"Reporting to the city lord, there is indeed no one there. The mercenary alliance said they only saw Hua Ansu, and she was not accompanied by any young ladies."
Fu Xingbai suppressed his anger, "What about Meng Luo? Didn't we ask you to invite him? Why didn't he come?"
"Lord Meng Luo is in seclusion."
"Then go and invite the head of the Zheng family... no, the Chen family head!"
"yes."
After everyone left, Fu Xingbai smashed the vase that had been placed on the table at noon. "The Gao family! Hua Ansu! What a rising star, Hua Ansu, daring to oppose me!"
The bookshelf was knocked over. "And Fu Ziqi, that rebellious daughter! She should have been strangled back then!"
Outside the study.
Hearing the commotion inside, Fu Anya asked in confusion, "Mother, what's wrong with Father?"
"Shh-"
Zheng Ruofen pulled her daughter away, saying, "Your father is troubled by work matters; let's not disturb him."
"oh oh."
"Mom, can I continue doing what I like after dinner?"
"Okay, but only for today. Tomorrow, Ya Ya, you'll have to study with the teacher and stop thinking about those pointless things. Just treat it as a small hobby, okay?"
"...Mother, I understand."
Zheng Ruofen squinted. Today is Ya Ya's birthday, and things have already turned out like this. She doesn't want Ya Ya to be unhappy again today. So, Fu Xingbai, I'll be waiting for you tomorrow!
When Hua Ansu arrived at the city gate, he found that martial law was in effect.
She stroked her chin. Was the city lord angry that she had taken Ziqi away? Was he going to arrest them both and take them back?
He's so brazen, is he out of his mind? Isn't he afraid that Ziqi might get agitated and gather a crowd to expose him?
However, she walked out without a care in the world, and no one could see her.
The secret passage to the secluded chamber leads to an exit in the woods outside the city. Judging from the traces, Meng Luo came out from here six days ago.
Hua Ansu circled the exit several times before finally stopping. If there were multiple secret passages like this that could go unnoticed, even with the tightest security at the city gate, people could still be smuggled out, right?
Dou Bingsong had been searching for Qi Jian for so many days without any news. Even her electric mosquitoes couldn't find Dou Bingsong. Hua Ansu looked up and realized that he must be in Meng Luo's lair, and had probably been arrested.
Meng Luo is ruthless. So many lives have been taken. What is he trying to do? What is his goal? To dominate the interstellar space?
She knew from the very beginning that he wanted to overthrow Fu Xingbai and become the city lord himself, but did he really need to go this far? Goodness, this is going to be very difficult for her to handle.
Hua Ansu knew quite a bit about Meng Luo. He had been married to his wife for over ten years but had no children. His wife was from a commoner background, a girl from a village outside Picheng. Because Meng Luo was busy with his affairs, she had spent most of her time at her parents' home in recent years to take care of her elderly parents.
When Hua Ansu approached her, her family was having dinner. The meal was quite good, consisting of two meat dishes, two vegetable dishes, and a soup.
The family consisted of five people: Meng Luo's wife, Zhao, her parents, her younger brother, and her brother's wife.
Strangely enough, her younger brother and sister-in-law have been married for ten years but have no children. The villagers all say that the Zhao siblings are infertile because their ancestral graves were not properly buried.
Zhao was anything but friendly to the suddenly appearing Miss Hua. "You wouldn't happen to be Meng Luo's secret lover, would you?"
Her parents pulled her back, saying, "Yuanyuan, how can you talk to such a young girl like that?"
"father!"
But when her father glared at her, she behaved herself, sat down and ate her rice, eating a piece of meat one bite at a time, completely ignoring Hua Ansu.
Zhao's parents were quite kind; they gestured for Hua Ansu to sit down, "Young lady, what brings you to my maid?"
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