Chapter 563 He'll endure it a little longer
They hadn't gone far when Ran Heng caught up and blocked Jiang Fenghua's path: "Miss Jiang, what's your name?"
Ran Heng then presented Jiang Fenghua with the article she had written, along with all the couplets and riddles she had composed. "I would like to ask Miss Jiang to do me the honor of leaving her signature. This would add some literary and artistic charm to Fuguizhai. Fuguizhai will preserve these records for people to admire and study. In recent years, only Miss Jiang has won the prize for the ninety-ninth level. My name is Ran Heng, and I am very happy to meet you."
Jiang Fenghua was extremely embarrassed. Although she had won through her own skill, she had still won from someone else. Just as she was about to take the pen and write her name, Xie Shang said, "There's no need to leave your name! The boss insists that we leave our names. Does he have some ulterior motive?"
Ran Heng smiled and said, "Whether it is necessary or not should be decided by Miss Jiang herself. Young Master should not have the right to stop Miss Jiang from making her decision."
Ran Heng said very politely, "If you have any concerns, Miss, I can take you to Fuguizhai for a look, and then you will know whether I am lying or not."
“I have no concerns.” She then said to Xie Shang, “Boss Ran is just doing business. I did win a prize, and signing an autograph is really a small matter.”
Xie Shang frowned, unsure of Jiang Fenghua's meaning.
Jiang Fenghua took the brush and wrote the two characters "Jiang Ruan".
Ran Heng bowed politely, "Welcome back to my shop, Miss Jiang Ruan. It is my honor to meet you."
Jiang Fenghua said, "Mr. Ran, you're too kind. Mr. Ran is busy with business. If there's nothing else, we'll be leaving now."
Ran Heng said, "I am also a citizen of the Great Zhou Kingdom. A few years ago, I was forced to leave my hometown and opened Fuguizhai in Licheng. I did some small business. You must also be a citizen of the Great Zhou Kingdom! It is really nice to meet a fellow countryman in a foreign land."
Jiang Fenghua didn't say anything, but Xie Shang spoke up before her, saying, "My husband and I are both from the Great Zhou."
Ran Heng said provocatively, "Not every person from the Great Zhou Dynasty is a good person. Miss Jiang, be careful."
Upon hearing this, Xie Shang felt like getting angry. What did that Ran guy mean by saying he wasn't a good person?
He should just bear with it a little longer.
He scoffed, "Someone who can run such a big shop still calls it a small business. Mr. Ran, you're really being modest! Isn't it incredibly impolite and tactless of you to flirt with a girl like that, especially in front of her husband?"
Ran Heng wasn't angry. "Actually, you and Miss Jiang aren't husband and wife, are you? You keep calling her 'wife' and 'husband and wife,' isn't that even more impolite and tactless to ruin her reputation? If she's willing, there's no need for you to emphasize what kind of relationship you have."
He was also quick to speak his mind: "I can tell that the young lady doesn't want to pay any attention to you, and you two are not husband and wife."
Xie Shang said we are husband and wife.
Before he could speak, Jiang Fenghua said directly, "We are indeed not husband and wife."
Seeing that the two seemed to be at odds, and that they were complete strangers who were arguing with each other, she became suspicious and said to Ran Heng, "But he is my fiancé."
"So he's just a fiancé after all!" Ran Heng said deliberately.
Hearing her say that, Xie Shang felt a little embarrassed. They were clearly a real couple, but now people were saying they weren't, and Jiang Fenghua even admitted it herself.
He wanted to declare to the world that they were husband and wife. At this moment, his face turned green with anger, his eyes turned icy, and his fists clenched as if he wanted to punch someone.
The next moment, unable to contain his anger any longer, he smashed the brocade box in Jiang Fenghua's hand to the ground, yelling, "What a piece of junk!"
The nine-phoenix hairpin inside had fallen out and scattered all over the ground.
Seeing this, Jiang Fenghua's eyes flashed with anger. She quickly picked up the hairpin and put it in the box. Fortunately, it was not broken. She said to Xie Shang, "What's wrong with you? You look down on this, but it's very precious to me. It's my stuff. What right do you have to break it?"
She wanted to give Lin Yu some jewelry. Lin Yu had been very good to her, and she hadn't found anything suitable for him. She saw it and went to great lengths to win it back, only to be told by him that it was junk.
She was furious. She apologized to Ran Heng, saying, "Thank you for the lucky charm, Boss Ran. I'll be leaving now."
After saying that, she ignored Xie Shang and really left.
He thought: If I say in front of other men that we are not a couple, what's wrong with pretending to admit it even if I have amnesia? Xie Shang is angry too.
Ran Heng didn't linger and returned to the shop.
Upon entering the shop, he was stopped by a man who asked, "How is it?"
Ran Heng glanced at Song Peng and said, "Why do you want me to get that girl's autograph? You're not up to something again, are you? She has a fiancé, and she doesn't seem like someone to mess with."
Song Peng stared at the name "Jiang Ruan" and a cold smile appeared on his lips. "So her name is Jiang Ruan. Back then, Yang Guaizi said there was a woman named Lin Ruan. It seems that Lin Ruan and Jiang Ruan are the same person."
Looking at the article and couplets written by Jiang Fenghua, he exclaimed, "Excellent writing, beautiful calligraphy." Thinking of her superb dancing skills, he was even more impressed.
Ran Heng said, "Do you know her? She is indeed a rare talent. She won my Nine Phoenix Hairpin. However, her fiancé is not very likable."
“I saw them once in the Southern Kingdom’s palace. This woman is good at pretending, making it impossible to guess which side of her is her true self.”
“Business at sea has become difficult lately. The Great Zhou has made its move. You should return to your vassal state as soon as possible!” Ran Heng said.
"There's still a batch of treasures that haven't been shipped out yet, and it'll be difficult to explain when we get back home." Song Peng added, "You won't betray me and report me to the authorities, will you?"
“Brother Song, what are you saying? Do you think I’m that kind of person? We fled here together from the Great Zhou Kingdom, we’re already in the same boat.” He added, “The Great Zhou Kingdom was unjust to us back then, so don’t blame us for being ruthless now.”
Song Peng and Ran Heng were both from the Great Zhou Kingdom and were both scholars. For some reason, they left the Great Zhou Kingdom. One stayed in the Southern Kingdom to do business, while the other went to a vassal state to become a military advisor by chance.
They were also pirates, and the two had already made a fortune by working together.
Ran Heng longed for a peaceful life and didn't want to live in constant fear anymore. He opened a study, selling stationery, books, and jewelry.
However, as a layman, he was easily scammed when he first entered the industry, and he almost died. In the end, Song Peng helped him.
From then on, they became good brothers who "did evil deeds" together. Ran Heng had no choice but to do so, but Song Peng wanted to recruit him. Now he had no choice but to leave the ship.
Fuguizhai also became a contact point for them to sell stolen goods and launder money. After Fuguizhai got money, Ran Heng renovated Fuguizhai and made it magnificent.
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