Reborn, meet you again!

After Song Wan returned to the Prime Minister's Residence, before she had time to think about what had happened today, Hong Chang came over to report that Chen Tai was already waiting for her in the hall.

Song Wan then remembered that she had asked Chen Tai to come over yesterday.

He immediately calmed down and brought the two maids to the main hall.

But when she saw Chen Tai, Song Wan clearly felt that he looked a little dejected, and did not look like he came here to express his gratitude.

"Aren't you going to redeem Miss Nie?"

"What's wrong? You look so listless."

Chen Tai showed a bitter smile on his face. He took out a silver note from his pocket and handed it in the direction of Song Wan.

"Thank you for your concern, Miss. This is the three thousand taels of silver note you asked Miss Hongshang to give me a few days ago."

"I came here today to return this banknote."

Song Wan was a little confused when she heard this.

"But the leader of the Red Sleeves Group went back on his word and said there wasn't enough money?"

Chen Tai shook his head, paused, and then spoke with a sense of loss.

"Miss, you're worrying too much. It's not about the money, but... Shuangshuang herself doesn't want to go with me."

Song Wan was quite surprised by Chen Tai's words.

According to Chen Tai's previous statements, he and the girl named Nie Shuangshuang were childhood sweethearts and had a very deep relationship.

Miss Nie has also been waiting for her lover to save her from suffering.

Why is it that now that she has gotten what she wanted, she suddenly doesn't want to leave?

"But what happened?" Song Wan thought and asked.

Chen Tai remained silent for a long time after hearing Song Wan's question.

After a while, he looked up at Song Wan again.

"Miss, do you know the current Empress Dowager's maternal family, the Su family?"

Song Wan couldn't help but frowned when she heard that.

Su family?

Naturally, she had heard of it.

A few days ago, when he was busy with the affairs of Rongjunfang, he occasionally heard Liu mention it.

The reason why Liu mentioned this was because Shen Jiahe was responsible for settling the Su family after they came to Beijing.

I heard that in the past month, Shen Jiahe has often brought Su Ziyao, the eldest son of the Su family, and Su Ling'er, the empress dowager's sister, to attend banquets at various officials' residences, and he is very active.

In this regard, Song Wan admired Shen Jiahe a little.

The fact that she had an affair with Pei Qingyan before marriage and got pregnant was the most shameful thing among the noble ladies and ladies in the capital.

It is unknown how many people were discussing this matter behind his back after he left Jingzhao Yin that day. Moreover, Pei Qingyan was demoted for this, which made the matter even more out of control.

Even Pei Yujiao has never left the house since that day.

Yet she can be in the middle of this storm as if nothing happened.

Such a strong psychological quality is not something that ordinary people can achieve.

but……

"Su's? What does this have to do with the Su family?"

Chen Tai's voice became increasingly deeper, and upon closer listening, it seemed to carry a hint of self-mockery and regret.

"The eldest son of the Su family, Su Ziyao, was so impressed by Shuangshuang after hearing her play the pipa once that he immediately booked her for a whole month."

"When I went to redeem Shuangshuang, she said that Mr. Su treated her very well. For the past month, he just listened to her playing, drank and had fun, but he never forced her to do anything."

"He also promised Shuangshuang that when the time is right, he would redeem her and find a way to get her back on good terms... So... she will follow him wholeheartedly in the future. He told me to stop thinking about her and take these three thousand taels of silver, find a clean girl, and live a good life."

Song Wan felt that giving up so easily was not like Chen Tai's character.

"She said so, and you believed it?"

Chen Tai shook his head weakly, and his usually shrewd eyes were now tinged with a hint of gloom.

"Of course I don't believe it. That's why I haven't eaten or drunk anything in the past two days. I've been standing guard at the door of Hongxiuzhao, hoping to see her again and change her mind and leave with me."

"Whatever her difficulties are, we can discuss and resolve them together."

As Chen Tai spoke, the regret on his face grew more intense.

"Then, I finally met her, and she calmly told me that she had originally wanted to leave some memories between us, but since she had tried to persuade me, she told me the truth."

"She said that over the years, she'd actually been blaming me. She blamed me for insisting on holding on to some so-called bottom line even though I could have saved her from suffering if I had only given up some things."

"It seems that she is not that important in my heart."

"And she had long since given up hope after waiting day after day. Giving me hope was just to leave herself a way out. But now, she has a better choice. She no longer wants to follow me and sell herself to you as a slave for the rest of her life just to repay you the three thousand taels of silver..."

"She's already accustomed to being waited on and living a life of luxury at Hongxiuzhao. She can never go back to the way things were before. And that Young Master Su can give her all of that. Besides, he's the current emperor's uncle after all. If she follows him, from now on, no one will be able to use her past to bully her..."

"Just like Miss Haitang that day, even though she became a good woman, she was still a lowly woman, unable to escape her lowly past, and was looked down upon..."

"She's long had enough of having to fend for herself. Now she just wants to find a powerful man to rely on, even if it means being a concubine or even a mistress!"

"She even... begged me... to stop pestering her, lest that Mr. Su get upset if he finds out and ruin her peace for the rest of her life..."

As Chen Tai spoke, his voice trembled slightly.

Because he had to admit that what Shuangshuang said made sense...

It was indeed him who refused to let go of the so-called bottom line in his heart, and he arrogantly thought that she was the same as her and would always wait for him.

How could she not be disappointed in him?

And ask yourself, after he redeems them both, can he really let her live a good life? Can he really say with confidence that he can protect her for the rest of her life?

It's not...

Now he has nothing except this person.

There was no way he would just take the three thousand taels of silver for ransom as a matter of course.

Shuangshuang knew him so well that she naturally knew that he had actually decided to sell the rest of his life to Miss Jiang.

After all, the Jiang family is just a merchant family. How bright a future can he have if he follows Miss Jiang?

Therefore, it was only natural for her to abandon him and choose Su Ziyao...