"Ahem!" Qiu Yueze coughed dryly.

It's not that he didn't hear the meaning of Gao Ran's words......

It's just that before he investigates Gao Ran's true identity, putting her under house arrest in his own mansion is indeed the most suitable and beneficial method for him.

In doing so, even if it may cause her a little dissatisfaction afterwards, at least, after he verifies her "integrity", they still have room to continue to negotiate business......

Even if he didn't think she would cheat him on anything, he had to find out the details of the other party before he cooperated - this was his usual principle.

Even if Gao Ran is indeed special in his eyes, he will not make an exception for her.

Of course, if he investigated these things about her, he would naturally not sue her.

But he believed that with Gao Ran's intelligence, she should have guessed it a long time ago.

Otherwise, in the past few days, she would definitely not have stayed in his mansion so cooperatively and obediently, waiting for him to come back.

Although Qiu Yueze didn't quite know how capable this Gao Ran was, he believed that if she wanted to leave, even if she didn't know martial arts, she would definitely be able to come up with other ways to leave.

However, in fact, in the past few days, she has only asked at most once, where is he?

After that, she waited and waited without asking anything. Don't cause trouble, don't cause trouble......

In doing so, he thought, she must have tried to tell him by her practical actions the sincerity of her desire to cooperate with him.

"Let's talk about business!" Qiu Yueze deliberately ignored Gao Ran's accusation that he did not say clearly, but the meaning was already obvious, and directly turned the topic to the main topic.

When Gao Ran heard this, although he was still a little unhappy in his heart, he always felt as if he had punched cotton......

But the next moment, she thought again, "That's right! That's what I'm here for!"

After realizing what the "right thing" she wanted to do, she immediately readjusted her mentality, and naturally put on a very calm posture and was fully prepared - ready to negotiate with Qiu Yueze very patiently.

"Good!"

But she had just responded, but Qiu Yueze didn't continue......

Qiu Yueze suddenly asked Gao Ran a question that had nothing to do with "business" in a cold manner.

Belch...... Well, the questions he asked were barely "business" - but that was only for him......

He asked Gao Ran coldly, "Why did you choose me?"

"Huh?!" Gao Ran didn't react at once, what did he want to ask?!

However, after blinking a few times at Qiu Yueze's unusually serious eyes, Gao Ran's brain turned, and then he reacted - it turned out that he wanted to ask her, why did he choose him alone among so many "partner" candidates? !

After realizing what he wanted to ask, Gao Ran's expression unconsciously became stern, and his tone became much more serious.

"Oh, well, since you've asked...... You're a smart person, so let's stop talking darkly!" she said slowly, making a necessary foreshadowing for what she was going to say next.

"Okay!

With Gao Ran's "foreshadowing", Qiu Yueze immediately prepared what he thought he should have.

Gao Ran saw that Qiu Yueze was indeed ready, so she was relieved to say some of her real concerns in her heart......

"You should know that the reason why the four great families of this Yunxiang Kingdom have been able to stand tall in the past hundred years...... In addition to the fact that they all have strong forces and a solid enough foundation, what is more important is that these four great families have the same comprehensive strength as each other! Over the past hundred years, these four great families have been steadily developing their respective strengths while balancing each other......

"Check and balance each other......" Qiu Yueze keenly captured the key words in Gao Ran's words just now.

"That's right, it is precisely because the four great families have always checked and balanced each other that the royal family will allow them to exist to this day...... You shouldn't be stupid enough to think that the reason why the imperial family gives so many guarantees and privileges to the four great families is simply because they pay huge taxes to the imperial court every year, or because they have made a lot of indelible contributions to the economic development of this Yunxiang country over the past hundred years...... Or something?!"

Qiu Yueze didn't speak, but he smiled disappreciatively.

Gao Ran understood that he was saying that what she just said, he had actually thought of it a long time ago.

Qiu Yueze's cold reaction made Gao Ran feel bored.

She was going to tease him, but she didn't think about it, but he didn't take the bait!

Gao Ran shrugged helplessly, and had no choice but to continue to finish what he hadn't said just now......

"Actually, the heads of the four great families are not fools! They naturally also know that the imperial family always has a bottom line that they will never be allowed to touch for their existence -- they must not be dominated by one side, let alone grow their own power to the point where they can compete with the imperial court! If one day, because of their own ambitions, they have excessively developed and strengthened the power of their own family...... Then, unless they really have the ability to resist the imperial court, what awaits them will be the complete destruction of the entire family!"

After Qiu Yueze listened to what Gao Ran said, he immediately understood!

"So, you chose me, because you know that the business you're going to talk about is definitely going to be very promising. And with the development of these businesses, the scale has gradually grown...... The power of the operators will also grow...... If you choose any of the four families, or work with them...... In fact, such a choice is tantamount to pushing them to a point of no return...... Either they will become a constituent that can compete with the imperial court, or they will be completely destroyed by the imperial court......"

Gao Ran looked at Qiu Yueze a little apologetically, and then nodded at him affirmatively, "Hmm!"

She doesn't deny it, and she doesn't intend to deny it!

Qiu Yueze saw that Gao Ran admitted it directly without concealment, and the eyes he looked at her became calmer.

After a long time, he sighed in a calm tone, "Although, I don't know how promising the business you want to talk about is...... You say, should I be happy?!, or should I be sad?!"

After speaking, he deliberately looked at Gao Ran with a slightly provocative look in his teasing.

It was the first time he had looked at her with a slightly dangerous look in his eyes......

However, the strange thing is that when Gao Ran saw it, not only did she not feel scared at all, but when she realized that he might be really angry, she was relieved.

She gave herself an explanation for her reaction: "I have to dare to do it! Since I really think so, and I have done so! Then, no matter what the consequences are, I must face them calmly and have the courage to bear them! What's more, if he can't even bear this 'blow' or cares about it, then I don't have to waste time on him anymore! Then I should have taken my own eyes away and made a mistake in judgment!"

Comforting himself like this, Gao Ran's eyes when he looked at Qiu Yueze became more calm! Before, there was a faint guilt in his eyes, but now, it has all disappeared!

It's just that what she doesn't know is that in fact, while she is considering whether Qiu Yueze is "qualified", he is actually considering her......

And Gao Ran's calmness completely reassured Qiu Yueze -- he was willing to believe it! I believe that she was indeed a good "partner"!

You know, under the gaze of his eyes that deliberately leaked a little dangerous aura, he could still face him so calmly - he didn't meet many such people!

And Gao Ran is definitely the youngest among these people...... For him, it is also the most special one!