Tang Yun’s eyebrows and eyelashes trembled gently, and she remained silent for a long while before she finally spoke, "He’s a freshman in high school this year, I arranged for him to board at school when the term started, and as for the future..."
At this point, Tang Yun paused.
With downcast eyes and a touch of coldness creeping between her brows, "If I’m still alive, I will raise him until he is eighteen, but if..."
Yue Lan, listening to Tang Yun’s words, felt a twitch in her eyelids and interrupted directly, "What nonsense, of course you’ll be alive."
Tang Yun smiled and continued speaking indifferently, "If there’s an accident, his real mother is still around, it’s not up to me, a stepmother, to worry."
"Tut-tut-tut," Yue Lan said immediately upon hearing this, spitting three times, "You’re talking nonsense again, nothing will happen, don’t say such things anymore."
Seeing this, Tang Yun did not say anything more.
The Imperial City Shadow Pavilion is the main branch, occupying a much larger area than the branches in other cities, with a very ancient style.
Unlike the other branches she had visited before, which had only an ancient decoration style, the Shadow Pavilion in Imperial City has both ancient decoration and architectural styles, with an entire courtyard built.
In the courtyard, there were pavilions on the water, winding corridors, artificial mountains, and green bamboo, all in a moment giving Gu Zhiqi the illusion of stepping into the Su Residence.
Upon learning that Su Yunling had arrived, Manager Zhang personally led them to a private room on the water.
The room was surrounded by a few weeping willows, standing outside the room by the pond, with the surrounding scenery reflecting in the green waters, just looking at it was refreshing to the soul.
Crossing the stone bridge over the water led to the private room.
Manager Zhang led them into the private room and, after they had ordered food, he went out to relay the orders.
While waiting for their meal, a WeChat voice call came in. Gu Zhiqi glanced at it and saw it was from Gu Yuluo. She didn’t really feel like answering it.
However, after receiving a red envelope from Gu Yuluo, Gu Zhiqi changed her mind.
After collecting the red envelope, she slowly stood up, said, "I’ll take a call," and then rose to leave the private room.
Outside the private room was a corridor by the water, where several willow trees were planted. Their branches draped in the water, the prevailing breeze would sometimes stir them, dancing light wisps that ripple out in circles, making the reflections in the pool ripple and transform.
Gu Zhiqi leaned against the railing of the corridor, just about to press the answer button when Gu Yuluo on the other side hung up the voice call.
Immediately after, two messages came through.
[Gu Yuluo: Accepting my red envelope and not answering my call?]
[Gu Yuluo: Full of question marks.gif]
Gu Zhiqi sent back two messages leisurely.
[Qiqi: Was about to answer]
[Gu Yuluo: Wei Jingyu is looking for you, urgent!]
[Gu Yuluo: Any later and someone’s life might be at stake!]
Seeing this, Gu Zhiqi remained silent for a moment, thinking that this person... seemed quite fond of spending money as a messenger.
After leisurely replying to Gu Yuluo’s message and exiting the chat, just as she was about to look for Wei Jingyu’s WeChat, another message from Gu Yuluo came in.
[Gu Yuluo: Can you do a divination for Shen Tong’s whereabouts?]
[Gu Yuluo: He’s been missing for several days now, and we’ve been tracking for quite some days without success. Wei Jingyu has had several Diviners calculate Shen Tong’s whereabouts, but the results all say that Shen Tong is no longer in this world.]
[Gu Yuluo: After you’ve done the calculations, tell me the results first, don’t tell him.]
Gu Yuluo typed fast, sending three messages without much delay. Gu Zhiqi took a quick glance but did not immediately engage in divination. Instead, she first sent a message to Gu Yuluo.
[Qiqi: Paying for it?]
Three seconds later, Gu Zhiqi received an anonymous transfer.