The candlelight in the study flickered, and Song Huan met Pei Yan's dark gaze with a smile, but this guy's eyes did not blink, which made Song Huan gradually feel that she could not hide any longer... Her face was about to freeze with a smile.
After staring at each other for a long time, Pei Yan remained as still as a mountain.
Song Huan couldn't hold it in any longer. She blinked her bright eyes and took small steps towards Pei Yan, saying shyly, "My Lord...will you stay with me tonight?"
Upon hearing this, Pei Yan quickly passed by Song Huan and said, "Come to Mingsong Hall to see me tomorrow at noon."
As he finished speaking, the study door opened and a gust of cold wind suddenly rushed into the room.
Song Huan turned his head and crossed his arms, looking at Pei Yan's back as he left without hesitation, and forced an awkward but polite smile.
She was walking so fast, could she be a tigress and would eat him?
. ……
Pei Yan came out of Huichun Courtyard. Butler Pei, who had been waiting outside the courtyard gate, hurried over to greet him. "Master, Madam...did she say anything?"
Pei Yan curled his lips slightly and chuckled, "She and Qin Chengyu don't know each other."
Butler Pei heaved a sigh of relief after hearing his master's words.
Over the years, Steward Pei had watched his master grow up, his temperament becoming increasingly unpredictable. However, one thing remained constant since childhood. Anything belonging to his master, whether human or material, was considered unwanted by his master. Nothing could possibly survive without his deviant heart.
Even if the master has other intentions in marrying the eldest daughter of the Song family, he will definitely not allow the eldest daughter of the Song family to have any unclear entanglement with other people.
Moreover, based on Butler Pei's observations of the eldest daughter of the Song family these days, she has a very interesting personality.
If this person can treat the master sincerely, this marriage with different purposes may become a good one...
"Then tomorrow, would you like me to prepare some good gifts and visit Qin Chengyu first?"
"No need." Pei Yan suppressed his smile, "I will go there in person tonight."
Even if what Song Huan said was true, she didn't know Qin Chengyu.
So, what about Qin Chengyu?
The night grew darker.
In Yanshan, outside Beijing, there was a knock on the door of the Qin family's villa.
"Qin Huai, who is that?" Qin Chengyu was still reading a book. When she heard the knock on the door, she called Qin Huai.
Qin Huai had just finished playing chess with their owner and was finally allowed back to the house to rest. He took off his coat and never expected that a visitor would come outside the yard.
Each of them is surprisingly well-informed.
Their owner had just arrived in Beijing today, and someone came to him impatiently.
Qin Huai picked up the sword on the bedside and said, "Master, I will go and take a look."
"Yeah." Qin Chengyu replied calmly, "If they are unimportant, then find a reason to send them away."
"Yes, Master. I understand."
Qin Huaifu put on his coat again and went to the yard to open the door.
A young man holding a long sword stood outside the door. Qin Huai's eyes became alert. "Little brother, who are you looking for?"
Pei Chen bowed, "May I ask where Master Qin lives?"
Qin Huai frowned impatiently, "No, you've come to the wrong place."
Qin Huai was about to close the door after saying this, but Pei Yan was quick-witted and blocked the gate with his sword. "Our Marquis wants to see Master Qin."
"What do you mean, your Lord?" Qin Huai said coldly, "Little brother, you are being a little ungrateful—"
"Qin Huai, let them in." Qin Chengyu had walked out of the bedroom at some point and now stood under the eaves and said to Qin Huai, "It is an honor for the Qin family to have Marquis Pei visit our humble home. Go and make some good tea."
Pei Hou?
The person he went to visit with the owner of the manor today?
Qin Huai's expression changed. That man was a cruel and ruthless person.
He looked at Pei Chen and said, "I apologize for any offense I caused you."
Pei Chen nodded and walked towards the carriage not far away to greet Pei Yan, "Master, this is it."
There were several small courtyards on the hillside behind Yanshan Mountain, most of which belonged to the Qin family. Pei Chen had just knocked on the doors of several Qin residences, but all of them were empty. Fortunately, these small courtyards were not far from each other, so it didn't take much time to find them.
Pei Yan got off the carriage and said to Pei Chen, "Go and survey the terrain here."
Pei Chen agreed.
There was a small pavilion in the Qin family's courtyard, with a stone table and stone chairs inside. Qin Chengyu couldn't help but shudder as he sat down, but he kept a steady expression on his face. "This trip back to Beijing was in a hurry, and Qin Huai was the only one with me. There was no one to clean up this courtyard, so I had to ask Pei Hou to make do with it here."
Pei Yan smiled lightly, extremely politely, "It is I who disturbed Master Qin by visiting late at night. Master Qin, please don't take it as an offense."
"Marquis Pei, you are too kind. It is truly an honor for my Qin family that you come here in person. Why would you bother us?" Qin Chengyu looked at Pei Yan and saw that he was not as cruel as the rumors said.
He ordered Qin Huai to pour tea for the two of them, and after calming down a little, he said, "Since Marquis Pei came to see Qin so late at night, he must have known that Qin had gone to the Marquis' Mansion during the day to ask to see the Marquis's wife."
Pei Yan remained calm and chuckled, "This is exactly why I came here. As soon as I returned home tonight, Xiao Huan came to me and asked who the owner of Shangbao Manor was."
Who is he?
It's probably a cash cow.
Qin Chengyu has a very accurate understanding of his own identity. With the money of his Qin family, no matter who gets his help, even if that person is a useless waste, his Qin family can turn the waste into a pearl.
Otherwise, why would the dignified Pei Hou come to look for him so late at night?
Qin Chengyu was very clear about the interests involved.
However, there is no place in this world that does not talk about "profit". If this Lord Pei treats Huan'er well, whoever the Qin family helps will not matter.
The struggle for power in the capital is currently raging. The Qin family can hide for a while, but not forever, so they will eventually have to find someone to stand on their side.
I just don't know how ambitious this Pei Hou, who went to the battlefield to kill enemies at the age of nine, is...
Qin Chengyu lowered her eyes, picked up the teacup and took a sip. Then, she seemed to be lost in memory. "The last time I saw Huan'er, she was still a baby in swaddling clothes. I never thought that fifteen years would have passed in the blink of an eye. Fifteen years, every year, things are the same, but every year, people are different..."
Since the founding of the current dynasty, the Qin family's century-old family business has always had its roots deeply rooted in the capital.
But fifteen years ago, for unknown reasons, the Qin family's young master suddenly had a change of heart and led his entire family to relocate to the Jiangnan area. Since then, news of the Qin family has become increasingly difficult to track down, until ten years ago, when the young master of the Qin family almost completely disappeared from the world.
Three years ago, Pei Yan sent Pei Shen to track down Qin Chengyu, but found nothing.
Qin Chengyu is definitely not just a businessman.
However, since the person has appeared in front of Pei Yan, Pei Yan will not allow this person to have another chance to disappear from his sight.
Pei Yan's eyes flickered darkly, but he still wore a smile on his face. "From what Master Qin said, you have an old acquaintance with Huan'er's elders?"
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