Chapter 171: Something Fishy (2) (1/2)

Although Wenqing seemed to be curious about the identity of the middle-aged man Third Young Madam had been staring at, since Third Young Madam didn’t seem to want to speak about it, she held back her questions.

The servants who had accompanied her today were all from House Jing’an, so none of them had recognised Chu Qizheng as her father.

When Chu Lian heard Wenqing’s reply, she slipped back into deep thought.

Judging by that situation just now, Lord Pan hadn’t wanted to see her father at all. What changed his mind was something that her father had said at the last minute.

Back then, Lord Pan’s expression had looked very complicated, with a bunch of emotions all mixed together. It could send shivers down anyone’s spine.

In the slowly declining House Ying, Chu Qizheng wasn’t the eldest son, nor someone who was very smart. He clung onto the protection of his family to survive. Up until now, he hadn’t managed to get even a low-ranked slack official position in court. He was essentially useless.

This kind of noble would normally keep meeting the same small number of friends to pass the time. They wouldn’t interact with officials who held actual power in court.

Lord Pan hadn’t even glanced at Chu Qizheng when he first arrived at the estate. However, after Chu Qizheng said something, Lord Pan had not only looked at him, he had even invited him into his estate. It was clear that they were going to be discussing something related to business.

Could her father have found something to use against Lord Pan?

But Chu Lian found this thought too ridiculous; she shook her head and snorted.

How could that be possible!

How could someone in a high position of power like Lord Pan be an average person? Those with power had to have the charisma, ambition, and cunning to get them there in the first place. Even if Lord Pan didn’t have all of those traits, he likely had one or two at the very least.

The very notion that an idle noble like her father, who played around all day, could somehow outplay Lord Pan, who held actual authority in his hands, was laughable. Even the thought of Chu Qizheng holding some sort of weakness of Lord Pan’s was absurd. Perhaps not even a child would believe that!

Furthermore, House Ying had never been connected with the Pan Estate. The two men had probably never even met before, so the chances of such a thing decreased even further.

Chu Lian frowned and tried to recall the events of the book. However, she couldn’t think of any details relevant to the current situation as it was now. In the end, she could only give up.

She would cross that bridge when she came to it. Even if her father was plotting something, it was none of her business now. Married daughters were like water; once thrown out, they were no longer connected to their original family. She was now a member of House Jing’an as He Sanlang’s wife.

After reassuring herself, Chu Lian finally relaxed.