Worried that Zu An might be unhappy, Yu Yanluo quickly explained, “There are so many people waiting outside. What if they suddenly burst in and you are not here? What will I do then?”

“Don’t worry. This is the Duke Manor, after all. Gong Pan, Maid Xing, and the others have already come to watch the surroundings. Those Cloudcenter officials can’t come in,” Zu An replied. “The main reason is because, judging from Sir Sang’s words, I can assume that he’s already noticed that I am not in my room. If I don’t show myself, he might blow the situation up more than necessary out of concern for me. It’ll be bad if he associates my disappearance with Cloudcenter Duke.”

Yu Yanluo had a strange look on her face. “Is this Sang Hong not a bit too concerned about you? It almost seems as if you are his son-in-law or something… But I have heard of some rumors about you and the Sang clan’s daughter-in-law. Would it not make more sense for him to hate...