On the night of the broken engagement, the paranoid prince came to me crying and asking for my statu

Ji Lanshuang was worried.

I prayed silently: I just hope that my daughter can have the same good luck as before and get help from noble people this time.

As she pondered, her hand sank.

When she came back to her senses and looked carefully, she found that Su Sui'an had reached out and held her hand at some point, his eyes full of determination.

"Mother, I know what's going on. You don't have to worry too much. I'm just doing my best. If the prince doesn't agree, I will definitely find a solution myself. If necessary, I will definitely put my family first."

After getting Su Sui'an's assurance, Ji Lanshuang nodded, "With your words, I feel relieved."

Su Sui'an exchanged a few more pleasantries with Ji Lanshuang before Su Sui'an said goodbye to Ji Lanshuang and left.

When she returned to her residence, she sent Mei'er to take the rare copy that she had prepared yesterday. When she was about to go out, she met Shopkeeper Fu.

"Little miss."

Shopkeeper Fu greeted Su Sui'an respectfully, holding a bundle made of black satin in his hand.

"Uncle Fu, what are you doing..."

Shopkeeper Fu opened the bundle and held it in front of Su Sui'an.

A moon-white, shimmering, exquisitely crafted men's robe suddenly appeared before his eyes.

"This is a piece of clothing that I received a while ago. I saw that the workmanship of the clothing was exquisite, the embroidery was fine, and the material was Floating Light and Bright Moonlight Gauze, so I planned to put it away for a while, and sell it when the amount of Floating Light and Bright Moonlight Gauze was less. However... I don't know what happened recently, but people from the Duke Gu's Mansion have come to inquire about this clothing for several days in a row..."

Manager Fu did not say the rest of the words, but the meaning was self-evident.

Su Sui'an looked at the clothes in Manager Fu's hands, and recalled the past of her youth that she could not bear to recall and had almost forgotten.

She has always been precocious and quick to understand.

Since they first met at the age of nine, she has been in love with Gu Xiuyan for nine years.

It sounds incredible, but once this kind of flame appears, as long as there is a slight east wind, it will spread like wildfire. Unless there is a larger flame to cover the wildfire, or there is an overwhelming rainstorm that breaks the world apart, otherwise, this raging fire will only burn more and more vigorously.

This is the case with Su Sui'an. She knows that secretly liking someone is against etiquette, but the more she suppresses herself, the deeper her feelings for him become.

People are always obsessed with things they love but cannot get.

She was like this in her previous life, and she is like this in this life as well.

Even though she knew that Gu Xiuyan didn't like her, she still foolishly believed the nonsense like "Sincerity can move mountains and open up new horizons".

Indeed, Gu Xiuyan's attitude of neither expressing his opinion nor refusing had an impact on Su Sui'an, which gave him the illusion that Gu Xiuyan was just a cold person and treated everyone the same.

But if Su Sui'an had known how to love herself and stop at the brink at that time, and not pinned her hopes on meaningless people, perhaps she would not have wasted so much unnecessary time in her previous life.

Fortunately, after experiencing the storm that destroyed her family in her previous life, her heart could no longer be bothered by the man who made her give her true love to the wrong person.

If she were to live her life over again, she would never make the same mistake she made in her last life.

Not to mention, the last time Gu Xiuyan wanted to threaten Zhao Qingwan with her life, forcing her to take the initiative to exchange marriages with Zhao Qingwan.

In Su Sui'an's eyes, if she could still have a plain interaction with Gu Xiuyan when she just came back, then after that unpleasant parting, there would be no other possibility for her and him to have a relationship other than that of an enemy and a stranger.

"This floating light and bright moon veil..."

Liu'er obviously recognized the dress as well.

Shopkeeper Fu quickly explained the origin of the dress to Su Sui'an, and added, "The man also brought some jade pendants and other things, but because I had not been in the pawnshop for a while, the people below did not know that these were the things the young lady was looking for, so after the pawn deadline passed, the jade pendants and other things were sold."

From beginning to end, Su Sui's gaze, which was fixed on the glittering moonlit veil, did not move even a bit.

It would be a lie to say that she wasn't angry about Gu Xiuyan asking someone to treat the things she gave him as gifts as if they were dead.

If Gu Xiuyan really hated her so much, he could have just returned the things she gave him instead of accepting them.

But he didn't.

The days when I was attached to him in the past have finally become a joke.

Su Sui'an's eyes became more and more indifferent. When he looked at the clothes that he had once given away with joy and expectation, the eagerness he had at that time was no longer in his eyes.

"Liu'er, take your clothes."

"Miss, it's better not to keep things that may give people a chance to talk about you," Shopkeeper Fu reminded her.

Su Sui'an nodded, "I understand. I won't keep it. Thank you, Uncle Fu."

Liu'er stepped forward, took the package handed to her by Shopkeeper Fu, and thanked him again.

It was not until the two of them returned to their own courtyard that Su Sui'an told Liu'er, "Burn it. It's an inappropriate thing. Not only will it cause me trouble, but it's also an eyesore."

Every time something she had given to Gu Xiuyan appeared, it was like a slap in her face, reminding her of the stupid things she had done.

It's enough to fail at the hands of a man once.

Affected by the unlucky things, Su Sui'an went out a quarter of an hour later than originally planned.

Fortunately, I went out slowly this time.

Only then could she see Shopkeeper Fu, who had left not long ago, come back.

At this time, Su Sui'an was about to step on a low stool to get on the carriage. Liu'er turned around and found Manager Fu running towards him breathlessly, and hurriedly reminded Su Sui'an.

"Miss, Shopkeeper Fu is here."

As soon as Liu Er finished speaking, Shopkeeper Fu's voice sounded again, "Young Miss..."

"Uncle Fu, what's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry?"

Su Sui'an put down his feet from the stool and frowned slightly.

Shopkeeper Fu stopped in front of Su Sui'an. His short and fat figure had been running all the way, and it took him a long time to breathe in and out before he could recover.

"Something...something bad is happening..."

"Uncle Fu, what happened? Calm down and tell me."

Seeing that Shopkeeper Fu's lips had turned white from running and the small mustache on his lips trembled with breathing, and he might faint at any time, Su Sui'an quickly ordered Liu'er to find two strong servants to support him.

"Young Miss, let's run away quickly. That Young Master Rong has been captured by someone who claims to be the Ninth Prince."

"What!!"

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