Qin Hou subconsciously looked at Gao Ren.
But Gao Ren was still looking at Fang Qing.
"He actually wants you to be his concubine?"
Fang Qing finally gave him a look.
"What, does Lord Gao still want to help him?"
Gao Ren narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Who said I helped him?"
"What brings Lord Gao here?"
Gao Ren chuckled.
"Can't I be the one who comes to see you?"
Fang Qing immediately looked away.
Gao Ren twitched the corner of his mouth.
"Heartless."
Then he looked at Qin Hou.
Qin Hou suddenly met Gao Ren's gaze.
I was stunned.
Gao Ren's gaze was too much for him to handle.
At first, he hoped that Gao Ren had come to save him, but seeing that look in his eyes now, his heart sank.
“Commander…it’s all fake. They’re slandering me. They want to deal with the Qin family and thus hinder the Third Prince.”
Gao Ren tossed his cloak aside and sat down in the chair where Fang Qing had just been sitting.
"Yeah?"
Gao Ren's gaze fell on the jailer who was kneeling there without saying a word.
"Hey you, why aren't you saying anything?"
The jailer was so frightened that his body went limp. When he looked up and realized that Gao Ren was questioning him, he quickly lowered his head again.
"This humble subject doesn't know. This humble subject is only responsible for guarding the prison cells..."
"On what charges did your government office imprison Master Zhou?"
"No, no crime. The higher-ups said the Qin family is going to detain someone, and they instructed me to keep a close eye on them and not let anything happen to them."
At this moment, the officials from the government office who had been listening in were sweating profusely.
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