"How is it you?"
Luo Ziling and the beautiful girl almost simultaneously exclaimed.
"Miss, do you know him?" The security guard who had stopped Luo Ziling immediately changed his attitude and asked with respect, "He says he's looking for someone from your family, should I let him in?"
The security guard didn't know the beautiful girl's name, but they knew she lived at Xiangshan Garden No. 8.
The beautiful girl ignored the security guard and asked Luo Ziling with a hostile expression as she removed her sunglasses, "Who are you looking for?"
"I'm looking for Ouyang Lingyun!"
"What do you want with my grandfather?" The beautiful girl's face changed.
This caught Luo Ziling off guard, as he hadn't expected the beautiful girl he had argued with the day before to be the granddaughter of Ouyang Lingyun, whom he was seeking. Could this beautiful girl be the one he was engaged to as a child?
Unable to suppress his curiosity, he stared at her unblinkingly.
Pretty, that was Luo Ziling's assessment, yet again.
However, he couldn't find any trace of the image he had retained in his heart from his childhood.
His grandfather, Luo Liansheng, had told him that the girl he was engaged to was named Ouyang Feifei.
Ouyang Feifei had visited the South to see Luo Ziling's grandfather for medical treatment as a child and had stayed in their small village for two months.
Those two months were the happiest time of Luo Ziling's childhood memories, because he finally had a playmate.
After so many years, Luo Ziling still remembered what the little girl looked like.
But this beautiful girl in front of him did not resemble the Ouyang Feifei from his childhood. In Luo Ziling's memory, Ouyang Feifei was quiet and gave off a gentle vibe, but she was internally strong; she didn't even cry when she once fell and injured her leg while climbing a mountain.
Whereas this beautiful girl was obviously the fiery type, totally at odds with being gentle and demure.
Of course, girls change a lot as they grow up, so it wasn't strange for a gentle and charming little girl to turn into a hot-tempered young woman.
His grandfather had instructed him to call off the engagement once he arrived in Yanjing, and initially, Luo Ziling was a bit regretful about the matter because he had a favorable impression of Ouyang Feifei.
But now that he had seen what Ouyang Feifei had become, he was very relieved that his grandfather had made such a decision.
If he had to marry such a brash and arrogant woman and spend a lifetime with her, he might become so frustrated that he would spit blood.
"I'm here to discuss a very important matter with him!" Luo Ziling's mouth twitched, and again unable to contain his curiosity, he asked, "Are you Ouyang Feifei?"
"No," the beautiful girl shook her head with a guarded expression, "Do you know my sister?"
"You aren't Ouyang Feifei?" Luo Ziling breathed a sigh of relief, thankful that his cherished childhood memories had not been ruined.
"Who are you?" The beautiful girl's eyebrows furrowed tighter as she asked again, "How do you know my sister?"
"So, you're Ouyang Feifei's little sister," Luo Ziling also introduced himself, "I'm Luo Ziling, I have something to discuss with your grandfather."
"Luo Ziling?" After chewing over the name a few times, the beautiful girl suddenly realized, "You are the Luo Ziling who's engaged to my sister?"
With the beautiful girl blurting out the matter in public, Luo Ziling's face turned red, but ultimately, he nodded, albeit embarrassedly.
The expression of the beautiful girl grew even less amiable, but in the end, she didn't say anything and let the security guards allow Luo Ziling inside while she herself drove off.
Watching the beautiful girl speed away in her red sports car, Luo Ziling offered an awkward smile to the two guards, who wore strange expressions, and then walked into the villa area.
Xiangshan Villa Area was located right next to the renowned Xiangshan Scenic Area. There weren't many villas, and those residing here were not ordinary figures.
Each household was a separate villa. The houses were beautifully constructed, with expansive green areas around them, and there was a considerable distance between each villa. At a cursory glance, the villas all seemed to be hidden among green trees and dense shade. Each villa had a driveway leading directly to the front door, and some were even built on the hillside.
It took him quite some effort before he finally found Xiangshan Garden number eight, a villa situated on the hillside.
But when he got to the front door of the villa, he was stopped again.
"Who are you?" A man in black, wearing sunglasses, blocked Luo Ziling's path and asked roughly, "Get out of here quickly."
"I'm looking for someone," Luo Ziling said, unable to help frowning at the man's unfriendly demeanor, "I'm looking for Ouyang Lingyun."
"Ouyang Lingyun?" The man in black took a sharp intake of breath upon hearing this. There weren't many who dared to call the old man by his full name, which left him momentarily unresponsive. "Who are you?" he asked fiercely.
Luo Ziling inwardly cursed the man for his disrespect and said coldly, "Tell him Luo Ziling is here on Luo Liansheng's orders to see Ouyang Lingyun."
His grandfather was Ouyang Lingyun's life savior. When the old man came to the Northwest looking for his grandfather, he had been very respectful.
The poor attitude of Ouyang Lingyun's people, coupled with being stopped by the guards and encountering that girl he had had a conflict with, left Luo Ziling feeling extremely displeased. Being hassled only added to his irritation.
The man in black hesitated for a moment but ultimately didn't dare vent his anger on Luo Ziling.
If the security at the gate had let this young man in without obstruction, it meant that his identity had been verified.
Besides, the young man spoke with confidence, and from his tone, it seemed his grandfather had old ties with his own master—perhaps he was someone of no mere status. The man in black didn't scold him further and asked Luo Ziling to wait while he went to report.
Luo Ziling waited idly outside and took the opportunity to admire the nearby scenery.
Truly, the location of the villa, with its spread across at least a few thousand square meters, was excellent. It backed onto a mountain and in front, a small stream flowed by. A house built in such a location with mountains and water couldn't be bad feng shui, and it seemed that the position of this particular villa had been carefully chosen.
His grandfather Luo Liansheng knew a great deal about feng shui, and Luo Ziling had learned a bit himself, enough to discern a few clues.
The villa was built in an ancient Huaxia style, reminiscent of the gardens found in the water towns of the South. Standing at the entrance, one could faintly see the white walls and black tiles inside, as well as several pavilions and towers nestled among the trees, with water encircling the house.
Although Luo Ziling was not clear on the property prices in the Capital, he knew that possessing such a villa in this location, without substantial wealth, was impossible. Just what kind of family was this Ouyang Family that he had come to break an engagement with?
Luo Ziling was somewhat annoyed with his grandfather for not telling him anything about the Ouyang Family, only instructing him to come and break off the engagement.
It seemed the Ouyang Family was not just ordinarily wealthy. In an instant, Luo Ziling began to hesitate.
Considering Ouyang Feifei, with whom he was engaged, came from such an impressive background, was he being unwise in coming here to break off their engagement?