Bao Jingyan, however, did not make a move.
He hugged her and whispered, "What if I go on a blind date, would you be angry?"
Su Ruanruan, who was originally struggling fiercely, calmed down at this moment.
She turned her head, "Shen Xianrou?"
Shen Xianrou was a relative from her great-aunt’s family, and her temperament was something Ruanruan was quite familiar with.
Bao Jingyan chuckled: "She’s not qualified enough."
Su Ruanruan, annoyed, retorted: "Then who is qualified?"
"That sounds a bit jealous," Bao Jingyan breathed against the back of her ear and said leisurely: "If you don’t want me to go, I won’t go."
"Who’s stopping you from going?" Su Ruanruan countered: "I’m not anyone to you!"
Her words were stubborn, but her eyes were already moist.
Bao Jingyan had been teasing her, and seeing her , he had already softened his heart: "I was just talking nonsense, there’s no blind date!"
Su Ruanruan gently pushed him away and remained silent.
Actually, she understood in her heart.
To avoid arousing Bao Mingyuan’s suspicion, he would somehow deal with it a little.
Although she and he were not yet bound for a lifetime, it still somewhat irked her.
With that thought, Ruanruan straightened her clothes and walked out.
Bao Jingyan quickly took a few steps and grabbed her hand: "Are you angry?"
"No." Su Ruanruan hung her little face low, "Housekeeper Wang has mentioned that you have your difficulties."
He laughed and pinched her face: "Is that why you covered for me last time? Pretending Gu Ze was just a brother."
For some reason, Ruanruan felt somewhat annoyed.
She shook off his hand, "I don’t know what you’re talking about!"
She spoke fiercely again: "You eat; I’m going to sleep."
Bao Jingyan, however, was unwilling to let her go, carrying the tray as he followed her into the bedroom and then locked the door.
In the narrow, dark corridor.
Gui Zhi, who was serving the old lady, stood there, drawing in a sharp breath.
What had she just seen?
Young Master Jingyan... how could he enter Miss Su’s room?
That intimate manner was definitely not just a one-time occurrence.
Gui Zhi’s mouth gaped open, and for a long time, it did not close.
Logically, she must report this matter to the old lady right away, but once she did, Miss Su would likely have to leave the Su Family immediately, and Young Master Jingyan’s struggle against the concubine filler would be temporarily at a disadvantage.
After a long while, Gui Zhi sighed.
Well, turn a blind eye it is.
She returned to the old lady’s room, where the old lady complained: "It was just to get a piece of osmanthus cake, and you took half the day! I think, Gui Zhi, you’re getting old and sluggish."
Gui Zhi feigned anger: "The old lady’s legs are better, and now you’re complaining about me, aren’t you?"
"How dare I complain about you," the old lady joked.
Suddenly, she frowned again: "Gui Zhi, I’m somewhat worried about Ziqi’s marriage."
She said coldly: "If that woman with the surname Qi didn’t dislike Ruanruan, maybe Ruanruan would have already gotten together with Ziqi! Haven’t you seen how Ziqi has been absent-minded lately, and he keeps coming to greet me here? It’s obvious who he wants to see; even a fool could guess. But now he has to marry a woman he doesn’t like!"
Upon hearing this, Gui Zhi’s heart thumped, but she still pretended to be calm: "For such matters, the feelings must be mutual."
The old lady nodded: "That’s right! Ziqi’s just infatuated."
She sat cross-legged and mused to herself with curious self-talk: "I wonder what kind of person Ruanruan likes."
Gui Zhi heard this and sighed inwardly—
What kind could it be?
The kind like Young Master Jingyan.
Sigh, those two young ones have really fallen for each other right under the noses of the whole family.
Who would have thought?