Chapter 088 Not Miss Ruan anymore?

The next day, Jiang Jie and He An had a heated argument in the court regarding corruption among officials in the Ministry of Revenue. He An believed that the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Qi Yuanchang, was responsible for the poor disaster relief.

However, the Dali Temple Minister felt that although Lord Qi was suspected of dereliction of duty, he had not yet been convicted of corruption and needed to be investigated after a detailed investigation.

In fact, the evidence produced by He'an did not contain any evidence of corruption. The reason was simple: the two brothers of the Wu family took all the blame for him, and all the money transferred to Lucheng went into the Wu family's account.

After leaving the court, Jiang Jie's face was still full of anger, and when he passed by He An, he simply walked past him.

The ministers around him shook their heads upon seeing this, secretly thinking that Jiang Jie was too arrogant.

The Prime Minister is a man of great means. How can we allow him to act on impulse like this?

He An just raised his eyelids, and although he was unhappy, he didn't say anything.

**

Ruan Qinghuan went out early in the morning. When he arrived at the shop, he found out that his brother had already returned home, so he had to hurry back to the Ruan Mansion.

Wei Mingxi was brought back to the mansion by the Prime Minister's wife, and Ruan Qingzhou's mood instantly brightened. He was really tired of hiding from her all this time, but now it was all over.

Lying on the chair in the study with a book on his head, Ruan Qingzhou had just woken up and was feeling drowsy after smelling the scent of ink. He was enjoying himself when he suddenly felt a pain in his ear and jumped off the recliner.

Just when she was about to lose her temper, she saw that it was her sister, so she had to swallow her angry words back into her stomach, frowning in pain: "Sister, what are you doing?"

"What are you doing?" Ruan Qinghuan let go of him and poured a cup of tea to cool down. "I was going to ask you, what did you do during the time I was in Lucheng?"

Ruan Qingzhou was puzzled: "I'm listening to you and looking after the family business. Don't you know all this?"

His sister's eyes seemed to penetrate him, making Ruan Qingzhou feel uneasy. He continued to explain, "I'm telling the truth. Some time ago, I took the accountant to your shop to secretly check the accounts. It took nearly half a month. Otherwise, how could we have found out that your second aunt had embezzled so much money?"

Ruan Qinghuan sighed: "I'm not talking about business."

"Ah?" Ruan Qingzhou pondered the meaning of her words and suddenly realized something: "Sister, you don't want to ask about me and Wei Mingxi, do you?"

Ruan Qinghuan's eyes changed color, and Ruan Qingzhou said calmly: "Didn't I tell you that it was just a small misunderstanding. Now we have forgotten the past. I saved her three times, so it's not an exaggeration to say that I am her savior."

"It's true that she saved my life, but the problem is that she wants to marry me." Ruan Qinghuan didn't waste time talking to him: "Did you kiss her?"

Ruan Qingzhou, who was drinking tea, spat out a mouthful of water. He coughed several times before calming down. He asked angrily, "Did she say that?"

Seeing him like this, Ruan Qinghuan's heart sank. No matter what the reason was, this matter was most likely true.

Ruan Qingzhou frowned with a hint of anger, complaining unhappily, "He came to me yesterday and told me not to tell anyone about this, but he went back and complained first?"

Listening to him mumbling, Ruan Qinghuan angrily slammed the table: "Did you really kiss him?"

"We kissed, but not in the way you thought?"

Seeing that his sister was angry, Ruan Qingzhou hurriedly recounted the situation on the day when she was drugged with aphrodisiac. At the end, he raised his hand and said solemnly: "I swear, it was definitely not me who took the initiative to kiss her. She forced me to kiss her."

Ruan Qinghuan had not expected such an episode. As both of them were women, Wei Mingxi was at the age of falling in love for the first time. She chased him all day long and seemed to be angry, but she herself probably couldn't tell when she fell in love with her brother.

Regardless of who took the initiative that day, the fact is that they kissed. After thinking for a moment, Ruan Qinghuan asked tentatively: "What do you think... Wei Mingxi?"

"Not very well, isn't she going home soon?"

"She doesn't want to go back, she wants to stay."

"She wouldn't be... wouldn't be planning to take advantage of me, right?"

**

On the way back, Ruan Qinghuan looked listless. She had never expected that there would be so many blunders between Qingzhou and Wei Mingxi. However, Qingzhou had no romantic feelings for her, so things became a little tricky.

I wanted to discuss this matter with my mother-in-law, but when I got home I found out that she had gone to the temple to pray again.

This time she would be gone for at least three to five days, and she only asked the maid to pass on a message to her, saying that if something serious really happened, she should wait until she came back to talk about it, and there was no need to worry too much, as there would always be a way out when she reached the mountain.

Ruan Qinghuan was touched, but the more her mother-in-law said this, the more guilty she felt.

In the original book, the mother-in-law had only one son, He'an, in her life. Wei Mingxi, her niece, indirectly made up for her regret of not having a daughter, so she loved her very much.

Although the original plot has changed unknowingly, this love has never changed.

I think she felt sorry for Wei Mingxi, but didn't want to make things too difficult for her, so she gave her some space to deal with the matter.

After returning to Changchun Garden, Wei Mingxi glanced at the courtyard of the guest room next door. It was very quiet inside, as if no one was there, so he had to return to his room first.

Seeing that she was worried, Xia Lian consoled her, "Young Madam, the Master said that Miss Wei was the one who initiated what happened that day, and it was an accident, so it doesn't count."

"That's not right. Even though it's not a big mistake, it's a big deal to a woman."

This was reasonable, but when Xia Lian thought about how Miss Wei had caused trouble for the young lady before, she really couldn't feel any sympathy for her.

As the masters had not returned yet, Ruan Qinghuan took out rice paper from the cupboard and began to prepare for the opening of the pawnshop. He had just written a few words when there was a knock on the door.

Xia Lian opened the door and was startled when she saw the person outside. Then she couldn't help laughing out loud.

The laughter attracted Ruan Qinghuan, and when he looked up, he saw Wei Mingxi coming in. He frowned immediately and said, "You...did you tear down the kitchen?"

It was not surprising that there was a bowl of sugar water on the tray in Wei Mingxi's hand.

What was surprising was her face. Her eyelids, cheeks and nose tip were all black, and because of the sweat, they looked shiny.

Wei Mingxi grinned, with an expression that showed obvious flattery. She thought Ruan Qinghuan was disgusted by her dirty clothes: "Sister-in-law, please don't laugh at me. I will change into a clean dress later. First, try the sweet soup I made myself, which has bird's nest in it."

Sister-in-law?

Not Miss Ruan anymore?

This was the second time I had seen her since I came back from Lucheng. She was still aggrieved, sad and angry last night, but after one night, she seemed like a different person. The change was so fast that Ruan Qinghuan couldn't adapt to it for a while.

Seeing her bring the sweet soup to him, Ruan Qinghuan said, "Thank you."

Wei Mingxi was waiting for her to taste it herself, her eyes full of anticipation, like a child waiting for praise from an adult. Ruan Qinghuan couldn't bear to spoil her fun, so she scooped a spoonful and tasted it. It was just a small taste, the sweetness rushed to her forehead. How much sugar did she put in it?

“Is it delicious?”

Not wanting to hurt her self-esteem, Ruan Qinghuan praised: "Not bad, don't put too much sugar next time."

Wei Mingxi nodded and said, "Okay, starting tomorrow, I will make your sweet soup. I guarantee you'll be satisfied."

Ruan Qinghuan: “…”

Does she want to stay and be a cook?