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Lou Wanjun sniggered.
“Yo, are you crippled?” She walked toward him with a smirk, put the gift in her hand on the table beside him, and raised her leg to kick Huo Wujiu in his wheelchair.
However, a mountain-like shadow suddenly enveloped her.
Huo Wujiu, who was supposedly lame, stood up.
With his towering stature, his aura was remarkably oppressive, forcing Lou Wanjun to take a small step back involuntarily.
“You….” She stammered. She stared at Huo Wujiu for a moment before finding her voice, “You’re faking it?”
Huo Wujiu gave her a glance, lifted his leg and walked to the chair next to her and sat down.
“Is something the matter?”
Their long-awaited reunion wasn’t at all close to Lou Wanjun’s expectations. Instead, he was as proud as he was seven or eight years ago. He still so easily provoked a beating and made her fists itch for a fight.
Lou Wanjun glared at him, sat down opposite him and said, “I just came to see if you’re dead. What are you waiting for? Why are you not pouring the tea?
The latter half was addressed to Wei Kai, who was standing nearby.
Wei Kai shivered, hurriedly stepped forward, and poured a cup of tea for this aunt.
He really did not dare to provoke this lady, so much so that even his fear of her was already engraved in his bones.
There was no way. When she was a young girl, she could neither deal with the General nor beat him, so she could only beat them, his subordinates. Although they weren’t weaklings, this girl was indeed powerful. They were no match for her, and they ended up badly battered every time.
He really didn’t dare to recall these moments.
Lou Wanjun took a sip of tea and was about to leave after a short sit, but heard Huo Wujiu speak up.
“Why did you come with Jingwang just now?”
There was actually a touch of censure in his tone.
Lou Wanjun looked up and realized that something wasn’t right with Huo Wujiu today.
This man, who had no dust in his eyes, treated everyone anyway he pleased. It was difficult to garner a smile from him, but even more so to make him frown. However, since she entered today, Huo Wujiu’s frown had never relaxed, and his gaze towards her was extremely unkind.
Only then did she realize in hindsight, that she didn’t know how she had provoked him.
This was a rarity.
Lou Wanjun laughed and said nonchalantly, “Why can’t we come together? We met at the door. What’s wrong with me chatting with him?”
Huo Wujiu’s frown dipped deeper.
“Didn’t he take the palanquin?” he asked.
Lou Wanjun replied, “No. Oh, it was parked at the entrance when he entered the door, but he didn’t take it and walked with me instead.”
After saying this, she felt that Huo Wujiu’s gaze had grown colder.
Huh?
This made Lou Wanjun puzzled.
This man never gave a damn about anything. Why did he start to fuss about this trivial matter today?
Lou Wanjun continued speaking, and every word was heartfelt.
“Speaking of which, although Jingwang has a poor reputation, he is really nice. It’s obvious that the court officials of the dynasty have been spreading false rumors. They’re the scoundrels.” She added, “I haven’t seen such a handsome man with a pleasing character in all these years. What a rarity! Don’t you think so?”
She watched as Huo Wujiu’s face darkened.
He didn’t speak for a while, and Wei Kai next to him was dead silent.
After a long time, Huo Wujiu squeezed out a few words from between his teeth.
“Don’t come to Jingwang Manor if you have no business here, and stay away from him.” He said, “Don’t come even if you have business, either.”
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It dawned on Lou Wanjun.
I’ve always heard people say that we follow fate. Some things really can’t be forced. When an opportunity comes, it will come naturally, like a surprise dropping from the clouds.
For example, after all these years, she just wanted to beat Huo Wujiu, but she never had a chance. Today, she suddenly provoked him into a rage, yet he was feeling an unspeakable bitter suffering.
Lou Wanjun felt refreshed. After appreciating Huo Wujiu’s furious look, she patted her clothes and left.
Only Huo Wujiu was left behind, sitting in place with a cold face.
True enough. Gullibility and complacency were the major taboos of the military.
He was happy just because Jiang Suizhou was no cut-sleeve, and the two seductively dressed men in the manor were no threat. He even forgot that someone could unexpectedly show up half-way and disrupt everything.
He saw Jiang Suizhou smiling at Lou Wanjun, and also saw Lou Wanjun’s eyes looking at Jiang Suizhou. They were bright and wily, like a wolf that just wanted to take the meat back to its nest.
Huo Wujiu’s gums itched.
However, he didn’t dare to express himself. Jiang Suizhou’s courage was not much greater than a hare on the grassland. He would bolt when scared, not to mention that Huo Wujiu also had unrequited affection toward him. Hence, he was more or less guilty.
Huo Wujiu was like a trapped beast in a cage, so angry that he spun around in his room until evening, when Jiang Suizhou came.
Naturally, it was because they had something to discuss.
Pang Shao had been making frequent movements in the court these days, and Jiang Suizhou had picked up some clues. Once these clues were pieced together, they’d most likely figure out Pang Shao’s movements.
But honestly, Jiang Suizhou was harboring a guilty conscience tonight.
All the information he took out was irrelevant. He had checked with Xu Du earlier, but they were just ordinary corruption and bribery cases, which had nothing to do with Lou Yue.
But…
He had been on edge all day and was dying to find an excuse to meet Huo Wujiu and see his attitude towards Lou Wanjun.
So he dropped by with them.
He sat face to face with Huo Wujiu in a serious manner and listed out the news and information in his hands one by one. At the end, he said slowly and methodically, “I don’t know much about General Lou, so I don’t know how Pang Shao’s actions will affect him. Take a look.”
However, Huo Wujiu didn’t say a word for a long time.
He looked up in confusion, and saw that Huo Wujiu was seemingly frowning, sitting in place.
“Huo Wujiu?” Jiang Suizhou called him in bewilderment.
It was just that Huo Wujiu frowned more deeply and said, “You’re quite attached to this.”
“Hmm?”
The next moment, Huo Wujiu lifted his eyes and looked at him.
“Lou Wanjun came today. Did you guys discuss something on the way?”
He looked serious, as if he was really bothering about this trivial matter with Jiang Suizhou.
Only he himself knew that he just wanted to hear Jiang Suizhou tell him why he was smiling at Lou Wanjun today.