Volume 1 Chapter 44 First Round of Han Yang

  Lu Xuan raised her head and looked at the handsome, elegant and noble person in front of her with a serious expression. She curled up the corner of her mouth and said in an extremely cold tone: "It's someone who has had four encounters with Lang Jun!"

  After answering the other party's question concisely, Lu Xuan took out a book and walked up to the nobleman with respect, placing it at his feet. He said slowly: "This book is a gift from Lang Jun."

  That noble turned his head around and looked down at Lu Xue with a hint of a smile, "What about it?"

  What does it matter? Even if they had a past connection between them, even if he gave her the book, what does it matter?

  Unless Lu Xuan told him that when he asked her to read the Doctrine of the Mean, he promised to grant her a concubine position if she did well. Unless he called her Xuan Xuan... Only then could the two be barely related.

  Lu Xuan, who couldn't wait to sever all ties with this nobleman forever, how could he possibly say such things? Those words were easy to utter, but the consequences of saying them, Lu Xuan absolutely couldn't bear!

  For a moment, Lu Xuan was in a dilemma. If she went forward, she had no chips to bargain with, nothing but herself that could be used as a condition to ask for help from the noble.

  She couldn't retreat, and after walking up to this nobleman, she felt even more clearly that her younger brother's disappearance was related to him. Only if he spoke out could her brother be saved.

  In her difficulty, Lu Xuan also didn't notice that she had straightened her waist and back, and her elegant face was slightly furrowed between her eyebrows. She pursed her lips, with a hint of hesitation in her eyes.

  She also didn't know that compared to her recent cold demeanor with a carefree attitude, her rare vulnerability now was quite touching.

  The nobleman looked at her quietly, with a mixture of superiority and a hint of a smile that was not quite a smile.

  In her unease, Lu Xuan suddenly thought: Wait a minute, someone with his status wouldn't let me in without announcing my arrival unless... he had expected me to come all along! Could it be that he's really interested in me?!

  This idea came suddenly and was very clear.

  Lu Xuan's face suddenly turned black, she gritted her teeth and raised her head.

  She stood only a few steps away from him, yet seemed as lofty and majestic as a noble person who required others to look up to her. She spoke slowly, "Lu Xue'er has come to seek your help, sir. My younger brother has gone missing." As if he hadn't understood what she had said earlier, Lu Xue'er continued on his own, looking straight at the noblewoman and saying calmly, "My brother left school two hours ago. I found out about it an hour ago, and after finding out, I saw his teacher and then came directly to seek an audience with you, sir."

  She spoke slowly, very slowly. Every sentence of her words was polite and courteous. But she bit the time so clearly and emphasized her own whereabouts, it's simply saying that she suspected her brother's disappearance was related to this nobleman in front of her!

  How dare you!

  It's not the first time she has been bold and unscrupulous in front of him!

  After Lu Xuan finished speaking, the man's expression remained unchanged. His handsome and radiant face showed no signs of being offended, but instead, he curled up his lips and asked, "So what?"

  Lu Xuan lowered her eyes and after a while, she gritted her teeth and said: "I want to ask you, sir, if your subordinates have seen my younger brother."

  ……

  After a moment of silence, the man's low, muffled laughter came faintly, "Why should I open this mouth?"

  As soon as these words came out, Lu Xuan's face changed color.

  Their social status is worlds apart, what face does she have to make him speak like this? And why did he want to say something like that anyway?

  Her complexion had only changed slightly, but Lu Yue, who lowered her long eyelashes, was thinking: Indeed, my intuition was not wrong. My brother must have fallen into the hands of someone related to him.

  Since that's the case, then everything is easy to handle. The person who caught her brother would only think of her compromise or want to see her performance. In any case, her brother's safety is guaranteed.

  She bowed her head and curtsied to the noble, saying softly: "That's all, Ah Yu... I'll take my leave..." With that, she retreated backwards with elegant posture.

  After retreating a few steps, Lu Xuan turned around, seemingly unaware that the nobleman was staring at her sideways. Lu Xuan straightened her back and walked out of the garden with slow steps.

  Lu Xuan didn't notice that when she walked further and further away with determination, the noble finally revealed a surprised expression. He obviously hadn't expected that Lu Xuan would charge into this door without regard for anything, threatening and pleading at the same time, and after seeing him again, would choose to give up so easily in the end... Had it reached this point and he still didn't want to compromise? Would making her his concubine make things difficult for her like this? Tsk tsk, how interesting.

  As soon as they went out of the manor's gate, Lu Xuan looked at his own donkey cart that was still waiting and said in a low voice: "Let's go."

  "Okay."

  Before long, the donkey cart drove away.

  Gazing at the dim sky, Lu Xuan closed his eyes as he sat in the donkey cart.

  At this time, she was no longer flustered at all.

  She rushed here specifically to meet this noble person, hoping to get help and rescue her brother. If not, she needed to confirm the inexplicable conjecture in her heart.

  Since she has guessed what the other party wants, what she needs now is to calm down and plan carefully.

  The enemy would not move, I would not move.

  The donkey cart soon returned to the alley where Lu Xuan was. As soon as Lu Xuan got off the cart, he heard Zeng Lang calling out: "A Xuan, A Xuan!"

  Zeng Lang's voice startled some people, and from those two side doors, many heads stretched out to look at the two of them.

  A series of footsteps sounded, and Zeng Lang came to Lu Yue's back, gently asking: "Ah Yue, where did you go just now? Has Ah Yun not returned yet?" His tone was laced with a hint of tension, "Did you go to Yi Garden? What did those people say?" Although he was tense, Zeng Lang's expression was much better than before.

  At least, Lu Ying is back... He thought that once Lu Ying left, she would be promoted to the concubine of that person and he wouldn't be able to see her again.

  "I'm tired." Lu Xuan shook her head and gave a gentle order to dismiss the guest, "Zeng Langjun, please go back." After that, she ignored Zeng Lang and walked towards her own house.

  Never thought it would come to this, Lu Yue was still so arrogant and rude in front of himself. Zeng Lang's face turned purple with rage, he glared at Lu Yue's back, hesitating for a moment whether to follow him or not.

  Yu Fu followed closely behind, and in a low voice said to Zeng Lang: "Lang Jun, let's go back." He took a glance at Lu Yue's back and advised: "This Miss Lu seems to have made up her mind, Lang Jun, it's better not to bother with her anymore."

  Zeng Lang didn't respond. He just stared at Lu Yue's distant figure, his chest feeling suffocated and unwilling to give up.

  When Lu Xuan arrived at the side gate of the Yin House, she met a familiar gaze. Lu Xuan turned around and stared at the young man for a moment before turning back, opening the door and walking in.