The daughter of the emperor was reborn and was spoiled by the sickly prince.

Liao Qinglan stared at Gu Mingzhao, trying to find some clues of emotion on his face.

However, those ink-black eyes were like a frozen pond, deep and cold, making them hard to fathom.

Liao Qinglan's nose felt slightly sour.

"Why are you crying?" Gu Mingzhao asked in confusion.

Liao Qinglan turned around and faced away, feeling an indescribable pain in her heart.

She didn't know what was wrong with her.

Before, whether it was when she learned that Gu Mingzhao was in trouble or when he spoke coldly to her after losing his memory, Liao Qinglan did not cry.

However, when she handed him these affectionate letters and received his indifferent reaction, the grievance in her heart surged like a tide.

why?

Shouldn't there be a different attitude?

"You...don't cry." Gu Mingzhao's voice sounded helpless.

Liao Qinglan cried even harder, but still held back her tears.

From behind, Gu Mingzhao could only see her thin shoulders shaking with sadness.

He let out a long sigh.

Every word and sentence in those letters is filled with deep love.

Every letter expressed the hope of returning to Beijing as soon as possible and getting married as soon as possible.

He himself found it incredible that he had ever had such passionate emotions.

However, when he read these letters, he felt like he was reading someone else's story.

Gu Mingzhao tried to close his eyes and feel the mood when he wrote the letter, but he just couldn't empathize.

However, he is sure of one thing now.

When he saw Liao Qinglan crying, he felt inexplicably distressed.

Gu Mingzhao walked behind her, gently put his arms around her waist, and coaxed her in a low voice: "I promise you, everything in the letter counts, we will get married as soon as we get back, don't cry, okay?"

"Not good." Liao Qinglan said sullenly.

"Why?" Gu Mingzhao was completely confused about her thoughts. "We are engaged, and I will do my best to take care of you. Apart from my amnesia, there is no change in our relationship. Why are you still unhappy?"

"It's just different. You were nice to me before because you really liked me. Now you're nice to me only because we're engaged."

Gu Mingzhao remained silent.

In the past two days, Liao Qinglan seemed to have been struggling with this issue.

I used to ask myself if I would be so nice to someone else if I was engaged to someone else.

I saw that she really cared about this.

Gu Mingzhao sorted out his thoughts and said, "I don't remember anything. To me now, you are just a stranger I have known for three days."

Liao Qinglan said "Oh", her thick eyelashes trembled, and she tried to break free from his arms.

Gu Mingzhao held her tighter with his hands, locking her down to prevent her from moving.

"Am I not a stranger? Why are you hugging me?" Liao Qinglan was a little annoyed and twisted his fingers.

"Although we are strangers, the first time I saw you, I thought, if I could marry such a beautiful girl, I would be happy just by looking at her."

"You are just attracted by your beauty!" Liao Qinglan scolded.

"So what, do you want me to see your face without any interest?"

Liao Qinglan couldn't refute this.

Who doesn’t want to be the most beautiful in the eyes of the person they like?

It seems that Gu Mingzhao is quite satisfied with her appearance.

Even in his previous life, Gu Mingzhao had never expressed any love for her, nor had he ever been stingy with his praise for her appearance.

Liao Qinglan suddenly thought of Gu Mingzhao's unusually rejecting attitude towards her when she first met him after he lost his memory.

"That's not right. When you first met me, you clearly thought I was a bad woman who broke your leg!" Liao Qinglan couldn't pry his hand open, and poked his wrist angrily.

Gu Mingzhao bent down, put his chin on her shoulder, and held her two mischievous hands in a very ambiguous posture.

"I thought at the time that such a scheming woman should not harm others. If you dare to provoke me, I will let you know how powerful I am."

Liao Qinglan was not surprised at all when he said this, because he treated her like this in his previous life...

"Do you think so now?" Liao Qinglan asked.

"Now, I am thanking my former self for having a good vision."

Liao Qinglan didn't understand what he meant and didn't say anything.

Gu Mingzhao continued, "I have a feeling that we are destined to be together. No matter how many times we meet again, I will still like you. Even if I don't have such a deep love for you now, I like the feeling of being with you."

"If the past is really that important to you, then I promise you that after we deal with the missing laborers in Jizhou, we will go to Miaojiang immediately to find a way to restore memory, okay?"

Liao Qinglan nodded slightly.

All in all, this was the third time she and Gu Mingzhao had gotten to know each other again.

As he said, no matter how many times he does it again, his fate seems destined to be entangled with his.

Liao Qinglan shook hands with Gu Mingzhao in return.

Neither of them spoke, and they both felt the strength given by each other.

It wasn't too early, so the two hugged each other for a while before Gu Mingzhao stood up and said goodbye.

Liao Qinglan walked Gu Mingzhao all the way to the door, and happened to meet Liao Zhendong coming back from outside.

Her father looked like he was worried about something. He acted as if he didn't notice that Gu Mingzhao was still with her so late. It was obvious that he had a lot on his mind.

"Your Highness, I was looking for you everywhere, and I didn't expect you to be here."

Gu Mingzhao asked: "It's so late, what's the emergency?"

Liao Zhendong glanced at Liao Qinglan who was standing beside him, avoiding her intentionally, and whispered, "Your Highness, please move to the study to discuss in detail."

Gu Mingzhao turned to look at Liao Qinglan and said, "Go back to your room and have a good rest. I have something important to discuss with the Prime Minister."

Liao Qinglan nodded obediently, returned to her room, quietly opened the window, and observed the movements of her father and Gu Mingzhao.

After the two of them entered the study, Liao Qinglan tiptoed out, secretly squatted under the study window, and listened to their conversation.

In the study, Gu Mingzhao asked, "Is the Prime Minister worried about the labor issue?"

Liao Zhendong sighed and said, "It's even more difficult than this. Wang Tingzhi has not been heard from for the past two days. I have asked many people about him, but I haven't seen any trace of him."

Gu Mingzhao hesitated for a moment and asked, "Could it be that he exposed his whereabouts while investigating the case?"

"That's what I guessed too. Wang Tingzhi is a steady person and not the type to act alone."

"Did he leave any information before he disappeared?" Gu Mingzhao asked.

"I looked in his room, but found nothing."

"I have some clues in my hand. I will go and investigate it myself tomorrow."

Liao Zhendong was a little worried: "Your Highness must be careful. If Wang Tingzhi is really exposed, then the people in the dark will definitely be more vigilant."

"I will be careful. But my Lord, the waters of Jizhou are very deep, you should send Ling'er back to the capital as soon as possible."

"Right on my mind."

When Liao Qinglan heard that the two of them were discussing sending her back to the capital, her heart tightened. She was afraid that if she was discovered, they would send her back to the capital overnight, so she hurried back to her boudoir.