Chapter 64: Smarter Words

After getting off the horse, Chu Ran followed Li Fu into the Prince Consort's residence.

When following Li Fu in, Chu Ran kept wanting to ask, was Li Fu's sudden visit today a coincidence, or did he know something in advance? But he also felt that Li Fu shouldn't know anything in advance, so it must be a coincidence.

Chu Ran lowered his head and was thinking about himself, so he didn't even notice that Li Fu in front of him had stopped. He almost bumped into him head-on. Fortunately, he stopped in time when he was in front of Li Fu.

He looked up and looked at Li Fu who was standing on the steps.

"When did you offend Li Gaoyou?"

Li Fu was originally a little taller than Chu Ran, and now that he was standing on the steps at the door, looking down at Chu Ran, he seemed even taller.

"Ah?" Chu Ran was confused and bewildered.

What is Li Gaoyou? What does this have to do with Li Gaoyou?

Li Fu saw that Chu Ran was completely clueless. But soon, Chu Ran reacted and asked, "You said that group of people just now were Li Gaoyou's people?"

"What else?"

Chu Ran felt that Li Fu seemed a little angry, but he didn't understand why he was so angry. He didn't say anything to him on the way back just now, so there was no reason for him to be angry.

It couldn't be that he was angry because he was forced to ride on the same horse with him, but it wasn't something he wanted to do. It was Li Fu who took the initiative to invite him. If Li Fu disagreed, he could have ridden on the same horse with someone else.

That’s all.

Chu Ran thought, after all, he was just a servant, and if his masters were angry with him and used him as a punching bag, he should just stand there and let them vent their anger. After all, he had been with Li Dingning for so many years, and he had already learned to ignore what he heard. Even if the words were malicious, Chu Ran would not take them to heart.

So Chu Ran simply lowered his head and said nothing. After all, he didn't know why he was suddenly in a bad mood, so he just quietly became a punching bag.

"Chu Ran, why don't you speak?" Li Fu asked.

Chu Ran raised his head, his eyes blank, "Can I speak now?"

Li Fu frowned, "Why can't I talk?"

Chu Ran smiled and said, "Isn't the prince angry? It doesn't matter. If the prince is angry, just vent it on me. The prince should not get himself in trouble because of something that is not worth it."

An indescribable expression suddenly appeared on Li Fu's face, like anger, sadness, and resentment, but after all this, his expression returned to calm.

Li Fu just looked at him with a calm, seemingly somewhat sad expression.

It should be sadness, but Chu Ran was not sure, because there was not much expression on Li Fu's face.

Li Fu wanted to ask Chu Ran, how did he survive all these years in the palace if he was so stupid and knew nothing?

He wondered why he couldn't be smarter, but soon Li Fu realized that Chu Ran was not stupid, he was also smart, he just didn't become as smart as Li Fu expected.

If Chu Ran was smarter, would he have stronger self-protection ability and be able to protect himself better?

But it seems that this idea is also ridiculous.

After all, Chu Ran managed to survive without Li Fu. Even if it wasn't smooth, he managed to survive. He was not blind or lame, and his body was not injured at all. It was obvious that Chu Ran could survive well on his own. Only Li Fu was worried that Chu Ran could not survive alone.

"I'm not angry with you." Li Fu's eyes flickered twice, "I'm just angry with myself."

After saying that, Li Fu turned around and said to Chu Ran, "Come in."

After entering the house, Li Fu asked Chu Ran to sit down and put a lot of delicious and beautiful snacks for Chu Ran to eat.

Chu Ran was no longer as greedy as he was at the beginning, but seeing so many delicious snacks, Chu Ran still had an appetite. He raised his head and glanced at Li Fu, his eyes seemed to ask, are these really all for me alone?

Li Fu's eyes confirmed this answer.

Chu Ran immediately took a piece of snack and started to bite it with a crunching sound.

Chu Ran ate very quickly. Li Fu was worried that he might choke, so he gave a look to the maid beside him. The maid immediately came forward and poured Chu Ran a cup of hot tea.

"Thank you." Chu Ran said incoherently while chewing a snack. He picked up the teacup, took a sip, and swallowed the snack into his stomach with the tea.

Chu Ran ate three or four in a row, and then his desire to eat was not so strong anymore. Just then, Jin Yuan came in from outside and whispered something in Li Fu's ear. Li Fu nodded and then looked at Chu Ran again.

Chu Ran just happened to look up and saw Li Fu looking at him. Chu Ran's throat gulped and he swallowed the food in his mouth with great difficulty.

"I checked and it is indeed Li Gaoyou's man."

Chu Ran hummed, but was thinking silently in his heart, why did he not say anything just now, but only spoke now? Could it be that he was waiting until he was full, so he spoke?

"Think carefully about how you have offended him."

"Isn't it normal to offend him?" Chu Ran said in a matter-of-fact tone: "In recent years, the people of Zixia Palace and Qiluan Palace have been at odds with each other. Maybe he has disliked me for a long time, but he is just willing to make a move to deal with me now. But he may not be dealing with me, maybe he wants to invite me over for a good meal..."

"Speak nicely." Li Fu frowned.

Chu Ran felt very puzzled. He had been trying to be nice to him. Who would have said that Li Gaoyou brought him over to teach him a lesson? After all, they were related by blood.

But since Li Fu said so, Chu Ran had no choice but to use his rusty brain to recall it seriously.

As for when he offended Li Gaoyou, he really had no memory of it. He usually stayed with Li Dingning, who was as simple as a fool. Li Dingning was definitely not capable of scheming against others or secretly plotting to harm others. Chu Ran was of the "I won't offend anyone unless they offend me" mentality, so how could he take the initiative to provoke Li Gaoyou?

But... Chu Ran suddenly remembered something.

"What did you think of?"

Li Fu saw Chu Ran frowning, thinking that he had thought of something.

"I did think of one thing, but I don't know if it has anything to do with this." After thinking for a while, Chu Ran said, "The day after Fu'er jumped into the well, someone suddenly sent a message saying that Concubine Xi was looking for me. I thought it was strange at the time. Concubine Xi hadn't looked for me for many years, so why would she suddenly look for me? But I still went there. However, after I went there, the people in Zixia Palace told me that Concubine Xi had not sent anyone to look for me."

After finishing speaking, Chu Ran looked at Li Fu again and asked, "Do you think there is any connection between these two things?"

Li Fu's expression was solemn.

Based on what Chu Ran said, Li Fu could not judge whether the two things were related, but Li Fu knew one thing: in the palace, there would always be a reason behind any strange things.