When she was within reach, he outstretched his hand to draw her arm.
Even Chen Gongrang, who was as good-natured as they came, could not stop from indignantly shouting: “General Ran, please watch yourself!”
His reprehension was very severe.
Ran Min’s hand paused in mid-air. He glanced askance at Chen Gongrang and lazily dropped it.
He lifted his wine, had a slow sip and said, “Don’t be alarmed, sir. I will talk to Wang Hong. Ah Rong is the only one in the Chen estate whom I find to my liking.”
Chen Wei was as white as a sheet of parchment by this point. Her lip had unwittingly bled from being bitten. Her posture of ceremony was starting to tremble: Ran Min and Chen Rong had barely met a few times. He’s also not the type to care about women and love. Why? Why is he so persistent this time?
Not only Chen Wei, but even Chen Rong was feeling her legs weakening, her heart drumming. Being so close to this man was bringing a rush of complicated emotions out from the forgotten depths of her soul. She almost blurted back at him: I don’t love you, I want revenge!
Luckily, Chen Rong had vowed to live well this time. She thus suppressed the hatred creeping up from her heart as well as the impulsive thought that could ruin the rest of her life.
Ran Min’s seriousness caused Chen Gongrang to withdraw his ire. He, too, began to carefully consider the matter.
He turned to Ran Min, asking: “Why would a man of talents such as yourself like Ah Rong?” His eyes then glanced toward Chen Rong with wary, his voice turning chilly: “Or, have you and Ah Rong also decided your future together?”
He used the word “also”.
Athough he had said it lightly enough, it had made Ran Min knit his brow.
He slowly placed his wine down.
Raising his head to look at Chen Rong, he saw that she was still bowing her head and not looking at him. He sighed in reply: “I heard from Sun Yan that this young lady had risked her life for her friends by going all the way to Mo’yang to die with them.”
Gasps were let out at his words.
Chen Wei and the servants all rounded their eyes, staring disbelievingly at Chen Rong.
Even Chen Gongrang whipped his head around, contemplating her.
This was their first time hearing of such a thing!
Chen Rong felt a pang in her heart. Even though she had expressedly reminded Sun Yan, Wang Hong and the Wang servants, she did not expect that this matter would now surface from Ran Min’s mouth!