Mu Shaoling said, "You’d better not tell him about it. He won’t be able to find anything, so leave it to me."
"You?" Yang Chuxia looked at him suspiciously.
Mu Shaoling nodded and said, "He won’t be able to investigate this. It could cost him his life, just like the case of the missing girl. He could only investigate half of it."
"Do you have any leads?" Yang Chuxia asked, narrowing her eyes. "Or do you know who it might be?"
But Mu Shaoling didn’t answer her and suddenly rushed out, leaving his tea behind.
Yang Chuxia was somewhat puzzled. What was going on?
She couldn’t help but look at Ye Zi’an.
Ye Zi’an said, "You know about the Li Family, the Mu Family’s arch-rival in Capital City, right? I told you before, the two families don’t get along, and almost everyone who has a heart knows this."
"And then?" Yang Chuxia asked, "Is it possible that the Li Family is involved?"
Ye Zi’an sighed lightly, "There’s a rumor that the young master of the Li Family is an extraordinary talent, possessing literary talent and a handsome appearance. He could write poetry at the age of three, compose lyrics at five, and shoot down a bird without using his eyes at six." The problem was, "Unfortunately, he’s blind!"
"But that doesn’t prove anything, does it?"
"Xiaxia, the younger brother of the Li Family’s young master is extremely talented in medicine. If Mu Shaoling is a genius, then the younger brother is a prodigy. The two brothers are of the same mother and are legitimate heirs; they have a great relationship."
Ye Zi’an took a sip of water and continued, "Your guesses just now must have reminded Mu Shaoling of this. The Li Family’s eldest young master is blind, the younger one is skilled in medicine, and the Li Family is also one of the prominent families in Capital City, so they are entirely capable of doing such things. It seems that Mu Shaoling is suspicious."
"Listening to you, if I were Mu Shaoling, I would be suspicious too." Yang Chuxia said, but then she looked at Ye Zi’an doubtfully, "Brother An, how come you know everything? Like a walking encyclopedia, how do you know so much about the Li Family?"
Ye Zi’an laughed upon hearing this, "I heard it from others, of course. While running a stall or hanging out at the tavern, you can hear all sorts of things. Actually, I heard about this when I was in school. There was a young master from a landlord’s family in our school back then. He later moved somewhere else. I heard that his family had a relative in the Capital City. When he came back, he bragged about it at school and everyone knew about it."
"So that’s how it is! It’s impressive that you still remember it so well!" Yang Chuxia thought for a moment and then asked, "Brother An, are you going to go back to school next month?"
"Yes!" Ye Zi’an saw that there was no smile on Yang Chuxia’s face, so he asked with a smile, "What, you can’t bear to part with me?"
"Yeah, we’ve been together almost every day. If you suddenly leave for town, I’ll have to do everything by myself, and I’m not used to it." Yang Chuxia said, leaning her chin on her hand.
Ye Zi’an shook his head and pulled her close, "Silly girl, I’m not like Qingrui and the others, only coming back once a month."
"Oh? You’ll come back every day?"
"Of course!" Ye Zi’an held her gently and said, "Qingrui and them are going to school to build their foundation, but I’m different. I’m only going to school to listen to the teachers talk about recent examination affairs. If the school allows it, I can go once every two days. And besides, I can’t bear to leave Xiaxia either!"