His attitude was gentle, but he refused decisively.
Liang Shangshu's expression showed some delayed displeasure.
He turned his head and looked at his daughter.
As expected, Liang Xiuwan also looked sad.
Liang Shangshu could only smile and said: "These things are not urgent, just a few instructions, so I won't even have to worry about eating."
"Although official duties are important, my health is more important."
Qiao Xiuli refused again and again: "I'm not hungry, thank you so much, Lord Shangshu."
As a result, Liang Shangshu couldn't help him talk, so he had no choice but to nod and let him go.
After Qiao Xiuli left, Liang Xiuwan sat down at the meal with some frustration.
Liang Shangshu closed the door and persuaded in a low voice: "Why not be happy? He is not the only good man in the whole capital?"
"Although Qiao Xiuli has outstanding abilities and handsome appearance, he is six years older than you."
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"It's just right that he doesn't like you. Wouldn't it be better for dad to find a better husband for you?"
Liang Xiuwan has been pampered since she was a child. She is smart and beautiful, and it is not that no one likes her.
What's more, if you are of noble birth, you will naturally have many matchmakers.
But she just liked Qiao Xiuli's cold and serious look.
Facing Shangshu Liang, her voice was choked with grievance: "I just fall in love with him, and I don't want anything else!"
Since Qiao Xiuli came to the Ministry of Revenue, every new year and festival, all the officials from the Ministry of Revenue would go to Liang Shangshu's house to greet him.
Among so many people, Liang Xiuwan suddenly saw Qiao Xiuli.
He is tall and has a cold temperament, and sometimes, he is as gentle as a piece of jade.
It would be an understatement to describe him as standing out from the crowd.
Liang Xiuwan liked it, and when she reached the age of getting married, she asked everywhere that Qiao Xiuli had no family, so she begged Liang Shangshu to help him.
However, she didn't expect that Qiao Xiuli didn't even give her a chance to sit down and eat together.
Liang Shangshu felt sorry for his daughter, so he had to say: "Don't worry. When you get back, I will discuss it with your mother and find a way for you."
Qiao Xiuli felt absent-minded all day long, as if he was always thinking about whether Lan Lan could be happy at home alone.
Finally, when it was time to leave office, he hurriedly said goodbye to his colleagues and left the government office in a sedan.
Colleagues all laughed and teased——
"If I hadn't known that Minister Qiao didn't have a family, I would have thought that he was anxious to go back to see his wife."
"Maybe it's because good things are about to happen. Maybe I can run so fast because I have a girl I like."
Everyone was just teasing him as a funny thing at this time, but they didn't expect that Qiao Xiuli's cold personality was really for a girl.
Qiao Xiuli hurried back to the house. As soon as he entered the house, he asked the housekeeper: "How is Miss Lan doing today?"
The housekeeper laughed dryly: "Sir, Miss Lan has gone out and hasn't come back yet."
Qiao Xiuli paused as he walked towards her yard.
He turned around and asked, "Where are you going?"
"The old lady and the others were taken to the old house," the housekeeper said.
Qiao Xiuli's thin eyes were slightly startled.
He hasn't told his family about Lan Lan's return yet, so why do his grandmother and others already know about it first?
Qiao Xiuli immediately turned around, instead of riding in the sedan chair, he rode his horse directly towards the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion.
When he arrived at the door of his house, he had already jumped down before the horse could stop.
"The young master is back!" The concierge came to greet him with a smile.
Qiao Xiuli threw the reins to the concierge: "Is Lanlan coming?"
The concierge smiled and nodded: "Yes, he is talking to the old lady and the others in the main room!"