Love letters are not allowed in the exorcism notebook!-Chapter 460 - 38: Now is the Acting Competition Section

Acting?

Wang Yunxiao was startled and immediately asked, "Do you think that the play they just put on was all for our benefit?" 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

"Not just now, but from start to finish, it was all an act."

Old Master He pointed with his chopsticks at He Lan, who was looking just as confused sitting nearby, "Including this little girl, she’s also acting in front of us, father and son. Their initial goal was to make me believe that this child is indeed your senior brother’s flesh and blood. Did you really fall for their meandering nonsense?"

I don’t think so!

Wang Yunxiao thought to himself that he had been merely a spectator throughout, without his brain engaging at all.

"Then why are they putting on this act for us?"

"They’re afraid I’d trick them."

"The Jade Seal is fake?"

"They think it’s fake, so they left this little girl behind as a spy. If I start to believe her, truly treating her as my own granddaughter, I’d naturally speak freely around her about things that are not to be discussed in front of outsiders. Am I right, Little Lanzi?"

"You must be senile!"

He Lan said coldly, "You actually handed over the real Jade Seal? Where in the world is my father?"

Old Master He laughed and said, "Since you insist on acknowledging my disciple as your father, let me test you with a question. If you can answer it, I will tell you that kid’s whereabouts, how about that?"

He Lan frowned and said, "I haven’t read much, you can’t give me too tough a question."

Old Master He roared with laughter, "What culture could an old thief like me have? The question is something we’ve already discussed just now, why did I decide to bring out the Imperial Jade Seal that I had hidden for more than a decade?"

He Lan was suddenly at a loss for words.

Old Master He picked up a slice of donkey meat, put it in his mouth, and said leisurely, "Whether you take after your father or your mother, this question shouldn’t stump you. The fear is... if you take after neither, just some child your mother randomly picked up from a trash heap, then there’s nothing I can do!"

He Lan’s eyes sparkled, and after pondering for a moment, she turned her gaze toward Wang Yunxiao.

Wang Yunxiao quickly gestured with his hands, "I know nothing, it has nothing to do with me."

However, He Lan still scooted over from the kang, wrapped her arms around Wang Yunxiao’s arms, trapping them against her chest, and whispered into his ear, "Junior Martial Uncle, please help me~"

Hiss...

This sister has some serious curves under her clothes.

Wang Yunxiao was about to decline when He Lan bit his earlobe gently.

"Hey! Don’t pull that stuff on me! I’m a decent man!"

"Junior Martial Uncle~"

He Lan’s voice was like honey laced with bee stings, making Wang Yunxiao’s skin crawl.

"How about we go out tonight?"

"Where to?"

"A nice place, just follow me..."

Wang Yunxiao hastily coughed and pushed He Lan away, but she just giggled and licked his palm, leaving it all wet with her saliva.

This creature is deadly seductive, clearly that innocent act was just for show.

Wang Yunxiao looked at the saliva stains in his hand, unsure whether to wipe them off or not. He Lan, seeing his chick-like expression, became even bolder, moving closer behind him, wrapping her arms around his neck, her agile tongue touching his tender lips as she softly murmured, "Junior Martial Uncle~"

"Your dad might just be outside watching you right now!"

Wang Yunxiao thought to himself that if she kept it up, he really might lose control. And she should be thankful for the great universal harmony’s protection, or else he would have surely taught her a lesson tonight.

However, his words had an immediate impact. He Lan seemed to genuinely care about her father, whom she hadn’t met since her memory began. She gritted her teeth, put away her flirtatious demeanor, and whispered in Wang Yunxiao’s ear, "There’re only the three of us in this room now, the old guy won’t budge, so it leaves only you. If you don’t come up with something today, don’t blame me for showing you some color!"

Wang Yunxiao helplessly said, "Do you want to ask about your father, or about the Jade Seal?"

"Start with my dad!"

Wang Yunxiao sighed deeply, picked up a piece of donkey intestine, and said to Old Master He, "Master, if I’m not wrong, my senior brother should be the owner of this donkey meat restaurant, right?"

The soft body pressed against his back suddenly stiffened.

"Impossible!"

He heard He Lan exclaim softly in his ear.

"You took a walk outside and brought back the Jade Seal. I can only guess this. Of course, to confirm this guess, we’d have to involve First Ms. Liu."

"You only mentioned their acting skills, never that they tell lies. I think, at least the matter between First Ms. Liu and my senior brother is true. Miss Lan is indeed my senior brother’s flesh and blood, no doubt."

"Impossible!"

He Lan gritted her teeth, "My mom told me that my dad should be hiding in Cangzhou City. Over the years, we two turned Cangzhou County City inside out. The shopkeeper of the donkey meat restaurant has been coveting my mom’s beauty and even tried to bribe me privately. But I checked his background; his family has always been in the donkey meat business and never left Cangzhou, how could he possibly be my dad?"

"Have you ever considered the possibility that your mom might be lying to you?"

He Lan was stunned.

"Why would my mom lie to me?"

"It’s actually not that complicated to explain everything, putting aside all the complicated plots and schemes. The crux of the issue is only one — why did my senior brother steal the Jade Seal and then hide it."

Wang Yunxiao turned to look at He Lan, "What do you think he did it for?"

He Lan remained silent.

Wang Yunxiao was not in a hurry. If she couldn’t understand this issue, even if he continued, she wouldn’t comprehend it.

"For... the country?"

He Lan said softly, "My mom told me, he couldn’t stop those people from betraying the country, so he had to resort to this stupid method, hiding the Jade Seal..."

"Your mom came from a brothel, she learned how to please men, why would she care about such matters that only men care about?"

This time, He Lan did not correct the misconceptions about her mother’s background but fell into deep thought.

"If your mom were merely from a brothel background, having made such a big name for herself in the Jianghu World, she wouldn’t need to care about these so-called national duties. Yet she not only taught you these principles but also came to Cangzhou to do legitimate business. If she really wanted to make money, wouldn’t sticking to her old profession be faster?"

"She..."

"Clearly, this isn’t something a single woman can decide to do; there must be a man behind the scenes holding her heart."

Wang Yunxiao smiled, "I heard them talking about your dad’s disappearance in the river incident, and the first thing I thought of was there’s a mole among these people working with your dad. Your mom is the prime suspect since everyone knows she had an affair with your dad. To rid herself of suspicion, the simplest method was to raise you like this, making it seem like her heart is cold and her face merciless."

"As for the owner of the donkey meat restaurant, I guess when you were searching, you only considered strangers who suddenly appeared in Cangzhou County City or the surrounding villages after the incident, strangers whom nobody knew — that’s a reasonable assumption, but have you ever considered the possibility that your dad has always been the owner of that donkey meat restaurant, just occasionally stepping out to do some thievery?"

He Lan murmured in astonishment, "He used to buy me candy, feed me meat, and make me call him dad. I always thought..."