Gu Ruobai pretended to enjoy himself and squinted his eyes slightly. Then he said slowly, "Have you forgotten that I have many industries under my command?"
How could she forget? Gu Ruobai had secretly indulged in the pleasure of being a billionaire through these industries.
"Then you should also know that my biggest business is salt," Gu Ruobai looked at Su Mingyu. "In our capital city, there are mountains all around, so well salt is more common. But you also know that well salt is under the control of the government, and merchants are not allowed to trade it freely."
Su Mingyu nodded. "I do know that, but what does it mean?"
"Since well salt cannot be sold, and my goods are not smuggled, then what kind of salt do you think mine is?" Gu Ruobai looked at Su Mingyu with a shrewd look in his eyes.
Su Mingyu just lowered her eyes and thought for a moment before understanding the reason. "You mean your salt is sea salt. But sea salt looks coarser than ordinary well salt. You deduced that this secret passage leads to the capital from the spilled salt in it?"
"Right!" A look of surprise flashed across Gu Ruobai's eyes. He didn't expect Su Mingyu to figure it out so quickly.
"The sea salt is only sold in my shops, and I only have shops selling sea salt in the capital," Gu Ruobai said as he slowly sipped his tea. "The transportation cost of sea salt is too high, so the price is relatively high. Only the rich and noble families in the capital who like to compete with each other are willing to spend extra money on it."
Hearing Gu Ruobai's evaluation of those people, Su Mingyu couldn't help covering her mouth and chuckling. "You've forgotten that you're one of them."
Gu Ruobai waved his hand. "I'm not. Although our family uses sea salt, it's because I'm in the business. So whether it's from the aspect of price or anything else, it's best for me to use sea salt."
Seeing Gu Ruobai's proud look, Su Mingyu rolled her eyes helplessly. "Then you'd better get ready quickly. Later, Kang Zeyan will take me to see the 'Prince Ruixian' being affectionate with other women."
At the mention of this, Gu Ruobai's face darkened. "It's understandable for you to distract Kang Zeyan, but why did you portray me as a fickle man?"
Su Mingyu raised her eyebrows and looked at Gu Ruobai. "Do you want to see me flirting with Kang Zeyan in this mansion?"
"No way," Gu Ruobai refused almost without thinking.
Su Mingyu had expected his answer, so she just squinted her eyes and handed a clean set of clothes to Gu Ruobai. "Change first. I still need to make some preparations."
Knowing that time was running out, Gu Ruobai didn't make any jokes this time. He quickly changed his clothes and then came to Su Mingyu's side.
Looking at the note Su Mingyu had written, Gu Ruobai pursed his lips, took the pen from her, and drew a strange but very simple pattern on the note.
Su Mingyu looked at the pattern with a bit of confusion. "What's this?"
"This is a special pattern for my secret guards. With this pattern, if this note is picked up by my secret guards, they will definitely protect its safety," Gu Ruobai said as he started drawing the same pattern on another note.
Seeing his serious look, Su Mingyu lowered her eyes. "It's rare to see you so cautious."
"Because you're by my side," Gu Ruobai didn't say many sweet words, but each time they could always warm Su Mingyu's heart.
Just as the atmosphere between them was getting better, there was a knock on the door.
Su Mingyu asked in a deep voice, "Who is it?"
"Miss Su, it's me. Young Master Kang asked me to invite Miss Su over. He said he's already ready to go out," the maid's voice came.
Su Mingyu pouted. "I see. I'll go right away."
When Su Mingyu appeared in front of Kang Zeyan in full regalia, Kang Zeyan was obviously stunned.
Su Mingyu usually dressed very simply. Now, with such a dressing, she was quite stunning, making people can't help but take a second look.
"You're dressed like this?" After a moment of stupefaction, Kang Zeyan asked, "Do you want to win back Gu Ruobai's heart?"
Dressed so grandly, if it wasn't really to win Gu Ruobai's heart back, it would be a waste of such beauty.
Su Mingyu just glanced at Kang Zeyan out of the corner of her eye and then snorted coldly. "I'm going to catch someone in the act!"
Su Mingyu said this with full confidence, which almost made Kang Zeyan blush. "What did you say? Why do you need to dress so grandly if you're going to catch someone in the act?"
Su Mingyu pouted. "I can't lose to those sluts. Since I'm going to disrupt the show, I must make sure there's nothing for others to criticize!"
Seeing Su Mingyu being so righteous, Kang Zeyan's eyelids twitched. He suddenly wasn't sure if it was right or wrong to take Su Mingyu out.
But Su Mingyu didn't give him time to think. She raised her head at him. "What are you standing there for? Let's go! Hurry up. I can't wait to see what kind of taste Gu Ruobai has without me."
Seeing Su Mingyu being so excited, Kang Zeyan's eyelids couldn't help twitching. After a long time, he frowned slightly and said in a somewhat displeased tone, "Do you know that you're living under someone else's roof now?"
Su Mingyu nodded cheerfully. "Of course I know, but aren't you still going to use me? Can you stop being so long - winded?"
Hey, this was the first time Kang Zeyan had encountered such a situation where the kidnapper was ridiculed and constrained by the kidnapped.
His face was very gloomy. Knowing that arguing with Su Mingyu would only make himself angry, he simply stopped arguing with her and just waved at her. "Close your eyes."
Su Mingyu covered her chest and was about to act, but before she could shout that Kang Zeyan might have evil intentions, Kang Zeyan had already picked up a ribbon. "Shut up! I'm just covering your eyes so you won't see the way here. If you talk any more nonsense, I'll just acupoint you."
Su Mingyu pursed her lips. This guy wanted to use force when he couldn't argue? He was just like Gu Ruobai!
Although she complained in her heart, Su Mingyu finally closed her eyes. The dark ribbon completely blocked her view.