Although she had been here for many years, and now she was still dressed as a man, and her appearance had changed somewhat as her body had grown, it stood to reason that when Gao Ran revisited Qiu Yueze's courtyard, the guards of the mansion should not recognize her at a glance. But when they saw her approaching the door, and before she could say that they wanted to see their butler, they had opened the door for her, and had taken the initiative to inform her that their butler had been waiting for her for a long time.

"Oh...... That being the case, then Brother Lao will lead the way. ”

Gao Ran also cooperated and directly led Amu into the mansion with the guards.

But in his heart, he can't help but be a little more vigilant about the forces that "Seven" now controls. At the very least, he was able to fully grasp her movements as soon as she entered the city—that was enough to show that the city should be completely under his control by now. As for whether there is still Qiu Yueze behind him, or whether this force only listens to him, it's hard to say. Everything will have to wait until we see him in person before we can judge.

After seeing "Seven", Gao Ran just glanced at him, and then made a clear judgment, and said calmly: "It seems that I underestimated you in the past." However, when you think about it, it makes sense. So, I don't seem surprised. ”

"Mutual friend, the fact that Miss can return here safe and sound is enough to confirm that you are also not to be underestimated. ”

"Oh, then, our intentions are to think together? I think that now you are indeed qualified to be my ally, so do you think the same way? Since you take the initiative to welcome me so much, I must have solved the problem you set for me, and you are willing to cooperate with me?"

"Seven" heard this, but couldn't help but laugh.

Although his chuckle was not murderous or malicious, it could not make Gao Ran let down his guard against him.

I heard him then whisper as if he was talking to himself and half-as if hinting at her: "It's a pity, Qiao'er still doesn't know the real difference between her and you......"

"Hmm? What do you mean by that? Could it be that you still want to involve Qiao'er in it? Have you forgotten the consequences of violating my bottom line? Or is the lesson from last time not enough for you to remember for the rest of your life?"

As he spoke, Gao Ran's face instantly turned cold, and there was no trace of concern in his eyes that he might use Qiao'er to threaten her, but there was a faint hint of wanting to double his killing intent to take revenge on him.

But "Seven" was not surprised by Gao Ran's reaction, but took the initiative to tell her a new piece of information: "How dare you." I just suddenly thought of Qiao'er, so I mentioned it in passing. Moreover, now in addition to the power in my hands, there is also a force of the Fu family that is also secretly protecting Qiao'er, presumably it must be related to you. And since even the Fu family is willing to protect a maid of the Gao family for you, then how dare I make a mistake easily?"

"Well, in that case, then don't beat around the bush. You should know why I went straight to you as soon as I entered the city. What about you?"

"Seven" didn't seem to be affected by Gao Ran's cold aura at the moment, and still replied indifferently as before:

"I've thought about it, for example, the strength of several major factions in the cabinet today is evenly matched, but they are all afraid of the power of the pavilion master, so as long as the pavilion master is in one day, none of us want to be dominant. - Not only did not dare, but also could not.

"If anyone wants to dominate one side, the other side will immediately have an excuse to work together to eradicate it, but because of the deterrence of the cabinet master, even if the rebellious forces are dismantled, it will only be the cabinet master who will benefit in the end, because even we ourselves belong to the cabinet master.

"As long as the pavilion master does not speak for a day, even if it is our own force, we will only recognize that the pavilion master alone is orthodox, and his orders can be convincing to the public. And we will only obey our orders if we do not disobey his commands......"

"So you mean, if I can persuade Qiu Yueze to pass on the position of Pavilion Master to you in a justifiable way, then you are willing to help me, instead of being an enemy of me and Qiu Yueze, turning against us and plotting a rebellion?"

"Seven" listened, but only smiled silently.

Gao Ran glanced at him with disdain, and continued:

"Hmph, wouldn't you be too naïve?

"Not to mention, even if I don't have the support of your Heavenly Pavilion now, I won't necessarily be at a disadvantage. As for you, the rebellion of your strength alone is not enough to completely shake the foundation of the Heavenly Pavilion.

"And the other factions, they are naturally not stupid. Since you are divided into several factions because of the inconsistency of fundamental interests, then you will never be able to unite the front, and they will never defect at the same time as you. On the contrary, if you take the lead in rebellion, they will have an excuse to work together to eradicate you, and they are all afraid of Qiu Yueze's power, so naturally they will not dare to do anything superfluous and transgressive. - At least, when Qiu Yueze could still have an absolute advantage, they would never dare to risk becoming the target of public criticism and launch a rebellion first.

"Besides, you yourself said that the position of the pavilion master who is not justified cannot be convincing to the public. Therefore, even if you can really work together to usurp Qiu Yueze's position as the Pavilion Master, then in the end, you still have to solve the problem of who can ultimately dominate. And this is precisely the ultimate contradiction that you are least likely to agree on. No matter which of you becomes the cabinet master, there will always be opposing forces, so this infighting of yours will be exhausted......

"Besides, if your own strength alone is enough to threaten Qiu Yueze, who still has an absolute advantage, then you don't need to be afraid of the threat of other factions at all, you have already acted, instead of waiting for me to come back and discuss this matter with me.

"'Seven', since you want to negotiate with me, then show your sincerity. I'm disgusted that you're trying to test me like this. As for me, I happen to have a particularly big problem: that is, I like to look at the mood when doing things.

"So, if I'm in a good mood, then I may not be able to help you with what you want, but if you make me sick to you, then you will have to find another way.

"As I said, now that I don't have the support of Tiange, I won't really fall into disadvantage. But you are different, if you don't have my full support, then the position of pavilion master you covet will be difficult to get in your lifetime.

"You should know very well that only the path of 'justifiable' is the most time-saving and low-cost road for you. But if you make me disgusted with you to the core, then I may think: Whoever is the lord of the pavilion can be the master, but I can't let you be. INTERVIEWER In that case, do you think you have a better chance of succeeding in the end, or is it more likely that I can prevent you from succeeding?

"I advise you, while I am still patient, you had better quickly recognize the fact that the relationship between the two of us is that you must be me, not me and you. - After all, it is you, not me, who wants the position of pavilion master. But in the Heavenly Pavilion, you are expected to become the next pavilion master, but you are not the only one. ”

However, after hearing this, "Seven" not only did not put away his smile, but spread it more and more.

"That's what Miss said. I just had to give you a small test just to be on the safe side, so don't be surprised. As you know, this is not a trivial matter, and if I choose the wrong person, then I will never recover. I can't afford to lose. ”

"Hmm...... Your reasons are reasonable...... But as far as I'm concerned, if you count the time you used Ye Yu to make me stumble, plus this time, you've already tried me twice. If there is a third time, then don't blame me for my lack of patience. As for me, I have a very big shortcoming: once I lose patience, I will cut down the people who provoke me at any cost!

"I think that if it is only against you, then with my current strength, it will be more than enough. What do you think?"

"Whatever the cost?" and "Seven" is obviously still a little unconvinced.

"No matter the cost. Gao Ran repeated it again without wavering, and then added: "Why do you think the Fu family sent someone to secretly protect Qiao'er for me, instead of threatening me with her?"

"Seven" frowned slightly and thought about it slightly, about the Fu family, but all the information that Tiange could grasp, he also knew. Therefore, he also knew that Fu Wenxuan had gone to Jiaoguo alone to see Gao Ran, but afterwards he hurriedly returned to Yunxiang, and quickly persuaded Fu Tong, the head of the Fu family, to use - Gao Ran personally told that "she can't have children", and there is a jade pendant that she handed to Fu Wenxuan that she carried with her to prove her identity- For this reason, Gao Lan, the head of the Gao family, had to agree that Fu Tong would personally select a young lady of the same age as Gao Ran from the side branch of the Gao family to inherit to the Gao family's lineage, and then re-engage with Fu Wenxuan instead of Gao Ran; And Gao Ran, even though she has been eliminated from the competition by the Gao family, still retains her indisputable identity as a descendant. Obviously, the Gao family still wants to keep her for the best use of what may be possible in the future - as long as she still has the blood of the Gao family's descendants flowing in her body, then even if she is no longer able to have children, she still has the last use value. And because she has lost the qualification to succeed the next head of the family, as far as the Gao family is concerned, as long as it is used properly, Gao Ran is still a very valuable and extremely harmful chess piece.

But what made "Seven" quite strange was that after Fu Wenxuan went back and informed the Fu and Gao families that Gao Ran was unable to have children, while the Fu family forced the Gao family to accept the re-selection of the marriage contract by the Fu family, the Fu family secretly sent a powerful secret guard all the way to the small city where "Seven" was located behind the Gao family, and then lurked around Qiao'er all day long - except for the mountain forest surrounded by poisonous barriers that she had to go to once a month, the rest of the time, as long as she was not in the mountain, wherever she went, those secret guards would follow.

"Seven" was very puzzled by this at first, but when he thought that it happened after Fu Wenxuan went back, he felt that it was mostly related to Gao Ran. And the purpose of this secret guard is not like waiting for an opportunity to hold Qiao'er hostage - because in order to test their intentions, he deliberately let the guards of the Heavenly Pavilion deliberately relax their vigilance more than once, so that they can take advantage of it more than once, but they have always stood still, and even continue to this day. In this way, "Seven" guessed that the purpose of their arrival this time may be to protect Qiao'er's thoughtfulness, rather than an intention to hijack her.

But why would they protect Qiao'er, instead of using Qiao'er to threaten Gao Ran?

This suspicion puzzled the "seven" For a long time, but as the Fu family began to deliberately investigate the dealings between Gao Ran and Tiange, he also began to have some clearer guesses: Fu Wenxuan must have known the relationship between Gao Ran and Tiange, and then informed Fu Tong of this matter, but he was afraid that it would be detrimental to the Fu family after being known by the Gao family, so he deliberately concealed the matter from the Gao family; - This makes the Fu family also willing to treat Gao Ran and the Gao family separately. In addition, Fu Wenxuan will definitely tell Fu Tong what he has learned about Gao Ran's temperament now, and Fu Tong will decide to secretly send a secret guard whose strength is not inferior to that of Tiange to protect Qiao'er - the purpose is mostly to release goodwill to Gao Ran.

But here's the problem: even if they don't treat Gao Ran and the Gao family equally, but from the position of the Fu family, why do they have to show kindness to her? Or ......

Although when "Seven" thought of the possibility that could best explain why the Fu family had to be like this, he was always a little unconvinced. But at this moment, when Gao Ran obviously reminded him with a deep meaning, and it happened to be something that he had always cared about but couldn't understand recently, he had to believe that the biggest possibility he could think of was really the truth: it was really because the Fu family was afraid of Gao Ran's possible redoubled revenge that they had to take the initiative to provide protection to the people she cared about. And being able to make the Fu family so frightened also shows that holding Qiao'er hostage can't threaten Gao Ran at all - even if he kills Qiao'er, Gao Ran will not waver in the slightest, but will provoke the Fu family to double the revenge. - If it weren't for the Fu family's determination of this, they would never have taken the initiative to send someone to protect Qiao'er.

It was only at this moment that "Seven" finally believed in this fact. I also believed that what Gao Ran said "regardless of the cost" was true.

Because of this, he finally restrained his smile. knows that there are some bottom lines that he really can't provoke, and he shouldn't provoke easily.