As soon as Su Zhiruan walked into the jewelry store, she saw a familiar figure next to the counter.
It was the third prince Fu Huaizhong.
"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Third Prince." Su Zhiruan didn't know why he was here, but since he was here, he naturally had to bow first.
Fu Huaichu recognized her voice and turned around quickly, "It's - the emperor's sister-in-law."
His voice was quite loud, and many people in the shop looked at him curiously, as if they were observing what kind of relationship they had.
"Your Highness, please call me by my name," Su Zhiruan smiled as he stood beside him, "Otherwise, the rumor will only get bigger and bigger."
When Fu Huai finally saw her standing beside him, even the area behind his ears turned red. He hesitated for a moment, but still said, "Okay, Miss Su."
"Your Highness, are you here to buy anything?" Su Zhiruan looked at the jewelry around him. These were all accessories, and there were also waist ornaments suitable for men. She looked up at the snow-white brocade robe that Fu Huai was wearing, and took out a belt inlaid with rubies from the counter. "I don't know if you like this, but I think it should go well with your clothes today."
The rubies came from the Western Regions. In the center is a ruby the size of a pigeon egg with beautiful cut surfaces, and smaller rubies are symmetrically inlaid around it. The hanging chain does not appear frivolous, but makes the gem look beautiful and luxurious. The brocade robe that Fu Huai wore throughout his life was a bit drab and plain, but with this belt, one could immediately see his aura as a member of the royal family.
"I love so much."
Fu Huai finally said in a low voice, lowered his eyes, changed his belt, and tied this one around his waist.
Su Zhiruan held his chin and looked at him, nodding with satisfaction.
The young man from Sujia Village, who was the shopkeeper, had been watching from the other side for a while. Only then did he slowly come forward and said, "Sister Ruan Ruan."
"Why are you so polite today?" Su Zhiruan joked with a smile. She pointed at the belt that Fu Huai was wearing all his life and said, "I'll give this to him."
"Sister Ruan Ruan, you are joking. This store is all yours. You don't need to tell me." The young man asked the idle waiter to serve her tea quickly. With a glance, all the waiters became busy.
When Su Zhiruan saw the young man coming, he said, "Uncle Wang said you have something to talk to me about."
"I have something for Sister Ruanruan, please come with me." The young man smiled apologetically at Fu Huaizhong, and went upstairs with Su Zhiruan.
The package was not heavy. Su Zhiruan weighed it in his hand and guessed that these should be the same batch of documents he had just received from the shopkeeper.
"Uncle also gave me a stack of documents just now. I'll open them to see if they are the same. If they are the same, I won't take them away." Su Zhiruan sat at the eight-immortals table on the second floor. He untied the bag and revealed the contents, which were also a stack of account books.
"Sister Ruanruan, please take your time. I'll go downstairs to greet the guests first." The young man waved his hand and went downstairs.
Su Zhiruan stayed here to look at the documents. Some of them were overlapping and some of the rest needed to be processed. She wrote down her suggestions with a brush. After finishing them all, she sorted out the notebooks and put them back into the package, stood up, stretched her shoulders, and prepared to go downstairs.
Just as she walked down the last step, she saw a familiar person coming into the store.
——Fu Huaichu.
The two brothers stood together and seemed to be having a conversation, but judging from their expressions, Fu Huaichu seemed at ease and his eyes were indifferent, while Fu Huaizhong's eyes were evasive and erratic.
Fu Huaichu was wearing a black cloak, the pure black color made his face look like a jade, and he walked on the flowing clouds in his dark-patterned python robe. He was born with the aura of a superior. Fu Huaizhong was wearing a snow-white brocade robe, and the ruby belt around his waist made him look as noble as a young man from a noble family and as bookish as a scholar. He lacked a little bit of the royal aura, but the looks of the Fu family seemed to be outstanding. When the two brothers stood over there, they immediately attracted the favor of most of the women present.
"Ruan Ruan, come here." When Fu Huaichu saw her coming, his eyes softened. A warm smile appeared on the corner of his mouth and he extended his hand to her.
At this moment, Su Zhiruan could even clearly feel that all the women in the store were looking at her. She walked forward helplessly and took the hand that Fu Huaichu extended, "Why are you here?"
"I wanted to go to your house to look for you. The housekeeper said you should be here, so I came." Fu Huaichu's big hand tightly wrapped around hers. The two spoke in a normal tone, as if they had been a couple who had been together for a long time, natural and close. "The shopkeeper said you were doing the accounts upstairs, and I saw my third brother here, so I chatted with him for a while."
Fu Huai finally saw their tightly clasped hands and their extremely intimate and normal conversation. The light in his eyes dimmed a little, "Brother, sister-in-law, I'll take my leave first. My mother asked me to come to the palace in an hour."
"Go." Fu Huai finally took in the look in his eyes just now, took Su Zhiruan into his arms, and said goodbye to him.
Fu Huai finally left, and one could tell from his back that he was very lonely.
"Fu Huaichu, you are the emperor's brother, be more generous." Su Zhiruan could naturally see the atmosphere between them just now. She was not stupid. She knew a lot about Fu Huaizhong's feelings for her, but Fu Huaichu's jealous performance was too obvious. "I know my limits. People call me the emperor's sister-in-law."
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"He has good taste," Fu Huaichu leaned over and put his chin on her shoulder, regardless of the fact that they were in public. His voice was soft and childish, "This guy fell in love with you at first sight and even said in front of me that he wanted to marry you. I don't think he has given up yet."
"Everyone is watching," Su Zhiruan patted his back, but he hugged her even tighter.
"Ruan Ruan, you just said that you accepted him calling you the emperor's sister-in-law, right?" Fu Huaichu narrowed his eyes and smiled thoughtfully, "Why not marry me, okay? I've been waiting for you so hard. If you don't agree, I will keep pestering you and influence you with my love."
"Then wait until our Ruan Ruan is finally willing to take a liking to poor Fu Huaichu, and let him take care of you and the two children, so that they can live a safe and smooth life and live a happy and fulfilling life. At that time, perhaps that poor Fu Huaichu will become the happiest man in the world." Fu Huaichu said sincerely. As he spoke, he took out a jade pendant from his arms and handed it to Su Zhiruan. "If Miss Su is willing, as a token of sincerity, this token of the East Palace warehouse, as well as all his fiefdom and shop salaries, will be handed over to the person in front of him who he wants to marry. Are you willing?"
"In that case..."
Su Zhiruan smiled and stretched out her voice. They hugged each other tightly. She had already felt his heart beating violently in an instant. She smiled and said, "She was worried that some jealous person would make a huge amount of vinegar, so she agreed."
The actions of these two people were all seen by everyone in the store.
When someone recognized that it was Fu Huaichu proposing, the whole place went wild!