Chapter 101 The Strategist Enters the Game Personally
Xie Mianmian's heart skipped a beat, and she couldn't even scream. She was completely speechless. It turns out that when a person is extremely frightened, they can't speak.
Ahhh! What is this thing? It's terrifying!
Why do seashells stick out a piece that looks like a human tongue?
Its bright red color and rounded triangular shape are quite similar to a human tongue.
Xie Mianmian found the seashell in front of her extremely strange. She had a feeling that at any moment, the seashell would open and close, and start talking with its tongue.
Don't!
Xie Mianmian pressed her hand to her heart and said tremblingly, "Hello, Seashell, can you talk?"
The only sound was the rustling of the waves, and the large seashell remained quiet and still.
The child couldn't take it anymore and shouted, "Help! This seashell has a tongue!"
The three rushed over upon hearing the noise. Xie's father picked up the large seashell and said, "Mianmian, don't be afraid. It's not a tongue; it's its tentacles."
Xie Mingyi lifted Xie Mianmian up and patted the wet parts of her clothes with a handkerchief.
Seeing that the child was still scared, Xie's father swung his arm and threw the seashell far into the sea. "Alright, go back to playing."
The seashell fell to the seabed and began to swim, opening and closing, making soft whimpering sounds as it swam towards a figure.
A fair hand, with sharp nails, caught it.
The child started digging into the bulging mud and sand again, finding more and more as he dug, and gradually forgot about the earlier scare. However, the child buried all the seashells he dug up back into the mud and sand.
Xie Mianmian simply enjoyed the process of successfully finding the treasure.
Before long, the child searched for a line of marks in the mud and found a small octopus that was half-exposed.
She went over with a grin, intending to scoop it up, but a large hand intercepted it.
“Yes, it’s octopus. Madam likes to eat it.”
Xie Mianmian looked up and saw a middle-aged man with a round face, smiling very kindly. Wasn't this Vice Envoy Zhang?
"Oh my, it's Miss Xie, my apologies for not recognizing you sooner." Vice Envoy Zhang bowed to the child.
Xie Mianmian returned the greeting, looking at him with her little face. He said he was being disrespectful, but he didn't return the little octopus to her.
At this moment, Xie's father and the others came over. Seeing that no one was around, he said, "Vice Envoy Zhang is the informant who was in contact with the Xu family."
Xie Mianmian, quick to speak, blurted out, "Then last time in the side room of Yueya Garden, you were intimate with a woman..."
Xie Mingyi quickly reached out and covered the child's mouth.
Upon hearing this question, Vice Envoy Zhang was surprised, then blushed and said awkwardly, "You... already know? The Xu family is very wary, this was just to gain their trust, it was a last resort."
The three were shocked when they learned the truth.
Especially Wen Shuwan, she thought, so the truth serum is real. She had been testing her husband, who was under the influence of the drug, and wished she had asked him more questions.
Xie Mingyi opened his mouth, but said dryly, "Vice Envoy Zhang is truly righteous, sacrificing himself like this."
Vice Envoy Zhang chuckled, "The strategist merely put himself into the game." He only got a few beatings and scoldings from his wife when he got back. A little bit of seduction, exchanged for a little bit of bitter hardship.
Father Xie asked, "Has anything unusual happened with the Xu family's merchant ships lately?"
“In the past few days, the Xu family and the Lin family have been exchanging letters, but it is not clear what they are planning yet. I have already sent people to keep a close eye on them.”
Father Xie frowned deeply. They had been collecting evidence of the Lin family's crimes, but unfortunately, the Lin family had hidden their true colors very well. Lin Ruoxue had also become an imperial concubine, making the Lin family practically royalty. They were at the height of their power, and no one dared to disobey them.
Xie Mingyi said, "No matter what they want to do, we are upright and honest, and we will deal with them as they come."
"That's right." Father Xie looked at his daughter with satisfaction. The Xie family's children were all brave and intelligent, and they could weather any storm safely.
The sea level slowly rose, and the sun disappeared behind the clouds, dyeing the entire sky a deep purple, with the blue sky appearing and disappearing within it.
The beachcombing trip was over, and the group returned to the large ship.
Xie Mianmian hadn't had enough fun yet and was running around on the boat. Since this was her own territory, Xie's father let the child do as she pleased and sent two nannies to accompany her.
Xie Mianmian walked excitedly onto the deck, her hands supporting her chin as she admired the beautiful and magnificent sunset, the brilliant purple light reflected in her eyes.
A familiar voice rang in my ears, "Ma Lou, you've been naughty again, making me have to apologize to that sailor again. Why does he bring so many bananas out to sea for no reason?"
Xie Mianmian looked over and saw that it was the foreign man, who was walking away cursing.
A golden, fluffy creature hopped in front of the child, "Chirp chirp chirp, Mianmian, long time no see!"
Xie Mianmian's eyes widened in surprise, "It's Ma! You guys are here too!"
Ma Lou sat upright on the railing, "What Mianmian said before was all true. I can have an endless supply of bananas wherever I go, hehe."
The child scratched his head and said, "As long as you're happy." But the foreign man didn't seem too happy.
"By the way, Mianmian, I have something to tell you!"
Looking at the golden monkey's suddenly serious face, Xie Mianmian nodded, "Okay, you say it."
"Someone wants to exchange all your relief supplies for weapons and then falsely accuse your family of treason!"
The child's pupils constricted slightly; so this was the Lin family's scheme.
Xie Mianmian stroked the golden monkey's docile fur. "Thank you for coming all this way to tell me this."
Before they could touch it more than a few times, shouts from a foreign man came from not far away, "Where did you go, Ma Lou? Come back right now, we're leaving."
A woman's voice came from the side, "Why are you being so fierce? Malou is so cute."
Xie Mianmian recognized the voice; it was the female owner of the pleasure boat amidst the flowers.
"Mianmian, be careful! I'm leaving now, see you later!" The golden monkey left, turning back every few steps.
The sea breeze carried the foreign man's words over: "Tell me honestly, do you like me more, or do you like Maro more?"
He said, "If I and Malcolm both fell into the sea, who would you save?"
"Help! You stinky man, just wait for your beloved mermaid to come and save you, hmph."
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