Chapter 1437: After modification: Chapter 1434 Doubts
If the real aim was to win over the military generals, there were indeed other suitable girls from military general families apart from Miss Huo.
He must find out why the Liu family insisted on pairing him with Miss Huo.
Of course, this was still just a conjecture, yet he could test the Liu family’s reaction.
“Father, since it’s unclear, just pretend we don’t know. As for my engagement, with the Liu family’s current involvement, let Mother refrain from discussing it for now to avoid damaging relations between our two families. Ultimately, regardless of Official Liu’s intentions, we won’t have to wait for more than half a year before there is surely a conclusion.”
Official Liu, quite confused by the motion, nodded upon hearing this: “Alright, let’s do that.”
He was also worried about offending both families in the end.
After that, Liu Zhe studied regularly at the school for half a month.
On this day, just as he left the school, he went to his favorite bookstore to buy books as usual. As he was ing out, he ran into Huo Hongyan.
Huo Hongyan seemed somewhat anxious. She first looked around the bookstore hurriedly, and upon ing out, she ran right into Liu Zhe.
Liu Zhe instinctively reached out to steady her, worried she might fall.
Upon seeing him, Huo Hongyan’s eyes reddened instinctively: “Young Master Liu.”
She was worried about finding her five-year-old cousin, missing from the second household, who was the precious lifeblood of the Huo family. As anxiety filled her heart and she saw Liu Zhe, she felt as if she was back in a past life where she could discuss everything with her husband, causing the familiar address to slip out involuntarily.
If she hadn’t seen the calm and posed look in Liu Zhe’s eyes, she might not have quickly regained her senses.
“Young Master Liu, it’s nothing. Sorry for bumping into you. I still have matters to attend to, so I’ll be going now.”
Huo Hongyan spoke and quickly left.
Liu Zhe frowned slightly. He could clearly see that Miss Huo’s eyes were red just now, indicating something must have happened.
He thought about how nothing had occurred during this period, not even his father being summoned to the Liu family, which made him doubt his previous conjectures. Yet now, running into Miss Huo, it was evident something had happened to her.
There wasn’t much time for him to ponder.
After all, having understood the Huo family, he knew there had been no incidents in the past half year. Why did something happen right after encountering him?
He didn’t think of himself as a clever person.
But coincidences…
Liu Zhe closed his eyes briefly, then lifted his foot and followed after her.
He didn’t get close to the Huo family but instead sent the servant boy who acpanied him to ask Huo Hongyan if she needed help.
The servant boy returned, “Young Master, Miss Huo said she doesn’t need our help and that you misunderstood, nothing is wrong.”
“Alright.” Liu Zhe nodded.
He instructed the servant boy: “Follow Miss Huo’s carriage discreetly, without letting her notice.”
“Young Master…” The servant boy, having served him since childhood, was stunned by this sudden order as the Young Master neither approached women nor meddled in others’ affairs.
Liu Zhe calmly looked at him and gave the order once more.
When the servant boy climbed into the carriage, his legs felt numb, and his mind was puzzled.
Huo Hongyan was clearly looking for someone, it was evident from her behavior.
After following for a while, Liu Zhe gathered some information.
He was about to send the servant boy to further gather intel when the servant boy returned and said, “Young Master, someone said they saw the Huo family’s Young Master leaving the city gate yesterday and heading to the Buddhist Light Temple. Miss Huo has already gone there.”
“Follow her.”
Liu Zhe was worried about Miss Huo’s anxiety and wanted to verify the situation.
The two carriages successively arrived at the Buddhist Light Temple.
Only after Huo Hongyan had gone up did Liu Zhe disembark from his carriage, mindful of the need to avoid suspicion.
Once inside the Buddhist Light Temple, Liu Zhe was about to inquire with the monks there.
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