Unlimited estates for rural beauty-Chapter 715: Grand Finale (19)

"The Nangong Family tried to persuade Nangong Xiu, saying things like ’let go, don’t be stubbornly misguided.’"

"What did Nangong Xiu say then?"

"Nangong Xiu was very calm and simply said, ’I will certainly not give up that easily.’ After that, he opened the door to his study, walked out, and luckily, our spy acted quickly — otherwise, we wouldn’t have been able to hear even this bit of news."

Feng Xuxu shook her head with a slight smile. That spy really had good luck. Under normal circumstances, wouldn’t Nangong Xiu have detected someone outside the door with his martial arts skills? And would he have given that spy a chance to escape? That would be strange.

Dugu Chen took her hand and pulled her back to sit down, asking, "Then how did you start to suspect Nangong Xiu?" 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

"It’s not just suspicion. I started paying attention to him after we were attacked by Xie Wenbin when we returned to the country. As you said, everyone has flaws to some extent, but only Nangong Xiu seemed as clean as a sheet of white paper. I don’t know if he’s just good at hiding, or if he really is that innocent. But on second thought, considering Nangong Xiu could become friends with the Demon Lord, it’s clear he’s not a straightforward person. So the only explanation is that he’s extremely good at concealing himself."

"Even if a person is extremely good at hiding, it’s hard to successfully accomplish anything without an accomplice. He operates from behind the scenes, while another person takes the lead. That way, no matter how much we investigate Nangong Xiu, he still appears as blank as a piece of paper. After all, all the deeds, openly, have nothing to do with him." Dugu Chen followed up on her words, which could also explain why, despite all the investigation, no evidence against Nangong Xiu had fallen into their hands so far.

Feng Xuxu nodded, but then another doubt emerged. Why would a wealthy merchant from Luo County obediently follow the orders of one with neither as much wealth, power, nor status as him?

"What kind of background does this Nangong Xiu actually have, to make a leading merchant obediently listen to him? It’s inexplicable."

Dugu Chen furrowed his brows tightly, shaking his head in confusion: "It’s indeed puzzling. A prince living in exile, with a noble lineage and enviable wealth, would actually follow the orders of an obscure person. It’s truly an oddity."

At this moment, a tiny voice came through: "What’s so strange about that?"

They both looked towards the entrance of the hall and saw Qiqi and Yueyue leading their little sister by the hand, shakily walking inside. Xiaoyu saw Daddy sitting on the chair and let go of her brother and sister’s hands, scampering over with her short legs, and called out sweetly: "Daddy, hug, hug."

Dugu Chen scooped up his daughter, who had just started walking not long ago, smiling like a blooming flower on his face. Qiqi and Yueyue had already got used to this behavior. Ever since their sister Xiaoyu was born, Daddy’s embrace was always reserved for the little sister.

Feng Xuxu pulled Qiqi closer: "Did you just hear what your daddy and I were talking about?"

"Yes, I heard the last part of what Daddy said, none of the beginning." Qiqi, blinking his peach blossom eyes just like Dugu Chen’s, looked at Feng Xuxu with an amused expression.

"You tell us then, why isn’t this strange?"

Qiqi rolled his grape-like eyes and made a secretive gesture with his finger at Feng Xuxu.

Feng Xuxu pursed her lips in a smile, bowed her head, and listened attentively to her son’s words with her ear tilted toward him.

"Mommy, if you give me two days off, I’ll tell you quietly."

Feng Xuxu sat up straight, looking at her son who was blinking mischievously, laughed, and agreed: "As long as your reasoning is sound, then I shall give you two days off."

Upon hearing that, Qiqi beamed with joy, cleared his throat, and said: "Mom, if you swap the identities of those two, wouldn’t that solve it?"