Chapter 49: He Finally Caught Them up (1/2)

Translator: Flying Lines

Proofread by Claire.KK

When it was all settled, Xie Mengxuan departed. They respectively rode a horse along the way and had a short rest on an occasional basis. Different from those noble ladies in the Imperial Capital, Xie Mengxuan was better at horse riding than men.

Uncle Luo and Gu Yusheng were a little bit surprised at her.

Girls tended to be delicate, more or less, while Xie Mengxuan was an exception.

After two hard days’ journey, they arrived at a place called the Twilight Town the next evening. Considering their needs to change their horses and buy some clothes and solid food, they had to take a rest for one night.

“Xuan, we’d better find a place to put up for the night. Purchases could be made tomorrow.”

“Okay. Let’s roam around the town first.”

Xie Mengxuan nodded as a response, but she somehow put forward such a request. Gu Yusheng looked a bit confused while Uncle Luo was very clear about the whole matter.

In the end, they chose the Twilight Restaurant where business was booming. The waiters were more diligent, and moreover, the menu on the wall was manifest at a glance.

After having some dinner at random, they rested on the second floor. In the deep night, it turned silent in the street while Xie Mengxuan was still awake. A pigeon fluttered from the window into the room.

Xie Mengxuan put down the cup of tea which helped stimulate her. She caught the pigeon in order to get the message in its mailbox. It only took a glance to make her face change.

Geng Zhishan had gone missing!

Her subordinates failed to meet anyone. What was wrong?

Xie Mengxuan was on pins and needles, but it was impossible for her to go back in the current situation. After a short moment of thinking, she fed the pigeon at first. She fetched a white note and took something down. When she placed the note well into the mailbox, she immediately set the pigeon free.

She didn’t have a peaceful sleep over the night, but she forced herself into sleep for the arrangements on the following day.

On the early morning of the next day, there came the roar of traffic from outside. Xie Mengxuan could no longer fall into sleep so that she got up to dress herself. Without greeting to Gu Yusheng and Uncle Luo, she directly left the Twilight Restaurant.

The Xie family was doing business around all corners of the country. As well there was some property of her family in the Twilight Town, but it remained secret rather than obvious.

As a result, when they didn’t wake up, she might as well go to ask about the related information as soon as possible.

However, when she had visited several shops in a row to ask about the situation in the Imperial Capital, she ended up with nothing. They were all overcautious in speech as if their lips had been sealed. The sole advice from them for her was to go to Jiangna first.

The heart of Xie Mengxuan sank at once. Now that they refused to utter a single word, even if she made a detailed enquiry, she would fail to figure out the truth. She could do nothing but shelve her question.

Xie Mengxuan muddled along in the street and purchased some clothes at will. She didn’t return until she bought solid food for the journey.

To her surprise, the instant she reached the entrance of the Twilight Restaurant, she saw someone familiar standing there, facing Gu Yusheng.

Even though the man didn’t turn around, she already recognized that he was Geng Zhishan.

Gu Yusheng pulled a long face. With his back towards her, she failed to notice the look of Geng Zhishan, but she was immediately excited with joy and also anger.

Filled with fury, she strode forward. “Geng Zhishan!”