I deliberately spoke loudly: “Since Qin Jie knows he’s a high-ranking official from the capital, how could you not know he’s the eldest son of the current first-rank minister, from the Nangong family?”
Qin Jie’s expression immediately changed: “You mean he’s from one of the four great families of Huan Ye, whose father is the prime minister, whose sister is the empress, and who himself is the minister of punishment?”
“Mm-hmm!” I nodded while looking at Nangong Yu, who was frowning: “How’s that? Didn’t I say it correctly?”
That guy stared directly at me: “You did this on purpose?”
I looked innocent: “No, I’m just stating a fact!”
The guy who just moments ago had an imposing “storm about to break” atmosphere suddenly burst out laughing: “I was wondering if it was you, now it seems I don’t need to ask!”
I couldn’t help but raise my eyebrow again: “So you specially came to this place because of me?”
Nangong Yu didn’t answer but asked back: “What do you think?”
I shrugged: “I’ll tentatively believe that. How about, would you like to sit in my room?”
Nangong Yu even teased: “I don’t have a thousand taels to pay you!”
He doesn’t care, patting him on the shoulder and saying: “I know that a thousand taels is too little for a wealthy person like you. Don’t worry, I must collect at least ten thousand taels to make it sound reasonable!”
That guy’s forehead was marked with a few black lines, looking exasperated: “I think the Young Master of Xiling wouldn’t normally be so harsh on you, right?”
……
Not mentioning Xiling Yan was fine, but once he was mentioned, I couldn’t help but get angry. I turned my face away, angrily saying: “I don’t know what Xiling Young Master you’re talking about!”
“Huh?” Nangong Yu was stunned, carefully probing: “Did you two… have a fight? Weren’t you just recently married? Why are you here alone?”
I couldn’t help but pull a long face: “I told you I don’t know any Xiling Young Master. Don’t mention him in front of me again!”
Nangong Yu looked at my stubbornly straight back, asking with concern: “Could there be some misunderstanding between you two?”
