His attitude was gentle, but he refused decisively.

This made Liang Shangshu's complexion a little sluggish.

He turned his head and looked at his daughter.

As expected, Liang Xiuwan also looked sad.

Liang Shangshu could only laugh and said: "These things are not urgent, just give me a few orders, so I won't even miss food."

"Official work is important, but the body is more important."

Qiao Xiuli refused again and again: "I'm not hungry, thank you Lord Shangshu."

As a result, Liang Shangshu couldn't pull him to talk, so he nodded and let him go.

After Qiao Xiu left, Liang Xiuwan sat down to the side of the meal a little dejectedly.

Liang Shangshu closed the door and persuaded in a low voice: "Why bother to be unhappy, isn't he the only good man in the whole capital?"

"Although Qiao Xiuli has outstanding ability and handsome appearance, he is six years older than you."

"It's just that he doesn't like you. Dad will find you a better husband's family, won't you?"

Liang Xiuwan has been pampered since she was a child. She is smart and beautiful, and it's not that no one likes her.

What's more, people with noble backgrounds naturally have many matchmakers.

But she just likes Qiao Xiuli's cold and serious appearance.

Facing Liang Shangshu, her voice was aggrieved and choked with sobs: "I just fell in love with him, and I don't want anything else!"

Since Qiao Xiuli came to the household department, every new year and festival, the bureaucrats of the entire household department would go to Liang Shangshu's house to say hello to him.

Among so many people, Liang Xiuwan immediately saw Qiao Xiuli.

He is tall, with a cold temperament, and sometimes, he is as gentle as a piece of fine jade.

It would not be an exaggeration to describe him as standing out from the crowd.

Liang Xiuwan likes it, and she has reached the age of marriage. After asking around that Qiao Xiuli has no family, she begged Liang Shangshu to help him.

However, she didn't expect that Qiao Xiuli didn't even give her the chance to sit down and eat together.

Liang Shangshu felt sorry for his daughter, so he had no choice but to say: "Don't worry, I will discuss it with your mother when I get back, and then I will find a way for you."

Qiao Xiuli just felt that he was absent-minded all day long, as if he was always thinking about whether Lanlan would be happy when he was at home alone.

After finally waiting for the time to leave his post, he hastily said goodbye to his colleagues and left the government office in a sedan chair.

Colleagues laughed and joked—

"If I didn't know that Qiao Shilang didn't have a family, I would have thought he was in a hurry to go back to see his wife."

"Maybe it's a good thing that's about to happen. You can run so fast because you have a girl you like."

At this time, everyone just teased it as a funny thing, and didn't expect that Qiao Xiuli's cold personality was really for a girl.

Qiao Xiuli hurried back to the mansion, and as soon as he entered the mansion, he asked the housekeeper, "How is Miss Lan doing today?"

The butler laughed dryly: "My lord, Miss Lan has gone out and hasn't come back yet."

Joshua stopped walking towards her yard.

He turned his head around: "Where did you go?"

"The old lady took her to the old house." The housekeeper said.

Qiao Xiuli's thin eyes were slightly startled.

He hasn't told his family about Lanlan's return yet, why did the grandmother and the others already know about it?

Qiao Xiuli immediately turned around, instead of sitting in a sedan chair, he rode his horse and headed directly towards the Duke of Zhen's mansion.

When he reached the door of the house, he jumped off before the horse stopped.

"The young master is back!" The porter greeted him with a joyful smile.

Qiao Xiuli threw the reins to the porter: "Has Lanlan come over?"

The concierge smiled and nodded: "Yes, I am talking with the old lady and the others in the main room!"