Where prosperity ends, flowers never end

Chapter 112 Conflict escalates

After returning to the Ran Mansion, Ran Qiongxi punished her to kneel for an hour. Finally, when the time was up, she staggered to her feet and wanted to go to the Bu Yue Tower to see Yun Shuang. Unexpectedly, she ran into Xu Yuanchao, who was picking up his son from school, on the long street.

She walked with a limp, and even if her legs were broken by kneeling, her lustful heart could not be stopped.

Xu Mingxuan's first reaction when he saw her was to hide behind his father. Ran Qianxi passed by and sneered.

"Humph! You look like a coward!"

Xu Yuanchao suddenly reached out and grabbed her, scaring her so much that she trembled all over.

"Hey, hey, hey! What are you doing? You want to stand up for your son, right? Let me tell you, there are people watching here."

Xu Yuanchao put one hand behind his back and took a step towards her.

"What happened to the leg?"

"Tsk, didn't you beat your son to his knees?"

Xu Yuanchao looked at her, and the words she said today on the stage seemed to be ringing in his ears, lingering in his mind.

"Let me see."

He just reached out his hand but was stopped by Ran Qianxi. This grudge might have gotten bigger.

"No, I can't afford it. You are the Marquis."

It was because after returning home, Ran Qiongxi finished giving thirty hand slaps and then started another lecture.

"You are so bold, do you think our father's job is too easy? You don't even look at who you are trying to provoke, and you acknowledged the King of Jibei as your foster father without knowing why. Now you have offended the Marquis of Yu'an. You are still picking on someone other than the king or the marquis, right? Sooner or later, the Ran family will have to collect your body. Kneel for an hour!"

Xu Mingxuan felt that she was ungrateful and stood up timidly.

"How can you be like this? My father has good intentions too!"

Ran Qianxi raised her right hand again, and frightened him so much that he hid behind Xu Yuanchao again.

"Believe it or not, I will beat you up!"

This kind of behavior is hot and cold. Today he says such provocative words in the hall, and then rejects you at night. Anyone would feel sad.

"Dad, take care of her. Let's not take care of her."

Looking at her back, Xu Yuanchao was at a loss as to what to do.

The next day—

Since she didn't have to go to school, Ran Qianxi slept until the afternoon. The Bu Yue Tower had already closed, but Yun Shuang still stared at her tirelessly, remembering every frown and smile of hers deeply in his heart.

"Why do you keep staring at me?"

“It looks good, so I like to watch it.”

"Huh~"

Ran Qianxi smiled, feeling a little embarrassed.

"What a cheesy love talk."

Yun Shuang hugged her tightly in his arms.

"With all my heart."

Ran Qianxi didn't believe his flowery love words, and decided to just talk about romance instead of feelings.

"Okay, I know."

Yun Shuang held her face and kissed her gently. Although it was love words, they were sincere words. If he didn't need to hide his identity, he would have brought her back to the royal court and announced her identity as princess.

"I'll draw your eyebrows for you."

"okay."

evening-

So many things happened in just one day yesterday. I promised to have dinner with Cheng Mo but didn't get to have it. So before he left, Ran Qianxi came to find him.

There were few people in the Dali Temple today and it didn't look too busy, but a woman carrying a lunch box came out from the yamen.

Nothing was clear yet, but she was already furious and was eager to go in and get some answers.

"What was that woman doing just now?"

Cheng Mo raised his head immediately when he heard the voice.

"Xi'er."

Seeing his happy face, Ran Qianxi became even more unhappy.

"I asked you what that woman does?"

Cheng Mo frowned slightly. He missed her very much after not seeing her for a few days, but she started to blame him as soon as she arrived. Didn't she trust him at all?

"I'm here to deliver the food."

"I'm asking you what her relationship is to you."

Cheng Mo put down the book and walked over helplessly.

"What kind of relationship could that be? We're just friends, why are you so angry?"

"She's a woman, a graceful woman, bringing you food. Let me ask you if there's any problem with your relationship?"

Seeing her being so unreasonable, Cheng Mo was also angry.

"What do you think our relationship is? Lovers? But are we the wrong ones? She is just a childhood friend."

Ran Qianxi sighed softly. Although she didn't expect a good outcome with him, his behavior was really unpleasant.

"Then get along well with your friends."

Ran Qianxi wanted to turn around and leave, but Cheng Mo stopped her way.

"What do you mean by that? She is trying to be nice to me, but the food and soup are limited to these. Why are you so aggressive?"

Fortunately, Ran Qianxi has never relied on ridiculous love. Now it seems that the two people's personalities are really different.

She laughed and looked back.

"Hahaha, I am dying of laughter. Okay, okay, I am wrong. I am wrong, okay? I am too lazy to tell you..."

"wait."

Ran Qianxi looked back impatiently, and Cheng Mo strode towards her again.

"I don't know what's wrong with you. Is it because I've been too busy these days and haven't been with you? But I really can't spare the time. I know you have studies to attend to, but why are we quarreling again after finally coming here today?"

Ran Qianxi was stunned when she heard such a twist of right and wrong. She came to see him with great expectations, but when she entered the room and saw such an incredible thing, she planned to leave because she didn't want to worsen the relationship. However, she was accused of being aggressive by the other party.

"Haha...Okay, okay, just think of it as me wanting to quarrel. I don't care about childhood friends or childhood sweethearts."

"What do you mean you don't care? What's going on between her and me? She just came to the city to look for her relatives. She came to see me several times because she knew I was working at the Dali Temple. Why did you misinterpret this as a secret relationship?"

Ran Qianxi raised her eyebrows, listened to his words, and looked at him in astonishment.

I often hear people say that I am unreasonable, but now I have met someone who is just as good as me.

"Cheng Siqing, you are so confident that I can't argue with you because I have little education, but I want to ask you, if you go to my house to look for me and find Wei Jiguo coming out with a happy face, what will you do?"

Cheng Mo was stunned and didn't know how to respond. If anyone could put themselves in his shoes, it wouldn't have been like this.

"But there's really nothing between me and her."

Ran Qianxi smiled faintly. It didn't matter whether there was anything or not. There would definitely be no result between the two of them anyway.

"You go ahead and do your work. I'll come see you tomorrow."

As she walked on the road, she recalled everything between them. In the beginning, she helped him with an ingot of silver, and he was very grateful as he passed the imperial examination. Then, they got together that day for unknown reasons. Maybe it was not because of love, but just to ridiculously prove that he was worthy of her.

Ran Qianxi has a stubborn and strong character. She can't be a lady who tries to please others, nor can she be a little woman who accepts everything.

Thinking of that childhood sweetheart who took care of him every day and concerned about his food, clothing, housing and transportation, Cheng Mo naturally had a lot of good feelings and expectations for her, and he would only go to the Dali Temple to visit her when he thought of her.

"Forget it, what's wrong with that? It's a consensual thing, and it saves us a lot of trouble."

She had walked out of the Dali Temple for a long time, and Cheng Mo didn't follow her to say anything. Although she knew that was meaningless, she still felt a little lost and speechless.

I was walking aimlessly when I met Shang Zijun who was selecting paper umbrellas in front of me. This young man was as gentle as jade.

"Zijun~"

Shang Zijun turned his head slowly, and when he saw her, his face was filled with joy.

"Xi'er."

Ran Qianxi trotted to his side and was gently supported by him.

"Slow down, why are you running? I can't lose you."

"miss you."

Shang Zijun smiled. Since their relationship had deteriorated long ago, he might as well accept it. At least he could still see it when he missed her.

"Me too…"

"Then I'll help you choose, and then we'll go to the inn."

Shang Zijun hesitated for a moment. Why could she say such words so naturally? She might treat all her ex-lovers in the same way.

"I've chosen. Let's go to the Villa."

Ran Qianxi happily took his arm.

"Okay, your new house?"

"Yes... prepared for... us..."

"Hahaha."

Ran Qianxi suddenly burst into laughter, which must be because of their absurd and unrestrained relationship.

"Well, Mr. Shang is very wealthy, so he bought a house and kept a mistress?"

"What do you mean by mistress... that's so unpleasant..."

Ran Qianxi smiled and lifted his chin.

"Am I not your mistress?"

The two have evolved from being a couple in love to now, and she has no other identity except mistress. Perhaps the word "mistress" still has some kindness in it, but more dirty names would be sneered at by everyone.

Shang Zijun couldn't help but smile and raised his hand to touch her head.

"That's true..."

"Haha, let's go. Young Master Shang favors his concubine over his wife..."

"You dare to say anything."