What about a girlfriend's exclusive seat?
"Are you trying to blackmail me or do you want me to introduce you to a girlfriend?" Miao Tong shot a glare at Bai Yuqi in the driver's seat.
"Nothing, just testing to see if you, young master Miao, are straight or gay." Bai Yuqi replied casually, then looked straight ahead and started driving.
"Are you bored!" Miao Tong's eyes widened when he heard Bai Yuqi's words.
"Yes, if I weren't bored, who would stay to watch the show?" Bai Yuqi's lips curved upwards.
Miao Tong glared at Bai Yuqi again, his face showing feigned anger, but his eyes were already scanning the interior of Bai Yuqi's car, as if looking for clues.
Xia Qing Tian's presence on Bai Yuqi's yacht should prove they were on good personal terms.
So, was Bai Yuqi involved in taking sides?
What was Bai Yuqi's relationship with Tang Jia Mingzhu?
Unfortunately, by the time the car reached the city center, Miao Tong hadn't found anything. Instead, Bai Yuqi had repeatedly tried to pry information out of him, only to be parried by Miao Tong's evasive tactics.
It was laughable. He, Miao Tong, had always been the one investigating others; when had it ever been the other way around?
Bai Yuqi didn't get any useful information from Miao Tong and felt no regret. He parked the car with a smile, leaning lazily against the steering wheel, his golden hair gleaming. "Young Master Miao, I look forward to our next meeting."
"Hmph, I'm not looking forward to it at all." Miao Tong snorted, closed the car door, and turned to leave.
The moment Miao Tong turned away, the anger and displeasure on his face, and the flippant air of Bai Yuqi, vanished simultaneously.
Their eyes were filled with calculation, and their faces were etched with coldness.
Miao Tong lowered his gaze slightly. It seemed he still had to find a breakthrough from Xia Qing Tian.
Bai Yuqi moved away from the steering wheel and started the car, his lips turned down. It appeared that investigating Tang Jia Mingzhu was unavoidable without dealing with the Miao family.
Meanwhile, Miao Fu returned and first met with the person tracking Xia Qing Tian. "How is it?"
"Xia Qing Tian is not on guard, but the Yue family is very shrewd and cautious. Our people were discovered as soon as they reached the Yue family's vicinity." The person in charge of tracking replied. "Furthermore, it's not just us tracking Xia Qing Tian; preliminary observations indicate at least four different forces have sent people to follow her."
"Four different forces?" Hearing this, Miao Fu's brows furrowed. "Are there people from the Tang family among them?"
"No." The person in charge of tracking hesitated. "We also find it very strange. We would know as soon as the Tang family appeared, but there's no trace of the Tang family there."
"Then who could it be?" Miao Fu tapped his fingers on the table, unable to distinguish whether these people were after Xia Qing Tian or Tang Jia Mingzhu.
Recalling his own deductions, Miao Fu's brow furrowed. "With the Yue family involved, tracking Xia Qing Tian further is not a good idea. Let her be for now; Miao Tong is there anyway."
Upon hearing Miao Fu's words, the others nodded in agreement.
Among the younger generation, Miao Tong was considered a leading figure.
With this matter concluded, someone else brought up another topic: "Is there still no news about the family heirloom?"
"Miao Tong looked for it at Miao Sang's place and found nothing," Miao Fu said with a hint of regret. If it had really been given to Miao Sang, it would have been much easier.
It wouldn't be like this ambiguous situation.
Although the secret of the treasure didn't sound real, it was, after all, the family heirloom.
The Miao family wasn't like the Lu family, which had been annihilated. How could they just lose their family heirloom like this!
"Could it still be with Miao Er?" someone asked hesitantly. "Wasn't he the first to rush to the hospital back then?"
"It's not impossible."
"Miao Er has been quite honest lately; I wonder what he's busy with."
"He seems to be looking for the heirloom too."
"Anyone can pretend to look; perhaps he's just waiting to produce the heirloom at the end so we'll call him family head," someone said dismissively. "Does he deserve it?"
"At worst, we can just leave, and let him be a lone family head, ending up in the same situation as Tang Jia Mingzhu."
"He who does much evil will surely perish by his own hand!"
"Alright," Miao Fu interrupted everyone's words, sighing. "Until the item is found, everything is just speculation."
First, find Tang Jia Mingzhu, then deal with other matters.
This time, they must not let the tiger return to the mountains!
On the other side of the conversation, Yu Zi Xuan's brows were tightly knitted. "Are you sure it was the Yue family who made the move?"
"Yes! We tracked Xia Qing Tian to Yue Shi, and were discovered by the Yue family's thugs." The person reporting, bruised and battered, said, "We knew not to alert them at this time, so we didn't engage in a struggle and escaped promptly."
Yu Zi Xuan glanced at the person's face, feeling that his escape wasn't quite prompt.
However, at this moment, Yu Zi Xuan couldn't be bothered to quibble about this; she was more concerned that Xia Qing Tian's actions had, in essence, involved the Yue family.
Although she knew Yue Cheng Feng had absolutely no connection with the Tang family, she couldn't guarantee the situation with the rest of the Yue family.
It now seemed she had to find an opportunity to visit the Yue family and ascertain the truth.
She could still protect the Yue family now, but if the Yue family were truly entangled with Tang Jia Mingzhu's affairs, it would be troublesome.
"Also, when we were escaping, we discovered that others were also tracking Xia Qing Tian. One group of people should be subordinates of Gou Wen from the organization. I think the person leading them looked somewhat familiar," the surveillance person replied.
"Gou Wen?" Hearing this name, Yu Zi Xuan's brows furrowed.
She certainly knew of Gou Wen. Although she had never actually met Gou Wen, she had heard of her formidable reputation.
Even before Yu Zi Xuan officially began taking on missions, she had heard that Gou Wen treated human lives as playthings, amassing countless wealth for the organization through various illicit means, and was an extremist who would stop at nothing to achieve her goals.
Gou Wen's methods were cruel and insidious, yet she was exceptionally beautiful and alluring.
Why would she be targeting Xia Qing Tian?
Could it be because of Qin Mei and Song Qi?
"Gou Wen handled the mission to eliminate Tang Jia Mingzhu before. Due to an oversight, Tang Jia Mingzhu escaped and fell into our hands," the person hesitated before saying. "Ling Lan, could it be that Gou Wen doesn't want to give up on this mission?"
"That's possible." Yu Zi Xuan pondered for a moment before continuing, "Have the people monitoring Xia Qing Tian keep a close watch on Gou Wen's movements."
If it were Gou Wen, she might resort to any means to achieve her goals and even attack the Yue family.
If it came to that, she would have to eliminate the other party before Gou Wen could make a move.
She absolutely could not let Yue Cheng Feng fall into danger.
Yu Zi Xuan's brows were tightly furrowed, and in her heart, she had already passed a death sentence on the Gou Wen she had never met.