Seeing her like this, the old lady probed subtly. After much deliberation, she asked again, "What do you think of Lianyu?"
Cheng Xiran almost spat out the hot tea she had just sipped. She looked at her grandmother in surprise. So all those words from the old lady were meant to introduce that playboy Xue Lianyu to her!
The old lady let out a soft sigh and then said earnestly, "I think Lianyu is a good boy. Although his family has been in business for generations, he's not an idle playboy. Moreover, his family is extremely wealthy and doesn't take sides with any political faction. They're well - known in the court and the public but not deeply involved in worldly affairs. Just based on this, I'm sure he can give you a peaceful life in the future."
Seeing the old lady was serious, Cheng Xiran didn't want to argue with her for the moment. She just went along with her words, "Okay, Xiran understands. I'll definitely get to know him better later, but I still need to focus on the newspaper office these days."
The old lady saw her earnest look and couldn't help covering her lips with a smile. "Our Xiran has really made something of herself. Now she can earn money on her own and is doing it so well. She's much better than your younger sister."
Cheng Xiran couldn't help muttering in her heart. That girl was not even worthy of being compared with her!
After dinner, when she returned to her own courtyard, Cheng Xiran asked Zhuque to apply medicine for her. Zhuque felt so heart - broken that she wanted to complain, but Cheng Xiran gave her a look and she stopped. Zhuque was quite annoyed. So Cheng Xiran took out the first copy of the newspaper printed in the afternoon and handed it to her. "I've started a new story. I think you'll like it. Have a look."
Zhuque took it. In just a short while, she was so absorbed that she even forgot to apply medicine for Cheng Xiran. Cheng Xiran didn't know whether to laugh or cry. While applying the medicine herself, she joked with her, "Zhuque, do you want to know if Luo Mu agreed to that rich merchant's daughter?"
Zhuque thought hard for a long time and then murmured, "I don't think so. Luo Mu is a playboy and his family is rich. How could he be attracted by such a rich girl?"
Cheng Xiran pursed her lips and smiled. She couldn't help praising, "Our Zhuque is getting smarter. She can start analyzing the plot, but you're still wrong..."
Cheng Xiran gently took the newspaper. After glancing at it, she tilted her head slightly and raised her eyebrows playfully. "Although Luo Mu is a playboy and his family is wealthy, he'll still agree to that rich girl because he lacks love."
Zhuque clapped her hands excitedly. Then she blushed and smiled, "But miss, now that you've told me the plot, I won't be looking forward to the plot the day after tomorrow."
But Cheng Xiran said confidently, "You will. Because the day after tomorrow, I'll arrange for the hero and the heroine to meet."
"Miss is getting more and more naughty."
After saying that, the two of them played merrily in the room. They didn't know what Liu and Cheng Zhiyue in another courtyard were plotting secretly. They only knew that the moon that night was as it always was, neither too thin nor too soft.
The next day, Cheng Xiran got up early and rushed to the newspaper office without having breakfast.
Sure enough, after just waiting for an hour, she found that all the newspapers printed overnight had been sold out. She had specifically asked them to print a few hundred more copies, but they were all snapped up.
In this way, it could divert their attention on the one hand, and on the other hand, it would be easier to expose those lurking spies.
Then she went back to the newspaper office and wrote several fake manuscripts. She sent someone to casually drop them in a small, inconspicuous corner nearby. If they were picked up, it would mean they were being monitored.
After dealing with these things, she went to a nearby bun shop and bought three big meat buns. She was really hungry.
Just as she was enjoying them, a shrill voice suddenly came from beside her. "Brother Gu, this is where sister's newspaper office is."
Suddenly, the big meat buns in her hand didn't seem so delicious anymore.