Chapter 331 Insincere words
Zhuang Shao looked troubled, with bitterness on his lips, and his every move revealed that he was at a loss.
"It's wrong to address her respectfully as Miss Leng, and it's also wrong to address her respectfully as Madam Xu. What do you want?"
Leng Man turned her body to the side, not wanting to face him head on. Her words were filled with malice.
"If you find it annoying, why do you stop me? Lord Fang, please do as you please!"
When Zhuang Shao heard this, he felt helpless and aggrieved.
"When did I find you annoying? Why are you so unreasonable?"
Beneath the cold and dark cloud, there was a hint of contempt and dissatisfaction.
"You agreed to the appointment just to tease me. Who is unreasonable between you and me?"
Seeing that he was being wronged, Zhuang Shao became anxious and sounded angry.
"How can I tease you? You took the initiative to ask me to meet you, but you wanted to leave after just a few words. Isn't that teasing me?"
Leng Man found it ridiculous that he was angry, so she suppressed her anger and became furious.
"I won't argue with you about this, get out of the way!"
Zhuang Shao was extremely anxious as he could not reveal his identity and could not confide everything. He chose his words in a panic and tried to express his feelings as directly as possible.
"I don't mean to argue, why don't you understand? It's a rare opportunity to see you, I can't bear to leave you, whatever you want me to do, I'll agree to it!"
The subject changed suddenly. Although Leng Man understood the hint, she was unable to react in time. Her anger subsided and she froze in a daze.
"what?"
"You...what do you mean?"
She glanced at him, her brows locked with a hint of defensiveness.
"Are you trying to mock me again?"
Zhuang Shao expressed his helplessness word by word, without a single complaint on his face.
"Look at you. I can't argue with you or show my concern for you. Just tell me what you want from me."
Seeing him like this, Leng Man's eyes were filled with shock. She slowly turned around and faced him face to face.
"You...then what exactly do you mean by agreeing to meet?"
When it comes to business, Zhuang Shao is quite serious. He simply straightens his clothes and his cheeks and lips are gently smudged.
"I came to see you just to ask, do you still have feelings for Zhuang Shao?"
The pain point was touched, and Leng Man's eyes turned cold and dim for an instant.
"Oh, Lord Fang may have misunderstood. Lord Zhuang and I were indeed playmates when we were young. At that time, there were rumors that the Leng clan and the Zhuang clan might marry each other, but that is absolutely not the case. He and I have long been strangers!"
Zhuang Shao picked out the words he could say and explained them metaphorically.
"I was referring to Zhuang Shao when he was little, not Master Zhuang when he grew up."
Leng Man was confused by what she heard.
"Is there any difference?"
Zhuang Shao was stunned at first, and then showed embarrassment.
"There should be a difference, don't you think?"
He paused slightly and then added.
"What I'm saying doesn't necessarily mean love. Friendship and family affection can all be called affection."
He looked serious and asked again about her feelings.
"I wonder if Mrs. Xu will miss the peaceful scene of the old days when she is gone?"
Leng Man smiled, obviously mocking herself.
"What is your intention in asking about this? Do you want to say that even Lord Zhuang is ruthless to me and mocks me as being hated by thousands and despised by tens of thousands of people?"
Hearing that it was another misunderstanding, Zhuang Shao felt disappointed and anxious.
"Of course not, why do you miss me so much?"
Leng Man's face was gloomy, and his wariness was self-evident.
"You and I have never met before. I don't know much about Mr. Fangbo's character. I only know that we are enemies in the court. You must have bad intentions towards me!"
Zhuang Shao was unable to explain and his words were insincere.
"Zhuang Shao must have had good intentions towards you when he was little, right? Just for his sake, please look at me a little differently."
Leng Man frowned, looking confused.
"What is the relationship between you two? Forgive my ignorance, I really can't understand the profound words of Lord Fang."
After saying this, she left a cold message and turned around to walk away.
"Let's pretend we haven't met today. Goodbye!"
Zhuang Shao stretched out his arms to block it without hesitation.
"Just wait."
Leng Man stopped and showed some impatience.
Zhuang Shao never got tired of trying to show his sincerity.
"I know that Master Zhuang has returned to the capital after his innocence was cleared. The next day, you went to see him. You said that you were having a hard time and asked him to save you, but he..."
Leng Man interrupted him unhappily.
"These are all rumors. I never looked for him!"
Zhuang Shao was in a hurry to express himself, but his words failed to express his ideas clearly.
"You looked for it, I know, I want to say..."
Leng Man couldn't bear to listen any longer and interrupted in shame and anger.
"Did you see it with your own eyes? What makes you say that?"
Zhuang Shao spoke incoherently and continued to express his sincerity.
"There is no difference between what I heard and what I saw with my own eyes."
"He didn't reject you on purpose. In fact, he wanted to save you very much, but he couldn't do anything. Now it's different. We have a firm foothold and a storehouse..."
Thinking about how Fang Zhixuan rejected her in the past, Leng Man became angry and ashamed, almost collapsing.
"I've told you before, these are all rumors, all false. Lord Fang, don't you understand?!"
At this moment, a hint of anger appeared in her eyes. She suddenly felt a splitting headache and trembled.
Zhuang Shao couldn't bear it and was even more impatient.
"I understand. Maybe I didn't understand before, but now I understand everything. I understand your suffering!"
Seeing that she had her back turned, indicating that she didn't want to listen anymore, his thoughts were confused, and he changed the subject and finally got to the point.
"I want to say, let me save you, okay?"
Leng Man turned around, looking surprised.
"what?"
His feelings were finally expressed, and Zhuang Shao finally saw the bright moon after the clouds had cleared, and he smiled with relief.
"Just tell me how to save him. I'll do whatever you say."
Leng Man couldn't understand his intention at all, and she felt anxious and uneasy.
"Are you... serious?"
Zhuang Shao's eyes were determined and he nodded solemnly.
"really!"
Ten parts of emotion, seven parts of disbelief, and three parts of flattery, Leng Man froze with a blank look on her face.
"Why are you so enthusiastic towards me?"
Recalling the fun times they played together as children, Zhuang Shao smiled sweetly.
"Don't ask me why. Just believe that I am sincerely helping you."
Leng Man was confused and asked casually with the intention of giving it a try.
"Then give me a plan on how to stop Miss Ning Si from marrying into the Xu family. I wonder if Lord Fang is willing to help?"
Zhuang Shao had never heard of this before and found it unbelievable.
"She's going to marry into the Xu family? I've never heard of this, maybe it's a misunderstanding."
Facing a mocking look, Leng Man's mouth drooped and she was filled with anger.
"Then you don't want to help, goodbye!"
Zhuang Shao persevered in stopping them, and tried again and again to explain the misunderstanding after repeated failures.
"When did I ever say I didn't want to help? As long as you ask, I'm happy to do it."
He thought about it briefly and made up his mind.
"I promised to come back as soon as I saw my friend, but I'm afraid I can't stay long today. How about this, I'll ask him when I get back. If it's true, we can meet here tomorrow morning and think of a solution together."
Leng Man remained silent, deep in thought.
Making excuses to delay and making another appointment to meet again, it seems that the fish has been hooked.
It’s just strange. I did nothing and didn’t even look friendly to him, so how could he take the bait?
Seeing that she was silent, Zhuang Shao thought she was worried about her reputation, so he added.
"Tomorrow, don't worry, I will book the whole place and won't let anyone disturb me, okay?"
Leng Man raised a faint smile and nodded in agreement.
"Ah."