Only Sai Lan knows the true face of long-term repression beneath this calmness.
She smiled and promised: "If I die, you still have grandchildren. You don't have to worry about me. I will make the most of my remaining energy."
The Tenth Elder sat back, picked up the teacup elegantly and tasted the new tea sent from Northern Europe this year. The Earl's tea house's century-old tea trees produced only a little tea, which was all sent to him.
Like all tea-loving nobles, he indulged himself in the new tea he had obtained. Only Sai Lan understood his meaning from his graceful silence.
She calmly tidied up the marks on her face, turned around and left the meeting room.
…
"go home!"
Sai Lan stopped smiling once she got into the car, revealing the bruises on the side of her face and her fragile neck.
Wait until we get back to the mansion.
Yingzi had been waiting in the greenhouse for a long time. When he saw Sai Lan coming back, he kept his head down and didn't dare to look, so he didn't know what Sai Lan's hanging hair was covering.
He followed the woman and reported the news outside.
"...Qiao Nian and Mu Qingtian reached a cooperation. She appeared in the hospital operating room and our people were captured by her."
"There is another puzzling thing."
“…the hospital is on fire.”
"Mu Qingtian sealed off the hospital very tightly. I always felt that there was a trick, so I didn't let anyone in. I only saw the fire trucks going there, and it took another hour to put out the fire. Before you came back, the latest news I got was that Mu Di had taken off on the private plane arranged by Mu Qingtian... Our mission failed." "I'm afraid Qiao Nian and Mu Qingtian will not fight."
Since returning, Sai Lan has been facing away from him, picking up the scissors on the tray and trimming the clusters of flowers in full bloom in the greenhouse.
He said his and she trimmed hers.
After Yingzi finished telling her the belated news, she put down the scissors, immersed her white hands in the spring water beside her and soaked them for a while, then stood there and let the maid gently wipe the remaining water stains on her hands with silk...
Shadow was used to her extravagant life and did not react to this scene at all. He waited quietly for Sai Lan to give him instructions.
After Sai Lan finished applying the ointment on her hands, she finally looked at him and replied indifferently: "Yes, because Mu Qingtian has set his eyes on me."
"… "What's the meaning
Shadow raised his head sharply to glance at her expression, and met the fierce gaze beneath the woman's elegant appearance, as if a giant crocodile had been lying in wait, waiting coldly for him to make a mistake so that it could bite off his head... Shadow shuddered for no reason, feeling cold from the soles of his feet to his back. He quickly withdrew his gaze, and dared not look up again.
Sai Lan saw him quickly lower his head and knew that her attitude just now was enough to scare him so that he wouldn't dare to play any tricks for a while.
Then he slowly said, "I will be in seclusion for a month."
Shadow was surprised: "At this time?"
Sai Lan's gaze was as if it was real, so he didn't dare to look up. Seeing that he was still leaning his head against the ground for a long time, the woman said slowly, "I have a beauty project to do, and I don't want to see customers until my face recovers. You can still find me, and I will contact you through other means."
"Yes." Shadow had been with Nie Qingru for many years and was very familiar with the wide variety of beauty projects that women liked, so he did not doubt what Sai Lan said.
"During the time I'm in seclusion, find someone to keep an eye on Qiao Nian. It's best not to let her out of our sight. I want to know where she is and what she's doing at all times." (End of this chapter)