them that I canceled the birthday celebration because of something. I will personally apologize to them."
Murong Jinran felt a flash of guilt when he heard this, so he had to bite the bullet and agree, "Okay, send me the time and address, and I'll go."
"That's great, Ranran, you must come!"
After Zhuo Fan hung up the phone, Murong Jinran looked in the direction of the garden, thought about it, and decided to go downstairs to find Jiang Ci.
"Master Jiang, that boy asked me out to celebrate my birthday tomorrow night, and I agreed. If you are free, can you go with me?"
Murong Jinran said cautiously: "I would like to ask you to go and see for yourself what kind of person he is."
Jiang Ci drank his milk tea leisurely and responded readily, "Okay."
Anyway, the little statue with the broken hand hasn't brought back any news yet, so she has been very idle these two days.
The next evening.
After all, it was a birthday party, and Murong Jinran had been tinkering with her outfit since noon.
Jiang Ci looked at her little skirts thrown all over the bed and the floor, and said with a teasing smile: "Women dress up to please themselves."
Murong Jinran said shyly, "Master Jiang, please stop teasing me. The people going there tonight are all the elites of the Student Union of Shanhai College. By the way, the two sons of the Jiang family will probably be there too. Do you want to change your clothes as well?"
Jiang Ci raised his eyebrows, "That needs to be changed. When you go there, just call me Xiao Feng."
She put on makeup and disguised herself very quickly. When she appeared in a black dress styled by Hepburn, Murong Jinran was still worrying about her makeup and was not satisfied with even the several lipsticks she tried.
"Is this boy really worth your trouble to dress up like this?"
Women always fall easily into men's sweet trap.
Some people cannot see clearly, and some people are willing to sink.
I just don’t know which type Murong Jinran belongs to.
As time passed, Murong Jinran finally dressed up. She looked cute and playful. She winked at Jiang Ci and said, "Master Jiang, how do you think I look like this?"
"Yes, very beautiful."
"Then let's go."
The two drove to the restaurant.
At the entrance of the high-end restaurant, Zhuo Fan, dressed in a suit, stood there, constantly looking up at his watch to check the time.
It wasn't until he saw the familiar license plate number that his eyes lit up. He hurried forward and opened the car door for Murong Jinran like a gentleman.
"Of course, you are so beautiful today!"
Murong Jinran's cheeks flushed, "Zhuo Fan, thank you for hosting this birthday party for me. I didn't want to do it."
"Of course your birthday has to be grand and magnificent. Let's go, everyone is waiting for you, the hero!" Zhuo Fan stretched out his hand to her.
Murong Jinran naturally hooked her arm around his.
After holding his hand, he suddenly remembered something and looked back.
Master Jiang opened the car door and looked at them with a smile.
For some reason, Murong Jinran felt a chill down his spine when he was stared at by Master Jiang’s sharp eyes.
"Of course, she is?"
"Oh, this is my personal bodyguard, her name is Xiaofeng." Murong Jinran quickly let go of his hand and took the opportunity to hold Jiang Ci's hand.
"Bodyguard..." Zhuo Fan looked Jiang Ci up and down.
Jiang Ci glanced at his face casually.
You don't even need to get to know this kind of person too deeply. You can tell he is not a good person just by looking at his shifty eyes.
He is a well-dressed hypocritical villain.
"Zhuo Fan, don't underestimate Xiao Feng, she is amazing! She is very important to me!"
"Hello Xiaofeng, I'm Ranran's classmate, my name is Zhuofan." Zhuofan smiled politely and extended a friendly hand to Jiang Ci.
Jiang Ci didn't want to shake hands with such a villain, so he looked into the restaurant and said, "It's time for dinner. I'm hungry."
When Murong Jinran heard that she was hungry, he no longer cared about Zhuo Fan and enthusiastically pulled her into the restaurant.
Zhuo Fan: “……?”
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