night.

Ping'an County.

In a restaurant.

The lights are brilliant and lively.

Those who can come here tonight are all people with status and status in Ping'an County.

Either they are nobles, children of officials, or talented men with a reputation, or talented women with a long history.

Gathered together and cups of wine.

The only purpose of their gathering here tonight is... they are about to leave Ping'an County in the middle of the week.

This cocktail party is a party to bid farewell to Zhongzheng.

If it were someone else, there would naturally be no such treatment. But Zhou Zhongzheng was different, who told his father to be the chief lieutenant?

He is also the commander of Chaoyang County.

In Nanzhou, Chaoyang County is the provincial capital.

Whether it is economic strength, military strength, or influence, Chaoyang County is a unique existence.

Even compared to Kyoto in Nakashu, it is not much inferior.

As the commander of Chaoyang County, it is naturally rising.

Although strictly speaking, his father can only be regarded as the second-in-command of Chaoyang County.

After all, there is still a prefect who is pressing over it.

But even though he is just a second-in-command, his power is not small. Not to mention, that Zhou Duwei also holds some military power in Nanzhou.

This is enough to make others flatter and please.

Zhou Zhongzheng, the only son of Zhou Duwei, has attracted the attention of many other people.

Even if Zhou Zhongzheng left Ping'an County, he could attract so many farewells. These young men and the ladies of the family naturally would not miss this opportunity to curry favor with Mr. Zhou.

If you can be appreciated by Master Zhou, it will be a great joy. Those ladies and so-called talented women also seized this opportunity and tried their best to attract Master Zhou's ideas.

If you can be taken by Mr. Zhou, you will really fly up the branch and turn into a phoenix.

Therefore, everyone had their own thoughts for this cocktail party.

However, those talented men and beautiful people tried their best to attract any attention from Mr. Zhou.

Zhou Zhongzheng's attention was all in the crowd, a woman.

Su Shan.

...

At this time, Su Shan appeared in the corner of the restaurant.

Qiuyue next to her was dedicated to guarding the lady, in case any bad intentions came to meet her.

Anyone who tries to come forward will be forced back by Qiu Yue's cold eyes and momentum.

Maids are not easy to mess with!

In the distance, Zhou Zhongzheng, who saw this scene, frowned slightly, and a trace of haze flashed in his eyes.

However, the haze quickly dissipated and disappeared.

A gentle smile appeared again on his face and walked towards the corner.

At this moment, Su Shan in the corner frowned slightly.

She didn't want to come to this cocktail party tonight.

But Zhou Zhongzheng wrote another letter and came to invite him in person, which made Su Shan somewhat uncomfortable.

She is not very familiar with Zhou Zhongzheng. She met several times in the county town a few years ago and had several conversations.

Su Shan had no feelings for him, nor had he had a bad impression of him, so he was barely considered a friend.

Before, when he came to Ping'an County, Su Shan was invited to attend the Mid-Autumn Festival event.

Su Shan naturally knew Zhou Zhongzheng's thoughts very well, but he didn't take it seriously.

Therefore, this time, Zhou Zhongzheng invited me again, Su Shan originally planned to refuse.

However, although she did not take the Zhou family seriously, the Zhou family still had a considerable influence in Chaoyang County, and Su Shan did not want to offend the Zhou family because of this.

If Zhou Zhongzheng refuses such a warm invitation, where will he put his face on him?

Of course, Su Shan didn't care about this.

It was not until several ladies Su Shan had met in Ping'an County came to invite him that Su Shan finally decided to agree.

These ladies from a wealthy family are the only people Su Shan knows in Ping'an County except Shen Qingning.

The relationship is not very good, but for Su Shan, he can indeed be considered a friend.

This time, they suddenly came to persuade Su Shan to attend Zhou Zhongzheng's farewell banquet.

Su Shan knew the reasons and purposes.

However, Su Shan had no friends at first, and although they didn't have a good relationship with these ladies, they came to persuade her, and after thinking for a while, Su Shan finally agreed.

...

At this time, Zhou Zhongzheng had already arrived in front of Su Shan and said with a smile on his face: "Miss Su, I'm glad you can come to see me off today."

Su Shan also smiled slightly: "It should be a good idea, Mr. Zhou is rarely coming to Ping'an County. Now that I want to leave, I will do my best to give it to you as a landlord."

Zhou Zhongzheng raised his eyebrows and smiled and said, "Since that's the case, I have to have a good drink with Miss Su. After all, after this meeting, I don't know when I will meet you next time."

"Sorry, I was not in good health today, so I couldn't drink it with Mr. Zhou!"

Su Shan shook her head gently, still smiling.

Zhou Zhongzheng's eyes narrowed slightly, but he still smiled and said, "It turns out that he is not feeling well, so I won't force it. I'm very happy that Miss Su can come..."

When Zhou Zhongzheng was greeting Su Shan, he felt the cold gaze coming from behind from time to time.

After looking back, I saw Qiu Yue beside Su Shan, looking at him expressionlessly.

Her face looked like ice, as if Zhou Zhongzheng owed her a lot of money. Her cold eyes made Zhou Zhongzheng feel a little guilty.

Being stared at like this is a bit furious, let alone Zhou Zhongzheng was guilty tonight. When Qiu Yue stared at like this, he almost thought that the plan was going to be seen through.

He couldn't help but say, "Miss Qiuyue... Why do you look at me with such a look? Could it be that you have any objections to me?"

"No!"

Qiuyue replied coldly.

"Then you are..."

"I always look at people like this." Qiuyue said coldly.

Zhou Zhongzheng was a little choked. Su Shan has such a gentle personality, why is the maid around him so angry?

How could she look like a maid?

Zhou Zhongzheng had known that Su Shan had a very unusual temper and did not care about her.

However, she is in trouble!

Zhou Zhongzheng's eyes flashed with a hint of gloom. If the plan tonight is implemented, he must first send the annoying maid away.

It seems that the temporary plan is no longer possible.

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhongzheng smiled again: "So that's it, Miss Qiuyue is...it's true personality!"

Qiu Yue had no expression on her face and ignored Zhou Zhongzheng's words.

Zhou Zhongzheng felt bored, and after a few more greetings with Su Shan, he found a reason to leave first.

"If Miss Su is free, next time I go to Chaoyang County, I will definitely do my best to treat Miss Su well..."

"I have some small things to do, I'll lose my companion for a while."

After Zhou Zhongzheng left, he went upstairs to a private room.

Push open the door and walk in.

His face gradually became gloomy.

"Young Master Zhou, how are you doing?"

In the room, several people walked up to him.

These people were the ladies from the rich who invited Su Shan to come.

It is obvious that these people have been bribed by Zhou Zhongzheng long ago.

"I'm leaving it to you. You know what to do later!"

Zhou Zhongzheng looked at them with a gloomy face: "After things are done, I will protect your family from glory and wealth."
To be continued...