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

"Please help me take good care of that woman these days. Before we move out of Changping Marquis' Mansion, there are still many things that may need your help and attention." Su Sui'an took out a small stack of silver notes with a face value of 100 taels from his waist. "Please help me find out the news from all sides these days. It must be necessary to have interpersonal exchanges. This is considered as tea for you. If there is any extra money left, I would like to ask you to help me check some more things."

"Miss, you absolutely can't do this." Shopkeeper Fu repeatedly rejected the banknotes that Su Suian stuffed into her hands.

However, Su Sui'an didn't give him a chance to refuse. He stuffed the banknote into his hand and stood up.

Seeing Su Sui'an's firm attitude, Shopkeeper Fu finally accepted the banknote with a reluctant look on his face, "Miss, what else do you need me to check?"

Thinking of Zhao Qingwan's eyes that were almost identical to Su Qishun's, Su Sui'an narrowed his eyes slowly, "Five years ago, Zhao Qingwan's route from Yumen City to Luojing, and whether she stopped anywhere else at that time."

...

at the same time.

In an elegant room in Cuiyu Tower, Zhao Qingwan was looking at the handsome but cold man in front of her with tears in her eyes.

Her watery eyes were full of affection, she seemed to want to say something but was hesitant, and yet she felt a little aggrieved.

"Brother Gu, I have made it clear that all the mistakes are mine. I have nothing to do with my sister..."

Gu Xiuyan's heart suddenly tightened for no reason, and he suppressed the coldness in his body, and even spoke in a softer voice, "Ms. Zhao, I know everything..."

He wanted to hand Zhao Qingwan a handkerchief, but he was worried that it would affect Zhao Qingwan's reputation...

Just as he was struggling, Zhao Qingwan's watery eyes seemed to open, and tears rolled down like broken strings.

"Wan'er invited Big Brother Gu to come here today just to stop thinking about it. Wan'er knows that her wishful thinking has brought a lot of bad influence to Big Brother, but Big Brother, please believe Wan'er. Wan'er did not intend to stir up trouble between Big Brother Gu and Second Sister... I... I... was really rude."

After saying that, Zhao Qingwan suddenly stood up, turned around and ran out the door.

Gu Xiuyan watched Zhao Qingwan crying the whole time and his heart ached.

Seeing Zhao Qingwan trying to run away like a child who had done something wrong, the string called "reason" in his mind suddenly broke.

All that propriety and self-respect can go to hell.

The person in front of him was his little girl, the little girl who risked freezing to death in the snow and ice to use her body temperature to warm herself.

In a trance, he seemed to think of that small, frail body in the snow that year, trembling and holding him in her arms...

When his thoughts returned to reality, Zhao Qingwan was already held tightly in his arms.

He wanted to let go, but the person in his arms held his waist tightly as if he was holding a life-saving driftwood...

The remaining trace of rationality completely disappeared.

The hand that was about to loosen tightened again.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhao Qingwan seemed exhausted and let go of Gu Xiuyan's arms while hiccuping.

"Sorry... I was too frivolous..."

My hand was half loosened when it was held by another large hand with thin calluses, and I was surrounded by the pleasant scent of green bamboo again.

Her heart was pounding and she tried hard to suppress the corners of her mouth that wanted to rise.

She lowered her head and bit her lip to refuse, "Mr. Gu, this is inappropriate..."

"Just now you were calling me big brother, but now you seem to be estranged," Gu Xiuyan hugged her tightly, with such force that he seemed to want to squeeze her into his arms, "Since I'm holding you, I will be responsible for you, you don't need to escape anymore..."

Whenever he thought about the fact that his little girl had missed him for three years because of that damn imperial decree granting marriage, he wished he could skin Su Sui'an alive.

If it weren’t for Su Sui’an, why would he have waited until now to find his little girl?

Zhao Qingwan buried her face in Gu Xiuyan's arms, and said in an awkward tone, "But what about my second sister..."

At this moment, as long as Gu Xiuyan lowered his eyes, he would be able to see the smile on Zhao Qingwan's lips that could not be suppressed no matter what.

Unfortunately, he didn't.

At this time, he was completely immersed in the joy of finding the little girl he had lost.

When he heard Zhao Qingwan awkwardly mention the marriage that made him feel extremely disgusted, his tone became much colder.

"My bride will only be you."

The marriage that was agreed to with Su Sui'an was just a temporary measure.

Not to mention that he has found his little girl now, even if he didn't find her, he didn't plan to marry her...

"Don't worry, I will take care of all your worries."

Since Lord Su’s idea is the same as his, he doesn’t mind adding fuel to the fire and completely destroying Su Sui’an.

"Thank you."

Zhao Qingwan was moved and nestled in his arms, letting him hug her tightly, with a gleam in her eyes.

I don’t know how long it was before the two of them got tired of hugging each other and separated a little.

When Zhao Qingwan left Gu Xiuyan's arms, a dark light flashed in her eyes. She stood on tiptoes, gently kissed him on the side of his cheek, then said goodbye and left with a blushing face.

It wasn't until the door closed again that Gu Xiuyan reacted.

Just...

Did his little girl kiss him just now?

The soft touch of his little girl's lips still remained on his cheek, and a smile uncontrollably colored the corners of his mouth.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw an exquisite white silk handkerchief on the ground. A small word "Wan" was embroidered on the corner of the handkerchief. Gu Xiuyan immediately guessed that it was the handkerchief dropped by Zhao Qingwan.

The moment he picked up the handkerchief, he seemed to still smell the girl's subtle fragrance mixed with the scent of plum blossoms.

After a brief pause, he carefully folded the silk handkerchief twice and held it in his arms.

Cong Ming's voice came from outside, "Master, Miss Zhao has already boarded the carriage back home."

Gu Xiuyan said, "Hmm," "Let's go to Wubaozhai first and buy a piece of Bazhen Cake."

When the thank-you banquet is held, he will need his grandmother's help to add fuel to the fire.

...

When Su Sui'an was leaving from the back alley of Changlong Pawnshop, he happened to see the carriage of Changping Marquis Mansion passing by.

A corner of the window screen was lifted up by the air current caused by the galloping carriage, revealing the profile of Zhao Qingwan, whose smug smile was hard to conceal.

Su Sui'an suddenly remembered what she had said to Zhao Qingwan in Shoukang Hall.

There is a person in Lvliu Hall who looks very similar to Zhao Qingwan.

This is also due to Zhao Qingwan's lack of restraint.

If she knew how to be more low-key, she might have overlooked this little detail.

In the previous life, not long after Hong died, Su Qishun married a widow who he had rescued from a bandit's knife as his second wife. For a while, the story of Su Qishun's heroic rescue of the beauty spread among the people and became a legend. The widow suddenly became the wife of a marquis, and was envied by all the common people.

What’s strange is that the second wife looked about 70% similar to Zhao Qingwan.

At that time, everyone thought that Zhao Qingwan was the orphan of Deputy General Zhao and his wife, and did not think much about it.

But later, Su Sui'an found out after a careful investigation that the so-called widow was not the one Su Qishun rescued from the bandits, but had always lived in Tongyun Lane behind Lvliu Hall. Coincidentally, this woman came to Beijing at about the same time as Zhao Qingwan...