Chu Hengyuan was shocked. "Lanlan, don't tell me you've long anticipated that we'd come here?"
Rong Lan put on her small sunglasses. "No, no. I wear sunglasses just in case the sun is too bright and affects my vision."
Standing right behind Rong Lan, Si Mo, who had conjured a mask and sunglasses for this little fox, gave a soft snort. But he had to admit that the little fox had come up with a really good excuse.
However... the little fox could actually see him even though he'd used the invisibility spell? It seemed that the little fox's cultivation would recover in just a few days.
He'd just come over and wanted to quietly stand behind the little fox as an on - looker. But he'd received a wink from the little fox, and he'd almost been scared out of his wits, thinking his invisibility spell hadn't worked properly.
"What a coincidence," Chu Hengyuan didn't suspect much. "Then we just need to wait until it gets dark. We'll start taking action after nightfall."
"Okay!" Rong Lan pretended to look back casually and glanced at the transparent Si Mo.
God knows when she was on the phone with Xie Xinxin and suddenly felt a chill behind her. When she looked back and saw a transparent figure, she'd almost let out a scream. She'd even thought she'd run into some ghost again.
Thankfully, fearing she'd scare the person on the other end of the phone, she'd managed to control herself and not scream. After taking a few more looks and confirming it was Si Mo's features, she'd finally calmed down completely.
"It'll probably take about half an hour until it gets dark. Let me treat big brother to roast chicken!" The little fox was almost drooling over the roast chicken stalls in the food street.
She put it so grandly that Chu Hengyuan almost felt embarrassed to refuse. He looked back at the bustling food street at the moment. "How about I treat Lanlan to skewers?"
Skewers? Skewers were fine too. When she'd passed by the skewer stall just now, she'd seen chicken strips, chicken chunks, and fish chunks. Fish was her favorite meat besides chicken. Rong Lan was just about to nod, but before she could make the move, she heard Chu Hengyuan's "but".
"But—" Chu Hengyuan couldn't see the little girl's eyes through the sunglasses, but his intuition told him that she must be secretly accusing him of having a "but". He smiled helplessly. "Lanlan has to eat one vegetable skewer for every three meat skewers. Can you do it?"
Rong Lan: "..." Could she say no?
It seemed she couldn't. She knew Chu Hengyuan was doing it for her own good. The human body was too fragile, and a balanced diet was very important.
The little fox gritted her teeth. "Okay! Let's go over there then!"
"Alright."
The invisible Si Mo was almost amused by the little fox. Her reluctant look was just too much.
Half an hour later, the two of them, having eaten their fill, put on their masks.
Chu Hengyuan sent Rong Lan to the alley. Then he started to disguise himself as a food delivery guy and went into the internet café to deliver a letter to Xie Feng.
With Chu Hengyuan gone, Si Mo started a conversation with the little fox. "Little fox, how do you plan to beat him? In the face or in some places that can't be seen?"
Hearing Si Mo's voice, Rong Lan rolled her eyes. "That's not important! Si Mo, you didn't even tell me that Xie Xinxin and Xie Feng aren't blood - related!"
"Hmm?" Si Mo was stunned. "They aren't blood - related? But I didn't know this. I can only see Xie Xinxin's past. I can't know things she doesn't know."
Rong Lan gave a soft snort.
Si Mo opened the folding fan in his hand and waved it. "If they aren't blood - related, then who isn't a child of the Xie family?"
Rong Lan's expression was solemn. "I'm 90% sure that Xie Feng isn't a child of the Xie family."
"Tsk—This is getting interesting," Si Mo sneered. "Since you're 90% sure that Xie Feng isn't a child of the Xie family, on this basis, I'm also 90% sure about the reason why he became a child of the Xie family."
Rong Lan adjusted her sunglasses. "I've asked Xie Xinxin to invite her mother to the store tomorrow. If her mother is willing to go, we'll know the truth tomorrow."
"Tsk—I'll definitely go to work on time tomorrow." Si Mo, who had never been late but always arrived just in time, thought he could arrive earlier tomorrow so as not to miss any interesting things.
The two didn't get to chat for long. Rong Lan, standing against the wall, heard footsteps approaching from afar.
She shook the sack in her hand and got ready to pounce on the person, knock him down, and cover his head with the sack.
Si Mo took two steps back, keeping a distance from this little fox who seemed to be hunting, in case he got accidentally hurt in the fight as an innocent on - looker.
After thinking for a while, he still raised his hand and cast a small spell on the little fox to reduce her presence, preventing the person walking in from seeing Rong Lan and instinctively running away.
Rong Lan held her breath. When the person was about the right distance from her, she stretched out her foot and kicked hard.
"Ouch!!!" A scream echoed through the alley.
Si Mo rubbed his ears and raised his hand to set up a sound - proofing formation. The scream was too loud. What if it attracted some righteous people?
After knocking the person down, Rong Lan squatted down, put the sack over the person's head, tied the opening of the sack with a rope, and then stood up, clapping her hands.
"Big brother! Big brother! Didn't we agree that I'd pay you the money this weekend? What do you mean by this?" The person lying on the ground curled up into a ball, protecting his head, and his voice trembled as he spoke.
Rong Lan tilted her head. Just as she was about to answer, she heard footsteps again.
She took off her sunglasses and looked towards the entrance of the alley.
This time, the person walking over was Chu Hengyuan.
Chu Hengyuan, who had come late because he'd gone to change his clothes, never expected that his little wife had already knocked the person down. He'd thought he'd be in time to help.
"Big brother! Do you want to raise the interest? If you do, just send me a message. We can discuss everything. There's really no need to go to such lengths," Xie Feng, not having heard an answer for a long time, couldn't stand the silence and spoke again.
Rong Lan grabbed Chu Hengyuan's sleeve with one hand and pointed at the person curled up on the ground with the other, indicating for him to answer Xie Feng's question.
She really couldn't imitate a male voice, and since Xie Feng kept calling "big brother", she couldn't let the cat out of the bag.
Chu Hengyuan glanced at the person on the ground who was trembling all over in fear. For the first time, he truly realized that this beloved of the Xie family had been spoiled. Just being covered with a sack had scared him like this. If it were Xie Xinxin here, even if she got beaten, she'd definitely fight back and make sure the other person didn't get away easily.
He cleared his throat. "The big brother didn't come today, but he sent us here. We have a few things we want to ask you."
"Y - you can ask."
Chu Hengyuan looked at Rong Lan. He'd set up the pretext that they were sent by the "big brother", so she could just say whatever she wanted. Anyway, whether male or female, since they were under the identity of being sent by the "big brother", Xie Feng had to answer their questions properly.
Rong Lan gave Chu Hengyuan a thumbs - up. Chu Hengyuan's excuse was very clever. She liked it! He really was her perfect match!