Shangguan Yanran acted as if she hadn't heard.
Fu Rongchen thought for a moment and said, "I heard that Wangchunlou has launched some new dishes. Would you like to try them?"
Shangguan Yanran paused in her steps.
Fu Rongchen is so cunning; he actually used food to tempt her.
Thinking of the delicious food, she swallowed hard, then turned around and went back without any backbone.
"You're treating?"
"When have I ever asked you to spend money?" Fu Rongchen retorted.
Shangguan Yanran choked for a moment.
He did pay for all the meals at Wangchunlou the previous times we went there, and he also paid for all the things we bought while shopping.
She hesitated for a moment, then said, "Then... I'll treat you today."
A smile flickered in Fu Rongchen's eyes. He neither agreed nor disagreed, but simply put the shuttlecock back into her hand. "Next time you play shuttlecock, don't choose to do it on the road. It's easy to hit someone."
Upon hearing this, Shangguan Yanran felt a pang of guilt, realizing that he had seen through her actions.
"There's hardly anyone passing by here, how was I supposed to know you'd suddenly come over?" she said softly, head bowed.
Fu Rongchen glanced at her, but ultimately did not expose her.
Let's go.
"Oh." Shangguan Yanran handed the shuttlecock to Zhu'er, then excitedly followed him out of the Prime Minister's residence.
Fu Rongchen knew she had followed him, and a smile appeared on his lips.
Suddenly, Shangguan Yanran took two quick steps, walked to his side, and tugged at his sleeve. "Fu Rongchen, I have a question for you."
Fu Rongchen's gaze fell on the sleeve she was tugging at. He paused for a moment, then said in a low voice, "You speak."
When Shangguan Yanran met his gaze, she suddenly felt that the question she was about to ask was a bit abrupt. Besides, after all, she wasn't anyone to him, so what did it have to do with her?
If she asks, will he overthink it?
Fu Rongchen noticed that she suddenly fell silent, her face contorted with worry, as if she were stumped by something.
He was genuinely curious about what she wanted to ask, so he encouraged her, "Just say what you want to say, don't hold back."
Shangguan Yanran blurted out, "I heard from Your Majesty that many officials want to marry their daughters to you. Is that true?"
After saying that, she looked at him with her breath in her hand. She actually wanted to ask if there was anyone he liked among so many daughters of officials, but she still had a shred of reason and did not ask the question.
Fu Rongchen paused, vaguely understanding her actions today, and deliberately frowned, saying, "How come I didn't know about this?"
"Huh?" Shangguan Yanran looked at him in surprise, and seeing that he didn't seem to be lying, she suddenly realized that she might have been tricked by Rong Qingqing.
She brought this up on purpose to provoke her into asking Fu Rongchen; she did it entirely on purpose.
Thinking of this, she became very angry.
It's a shame that she was so upset about this matter after returning from the Princess's residence yesterday, and today she caught Fu Rongchen coming to the residence to discuss it with her father, deliberately teasing him.
In the end, she was just overthinking things.
She bit her lip in frustration, completely unaware of the smile in Fu Rongchen's eyes.
"Yanran, you seem quite concerned about my affairs?"
When the man's smiling voice reached her head, Shangguan Yanran's heart skipped a beat. She slowly looked up and realized that Fu Rongchen was very close to her, his dark eyes fixed on her, as if something was churning within them.
She couldn't help but take a step back. "W-what?"
Fu Rongchen's lips curled slightly, and he raised his hand to rub her head. "It's nothing."
Shangguan Yanran felt a slight sense of relief, but then she suddenly heard him say in a rather indifferent tone, "I don't like any of those daughters of officials."
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