“No.” Cheng Juan stopped and glanced at Cheng Wenru. His eyes were like the fine snow flying outside the corridor, and his tone was casual.
Cheng Wenru narrowed her eyes, "You..."
This was not the first time Cheng Juan had said this. Cheng Wenru stared at him for a while, then waved his hand and gathered his coat: "Forget it, even if you really look for him, he may not pay attention to you. Big brother has been trying to win him over for several months but there is no news."
"Third Young Master, the old man asked you to go back." A servant standing in the opposite corridor spoke.
Cheng Juan said "hmm" slowly.
He tugged at his collar. It would be troublesome to come back. Today, several older generations of the Cheng family had returned, and he had to go back and meet them one by one.
Cheng Juan retracted his gaze and looked at Cheng Wenru.
Cheng Wenru asked him to leave quickly, "I will take Ranran all the way to my room, you can come to the room to find us later."
After Cheng Juan left, Qin Ran looked up, her hands tucked into her cloak, and asked casually, “Who was that Shi Liming you just mentioned?”
“You mean Shi Liming?” Cheng Wenru retracted her gaze. She did not hide this from Qin Ran. She crossed her arms and said, “In August, a rookie in the Cheng family base became very famous. He has made many achievements in just a few months. His strength is terrifying and amazing. Everyone in the base is convinced by him. Now he has climbed to the position of the head of the base. His background is clean. The Cheng family is optimistic about him from top to bottom. If we can win him over, we will win the hearts of the people in the base.”
...
...
Everyone in the Cheng family knows about this, so it's not a secret.
Shi Liming is quite capable. He stood out when he was a newcomer. He later led a special regiment and has won many merits in the past few months. It is true that the base has always valued strength, and it is true that if you can win him over, you can win the hearts of the people in the base.
When talking about him, Cheng Wenru couldn't hide her sigh.
Qin Ran was silent for a while, then turned her head to look at Cheng Wenru, whose black hair spread on his cloak. “It sounds like he’s very powerful now.”
"He is young and powerful," Cheng Wenru sighed, "He will definitely be a great general of the Cheng family in the future. My elder brother has good vision."
Starting to win over Shi Liming so early.
"Let's not talk about this. It's useless to mention it." Cheng Wenru shook her head. Cheng Raohan had spent so much effort but failed to win over Shi Liming. "Ranran, let's go over there first. There is a red plum garden. You came at the right time. It snowed last night. Although it was not heavy, there was still some snow on the branches."
Red plum blossoms reflecting the snow are a spectacular sight at Cheng’s residence every year.
The plum garden is very large, and most of the flowers are still just red buds, with snow weighing down the dark branches.
The stone table and stone benches in the plum garden had been cleaned, and there was a square teapot and four celadon teacups on them.
Cheng Wenru took Qin Ran to sit in the Plum Garden for a while, and then climbed up a tower next to the Plum Garden.
The tower faces the plum garden.
In front is the plum garden and in the back is the parade ground.
The Cheng family training ground is located in the back yard of the Cheng family. Today is the old man’s birthday, and many young people are practicing together on the training ground.
“That should be Shi Liming.” Cheng Wenru sat at the wooden table with Qin Ran, pointed at the group of people who gathered the most on the training ground, and spoke.
Qin Ran supported herself on the table with her hands. Her eyesight was better than Cheng Wenru's, so she had already spotted Shi Liming and his group.
Shi Liming was sent away by Cheng Juan after he came to Beijing. Qin Ran also saw him once during military training at the beginning of the school year. Now she saw that Shi Liming's skills had not declined.
She looked for a while, then looked away and opened her cell phone while listening to Cheng Wenru chatting.
The message on the phone was from Lu Zhaoying——
[Ranran, I won’t ask you about the magic tablet. There is another important matter. My mother wants to see you. 】
Qin Ran paused: [? 】
Lu Zhaoying replied very quickly; [She wanted to meet you after seeing Xiao Ling on TV. She said long ago that we are destined to meet! 】
Do you want to see her when you see Qin Ling?
Qin Ran held the teacup and thought slowly, recalling what Cheng Juan had said to her unintentionally.
She thought about it, clicked on Qin Xiuchen's profile picture, and sent a message directly: [Does the Qin family have a relative with the surname Lu? 】
As for Lu Zhaoying, she replied, "I'll think about it," and closed the dialog box.
Her white fingertips tapped on the wooden table, and she supported the table with one hand, wondering when she would go back to 129 to check on the Qin family.
**
On the training ground, Shi Liming was demonstrating martial arts to others.
One against three, he knocked down the young men in just a few moves.
With his current strength, no one in the Cheng family except Cheng Mu can be his opponent.
The Second Hall Master and several other Hall Masters stood at the edge of the training ground, with awe on their faces, "The Capital Base is indeed extraordinary."
"Second Hall Master, what do you mean?" The other hall masters looked at the Second Hall Master.
The Second Hall Master shook his head and looked at Shi Liming's approach with a serious gaze. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart that both Mr. Cheng Mu and Mr. Shi Liming were so powerful.
Shi Liming finished a fight and looked in the crowd, but still didn't see Cheng Mu.
When someone asked him out again, he would not make a move and would just look in the direction of the road.
Reaching out his phone and asking Cheng Mu——
[Mr. Cheng Mu, have you and Miss Qin arrived? 】
Cheng Mu didn't reply, so Shi Liming put the phone back into his pocket.
"Mr. Shi is indeed a young and promising man." Cheng Raohan, who had been watching for a long time, saw Shi Liming stop, then walked over and invited Shi Liming to go to the plum garden in front.
When Shi Liming was in Continent M, Cheng Shui noticed him because of his intelligence.
Naturally, he sensed Cheng Raohan's obvious attempt to win him over.
"Young Master, I have other things to do, so I'll leave first." Shi Liming refused calmly.
Cheng Raohan didn't even have the chance to say a word to Shi Liming before Shi Liming left the training ground.
"This Shi Liming is really difficult to deal with," Cheng Raohan's men lowered their voices and frowned after Shi Liming left, "He is unyielding."
"That's fine too." Cheng Raohan looked at Shi Liming's back and relaxed his frown. "For the time being, I'm not worried that he will side with my second sister and third brother."
Shi Liming was not around, so Cheng Raohan turned his attention to Cheng Qingyu again.
Cheng Qingyu is a member of the Cheng family. Unlike Shi Liming, he is much more respectful to Cheng Raohan.
**
Shi Liming was walking on the road.
Looking through WeChat, Cheng Mu had already sent him an address.
Shi Liming's status in the Cheng family is not low now. Not only Cheng Raohan, but all the hall masters want to win him over. He is very well-known in the Cheng family. Along the way, he randomly found someone to ask for directions, and that person took him all the way to Cheng Mu's residence.
Cheng Mu was sitting in the courtyard of his side room, with an antique long wooden box at his side. He was drinking soup from a soup spoon in one hand and a bowl in the other.
"Mr. Cheng Mu." Shi Liming was very respectful to Mr. Cheng Mu.
Cheng Mu raised his head, put down the bowl, and looked at Shi Liming: "Do you want to eat?"
Shi Liming shook his head, paused for a moment, and asked again: "Mr. Cheng Mu, when can I see Miss Qin?"
Cheng Mu glanced at him and said, "Let me ask."
He took out his cell phone and called Qin Ran: "Miss Qin, where are you?"
Qin Ran was walking slowly behind Cheng Wenru towards her room, holding her cloak with one hand and putting her phone to her ear with the other. Her eyes were light and she said, "Go to her yard with Sister Cheng."
Cheng Mu glanced at Shi Liming and said, "Xiao Shi wants to see you."
Qin Ran seemed to think for two seconds. She didn't reply first, but asked Cheng Wenru, "Sister Cheng, is it convenient for outsiders to come in?"
Cheng Wenru raised his chin and walked into the yard first, "Don't worry, there's nothing wrong with coming in."
“Okay, bring him to Sister Cheng.” Qin Ran adjusted the bag tied to her cloak.
Cheng Mu put away his phone, stood up with the wooden box in his hand, looked at Shi Liming, and said expressionlessly: "Lunch is still an hour away. Miss Qin is in the eldest lady's room. I will take you to see Miss Qin first."
Shi Liming's eyes lit up, and he quickly stood up from his chair: "Thank you, Mr. Cheng Mu."
Cheng Mu sent the bowl back to the kitchen, took the wooden box, and then took Shi Liming to find Qin Ran.
**
On the phone, Qin Ran and Cheng Wenru had already entered the yard.
The snowflakes in the sky stopped falling at this time, and Qin Ran sat in Cheng Wenru's picturesque courtyard with a hand warmer in her arms.
At the door, a middle-aged man came in and reported Cheng Raohan's whereabouts at any time: "Miss, the eldest young master only said a few words to Mr. Shi. There was no private conversation, and he still failed to win him over."
Cheng Wenru had someone bring hot tea up. Upon hearing this, she smiled and said, "My elder brother must have spent a lot of money to win him over. Shi Liming is really difficult to deal with." After a moment of silence, she shook her head and said, "It's good that he hasn't been won over by my elder brother yet. But with his personality, he may not stand on my elder brother's side in the final vote..."
According to Cheng Raohan's narrow mind...
As she spoke, she sat opposite Qin Ran.
Qin Ran held a cup of tea in her hand, lowered her eyes, and said nothing.
Cheng Wenru thought Qin Ran didn't want to hear about this, so she changed the subject and asked with a smile, "Is Cheng Mu here?"
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