This was nothing like what she had imagined!
She thought Bai Rongran didn't want to marry Chu Hengyuan because he was a playboy, idle and good - for - nothing, refusing to take over the family business and only knowing how to smoke, drink and chase after pretty girls all day long. But now it seemed that the reality was far different from her imagination.
Oh no, now she didn't want to marry Chu Hengyuan either.
As an ambitious fox, her long - held ambition had always been to marry the emperor and become the empress, second only to the emperor and superior to all others.
Even if there were no titles like emperor and empress in this era, she couldn't marry someone too unworthy.
Unfortunately, Chu Hengyuan was just that unworthy option.
If she married Chu Hengyuan, how could she face her aunt in the future?
Chu Hengyuan watched the little girl sitting across from him. Her complexion kept changing, turning green and pale in quick succession. Suppressing his smile, he silently speculated about what was going on in her mind. Then he subtly winked at the person sitting across the aisle.
Without one of the main characters, even if the other main character showed up as scheduled, he wouldn't be able to carry out what he had planned today.
Rong Lan sensitively noticed Chu Hengyuan's little gesture. She turned her head and looked at the person wearing a cap and a mask across the aisle.
The person who was glanced at by Rong Lan froze all over, and the way he was sipping coffee became a bit unnatural.
Rong Lan tilted her head, looking curious and innocent as she asked, "What is Young Master Chu up to? Oh no, I should ask, what does Young Master Chu plan to do to my dear sister Rongran?"
Chu Hengyuan raised his eyes. He wondered if it was just his illusion, but the sarcasm in the little girl's tone was too obvious.
He didn't know what she knew, so he didn't easily share the interesting information he had painstakingly obtained. He tried to gloss over it, saying, "What could I do? I just simply wanted to invite the second young lady of the Bai family out for a cup of coffee to discuss the marriage between our two families."
Rong Lan didn't believe Chu Hengyuan's words. Although he pretended to be calm enough, she was no ordinary human. "Do you also know that Rongran is pregnant?"
If one reasoned according to normal logic, if Chu Hengyuan simply wanted to invite Bai Rongran out for coffee, he would never have chosen a coffee shop near the hospital.
There were so many coffee shops in the city center, but he just happened to choose the one near the hospital.
There was definitely something fishy!
Chu Hengyuan raised his eyebrows. His gaze on Rong Lan carried a meaning that even Rong Lan couldn't fathom. With a faint smile, he stared at Rong Lan for a few seconds. Then he reached out his hand towards her without saying a word or answering her question.
But Rong Lan could understand the message conveyed by Chu Hengyuan's silence. She reached out and held his hand.
The two of them smiled at each other.
Chu Hengyuan shed his fake smile. This time, he really laughed out loud. "It seems that I had a too one - sided understanding of the eldest young lady of the Bai family before. I'm sorry."
This little girl could know such things, so her means must not be bad.
He had always heard some secret stories about her recently. It seemed that she might be playing the role of a pig to eat the tiger or just too lazy to care about those rumors. Otherwise, it would be a piece of cake for her to clear her name.
Rong Lan inexplicably felt that Chu Hengyuan's smile was just like that of a fox, very much like the innocent smile her elder brother in her family would put on when he was about to do something bad. "Can I know what Young Master Chu is planning to do now?"
"Actually, it's very simple. I've invited Bai Rongran, the second young lady of the Bai family, and also my younger brother, Chu Chuan." After giving a general idea, Chu Hengyuan turned his head and looked at the person pretending to be calm while sipping coffee, wearing a cap so that his face couldn't be seen clearly. "As for him, he's a photographer I specially invited. Miss Bai is so smart. I'm sure you know what I'm going to do, right?"
Rong Lan blinked her eyes. Combining what Chu Hengyuan had said with her own memory, she could indeed guess a thing or two.
Judging from Chu Hengyuan's behavior, it seemed that he not only knew that Bai Rongran was pregnant but also knew who the father of the child was.
Now it seemed that Bai Rongran was the most miserable one. She herself didn't even know she was pregnant, while others knew everything clearly and had already started to make plans.
She remembered that she had promised the ghost Bai Ronglan two things. One of them was to ruin the reputation of all the members of the Bai family. She tentatively said, "Then—how about we cooperate?"
Everyone in the circle knew that there was a marriage contract between the Bai family and the Chu family. After Bai Rongran was recognized as a member of the Bai family, she had been desperately spreading rumors in the circle, saying that Rong Lan was a scheming bitch who deliberately plotted to become a young lady of the Bai family. As a result, Rong Lan had a very bad reputation in the circle. By now, it was almost generally assumed in the circle that it would be Bai Rongran who would marry Chu Hengyuan.
If they knew that Bai Rongran was pregnant and that the child was the so - called second young master of the Chu family's, wouldn't she be just one step away from complete ruin?
Just thinking about it made Rong Lan a little happy.
Chu Hengyuan was surprised. "How does Miss Bai want to cooperate?"
"Just follow Young Master Chu's original plan." Rong Lan's eyes curved into a smile. "I have a way to invite Rongran here."
Looking at Rong Lan, Chu Hengyuan always felt that there seemed to be a red fox's tail growing behind the little girl. When she said this, the fox's tail was wagging back and forth, extremely excited. "Okay."
He raised his hand and glanced at the watch on his wrist. "I made an appointment with Chu Chuan half an hour later. Is there still time?"
"Definitely!" Rong Lan was confident. She took out her phone and, relying on the original owner's memory, operated this device that was still not very familiar to her.
She sent a message to Bai Rongran.
—Rongran, come to the address you sent me within half an hour. I'll be waiting for you there. If you don't come, I'll directly post on my Moments and make public the fact that you're pregnant!
After seeing Rong Lan tap a few times on her phone and then give him an OK gesture, Chu Hengyuan smiled. "Then, may I invite Miss Rong Lan to sit in my car? Let's wait for the show to start."
Rong Lan readily agreed. "Sure."
When leaving the coffee shop, Chu Hengyuan patted the shoulder of the person wearing the cap. The person nodded subtly.
In the car, Chu Hengyuan handed a Bluetooth earphone to Rong Lan. Rong Lan put it on and frowned slightly because it felt a bit uncomfortable, but she didn't say anything. Chu Hengyuan put on the other Bluetooth earphone and opened a small app on his phone.
Before half an hour had passed, voices came through the Bluetooth earphone, which had only been filled with noise before.
One of the voices was very familiar to Rong Lan.
"Why am I pregnant?! You've been scheming against me!"
"Humph, scheming? Anyway, you're going to marry Chu Hengyuan. The child in your belly is also from the Chu family, isn't it? Who the father of the child is doesn't really matter, does it?"
Hearing these words from the Bluetooth earphone, Rong Lan turned her head. Her gaze on Chu Hengyuan was filled with deep pity.
If Chu Hengyuan hadn't planned to scheme against Bai Rongran today, this big green hat would have landed on his head.
It was really...
Pitiful!
"First of all, I won't marry Chu Hengyuan! Secondly, this child can't be kept! Unless—you marry me!"
The person who said the last few words obviously slowed down the tone, losing the previous sharpness.