Chapter 1347: 1347: Don't Ask

Chapter 1347: Chapter 1347: Don’t Ask

Luo Ziling’s words, along with his expression while speaking, made Fenghuang furrow her brows.

But Luo Ziling merely revealed an innocuous smile before he let go of Fenghuang’s hand and sat down with ease.

“Alright,” Fenghuang finally agreed, “I hope that in three days, Kong Que will have obtained the medicine you’ve developed, which we need.”

After thinking for a moment, Luo Ziling then asked, “Are you planning to implement this plan again?”

“We won’t give up until that person is gone. But please, mind your own business regarding these matters,” said Fenghuang as she stood up again, “That’s all for now. I’m leaving!”

“Wait,” Luo Ziling reacted swiftly, grabbing Fenghuang’s hand, “I promised to treat you two beautiful ladies to dinner, you agreed, you can’t go back on your word.”

Luo Ziling’s move was fast, and Fenghuang had already tried to dodge, but was still caught by Luo Ziling.

However, Luo Ziling quickly released her hand, yet blocked her path.

“I’m from Yuezhou. Today, I’m the host. Would the beautiful Miss Fenghuang not honor me with her presence for dinner?”

“Fine, I’ll eat dinner before I go,” Fenghuang compromised and sat down again.

“I know you have quite a few injuries,” Luo Ziling looked at Fenghuang and then pointed at Lin Lan, “I’ve healed all her scars. Do you want me to help you?”

“Not at the moment,” Fenghuang shook her head, “I still have a mission.”

“Alright, consider that me being presumptuous!”

“We’ll talk about it when I have time,” Fenghuang said sincerely, “I know relying solely on medication isn’t enough; it requires your acupuncture as an adjunct. Your acupuncture skills have reached an incredible level of mastery.”

After saying this, Fenghuang gave Lin Lan a meaningful look.

Lin Lan caught on and quickly said, “If I follow you to learn medicine, would you be willing to teach me?”

“Of course,” Luo Ziling agreed without hesitation, “Learning how to do acupuncture isn’t hard. The difficult part is learning to control the flow of Qi and channeling that energy through the needle into the patient’s body. That’s a matter of years of practice, not something you can learn overnight.”

“Then just teach me the things that can be learned in a short period of time!”

“Sure!” Luo Ziling gave Lin Lan a playful smile.

Lin Lan’s expression froze, and after rolling her eyes at him, she stopped paying attention to Luo Ziling.

At that moment, Luo Yuqing called to say that she would be having dinner with Grandpa Luo Liansheng at Orchid Pavilion tonight. Some senior figures from the calligraphy and painting circles, as well as officials from the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, were visiting Luo Liansheng at Orchid Pavilion, planning to have dinner together, and she would accompany them as Luo Liansheng’s granddaughter.

“Well then, we’ll get in touch after dinner,” Luo Ziling was rather relieved.

Seeing that Luo Yuqing and Lin Lan didn’t get along very well, with both showing hostility upon meeting, he felt a bit troubled.

It was a good thing if they avoided meeting each other.

“Let’s go have dinner,” Fenghuang checked the time, “Let’s go to Xianheng Hotel to eat, it’s rare for us to be in Yuezhou, so we should check out Xianheng Hotel.”

“Sure!” Luo Ziling agreed.

So, the three of them left the room together to have dinner.

It was still early. When they arrived at Xianheng Hotel, it was just after four in the afternoon. Dinner time had not yet begun, so the hotel wasn’t very crowded.

The trio reserved a private room, where Luo Ziling ordered two jin of yellow wine and some specialty dishes.

In recent times, Luo Ziling had visited Xianheng Hotel several times. With his handsome appearance and the remarkable women he brought with him, the hotel staff all remembered him.

The waiter serving Luo Ziling couldn’t help admiring the handsome fellow as he brought in two stunningly beautiful women with ethereal grace today. His gaze towards Luo Ziling was filled with respect.

Truly impressive.

Luo Ziling didn’t pay attention to the waiter’s peculiar look and, after sitting down, introduced some information about Yuezhou and the Xianheng Hotel to Phoenix and Lin Lan.

After the wine was served, he poured half a bowl for each of them and then raised his bowl to toast, “Here’s to you first. If you like it here, you can come back again in the future. As long as I’m in Yuezhou, I’ll be happy to show you around.”

Phoenix originally didn’t want to drink, but seeing that Luo Ziling only poured half a bowl, she eventually picked it up and drank it all in one go.

Lin Lan was even more straightforward than Phoenix; she had already drunk her wine by the time Luo Ziling lifted his bowl.

“The taste is good,” Lin Lan said after drinking, even complimenting the taste of the wine and pouring another bowl for both Luo Ziling and herself.

“I won’t drink,” Phoenix said, picking up her chopsticks to start on the dishes, “Drinking can lead to trouble!”

“Sometimes, wine helps to liven things up!”

“It can also cause chaos!” Phoenix glared at Luo Ziling discontentedly, then cast a glance at Lin Lan.

Luo Ziling suddenly felt quite awkward.

But Lin Lan showed no reaction, instead she leisurely picked up a fennel bean with her chopsticks and started nibbling on it.

Phoenix looked at Lin Lan, then at Luo Ziling, hesitated for a moment, and began to say, “I want to ask you….”

“Captain, don’t ask,” Lin Lan interrupted Phoenix and whispered, “Let’s eat! The food here is tasty, especially the drunken chicken meat.”

Phoenix sighed, but didn’t say anything else.

Luo Ziling felt something peculiar, looking at Lin Lan then at Phoenix.

But neither woman showed any particular reaction.

Phoenix and Lin Lan were different from ordinary women; they ate quickly. Today, they slowed down a bit to drink wine, but twenty minutes later, everything on their table was finished, and Phoenix stood up ready to leave.

“You two stay for a while; I’m heading out first.” Without waiting for a response from Luo Ziling or Lin Lan, Phoenix said her goodbyes and left the private room.

“Ah, why are all your people so weird?” Luo Ziling looked at Lin Lan with a bizarre expression, “Don’t tell me it’s professional habit. The two guys around me are the same kind of people as you, but they have completely different personalities from you. And then there’s your Shanque, who is also completely different from you all.”

Lin Lan didn’t respond to Luo Ziling’s comment and stood up, “Let’s head back!”

“Back where?” Luo Ziling, who had wanted to sit for a while longer, had no choice but to get up as well.

Lin Lan countered with a question, “Where am I supposed to stay tonight?”

“How about, sleeping in the same room with me?”

Lin Lan gave Luo Ziling a glare and didn’t answer, instead walking straight out.

Luo Ziling had no choice but to follow.

The two of them returned to the hotel room in silence.

What Luo Ziling didn’t expect was that the moment he closed the door behind them, Lin Lan wrapped her arms around him and kissed him passionately. Surprised by Lin Lan’s enthusiasm, Luo Ziling froze for a moment before responding.

After enjoying Lin Lan’s initiative for a while, Luo Ziling did not hesitate to lift her up and walked into his own bedroom.

When a girl takes the initiative, it would be unlike a man to hesitate and act coy.