The convoy rolled grandly along the wide road and arrived at Taoyuan Residence after roughly half an hour.
It was just past seven. Dawn had broken, and the sky was only beginning to brighten—the exact time miserable office workers had to get up and head to work.
After passing through winding corridors and artificial rockeries with flowing water, they walked for fifteen minutes before Jiang Che spotted Elizabeth leisurely sipping tea in the main hall.
"Jiang, you're here?" Elizabeth raised her eyes to glance at him, then looked down at the luxury watch on her wrist. "Seven fifteen. You're very punctual, Darling Fiancé."
Her voice was as cool and clear as ever, like a babbling stream flowing through one's heart. It was crisp and pleasant, coldly beautiful yet not distant—an innate pride she had been born with.
"Of course. I've always been a very punctual man, especially when I'm coming to see a fiancée as beautiful as a celestial maiden."
Jiang Che chuckled and took a seat beside her. "Did you get used to sleeping here last night?"
"Very much so. It's my first time in a foreign country, and I thought I'd be awake all night. But the reality was completely the opposite."
"Jiang, the Sandalwood Incense in my bedroom is amazing. It seems to calm the mind and nourish the soul. I think it was because of that Sandalwood Incense that I was able to sleep so well."
"I heard from the maids that you had all that Sandalwood Incense prepared?"
Elizabeth's gaze flickered brilliantly, shards of light swaying in her eyes as she spoke in her cool voice.
"Yes. I was worried you wouldn't sleep well here, so I had someone prepare that special Sandalwood Incense in advance."
Jiang Che admitted it openly. He wasn't some brain-dead