Chapter 259 An Ziqing
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Jiang Mi took a serious look at the man whom the child called master. The man was about the same height as Huo Ran, but his face was more effeminate. His eyes held a hint of amusement, and his eyes, like hooks, scrutinized Jiang Mi from head to toe. Then he took a few steps forward, his tone filled with surprise.
"This woman is truly a rare beauty. In such a vast city as ours, it's hard to imagine anyone being able to match her looks. What do you think, Brother Huo?"
Huo Ran didn't speak, nor did he even glance at the other person. He only stared at Jiang Mi. It had been several days since he last saw her. At most, he only dared to watch her secretly from a distance, but he didn't dare to go up and say a word. Now that the two of them were so close, he felt like he couldn't hold onto her.
Jiang Mi came to her senses, not knowing what to say or do, so she simply turned around and left.
System: [What a great opportunity to complete the task! Why don't you cherish it?]
Jiang Mi didn't answer him. She felt confused and hadn't figured things out yet. What if he suddenly proposed to her? Should she accept or not? After all, this was a lifelong commitment, and she didn't want to be so irresponsible towards her feelings and others just to complete a task.
"Let's talk about it later. I can take my time with the tasks. I don't want to play games with feelings. No matter how much he truly loves me, I can't use him for my own purposes."
Jiang Mi has her own principles and bottom line. She has a lot of unspoken struggles in her heart. Whether in her past life or this life, she has never experienced matters of the heart and does not know how to handle them correctly.
Huo Ran watched Jiang Mi's departing figure, looking thoughtful. The person next to him, noticing his expression, asked with interest, "What? You've taken a liking to her?"
Huo Ran remained silent, and the man continued, "It's truly remarkable that our young master has experienced the first stirrings of love. However, that woman was indeed very beautiful. Looking across the entire capital, there is no woman who can compare to her. Even Consort Jing in the palace, in her youth, did not possess her ethereal grace. It's not surprising that you could be attracted to someone like her."
Huo Ran listened to him ramble on and on, then stared at him with cold, hard eyes, and the man couldn't continue.
"Alright, alright, I won't say anything more. But I don't know this woman's status. If she's of low status, she can only be your concubine. But that's alright. Marrying the eldest daughter of the prime minister's family as your heir will be beneficial to your future. Then you can choose a concubine you like. It's a win-win situation."
Seeing Huo Ran's increasingly grim expression, he asked his final question: "Do you want me to find out about this woman's background for you?"
Huo Ran finally spoke up: "No need, you'd better not investigate her."
The man was taken aback: "Why? You know her?"
Huo Ran remained silent, seemingly acquiescing.
"I see. So there was something going on between you two before? You kept everything from me. That's really unfair. If you want me to stop investigating her, then you have to tell me yourself what's going on between you two."
"It's nothing." Huo Ran's eyes dimmed. Thinking of Jiang Mi's reaction just now, he felt a tightness in his chest.
The man had never seen Huo Ran look like this before, and he immediately became interested.
"No way? You two really have something going on? Then I'm even more curious about her. What kind of woman could make our young master so infatuated? No wonder you've been running around outside so much lately. So there's such a beauty here. Now I understand you."
Huo Ran didn't take it seriously and warned the man, "An Ziqing, I'm warning you not to have any thoughts or make any moves towards her. You can touch anyone else, but not her."
Seeing Huo Ran's serious expression, An Ziqing was stunned. He guessed that Huo Ran had taken a liking to this woman, but he didn't expect Huo Ran to care so much. Huo Ran was not someone who cared about looks. It seemed that this woman had other characteristics that attracted him. In this light, he became even more curious about this woman.
"What about Miss Liu? I heard the Emperor is going to bestow a marriage upon you two. You can't disobey the imperial decree, can you?"
Huo Ran lowered his eyes and said coldly, "Even if I defy the imperial decree, what can he do to me?"
An Ziqing, thinking of Huo Ran's background, stopped the conversation. He recalled the events of the past few days and asked, "This Miss Liu doesn't seem very bright, does she? But as long as things don't reach the Prime Minister, everything's fine. This woman is simple-minded; you just need to coax her a few times, and she'll listen to everything you say."
If Huo Ran were willing to do this, he would have done it long ago; why has things come to this?
An Ziqing also understood the young master's temperament. The key was that Miss Liu, whom he had met. She was indeed not very smart. Not to mention Huo Ran, he didn't like her either.
Seeing that Huo Ran's expression was not good, An Ziqing did not ask any more questions.
"What brings this young lady here?" An Ziqing asked his servant boy.
The boy said, "I didn't do anything, I just asked for a pot of Nu'er Hong wine to try, and they said it tasted good."
"Oh? Is it really that simple?" An Ziqing had a feeling that it wasn't so simple. "Could it be that you knew someone was here, so you deliberately came to bump into them?"
Huo Ran glanced at him sideways, and Xiao Tong continued, "It seems that the young lady wandered in by mistake. She didn't know what we did here, and she asked a bunch of questions. Oh right, she also asked about your background, but I didn't say anything. I just treated her like any other customer, and she didn't say anything either."
"Really?" An Ziqing turned and glanced at Huo Ran. "Didn't you come because of someone? It seems that person isn't that popular."
Huo Ran ignored his sarcasm and walked outside.
An Ziqing quickly followed: "Hey, don't rush off. You have to take what I told you to heart. Don't forget our plan."
Huo Ran still didn't answer and left without looking back.
An Ziqing withdrew his smile and instructed the boy behind him, "Send someone to thoroughly investigate that girl's background and everything."
The boy asked curiously, "But didn't the young master just tell you not to investigate? If he finds out, he'll probably cause you trouble again."
An Ziqing scoffed, "He always talks like that. When has he ever really gone against me? Is our relationship less than that of a woman? You don't need to worry about anything else."
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