Within a month, the divine physician would come knocking at the Luo manor’s door?

Wei Han was startled by the young lady’s words, yet the confidence in her manner couldn’t be faked.

He set his teacup down on the stone table and said calmly, “Very well, I’ll wait a month for Miss Luo.”

Luo Sheng casually corrected him, “Wait for the divine physician for a month.”

Why wait for her? She wasn’t the divine physician.

Wei Han fell silent for a moment.

He didn’t know if it was his imagination, but for an instant, he felt Miss Luo was teasing him again.

“After a month, if the divine physician hasn’t come looking for Miss Luo—”

Luo Sheng said matter-of-factly, “Then there’s nothing I can do about it.”

Wei Han: “…”

Having formed an irreconcilable blood feud with the surname “Wei,” Luo Sheng felt not a shred of guilt and said indifferently, “Your Highness should understand that nothing is absolute. I’ll do my best, and the rest depends on Your Highness’s luck.”

The man’s slender, lean fingers tightened around the teacup.

Of course he understood the principle that nothing was absolute, but where had Miss Luo done her best?

It seemed this transaction would result in a total loss for him nine times out of ten.

However, there was nothing to regret. At the time, Miss Luo had fallen under suspicion because of a dagger, and since that dagger was in his possession, helping clear her name with little effort on his part was nothing significant.

As for gossip that might spread, having accepted the dagger in the first place, he wasn’t afraid of such inconsequential matters.

Thinking this, Wei Han smiled. “I understand.”

Luo Sheng set down her teacup and stood up. “Then I’ll take my leave.”

Wei Han also rose. “Take care, Miss Luo.”

Seeing he intended to see her off, Luo Sheng’s tone was cold as she stopped him. “Your Highness need not see me out.”

Wei Han stopped and watched Luo Sheng depart, falling into contemplation.

Miss Luo’s impression of him didn’t seem very good.

There was something he had never asked directly—on that dark and windy night, why had Miss Luo appeared in the abandoned residence of Prince Zhennan’s manor?

From any angle, she had no reason to be there.

Surely it wasn’t out of boredom?

It was precisely that rather unpleasant encounter at the manor’s abandoned residence that made him subconsciously pay more attention when he saw this young lady afterward, noticing she was very different from the girl who had stopped him on the capital’s streets.

He didn’t understand why a person could change so drastically.

Wei Han left the wine shop and returned to the prince’s manor.

“Summon Shi Yan.”

Receiving the order, Shi Yi hurried to find his elder brother who was scrubbing chamber pots.

Shi Yan came running eagerly. “What are the master’s instructions?”

“This month, keep an eye on the movements at the Grand Commandant’s manor.”

Shi Yan’s eyes lit up. “Should I keep watch on Miss Luo?”

Wei Han’s expression darkened slightly as he asked coolly, “Haven’t scrubbed enough chamber pots?”

Shi Yan slapped himself in the mouth. “Master, please calm your anger. It’s not that this humble one wanted to speak—it’s this shameless broken mouth that won’t obey.”

When he went to Prince Pingnan’s manor to deliver the dagger, he thought he’d been liberated. Who knew that just kindly reminding the master to look back would result in another punishment!

Glancing sideways at Shi Yi who had followed him in, Shi Yan felt utterly aggrieved.

With that debt-collector’s face, how did his brother become more valued? The master had never once punished Shi Yi to scrub chamber pots.

Shi Yi stood expressionlessly to the side.

Third Brother seemed to be jealous of him again.

They had identical faces—what was there to be jealous about?

“Watch carefully. Once you discover the divine physician entering the Luo manor’s gates, report back immediately.”

Shi Yan forcibly swallowed his question about how the divine physician could possibly enter the Luo manor’s gates and obediently answered yes.

A few days later, Shi Yan came rushing back in a flurry.

Wei Han couldn’t hide his surprise. “The divine physician went to the Luo manor?”

Miss Luo had said within a month, but only a few days had passed—could it be this fast?

“The divine physician didn’t go to the Luo manor—Miss Luo went out!”

Wei Han frowned. “Miss Luo went to the divine physician’s place?”

“No, Miss Luo went to Academician Lin’s manor!”

Wei Han’s expression turned cold.

What did Miss Luo going to Academician Lin’s manor have to do with him?

Seeing Wei Han had no reaction, Shi Yan grew anxious. “Master, Miss Luo went to Academician Lin’s manor to find that Lin Teng!”

Wei Han: “Get lost.”

The small guard who was driven out sighed and hurried toward the Lin manor.

The master’s words didn’t match his heart—he couldn’t afford to be confused. He had to keep watch so Miss Luo wouldn’t make a move on Lin Teng.

Speaking of which, Miss Luo was being rather inappropriate. With their master available, wasn’t that enough?

Accompanying his daughter on a visit to express gratitude, Grand Commandant Luo confirmed with her once again, “Sheng’er, you really don’t need Father to propose marriage for you—it’s purely just to express thanks?”

Luo Sheng nodded, feeling Grand Commandant Luo’s mindset wasn’t quite right. She asked seriously, “Does Father very much hope I’ll marry?”

She had no plans to marry.

Once married, how could she have the convenience of being Miss Luo? Moreover, the things she planned to do were matters of life and death—why drag an innocent person into it?

Better to clarify Grand Commandant Luo’s intentions and avoid unnecessary complications.

Grand Commandant Luo instinctively wanted to nod, but meeting his daughter’s dark, cold eyes, he had a jolt of realization. “Haha, how could that be? Father wishes he could support you for a lifetime—how could he bear to have you marry?”

That should be a normal father’s thinking, right?—Grand Commandant Luo thought uncertainly.

Heaven knows he wished his daughter could marry tomorrow!

Marriage was the proper path—far better than keeping male favorites.

Luo Sheng smiled radiantly. “I’m also reluctant to leave Father.”

Grand Commandant Luo’s breath caught.

When Sheng’er said she was reluctant to leave him, did she mean what he understood? Was she really going to be left on his hands?

In this silence, the carriage stopped at the Lin manor’s entrance.

The Lin manor’s First Madam, hearing the report that Grand Commandant Luo had brought Miss Luo, felt her vision darken. She hurried to discuss countermeasures with the Old Madam.

“What? People from the Luo manor have come?” The Old Madam also panicked slightly upon hearing this. “Why didn’t they send someone ahead with a calling card?”

The First Madam smiled bitterly. “Who knows? Earlier when Teng’er mentioned that people from the Luo manor might come to express thanks, I thought it unlikely. After waiting several days with no movement, I thought the matter had passed. Who would have expected them to arrive at the main gate without warning?”

The Old Madam shook her head at the Luo manor’s lack of propriety and sighed, “Since they’re already here, we can only invite them in.”

“The master and father-in-law have both gone to the ministry. Only Teng’er and Shu’er are home…”

The Old Madam decisively made a decision. “Have Teng’er and Shu’er leave through the back gate. You and I will receive the guests together.”

The First Madam hesitated. “That Miss Luo might be coming for Teng’er or Shu’er. If they come up empty today, won’t they just approach them directly outside later?”

The Old Madam pondered this and nodded. “Your concern is not without merit. At least with them at home, we can keep watch. Let’s not move them for now and see what the other party’s intentions really are. Perhaps it’s purely to express thanks.”

First Madam: Ha.

The mother and daughter-in-law went to the front flower hall with heavy hearts. Upon entering, they saw a middle-aged man of imposing bearing and a young lady of exceptional beauty quietly drinking tea.

The Lin family moved in literati circles, and the First Madam rarely went out for social engagements, so this was her first time seeing Luo Sheng.

The moment she clearly saw the young lady’s appearance, a thought inexplicably arose in the First Madam’s mind: With Miss Luo’s looks, why would she be so foolish as to keep male favorites?