"Oh~ it seems our Uncle Bao is going to have a wife." Fu Muqian didn't drink alcohol, but poured himself a cup of tea, which he didn't drink either. He held the Sancai cup and slowly swirled it around.
Mei Lanting was holding a thermos and drinking something. "She seems to be a student from Qingjin High School. I think I saw her at Yuxuan Pavilion once. She looks a bit like Ziyan when she was young."
However, he is a bit wild; he seems to have a rather unruly personality.
Hua Yueli scoffed and looked at Shen Juanqing, "Don't say I'm not giving you face, I've met that kid too, he's certainly capable. But compared to that bastard?"
That child's involvement is quite broad, but if you look closely, you'll find that among these people, who hasn't been involved in those fields?
It's just that some are deeper and some are shallower.
Among them, Gu Nanyan is definitely the most outstanding, but she knows a lot of things that outsiders hardly know.
"I remember, you saved that child and the child next to Nan Chen, right?" Fu Muqian tilted his chin, a hint of inquiry flashing in his eyes. "You were also shot at the time."
Gu Nanyan lifted his eyelids slightly. "So you're saying I'm grooming her? Is she even a member of the Gu family?"
Not only the prominent families in the capital, but all families throughout the empire placed great importance on blood ties.
"Ahem." Upon hearing this, while the others remained expressionless, Shen Juanqing lost his composure.
If Ayu really is a descendant of the Gu family.
The Shen family and the Gu family...
"It's nothing. It was just a mission. I couldn't stand those useless people who kept dragging their feet, so I just saved them on the side," Gu Nanyan said.
At that time, almost all of those people were from the Fu family. The person who was taken there to carry out the mission was the third master of the Fu family, so they must have been elites. Now, Gu Nanyan has labeled them as "useless" and "indecisive".
Fu Muqian couldn't help but say, "No, they're not all useless, are they..."
"If you're not a piece of trash, how could you have stayed in Qingchuan City for over a month and not found a single outpost, chasing after a so-called informant for so long without even knowing that the person had been moved? What else could you be but trash?" Gu Nanyan continued to slowly wipe his glasses, his sharp phoenix eyes slightly raised, sweeping directly at Fu Muqian.
"Where were you then? Or rather, where were you all then? Were you indulging in extravagance in this bustling capital, or were you in the turbulent Xihua City, where the city was still brightly lit even at night?"
A chilling voice reached the ears of the other eleven people present, "Do you know what I saw those children being treated when I went in?"
“Some children had been disemboweled, some had been raped, and the rest were tied up. Those people spoke in English about organ trafficking and human experimentation. They traded and played with those children like livestock.”
"When I arrived, several batches had already been sent away."
“Every child is the hope of a family. How many children have they ruined? And how many children who should have been saved have not been saved because of those good-for-nothings’ procrastination?”
Gu Nanyan did not strain her voice or damage her throat. Her expression remained unchanged, her phoenix eyes were as calm as a still lake, and her thin lips simply opened and closed normally.
Silence.
After a long silence, Hua Yueli finally spoke, her voice slightly hoarse, "I promise, it won't happen again in two years."
Although her words were brief, everyone present understood what Hua Yueli meant.
The frail beauty who had been sitting to the side finally spoke, "Ziyan, have you investigated Fuyun Island and the Elders' Council?"
It was already autumn, but the weather wasn't cold yet. However, the heating and air conditioning were already running at full blast inside the house, and most of the other eleven people were wearing cool clothes and had taken off their outer robes.
Only he held a hand warmer in his hands, had a wool blanket over his knees, and was draped in a fox fur cloak.
“The Elders’ Council?!” Lu Ming narrowed his eyes. “The Elders’ Council is jointly controlled by several major families on Fuyun Island, and most of the people in the Enforcement Division are members of the Elders’ Council. I’ve never heard of any connection between the Elders’ Council and the Medical Alliance.”
"Just because there's no apparent connection doesn't mean there isn't one behind the scenes." A flash of coldness crossed Shen Juanqing's eyes. "I'll arrange for someone to investigate right away."
"But Zixi, why did you suddenly bring up the Elders' Council?" The refined young nobleman stroked his teacup, his eyes raised, his voice clear and gentle, tinged with a hint of doubt.
Wei Shengxi lowered his head and remained silent for a long time. The others were not in a hurry either, sipping their tea and eating Tang fruits.
Lu Ming was already preparing tea. As the delicate, light, and rhythmic sounds of preparing tea rang out, the others also put down their teacups and picked up their teacups to prepare tea as well.
Tea ceremony was one of the essential courses for young masters of prominent families in the capital.
After a long silence, she said, "Ziqian, weren't you wondering why I've always been unwell?"
He raised his lips as if he were smiling, and his captivating eyes shimmered with light.
Fu Muqian's hand, which was whisking tea, suddenly stopped, and the tea whisk fell directly into the tea, ruining a perfectly good cup of tea.
"Zi... Zixi, there's nothing to doubt. I... I just want you to be alright." This was what he, and what they had always wondered, was about. But when it came to some personal issues, or more accurately, family issues...
He then decided not to interfere.
Shen Juanqing handed the freshly ordered tea to Wei Shengxi, saying, "We all hope you get better, whether it's Zimo, Ziqian, or us. As for the past, although we were classmates, old friends, and close confidants, there's no need to talk about everything."
Sitting next to Wei Shengxi, Yu Ci gripped her teacup tightly, her long eyelashes obscuring her dim eyes. She knew some old stories.
"Alright," Gu Nanyan put down his teacup, which was already filled with brewed tea. "What a mess this gathering has become. We have a long future ahead of us, why get bogged down in the present?"
"Zixi, Senior Hua Yin is short-staffed, and I recommended you to him. Would you like to go?" She gestured with her chin.
Wei Shengxi reached out and took the tea that Shen Juanqing had just ordered. "I naturally want to go out and take a look, but unfortunately my body is not cooperating, and it's also difficult to explain to my father."
Everyone in the capital knew that the young master of Weisheng was in poor health, and his father doted on him above all else.
Wei Shengxi has never even stepped out of the capital.
"What's the big deal? It's just a matter of acting first and reporting later, what's so scary about it?" Jiang Yuzhu curled her lips and turned her eyes to Gu Nanyan. "Our dear eldest son knows the most about this matter."
Grandpa Gu was once a prominent figure in Beijing, someone even the older generation feared.
Little did he know, his eldest daughter was even more outstanding than him.
“I wouldn’t go so far as to act first and report later,” Gu Nanyan said, ignoring Jiang Yuzhu. “I can visit Uncle Weisheng to discuss this matter.”
“That’s right.” Fu Muqian clapped his hands and cheered. “Anyway, we don’t have anything else to do. Although winter on Fuyun Island is a bit cold, spring comes early. We can go and have some fun.”
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