Not to be underestimated

  Zhou Zeren really "bought" her a wheelchair, but when Xiao Zong saw it, she recognized at a glance that the wheelchair was made by Chu Qingkuang for her!

  She looked at Zhou Ze strangely, then turned to Lan's face without showing any sign of having seen this wheelchair before, but her heart was already in turmoil. Had Chu Qingchuan ever seen Zhou Ze?

  Being taken care of by these two maidservants for a whole day, Chu Qingchuan didn't have the chance to come and see her, right? Feeling somewhat depressed, yet unable to shake off these two leeches!

  It seems like they would only leave her alone when she was sleeping; did they want her to sleep all day and night?

  She returned to her room with a hum, and as soon as she sat down, she heard Cui Zhu coming in to report: "Third Miss, the Third Master has arrived, and he is drinking tea with General Hong in the front hall. The general says you should go out and see him!"

  Xiao Congrong furrowed his brow, thought for a moment, and suddenly understood that Hong Kun must have stopped Wu Mingyuan in the front hall. Otherwise, with Wu Mingyuan's temperament, he would have rushed into the backyard without hesitation.

  After changing clothes slowly, she finally came out and pushed the wheelchair to Lan. She declined with the excuse that it was inconvenient to go down the stairs. She herself walked out with a cane, and Lan's face looked bad as she followed behind her. Xiao Zong didn't care about this either. When she ate, she didn't give him any face, so why should he take care of her emotions? This is all about mutual coordination and compromise to get along peacefully.

  As soon as he entered the front hall, he saw Wu Mingyuan and Hong Kun sitting opposite each other, with a chessboard in between them, actually playing chess.

  Wu Mingyuan was probably forced by Hong Kun, as he absent-mindedly looked around, Xiao Zongrong saw him as soon as he entered and glared at Lan fiercely before hastily calling out: "Rongrong, come quickly and help Brother Yuan see where this chess piece has fallen?"

  Good grief! Still calling me Brother Yuan... Xiao Congrong felt like throwing up, this man's shamelessness was as thick as the city walls! She and he had never been so intimate before, yet he was sticking gold to his own face!

  She sat down on a chair not far from them and asked Hong Kun, "Uncle, what's the matter with calling Rong Er over?"

  Hong Kun took the chess piece and pointed at Wu Mingyuan, laughing: "Third Highness, I heard that I've taken you in as my adopted daughter, so we must celebrate with a few tables of wine at Zui Xiang Lou. He said to let you go together!"

  Xiao Zongrong smiled faintly and said: "I think it's unnecessary to spend this money, we can just enjoy ourselves!"

  "That won't do! Your uncle rarely takes in a goddaughter, and it's you, Rongrong... being related by marriage is a joyous occasion that must be celebrated! I'll invite... the silver will all come from me, don't worry, Rongrong!"

  Wu Mingyuan said with great enthusiasm: "First, to celebrate Rongrong having an additional godfather, and second, as a formal welcome to my uncle, making up for the inadequate hospitality at our residence yesterday!"

  Xiao Zongrong didn't say yes or no, and casually said: "Let everything be decided by Uncle!"

  Zui Xiang Lou was Chu Qing Kuang's, if she refused too obviously, afraid of arousing Wu Ming Yuan's suspicion, anyway, as long as the object he wanted to fawn on was Hong Kun and not her, it didn't matter!

  Wu Mingyuan was delighted when he heard her say that and said: "Uncle, you won't refuse, will you?"

  Hong Kun smiled and said, "How could I let you pay? I'm delighted to take her as my goddaughter, so I should be the one hosting. How about this: tomorrow, I'll host a banquet at Drunken Fragrance Pavilion, not just for Rongrong... It's been many years since I last returned to the capital, so I'll also invite some old friends and acquaintances to catch up. At my age, who knows when I'll next come back or if I'll still be able to see... Your Highness, don't argue with me, let me host!"

  At this point, Wu Mingyuan had nothing more to argue about and smiled: "Then Uncle will treat you, and Little Nephew will take advantage of it!"

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  Xiao Congrong didn't mind anymore since it wasn't his treat, so she sat for a while and then excused herself to return to her room due to fatigue. Wu Mingyuan didn't try to persuade her to stay, but instead gave a signal to Xiang Lan, who noticed that Xiao Congrong was sent back to her room by Xiang Lan and then replaced by Cui Zhu to attend to her until evening when Xiang Lan still hadn't appeared.

  It's late at night, the snow has stopped, but the weather is even colder than when it was snowing, making everyone curl up in their blankets, hibernating like they're greedy for warmth.

  Xiao Congrong's small courtyard was also shrouded in dark coldness, desolate as if uninhabited.

  At some point, a black shadow flew onto the wall and landed on the ground with a slender figure. It was unclear whether it had failed to grasp something or for other reasons, but it stumbled and fell to the ground, making a faint noise.

  She crouched on the ground, looked up at Xiao Zong's room, and after a long while without any movement, she got up and stumbled into her own room beside the courtyard gate.

  She turned off the lights, fumbled to turn them back on, and was about to undress when she suddenly froze. On her bed sat Xiao Zong Rong, quietly staring at her with a pair of bright autumn-water-like eyes.

  Xiang Lan was shocked, her eyes wide open. She recalled why she had neglected to notice the other person's breathing sound - was it because she was in a hurry and overlooked it, or did the other person deliberately hold their breath? After thinking about it, with her own vigilance, she was certain that the other person had intentionally concealed their breathing sound.

  She stood still, indifferently watching Xiao Zongrong, without asking why he was appearing here. Xiao Zongrong also looked at her, as if this were his own bedroom, and she was the one who had burst in on him.

  The two of them stared at each other, both seeing a fierce determination in the other's eyes. Xiang Lan didn't realize what her own gaze looked like until she heard Xiao Zong Rong speak up, and only then did she suddenly feel a murderous intent arise within her.

  "If you kill me, how will you explain it to Wu Mingyuan?" The woman with the inconvenient legs said lightly and casually, a careless smile rising on her small face as if she were chatting with a sister about household matters, seemingly treating the murderous aura around her as nothing more than a joke between companions.

  She, a notorious assassin in the jianghu, how many people turned pale at the mere mention of her nickname, yet her killing aura was so unbearable in her eyes?

  Xiang Lan seemed to be struck, continuing to stare at her indifferently, making no attempt to conceal the surging killing intent on her body. However, that damned woman was still gazing at her with that damned faint smile, and it was Xiang Lan herself who couldn't calm down for the first time since becoming a killer.

  She sneered coldly after a stalemate for half a day: "Do you think I dare not kill you?"

  Xiao's calm response was simple: "Dare!"

  One word made Xiang Lan stunned again, looking at her incredulously, and after a long time, she said: "You know I dare, you still look at me with this gaze, aren't you afraid that in my rage I will really kill you?"

  "Do you cherish your own life?" Xiao Zongrong answered irrelevantly.

  "Nonsense!" Xiang Lan rolled her eyes at her. Life only comes once, who wouldn't cherish it?

  "That's it then. You cherish your own life, but even if I die, Wu Mingyuan won't let you live either. My death is equivalent to yours. Can you kill yourself?"

  Xiao Zongrong blinked at her with a mischievous glint in his eye, and Lan noticed that her eyelashes were very long, this behavior was... so childish!

  "This is a wound medicine given to me by a friend, it's very good, I've tried it, and it won't leave any scars! After using it, my skin is smooth and tender, the sooner you use it, the sooner you'll benefit, guaranteed that after using it, the effect will be great, people will love you, flowers will bloom... haha..."

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  Xiao Congrong put down a jade bottle on the bed, took her cane and walked out, saying something that made Xiang Lan puzzled. She was self-satisfied and said more and more enthusiastically, but stopped when she opened the door, tilted her head and muttered to herself: "I haven't seen enough cosmetics ads, I've forgotten the words!"

  Just as she was about to walk out the door, Xiang Lan couldn't help but sneer coldly: "Don't think that a little favor can buy me over, you've got the wrong person!"

  Anyway, all the things she was monitoring were pierced by Xiao Zongrong, and she didn't care about letting her know her intentions.

  Xiao Congrong simply tilted his head and smiled at her, asking in return: "How much do you think you're worth?"

  Lan furrowed her brow, coldly snorting: "Even if you move a mountain of gold in front of me, don't think I'll be used by you!"

  "Haha, I'm very poor, I don't have a mountain of gold, and I didn't think of buying you! If you're that easy to buy, I wouldn't dare want you! I'm here just to tell you that Xue Zong is not afraid of Wu Mingyuan, nor am I afraid of you! You can monitor me, I understand, as long as it's not too excessive, I can pretend nothing happened. But if you touch my bottom line, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

  Xiao Cong Rong still had a faint smile, but that smile had a kind of intimidating aura, which shocked Xiang Lan. A woman with inconvenient legs and feet, what did she use to maintain this confidence?

  "What happened today is just to make you understand a principle, I can make things difficult for you, and it's easy for me to want to kill you... I don't even need to take action myself... You're a smart person, think about it yourself!"

  Xiao Cong Rong left with a meaningful smile, and Xiang Lan stood there blankly for a while before her gaze fell back onto the jade bottle on the bed. Thinking of the punishment she had received, she suddenly realized that Xiao Cong Rong was telling the truth!

  She wanted to kill her, indeed without needing to lift a hand herself, the third prince tried his best to please her, today just to let her walk over and heavily punish her, if she intentionally spoke well of her for a few sentences, would she still have a way out?

  This way of killing without seeing blood is not something I haven't seen before, how could I forget that she's the woman liked by the Third Prince?!

  That beautiful face, that awkward gait was not the main reason for her carelessness, she thought it was her own arrogance that made her lose this round.

  Didn't take Xiao Zong as an opponent!

  This round of defeat made her realize that Xiao Zongrong was an opponent who could not be underestimated...