"Information?" Gong Yi Tianhe was stunned for a moment, then chuckled, "Ah, the way he speaks really sounds like he was raised by a killer."
"Maybe I'm just acting, so you'd better not trust me too much. In this world, the words of an oiran are untrustworthy, and the words of a killer are even more untrustworthy than those of an oiran."
Chu Shangli raised his finger and pressed it to his lips: "Although I am not an officially registered killer, you'd better not trust me too much. Maybe I am a member of the Chu family's killer alliance, but I am pretending to have a grudge against the Chu family to gather intelligence. Or, in fact, the business I accepted is to assassinate you, Gong Yi Tianhe, and I have three full days to complete my mission; or -"
Chu Shangli was silent for a moment, then smiled like a coral reef under the sea.
"Or maybe, I myself am Chu Shangli."
Gongyi Tianhe's expression seemed to freeze for a moment, and his eyes glanced back.
He took out his phone, pointed the camera backwards, and kept zooming in—
After confirming every detail of Chu Shangli's facial features, he immediately—
Then he burst into laughter.
"You're quite humorous. Chu Shangli and I don't have much friendship, but it's not like I don't know her. How could you be Chu Shangli? If she had half the taste you do, perhaps Wei Shengfan wouldn't dislike her so much."
"Hate?"
"Information dealer, I don't quite understand the price, but if this is your first time doing business, you'll each exchange a piece of information you think is useful, right?"
"The information can't be false, it must be of equivalent value." Chu Shangli said calmly, "But just now you told me that I should find Chu Shangli first, which is already useful information. Normally, there will be additional fees for the next step."
"I've already said I don't really understand the price—for me, leaving it halfway through is a bit of a letdown. So, at least I'll explain the whole story clearly so it can be considered a complete story..."
"If someone like you were to become an intelligence dealer, your superiors would probably cry." Chu Shangli placed his thumb on his chin and curled his index finger under his lips. "Okay, let me hear your complete intelligence. I'll consider what to give you in return based on the market value."
"Chu He is not Chu Shangli's biological brother. Do you know this?"
"Uh..." Chu Shangli frowned slightly: "What do you mean?"
"Chu Shangli's father is called Luo Yunjiang. When you hear this name, don't you have any feelings at all?"
"Isn't it just taking your mother's surname? Although it's not very common in the Empire, it's not uncommon in large families—doesn't your fiancée also take her mother's surname?"
"Well, but Chu He is not the child of Luo Yunjiang and Chu Yutu, so why does he have the surname Chu?"
“…”
Chu Shangli remained silent.
After a while, he raised his head and said, "Would you please tell me this information?"
"So, it seems like this is really confidential information? At least it seems like you haven't heard of it before—"
"I've already said that I can't afford any information that's too expensive. The only information I can afford is that Chu Shangli is Wei Shengfan's fiancée, and Chu Moyin is a child of the Chu family's branch family, adopted by the Chu family's main family... The slightly more expensive information is that Wei Shengfan's mother is a daughter of the Wei Sheng family's branch family - anything else is beyond my reach."
"Oh? So Wei Shengfan's mother, Su Mi, is a daughter of a branched family, so her price is unexpectedly low? That explains it—" Gong Yi Tianhe stroked his earlobe, "Su Mi and Chu Yutu were actually love rivals. Chu Shangli's engagement was arranged by her husband and Chu Yutu, and she has never been satisfied with it. And when Chu Shangli's mother committed suicide, the head of the Weisheng family, Wei Shengxi, wanted to commit suicide with her but failed to die and injured his head. The current Wei Shengxi is actually a substitute..."
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