Chapter 397: The Grand Master Has Arrived 2
Lu Yan was stunned for a moment. He asked in shock, “You mean to say that we should let outsiders know that these are fake?!”
Qi Qingyao nodded and said, “That’s right. We just need to make sure the pattern is circulated around enough. It’s too nitpicky to get obsessed with having detailed craftsmanship.” It would also be too time-consuming.
Since they wanted to fish, they had to cast out their bait as soon as possible.
Lu Yan expressed his understanding, then turned around and left.
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Many people were paying attention to the Qi Residence’s activities. Qi Qingyao had not gone out at all ever since she brought Erniu back from her abduction. Everyone knew about it.
Xiao Wuji and the others who stayed in the Hot Mountain Springs Villa all thought that Qi Qingyao did not dare leave the house because she had been traumatized by Erniu’s kidnapping by the grand master. The people from Yulong Gang thought so too.
Only Li Ruoxuan did not think so. He thought about it for a long time, but could not figure out the reason she was not leaving the house. Thus, he purposely went to Jiang Yeqian’s room and knocked on his door. He waited for permission to enter before he stepped into the room. He leaned against the door panel, slanting his body, and looked at Jiang Yeqian, who was sitting and reading a few documents.
Li Ruoxuan said, “She’s been staying at home and never going out these days. Don’t you find it strange?”
Jiang Yeqian did not even lift his head. “Considering her character, it is indeed strange.”
Li Ruoxuan touched the black eyepatch on his right eye and said, “I heard from Zhu Shen that Lu Yan hired a teacher for the residence to teach the three children how to read and write.”
“…” Jiang Yeqian lifted his head and looked at Li Ruoxuan with an incomprehensible expression.
He did not understand why Li Ruoxuan had said that. This teacher had nothing to do with the two of them.
Li Ruoxuan’s clean and gentle face had a cryptic smile on it. He very kindly spelled it out for Jiang Yeqian. “Head Grand Secretariat, don’t you think that Lu Yan kind of likes her?”
Jiang Yeqian’s expression was calm. “The Lu family would never allow Lu Yan to marry a single mother.”
Li Ruoxuan’s eyes curved up. He said leisurely, “I only suggested that Lu Yan might like her, but you’re concerned about whether the Lu family would allow them to be together… I think you and I are focusing on different things.”
‘Jiang Yeqian, oh Jiang Yeqian! You should’ve just asked what such a thing had to do with you. But you had to focus on how the Lu family wouldn’t allow Lu Yan to marry a single mother!
‘You have been exposed…’
Not waiting for Jiang Yeqian to answer, Li Ruoxuan continued, “If Lu Yan really likes her, considering the pampering the Grand Old Master and Old Master of the Lu family treat her with, I think they’ll allow it.”
Jiang Yeqian knew he had said too much just now, so he kept quiet and continued looking down, going back to reading his documents.
“Your answer was too much just now, and now you’re deliberately staying silent because of what I said. Head Grand Secretariat, I think you care a little too much,” Li Ruoxuan pursed his lips and said in a trivializing tone. “Other people don’t know about Lu Yan’s illness, but you and I both know about it. Something happened to him back then that left him a little intimidated by women. The Lu family has always been worried about his future, but they did not dare to hire a physician for him because Lu Yan has always insisted he isn’t sick. The Lu family can’t afford to tarnish their image! If Lu Yan really likes that little lady, then it doesn’t matter whether she’s a single parent, whether she already has a few children, or whether she used to have a messy private life. The Lu family will not care. They’ll welcome their daughter-in-law into the family with open arms! And Qi Qingyao isn’t ugly. She’s pretty remarkable, actually. She even cured Heir Pei! I think the Lu family will definitely welcome their new daughter-in-law. Don’t you think so too?”
Jiang Yeqian was losing his cool a little now and beginning to feel very irritated. He looked at Li Ruoxuan, veins bulging out of his forehead, and said with a humorless smile, “State Preceptor, what is the point of you telling me all of this?”