Chapter 16: The Hongmen Banquet



An Meng stayed at the Xie family and lived a comfortable life.

These days, apart from eating and sleeping, he also took the time to write a letter of complaint and sent it to He Jiali's unit.

The sunlight shone through the window, and when An Meng woke up, it was already noon.

She went downstairs, but saw Xie Sixian was the only one sitting at the dining table.

"Brother, where's Zijie?" An Meng asked, "Xie Yun isn't here either?"

Xie Sixian adjusted his glasses: "Ayun went to the company and won't be back at noon. Zijie just said she went out for something."

An Meng's heart tightened. This was a very normal thing, but she had an inexplicable bad premonition.

"When did Zijie go out?"

"Two hours ago? I'm not sure." Xie Sixian was also a little nervous. "What happened?"

An Meng shook her head. She had a guess in her mind, but she wasn't quite sure.

I really hope I'm overthinking this.

[I have a feeling He Jiali won't give up so easily. Could he be pestering Xie Zijie again?]

Xie Sixian's heart started to lift when he heard this: "Should we go find Zijie?"

An Meng said slowly: "It's possible that He Jiali was looking for her, but it's not certain..."

"I've already proposed breaking up, but he's still clinging to me. What does he want to do?" A hint of anger appeared on Xie Sixian's gentle face.

"Brother, don't be anxious. This is just a guess. The facts may not be so." An Meng comforted.

"Tiezhu, wake up Tiezhu," she called in her heart, "Can you help me see where Xie Zijie is now?"

"Are you standing with the He family?"

Tiezhu responded quickly this time.

Its voice was still thick with sleep, but it knew the situation was urgent and said without further ado: "Let me take a look."

A few seconds later, Tie Zhu's message came: "Host, Xie Zijie is now at the He family."

"......!" An Meng's scalp exploded, and she was a little overwhelmed: "Why is she in the He family?"

[He Jiali, this scheming bastard! ]

Tiezhu didn't say anything, but directly played a video in An Meng's brain.

In the third-person perspective, Xie Zijie is talking to a middle-aged woman, and her expression does not look very happy.

"Host," Tie Zhu suddenly issued a sharp alarm, "The failure probability of Xie Zijie's side quest has reached 80%."

"What???" An Meng's eyes almost popped out.

【Why? 】

[Why is it failing so suddenly? What should Xie Zijie do then?]

The alarm gradually faded, and Tiezhu said in a dull voice, "Good luck to you."

An Meng was about to burst into curses.

[I'm so lucky, you big-headed ghost! Tiezhu, don't leave! Tiezhu?]

The iron pillar was no longer moving.

Xie Sixian was very anxious. An Meng's demeanor and expression seemed like she was talking to someone, but he could only hear An Meng's occasional thoughts but not her voice.

The whole process was like watching a pantomime.

"An Meng, An Meng?" Xie Sixian called her with courage.

An Meng came back to her senses and spoke very quickly: "Brother, let's go to the He family now. Zijie is there."

[This is extremely urgent! It looks like Xie Zijie is attending a Hongmen Banquet.]

Xie Sixian was immediately furious: "What is she thinking! Is she involved with He Jiali again?"

"Brother, don't talk too much for now, go find Zijie first..."

Xie Sixian came back to his senses, nodded, and walked out: "I'll go to the parking lot to drive first."

Even though Xie Sixian's driving style is usually extremely gentle, he couldn't help but become impatient at this time.

"Do you know the address of the He family?" An Meng asked with some confusion as she watched him skillfully set up the navigation.

"I know," Xie Sixian stared at the red light eagerly, "Ever since Zijie said she wanted to marry him two months ago, I asked Ayun to check on He Jiali."

Suddenly remembering something, An Meng quickly took out her cell phone and sent a message to Xie Yun to explain the situation and ask him to come over as soon as possible.

Xie Shixian drove much faster than usual and soon arrived at the He family's community.

The two of them walked quickly towards the He family's apartment building, and happened to meet Xie Yun who was rushing over on the way.

Xie Yun had just come out of the company, wearing a white shirt with his sleeves rolled up, revealing his well-defined arms, adding a touch of abstinence to him.

Even the fast pace didn't stop An Meng from looking at Xie Yun twice more - she swore it was only twice.

Xie Yun glanced at An Meng without pausing for long, and spoke with a slight gasp: "601."

The residential complex where the He family lives was built a long time ago, so there is no elevator.

The three of them climbed up to the sixth floor with great effort, and the entire stairwell was filled with the sound of their messy and hurried footsteps.

Before Xie Sixian could calm down, he rushed forward and tried to bang on the door of Room 601, but was stopped by Xie Yun.

"Don't be impulsive." He lowered his voice and looked at An Meng.

An Meng nodded in understanding, walked forward and rang the doorbell.

When no one answered at first, she pressed the button a few more times.

There were footsteps inside the door, and a middle-aged woman asked impatiently, "Who is it? It's not convenient to open the door now."

"Sorry." An Meng cleared her throat and tried to make her voice sound friendly.

"I'm the new neighbor downstairs. I just got married yesterday and wanted to give you some wedding candy."

"No!" The middle-aged woman refused decisively.

"There's also a basket of free-range eggs," An Meng pinched her throat, "Happy eggs, they're so fresh and especially nourishing. You can't buy them now even if you want to."

"Country eggs? Didn't I hear in the property management group that anyone is getting married?" There was a faint mumbling from inside the door, and the sound of the door lock turning was heard.

This is also possible? Xie Sixian looked at An Meng in shock. A basket of country eggs can impress He Jiali's mother?

A few seconds later, the door opened a little and the middle-aged woman poked her head out cautiously.

There was not just a "newly married" woman outside the door, there were clearly two grown men standing there!

Feeling something was wrong, the middle-aged woman subconsciously wanted to close the door, but it was too late!

Xie Yun took a step forward with his long legs, quickly pushed open the door, and walked straight in with a cold face.

The middle-aged woman was pushed to the ground by him and began to howl like a mourner.

"Someone come, there's a burglary, there's murder—"

Xie Sixian and An Meng followed closely behind, and the latter even closed the door considerately.

"Shh," An Meng raised her index finger to block her lips, "Auntie, don't scream, we'll leave as soon as we're done."

"The person you are looking for is not here!" The middle-aged woman stood up, her triangular eyes drooping and her expression a little panicked.

Xie Sixian was so angry that he laughed: "How do you know we are looking for someone?"

The middle-aged woman realized she had let the cat out of the bag and her expression changed. “If you don’t leave, I’m going to call the police!”

Xie Yun stopped and looked around. There was no sign of Xie Zijie in the He family's small living room.

Xie Sixian quickly pushed open the doors of each room in the He family, went in to investigate, and shook his head at Xie Sixian and An Meng.

An Meng frowned.

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