Chapter 35

  "Uncle Five, why should I go? Isn't that an official matter for you?"

  These were the words spoken by Bai Yutang after Gong Sun Ce asked for his help.

  Gongsun Ce's face maintained a faint smile as he said, "Retrieving the Qinglong Pearl is indeed our government's affair, but helping the Nie family and Yue Tianqiu seems to be the moral obligation of Jianghu people."

  Bai Yutang slightly hesitated, then raised his chin and said, "Mr. Gong Sun doesn't need to provoke me with words, I won't fall for it."

  Lu Xiaofeng was originally focused on cracking melon seeds beside him, and at this time he calmly inserted a sentence: "Mr. Gong Sun, you'd better not entrust him with it. In the past, the cat and mouse dispute made him lose face. He is afraid that this time, taking over the role of Daxia, will again be a fiasco, and losing face to an extreme degree."

  Bai Yutang glared at her, can't she speak without being so venomous?

  "Am I, Wu Ye, so useless? Can't even beat a mere Wang Gan?"

  "It's all talk and no action, you don't go try it out, who knows if you can actually do it or not, personally I'm very skeptical."

  Mr. Gong Sun smiled very calmly.

  "Hum, Fifth Master, I will definitely make you swallow back what you said today."

  "It's impossible if you come less often." Xiaofeng said matter-of-factly.

  "Hey......"

  "It's useless anyway, once spoken words are like spilled water, how can they be taken back, it can only be forgotten."

  "......" Alright, Bai Yutang had to admit that she was indeed quite reasonable, but - why did it seem like all the reason was on her side?

  "You don't want me to go and mix things up a bit? Alright, for your sake little sister, I'll make an exception this time."

  "Stop," Lu Xiaofeng hastily interrupted, "Bai Wuya, you rest now. I haven't sworn brotherhood with anyone, there's no such thing as sworn brothers. Do you think that without you, Bai Tufa, Gong Sun and the others can only eat hairy pigs?"

  What a rotten metaphor, Bai Yutang expressed strong objections.

  "The more you say this, the more Fifth Master must go?"

  "Must you really go?"

  "Can't get more real than this?"

  "A gentleman's word?"

  "A swift horse with one whip."

  "Then you can go." Little Phoenix continued to focus on cracking her own melon seeds.

  Bai Yutang: "......" Fifth Master, has he been fooled?

  Mr. Gong Sun couldn't help but laugh at this, for the world's affairs have always been about one thing overcoming another. The pampered and arrogant Jin Maoshu, who views laws as nothing, met Lu Xiaofeng, who never plays by the rules yet still manages to play a good hand, just like tofu meeting braising sauce - there's only defeat in store for him.

  Zhan Huwei couldn't handle Bai Yutang, but whenever Bai Yutang met this Lu girl, he had to admit defeat. This is the law of heaven, where justice is served and karma is fulfilled.

  Bai Yutang, who was choked with anger, finally said with a huff: "Girls are really too outgoing." Then he hugged his Huaying Sword and flashed away. He feared that if he stayed with that girl any longer, he would become even more violent.

  Lu Xiaofeng spat out the melon seed skin from his mouth, glanced at the background where Xiao Baishu had left, and felt that she was really inexplicable. What's up with this girl?

  This is just a variation of the "Forcing Law", similar to what Abdominal Black Bamboo uses, but with different operations.

  "Lu's daughter."

  "Master Gongsun, please have a seat and speak your mind."

  Gongsun Ce sat beside her and organized his words slightly before saying: "Miss, the jade pendant you were just about to return to Zhan Huwei?"

  "What's this?" Lu Xiaofeng pulled it down from his waist and put it on the table.

  Gongsun Ce did not avoid it and directly picked it up to take a look. Afterwards, he slightly nodded his head, "This is the work of Zhan Huwei."

  "You also said I gave it back to him, of course it's his."

  "It's said that this has been with Huan Shuai for many years." Gong Sun Ce said in a very implicit manner.

  Lu Xiaofeng nodded, "That's right, otherwise he wouldn't be able to use it as a token to freeload at the Zhang family."

  Gongsun Ce: This girl is too heartless, could it be that she's too outstanding in other aspects, so the heavens decided to make her emotionally dense?

  Perhaps Mr. Gong Sun has inadvertently revealed the truth again, but it's not necessarily so.

  God is always fair, when he closes a door for you, he will still remember to leave a window open for you, so that you won't suffocate yourself.

  "Miss." Xiao He carried a porcelain basin in and called out again, "Mr. Gong Sun."

  "Is Xiaohe girl going to cook for your young lady?"

  "Well, Mr. Gong Sun, why don't you have some too?"

  "In that case, I won't be polite."

  "Don't be polite." Lu Xiao Feng helped Xiao He give him a bowl of dessert and handed it over.

  "Xiaohe girl's craftsmanship is really good."

  "You're overpraising me."

  "Will the young lady be staying at the government inn tomorrow?"

  "Ah, when going out, safety comes first."

  Gongsun Zhi couldn't help but laugh at her words. If she wanted to be safe, she wouldn't choose to wander around outside; staying in the Taishi Mansion in the capital was safer than anywhere else.

  "Isn't the girl worried about Hua Wei?"

  "What's wrong?"

  "This might not end well for Master Pong Tai-shi." Gong Sun Ce didn't avoid mentioning Master Pong in front of Lu Xiao Feng, because he felt that this girl had never had the self-awareness of being a young lady from the Pong Manor.

  "Hmm." Little Phoenix nodded in agreement, almost beheading that stupid cat, it was quite dangerous.

  Gongsun Ce was so thoroughly disarmed by her frank admission that he truly didn't have the self-awareness of a young lady from a prominent family like Fang Manor.

  "Why is that girl still so carefree?" He thought she didn't take it seriously at all.

  What's wrong?

  The little cat was still lively and active in the end, while her adoptive father was so angry that he jumped up and down, it couldn't be more tragic.

  The idol Bao Daren and the Eight Virtuous Kings are an unbeatable combination, they are simply the nemesis of Tai Shi.

  "She thinks that Weijun has a noble bearing." She said so with her mouth.

  "The girl thinks that Huan Wei will be fine?"

  "What could he possibly want?" Lu Xiaofeng asked subconsciously.

  Gongsun Ce smiled at ease, "That's right, what could he possibly have going on?"

  "Mr. Gong Sun, you're quite strange." Lu Xiao Feng looked at him with some suspicion.

  Miss, you're overthinking. I'm just worried in my heart and wanted to find someone to boost my confidence a bit.

  "Oh." Doesn't feel like it.

  "I've eaten enough, I'll take my leave first."

  "Okay."

  "Miss." Xiao He looked at his own missus staring blankly in the direction of Gong Sun's departure, her teeth biting onto a porcelain spoon, and couldn't help but call out to her.

  Lu Xiaofeng thoughtfully said: "Xiaohe, don't you think it's a bit strange?"

  "What's so strange?" The strangest thing is you yourself, Miss. You refuse to understand when it's time to be understanding, just like your mind has been muddled by lard.

  Lu Xiaofeng shook his head and muttered to himself, "Forget it, maybe I'm just overthinking." After being a policeman for so long, it's easy to view everyone you meet as a bad person - this is an occupational disease.

  She grew up in a pile of police officers and was infected with this occupational disease, which is especially severe and cannot be cured.

  Awesome!

  Life can't get any more miserable!

  "Miss, the exhibition hall is closed now."

  "Uh-huh, I know."

  "Do you want to go take a look at him?"

  "The prison provides meals, no need for us to send food."

  Xiao He: "......" I'm truly defeated by you.

  "Miss, what if Master Lao doesn't agree to let Hua Wei go..."

  Lu Xiaofeng patted Yinger's shoulder and said seriously, "Don't worry, Xiaohe, I won't let Tai Shifu casually destroy your idol."

  Xiaohe: "......" She decided to give up communicating with this silly girl herself.

  Lu Xiaofeng looked at Xiaohe in confusion as he took away the entire tray with the ceramic bowl on it, eating his own bowl slowly and thinking: What's wrong with Xiaohe?

  Xiaohe, your professionalism is becoming increasingly questionable?

  Should I be happy or should I be sad?

  Your family's girl hasn't finished eating yet, and you've already taken away the bowl?

  Unbelievable!

  Can't you just give me another serving of rice?

  After finishing the dessert in her bowl, Lu Xiaofeng decided to serve herself another helping.

  "What 'July doesn't lose weight, August A-Mei Zhang' has nothing to do with her, eating one's fill is the top priority."

  Little Phoenix Maiden, holding an empty bowl, ran into Young Master Anle, who was taking in the fresh air in the courtyard.

  "Sister, what are you doing with an empty bowl?" Pang Yu said, looking very puzzled.

  "It's obvious, just get another bowl then."

  "You still want to eat, how did that little girl Xiaohe take away the dessert?" Pang Yu was somewhat displeased.

  Lu Xiaofeng said in a melancholic tone, "Xiaohe's declaration of 'starting to lose weight from tomorrow' was too harsh and hurtful, so... brother, you understand."

  Pang Yu: I understand.

  Little Phoenix continued, "The key issue is, brother, where am I fat? If I lose more weight like this, won't I become a rack of ribs? A pile of bony clothes, how can that look good?"

  Pang Yu thought for a moment and concluded decisively: It really can't be watched.

  Sister.

  "Hmm?" What are you trying to do so quietly?

  Pang Yulai pulled his sworn sister over and whispered to her, "Father is also involved in this matter, is it really good for us to get entangled like this?" Will we be safe from punishment after returning to the capital?

  Lu Xiaofeng also said in a low voice: "Tell me, don't you think that Wang is quite pleasing to the eye?"

  "Not pleasing to the eye." The answer came without hesitation.

  "That's it, giving trouble to those who are not pleasing to the eye is a basic principle of being human."

  "Sister, why do your principles change so often?"

  "Do not doubt, and above all, do not doubt my principles."

  Do you still have principles?

  Pang Yu said he really didn't understand anymore.

  "It's possible that something big has happened, which is why the palace is so eager to retrieve the Qinglong Pearl." Pang Yu indeed did not disappoint as someone who grew up in a high-ranking official's household, his political sensitivity was still more than sufficient.

  "What do you think it will be?"

  "It's hard to say."

  "Think carefully."

  Pang Yu thought carefully and said, "I heard that the Qinglong Pearl has the effect of detoxification. The palace is so anxious to retrieve it, could it be...?" He was shocked, "Could it be that someone important in the palace has been poisoned?"

  This kid has great potential!

  "Really?" Xiaofeng's acting skills were also top-notch, and she pretended to be surprised in a very realistic way.

  "It's very likely."

  "Why don't you just ask Bao Daren then?"

  Pang Yu hesitated for a moment before whispering to Yijie: "If you ask, you can't pretend to be ignorant."

  Really promising!

  Xiao Feng thought so too, so she never asked.

  Even pretending to be muddle-headed requires a certain level of intelligence.

  "Come on, let's go eat something. Don't just sit there daydreaming." Little Phoenix girl invites her sworn brother to go eat with her.

  "Good." The young master An Le was easily hooked away.