Shu Yu looked at the two people apologizing to each other and couldn’t resist interrupting them.

Meng Han raised her head, "Sister Shuyu."

Gan Rui also turned around, looking somewhat embarrassed, "County magistrate, just now I was..."

Shu Yu quickly raised her hand to stop him from continuing with the pleasantries, "Since everything’s fine, let’s leave it at that. Doesn’t Young Master Gan still need to hurry back to write to Young Master Xun?"

"Yes, yes, yes, I take my leave." Gan Rui’s face turned slightly red, he cupped his hands towards Shu Yu, and then turned to Meng Han, cupping his hands again, "Goodbye."

Gan Rui left, but walked a bit slowly, turning back twice before reaching the door.

Shu Yu’s eyelid twitched sharply. Watching his back finally disappear, she turned to Meng Han.

The latter moved to her side and, holding her arm, said, "Sister Shuyu, this gentleman, isn’t he the Young Master Gan who was the first to present a congratulatory gift on the day of the opening?"

Meng Han had also been around to help on the opening day, and since Young Master Gan was the first to enter, Meng Han still had some impression of him.

On the other hand, Gan Rui, while avoiding Chen Qiu, had spoken with Shu Yu and hadn’t looked at anyone else, so this was the first time he actually met Meng Han.

Shu Yu nodded, "That’s him."

"Why did he come over? Didn’t you say you weren’t familiar?"

Shu Yu explained their relationship briefly, leaving Meng Han feeling as if she had heard an incredible tale, "So the Chen family case still has such twists and turns."

After the trial of Chen Bing, the news reached Chenggu County, and that’s when Meng Han found out.

She learned about it from Third Lu, who always liked to exaggerate when speaking. Although he spoke in detail, the focus was always on himself, boasting about how mighty he was, how he beat Chen Bing into retreat, and how he made the Pan family tremble with fear. The process was dangerous, but all the credit was his.

As for other figures like Xun Sheng, he mentioned them in passing, and as for Gan Rui, who merely accompanied Xun Sheng as his assistant, he didn’t bring him up at all.

Moreover, Third Lu also didn’t know that Chen Qiu’s initial target was Gan Rui, or he would have been very interested.

Now that Meng Han heard the story, she felt that the Chen family truly had wave after wave of melodramatic stories, each person with their own thrilling tale, which was truly rare.

Shu Yu didn’t mention Gan Rui anymore, she only asked, "Why did you come over? Do you have something to discuss?"

Since the opening day, Meng Qi had returned, but Meng Han stayed in the prefecture. Firstly, Meng Han didn’t want to leave and wanted to stay longer, and secondly, the Meng family’s escort agency was now filled with men coming in and out, expanding and training. As a young woman, she couldn’t possibly stay hidden away in the back courtyard all the time to avoid them; it would be impossible not to feel uncomfortable.

"Oh, right, Sister Shuyu, I just strolled around the street and happened to run into my cousin. He said we’re leaving by noon tomorrow, and he’ll come to pick us up. Xia Yan has already bought everything we need."

Upon hearing this, Shu Yu felt a bit dazed, as the day after tomorrow was the Qingming Festival.

Although during the last New Year, Meng Yunzheng had already gone to pay respects to his mother, he would not miss such an important festival as Qingming, no matter how busy he was.

Especially since this time Meng Pei wasn’t around, Meng Yunzheng had to go to see his mother even more.

This time Shu Yu would accompany him; both sides of their families had met, and they were engaged. Everyone knew they were betrothed, so it was time for them to make this visit together.