Chapter 133 Learning on the Spot "You actually didn't go out with Fang Shiliu..."
"You're not going out with Fang Shiliu? How can he put on his show then?" Old Hei, lying on the bed groaning without a care in the world, stuck a strand of his black hair to Lu Qing. He had witnessed the whole thing from beginning to end and couldn't help but feel utterly disappointed. He had originally thought he could have a pretty boy to amuse himself with, but Lu Qing was completely oblivious to his charms.
Old Hei, overcome with curiosity, blurted out, "Speaking of which, Fang Lansheng's looks aren't much different from Wu Chen's. Putting everything else aside, just in terms of appearance alone, I'd say he's one in a million. Why are you so unimpressed? Don't give me that 'remain faithful to one person' nonsense. Anyway, Wu Chen isn't around. You can look at him a few more times and say a few more words; it won't strike you down. You're not usually this distant with Qi Ying and Qi Fu. And that Yu Jitang, you two are like sisters, never holding back in front of Wu Chen. So why are you so different with Fang Shiliu? Could it be that you actually have feelings for Fang Shiliu?"
Lu Qing was taken aback. "If your eyes aren't working properly, can I dig them out, fix them, and then put them back in? Ignoring him means you're interested in him. Does that mean you're not interested because you keep taking advantage of him?"
"Hey, you're right!" Old Hei said shamelessly, "I'm just passing through a sea of flowers without a single petal touching me. Besides, what's wrong with taking a look and touching them? Even if I turned them into corpse puppets, I didn't really do anything to them. Deep down, I'm still a kind and virtuous girl with deep feelings."
Lu Qing really wanted to beat her up. She figured that when she brought this girl out of the tomb, she left her shame behind inside, and didn't bring any of it out at all.
“Fang Lansheng was clearly using his looks to lure me in, but I’m not interested in bait that anyone can lick; I find it dirty. So I ignored him. It’s that simple.” Lu Qing said this, but in her heart she was asking herself another possibility: if she had seen Fang Lansheng first, would she have gone with him too?
In fact, Wu Chen and Fang Lansheng are somewhat similar. Both are handsome, gentle, and seemingly good-tempered. If Fang Lansheng were to repeat the methods Wu Chen used on her, the effect wouldn't be much different.
She thought about it seriously and realized that it might actually be possible. Thank goodness, when she was about to make a mistake, Heaven only gave her the right choice, which shows that Heaven still had mercy on her.
Although both of them were liars, Wu Chen was still the clear winner! Sighing silently in her heart, a smile appeared on her face as she comforted herself, "Who hasn't made mistakes when they were young?"
"What are you thinking about, laughing so happily?" Old Hei squinted at her.
"Of course I'm thinking of my Wu Chen, who else could I be thinking of!"
"Tch!" Old Hei still regrets her actions towards that ruthless and cunning guy who tricked her time and time again. If she hadn't flirted with Wu Chen back then, would she still be lording it over people in the underground palace? Sigh, no matter how beautiful Wu Chen is, she can't muster any interest in her. She's simply not someone she can afford to mess with.
The two looked at each other and silently reached a consensus. Beauty cannot determine everything.
"But if you don't go out with Fang Lansheng, what will you do next?" Old Hei returned to the main topic.
Lu Qing's forte is taking direct action. She has very little patience for such scheming and plotting, but now she has to endure and maneuver because of the bloodline of the Spirit Fruit. However, Lu Qing's patience has its limits. She absolutely cannot accept romantic escapades and feigned compliance with Fang Lansheng. Rather than that, it would be better to cut the Gordian knot and force Fang Lansheng to reveal his trump card as soon as possible.
"It seems Fang Lansheng's forte is seducing women. From his first failed attempt to his still persistent efforts, I suspect he's quite conceited about his looks. And rightly so, once you're used to a certain tactic, you're naturally unwilling to put in the effort to try something different." Lu Qing, however, was quite disgusted by Fang Lansheng's constant flirting. "But if this path fails again and again, he'll have to offer something else to lure me in. I don't know much about the Fang family right now, so I can only force them to reveal their true colors."
Old Hei thought she made a lot of sense. "You made up a cousin out of thin air and made the Fang family run themselves ragged. But what about the third young lady on the island in the middle of the lake? Where do you plan to start?"
Lu Qing's eyes darted around. "The Fang family helped us find someone, so we can help them reunite and be together as a family. The Fang family has to show some attitude now that the Third Miss is entering the household. Maybe we can find out something then."
Old Hei loves this kind of trouble-making. "Tell me, how do you do it?"
"Hero saves the beauty!" Lu Qing simply borrowed Fang Lansheng's first trick and used it on the spot, "Just say that Qi Ying and Qi Fu went out on an errand and, when they passed by the island in the middle of the lake, they saw a monster causing trouble and harming mortals. The two of them saw injustice and drew their swords to help, saving the Third Miss. After asking around, they learned that she was from the Fang family, so naturally they had to send her back. I will take Miss Fang to see them then."
"Who are you going to see? The old matriarch of the Fang family?" Old Hei shook his head. "That old hag is all talk and no action. She clearly knows Fang Lansheng's plans. She's chanting 'Amitabha' on one hand, but aiding and abetting evil on the other. If Fang San is a fake, she couldn't possibly not know. I think it's unlikely that you'll find her flaws."
Lu Qing also shook her head, "No, we'll go directly to see Madam Fang then. Everyone says that the Third Miss is her biological daughter, but she hasn't seen her even once in all these years. I'm quite curious to see how she'll react when she sees the Third Miss."
Old Hei clapped his hands. "That's a great idea. Let's get started right away."
Lu Qing called Qi Ying and Qi Fu in and explained the situation. Both of them felt it was worth a try. If Fang San was truly the Fang family's young lady, the Fang family naturally wouldn't do anything to her; if Fang San was fake, and they hadn't done anything to her all these years, the Fang family probably wasn't in a hurry to take action against her.
Qi Fu said, "Old Hei and I will take care of it. After all, I've been gathering information here, so it's not surprising that I'm running around. It's just that it's more convenient to deal with demons at night. Please rest assured, Master's wife, I can bring the person back first thing tomorrow morning."
Old Hei consciously separated a strand of his black hair and, like a snake, slipped it into Qi Fu's sleeve. Qi Fu turned and left.
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