Wan Qing hurried to Gu Zhiruo's side and said directly, "Miss, Young Master Ruan said he wants to stay for a while."
Gu Zhiruo was a little surprised. She walked up to Ruan Xi and asked, "Did you come to find me not for the divorce agreement?"
She thought he was just passing by, here to write a divorce agreement, and then he would continue his carefree travels or return to the Ruan family.
"Of course not. The divorce agreement is not urgent. I plan to stay here for a while. We can wait until Yun Shu and the others arrive in a few days." Ruan Xi had already thought of his excuse, and thankfully he was prepared.
However, he still felt a pang of sadness in his heart. She didn't even try to persuade him to stay a few more days; instead, she questioned why he wanted to stay longer.
Moreover, he didn't come to see her for any divorce agreement.
What was a divorce agreement? He wouldn't write it!
Gu Zhiruo, of course, didn't know Ruan Xi's thoughts at the moment. Thinking that Yun Shu and the others would indeed arrive in a few days, she didn't press further. "Then let Young Master Ruan stay a few more days."
"Miss, there are so many inns outside..." Wan Qing quickly reminded her young lady.
There were so many inns outside. Although this was a border town, there were still excellent inns.
So why did he have to stay here?
Wan Qing felt that Young Master Ruan had his sights set on her young lady! He was just finding an excuse to stay and didn't want a divorce from her young lady! He had even sent a letter via carrier pigeon to confess his feelings to her young lady, saying he liked her. Her young lady had thought Young Master Ruan was joking and wasn't sincere, but now Wan Qing felt that Young Master Ruan didn't want a divorce.
As for how much Young Master Ruan liked her young lady, she couldn't tell yet, nor did she know if Young Master Ruan was just acting on a whim.
"There are many inns outside, but there are also many dangers. I've traveled a long way to get here. Can you bear to let me stay at an inn and worry about being assassinated in the middle of the night?" Ruan Xi asked with a smile.
"Rest assured and stay here." Gu Zhiruo was a little helpless. Anyone who tried to argue with Ruan Xi would likely not come out on top.
Fortunately, because they had spent some time together, she understood him to some extent.
Wan Qing still wanted to remind her, but Gu Zhiruo had already made up her mind.
Ruan Xi winked at Gu Zhiruo, "I knew you couldn't bear to leave me alone outside. I know you care about me."
After speaking, he didn't wait for Gu Zhiruo to retort. He quickly turned and went back to his room to check.
If anything was missing, he could order people to buy it and get him everything he needed.
He had made up his mind. Since he was here, he would absolutely not leave easily!
"Miss, this..." Wan Qing stamped her foot.
Gu Zhiruo chuckled, "Let him stay for now. After Yun Shu and the others arrive in a few days, he will have no reason to refuse to write the divorce agreement, nor will he have any reason to continue staying."
This sentence, to Ruan Xi's ears, was perfectly timed.
Ruan Xi's expression turned grim.
He sighed inwardly, "I never thought that I, Ruan Xi, would one day be disliked by a woman! I finally poured my heart out for a woman, prepared to spend the rest of my life with her, and even planned out my future. I even thought about how she would make those who dared to bully her retreat and never dare to have such thoughts again.
Yet, she directly wanted to push him away.
Damn that divorce agreement!
He refused to believe that with his charm, he couldn't seduce Gu Zhiruo and make her fall for him!
...
Ruan Xi slept for the entire night and only woke up the next morning.
After waking up, he quickly washed himself.
He appeared before Gu Zhiruo with a charming and dashing face.
He knocked and entered the room. His eyes casually swept over, and he saw she was still sewing clothes.
She was so engrossed in her work that she only looked up at him once.
His heart was filled with intense jealousy.
His jealousy flared up instantly.
"Are you making clothes for that Young Master Zhao?" Ruan Xi asked bluntly.
He wished he could investigate Young Master Zhao's ancestors one by one and throw all his scandals in Gu Zhiruo's face, so she would stay far away from him. Why was she making clothes! It would be so much better to spend time with him and talk about love.
He even wanted to secretly tear up the clothes while Gu Zhiruo wasn't looking, to see how that Zhao fellow would wear them.
Gu Zhiruo was stunned. "Young Master Zhao?"
Was she making clothes for Young Master Zhao?
Then, she realized it and looked down at the clothes in her hand. He thought she was making clothes for Young Master Zhao?
The corner of her mouth twitched.
She really didn't understand where his jealousy came from or how he was thinking.
"You call him so affectionately. Are you in such a hurry to divorce me because you want to marry him?" Ruan Xi asked, though his tone was casual, his eyes seemed to bore into Gu Zhiruo's innermost thoughts.
Gu Zhiruo frowned. "When did I ever say that I wanted to divorce you to marry him? The divorce was a prior agreement between us."
Hearing that it wasn't because of that Zhao fellow, Ruan Xi breathed a sigh of relief and pretended to be relaxed, smiling, "So that's how it is."
"Are these clothes you're making a bit small? Is that Young Master Zhao a dwarf?" Ruan Xi said, straightening his back and displaying his tall stature.
The more he looked, the smaller Gu Zhiruo's clothes seemed.
Thinking that Gu Zhiruo liked a thin and weak little man, Ruan Xi felt an indescribable discomfort.
Gu Zhiruo had intended to work hard and finish all the clothes today, but Ruan Xi's constant stream of words made it impossible for her to concentrate. She looked up at Ruan Xi speechlessly, "Young Master Zhao is not a dwarf, and these clothes are for my three godchildren."
"What? Did I misunderstand?" Ruan Xi instantly felt immensely embarrassed.
His jealousy was in vain.
No wonder he had thought the sleeves of the clothes were ridiculously short earlier.
"If you have nothing else to do and are bored, why don't you go out for a stroll? There are many beautiful women from Western Xia in the border town, you might like them. You can go and see them now." Gu Zhiruo walked to the table and picked up a cup to take a sip of tea.
No matter how Ruan Xi looked at Gu Zhiruo, he couldn't get enough of her. His eyes stared at her intently, and he said with a smile, "What's so good about those women? I only like looking at you now. And no matter how much I look at you, I still feel like I can't get enough."
Gu Zhiruo's eyes flickered, as if she was carefully weighing something.
Seeing Gu Zhiruo suddenly fall silent and appear serious, he suspected she had something important to say, so he quickly made an excuse, "There are indeed some matters to attend to here. I'll go out first and be back in the evening."
"Wait."
Ruan Xi stopped dead in his tracks and turned to look at Gu Zhiruo.
Gu Zhiruo deliberated for a moment before saying, "Young Master Ruan, I think we should talk."
"Talk?" Ruan Xi had a bad premonition.
"Young Master Ruan, I believe we should keep our word. We already had an agreement, and since that's the case, you don't need to concern yourself with my affairs, and I've never concerned myself with yours. You should prepare the divorce agreement." Gu Zhiruo said in a deep voice.