In the end, Luo Yan still did not drive the two women out. For one thing, guests were to be treated courteously; for another, Li Chenyu had not come to tease him, but to discuss a business deal.
"Business?"
When he heard those words, Luo Yan's eyes lit up. As a newly appointed minister, what he lacked most was money.
A business deal meant money.
Of course, Luo Yan still had to hear what Li Chenyu had to say.
After all, not every kind of money could be earned.
Li Chenyu sat on the sofa, gently stroking the white fox's fur as she said with a grin,
"That's right. I wanted to discuss a business deal with Minister Red Ghost. I was just worried about how to bring it up, so I hesitated outside, afraid I'd seem too abrupt."
"Luckily, I ran into Minister Yu. I shamelessly asked her to introduce me."
"Minister Yu, that's right, isn't it?"
Yu Qiushui did not look at the woman. Instead, she gazed out the window. "Oh, please. It's not as if I only met you today, Li Chenyu."
"You knew from the start that I would come looking for Red Ghost, so you waited outside. There was no coincidence involved."
Li Chenyu was not annoyed at being exposed. "Don't put it that way, Minister Yu. If you say that, Minister Red Ghost will misunderstand and think I'm a scheming woman. I'm really not like that."
Luo Yan naturally did not believe her.
He did not believe a single word.
"Let's talk about the business instead." Luo Yan was afraid they would stray further and further off topic. Women seemed to possess this ability by nature: they could be discussing serious business, then somehow veer off into something else.
Li Chenyu teased the white