Upon hearing this, Shangguan Yanran felt somewhat embarrassed. Looking at the man's mature and steady demeanor, she bit her lip and boldly looked up at him, "It has indeed been a long time since we last met. Brother Rong Chen has changed a lot."
Seeing the blush on the girl's face, Fu Rongchen smiled and reached out to rub her head. "Yanran has changed a lot too."
The man's hand suddenly touched her hair, and Shangguan Yanran was stunned.
At this moment, Shangguan Boyan hurriedly walked in from outside the mansion.
Upon seeing Fu Rongchen, she said with a mix of joy and apology, "Rongchen, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."
"No," Fu Rongchen shook his head and said with a smile, "I didn't wait long either."
"Yanran, what are you doing here?" Shangguan Boyan turned his head and saw his daughter, somewhat surprised, but he didn't think much of it. Instead, he said to Fu Rongchen, "Come on, let's go to the study."
"Okay." Fu Rongchen nodded. As he left, he glanced at Shangguan Yanran and saw that she was still in a daze, seemingly not quite recovered. A faint smile appeared in his dark eyes.
Five years have passed in the blink of an eye. The little girl from back then has really grown up. She can actually read books like that now.
He shook his head and followed Shangguan Boyan to the study.
Shangguan Yanran stood there for a long time before she came to her senses, then hugged her books and went back to the courtyard.
She was about to put the book on the table when she suddenly remembered something, and her face turned bright red.
Oh dear, did Fu Rongchen just see a scene from the book?
No, no, no, I don't think I saw it.
He returned the book to her so quickly.
However, she had heard her father say before that Fu Rongchen had the ability to read ten lines at a glance and to have a photographic memory. Although he returned the book to her quickly just now, it was not impossible for him to read it if he wanted to.
He probably hasn't turned the pages, has he? (あヤ~⑧~1~.7,8z.w.ò <)
She was unsure.
If he really saw the contents of the book, what would he think of her?
Shangguan Yanran lay listlessly on the table, looking like a defeated rooster.
When Madam Shangguan arrived, she saw that her daughter looked listless and thought she was sick, which startled her.
"Yanran, what's wrong?" She walked over and hurriedly reached out to touch her forehead.
Shangguan Yanran snapped out of her daze. "Mother, I'm alright."
"Why do you look so listless if you're alright?" Madam Shangguan was still a little worried. "Should we ask a doctor to take a look at you?"
"I already said I'm fine, why do we need to see a doctor?" Shangguan Yanran felt helpless at her mother's overreaction.
"Are you really alright?" Madam Shangguan glanced at her complexion.
"It's really nothing," Shangguan Yanran said, then remembered something and asked, "By the way, Mother, I just ran into Fu Rongchen in the front yard. Why did he suddenly come back?"
"What Fu Rongchen? You should call him Brother Rongchen. You have no manners at all," Madam Shangguan scolded.
Shangguan Yanran made a face at her.
Madam Shangguan pinched her cheek in annoyance and said, "Now that your brother Rong Chen is back, he won't leave again. He was sent to a local post to gain experience, and in recent years, he has achieved outstanding results, so your father took the opportunity to transfer him back."
Shangguan Yanran suddenly realized, "So that's how it is."
"Rong Chen hasn't been back for a long time. I had someone prepare a table of dishes for lunch. Come to the front yard in a little while, and we'll all have lunch together," Madam Shangguan instructed before getting up and walking out.
"I understand." Shangguan Yanran stood up to see her off.
"Don't be late, you're a junior, otherwise it will be impolite," Madam Shangguan added anxiously.
"I know, I know." Shangguan Yanran was extremely helpless.
As soon as Madam Shangguan left, Shangguan Yanran's shoulders slumped again. She hoped that Fu Rongchen hadn't seen the contents of the book, otherwise she would have lost face big time.
Sigh, if only she hadn't gone to retrieve the book, she would have left it with Qingqing and none of this would have happened.
She suddenly understood Qingqing's feelings.
This is so embarrassing!
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