Aunt Chen answered honestly, "Miss Lu seems to have gone out on business today. She said she wouldn't be back all day and wouldn't come back for dinner. We didn't feel it was appropriate to ask about the details, so we didn't prepare dinner for her."
Mu Yuze was silent for a moment but didn't dig deeper. Then he asked, "What about Mu Ziyue? Where is she?"
Aunt Chen thought for a while and answered honestly, "Young Master, Miss Mu Ziyue said early this morning that she was going to find Miss Lu's friend and would be back at night. But it's already night and we haven't seen her come back yet. The whole table of dishes has gone cold. How about having some, Young Master?"
Mu Yuze was silent for a moment and then nodded. He calmly ate half a bowl of rice at the dinner table.
He usually ate very little at night. Aunt Chen watched her young master getting thinner day by day and felt quite heart - ache.
Mu Yuze wiped his hands with a napkin when someone pushed the door open from outside.
Mu Ziyue came back in a jubilant mood, humming a song.
A faint smile curved Mu Yuze's lips. He asked her casually, "What's up? What made you so happy?"
Seeing her elder brother, Mu Ziyue immediately rushed over, pulled out a chair, sat down opposite him and leaned in, saying, "Brother! You don't know how much I've gained today!"
"Really? What did you do?"
Mu Ziyue was eager to share her joy with others. She quickly said, "I went to visit Han Xiaolv on purpose today. You know Han Xiaolv is on such good terms with Lu Xue. I'm sure I could find out a lot about Lu Xue's past from her! So I took a whole bunch of gifts and paid her a visit. I told Han Xiaolv that if she was willing to tell me about Lu Xue, all these gifts would be hers!"
At this point, Mu Ziyue slapped the table, her tone full of pride.
"Brother, don't you think I'm a genius to come up with such a trick! I just swiped my credit card for 100,000 yuan at the mall in one go and easily bought Han Xiaolv over!"
Aunt Chen choked on a breath and didn't know what to say for a moment.
Mu Yuze continued eating casually without even raising his eyelids.
"So, what did you gain? What did you find out from her?"
Mu Ziyue immediately said proudly, "Of course I found out everything I wanted to know. Han Xiaolv was bought over by me in no time. She answered every question I asked, and every word was the truth! I think my means of getting people under control are getting better and better!"
Aunt Chen really couldn't stand it anymore. She closed her eyes and asked carefully, "Then what exactly did you find out, Miss? Could you tell us so that we can know too?"
Mu Ziyue tidied up her hair contentedly and said self - indulgently.
"I asked Han Xiaolv about Lu Xue's height, weight, gender and hometown. I also asked what kind of clothes she usually likes to wear, what hairstyle she combs, and what type of shoes she wears."
Aunt Chen couldn't help but interrupt, "But we've basically figured these out after living under the same roof with her for so many months. Besides, aren't height and weight obvious?"
Mu Ziyue patted the table in dissatisfaction and said, "I also asked Han Xiaolv about Lu Xue's past love life! I asked what kind of boys she likes, what her aesthetic requirements for the other half are, and what the hard and soft conditions are..."
Suddenly, Mu Yuze looked up and asked sharply, "Then, what did you find out?"
"Han Xiaolv said that in the few years she's known Lu Xue, she's never seen Lu Xue have any boyfriend! So Han Xiaolv herself doesn't know what kind of boys Lu Xue likes aesthetically. But she said she would observe carefully and report back to me after she's done."
Aunt Chen pursed her lips and sighed silently. It was like asking for nothing. After all that asking, they didn't get any useful information.
"Miss, did you ask her what kind of food Miss Lu usually likes and what her taste is? So that I can adjust my recipes accordingly."
Mu Ziyue said, "I did ask! But Han Xiaolv said that so far, Lu Xue's favorite food is what Aunt Chen cooks. She likes everything Aunt Chen makes and loves it so much that there's no need to make any improvements."
Aunt Chen blushed when she heard this and a sweet smile appeared on her face.
Mu Yuze sighed silently in his heart. It was obvious that Han Xiaolv was just fobbing them off. In fact, Mu Ziyue didn't get any practical information at all.
Mu Ziyue seemed quite proud of her gains from this trip, as if she didn't notice at all that she had been casually fobbed off by Han Xiaolv.
"Now, Han Xiaolv basically treats me as one of her own. She tells me everything! And she promised me that she would come back and tell me more after she finds out more information!"
"Miss Mu Ziyue has been out for so long. She said she would be back before dinner, but it's almost eight o'clock now."