41. Negotiation (I)
After confirming Yun Jie's true identity, Gao Ran called Gao Xi to take care of him closely.
"His name is 'Gao Xi' and he is my friend. He'll stay here and take care of you. If you need anything, just tell him. ”
When Gao Ran introduced Gao Xi, she specifically mentioned that he was her "friend". The purpose is to prevent Yun Jie from calling him like a subordinate.
Yun Jie saw that Gao Ran meant to leave, but he had more important matters to discuss with her......
"Can't let her just leave!"
However, before he could stop him, Gao Ran took the first step to prevaricate what he was about to say.
"If there's anything, we'll talk about it tomorrow. Now you have a good rest and recuperate your spirits! If your spirit is better, you can talk more efficiently......"
Yun Jie's mouth was half open, and it took a long time to barely squeeze a sentence out of his mouth, "Okay!"
Although he realized that his current mental state would not affect his conversation, the momentum that Gao Ran did not allow him to put his beak in his mouth when he spoke still made him swallow back what he really wanted to say.
"Well, I really need to calm down a little bit and think about what to do in my best interest......
After Yun Jie gave himself a reason that he thought was more reasonable, his mood calmed down a lot. On the face, he just quietly watched Gao Ran leave the room.
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Day 2.
Gao Ran didn't come to his room again until Yun Jie had eaten dinner in the room and about half a tea time had passed.
"I haven't seen you all day, I thought you had forgotten the agreement you made with me yesterday......"
After Gao Ran entered the house, Gao Xi retreated very consciously. At this time, only Yun Jie and Gao Ran were left in the room.
Gao Ran saw that Yun Jie's complexion was obviously much better!
It seems that if this physical foundation is better than that of "ordinary people", then the recovery will indeed be much faster than the "normal recovery" she originally estimated......
"How so?! I just want you to get some rest...... What's more, it won't take us long to talk. At most, it's just a bit of brainstorming......"
With that, Gao Ran walked straight to Yun Jie's side and sat down on the chair that had already been placed next to his bed.
Come to think of it, this should be Gao Xi who specially moved a chair next to the bed in order to take care of Yun Jie conveniently......
"I think your spirit is really much better! Presumably, your own foundation should be very good......
Halfway through his words, Gao Ran suddenly changed a somewhat cold tone that was completely different from the original natural and gentle tone, and continued, "However, this is strange! Since you have such a good foundation, it means that your own martial arts must not be bad! Then, why did you still end up in this step?!"
The implication is already obvious: if this Yun Jie was not plotted by others, then he himself designed such a "bitter meat plan" to lure her into the bait!
But, if it's a bitter trick, then what's his purpose?!
Gao Ran asked himself, before this, he had never had any intersection with this Yun Jie - let alone a grudge against him!
No matter what she thought, she couldn't think of it, if this Yun Jie really wrote and directed such a "bitter meat plan" to lure her into the bait...... And what is his motive?!
However, it was precisely because she couldn't figure it out that Gao Ran was more inclined to believe her first inference: Yun Jie might really be plotted by someone.
But, even though she was inclined to believe in her heart that their meeting was purely a coincidence, she still had to show that she was suspicious of his motives. so that Yun Jie would not dare to act rashly—no matter what his real motive was for wanting to talk to her alone now......
Yun Jie glanced at Gao Ran defensively, then looked away, lowered his head slightly, and let her hair slightly cover her vision, so that she could not see what he was thinking through his eyes......
"You don't have to guess, I was indeed plotted! Moreover, this matter involves conflicts of interest within the royal family...... This matter can only be solved by the people of our royal family...... So, please forgive me for not being able to tell the truth!"
"Hmmm......"
Gao Ran didn't expect Yun Jie to be so frank.
However, this made her have a lot of changes in her opinion of this Yun Jie - she originally thought that this Yun Jie's personality would probably be the same as Yun Zhen's, different from what she looked at the outside......
Unexpectedly, this Yun Jie is a person with a temperament......
Just from the emotion revealed in his tone when he replied just now, he could easily judge that the biggest difference between him and Yun Zhen was that he was not good at hiding his feelings.
Gao Ran lightly heard the anger in Yun Jie's words that he had been trying to suppress......
"In that case, then I won't ask any more. Besides, I'm not the kind of person who likes to cause trouble......
That being said, since she took Yun Jie away from the Qin Pavilion, the head of the Qin Pavilion has never come to the inn to look for her......
At first, she was still wondering what they were trying to do?!
Now, listening to Yun Jie's words, I have figured it out!
Where do they dare to have any ideas?!
I'm afraid that all the people involved in this matter in this Qin Pavilion have already been completely destroyed by the people "above"!
After all, if the matter is revealed, it will definitely be impossible to escape death!
Therefore, before Yun Jie has recovered and has no ability to fight back, he must quickly destroy the evidence, and there is no proof of death!
Only in this way can you protect yourself!
"However, since you don't need me to raze that Qin Pavilion for you and avenge this humiliation for you, then what else do you need me to help you......?! Such a trivial matter, it should not be necessary for you, the 'Fourth Prince', to speak to me in such a low voice, right?!"
Although from the very beginning, Gao Ran always spoke to Yun Jie in the tone of her peers, but she did not forget that he was the 'Fourth Prince'!
Gao Ran knew very well in her heart that as long as his identity was still there, if he really wanted to be more serious, even if he was indeed in a weak position now, she would never be stupid, just to be quick for a while, she would not know whether to put up a fight in front of him......
"Heh, it seems that you can call my third brother by his name, and it's not for nothing......"
When he said this, Yun Jie raised his head again and looked at Gao Ran, his eyes revealing perseverance and calmness that were completely different from before.
To be honest, although your temperament is very different from Yun Zhen, the two of you still have the same ......."
"Same place?!"
Yun Jie naturally knew that what Gao Ran was referring to was definitely not their almost identical appearance.
"Love to pretend! Moreover, he has quite an aura...... It's just that your camouflage skills are not as good as your third brother......"
"Uhh......h
When Yun Jie heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and after he reacted, he sneered, and then there was a string of chuckles that made people unable to hear his true feelings.
"Oh, yes, there's one thing I need to correct. In front of Yun Zhen, I never call him by his name, but call him 'Brother Yun'......"
If you can't guess, don't guess!
Rather than being entangled in the logic of the other party that she couldn't see through at all, it was better to give him something else outside of the other party's logic - this was the trick that Gao Ran had always used when dealing with situations like this.
Rather than continuing to discuss a topic that has lost control, it is better to start a new topic and regain control - as long as it does not affect the purpose of the negotiations!
It's just that "Brother Yun" - this long-lost title, when Gao Ran mentioned it again, she still couldn't help but tremble and straighten goosebumps - sure enough, she was still very unaccustomed to calling him like this!
"What?!'Brother Yun'?!he...... He made you call it that?!"
"Well, actually, he wanted me to call me something more affectionate...... I didn't want to, so he put on a face for me! It took a lot of effort to convince him to agree to let me call me that......"
Speaking of which, the grievances of the past are now coming back to my heart.
So, Gao Ran "couldn't help it" and complained, "Cut......! What a bastard!"
"Poof!hahaha......"
Yun Jie was first taken aback by Gao Ran's outspoken and outspoken complaints, but her complaints happened to hit his laughter......
He couldn't hold back for a moment, and burst out laughing.
While laughing, he said, "If my third brother hears your complaint just now, he will definitely be angry with you......"
"Isn't it supposed to be so angry with me that you want to dismantle me?!"
Gao Ran was not afraid to speak ill of his third brother in front of Yun Jie, on the contrary, she intuitively felt that showing this side of her to him would be more conducive to making him let down his guard against her.
"Hehe, don't you know?! If my third brother is really willing to dismantle you, how can he unilaterally ask you to call him like that?!
When he said this, Yun Jie's eyes softened a lot when he looked at Gao Ran.
Although he didn't notice this, Gao Ran noticed it - or, rather, this is the effect that Gao Ran deliberately complained about just now, and wanted to achieve!