Suddenly, the people around them all knelt down. Feng Ran was stunned. She glanced in the distance and shivered all over.
Xuan Yuan Heng, how could he be here?
"Feng Ran, what's wrong?" Ling Chi Yuan asked Feng Ran with concern, as Feng Ran's face was pale and her body was trembling, as if something or someone had terrified her.
Feng Ran forced herself not to look at Xuan Yuan Heng.
When Ling Chi Yuan was about to turn to look, Feng Ran cried out, "Young Master Ling."
Feng Ran's voice forcibly pulled Ling Chi Yuan's attention back. In fact, it wasn't because of Feng Ran's voice, but because Feng Ran was holding his hand tightly. This was the first time Feng Ran had ever held him.
"Young Master Ling, I think I should return to Chun Man Yuan. I've been out for quite some time."
Ling Chi Yuan nodded, "Indeed, and your body wasn't well to begin with."
Actually, if Feng Ran's face hadn't been so unsightly just now, he wouldn't have said that.
However, Feng Ran's pale face and her unsteady appearance made him feel heartbroken.
He suddenly remembered that Feng Ran used to be the eldest daughter of the Feng family. She must have been to places like this before. And in the past, she was always the object of everyone's envy, surrounded by people.
But now, she had become so pathetic. Naturally, if she encountered any acquaintances, those people would only humiliate her.
Even though he was there, those people might not dare to say or do anything to her openly. But what about behind her back? Those people would surely mock her.
It was at this moment that Ling Chi Yuan realized that everything had not been arranged well by him.
Indeed, perhaps, none of this mattered to him.
After all, with his current identity and status, those people were all flattering him. But Feng Ran was different.
This matter could indeed be said to be his oversight.
Furthermore, there was another reason why Ling Chi Yuan followed Feng Ran so obediently.
It was because he had seen Xuan Yuan Heng.
He didn't know if Feng Ran had seen him or not, but he knew very well that Feng Ran certainly did not want to see him. Therefore, when Feng Ran pulled his hand and said she wanted to leave, he did not refuse and left immediately.
...
Aunt Sheng stood by the side, not daring to say anything.
She really hadn't expected Feng Ran and Ling Chi Yuan to leave so directly.
And she was even more worried that the Regent would rush forward directly. But he didn't in the end.
Later, she was also worried that Feng Ran shouldn't have left with Ling Chi Yuan like that, because Xuan Yuan Heng would come looking for trouble.
She stood beside Xuan Yuan Heng and could clearly feel the terrifying aura emanating from him.
Xuan Yuan Heng said nothing, but got into the carriage and left.
In the carriage.
"Regent, perhaps..." Aunt Sheng thought of many things in her heart, even trying to find excuses for Feng Ran. But at this moment, seeing Xuan Yuan Heng's cold face, she couldn't utter any of the words she had prepared.
Aunt Sheng felt a sense of helplessness.
A bad feeling flashed through her mind.
"Regent, this is what Feng Ran should be doing."
"Feng Ran has been kept by Ling Chi Yuan for a month."
"She is just doing what she should be doing. It is her fate, and she has resigned herself to it."
Aunt Sheng said, lowering her head, and continued, "Regent, if Feng Ran could choose, she wouldn't be like this now."
"And she has no other choice."
"Feng Ran wishes she could be carefree like the young ladies of noble families, but she cannot."
Xuan Yuan Heng frowned. He was still thinking that Feng Ran had clearly seen him. And yet, she had completely ignored him and run off, holding Ling Chi Yuan's hand.
Damn Feng Ran, how could she do such a thing?
"Go to Chun Man Yuan," Xuan Yuan Heng said coldly.
Bei Chen Ye replied, "Yes, Your Highness."
Chun Man Yuan, Feng Ran had said she could go up by herself, but Ling Chi Yuan insisted on accompanying her. Finally, unable to refuse Ling Chi Yuan's persistence, she agreed.
Feng Ran really couldn't understand why Ling Chi Yuan was so determined, nor could she fathom it.
In the end, she chose not to think about it or say anything.
An hour later, Ling Chi Yuan got out of the carriage.
As Ling Chi Yuan left, his gaze fell on Xuan Yuan Heng.
He showed no fear at all and walked straight towards Xuan Yuan Heng. Looking at the carriage, he raised his eyebrows and smiled, saying, "I didn't expect the Regent, who is so busy with state affairs, to be in this place of pleasure."
"I've heard that the Regent is a man of impeccable character. He despises such places of pleasure to the extreme."
"What, am I lucky today to see the Regent here?"
Ling Chi Yuan said with a smile, "Could it be that my prayers today have been answered?"
Ling Chi Yuan did not wait for a response from inside the carriage, but simply left.
"Your Highness, this Ling Chi Yuan is deliberately provoking you. Should I teach him a lesson? Let him know what he should and should not say." Bei Chen Ye said gloomily.
"No need."
Aunt Sheng: "..."
"Regent..."
"Send the person to Xuan Yuan Mansion."
With that, he dismissed Aunt Sheng.
Aunt Sheng wanted to say something, but she didn't.
At this moment, Xuan Yuan Heng's face was extremely dark. No one dared to say anything more in front of him.
Bei Chen Ye drove the carriage away.
...
Xuan Yuan Mansion.
Feng Ran waited in the side room with unease, not knowing why Xuan Yuan Heng wanted her to come here.
But she knew clearly that this was not a good thing.
Before coming, Aunt Sheng seemed to have something to tell her. However, Bei Chen Ye was always guarding by her side, and every time Aunt Sheng tried to speak, Bei Chen Ye would interrupt her.
Although Aunt Sheng didn't say anything, Feng Ran knew that there must be something going on for Aunt Sheng to be like this.
The door creaked open from the outside.
Feng Ran knew it was Xuan Yuan Heng.
"Regent, may I ask..."
Xuan Yuan Heng's gaze fell on Feng Ran, scrutinizing her. His gaze seemed to pierce through her.
Feng Ran felt extremely uncomfortable under Xuan Yuan Heng's gaze.
But she couldn't say anything.
Feng Ran performed a courtesy, lowered her head, and stood quietly to the side.
However, the man beside her had eyes full of cold light, which Feng Ran did not see because she had her head lowered.
Suddenly, Xuan Yuan Heng directly grabbed her by the neck and asked coldly, "Feng Ran, your actions today have truly opened my eyes."
"What, did my appearance hinder your seduction of men?"
Saying this, the nameless rage in his heart burned fiercely again.
Feng Ran trembled all over and was even a little scared.
In fact, she still harbored a sliver of hope, thinking that perhaps Xuan Yuan Heng hadn't seen her then.