Chapter 574 Testing
Qianliu turned her head, her eyes filled with doubt: "Today is the last day of the month. Mr. Tang is going to the company to preside over the monthly summary. Miss Xu, have you forgotten?"
Wen Luoyun paused slightly, then smiled and said, "Look how busy I've been these past few days, I've lost track of time. It's already the end of the month again."
Qianliu glanced at her and nodded: "Miss Xu must be exhausted from all this trip."
Wen Luoyun quickly followed his lead and began to recount how arduous and difficult her journey back had been.
As Qianliu listened, she nodded slightly, seemingly having forgotten the little incident that had just occurred.
When they reached a fork in the road, Wen Luoyun instinctively turned left, only to find that Qianliu was not following.
Her heart tightened, she stopped in her tracks, and turned to look at him: "Why did you stop?"
Qianliu pointed to the side and said calmly, "Miss Xu, aren't you going to the medicinal cuisine room? It's this way."
Wen Luoyun instinctively tightened her grip on her backpack, then smiled and said, "I'll put my things back in my room first, tidy up a bit, and then go to the medicinal cuisine room. You can go ahead and do what you need to do; I can go back to my room by myself."
"Alright." Qianliu nodded slightly, but didn't move.
Logically, he should have left by now, but he just stared at her, his eyes dark and unfathomable.
Wen Luoyun felt a chill run down her spine for some reason.
She subconsciously recalled what she had just said. Although there were a few flaws, she had managed to cover them up, and logically, it shouldn't have aroused any suspicion.
But this person's reaction...
Wen Luoyun pursed her dry lips and forced a smile: "What's wrong with you...?"
Qianliu slowly spoke, "Miss Xu, has something been forgotten?"
Wen Luoyun's heart skipped a beat, and a hint of nervousness unconsciously crept into her eyes.
Qianliu then said, "This time when I go out, I'd like to ask you to bring back two bottles of saffron oil."
Wen Luoyun composed herself and smiled as if she had just realized something, "Oh, right, look at my memory! I brought the saffron oil for you, it's in my bag."
Wen Luoyun remembered the saffron oil in Xu Ruoyun's bag, but she didn't expect it to be for Qianliu.
She quickly took it out of her bag and handed it to Qianliu.
Qianliu looked at her, took the saffron oil, and said, "Miss Xu, besides the saffron oil, is there something else?"
besides?
There was nothing else in her bag except for the medicinal herbs.
Wen Luoyun's breathing quickened involuntarily.
What is the other thing?!
Just how much stuff did Qianliu get Xu Ruoyun to bring for him?
She went through Xu Ruoyun and Qian Liu's chat history, and neither of them mentioned this part at all! It must have been a phone call or a face-to-face conversation.
With each additional second of her silence, she could feel Qianliu's scrutiny of her growing more intense.
No, we can't continue like this.
Her mind raced, trying to recall if there was anything else Xu Ruoyun had left in her bag.
Suddenly, she realized what was happening.
Oh, and that dagger she was carrying in the middle of the night!
Xu Ruoyun tried to kill her with that dagger, but in the end, she killed her instead.
She initially thought the dagger was just an ordinary fruit knife and didn't pay much attention to it, but now she thinks it's suspicious.
For a woman like her, even for self-defense, carrying pepper spray is more practical than carrying a knife.
Moreover, the knife seemed to have intricate patterns on it, so it was probably not a simple fruit knife at all, but rather...
She made up her mind to take the gamble and looked at Qianliu with a smile: "You mean that knife, right?"
Across from her, Qianliu's increasingly sharp gaze, which seemed to pierce through her, froze, replaced by a look of scrutiny and doubt.
After a moment, he nodded: "Yes, Miss Xu promised to bring me back a Tibetan knife."
His master was an elderly lama from Tibet who had spent his early years in Tibet and was accustomed to using a Tibetan knife for self-defense.
However, over the years he had been in Kyoto, the Tibetan knife he carried with him had become old and no longer sharp, so he took advantage of Xu Ruoyun's trip to Tibet to bring back a new Tibetan knife for him.
When Wen Luoyun realized that she had made the right bet, her heart, which had been pounding in her throat, finally returned to her stomach.
She said with a regretful look, "To be honest, I specially picked out a Tibetan knife for you that was in excellent condition, but unfortunately it fell into the sea and couldn't be retrieved."
"You know I had an accident on my way back, I almost lost my life. I was lucky to have preserved these herbs. How about I bring them back for you next time?"
Qianliu was silent for a moment before saying, "Then forget it. Your safety is the most important thing. I'll figure out how to buy the things myself later."
Wen Luoyun sighed: "It's not that I don't want to help you, but I'm already incredibly lucky to have brought these medicinal herbs back alive this time."
Qianliu nodded and said, "Then Miss Xu, please go and prepare the medicine. I won't disturb you any longer."
"Okay, take care."
Qianliu gave her one last deep look, then turned and left.
Seeing him walk away, Wen Luoyun loosened the bag strap, which was soaked with the sweat from her palms, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
This man was more difficult to deal with than she had imagined.
That makes sense. This person is so cunning that he has been an undercover agent by his uncle's side for so many years without being discovered. How could he be an ordinary person?
She slowly exhaled a breath of stale air. The information she had gathered from the chat history on her phone was far from enough. She needed to figure out everything about the Tang family in the shortest amount of time. Otherwise, even with Xu Ruoyun's face, she probably wouldn't be able to convince others.
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