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Chapter 13 – NanGong Chou’s Secret
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Guo DaLu: “Do you think Mei RuNan could be Mei RuJia’s younger sister?”
Yan Qi: “Whether she is or not has nothing to do with me.”
Guo DaLu: “Is there enmity between the Mei family and Feng QiWu?”
Yan Qi: “Not certain.”
Guo DaLu: “I think that must be it. That’s why Mei RuNan thought up a plan to get rid of Feng QiWu. But does she hold some sort of hatred towards NanGong Chou as well? Was she the one who rescued NanGong Chou? Did she save him because of that lot of treasures?”
Yan Qi: “Why do you not just ask her?”
Guo DaLu exhaled a sigh. “If she did not mention anything herself, even if I ask, I won’t get any answers.”
Yan Qi gave an icy laugh. “I think you do not dare ask.”
Guo DaLu: “I don’t dare?”
Yan Qi: “You are afraid of offending her, that she will get angry, so…” He had suddenly closed his mouth, and his face had become long. Guo DaLu turned his head in the direction he had been looking and saw Mei RuNan walking towards them.
A sweet smile filled her face. Her eyes were large and bright. She chimed, “You should be asking me all these things. I would not get angry.”
Yan Qi’s face was stony as he asked in a cold tone, “You overheard everything that we just said?”
Her head lowered as she explained, “I did not purposely try to eavesdrop. I came to tell you that dinner is ready.”
Yan Qi: “What opportune timing for your arrival.”
He had already been standing. Now, he turned his head and left. Mei RuNan watched until he was far off into the distance, then gave a sad smile and sighed, “I did not do anything to offend him. Why does he always leave once he sees me?”
Guo DaLu chuckled as he offered, “Maybe it is because he likes you.”
Mei RuNan blinked in surprise. “He likes me? But then, why is he avoiding me?”
Guo DaLu: “Perhaps he has already figured out that he is not the person you like.” She lowered her head again. A long while passed, then all of a sudden, she began giggling. Guo DaLu asked, “What are you laughing about?”
Mei RuNan pressed her lips together to contain her laughter as she replied, “I am laughing at you men. You never ask the questions that you should be asking, and you never say the words that you should be saying.”
Guo DaLu: “Those things that I wanted to ask you, you…”
Mei RuNan cut his sentence off short. Grasping his hand, she smiled and said, “Come on. Let’s go have dinner. I will tell you all those things after we are finished eating.”
Guo DaLu: “Why can you not tell me now?”
Mei RuNan: “I am afraid that after you finish hearing the answers, you will not have any appetite.”
She held Guo DaLu’s hand as they walked back into the house. She held it very tightly. When they sat down, it seemed as if she did not want to let go of it. Wang Dong was staring at her hand. Lin TaiPing was also staring at her hand. Yan Qi was trying to deliberately act as if he did not notice anything, but he, too, could not help stealing several glances. An indescribable feeling of comfort flooded Guo DaLu’s heart, which is why he ate particularly well that meal.
As he was wiping his mouth, Mei RuNan suddenly spoke. “Your guess was correct. I am Mei RuJia’s younger sister, and Feng QiWu is my family’s enemy. But unfortunately, we were never able to find him. Therefore, we thought up this plan.” She gave a little smile, then continued, “We had calculated that GunZi and Golden Lion would be able to fish Feng QiWu out from his place of hiding. They are government officers, so naturally it would be much easier for them to search for someone.” At this time, she let out a sigh. “Up to this point, your speculations were not the least bit wrong.”
Guo DaLu queried, “What about everything after?”
Mei RuNan: “Everything after, you were completely wrong.”
Guo DaLu was silent for a second from surprise. “What points did we guess incorrectly?”
Mei RuNan: “Number one: the black-clothed man is not NanGong Chou.”
Gou DaLu: “If he is not NanGong Chou, then who is he?”
Mei RuNan was biting down on her own lip. A long time passed before she finally gathered the resolve to say, “My older brother.”