Chapter 388 Lying and getting your head knocked off?
"What if Wanwan and I have a falling out..."
Leng Yanluo gritted his teeth: "I'll try to persuade them!"
"Deal." Murong Ting waited for him to finish speaking before quickly answering Kong Wange's call.
In the past, he would never dare to make Wanwan wait for more than three seconds during a single phone call; he must have been incredibly bold to do this today.
After answering, Kong Wange's first question to him was, "Why did it take you so long to answer the phone?"
Murong Ting panicked for a moment and explained, "I was taking a shower and didn't bring my phone."
"Oh." Kong Wange asked without any suspicion, "Has my brother contacted you recently?"
Murong Ting glanced at the cold-blooded Yama in front of him and said guiltily, "Ahem, no."
Kong Wange asked, "Why is your voice trembling?"
Murong Ting: "I wasn't dried off, and the wind was blowing in through the window. It's cold."
"Alright, then hurry up and wipe it off so you don't catch a cold. I'll go ask my master again."
"good."
After hanging up the phone, Murong Ting let out a long sigh of relief and said with some regret, "Brother-in-law, I still feel that it's not right to lie to Wanwan. How about you soften your stance and I'll only tell her? Is that okay?"
Leng Yanluo raised his hand and patted his shoulder, saying earnestly, "Tingting, there's no turning back once the arrow is released. There's only zero times or countless times when it comes to lying. Now you've been labeled a liar. I remember you and Wanwan just made up, right?"
"Old wounds haven't healed and new ones have been added. Even the strongest couple can't withstand such a test. If you lose Wanwan's trust at this critical juncture, it will be difficult for your brother-in-law to help you."
Murong Ting gritted his teeth: "You cunning old fox, you're ruthless!"
Leng Yanluo chuckled lightly, "Let's wait a bit longer. Once your relationship with my sister is more stable and I've made a bigger breakthrough, I'll let you know. We can talk then. If there's nothing else, I'll be going now. An'an is still waiting for me at home."
After taking a few steps, Leng Yanluo suddenly turned back and instructed, "By the way, keep an eye on your men and don't let them talk too much."
Murong Ting silently clenched his fist.
...
On the way back to Anjia.
Lin Cheng sat in the front passenger seat, his arm, which Leng Yanluo had twisted, still throbbing slightly. Looking in the rearview mirror, he said to Murong Ting, "Young Master Ting, what did you and your brother-in-law just talk about? What secret is he hiding? Does he have any ill intentions towards our aunt?"
While fiddling with his phone, Murong Ting said, "His heart is indeed dirty, but not wicked."
"Oh, so you still want me to beat him up? We've eaten together before, it'll be so awkward if we meet again."
Murong Ting dialed the phone, glanced at him, and said, "The point is that the four of you couldn't beat even one of them, that's what's embarrassing!"
Lin Cheng: "..."
He wanted to retort, but Murong Ting simply made a "shh" gesture at him, and then said tenderly, "Wanwan."
Lin Cheng silently exclaimed "Huh?" in his heart.
"Did you find out where your brother is?" Murong Ting asked somewhat guiltily.
"I just asked, and my master said he came to Kyoto to resume his job a long time ago, but he didn't contact me even though he came to Kyoto. It's too strange."
Murong Ting tentatively asked, "Reinstatement?"
"Oh, actually, my brother has been a teacher at the Imperial Academy for several years, in charge of the precepts. Later, in order to take care of me, he frequently traveled between China and abroad. His work is prone to offending some wealthy and noble families and attracting hatred, so he usually keeps a low profile and is very mysterious. Few people know his identity. If I hadn't confirmed with the people in the academy a few days ago that he had indeed returned to work, I would have suspected that he had really disappeared."
Murong Ting cleared his throat: "Wanwan, now that it's confirmed he's back at work, he must be fine. He's probably just busy with work, which is why you two haven't been able to see each other. Don't worry about it. We haven't seen each other in a long time either. Why don't you say you're worried about me?"
Kong Wange: "...We just finished talking on the phone."
"Can a phone call and a face-to-face meeting be the same? The ancients said that a day apart feels like three autumns. You do the math yourself, how many autumns have we been apart? That's long enough!" Murong Ting argued irrationally with a straight face.
Kong Wange was amused by him, and then, as if remembering something, she said, "Alright, it just so happens that I haven't visited your aunts since I came to Kyoto. Why don't we find some time to go back and visit them together?"
She thought that if she said it, Murong Ting would happily agree, but to her surprise, the person on the other end remained silent.
After a moment, she said somewhat perfunctorily, "It's okay, there's no rush. My aunt and the others aren't the type to complain. You go ahead and do your thing. Besides, it wouldn't be good if the Wen family saw this."
Kong Wange thought about it and agreed: "Alright then, let's wait a little longer. Could you apologize to my aunts for me first?"
"good."
After saying that, Murong Ting mustered up his courage and asked, "Wanwan, let me ask you something. What would you do if someone lied to you?"
"It depends on the relationship and the reason for lying. If the relationship is bad, it doesn't matter."
"What if it's someone you're very close to?"
"Hmph, twist his head off!" Kong Wange's tone held a hint of danger: "Murong Ting, are you hiding something from me?"
"No, no, how could I lie to you? I wouldn't dare. Well, it's getting late, you should get some rest too."
Murong Ting let out a long breath and hung up the phone.
Lin Cheng listened from the front, glanced at the person behind him, and asked with some confusion, "Young Master Ting, are you not going to tell the young mistress about your brother-in-law's matter?"
Murong Ting immediately retorted defiantly, "Go ahead and tell her! Who said I wasn't going to tell her? I'm just going to tell her later. You all better shut up!"
The crowd bowed and replied, "Yes!"
A silence fell over the car. Unable to bear the silence any longer, Lin Cheng brazenly asked, "Young Master Ting, the young mistress just offered to go back to the An family with you to visit your aunts. It was such a great opportunity, why didn't you want to?"
In the back seat, Murong Ting looked out at the deep night, his eyes slightly darkened, and he remained silent, lost in thought.
After a long silence, he spoke, but it was about something else: "Lin Cheng, have you discovered anything while you were monitoring the Wen family these past few days?"
Lin Cheng paused for a moment, then replied, "It's strange, Wen Zhengning suddenly sent someone to Jiangcheng."
Murong Ting thought for a moment, his eyes flashing, and ordered, "Notify Chu Ning to find a way to control this person in Jiangcheng, the longer the better."
"yes!"
...
After hanging up with Murong Ting, Kong Wange checked her phone before going to bed and noticed the WeChat message An Jing had sent her.
[Wanwan, sorry, the internet was bad just now and the connection dropped automatically.]
Kong Wange then remembered the unfinished voice call she had with An Jing.
Is the internet connection bad?
Tsk, who would believe that?
She typed rapidly: [Tell me the truth, who's the man in your house? Have you got a new boyfriend?]
Anjing: 【…No! Just a regular friend!】
Kong Wange asked suspiciously: "Why would a casual friend stay at your house so late?"
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