Frost shines on Qingcheng

It's summer now, and most people feel hot on this day, and it's too late to hide in a cool place to escape the heat.But in Rongyuexuan, Ling Yan still felt cold even though she was wrapped in a thick quilt.Qiurui stood beside the bed, feeling extremely hot just looking at it.

"How can you get cold when you're doing well?" Zhao Yueyao pressed the back of his hand to Ling Yan's forehead, really cold.

"A few days ago, I drank the medicine made by Miss Lu. During the past two days, every noon, the lady would feel cold all over." Qiu Rui explained.

Ling Yan half-closed her eyes, and spoke weakly: "It's okay. Just get over it." The chills are only for a while, and the symptoms will dissipate after a while.

Zhao Yueyao put her hand into the quilt: "I really don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing for Lu Qingrong to see a doctor for you."

Ling Yan smiled bleakly: "Naturally, I would suffer more while alive. If there was no Miss Lu, I would have left just like this. It would have been happier that way."

Zhao Yueyao stared at her, thought for a moment, and said: "If I hadn't left you in the city, would you have been happier?"

"The city lord said so, but I know very well that you still don't want to let me go." Ling Yan knew what kind of person Zhao Yueyao was.

Zhao Yueyao faced each other in silence.

"My father is still alive, isn't he?" Ling Yan suddenly said this as she felt better. She stared blankly at the veil above her head.

Hearing this, Zhao Yueyao's gaze instantly became sharp, and the originally soft expression seemed to be covered with a layer of frost.

The long silence of the other party made Ling Yan more certain that her father was still alive, she said: "Before, I couldn't figure out why you insisted on trapping me in the city because I was useless to you, and then I understood. "

With a faint smile on the corner of Zhao Yueyao's mouth, she seemed to sit down leisurely, picked up the teapot on the table and poured water into the cup.Her lazy voice poured out along with the tea: "Tell me, what do you understand?"

Ling Yan turned her face and looked at her back: "You put me under house arrest under your nose, but you just want to use me as a threat."

"Blackmail who?"

Ling Yan sneered, at this moment she was still pretending to be confused: "My father is still alive, you want to use me to blackmail him."

Zhao Yueyao's lips almost touched the rim of the cup. After hearing what Ling Yan said, she slowly put down the cup again and said, "What are you threatening him for? Even if your father is really alive, he should be a very old man now." Now, what does he have that deserves my so much effort?"

"There must be, but I don't know." Ling Yan insisted.

"Whatever you think." Zhao Yueyao got up and walked out.After taking two steps, he seemed to remember something, and looked back, "Even if your father is still alive, he has never looked for you in the past ten years. Yan'er, I feel sorry for you."

Zhao Yueyao said the last sentence very lightly, but Ling Yan still heard it.She closed her eyes, trying to calm down.The piano left to her by her father and mother is gone, but as long as her father is still alive, everything will be fine.

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"I summoned Master Zhang, why is there no sign of him?" Shen Wanrong asked about Master Zhang's whereabouts.

"I want to report to the city lord that my father is unwell today and asked for a day off. His subordinates are also involved in this case, so my father specially sent a low-level official to discuss with the city lord." Zhang Shan stepped forward and replied politely.

Shen Wanrong: "So it's Mr. Zhang's son." She sized Zhang Shan up, and then looked back at Shen Shuangzhao.

"What a coincidence, Miss Shen is here too. It's a pleasure to meet you." Zhang Shan greeted Shen Shuangzhao graciously.

Shen Shuangzhao deliberately turned her head away, although she tried her best to conceal it, the frown still revealed her dislike for Zhang Shan.

Shen Wanrong sensed Shen Shuangzhao's mood, Shuang'er seldom showed aversion to others openly, so it seemed that she really hated Zhang Shan: "Okay, let's get down to business—tell about that case."

……

The business was finally finished, Shen Wanrong said intentionally: "I sent Shuang'er to the mansion to give a congratulatory gift on Mrs. Zhang's birthday before. Mr. Zhang is the Shuang'er I met at that time, right?"

"My subordinates have heard of Miss Shen's name before they met her, but they have no chance to meet her." Zhang Shan said, "Thanks to my father's birthday, my subordinates have the opportunity to meet Miss Shen."

His words were harsh to Shen Shuangzhao's ears, extremely hypocritical.

"So, today is the second time you two meet." Shen Wanrong said.

"That's not the case. A few nights ago, when my subordinate came back from handling a case, he happened to meet Ms. Shen at the entrance of the alley."

Hearing this, Shen Shuangzhao's heart sank, and the hand hanging by her side was nervously clenched.If she had known this earlier, she shouldn't have impulsively told Zhang Shan that night that she was going to meet her sweetheart.

"Oh?" Shen Wanrong raised her eyebrows, and glanced sideways at Shen Shuangzhao, "Shuang'er did slip out of the inner city alone a few nights ago, she said that she met a strange old man in the alley, but she didn't mention that she met him. Mr. Zhang's matter."

Zhang Shan curled his lips, his eyes were full of smiles, he stared at Shen Shuangzhao: "Miss Shen may be afraid that the city lord might misunderstand something, and then hurt his subordinates."

"I want to know what you guys said that night?" Shen Wanrong asked.

Shen Shuangzhao still didn't say a word, she looked at Zhang Shan steadfastly, her lips were tightly pressed into a line.

Zhang Shan's smile at the moment seemed a little smug, and he stroked the corner of his lips: "What Miss Shen said made my subordinates quite surprised and sad."

Shen Wanrong narrowed her eyes, as if she had noticed something: "Why are you surprised and sad?"

Shen Shuangzhao threw Zhang Shan's gaze at the moment as if she was carrying a knife. If she could, she really wanted to stab Zhang Shan's mouth with the sword.

"I said that it is so late at night, Miss Shen is not afraid of meeting bad people. But Miss Shen told me that it is better to meet bad people than some villains with malicious intentions." Zhang Shan put away his smile and sighed. "Miss Shen is clearly mocking me. I was worried about her safety with good intentions, but she wronged me with bad intentions. Could my subordinate not be sad at that time?"

Only then did Shen Wanrong's stiff expression relax: "I thought you found out that Shuang'er had done something weird, so it turned out that you just wronged Mr. Zhang."

"What kind of weird and rebellious things can Miss Shen do? If it's weird and rebellious, it's just that she slipped out of the city that night." A faint smile crept up between Zhang Shan's brows again.

Shen Shuang let go of her hanging heart, and if Zhang Shan had really revealed what happened that night, then she would never let him go easily.

"Since everything has been discussed, the subordinate will leave first." Zhang Shan said.

Shen Wanrong: "Young Master Zhang, remember to convey my condolences to Mr. Zhang."

"It's natural." Before Zhang Shan left, he smiled meaningfully at Shen Shuangzhao.

Shen Shuang didn't even lift her eyelids, and only responded with silence.

"What does Shuang'er think of Zhang Shan?" The two also came out of the hall, and Shen Wanrong asked Shen Shuangzhao.

Shen Shuangzhao opened her mouth, and it took a long time before she could say a word: "If there is anything to go to Zhang's residence in the future, Master don't want to look for me again."

Shen Wanrong stopped, and the white petals blown by the wind landed on Shen Shuangzhao's shoulders. Shen Wanrong gently plucked the petals from her shoulders: "Okay, I'm not blind, so I can see that you don't like him or even hate him, so don't make things difficult for me in the future." You are. You don't have to always give people a face. After all, he is the son of Mr. Zhang, and Mr. Zhang has a high position and authority. In many ways, the master is still subject to him."

Shen Shuangzhao also understood the meaning of Shen Wanrong's words, and after self-reflection, she really shouldn't have shown her disgust towards Zhang Shan so clearly, she said: "Shuang'er knows, she will restrain herself in the future. It's just that Master... sit in your seat , is also so involuntary..."

"This is natural. No matter who it is, it is impossible to completely control everyone. We all have too much involuntary control." Shen Wanrong continued to walk forward, still hiding the petal in her hand, "It seems that I I am the highest leader of Shuilan City, but I am still restrained by many people—from high-ranking officials to ordinary people in the outer city. If I do not do well, anyone may remove me from this position. Pull up and down. The seat of the city lord is often like sitting on pins and needles."

Shen Shuangzhao followed her, and said after a long time: "I...I have always liked quietness, and my greatest wish from now on is to find a quiet place to live a peaceful life..." She was hinting to Shen Wanrong that she had no intention of being the city lord.

"What if your status does not allow you to do that?" Shen Wanrong spread her palms, and the small petals floated away with the wind.

Thinking of this, Shen Shuangzhao was full of worries and troubles, she admitted that she was selfish.In the past, what she thought most was how to live in peace, but now she thought more about how she and Lu Qingrong would be. She didn't have a heart for the world, nor did she have the ambition to work hard.She is used to being quiet since she was a child, but unfortunately even though she doesn't like disputes, she is always involved in them.Master is right - we all have too much involuntary control.

"Shuang'er doesn't know." Shen Shuang frowned.If she wants to enjoy it with Lu Qingrong, she must obtain "freedom", and this "freedom" is probably at the price of severing her relationship with Master.To be honest, she still can't do it.

Seeing her embarrassed look, Shen Wanrong couldn't help but let out a long sigh: "Let's talk about it. The future will be long, I will try my best to protect you for a while."

"Master..." Shen Shuangzhao stepped forward to hold her hand. When she was a child, she often held Master's warm hand like this. She was at ease and at ease. It was her only support in the world.Now holding on again, it has a different taste, more sad and self-blame.The reason is probably because Lu Qingrong appeared beside him.Perhaps their identities meant that if she wanted to hold Lu Qingrong's hand, she would have to let go of Master's hand.

"Is it embarrassing you just to let you participate in political affairs?" Seeing her aggrieved look, Shen Wanrong said, "You're still acting like a baby in front of me at this age."

Shen Shuangzhao shook her head: "No."

"Don't move..." Shen Wanrong stared at her for a long time, then touched Shen Shuangzhao's left eyebrow, "I remember you had a scar here, but now it's gone."

Shen Shuangzhao's pupils contracted sharply, and she subconsciously stroked her left eyebrow, explaining, "This... I don't know either. Maybe it's because the scars will disappear on their own after a long time."

"Really?" Shen Wanrong muttered.

"Otherwise?" Shen Shuangzhao dodged her eyes.

Shen Wanrong withdrew her gaze, and did not continue this topic: "I will go to the island in the middle of the lake in two days. When I am not around, don't cause any trouble in the city."

"Why do you suddenly want to go to the island in the middle of the lake?"

"Just get something important."