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Yun Shao's face turned bright red, and he stammered as he introduced himself: "I... I'm from the garrison. My name is Yun Shao, and I'm a friend of Brother Duanli."

Xiao Ran was overjoyed upon hearing this. She never expected that Duan Li, the cold and ruthless man in Liuyun Valley, could actually make a friend.

Duan Li remained indifferent and coldly said, "We were just colleagues, not friends."

Yun Shao was like a wilted eggplant, suddenly falling silent, his heart filled with hurt.

Xiao Ran glanced at Duan Li and chuckled, saying, "He doesn't understand the meaning of friendship yet."

Then, she looked at Yun Shao, her smile as bright as the warm spring sun, "Yun Shao, I'd like to borrow your friend tonight, is that alright?"

Yun Shao had never seen such a beautiful woman smile at him before. For a moment, his heart pounded like a drum, and his face burned like fire. He stammered, "Y-yes."

After saying that, he ran away quickly, like a child who had done something wrong.

Xiao Ran smiled and said to Duan Li, "Your friend is quite interesting."

Duan Li remained cold: "He is not my friend."

"Alright, alright." Xiao Ran waved her hand, then seemed to remember something, "But what are you doing here?"

Actually, she had already heard the conversation outside when she was by the wall.

"I heard someone there." Duan Li pointed expressionlessly to the spot where Xiao Ran had just been hiding.

Xiao Ran was startled. It turned out that he had discovered her all along. She had been carefully hiding and eavesdropping all along.

But that’s fine too.

"Go somewhere with me."

……

I returned to the restricted courtyard of Tianxiang Tower.

The story of Hanxiang causing a scene at the execution ground had already spread far and wide, and Xiaolan naturally couldn't escape being discovered as well.

Today, I heard from Que'er that Xiao Lan is unable to accept Han Xiang's death and spends her days in tears.

Seeing that she was crying incessantly, the madam worried that it would affect the business of Tianxiang Tower, so she locked her in this confinement room again, saying that she should think carefully about who was supporting her.

At the entrance to the courtyard, the guards became alert upon seeing her. But when she announced her address and produced the silver notes, they immediately ran off to find the madam.

Xiao Ran waited for a moment, and then a smiling old woman walked quickly towards them from a distance.

"Oh my, isn't this the General's daughter? Your esteemed presence at our Tianxiang Restaurant is a great honor. If we had informed you earlier, we would have treated you as a distinguished guest and brought you..."

She glanced at Duan Li beside Xiao Ran, and swallowed the words that were about to come out.

This man is really handsome. It seems Miss Xiao isn't here to enjoy herself.

However... there are plenty of unmarried girls in the capital who secretly meet with their lovers. For example, the teahouse next door is always full of young women and lovers having secret rendezvous.

The madam wiped her hands and smiled, "I wonder which room Miss Xiao would like? We'll have someone prepare it right away."

Xiao Ran chuckled softly, but pointed to a spot and asked, "Would that work?"

The madam looked over and saw that it was the courtyard where Xiaolan was confined.

"Well... Miss, you probably don't know, but this courtyard is specifically for women who have made mistakes in the building to be confined. Why don't you choose a room in the building instead?"

"I see..." Xiao Ran pretended to think, then showed the silver notes and the gold and silver bracelets on her wrist, "But what if I just like that one?"

"Why don't you redeem the maids who have made mistakes inside for me, madam? That would be perfect..." She leaned closer to Duanli, her eyes sparkling.

"We need a maid to serve us, don't we?"