A Time-Traveling Mishap: I Became an Ancient Nobleman

Chapter 252 You promised your brother?

Ye Gui wasn't displeased to see Jiang Mingyun remain silent, but instead turned to Zhou Hanzhang, "Brother Zhou, where are you headed?"

Li Xianda had been involved in business with his grandfather since childhood and had seen all sorts of people. Looking at the man in front of him, although he seemed sincere, he still felt that something was off.

Looking at Jiang Mingyun's attitude again, she knew that he was probably trying to steal her cousin's woman. Didn't he look at his own face? Could he compare to his cousin even a little bit?

No wonder Jiang Mingyun ignored him.

Zhou Hanzhang didn't want him to know that they had taken in Lisa and her husband, so he quickly made up an excuse, "We ran into my cousin while we were out having dinner. He was having dinner with his business partners."

Ye Gui then pretended to have seen Lisa and her husband, nodding to them and saying, "Hello, you two."

Ye Gui also had some thoughts about the Li family's suppliers who could be brought out to dinner by Li Xianda. "You two don't look like you're from Da Zhou. Is this your first time in Da Zhou?"

Lisa and her husband exchanged a glance but remained silent. Li Xianda reacted quickly, saying, "Brother Ye, you have good eyesight. These two business partners of mine are from overseas and don't speak our Great Zhou language. We still have business to discuss here, so we'll take our leave first."

He then winked at Zhou Hanzhang, "Cousin, I'll take them there first."

Zhou Hanzhang knew that he meant to help settle people down, so he nodded and said, "Come to my house tomorrow. My mother needs to see you."

"Hey, okay."

Li Xianda left with his men immediately. Although Ye Gui wanted to get to know him, he couldn't just go up and follow him. He could only smile awkwardly.

"Brother Zhou, are you going back to your residence?"

"I also need to go to Youjian Bookstore."

"This is quite a coincidence. I also need to go to Youjian Bookstore. I asked Mr. Bi to help me find a book before, but I don't know if they still have it."

Jiang Mingyun's face grew increasingly dark. She pulled Zhou Hanzhang away, but Ye Gui acted as if she couldn't see it. "Today happens to be the fifteenth. There's a night market in the capital. Would you like to go shopping together when we get to the bookstore? I happen to have an appointment with Miss Zhou."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Hanzhang stopped in his tracks. In this Great Zhou Dynasty, apart from his own family, there was no other household with the surname Zhou. The Miss Zhou he was talking about could only be Zhou Kezhen. "You made an appointment with Kezhen?"

Oh my god!

Zhou Hanzhang lamented inwardly, why did his sister always have to get involved with these scumbags? Hadn't she learned her lesson from Zheng Qianyi before?

"Yes, that day I went to Mingyun's house to attend the chrysanthemum appreciation banquet. When I came out, I saw Madam Zhou and Miss Kezhen standing by the carriage. I went to ask what was wrong, and it turned out that Madam Zhou's carriage had a small problem. I happen to know a little bit about everything, so I helped fix it."

Miss Zhou had been watching from the sidelines, seemingly quite interested. I remembered there was a particularly skilled carpenter at the night market in Shiwujing, so I invited Miss Zhou to go check it out with me.

Zhou Hanzhang sighed inwardly. How could the carriage have run into trouble, and Ye Gui just happened to be there? It was obvious to anyone with a brain that something was wrong.

This naive girl of mine is truly incorrigible. It's okay to make a mistake, but don't keep making the same mistake in the same place.

What can I do?

We can only watch.

"Since we have nothing else to do after we go to the bookstore, we might as well go and take a look together."

"That's great!"

Ye Gui was genuinely happy to see this.

The group went to Youjian Bookstore together. As soon as Xiao Ba saw Zhou Hanzhang arrive, he came out to greet her. "Hanzhang, you've come to see the owner. She's in the backyard. Just go in and find her."

Then she saw Ye Gui. "Young Master Ye, you've come too? The book you asked me to find for you last time has been found. Please come with me."

Zhou Hanzhang looked at Ye Gui and said, "I'm going inside to discuss something with Boss Zhou. Please wait here for me for a moment. I'll be out soon."

Ye Gui couldn't wait to be by their side every day, and readily agreed.

"Mingyun, let's go."

Zhou Hanzhang led Jiang Mingyun to the backyard. Ye Gui originally wanted to follow them in, but Xiao Ba was waiting for him, so he had no choice but to go with Xiao Ba to get the books first.

"Young Master Bi, is Brother Zhou very familiar with your boss?"

Having been by Zhou Hanzhang's side for some time, Xiao Ba naturally knew quite a bit about Ye Gui. However, when a customer comes to the door, there's no reason to turn them away. But when asked this question, Xiao Ba smiled mysteriously and said, "They both have the surname Zhou. What do you think, Young Master Ye?"

Ye Gui seemed to have heard something significant, but he remained expressionless as he followed Xiao Ba to get the books. "I knew it," he said. "You seemed to have mentioned that no one else was allowed to enter the bookstore's backyard."

"Yeah, even dogs won't do. Last time a dog accidentally went in and made a mess of the place. The boss was angry for a long time." Xiao Ba chuckled.

Ye Gui choked, picked up the book and pretended to flip through it, replying, "Then you really should take good care of it. I imagine there are some precious books inside. It would be really heartbreaking if they were lost or damaged."

"No."

The two chatted idly, each lost in their own thoughts, while Zhou Hanzhang knocked on the door of Zhou Tong's laboratory.

"Zhou Tong".

"They're here, they're here."

Zhou Tong opened the door with a happy expression. This time, she was well-mannered and showed no trace of the mess she had made last time.

Zhou Hanzhang handed over the food he had brought from Zuixianlou, saying, "You haven't eaten yet, have you? Hurry up and eat first."

If Jiang Mingyun hadn't been there for her, Zhou Tong would have really wanted to lean in and kiss Zhou Hanzhang, saying, "You're the one who cares about me the most. I'm so hungry."

She took her food and sat down to the side, saying, "Sit wherever you like, I'll eat first."

"I heard Jiang Yichen came to propose to you today..."

Zhou Tong didn't care at all and stuffed a piece of meat into her mouth. "Hmm, right, Mingyun should have told you everything, right?"

"I did say it, but I didn't say it all."

Zhou Hanzhang walked up to Zhou Tong and said, "Look at how happy you are. Have you reached an agreement that we'll only eat meat and nothing else?"

Zhou Tong blushed instantly, "What kind of things are you saying in front of a young girl?"

"I didn't say anything, but aren't you eating meat?"

"you……"

With meat in her mouth, Zhou Tong said, "It was all consensual. So what if we ate it?"

Oh, it's even served.

"You look great! Did you have another meal this afternoon?"

"Cough cough cough..."

Zhou Tong glared at her. "Did you secretly plant a spy here? Or did you install surveillance cameras? Otherwise, how come nothing escapes your eyes?"

Zhou Hanzhang's eyes widened. "Really? I was just saying it casually. You've already rejected the marriage proposal, how can you still do this?"

"You don't understand, that's the charm of my sister."

Although Jiang Mingyun wasn't an inexperienced young girl, she didn't understand a word the two were saying. She leaned closer and asked, "What are you two doing?"