As the banquet entered the second half, the table had been cleared and the dance floor inside the hall was gradually becoming lively.
Maureen was surrounded by several unmarried noble girls at this time. He said something and the girls around him burst into laughter.
Mo Lin also smiled casually, but was a little distracted. Looking at these beautiful young girls in front of him, he always felt that something was missing.
A white fishtail dress flashed before my eyes, with bare shoulders, a thin but straight back, and even the bone lines were so perfect that it tempted me to trace them carefully with my fingertips, over and over again, until I saw the white and tender skin was translucent and trembled slightly with every touch.
What would the mermaid do then? Would she plead with tears in her eyes, or would she invite him with a half-rejecting attitude?
Zhang Lu approached Mo Lin from behind: "Second Young Master."
When Mo Lin came back to his senses from his imagination, he saw Zhang Lu waving at him stealthily not far away.
Mo Lin remembered his elder brother's warning when he came back from the cruise ship last time: continuing to associate with idiots will only bring trouble. Mo Lin is a nostalgic person, but he believes that his elder brother will not harm him. So he decided to distance himself from Zhang Lu silently, leaving him with the last bit of dignity. If the other party is not completely stupid, he should leave on his own.
But obviously, Zhang Lu was even dumber than he thought. Not only was he stupid, he also thought he was very smart and even dared to take the initiative to provoke Qi Hanyi.
It turned out that what the eldest brother said was right. Such a person would not be able to bring him any benefits in the future, but would only cause him trouble.
Maureen then turned her eyes away, as if what she saw was not a person but just an insignificant object.
Zhang Lu gritted his teeth. He knew that Mo Lin had been distancing himself from him since the cruise ship came back. But it didn't matter. After the Qi and Mo families broke up, he would no longer distance himself from him to please Qi Hanyi.
Zhang Lu shamelessly squeezed through the group of girls to the seat next to Mo Lin. He stretched out his clenched hands towards Mo Lin, and a gap appeared between his fingers.
"Second Master, look."
Mo Lin's eyes swept over the white corner of Zhang Lu's stitches, and his eyes fixed on it. It was a piece of torn cloth. He had seen it today, on the skirt that Su Su was wearing.
He never mind paying more attention to good-looking people, and his attention to Su Su was so detailed that he even noticed the pattern on her skirt.
Mo Lin smiled apologetically at the girls around him, saying that he had something to do and couldn't dance with them. Then he acted like a good brother and took Zhang Lu to a deserted place.
The fake smile on his face disappeared, and Mo Lin glared at Zhang Lu coldly: "Where are you from?"
"The mermaid I just met at Qi Hanyi's house gave it to me. He said he was waiting for you in the empty room at the end of the fourth floor and said he had something to say to you alone." Zhang Lu said according to Qi Yang's instructions.
Mo Lin looked at Zhang Lu warily, not willing to be easily fooled: "She is Qi Hanyi's fiancée, why would she ask me for help? And she doesn't even know you, how could she let you pass on such a private thing?"
"Second Master, you asked this question as if you suspected I was going to harm you. He just suddenly stuffed this into my hand, said that, and then ran away in a hurry. You find it strange, but I also find it strange..."
Zhang Lu stuffed the torn piece of skirt fabric into Mo Lin's hand and said, "This matter is of no benefit to me. If you think it's inappropriate, don't go. Anyway, I have brought the message."
Maureen held the cloth in his hand, and the surprised smile on Su Su's face when he walked in came to his mind again, and it felt like a thousand ants were crawling through his heart.
Maureen drank alone for half an hour, sitting restlessly at the empty bar.
He was not without doubts, but...
Molin gently twisted the fabric with her index finger and thumb. After a while, she took steps and hurried towards the stairs.
On the fourth floor, Yan Bai took the clean clothes that his men had asked for and entered the room, and ordered his men to continue guarding outside the door.
Yan Bai took a set of clothes that he had brought with him. In order to prevent his clothes from getting dirty accidentally, he always brought one or two sets of shirts and pants with him when he went out.
Su Su endured the pain all over his body and changed his clothes. He was about the same height as Yan Bai, so the clothes fit him well. But he was so beautiful that it was deceptive. Even though his hair was loose and he was wearing men's clothes, it was still difficult to tell his gender by his appearance.
"Go lie down on the bed." Yan Bai saw that Su Su was in great pain and couldn't help but hissing every time he moved.
Su Su lay on the bed obediently, but soon curled up because of the pain.
"Apart from the pain, are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere else?" Yan Bai remembered what Su Su had just said, that he felt a little uneasy about being fed medicine.
Su Su shook his head: "No feeling?"
It seems that it is the racial talent of sharks that they can develop a certain resistance to drugs.
Yan Bai guessed. This also explained why he had put drugs in the farewell wine for the bride on the shuttle, but the bride was completely fine and even fought back.
As soon as Mo Lin went upstairs, Yan Bai's men noticed something was happening and immediately flashed into the room and reported to Yan Bai: "Young Master, the second young master Mo is coming up."
"Second Young Master Mo?" Yan Bai thought about it for a moment and had already guessed the general idea of the matter. After all, the means of intrigue among the nobles were usually the same, and they could not come up with any new ideas over and over again.
It was nothing more than someone trying to create the illusion that Su Su and Mo Er were having an affair. As for the target, it was nothing more than the Qi family, the Mo family, or a few of the parties involved. Yan Bai was sure that the medicine that Su Su had just stuffed into his mouth was something related to aphrodisiac.
"Young Master, it's time for us to leave." The subordinate reminded in a low voice.
"What's the hurry?" Yan Bai knew in his heart that if he stayed any longer, he would get into trouble. But when he looked at Su Su, who was lying on the bed injured and a little listless, he couldn't suppress his irritation.
"Let's go, young master. If you don't leave now, you'll get into trouble." The men saw the other party coming straight to the end of the corridor. They didn't know kung fu, and this was the fourth floor. If they jumped out of the window, they would definitely break their legs.
Yan Bai frowned, kicked his subordinate away, and said impatiently: "Stop talking too much, do you need to tell me what to do?"
Su Su was injured, and now it hurts whenever he moves. He was also given medicine. There was a pervert outside who had evil intentions towards him, and there were a few calculating bastards hiding behind him. If I leave him here, and Mo Lin comes in later, will Su Su have a good ending?
Yan Bai didn't want to leave. Su Su was his cousin after all. Although he didn't have much affection for his relatives, he liked him. Moreover, Su Su was his mission target. He finally got in touch with him. He looked silly and obedient. He could use him to do many things in the future. It was a pity for him to die here.
Well, for the sake of the mission, I should protect him this time.
Thinking of this, Yan Bai sat down on the bed as expected: "Master, I want to see how troublesome it can be."
Mo Lin walked to the door. The door was not locked, but ajar. Mo Lin pushed the door open and saw Su Su lying on the bed. He had changed into men's clothes and was curled up on the bed with his long silver-blue hair spread out like water, giving him a perverse and weak beauty.
But Su Su was not the only one in the room, there was also Yan Bai and his men. Mo Lin quickly recognized that the clothes Su Su was wearing seemed to be the same as Yan Bai's.
Is it a trap? Or a coincidence? Or did someone get there first?
Maureen stood at the door hesitantly.
Suddenly, the elevator door opened not far away, and a large group of people rushed over here in a bustling manner.
They were all young men who were familiar with Mo Lin. They seemed to have drunk a lot of wine and were having a great time. When they saw Mo Lin, one of them immediately shouted, "Hey, Second Young Master Mo, why didn't I see you down there? You're not planning to have some fun with some pretty girl up there behind our backs, are you?"
Morin was known for his romantic reputation, and many people were making a fuss. The empire was relatively open about sex, and if something out of the ordinary happened between unmarried noble men and women, they would generally only be teased, and would not be considered a scandal. So the people making jokes not only ignored it, but pushed and shoved, all crowded here, clamoring to watch the excitement.
It was not until they saw the situation in the house that they realized that things seemed to be different from what they thought.
Before anyone could figure out what was going on, a voice came from the stairs asking, "What are you all doing here?"
The noisy young people suddenly became quiet.
Not far behind them was the host of this banquet, the patriarch of the Mo family.
Qi Xingli, Qi Hanyi, and Mo Shan also stood with him. They had just been discussing the evening cooperation in the conference room upstairs, and were about to come down to rest for a while when they saw the crowd gathered here.
Qi Yang couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.
The plot that he had spent the whole night setting up was finally about to begin. When Mo Lin didn't come up on time, he realized that something might have gone wrong. But it didn't matter to him, whether it was Mo Lin or Yan Bai, as long as he could get rid of the mermaid next to Qi Hanyi, his plan would be a success.
Just now, Team Leader Ying has fed the mermaid an aphrodisiac. Judging from the time, it will soon have an effect.
When Su Su loses his mind due to the torture of drugs, they will definitely not be able to explain what happened today.
Maureen was the first to react, thinking that he was being plotted against.
From the moment he received the pieces of clothing from Zhang Lu, he had become suspicious, but he was happy to take advantage of the situation.
At this time, he was ready to give a proper explanation for the current situation.
He showed the piece of clothing in his hand and said calmly, "I just wanted to go upstairs to rest for a while. I found this piece of clothing at the door. I was worried that some guests were in danger, so I came to check."
"It was only when I opened the door that I discovered that Young Master Yan and Admiral Qi's mermaid were both in the room. Before I could even ask what was going on, everyone else arrived."
As the host, it is perfectly reasonable for him to be concerned about the safety of his guests.
Suddenly, a voice rang out from the crowd: "Hey, isn't that the mermaid from General Qi's family? I couldn't recognize her after she changed her clothes."
As soon as these words came out, the whole corridor became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Unlike the relationships between noble men and women, mermaids, in order to ensure the continuation of their family line, are absolutely forbidden to have any contact with men other than their husbands. Any mermaid who is accused of being unfaithful will inevitably suffer a tragic end. And for humans to have relationships with mermaids who have already been assigned a spouse is also a very serious crime.
Now, Mo Lin said that he found the fragments of the mermaid's skirt at the door, and in the room, Su Su changed into Yan Bai's clothes. Mo Lin said that he had just arrived, which meant that Yan Bai and Su Su had been alone together for the time being.
Suddenly, everyone's eyes turned subtle.
Su Su was still hurting from the fight, so he didn't really want to leave the soft bed. He could vaguely sense that the atmosphere outside the door was unusual, but he couldn't figure out why these people looked at him so strangely, since he had just stayed in the room with Yan Bai for a while.
He looked calmly at the huge crowd at the door, which finally looked in the direction of Qi Hanyi.
Perhaps it was because Su Su's eyes were too clear and frank that the people at the door began to doubt their own guesses. Could it be that they were thinking too dirty? Although there were only a man and a woman inside the door, and although the beautiful mermaid had even changed her clothes, in fact, nothing happened inside?
Qi Hanyi walked over here. I don't know if it was because his aura was too fierce or his eyes were too cold, but wherever he passed, the crowded crowd automatically moved aside to make way for him.
Qi Hanyi strode up to Yan Bai and nodded at him, his expression calm and indifferent, as if the current situation was completely under his control: "My family is very happy because of your care."
Yan Bai's eyes flickered slightly, and he quickly responded, "General Qi, you're too polite."
Qi Hanyi turned around and explained to everyone, "My family mermaid just fell in the yard and accidentally ruined his clothes. Yan Shao happened to pass by, and I saw that Yan Shao's figure was similar to him, so I asked Yan Shao to lend him some clothes. After that, I discussed matters with the head of the family, so I simply asked Yan Shao to help take care of him for a while."
Qi Hanyi explained the matter clearly in a few words, and the atmosphere in the place gradually relaxed.
It turned out that they thought too much. Qi Shang entrusted the mermaid to Yan Shao to take care of, and she changed her clothes only because her skirt was torn.
Qi Xingli didn't say whether he believed it or not. He had already seen that there was something wrong with what happened today, and he just needed a reasonable explanation. Now that Qi Hanyi could explain it clearly, he agreed with this statement, and just said lightly: "After all, she is your mermaid. How can you entrust her to someone else to take care of her? It's not decent."
"That's what the Patriarch taught me." Qi Hanyi responded calmly.
"Okay, let's all go." Mo Shan took the opportunity to smooth things over: "Don't block the corridor. There's nothing interesting to watch here."
The crowd dispersed in twos and threes.
Only Qi Yang stood there stupidly, and only came to his senses after being called several times by his companions.
He had to work very hard not to show any disappointment or anger. With so many eyes staring at him, if he wasn't careful, he would be suspected.
Qi Yang couldn't understand. The situation was obviously completely different from what Qi Hanyi thought. Why would his cousin, who was so intolerant of any wrongdoing, be willing to lie for a mermaid? Didn't he hate mermaids the most?
Moreover, Team Leader Ying had assured him that the drug had been fed into the mermaid's mouth, and he had planned it very well. As long as the poison in the mermaid took effect and the public did something blatant and embarrassing, he would definitely be sent away by the Qi family.
But the mermaid was able to sit upright on the bed, as if nothing had happened.
After all the effort, the plan failed completely. Qi Yang clenched his fists tightly, his knuckles turned pale from excessive force, and his nails dug into his palms fiercely, leaving them bloody.
Why did Qi Hanyi beat him again? Why? It was just because of his natural genetic advantage. He refused to accept it. He also had S-level genes. It was obvious that his efforts, his brains, and his background were no worse than the other's.
But he could only stop here tonight, and later he would have to explain to the eldest prince why the plan failed. As long as he did not lose the eldest prince's support, he still had a chance, and he would never give up so easily.
The only people left in the guest room were Su Su, Qi Hanyi, and Yan Bai.
Yan Bai raised the corner of his mouth and looked at Qi Hanyi: "General Qi just reacted very quickly, don't you have any doubts at all?"
Qi Hanyi looked calm and indifferent, and indeed did not seem to mind what had just happened: "Anyone with a clear mind can figure out that the situation just now was clearly a frame-up."
"Yeah, that's right." Yan Bai smiled and seemed to be testing casually: "But I didn't realize that General Qi is quite protective of this mermaid."
Qi Hanyi: "I just want to protect the reputation of the Qi family and don't want outsiders to laugh at me."
Yan Bai nodded, as if it was just a casual joke, called his men and left the room.
After the door was closed, Qi Hanyi sent a message to his subordinate, asking him to investigate Yan Bai.
After turning off the communication, Qi Hanyi stood by the bed, silently looking at Su Su who was curled up at the foot of the bed.
Su Su opened his mouth and wanted to complain to Qi Hanyi, saying that he was beaten and his body was in pain.
But he remembered again that Qi Hanyi said he hated him, so he probably wouldn't help him get revenge.
So he wrapped himself in the blanket tightly, feeling wronged, and said nothing.
Qi Hanyi couldn't figure out what Su Su was thinking. After all, sharks and humans think differently.
He also couldn't figure out his thoughts about Su Su. From the moment he saw the other party transformed into a human, Qi Hanyi vaguely felt that things were gradually getting out of his control.
It was his negligence tonight. He shouldn't have made such a stupid mistake as to leave a mermaid who knew nothing alone at the party and ignore her.
He only cared about dealing with his own emotions, but ignored the fact that Su Su knew nothing about the rules of the human world. He was naive and deceptive, and could easily become a target for others to use against him and the Qi family.
"I'm sorry." Qi Hanyi was not reluctant to reflect on his mistakes. He took the initiative to apologize to Su Su: "It's my fault tonight. I will be responsible for investigating the matter thoroughly."
"Oh." Su Su lowered his head and touched the embroidery on the bed sheet beside him. He actually didn't need Qi Hanyi's apology, because it wasn't Qi Hanyi who hit him.
He just felt a little sad. His favorite human didn't like him, just because he was a mermaid.
Suddenly, Su Su felt an unbearable itching in the joints of his bones, accompanied by a burning heat that spread throughout his body.
This feeling came quickly and violently. Su Su bent down unbearably, his long legs twisted together, and his whole body curled up like a shrimp. He half-opened his mouth and panted quickly. Crystal clear saliva dripped from the corner of his mouth, soaking the sheets into a small spot of water, and the tips of his ears also turned an abnormal pink.
"What's wrong with you?" Qi Hanyi's face changed slightly, and he bent down to check on Su Su's condition.
It doesn't look like poisoning, could it be some hidden injury?
"It hurts so much..." Su Su said in a crying voice, sounding extremely pitiful.
Really injured? Qi Hanyi frowned. Su Su was wearing clothes, so to check his injuries he would have to help him take off his clothes first. Although he had seen Su Su naked before, since he had already decided to draw a clear line between himself and Su Su, he didn't want to have any ambiguous exchanges with him.
"Where does it hurt?" Qi Hanyi asked.
"It hurts everywhere." Su Su groaned, "My head is dizzy and my body is hot and itchy. Qi Hanyi, am I going to die?"
Qi Hanyi touched Su Su's forehead and found that his temperature was a little high. Was he having a fever? But the symptoms did not suggest that, instead, it looked more like...
"No." Qi Hanyi threw aside the inappropriate scruples in his mind and undressed Su Su, only to see abnormal bruises on Su Su's elbows, shoulders, lower back, knees, etc. It looked like the injuries were caused by a beating. The opponent obviously held back, otherwise it would not be just bruises, but fractures.
"Did you have a fight with someone?"
"Someone tricked me into coming to see you, but ended up here, in the dark, three people rushed out and beat me up. Bullying, woo woo." Su Su kept talking, feeling more and more aggrieved. He felt the heat in his body rising continuously, almost turning him into a grilled shark.
"What kind of people are these three?" Qi Hanyi continued to ask.
"Black shadows, I can't see their faces, but I remember their smell. I bit off a piece of meat from them. If I meet them again, I will bite them to death..." Su Su said fiercely.
His eyes had lost focus and his gaze gradually became blurry. His whole body felt hot as if on fire, except for the place where Qi Hanyi was holding him. Following his instinct, he "swimmed" from the bed into Qi Hanyi's arms.
Damn it, why is it so comfortable to be close to humans! Even though humans hate him, he still can't reject this hateful instinct.
Su Su also put his face close to Qi Hanyi's neck and rubbed it unsatisfactorily.
Qi Hanyi's eyes suddenly darkened. He felt that the top button of his shirt seemed to be too tight around his neck, and the oxygen in the room was a little insufficient.
He unbuttoned two buttons, but the situation did not improve at all.
Qi Hanyi understood what this meant, but he could not allow himself to desire a mermaid.
He probably couldn't go back tonight, and he couldn't let others see Su Su like this. Qi Hanyi sent a message to Mo Shan, saying that he would stay here for one night.
Su Su still clung to him.
In order to distract himself, Qi Hanyi frowned and checked the room. It was obvious that Yan Bai had cleaned the room in advance, and there was no trace of blood or fighting in the room.
"Was it just a fight?" Qi Hanyi opened his mouth, but found that his voice was terribly hoarse.
"They stuffed something into my mouth." Su Su buried his head in the crevice of Qi Han's neck. "It was sour and bitter, not tasty."
Sure enough, seeing Su Su's state, Qi Hanyi already understood what that thing was.
This drug takes effect very quickly and violently, but fortunately, no special actions are required, as long as the effect is allowed to subside for a long enough time. However, the timing of the effect is not right. Since others want to use this drug to plot against Su Su, they must have timed it so that something bad will happen to him. But now they are planning to take a bath because Su Su's effect is delayed.
Qi Hanyi recalled what Su Su said last time, about what happened on the way to the bride. It seemed that due to the structure of its body, this shark's reaction to any poison or drug was half a beat slower than that of a normal person.
Thanks to this, Su Su escaped danger tonight. Otherwise, if the drug had taken effect on the spot, things would have become much more difficult.
"I'll take you to take a bath." A hot bath dilates the pores, speeds up blood circulation, and will allow the medicinal properties to dissipate faster.
Qi Hanyi methodically undressed Su Su and took him to the bathroom to wash. There was not a single unnecessary movement during the whole process until Su Su was dressed and put into bed.
But if you look closely, Qi Hanyi's eyes, which usually seemed frozen, were now filled with terrible delusions, the more they were suppressed, the more they burned.
There was a knock on the door: "Master Qi, we are sent by the eldest master to deliver something. Can we come in now?"
Qi Hanyi breathed a sigh of relief, tore off Su Su's upper body that was clinging to him, and stuffed it back into the quilt.
After leaving Qi Hanyi abruptly, the overwhelming heat in Su Su surged up again.
"Woo--" Su Su, who had finally calmed down, grabbed Qi Hanyi's arm and started making a fuss again.
Qi Hanyi tried to pull his hand out, but Su Su couldn't hold it back. Ao Wu was so desperate that he bit Qi Hanyi's arm. His teeth were sharp, and blood immediately came out when he bit it.
"Hiss—let go." Qi Hanyi's eyebrows were twisted into a "川" shape. It was obvious that if he exerted a little more force, he could dislocate Su Su's jaw, but Qi Hanyi pinched that soft face and couldn't bring himself to do it.
Su Su bit it for a while, then seemed to remember who it was, loosened his bite, and licked the blood that came out guiltily.
"You——" Qi Hanyi gritted his teeth, feeling that this was more deadly than biting him again. He even wondered if the ingredients in the medicine would be transferred with saliva and blood. Otherwise, how could he explain this almost uncontrollable impulse?
Qi Hanyi sat motionless at the foot of the bed for ten minutes, and the person outside was tactful and did not urge him. Su Su finally wore off the effects of the drug, let go of Qi Hanyi's hand, and fell asleep in a daze.
Qi Hanyi pulled his hand out, wrapped Su Su inside and out with a quilt, and then opened the door.
The servants of the Mo family thoughtfully brought a full set of clothes and daily necessities. They did not look around, nor did they ask about the private lives of their guests. They just closed the door to Qi Hanyi with a tacit and ambiguous smile on their faces.
Qi Hanyi ignored the wound on his arm and took a cold shower for an hour in the bathroom. With his self-healing ability, the wound should have healed by tomorrow morning.
It was late at night, and Su Su was not sleeping well. His eyebrows were always furrowed, and it seemed that the place where he was injured was still aching.
Su Su woke up at dawn. He was used to sleeping soundly and had no experience of waking up from bed. He stared at the ceiling for a while before he remembered that this was the room where the fight took place last night.
Su Su felt a little dizzy, as if he had a hangover, and his memory was covered with a layer of mist and became blurry.
My memory ends when Yan Bai left, and I don't remember clearly what happened afterwards.
Qi Hanyi...
Su Su tilted his head, and the light shone into the room through the curtains, casting a hazy soft light in the room.
Qi Hanyi leaned against the head of the bed with his arms folded, his clothes neatly dressed as usual, one leg bent and propped up, the other leg stretched out and placed on the ground.
He closed his eyes, and the sharpness of his blade was gone, as was the coldness that kept people at a distance. His handsome eyebrows and eyes were coated with a soft light, which was inexplicably captivating in such a quiet morning.
Ying——
Su Su resigned himself to his fate and buried his head in the quilt. This abominable human was damn sweet. Even though he knew that the other party hated mermaids, he still had the heartbeat speed up because of staring at the other party's face.
Qi Hanyi was just pretending to sleep with his eyes closed. When he heard a little movement, he opened his eyes.
"Awake? Are you still feeling uncomfortable somewhere?" His voice was hoarseer than usual, and it made Su Su's ears numb.
Su Su rubbed his ears and sat up: "Hungry."
In order to ensure that Su Su had a full meal, Qi Hanyi asked for breakfast for more than ten people to be sent to the room. During breakfast, Qi Hanyi asked Su Su about what happened yesterday.
There were three people who attacked Su Su. They were good at hiding, could avoid the Mo family's guards, came and went freely, had good fighting skills, and specialized in attacking joints.
This special fighting style reminded Qi Hanyi of a person, Yingshi. He was once Qi Hanyi's classmate in the military academy. The Ying family is a fighting family, and they have been loyal to the royal family for generations. in Fang's hand, while he went to the expeditionary force, and the two gradually lost contact.
The eldest prince is behind this? It seems that this matter is directed at me.
The current emperor of the empire has two sons and one daughter, the eldest prince Tang Zhuoxing and the second prince Tang Fenghuai, but the one who holds the right of succession is the princess Tang Xiruo.
Humans today have long achieved in vitro fertilization, women no longer need to be pregnant and give birth, and society has long since eliminated gender inequality, with princesses and princes enjoying equal inheritance rights.
The selection of royal inheritance rights is based on the assessment of the Royal Academy. Whoever achieves better results in the assessment will have more priority in inheritance rights.
Tang Fenghuai had a disability due to an accident when he was a child, so he had long since withdrawn from the competition for the inheritance. Tang Zhuoxiong originally had a better chance of becoming the heir because of his better genes than Tang Xiruo, but because he was too confident and slacked off in training, he wasted his advantage and lost to Tang Xiruo in the Royal Academy graduation examination, thus losing the inheritance rights.
But the eldest prince Tang Zhuoxiong did not give up, but was aroused by it. Unfortunately, his fighting spirit was not reflected in how hard he worked to be better and surpass Tang Xiruo, but in playing tricks and cultivating party members.
In the early days, Qi Hanyi had received many invitations from the eldest prince, but he himself was not interested in these power struggles. Besides, Qi Xingli had reminded him many times that the Qi family was only loyal to His Majesty and would never fight in the struggle for the heir, so he rejected the other party every time.
Now it seems that the other party failed to win him over and is preparing to replace him with someone who is willing to serve in the Qi family as the heir.
Qi Hanyi knew about his brothers and sisters in the family. Some of them were ambitious but brainless, and the eldest prince probably looked down on them. Some of them were clear-headed, and he probably wouldn't cooperate with them.
There are also a few people who are willing but did not attend the banquet yesterday, so they are temporarily excluded. With this calculation, the eldest prince's cooperation partner can be basically determined.
My fourth uncle's cousin, Qi Yang.
Qi Hanyi had long known that his cousin had always harbored hostile intentions towards him, but he had never imagined that he would be so bold as to go against family teachings and collude with the eldest prince to attack him.
Qi Hanyi tapped the table twice with his fingertips, and his expression became colder.
If some people no longer want to be considered as Qi family members, he doesn't mind letting them experience how he deals with his enemies.
But before that.
There was another person whose behavior was extremely suspicious, and Qi Hanyi was even more concerned than Qi Yang and Team Leader Ying.
White color.
Qi Hanyi had no previous contact with this person. From the intelligence obtained, he was the heir of Yan's shipping business and the adopted son of Yan San. He had a gorgeous and flamboyant appearance and an arrogant and domineering personality.
But from the brief contact yesterday, Qi Hanyi felt that Yan Bai was not a willful, arrogant, impulsive and brainless young master.
The most unreasonable part is the relationship between him and Su Su.
I don't know if it's a coincidence, but he and Su Su look a bit alike, and his attitude towards Su Su is closer than others. From the information I found, he took the initiative to serve soup to Su Su, and they talked downstairs for a long time. Afterwards, he appeared upstairs in time to rescue Su Su, which was obviously intentional.
Qi Hanyi brought Su Su out this time with the intention of fishing, to see if there would be any clues related to the assassin during the last wedding reception.
Too many things happened yesterday, and he didn't know whether this fishing trip was successful or not. Now it seems that among the people who have had contact with Su Su, Yan Bai is the most suspicious. In addition, his family is involved in maritime trade, so it would be convenient for him to take action at the time of the bride's reception.
But what Qi Hanyi couldn't understand was that if Yan Bai approached Su Su because of the Zerg matter, there was no need for him to stay after rescuing Su Su, and even gave Su Su the clothes he brought. Not only did he expose his actions, but he almost got involved in Qi Yang's plan.
This is too risky and not in the other party's interest.
"How did you and Yan Bai know each other?" Qi Hanyi asked Su Su.
"Ah, that's right. When I was eating, he saw that I didn't have enough food, so he shared him with me, and then we got to know each other. Later, he helped me chase away the shadow and lent me clothes to wear." Su Su raised his head from the bowl, with a little bread crumbs on the corner of his mouth: "He is such a good man."
"A good person?" Qi Hanyi would not believe such a naive statement: "What did you talk about together?"
"Something about their shipping. He also said that he and I are..." Su Su remembered that he had a cousin and wanted to show off, but he stopped midway. Shouldn't this be told to others? But after all, this is related to Yan Bai's life experience. What if someone follows this clue and finds out that Yan Bai is a mermaid?
"What is it?" Qi Hanyi noticed Su Su's expression. He was obviously deliberately hiding something.
"Nothing." Su Su pushed the bowl away guiltily and turned to walk out.
"What are you going to do?" Qi Hanyi raised his head and asked.
"I'm going back now. I want to say goodbye to Yan Bai and thank him for what he did yesterday." Su Su said. Although he didn't remember clearly, he knew that Yan Bai helped him a lot yesterday. In addition, the other party also recognized him as a relative, so Su Su wanted to add a contact method with the other party before leaving, so that he could go to Yan Bai to play after leaving the Qi family.
But he couldn't tell Qi Hanyi about this, because mermaids can't have a spouse other than a human. He couldn't reveal that Yan Bai was also a mermaid.
"Go." Qi Hanyi looked at Su Su's back as he ran away quickly, with the corners of his mouth curled into a straight line.
There was still half a bowl of porridge left in Su Su's bowl. Qi Hanyi knew how much Su Su ate. What he had eaten was far from enough to make him unable to eat. Normally, he would eat everything cleanly.
Now he has leftovers.
Or maybe it couldn't be said about leftovers, he just thought of something more urgent than eating.
Su Su didn't know that Qi Hanyi could come up with so many things from half a bowl of leftovers.
But it was because of Qi Hanyi's previous question that he remembered to quickly find Yan Bai for his contact information.
"Yan Bai, Yan Bai!" Su Su asked the servants along the way and found the room where Yan Bai lived.
Yan Bai came from the sea and was far away, so he had been staying in the Mo family's guest room in recent days.
Yan Bai was working on the balcony couch with a cup of tea. When he saw Su Su running in, he turned off the terminal and turned around with a smile: "Why did you rush over here in such a hurry? You missed me so much after not seeing me for just one night?"
"I have something I want to tell you alone." Su Su ignored Yan Bai's teasing. He was indeed anxious. He was afraid that Yan Bai would leave and he would not be able to contact her in the future.
"You guys go out first." Yan Bai ordered his men.
"But, young master..." The subordinate looked at Su Su as if he was looking at a troublemaker who seduced his young master. Wasn't it enough that he caused trouble for the young master yesterday? He wanted to be alone with the young master again today. Aren't you afraid of gossip?
"Get out." Yan Bai's face fell.
The subordinate glared at Su Su reluctantly and left the room.
"I want to add your contact information." After his men left, Su Su excitedly took out his personal terminal and said.
"But I'm using a human personal terminal." Yan Bai showed an embarrassed expression.
"Ah..." Su Su was stunned, his face fell. Yes, he only thought that the other party's true identity was a mermaid, but he forgot that since the other party was living as a human, he naturally had to use a human personal terminal: "Then I can't add it."
Yan Bai's eyes showed a hint of joking, like watching a fish take a bite: "It's not that there is no way at all."
"What can we do?" Su Su asked excitedly.
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