As he spoke, he called over the waiter and ordered two more dishes and a pair of chopsticks.
Fang Qing looked up at Zhao Shi'an and saw that Zhao Shi'an glanced at Gao Ren with an impatient look in his eyes.
Fearing that Zhao Shi'an and Gao Ren might have a quarrel, Fang Qing quickly poured him a cup of tea and gestured for him to calm down.
Zhao Shi'an didn't say anything, but he didn't pay any more attention to Gao Ren after that.
Zhao Shi'an and Fang Dashu finished their meal quietly, while Gao Ren occasionally spoke a few words to Fang Qing, but Fang Qing always brushed them off.
After the meal, apart from Gao Ren and a few others, no one was particularly satisfied with the meal.
After the meal, Fang Qing called the waiter to settle the bill.
"How can we let Miss Fang spend the money? Let me do it."
"It's okay, there are many of us, I'll do it."
"I don't have the habit of letting women spend money on me when I'm out."
This remark earned him a roll of his eyes from Fang Dashu.
"Since Lord Gao likes to spend money, then let Lord Gao spend it. Qing'er, don't argue with him."
Gao Ren glanced at Zhao Shi'an, then called over the waiter to settle the bill.
"It's getting late. I was planning to have tea with Miss Fang again, but it seems we'll have to postpone it until another day."
"It seems I don't have much to say to Lord Gao."
"Of course there is. For example, if you are willing to break off the engagement, I am willing to marry you properly."
Gao Ren always smiled, but his eyes always seemed to carry a hint of evil.
"Lord Gao, please don't joke around. I have no intention of announcing the engagement."
Gao Ren chuckled.
"Don't speak so confidently. If one day you find that the person next to you is actually more terrifying than you imagined, then you might think that I, the commander, am a good choice."
Zhao Shi'an's indifferent gaze fell on Gao Ren.
"Lord Gao, it's time for you to go."
His eyes held a hint of warning.
Gao Ren glanced at him, his smile fading, and stood up to say goodbye to Fang Qing.
After his men left the restaurant, and the sound of him riding away on horseback echoed in the street, Fang Dashu snorted angrily.
"Truly befitting the Gao family, what do they take Fang Qing for?"
Fang Qing turned her gaze away from the window.
"Ignore him. He's probably upset about something and is deliberately causing trouble," Fang Qing said.
Fang Dashu nodded in agreement.
Zhao Shi'an seemed to completely disregard Gao Ren.
"Let's go back."
The three of them left the restaurant together and went home.
After taking a shower, Fang Qing lay down on the bed and opened the system to look at some papers on agriculture.
Zhao Shi'an suddenly knocked on the door and said he had to go out to take care of some things, and told her to go to sleep first.
Fang Qing suddenly remembered what happened at the restaurant.
She quickly sat up, opened the door, and looked at Zhao Shi'an.
"Brother, what are you going to do?"
"A prisoner has just been brought over from the Dali Temple. Lord Zhao wants to interrogate him tonight and has asked me to go over there."
"Oh, then be careful."
Zhao Shi'an rubbed her head.
"Get some rest."
Zhao Shi'an left his home and walked through several alleys to Wanhua Tower.
It was the same room where I last met Gao Ren; he was already waiting for me there.
Hearing the noise, Gao Ren turned around and looked.
Zhao Shi'an sat down opposite him, looking at him coldly.
"Gao Ren, do you really think I won't do anything to you?"
Zhao Shi'an's voice was even colder than his eyes.
Gao Ren's expression wasn't much better.
"I have thoroughly investigated the matter concerning the Zhao and Gao families of Yuzhou back then."
Zhao Shi'an looked away and poured himself a cup of tea.
"Back then, the Gao family and the Zhao family were neighbors. One was a salt merchant, and the other ran a private school. The two families had a good relationship, and their children studied at the Gao family's school. Later, the head of the Zhao family went south to do business and was killed by bandits. The Zhao family lost its pillar overnight."
"Later, for some unknown reason, Madam Zhao and her son and daughter mysteriously disappeared, leaving behind only a letter handing over all the family property to the Gao family. From then on, the Zhao family's business belonged to the Gao family, and no one from the Zhao family ever appeared again."
"Twenty years ago, Zhao Jingzhong settled down in Fangjia Village. He only told outsiders that he came here with his father to escape from war, and you were born not long afterward."
Gao Ren kept his eyes on Zhao Shi'an the whole time.
"Zhao Jingzhong has never told anyone that he has a younger sister. How did you find out about Zhao Wuxia? And how are you so sure that my mother is Zhao Wuxia?"
Zhao Shi'an scoffed.
"Just because you can't find out doesn't mean I can't. I not only know that the crazy woman locked up in the Golden Buddha Temple in Yuzhou Prefecture is your mother, Zhao Wuxia, but I also know who your father is and where your mother was during the years she was missing."
Gao Ren looked at Zhao Shi'an, took a deep breath, and took the thing he had been carrying in his arms and threw it to him.
"Here's what you want. Tell me what you want to know."
Zhao Shi'an first opened the booklet and carefully examined the drawing.
Is this true?
“It’s absolutely true. You can have someone check it out. I have no reason to fool you with something fake.”
Zhao Shi'an rolled up the booklet, a smile in his eyes, and said, "Gao Wancheng was also your adoptive father who raised you. Now, do you really have no lingering affection for him at all?"
"Enough with the nonsense, just tell me what I want to know."
When he saw his mother's, all his feelings for his adoptive father vanished.
Nothing is more important than his mother.
Although he was only three or four years old when he was separated from his mother, he clearly remembers her smile and how she would save the last bite of food for him so that he would be full.
"Back then, Madam Zhao did not disappear with her two children. Instead, she was imprisoned by the Gao family. They used her two children to threaten Madam Zhao into writing the letter that gifted her family property to the Gao family."
"After obtaining the Zhao family's wealth, the Gao family did not release Madam Zhao, but instead cruelly murdered her. Zhao Wuxia knew that the Gao family was untrustworthy, so she used her beauty to gain the opportunity to rescue her brother."
"Zhao Wuxia was imprisoned by the Gao family until he had you. He didn't want you to have anything to do with the Gao family, so he escaped. But when you were four years old, the Gao family found you and your mother. Your mother was imprisoned, and you were thrown out onto the street to fend for yourself."
“At that time, Gao Ren had already married the daughter of the Grand Princess, Princess Feng’an. However, Princess Feng’an did not have any children for several years. That’s when Gao Wancheng remembered you. He took you home as his adopted son when you were seven years old and renamed you Gao Ren.”
As Gao Ren listened, the veins on his hand gripping the cup bulged, and when he looked up again, his eyes were dark red.
You're saying my father is Gao Wancheng?
Zhao Shi'an nodded.
"Didn't you notice? Didn't Gao Wancheng imply that you should support his sons? He treats you like a son born out of wedlock."
Gao Ren's chest heaved, filled with emotions that made him uncomfortable.
His own son?
He has been grateful to his godfather for raising him all these years.
So that's how it is.
The person who caused them such a terrible tragedy was actually the person they loved and respected most.
He almost burst out laughing.
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