Black Rabbit twitched at the corner of his mouth as he listened to Magistrate Xia's narcissistic words.
My heart is pounding?
Staring in disbelief?
Prefect Xia has been staying in Wangcheng for many years and rarely goes to the capital. He probably hasn't seen any of the most beautiful women among the nobles of the capital. Otherwise, why would he say something so embarrassing?
Ziyan, the maidservant who follows Miss Cheng, is far superior to Lin'er. Why is the young master so enamored with her?
“Prefect Xia, I am already engaged. I have a fiancée, and she is very jealous. Let’s not bring this up again. I cannot accept your daughter.”
"How could that be? I've never... Oh, you mean Miss Cheng? Miss Cheng has been missing since you left Beijing. She wouldn't know. Maybe you two are destined to never be together again."
"Besides, Mr. Zhou, you don't like Miss Cheng at all. I know you're just too embarrassed to agree directly, so you're waiting for me to use these words to gamble on you!"
"Stop being stubborn. Take Lin'er with you. Once you've achieved success, you must treat my daughter well."
Zhou Cheng's brow twitched, and his face immediately turned cold: "My fiancée is waiting for me at the inn! Do you really want me to spell it out and say I don't like your daughter?"
As soon as he said this...
Lin'er, who was standing next to her, turned pale instantly.
Prefect Xia stood there in astonishment, and it took him a while to realize the meaning of Zhou Cheng's words.
Zhou Cheng said... he doesn't like Lin'er?
"How could that be? The way you looked at Lin'er just now was clearly unusual... Besides, Lin'er is so outstanding and beautiful, isn't she much better than Miss Lin? How could you not like her?"
Not only could Prefect Xia not accept it.
Even Lin'er couldn't accept such a cruel evaluation.
Tears immediately streamed down her face.
She looked at Zhou Cheng with tears streaming down her face, her lips pursed, and accused him, "Young Master Zhou, you said that Lin Jiaoyun is indeed not as good as me. You can be so devoted to her, how could you not like me?"
"I don't believe it, I don't believe you look down on me."
"Looking across the entire city of Wangcheng, everyone who sees me praises me as a beauty of unparalleled grace. I've already lowered myself to be with you, how could you tell me such a hurtful lie?!"
Black Rabbit looked at Zhou Cheng with a complicated expression, and exclaimed speechlessly, "Young Master, this..."
The two people opposite were full of confidence and made firm promises.
They're determined to keep going until they hit a brick wall.
Zhou Cheng completely lost patience to explain. Since Magistrate Xia and Lin'er were so certain and confident, it was as if they would argue with him to the end unless he showed them his heart.
She's supposed to be a beauty of unparalleled grace!
How beautiful is she? How fragrant is she?
Staying in this small city of Wangcheng, after being flattered a few times, one actually thinks that everyone is at one's feet.
Since that's the case, then don't blame him for slapping them in the face: "Fine! To put it tactfully, you won't listen or believe me, and you insist on humiliating yourselves, right? You want to come with me, right? Then let's go."
"Prefect Xia, don't just stand there, change your clothes and put on a mask, come along with us!"
"So that your daughter won't come back crying and you won't have to come back to me to confirm if it's true or not."
Prefect Xia automatically ignored the deeper meaning behind the words.
He thought Zhou Cheng had accepted the marriage proposal.
He immediately smiled, imagining Zhou Cheng overthrowing Emperor Yan and ascending the throne, while also fantasizing about becoming the emperor's father-in-law through his daughter, a position second only to the emperor.
Thinking this way,
Prefect Xia quickly changed his clothes, put on a mask, and followed Zhou Cheng to the inn with a big smile on his face.
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