"Yeah, then it's a deal." I spoke warmly to the old master.
Lin Huan nodded slightly, his eyes closing somewhat wearily.
I glanced at Yu Longting, "The snakes, drive the snakes away."
"I can take away the other snakes, but the Silk Snake is still inside these people's bodies. If my servants come to any harm, you'll all be buried with them!"
Yu Longting flicked his sleeves, and the snakes obediently crawled back into them one by one.
Lin Huan's eyes were tightly shut, "Just leave already!!"
"Yu Longting, let's go now, I want barbecue. I'm pregnant, and I get terribly hungry if I don't eat soon." I dragged away Yu Longting, who almost lost his cool after hearing Lin Huan's words.
Just as we reached the staircase, Yu Longting picked me up, "Your body isn't well, let hubby carry you."
"Yeah, thank you, Yu Longting." I wrapped my arms around his neck and leaned my head against him, greatly relieved that he didn't go back to cause trouble for Lin Huan and the rest.
Once we got to the barbecue stall, Yu Longting, considering my pregnant appetite, ordered lots of tasty food and also asked the owner to make it extra spicy.
He handed me a giant grilled squid, "Lin Huan, to think he could curse Beichen by causing the death of an innocent girl, clearly shows he's a despicable coward of a man. His words... probably can't be trusted..."
"But the old master has such an imposing and orthodox air about him, I don't think he would harm an innocent girl."
Nibbling on the squid, I casually watched Yu Longting.
Yu Longting couldn't help but chuckle, "The cloth puppet led us straight to that hotel room."
"I think the one who cast the curse, trying to escape Yun Hao with the Soul of the Ancestor of Foxes, is probably the old master's son." I shared my analysis with Yu Longting, "If that person hid in the old master's place, he could be in some corner of that room, which led to our initial misunderstanding that the source of the curse caused by the cloth puppet was the old master."
"In that rundown room, the only place to hide would probably be the toilet," Yu Longting raised an eyebrow.
After finishing the squid in one breath, I moved on to the grilled gluten, "If not in the toilet, then in the wardrobe, Yu Longting! I think Beichen will be alright."
"If you knew that person was in the room, you just had to tell me, and I would have plucked him out immediately," Yu Longting looked at me with interest.
I touched my nose, "I just felt that since it's Old Master Lin's family matter, it would be better for him to deal with it himself. I just don't know if that was the right decision."
"Yeah, it was the right decision." Yu Longting finished off the gluten I was holding and pulled me tightly into his arms.
Blushing slightly amidst the bustling noises of the night market, I didn't push him away. With so many people around and everything so lively, chances were no one would recognize us, "Am I not very clever? I thought of something even you didn't consider."
"It's not cleverness, it's excessive kindness. All your analyses are built on trust in Old Man Lin," Yu Longting's cool cheek pressed against mine, his arms still firmly wrapped around me.
I admitted to his point, for if I had even the slightest doubt about Lin Huan, none of these assumptions would stand, "My mother's surname is Lin; he says he's my grandfather, could I really be his granddaughter?"
"Hehe~" Yu Longting chuckled lightly, his laughter clear and tinkling like broken jade, "Such a round and rotund old man, if he's your grandfather, then it's definitely a case of genetic mutation. I've also seen a photo of Lin Huan's useless son Lin Gang, with his lopsided features, squinty eyes, thick lips, and flat nose, that is the true bloodline of the Lin Family, Lin Huan's seed!"