Chapter 114 I'm not here to freeload.
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Gu Xiangyuan glanced at Shen Wenyuan subconsciously, then looked at Xie Qingran somewhat embarrassedly. She placed the rouge in her hand on the table and said softly, "No, no, no, I don't want it. He gave it to you. I can't accept it!"
"If you can have it, then have it now."
"Once this is given to me, it's mine; if I give it to you, it's yours."
Xie Qingran picked up the rouge and stuffed it directly into Gu Xiangyuan's hand.
Here, Xie Qingran will also shed her coldness and regain some of her original softness. In her previous life, the reason she was always cold and polite was because she had no one she could trust. She was afraid, so she had to do this to protect herself.
But things are different now. Xie Qingran is completely relaxed here. She is naturally a lively person, and she was known as a troublemaker in her family when she was a child.
Unfortunately, it seems like we can never go back to those days.
Shen Wenyuan found it rather strange to see Xie Qingran so lively. He had originally thought Xie Qingran was a wooden person who couldn't talk or laugh, but he never expected that she would have such a talkative and cheerful childlike appearance.
"Since Miss San likes your things, I won't take them for nothing. You can stay for lunch; I prepared them all myself!"
Xie Qingran snorted, clearly haughty, and pulled Gu Xiangyuan to her feet, walking towards the swing set on the other side.
She took Gu Xiangyuan's hand, helped her sit on the swing, and said with a smile, "Shall I draw a portrait of you?"
"good!"
Gu Xiangyuan immediately agreed, and then hurriedly struck a particularly beautiful pose, smiling at Xie Qingran.
Xie Qingran stood by the table and began to draw.
Seeing this, Shen Wenyuan stepped forward, then sidled up to him and whispered, "I... I'll draw one for myself too!"
Xie Qingran remained silent, simply keeping her head down and continuing to paint.
After a short while, Xie Qingran nodded: "All done!"
"Let me see!" Gu Xiangyuan was the first to rush over and burst out laughing after seeing it clearly: "Beautiful! Beautiful!"
Now, Shen Wenyuan also became interested and hurriedly stepped forward. After taking a closer look, he was stunned and whispered, "Didn't you say you'd draw it for me too? What about mine?"
Xie Qingran pointed to the puppy in the corner and said with a grin, "Isn't it right here?"
"What?"
"Fine, Xie Qingran, you're calling me a dog!"
Shen Wenyuan belatedly realized what was happening and started running after Xie Qingran.
Gu Xiangyuan stayed where she was, laughing heartily, and the atmosphere on the estate immediately became lively.
At this moment, Xie Qingran also had a touch of indescribable girlishness.
Lu Jinzhi heard their laughter even before she entered the door, and her eyebrows furrowed tightly, showing some displeasure.
Zhao Yuanqi chuckled as well: "I thought you'd really grown up, Qingran, but I didn't expect you to be so talkative and cheerful?"
Upon seeing these two people approaching, Xie Qingran's smile vanished instantly, replaced by extreme impatience.
Upon seeing this, Zhao Yuanqi was taken aback for a moment, then frowned: 'What's with that expression? What, don't you want to see us?'
"Greetings, young general."
Xie Qingran stopped and bowed respectfully. The smile on her face was replaced by frost, and she completely reverted to her previous cold and distant demeanor, as if her previous enthusiasm and liveliness were just their illusion.
Shen Wenyuan initially liked the two people quite a bit, but after seeing Xie Qingran's change in expression, he immediately became somewhat dissatisfied. He wondered what these two people were doing here, as they only seemed to be causing him trouble!
Xie Qingran was perfectly fine before, but she became unhappy because of them!
Lu Jinzhi snorted: "You were laughing so happily just now, why can't you laugh when you see us?"
Seeing you, I really can't bring myself to smile.
"This is the Xie family's estate. May I ask what brings you two gentlemen here?"
Xie Qingran showed no mercy and didn't even give Lu Jinzhi any face. She was afraid that if she was too nice to Lu Jinzhi, he would misunderstand and think that she still had designs on him.
Upon hearing this, Lu Jinzhi's face turned green: "If it weren't for Yue'er asking us to come see you, do you think we would have bothered with you?"
"To be honest, you're really petty. What did Yue'er do to you? Why can't you tolerate her?" Lu Jinzhi looked at Xie Qingran with dissatisfaction.
Xie Qingran roughly understood what was going on. It must have been Xie Hanyue complaining to these two people, so they came to act as peacemakers, or even to force her to bow her head and go home.
"I think you may have misunderstood. I have no conflict with Xie Hanyue."
"The reason I went out is because I'm not feeling well, so I went to soak in the hot springs."
Xie Qingran gave a cold snort and just stared at Lu Jinzhi.
"Alright, now that the misunderstanding has been cleared up, shouldn't you go back?"
Zhao Yuanqi never expected that Xie Qingran would despise him so much.
He hurriedly stepped forward, smiled at Xie Qingran, and said, "Qingran, we all grew up together. What are you doing? Besides, even if it weren't for Yue'er, can't I just come to see you?"
"Although we knew each other when we were young, we wouldn't say we were childhood sweethearts."
"The most important thing is that I am already engaged. Too much contact with other men will not be good for my reputation. I would like to ask the young general to do me a favor."
Xie Qingran took a step back, her expression blank, yet she kept everyone at arm's length.
However, it's clear that Gu Xiangyuan doesn't think that way.
She snorted and looked at Zhao Yuanqi with displeasure: "Who would dare to be with you? Who knows what kind of random people might barge in and do something inexplicable? We're terrified. General, you'd better go back quickly."
They could disregard Xie Qingran's words, but they wouldn't dare to truly offend Gu Xiangyuan, especially since the Zhao family had already offended the Gu family before, and Zhao Yuanqi would be even less likely to offend Gu Xiangyuan at this time.
"Miss, the food is ready, you can eat now."
When Granny Feng came over, she was taken aback to see so many people suddenly in the courtyard.
"Alright, it's been a long time since I've eaten with Qingran. Let's have dinner before we go!"
Zhao Yuanqi immediately agreed and then headed towards the dining room.
What was supposed to be a pleasant meal turned sour after the arrival of these two uninvited guests. Xie Qingran maintained a sour expression throughout the meal, only managing to observe basic etiquette, without overturning the table or swearing.
Seeing her like this, Lu Jinzhi felt even more uncomfortable. He hadn't come here to freeload!
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