Closer, even closer.

As the plain-clothed young lady with calm eyes and brows walked step by step nearer, each step seemed to land on Wei Han’s heart, forcing him to tighten his nerves to a state of high alert.

He hadn’t said anything—why was Miss Luo coming toward him again?

Yes, he still owed three thousand five hundred taels of silver, but wasn’t this young lady being a bit hasty in demanding the debt?

It wasn’t until the plain-clothed young lady stopped before him that Wei Han, maintaining composure on his face, abandoned his last shred of hope.

She was indeed coming for him!

Wei Han could already sense the gazes falling on him becoming extraordinarily fervent. It wasn’t hard to imagine the boiling emotions of those present at this moment, and even less hard to imagine the degree of his humiliation after Miss Luo opened her mouth to demand her debt.

Wei Han wasn’t someone who cared about others’ opinions, but no matter how lightly he viewed such things, being publicly dunned for debt by a little girl—a little girl who had flirted with him—as a dignified prince was still somewhat hard to bear.

At this moment, the only fortunate thing was that when leaving home, he’d casually stuffed ten thousand taels worth of banknotes into his purse. Otherwise, thinking about being dunned for debt without money to repay it—Wei Han’s heart jolted, nearly unable to maintain his feigned composure.

Luo Yue finally awoke from her daze. Looking at Luo Sheng’s retreating back, her voice trembled. “What, what does she want to do?”

They’d come today to seek medical treatment for their father. Whether they succeeded or not, even if they were refused at the gate by the gatekeeper boy and became fodder for people’s gossip after meals, they’d accept it. But what was Luo Sheng doing?

Her old problem was acting up again—the moment she saw a handsome man, she threw their father to the back of her mind and ran to flirt with him!

And she was flirting with Prince Kaiyang!

Luo Ying and Luo Qing clearly thought the same, their faces pale as snow.

“I’ll go stop her!” Luo Yue stamped her foot.

Luo Ying and Luo Qing held her back, lowering their voices to persuade. “Fourth sister, you can’t be impulsive. If you rush over and argue with third sister in front of Prince Kaiyang, it will only be more humiliating…”

Luo Yue closed her eyes, biting her lip in a miserable smile. “I knew we shouldn’t have had even a shred of expectation of her!”

Luo Ying and Luo Qing fell silent.

Things had come to this point—regret was useless.

Moreover, even if they could do it over, they would still accompany Luo Sheng to seek medical treatment. The person lying on the bed with his life hanging by a thread was their father.

Previously, with their sworn brothers stepping forward, they’d never thought they could personally come to request the divine physician, until Luo Sheng brought it up.

That’s right—they were their father’s daughters, so naturally they could come, rather than having everything arranged by their sworn brothers.

It was just that they’d panicked over the Luo estate’s great calamity and developed expectations for someone they shouldn’t have had expectations of.

All three sisters felt their hearts turn ice-cold as they looked in despair at that plain-colored figure who had already stopped before the scarlet-robed man.

“Your Highness, we meet again.” Luo Sheng curtsied to Wei Han.

Her voice didn’t have the sweetness of ordinary girls, but was clean like a babbling spring, carrying a comfortable coolness.

Wei Han nodded to Luo Sheng expressionlessly. “Yes, we meet again.”

The simple exchange between the two made everyone’s faces turn strange.

Miss Luo was truly talented—after flirting with Prince Kaiyang, she actually ran over to greet him as if nothing had happened.

Wait, what was even more wrong was Prince Kaiyang—he actually acknowledged Miss Luo.

At this moment, probably only the young guard standing at Wei Han’s side understood his master’s feelings best.

These foolish people—did they think their master was facing a young lady who’d flirted with him? No, he was facing the creditor to whom he owed three thousand five hundred taels of silver!

“Is Your Highness here to seek medical treatment today?” Luo Sheng asked.

Wei Han hesitated for a moment, then nodded. “Yes.”

Luo Sheng asked again, “Is it extremely urgent?”

“I wouldn’t say extremely urgent.” After Wei Han spoke these words, he saw the young lady before him reveal a faint smile.

Luo Sheng gracefully bent her knees. “My father’s life hangs by a thread and cannot be delayed. If Your Highness’s matter is not extremely urgent, might you be willing to yield your number token?”

Prince Kaiyang appearing here today must be to seek medical treatment. From her brief few days of contact with this person, she could see he wasn’t an idle person—if he hadn’t obtained a number token, he surely would have left early.

Trading the number token to offset the debt—surely he would be willing.

If he wasn’t willing—Luo Sheng’s brows slightly furrowed.

If he wasn’t willing, she would naturally have him repay the debt. With so many people present, it shouldn’t be difficult to use three thousand five hundred taels of silver to buy a number token.

Threatening? How was this threatening? A creditor’s life wasn’t easy either.

At Luo Sheng’s words, the crowd couldn’t help but reach up to clean their ears.

“Did we hear wrong? What did Miss Luo say?”

“Miss Luo asked Prince Kaiyang to yield his number token.”

“Then we didn’t hear wrong. Hiss—has Miss Luo gone mad?”

Zhu Hanshuang stared fixedly at Luo Sheng, her eyes nearly shooting fire.

Where did Luo Sheng get the face to actually ask Prince Kaiyang for his number token?

Was it because she had some beauty, because she’d flirted with Prince Kaiyang?

This shameless wretch—did she think Prince Kaiyang was one of those who feared Grand Marshal Luo’s power and influence? It was simply the greatest joke!

“Alright.” Wei Han uttered one word and handed over the number token.

At this moment he even felt somewhat relieved.

Compared to being publicly dunned for debt, merely yielding a number token clearly wasn’t much.

This word “alright” fell on Zhu Hanshuang’s ears like being struck on the head with a club. Her entire person was dazed.

Had she heard wrong?

The crowd’s reaction wasn’t much better than Zhu Hanshuang’s. For a moment, everyone forgot to make a sound.

Luo Sheng gripped the number token and performed a graceful courtesy to Wei Han. “Thank you for yielding it, Your Highness.”

She immediately lowered her voice to a volume only the two of them could hear. “What was owed before is now written off.”

Without waiting for Wei Han’s response, Luo Sheng clutched the number token tightly and walked toward the three Luo Ying sisters.

The three Luo Ying sisters received an even greater shock than those watching the spectacle.

Luo Sheng had actually obtained Prince Kaiyang’s number token!

“What are you all standing there dazed for? Let’s go wait.” Luo Sheng walked before her three sisters, her tone still calm as ever.

“How, how did you do it?” Luo Yue asked in a murmur.

“Do what?” Luo Sheng pondered briefly before reacting, raising the number token in her hand with a smile. “You mean the number token? His Highness has a benevolent heart and helps those with urgent needs.”

The crowd rolled their eyes upon hearing this.

Who would believe such deceptive nonsense!

There was a problem—there must definitely be a problem between Prince Kaiyang and Miss Luo!

Wei Han stood up, his face full of righteousness as he instructed his guard. “Let’s go.”

Miss Luo was right—he was just such a person with a benevolent heart who helped those with urgent needs.

Shi Yan quickly followed, unable to help looking back deeply at Luo Sheng.

Honestly, he didn’t admire anyone else now, only Miss Luo. His master had never failed to suffer a loss when encountering Miss Luo.

Though the dishes Miss Luo made were truly delicious…

The young guard followed his master, who was riding away, with infinite nostalgia.

With Wei Han’s departure, everyone’s attention returned to Luo Sheng.

Luo Sheng acted as if nothing had happened, causing the scene to fall into a strange silence, until the gatekeeper boy invited those with number tokens to enter. When it came to the Luo sisters’ turn, they were stopped.