"Miao Tong is a boy." Xia Qingtian looked speechlessly at the person wearing the green fish head monster mask.
"Ah? Oh, right, then, you misheard. I'm not Miao Tong, I'm Miao... Tongtong!" The person wearing the green fish head monster mask said, waving their hand. "Just call me..."
Before she could finish, Xia Qingtian leaned forward and yanked off the green fish head monster mask.
"Ouch! You pulled my hair!" The mask was removed, revealing a small, wronged face flushed red from exertion. Her round, big eyes were full of complaint. "Qingtian! What are you doing!"
"I pulled Miao Tongtong's hair, what's it to you, Tang Erya? Huh?" Xia Qingtian held the mask in her hand, her eyes narrowed as she looked at Erya, raising an eyebrow.
Hearing Xia Qingtian's words, Erya knew she was in the wrong and shrank back into the driver's seat.
"Confess! What exactly is going on!" Xia Qingtian said exasperatedly. "Otherwise, I'll tell Miao Tong all the foolish things you did today, and tell him he has a new sister starting today, named Miao Tongtong!"
"No way!" Erya immediately widened her eyes in protest. "That annoying Miao Tong is already bothersome enough. If he finds out about this, who knows how he'll blacken me! Qingtian! You're the best, please keep it a secret for me! I just wanted to help..."
Erya cast a pleading look at Gu Yaoyang, who was beside Xia Qingtian. Gu Yaoyang just spread his hands, looking helpless.
Between his wife and his friend, he would definitely choose his wife.
"No loyalty..." Seeing that Gu Yaoyang wasn't helping her, Erya mumbled. She looked at Xia Qingtian again, and seeing that her expression hadn't changed at all, she pursed her lips and confessed.
When Erya spoke with Gu Yaoyang today, she had actually made a round of calls complaining. Everyone had warned her not to mess around.
Erya felt underestimated and wanted to prove that she wasn't that useless and could actually help.
So, after much thought, Erya decided to take a risk at the Tang family's place, at least to deal with the fake patriarch.
Thinking of her face, which was nine-tenths similar to Da Ya's, Erya deliberately bought a mask and hood to sneak into the Tang family.
Who knew that the moment she landed, she had already been noticed by the Tang family.
"What is that thing?" the person in the monitoring room frowned, staring at the screen. "Quickly inform them, someone has infiltrated the Tang family!"
Soon, a group of people entered the monitoring room. The young man in the lead was the one the Tang family revered as the new patriarch.
If Xia Qingtian were here, she would have recognized him at a glance. This was the young master she had suspected, Nie Qingkong, Xia Qingyu's classmate.
However, by this time, he had already changed his surname to Tang, and his full name was Tang Qingkong.
"Patriarch," seeing the new patriarch arrive, the person sitting in front of the monitor immediately stood up and made way.
"Enlarge it." Tang Qingkong stared at the figure on the screen. He found it strange that the Lei family had suddenly broken their cooperation. He had been the one discussing the treasure matters, so why was the treasure map suddenly going up for auction?
If he guessed correctly, it should be a third-party force that had infiltrated and taught the Lei family a lesson, which was why the third young master Lei had acted that way.
However, he didn't know if the intruder today was from the Lei family or that reckless third-party force.
Looking at the person on the screen wearing the green fish head monster mask, with suspicious movements, everyone frowned, speculating who this person was.
Only a few had a slight flicker in their eyes, feeling that the person's figure seemed somewhat familiar.
"Patriarch, should we send someone to deal with her?" someone beside him asked Tang Qingkong.
Even though they didn't know who it was, anyone who dared to intrude into the Tang family at this juncture was definitely not to be trifled with. To avoid further complications, it was better to kill them.
Tang Qingkong was about to speak when he saw the person on the monitor clumsily and anxiously take out their phone and put it to their ear.
"Turn up the volume, I want to hear what she's saying." Tang Qingkong immediately ordered upon seeing this.
Following that, a deliberately lowered female voice came from the audio pickup.
"Hello? Qingyu? Why are you calling me at this time? I'm busy!"
Hearing this address, Tang Qingkong's gaze shifted, and the hand resting on the table immediately clenched into a fist.
"Erya, I wanted to ask about my sister's situation. She went to Kyoto today, have you seen her?" Xia Qingyu knew that if she called Xia Qingtian's number, given Xia Qingtian's habit of reporting good news and not bad news, as long as she was alive and could breathe, she would definitely tell her that everything was fine and to rest assured.
Even though she had already contacted Mr. Gu, she was still a little uneasy.
So she thought of Erya, who was staying in Kyoto. If Xia Qingtian was okay, she should have contacted Erya.
"Qingtian? She's fine. We were just together. Don't worry." Erya looked around and said in a low voice, "I have important things to do right now. I'll call you back later when I get back. That's all for now, muah, muah, muah~"
After saying this, Erya hung up her phone and continued to sneak around the Tang family.
Seeing Erya like this, many people were pondering a question: isn't this person a fool...
She's an infiltrator, yet she has no sense of being an infiltrator?
She answers all kinds of calls and even kisses?
How can she be so carefree?
The one named Qingyu probably won't receive a call back from this guy.
Today, she will never return!
"Get her out," Tang Qingkong said, looking at the screen.
"Okay, we'll arrange for people to silence her... What?" The other person was stunned and looked at Tang Qingkong in disbelief. "Get her out? D-do you mean to keep her alive..."
Was this still the decisive young master who had smashed all the bones of the doubters the moment he arrived at the Tang family, claiming he wanted to see how "hard their bones were"?
"Patriarch, this person trespassed into the Tang family at night, and who knows what she's after. If you ask me, to avoid further complications, we should..." the person's words were interrupted by Tang Qingkong.
"Are the Tang family's rules so lax? Are others allowed to question the patriarch's words so casually?" Tang Qingkong shot a cold glance, as if asking: Are you telling me what to do?
Meeting Tang Qingkong's gaze, the person immediately shivered and dared not speak again.
Tang Qingkong stood up and walked out, his brow furrowed, seemingly annoyed with himself.
Why was it that whenever it involved Xia Qingyu, people or things would repeatedly break his own rules?
In the end, Tang Qingkong could only say exasperatedly, "If you're still upset, just use the dogs to drive her away. Life and death are determined by fate, and wealth by heaven."
After saying this, Tang Qingkong strode away.
Later, the Tang family indeed released more than ten hunting dogs kept in the backyard, chasing Erya away in a panic.
The above is the entire process.
"That's roughly... how it went," Erya said aggrievedly. "I didn't do anything, and they let the dogs bite me. They're so mean!"