Upon hearing this, Tang Nian quickly slipped away and walked out.
She found a narrow fork in the road near the exit and waited. When Ye Liusi opened the door, a faint blue light brushed past her and lingered around Ye Liunian.
Ye Liunian's previously confused eyes regained their clarity.
Ye Liunian was stunned for a moment, rubbed her forehead, and muttered to herself, "What just happened?"
What happened after my sister went in?
Fortunately, Ye Liusi came out from inside at that moment.
She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Ye Liunian was safely guarding outside and nothing had happened.
Ye Liunian didn't have time to think about what had just happened, and hurriedly asked Ye Liusi, "What happened? What did Father say?"
Ye Liusi told her all of her father's plans, but when he refused to see Ye Liunian, Ye Liusi thought about it but didn't say it aloud.
But Ye Liunian wasn't stupid. After a long silence, and not hearing Ye Liusi add anything, she said with some disappointment, "Does Father still not want to see me? I shouldn't have done that back then..."
Ye Liusi didn't know what to say, so she could only gently pat her younger sister's back.
Ye Liunian quickly adjusted her state of mind. She took a deep breath and began to think about how to complete the task her father had assigned her.
Neither of them could disobey their father's orders, but this matter left them truly at a loss.
On the other side, before the hidden door closed, Tang Nian slipped back into the restaurant.
Upon entering the private room, I was greeted with a wonderful surprise.
The table was piled high with empty plates, the little prince's mouth was bulging, and he was holding two chicken legs in his hands, almost burying himself in the plates.
"You're back?" Lou Mu sensed the movement of the air, but without turning his head, he said softly.
"How could he eat so much!" Tang Nian pouted and angrily transmitted her voice to Lou Mu, "Why didn't you stop him!"
But seeing Lou Mu's innocent eyes, Tang Nian had nowhere to vent her anger.
"Oh, Senior Sister, you're back!" The little prince finally managed to swallow the food in his mouth and wiped his hands without any regard for his image.
No, it's her who's completely losing her composure right now!
Tang Nian felt her fist harden.
"I found something interesting, I'll tell you later," Tang Nian transmitted to Lou Mu.
"You've eaten so much of my food, shouldn't you do something for me?"
Tang Nian smiled, moved closer to the little prince, looked at his face, which was exactly the same as hers but greasy, and gritted her teeth.
The young prince shrank back, but returned to his original form when Tang Nian uttered those words.
Only when his small body didn't have to see Tang Nian's stormy appearance up close did he breathe a sigh of relief.
Immediately afterwards, he rubbed his stomach and let out a burp: "Senior sister, you said I would definitely complete the mission."
"Before Lou Mu and I return to the inn, try to stay there and see if anything seems amiss. Remember, do not use Lou Mu and my identities, and do not alert the enemy."
The young prince patted his chest and said, "Okay, I'll take care of it."
After the young prince left, Tang Nian looked at the pile of empty plates on the table with a headache.
Can the Ye sisters believe that this was eaten by her and Lou Mu alone?
However, the two of them were also quick. Tang Nian had only been sitting down for a short while when she heard whispering voices coming from outside the door.
"How about it?"
"The people inside haven't come out, they just...ate a bit too much." It was the voice of the waiter guarding the door.
Immediately afterwards, the door was pushed open.
Seeing the two sisters come in, Tang Nian asked with feigned concern, "You two have been gone for quite a while. Have you finished discussing things with the restaurant owner?"
Ye Liusi looked at the table, forced a smile, and nodded: "He and my father were old acquaintances, so we chatted for a bit longer."
"That's good. I thought something had happened to you." Tang Nian said meaningfully.
Before the Ye sisters could react, Tang Nian said, "Minghuan and I have eaten quite a bit. Miss Ye, please order some more dishes. This meal is on me."
The two women were starving after being busy all this time, and since it would be a good opportunity to keep Tang Nian and Lou Mu around, they didn't refuse.
"Master Tang, do you know that the plays at the Fuyao Theater are performed for three consecutive days?" Ye Liusi asked tentatively.
"I heard about it from people after I arrived." Tang Nian rested her chin on her hand, looking out the window with boredom.
"So, are you going to go see it tonight?"
Tang Nian glanced at Ye Liusi, who looked nervous, out of the corner of her eye, and a thought suddenly came to her mind that she wanted to tease them.
"Maybe, but Minghuan isn't feeling well, so he probably won't go."
When Lou Mu saw that the Ye sisters were all looking at him, he was taken aback, but quickly guessed what Tang Nian had said.
Tang Nian didn't tell him, so he could only force a smile.
In the Ye sisters' view, Lou Mu meant he was very sorry that he couldn't go.
The two of them panicked immediately.
Although Tang Nian said she would go, if Ming Huan wanted to return to the inn, then their mission would be...
If they fail to handle the tasks their father assigns, they will face dire consequences.
However, according to rumors, Young Master Ming's temper is unpredictable, and no one except Tang Nian can persuade him.
"I wonder if Young Master Ming is feeling unwell? I know a few clinics in the city, I can take him there," Ye Liusi said first. "It would be a loss if Young Master Wangshu missed seeing one of his plays."
"Sigh, his health has always been poor, a chronic illness from his childhood. I'm afraid going to the clinic won't help." Tang Nian looked very worried, but her eyes were full of mockery.
Seeing that Ming Huan was determined not to go to the opera, and Tang Nian was unwilling to help persuade him, they didn't know how to dissuade him for a while.
Lou Mu couldn't hear what the two were saying, but he could guess a thing or two from their lip movements.
However, she did not answer, but instead turned her gaze to Tang Nian.
Lou Mu meant that whatever Tang Nian did, he would do the same.
Tang Nian knew when to stop. She smiled and said, "How about this, I'll go talk to him and see if he's willing."
The Ye sisters watched with shining eyes as Tang Nian pulled Lou Mu out of the private room.
Walking to a corner, Lou Mu asked softly, "Did something happen?"
"Let me tell you what I heard when I followed the two of them."
Tang Nian then used telepathy to tell Lou Mu about how she had gone to the Ye family's old house with Ye Liusi that afternoon, discovered the secret passage, and saw Ye Liusi meeting Ye's father inside.
Lou Mu remained silent for a long time before slowly speaking: "You mean the person we saw was the father of the Ye sisters?"
Tang Nian nodded, and after hesitating for a long time, she said, "They look quite alike, but their conversation is more like that of a master and servant."
This is also the thing she can't understand the most.
She had seen all sorts of close family relationships over the years, but she had never seen anything like this before.
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