Afterward, Zu An slept all the way until noon. He felt incredible when he got up again.

The servants of the temporary official residence had prepared fruits and snacks. When he saw the amount of meat, Zu An thought, As expected of the northwest! Even the refreshments are very different in style. Since he wasn’t all that picky about food, he ate some of it.

A while later, a sudden disturbance occurred outside. It turned out Sang Hong’s group had returned.

Zu An saw that their expressions weren’t good at all. He asked out of curiosity, “Did things not go well?”

Sang Hong nodded in agreement. Pei You was the first to say, “We went to Yu Manor and waited there for a long time, just to be told that Madam Yu was feeling unwell and wasn’t meeting any guests. I’m so freaking pissed right now!”

They had been looking forward to seeing the number one beauty’s appearance, and they had even wondered about how they were going to leave someone like that with the best impression possible. And yet, after all of that, they had ended up getting the cold shoulder. They were pent up with resentment.

“Do you think she’s been...