Chapter 400: Meeting Xiao Chengqian again
As night fell, Wen Can led his subordinates into the room, "Brother, we have a new discovery."
Song Mingen frowned, "What do you mean? Aren't the old couple the two elders of the Kang family?"
Wen Can said, "That's right. The news can't be wrong. The two elders of the Kang family are indeed in poor health. Yesterday, I told Jiaojiao about the two old people, and Jiaojiao asked me to arrange for someone to keep an eye on the eldest daughter of the Gu family. This afternoon, she took her brother to the Yunqi Inn on Jinchi Road in the south of the city and went up to the top floor. The entire top floor was booked by a wealthy businessman from the south."
"Did you see the rich businessman's face clearly?"
Wen Can glanced at the person beside him and said, "Old Five, you go ahead and talk."
The fifth brother said, "The Gu siblings left the Yunqi Inn after dinner time. They were escorted down by a middle-aged man. I was too far away and it was dark to see his face, but the siblings were very respectful to him. He must be the wealthy businessman himself."
Song Mingen pondered for a moment, "I think he's a businessman who cooperates with the Gu family. Why would he stay in an inn now that he's in the capital? I remember that the backyard of Zhongyi Building is where the Gu family entertains partners from various counties. This person must be up to something. I've arranged for someone to keep an eye on him. No, I'll go over and stay the night there now."
"Don't worry, big brother. I'll have someone get a room for you after Lao Wu comes back. You'll be too conspicuous wearing a mask now. I'll use Jiaojiao's rouge and powder to cover your face before you stay there."
Song Mingen thought that everyone was at the Yunqi Inn and wouldn't leave for a while. "Okay, let's go there early tomorrow. By the way, is there any movement at the Yu Mansion?"
"It hasn't started yet. Once it does, we'll send the news to the Jiang Mansion immediately."
Jiang Mansion.
"Miss," Bai Lan said, "Sister Nuanyu just came back and said that Du Zhihuan left Zhiji Huanzhang and went to the Du family's small villa, where she stayed tonight."
Cheng Qingmeng turned over in bed, "Du Zhihuan probably wants your biological mother to ask you to see her for treatment."
The smile on Song Yu's face disappeared instantly.
Cheng Qingmeng saw her expression change, and quickly coaxed her, "Your biological mother shouldn't be so confused. After all, you are her biological daughter. Even if she loves Du Zhihuan, she can't hurt you again and again."
Song Yu pulled the quilt over herself expressionlessly and said, "Go to sleep. I don't want to mention her and affect my mood."
Du Zhihuan returned to the Du family without saying anything. After accompanying Du Henian and his wife to digest their food, she returned to the room prepared for her by Du Zhixu.
"Miss, are you planning to consider implanting the Illusion Face Gu after meeting with Prince Xiao?"
Du Zhihuan nodded: "I haven't seen him for such a long time. I don't know if he really has feelings for Song Yu. If that's the case..."
"Miss, you'd better not inform Master Xiao. If he disagrees, it will be more troublesome." Yun Yan thought for a moment and said, "I hope Master Xiao will always hold you in his heart. If he likes Song Yu, Miss, you should choose another husband. If you marry into a wealthy family and become the mistress, with the influence of the Du family, your mother-in-law won't dare to give you a hard time and will only flatter you."
Du Zhihuan looked at herself in the bronze mirror and thought, although it is good to be the mistress of a noble family, it is still not as glorious as being the daughter-in-law of a royal family.
Marrying Prince Xiao will give you the opportunity to become the mother of the country in the future.
But if the Crown Prince ascends to a high position in the future, it is impossible for him to have only one woman by his side.
Women cannot just pursue the favor of men.
"Yan'er, beauty fades easily, so you can't expect a man to be devoted to you his entire life."
After breakfast the next day, Du Zhihuan took Su Beiqing out.
First, he went to the largest herbal medicine shop in Beijing to buy the best nourishing dietary herbs for Du Henian.
Then he went to the cloth and clothing store to buy winter clothes for the Du family.
Su Beiqing wanted to pay but Du Zhihuan stopped her, "Mom, you've worked so hard to raise me these years, and I haven't done anything to repay you. All the things I bought today are a token of my love. Please don't rush to pay the bill."
Su Beiqing was very pleased, feeling that raising her daughter was not in vain.
"Okay, okay, whatever you say. Your father, your third brother, and I all have everything we need. Let's go buy some for your grandmother and your eldest and second brothers that they'll like."
"good."
On the other side, Song Mingen disguised his face and went to Yunqi Inn with Wen Can, disguising himself as a traveling merchant.
The two sat in the room for a quarter of an hour and then came to the lobby on the first floor.
The two ordered some snacks and sat down at a small table behind a screen not far from the stairs.
Song Mingen deliberately sat facing the stairs, gently moved the screen that was blocking his view, and could see the people coming down from upstairs by slightly raising his head.
"Brother," Wen Can whispered, "There are many guests staying upstairs. We might not be able to tell if a wealthy businessman from the top floor came down, right?"
Song Mingen glanced at him and said, "Brother can see it."
Many people came down one after another, including some well-dressed guests. Song Mingen eliminated them one by one based on his intuition.
Before five o'clock in the morning, a middle-aged couple came down the stairs, supporting each other.
Gu Yining went down the stairs and walked towards the main entrance.
Xiao Yanxu held her back and said, "Madam, the carriage is parked at the back door. Let's go this way."
"Oh." Gu Yining turned around, took Xiao Yanxu's arm and walked out of the lobby through the back door.
Song Mingen hurriedly got up and went out the front door.
"Brother! Where are you going?"
When Wen Can chased out, Song Mingen had disappeared
"Hey! Big brother, where have you been? Don't leave me!"
"I'm here!" Song Mingen ran back from the right corner and pulled him to his carriage. "Old Five, hurry up and catch up with the carriage in front."
Wen Can took a look and saw that it was a plain large carriage, and the people in the carriage were obviously martial artists.
"Brother, don't you think the person in that carriage is a top-tier wealthy businessman?"
Song Mingen said, "It should be. I saw the lady diagonally across from the Jiang residence on the day of the funeral. These two must be the ones behind the scenes. Otherwise, why would they appear at the gate of the Jiang residence that day?"
Wen Can: "Just now I turned my head to take a look, and those two looked only a few years older than you and me. That shouldn't be possible, right?"
Song Mingen: "I thought so too that day. Now that the two of them have appeared at Yunqi Inn again, I have to doubt it."
"But they don't look like members of the Gu family, do they?"
Song Mingen asked, "Look at my face now. Who does it look like?"
"Oh!" Wen Can opened his eyes wide, "I understand, they must have disguised themselves as well!"
After half an hour, Wen Can reached out and turned Song Mingen's face toward the window. "Look, it's Madam Hou and Du Zhihuan."
Song Mingen looked over and saw Su Beiqing, who looked exhausted, pulling Du Zhihuan into the Heyue Restaurant. The maids and servants behind them were each holding five or six brocade boxes.
Song Mingen slammed his fist on the coffee table, "Madam Hou has forgotten that she has a biological daughter!"
He actually took his adopted daughter shopping and bought so many things!
He was really pissed off!
"Brother, calm down. The Marquis's wife is not in a good mind and will not snatch your precious daughter away."
Hearing this, Song Mingen's anger subsided by more than half. "You're right, but Sister Yu will still be sad if she sees it."
"Sister Yu can't see it. She is sitting in the Jiang Mansion waiting for news of her due date."
By noon, all the private rooms on the third floor of the restaurant were booked in advance, so the mother and daughter could only find a private room on the second floor.
The mother and daughter waited for less than half a quarter of an hour before Yun Que and others took the trays from the restaurant waiter and brought the food in.
"Mother, eat quickly, and then we'll go back home."
Su Beiqing picked up a dish that Du Zhihuan liked and said, "You need to eat more and quickly gain back the weight you lost."
"Yeah, I eat more."
Su Beiqing only started to pick up her chopsticks after seeing Du Zhihuan eating with big mouthfuls.
Half a minute later, Su Beiqing felt sleepy and pressed her head to wake herself up.
"Mom, are you tired from shopping?"
Su Beiqing felt a little tired. "It's okay. I'll just go back and have a good sleep."
"I see you're tired. There's a couch over there for you to take a nap on. Come back after you've rested."
"No need." Su Beiqing fell asleep on the table the next moment.
Yunyan and others quickly helped the man onto the single bed.
Du Zhihuan hurriedly got up and walked to the door. Seeing that there was no one in the corridor, she quickly walked into the private room opposite.
The man in the room saw her and his eyes became even gentler, "Hanhuan, you're here."
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