17 Blooming Phoenix Courtyard - 5.1 (1/2)

”Eldest Young Master! Young Miss!”

A warm yet raspy voice called out, drawing the attention of two people with heartbreakingly good looks and making them stop in their tracks.

The man in who was still holding the young lady's hand turned his body slightly and leaned down towards the lady then whispered to her and while he talked, a growing expression of understanding was soon seen on her face as she looked at the person who called out to them.

Instead of just standing there and waiting, they instead started walking towards the one that drew their attention to meet up with him, after all the one who called them was actually the one that they were looking for as well.

This man was actually Old Man Min Guo Ji!

With a respectful tone, Fan Li Jie nodded his head in acknowledgement and said, ”Old Man Guo, it is good that we ran into you, we were just looking for you.”

”Ahh, then this is truly a good thing! This old man was actually trying to find the young miss as well.” Min Guo Ji replied good-naturedly as he gently smiled at Fan Zhu Xia.

At one glance, Fan Zhu Xia immediately recognized the old man who called out to them as the same old man who had opened the gates for them.

She would have never have thought that the old servant that they first saw was actually a very important figure in the Fan family.

When her cousin, Fan Li Jie leaned down earlier, he whispered how this old man was the same one he mentioned earlier, Old Man Min Guo Ji. The trusted subordinate of the old family patriarch, their grandfather, Fan Song Xue and that Min Guo Ji used to be one of the most formidable army commanders before he retired to follow and protect Song Xue's family when Song Xue got injured.

It was no wonder that when Fan Zhu Xia first saw him, she felt threatened. That was a completely normal reaction!

She was a bit confused though as to why he was looking for her in the first place and her confusion clearly showed on her face

With her brows furrowed slightly and her eyes filled with puzzlement, Zhu Xia lightly queried, ”Senior's looking for me? Did senior need me for something?”

”Ahh... There is no need for the young miss to be so respectful to this lowly servant, this servant is not worthy! The young miss may choose to call me however she likes.”