Chapter 285 Coincidence
As soon as he finished speaking, several tall figures outside the door walked in.
In addition to the Wen brothers and sisters, Su Xun and Zhang Shuyi also came along.
Jian Mo looked at Zhuo Hua who was trying to take credit, and suddenly wanted to kick him, but because there were so many people around, she still gave him face.
"This place is dirty and messy. Let's go to the front hall and talk."
Nan Xiao and the others had experienced furnace explosions several times while refining their elixirs, and the alchemy room was now a shambles. The furnace walls were charred black, debris and debris were scattered everywhere, and the floor was littered with scattered herbal roots and broken elixirs. They hadn't had time to clean up yet, so it was clearly not a suitable place for chatting.
Zhuo Hua also realized that something was wrong and quickly took the person to the front hall.
Nan Xiao and the other person performed a cleansing spell and instantly felt refreshed.
A group of people sat down in the front hall.
She asked directly, "What does Young Master Wen want from us?"
Wen Anche wore a gentle smile and spoke modestly, "Miss Nan, to be honest, an item went missing from our mansion a few days ago. It's not a significant item in terms of value, but it was left by my mother and means a lot to my brother and me. Its whereabouts remain unknown, and I'm quite worried. I heard General Wu mention that Miss Nan had been outside the mansion that day, so I'd like to ask if she saw anything unusual back then."
"No," Nan Xiao answered simply. After a pause, he added, "I was on my way back to the courtyard when I saw some unusual movement in the formation at the City Lord's Mansion. I thought there were demons, so I went to take a look. After a general explained it was a misunderstanding, I left with my senior brother."
Wen Anruo was not giving up and pressed the issue, "Miss Nan, I heard from Senior Brother Su that you were the first to arrive. Think carefully about it. Did you see anyone acting strangely nearby at the time?"
Nan Xiao said calmly, "Miss Wen, I understand your anxiety about losing something, but I really don't have any clues. If you don't believe me, you can ask my fourth senior brother and junior brother Zhang to see if they have found anything."
They came together, and I guess they have already asked, and they came to see her specifically.
"We explained everything to Master Wen and the others this morning." Su Xun sighed, "This thief is quite capable. He dared to steal even though the City Lord's Mansion was heavily guarded."
The key is that he didn't get caught even after stealing, that's amazing.
Zhuo Hua washed two plates of spiritual fruits and placed them in front of Jian Mo. He happened to overhear their conversation and offered his opinion: "Young Master Wen, could it be that you have offended someone without realizing it? Did they do it on purpose?"
Regardless of Wen Anche's answer, he began to move closer to Jian Mo attentively.
"Sister, I just bought this today. The boss said it was freshly picked from the tree and it's guaranteed to be sweet."
Jian Mo signaled him to sit down with her eyes, and he immediately sat next to her.
Wen Anche smiled bitterly: "Wen has always been kind to others and has never had any conflicts with anyone."
Others did not comment on this.
Zhang Shuyi thought for a moment and consoled him, "I've noticed that Anyang City is on high alert. Perhaps the thief hasn't escaped yet. We'll eventually find him."
Su Xun added, "There's a saying that goes, the most dangerous place is the safest place. Maybe the thief hasn't even left the City Lord's Mansion."
During this time, the Wen brothers and sisters casually glanced at the others several times. Seeing that they looked calm and behaved naturally, it was not as if they were lying.
Or are they just too pretentious?
Wen Anche was also a little confused.
Nan Xiao was rubbing the teacup in her hand, and her eyes inadvertently met Wen Anruo. Her face froze, and then she quickly smiled at Nan Xiao.
Nan Xiao smiled politely and nodded, then looked at Wen Anche who was standing beside her with a somewhat absent-minded look, and suddenly thought of the incident in the teahouse.
The demons have been chasing the Wen brothers and sisters for a long time, and Mingcheng happened to appear in Anyang City, and then the things in the City Lord's Mansion were stolen.
Is it such a coincidence?
She doesn't believe it.
If you put it all together...
Nan Xiao picked up the tea, took a sip, and hid the speculation in his eyes.
She wanted to confirm it again, so she looked at Wen Anche and said, "Young Master Wen, although we haven't found anything unusual, why don't you tell us how the things were stolen? We are many people, and with our collective wisdom, we might be able to find some clues."
Zhuo Hua: "Yes, they say three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang. We have at least two and a half Zhuge Liangs here."
Su Xun usually would not miss an opportunity to mock Zhuo Hua, like at this moment, his mouth was faster than his brain.
"Which half are you?"
Zhuo Hua's face darkened and he grabbed a fruit and threw it into his mouth.
"Shut up. I don't want to argue with you."
Su Xun didn't even try to hide, and started to eat the fruit.
After taking a bite, Su Xun commented: "Little Junior Sister, you should try it too. It tastes better than the one you gave me last time."
"OK."
"Let me try too."
Nan Xiao and Zhang Shuyi also started to eat. Zhuo Hua looked at the last two fruits in the fruit plate and stuffed them into Jian Mo's hands like an old hen guarding her food.
This was bought by him for his senior sister... What a shameless bunch of people.
Wen Anche thought that what they said made sense, but seeing how unreasonable they were, he hesitated when the words came to his lips.
Are they really reliable?
Not only him, Wen Anruo also had the same idea.
They used to work together with the disciples of Xiaoyao Sect, and each of them looked so reliable and reassuring. Why did they change now?
Nan Xiao finished eating the whole fruit, but Wen Anche didn't say anything.
She said: "It's okay if Master Wen is not convenient to talk about it. It's getting late and I have other things to do. I'll leave first."
When passing by Wen Anruo, Nan Xiao's wrist was grabbed.
She turned her head to look at her: "Miss Wen, do you have anything else to say? I have said everything I should and shouldn't say. I don't know anything else."
Right now, Anyang City and the Demon Clan are in a tense situation, and Mingcheng's identity is sensitive. If you tell them your previous guess, they may not be grateful to you, and they may even mistakenly think that you are colluding with the Demon Clan, causing you trouble for nothing.
Wen Anruo smiled faintly, "Miss Nan has misunderstood. This isn't something that can't be said. It's something that involves my mother. Big brother is sad and doesn't want to speak, so let me tell you."
Nan Xiao sat back down again.
This was actually quite simple. When the items were stolen, they hadn't even spotted a thief. If the stolen items hadn't been connected to the formation in the mansion, they probably wouldn't have noticed in time.
Wen Anruo sat upright, speaking clearly: "That's roughly what happened."
Zhang Shuyi was a little surprised: "So powerful? Could it be a master above the Spiritual Transformation Stage?"
There are some masters in the City Lord's Mansion who can steal silently and disappear silently as soon as the mechanism is triggered. Ordinary people can't do it.
After hearing this, Nan Xiao became more certain that it was Mingcheng who did it.
She suddenly became interested in the stolen things, and even had an outrageous guess in her mind: could it be that the demons had been outside Anyang City all this time and were not attacking or retreating just because of that thing?
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