After hearing her elder brother's words, Chu Qing was a bit stunned.
Moreover, when Chu Zhan spoke righteously, he was extremely so!
Chu Qing took a moment to recover, and with a rather complicated expression, she asked, "So, how did she react?"
"She seemed a bit unhappy. Some women are really strange. I was clearly thinking about her, but she acted as if I had done something to her. Women are truly strange!" As he said this, Chu Zhan even pouted.
After hearing his words, Chu Qing instinctively wanted to look around for something handy. If there was something, she would have loved to crack open her elder brother's head to see if he was stupid!
He was so good at making money, but why was he like a fool when it came to interacting with women?
Seeing his younger sister's look of frustration, Chu Zhan asked in surprise, "Did I say something wrong?"
"..." Chu Qing took a deep breath, then forced a smile and said, "No, no. Brother is quite right. I'm wondering what happened next. Did Miss Qu say anything else?"
"She wanted to make a bet with me when she saw that I refused her. She said that she would definitely make me agree to marry her within a year."
"??? Could the bet be..."
"Yes. She said that if I still didn't want to marry her after a year, she would lose. And if she lost, she would give me the Mystery Pavilion. I calculated that the Mystery Pavilion was definitely more important, so after a year, although I had a little... really just a little bit of a thought... to marry her, I resisted it." At this moment, Chu Zhan seemed to want to hide himself at any time.
Chu Qing felt that she was about to be fainted by her elder brother.
And Wei Ying looked at Chu Zhan in great shock.
How could there be such an obtuse man?
Chu Zhan felt really uncomfortable under their gazes. He lowered his eyes and said, "Back then... I was young and ignorant..."
This was just an excuse for his stupidity!
After silently scolding in her heart, Chu Qing had to continue asking,
"So how do you feel about her now?"
"Um... I can't say." Chu Zhan stammered. Although he didn't make it very clear, his ears turned red.
Forget it. She would have a chance to revive her old hobby from her previous life's leisure time and play matchmaker for her stupid elder brother.
No matter how stupid he was, he was still her family!
...
As they were talking, Wei Sheng had gone to knock on the door. The young servant who guarded the door was still the same one. When he saw Wei Sheng this time, he immediately smiled like a flower and welcomed everyone in.
However, Qu Ling didn't come out as she did last time.
After asking a servant, they learned that she had been invited by Zhou Cheng, the magistrate of Qingzhou City, to discuss some important matters.
After hearing this, Chu Qing and her elder brother frowned in unison.
Chu Zhan was worried about Qu Ling's safety.
And Chu Qing was a bit puzzled as to why the magistrate of Qingzhou would invite a martial artist to discuss important matters.
This was a bit unreasonable.
There was something sinking in Wei Ying's eyes.
After waiting for a while and seeing that she still hadn't come back, they were arranged to go and rest first. Just as Chu Qing was closing the door of her room, out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of Chu Zhan's hasty figure. She originally wanted to call him, but was signaled by Wei Ying beside her to keep quiet.
"He should be going to look for Miss Qu." After seeing the other person go far away, Wei Ying gently closed the door and slowly explained to Chu Qing.
Chu Qing raised her eyebrows and then snorted, "Wasn't he so proud of rejecting the girl's offer of marriage? Now he's concerned about her safety."
Wei Ying pinched Chu Qing's chin and then found that the other person should have gotten a bit rounder during this period. This sense of accomplishment was different from that of winning a battle.
Seeing Wei Ying pinching her chin and in a daze, Chu Qing glared at him with her almond - shaped eyes and said grumpily, "If you use a bit more force, my chin might dislocate, Your Highness."
Hearing this, Wei Ying was a bit flustered and changed the pinching to rubbing, the movement extremely gentle. Then he said, "I'm sorry, Qingqing. Did I hurt you?"
Looking at his apologetic eyes, Chu Qing felt her heart soften.
"Why are you so good to me!" Unable to hold back, Chu Qing buried her head in Wei Ying's arms.
This guy knew how to capture a woman's heart much better than Chu Zhan.
Wei Ying felt that at this moment, Chu Qing was like a fluffy kitten rubbing against him. He also felt that since his heart had been filled with Chu Qing, it was no longer just black and white as before.
Now his world was full of colors and extremely beautiful.
...
Chu Qing didn't know how she was coaxed to sleep by Wei Ying. When she woke up and felt the warm embrace behind her, her eyes were filled with both sweetness and shyness.
Others became more mature as they got older, but she seemed to be getting younger. Not only physically, but also mentally, she seemed to be more and more like a... young person...
After Lvluo came in to help her get ready, the two of them walked hand in hand to the meeting hall because Lvluo had brought the news that Qu Ling had returned.
When they arrived at the meeting hall, Chu Qing found Chu Zhan standing with Qu Ling with dark circles under his eyes.
"Ling'er." Chu Qing was the first to speak.
Qu Ling, who had a gloomy face at first, looked over. But when she saw it was Chu Qing, there was a bit of a smile in her eyes. She nodded in greeting.
When Chu Qing walked up to her and was about to ask about the situation, she suddenly felt it was inappropriate. After all, her relationship with Qu Ling was just average. So if the other person didn't take the initiative to talk about it, she'd better not start the topic.
Wei Ying seemed to see what Chu Qing was thinking. Just as he was about to help her ask, Chu Zhan rushed to say, "Qing'er, didn't you want to know what the magistrate of Qingzhou wanted with Ling'er yesterday? Why aren't you asking now?"
If there were no moral constraints and judgments in the world, Chu Zhan might have died at the hands of Chu Qing at least three times!
It wasn't embarrassing at first, but Chu Zhan's casual words made it embarrassing!
Qu Ling didn't seem to mind. Seeing that almost everyone had arrived, she motioned for everyone to sit down. Then, she put away her smile and said seriously,
"The magistrate of Qingzhou invited me last night because he had something to ask for."
"What is it?" Chu Qing asked.
"He wants the Wind - Moon Villa to help relocate the people in the city."
"Why on earth does he want to relocate the people?" Chu Qing frowned.
You know, although Qingzhou City was a small city, its population couldn't be underestimated. There were especially many old people, women, and children in the city. It would be quite difficult to relocate them all.
So... what was the magistrate of Qingzhou up to?
Seeing Chu Qing's confusion, Qu Ling's eyebrows finally showed a bit of sharpness as she said,
"The people of Xiliang have sent a war declaration saying that they will attack the city in five days."