Cheng Pingxi was on her side, and she was easily soothed with just a few words. Her tense body seemed to have all its strength drained away, and she slumped into the sofa chair in the next instant.

This reminded Wu Yue of a deflated balloon slowly going flat.

Her thoughts shifted slightly, and she walked up to Cheng Pingxi, extending her hand—

"Yueyue, what's wrong...?"

The girl's index finger landed on Cheng Pingxi's brow. He blinked dazedly, and before long, he closed his eyes in a deep, intoxicated sleep.

"Cuihua, thank you for your help."

What an honor it would be to escort the handsome guy back to his room, not to mention she could even snuggle into his blankets? Cuihua thought with a slightly lewd glint in her eye, but soon the image of Tiezhuzi's adorable face popped into her mind, and she silently banished the thought of climbing into bed.

She said she easily carried her sleeping brother back to his bedroom and thoughtfully covered him with a light blanket.

When I returned to the master's room, I saw the master fiddling with a black bag.

Cuihua climbed onto the table using both her hands and feet, her black gem-like eyes darting around, gleaming with a cunning light.

"Miscellaneous Stories from the Capital? Who sent it?"

Wu Yue glanced at the box she had just casually placed aside. The recipient was indeed her, but the sender... was Li Yue?

I don't know him.

Without investigating who sent it for the time being, Wu Yue sat down nearby, leaning slightly forward. She opened the old cover of the "Miscellaneous News from the Capital" book and began to read it carefully.

"A woman named Wu Yue appeared in the capital and quickly rose to fame, single-handedly entering the capital's business world and becoming a high-society socialite."

"Wu Yue has a mysterious background. It is rumored that she is a descendant of a Taoist master and has the ability to exorcise evil spirits through feng shui."

"She expanded the Wu family, and seven years later, the previously unknown Wu family became one of the five great families in the capital, rising to the status of a prestigious clan. However, some people laughed, saying that the Wu family only had one direct descendant, Wu Yue, who had no husband, children, or relatives. Who would inherit such a large family business? Unexpectedly, two months later, Wu Yue married the illegitimate son of the Su family, a low-ranking family among the five great families, and took him in as her son-in-law. Whether this happy event could be considered a good story or not, it became a joke in the capital at the time, and a topic of conversation among people."

Because the name was the same as her own, Wu Yue was slightly bothered. She also expressed skepticism about the many coincidences. However, as she read further, the content deepened, the story became more mysterious, and clues emerged, gradually reducing the girl's doubts and clarifying the mystery.

She reached into the black bag—it was empty! Inside and out, there was only this one copy of "Miscellaneous Anecdotes of the Capital." What did that person mean by sending her this book? What was their purpose?

Seeing her master's ever-changing emotions—sometimes furrowing her brows, sometimes squinting in thought, and sometimes curling her lips into a cold smile—Cuihua was truly curious about what her master was looking at.

She tried to stick her flat head out and peek with her beautiful, large eyes, but Wu Yue had already closed the book. Cuihua was left disappointed, and some dust from the air still clung to her clothes.

Wu Yue put "Miscellaneous News from the Capital" into the drawer under the coffee table, and then went to take a shower and wash up.

When she came out, it was almost eleven o'clock.

Wu Yue used her mind to search the space for a long time and finally found a long crystal phone that looked like a wireless device. She recalled and entered 002217 on it.

She waited for about ten minutes before a soft female voice came from the other end, her tone filled with barely concealed excitement: "My dear Wuwu, congratulations on your retirement~ Unlike me, still suffering through missions."

Wu Yue kept a straight face and deliberately lowered her voice: "Tang, I have something to ask you."