It's almost time to wear it. The soft beauty relies on the child-bearing system to favor her

Seeing that Shang Xingjian was still not coming out of his room, An Jing did not dare to knock on the door to ask.

He kept lying on the door of his room, listening to the noise outside with his ears pricked up.

He has been practicing martial arts since he was young, so his hearing is much sharper than that of ordinary people. Just now, Su Wanti deliberately lowered her voice when talking to Zhang, but those words still fell into his ears word for word.

When An Jing saw Miss Su had packed up and walked out of her room, he went to knock on Shang Xingjian's door.

"Sir, are you up?"

The door opened with a creak.

Shang Xingjian, dressed in dark cloth, stood at the door with a stern expression.

His eyes were slightly drooped, his lips were tightly pursed, and there was no expression on his face.

An Jing was stunned, feeling that the young master seemed to be in a bad mood...

Since yesterday, the young master has been in a bad mood. He has been silent and sighs from time to time. It seems that after a night, his boredom has not been relieved.

An Jing really wanted to know what had happened that had troubled the young master for so long.

"Sir, we will be in Luzhou this afternoon. I have sent a letter to my mother, asking her to pick us up at Ru'an Mansion."

The Luzhou An family is one of the big families in Daning.

The An family has a large population, numerous branches, strict family precepts, and many talented people.

The An family attached great importance to education, and the private school at home was open not only to boys but also to girls.

Men studied to take the imperial examinations and pursue a career in officialdom, while women studied poetry, calligraphy, painting, history, and music, earning themselves the reputation of talented women.

An Jing's father, Minister An, came from the An family in Luzhou.

The head of the An family in Luzhou, the eldest master of the An family, is Minister An’s elder brother.

After Minister An was promoted to the position of Minister of Revenue, he took his mother, Madam An, to the capital to live in her old age.

Mrs. An lived in the capital for several years. As she was not used to the local customs and climate of the capital, she returned to Luzhou two months ago.

An Jing's mother was worried about her mother-in-law traveling alone, and in order to show her filial piety, she personally escorted her mother-in-law back to the old house in Luzhou.

Now, An Jing's grandmother and mother live in the An family in Luzhou, so Shang Xingjian and An Jing decided to hide in the backyard of the An family after arriving in Luzhou.

"Yeah." Shang Xingjian nodded and walked out calmly.

An Jing added: "Miss Su is also going to the An family."

"Hmm?" Shang Xingjian stopped.

Seeing that the young master was interested, An Jing told him everything he had just overheard.

"Sir, the An family has posted a notice offering a reward for a magical medicine to cure my grandmother's headache."

"My grandmother's headaches became more and more serious. When they started, it felt like an axe was splitting her head. The imperial physician wrote a prescription for my grandmother, saying that the prescription could cure her headaches. All the herbs on the prescription could be found, except for the herb Resurrection Grass. Therefore, our An family posted notices in various places, offering a reward of 10,000 taels, just for the Resurrection Grass."

When Shang Xingjian heard that Su Wanti was going to the An family to deliver the resurrection grass, he was slightly moved.

However, he thought of the woman's cold and heartless words just now, and his throbbing heart turned a little cold.

He snorted coldly, "Let her go, what does it have to do with us?"

He lowered his eyes slightly, and his faint gaze fell outside the window. Outside the window was the backyard of the inn. The carriage they rented was parked there. Su Wanti was busy loading the luggage onto the carriage with her younger brother and sister.

The woman was wearing a light yellow vertical collared double-breasted blouse and a bud green pleated skirt. She looked as lively and graceful as the new buds on a willow branch.

Perhaps because it was hot, the woman's forehead was covered with sweat. She rolled up her thin sleeves, revealing her fair and slender arms.

The early summer morning sun was bright and hot, and the bright white sunlight shining on the woman's bare arms was dazzlingly white.

The woman occasionally raised her hand and wiped the thin layer of sweat on her neck with a handkerchief. The small vertical collar that fit her neck was pressed down by her fingers, and the fine cotton handkerchief wiped the skin under the collar that was covered with a thin layer of sweat.

A small purple mark under the collar suddenly caught Shang Xingjian's eyes.

This is what he left this morning.

Shang Xingjian's eyes were deep and his Adam's apple rolled.

His chest felt stuffy, and an indescribable emotion was churning inside him. The place where the woman's fingertips had just touched was burning hot.

Suddenly, a strange thought flashed through his mind.

Why did he feel that this woman was taking advantage of him...

Shang Xingjian shook his head, thinking that he was just imagining things.

He sighed softly, feeling guilty about his narrow-mindedness.

Just because the woman refused his proposal, he thought the worst of her, thinking that she was staying with him just to take advantage of him?

Miss Su doesn't know his identity and doesn't want to ask him for a formal status. How can she use him?

Shang Xingjian's eyes were dark, he clenched his fists, and the words that Miss Su had just said echoed in his ears.

“I will never get married in my life”, “…Don’t think too much about it and don’t take it to heart.”

They embraced each other tenderly...how could he not take it to heart?

"Am I someone you can use whenever you want and discard whenever you want?" These words were squeezed out from Shang Xingjian's chest, in a low and silent voice.

"What?" An Jing asked with a frown, but he only saw the young master's mouth moving but didn't hear any sound.

Shang Xingjian's eyes turned slightly, and he regained his calm expression, "Nothing, let's go, it's time to set off."

He put his hands behind his back, his back was straight, his steps were steady, and his elegance could not be concealed even in his plain clothes.

An Jing followed behind him.

The two walked to the backyard of the inn to meet up with the Su family.

As soon as I walked out of the inn, I saw two men with unfriendly faces wandering around Miss Su.

The two men looked ruffians, staring at Su Wanti like flies seeing meat, and it was obvious that they were not decent people.

Shang Xingjian's face darkened and his eyes turned cold.

He walked forward quickly, using his broad, straight shoulders to block the unfriendly looks around him.

"Why don't you wear a veil?"

As he spoke, he opened the curtain of the carriage, took out the veil inside the carriage, and put it on the woman's head.

The veil fell, covering the woman's pretty and bright face.

Shang Xingjian approached with his tall body, and placed his hands on the side panels of the carriage, trapping the woman between his arms.

Now they were outside, with their family members around, so the woman couldn't say anything. She frowned and whispered, "What are you doing? Take your hand away and let me out."

The man did not move, and looked down at her, "You want to settle down in Luzhou? Take me with you."

"Did you hear everything?" Su Wanti raised her eyelids slightly.

Shang Xingjian chuckled, his eyes bright, completely devoid of the resentment he had when the two separated.

He opened his thin lips slightly, and said in a low and pleasant voice, "Let me guess what Miss Su is planning."

"Miss Su is going to take her family to settle down in Luzhou this time, and she also wants to open a medicine shop in the huge Luzhou city. You have enough money to open a medicine shop, but opening a medicine shop requires not only money, but also a force in the city that you can rely on. Luzhou Anjia is the force you want to rely on."

"So, Miss Su went to Luzhou An's family to deliver the Resurrection Grass. Getting the ten thousand taels of silver was secondary. Her primary goal was to make friends with the person in charge of the An family, hoping to receive his care in the future."

"However, the An family has a strict hierarchy and complicated rules. If no one introduces you, the girl can only meet the An family's steward, hand over the medicine, take the banknote and leave. You will not be able to meet the real master of the An family."

Hearing this, Su Wanti's eyes flashed, "Sir, can you let me meet the real master of the An family?"

"Get in the car, girl. We'll talk on the way."

Shang Xingjian took another step forward, and Su Wanti had nowhere to retreat, so she fell into the carriage.

The man's sharp breath hit the woman in the face, and she felt a hint of danger and loss of control.

"Aren't you riding in the same carriage with your friend?" She put one hand behind her back to steady herself.

One hand came up and pressed against the man's chest, preventing him from getting any closer.

The man chuckled and tried to hold her hand, but she quickly pulled her hand back and retreated into the small carriage.

The veil on her head was knocked off, and the woman's beautiful face illuminated the dark carriage.

"I've said before, I won't get married. Just pretend nothing happened last night..." She said in a very low voice.

Shang Xingjian looked calm, "Don't worry, young lady. I'm not a playboy or a scoundrel. I won't pester you."

"This time I really have something to discuss with you, young lady. I can indeed help you, young lady. You will know later."