The Lady of the Prestigious Family is a Big Boss-Chapter 783, Jumped into the lake (1)

Ye Jiuliang pursed his lips with a smile and dragged out a hum, "How would I know if you don’t tell me?"

Li Mochan chuckled, knowing she was teasing him on purpose, and gently scraped the tip of her nose, "Naughty."

"Ah."

A sudden scream shattered the tranquility of the night.

It was Anuo’s voice.

Ye Jiuliang frowned, "Let’s go and see."

Moonlight reflected on the lake surface, ripples shattering into myriad glinting stars like a scattered Milky Way.

The intermittent cicada chirps were suddenly drowned out by Gu Xinuo’s voice.

"Ji Mingqian, did you eat too much, or is there something wrong with your head?"

"What happened?" Chu Chen hurried over to the sound, sprinting to Gu Xinuo’s side.

"I was just swimming, do you have to make such a fuss?" Ji Mingqian interrupted.

Chu Chen then noticed Ji Mingqian in the lake and his lips trembled slightly.

"..."

Had he lost his mind?

"You were hungry tonight, catching fish in the lake?"

Ji Mingqian rolled his eyes, "It’s hot. Can’t I swim?"

He had no idea she would come this way; besides, he hadn’t meant to scare her.

Women are such a hassle.

"Who swims like you, silently floating on the surface of the lake? You suddenly popped up in the middle of the night. If people didn’t know any better, they would think they’d met a Water Ghost," Gu Xinuo complained irritably.

Hearing himself compared to a Water Ghost, Ji Mingqian’s face was a picture of speechless disbelief.

Was there ever such a handsome Water Ghost?

Such judgment really...

"What Water Ghost?" Ye Jiuliang also arrived on the scene, catching Gu Xinuo’s comment and playfully asking.

Li Mochan’s cool gaze swept over the lake and saw Ji Mingqian soaking in the water, his eyebrows slightly raised.

With biting sarcasm, he said, "Ready to jump in the lake so soon?"

"Hahaha."

Laughter spread through the air.

Ji Mingqian’s handsome face darkened as he glared at Li Mochan, slapping the water and causing it to splash.

"Hey, Li Mochan, which eye of yours saw me jumping into the lake?"

Li Mochan smiled silently.

"Not jumping into the lake? Then what exactly are you doing now?" Ye Jiuliang glanced at him, eyes twinkling with teasing mirth, "Don’t tell me you’re swimming. Who swims fully clothed?"

Ji Mingqian humphed, "I do what I want. Can you control it?"

"We never intended to interfere." Li Mochan took Ye Jiuliang’s hand, ready to leave, "Let’s go."

Staring at his retreating back, Ji Mingqian’s forehead throbbed with a bulging vein, full of frustration.

He tried to endure, but couldn’t help calling out, "Li Mochan, stop right there."

Beside him, Chu Chen struggled to suppress a laugh, a glint of schadenfreude in his eyes.

Among those present, only Gu Xinuo was still in the dark.

Li Mochan paused in his steps, turning his head to look at him, feigning ignorance, "Something else?"

Ji Mingqian, with his long arms and legs, quickly swam to the edge of the lake without getting up, raising his eyes to Li Mochan, "I’m going to the Dark Hall."

Without beating around the bush, he said directly, "I want to see him."

After he spoke, Gu Xinuo still didn’t understand, her big watery eyes filled with confusion.

Who did he want to see at the Dark Hall?

Turning around, Li Mochan leisurely watched him, his tone mild, "Are you asking for my opinion now?"

Ji Mingqian gritted his teeth and nodded unwillingly.

If only he had known, he should have sabotaged more when he was pursuing Ajiu. To let someone like Li Mochan, that bastard, snatch away the cabbage from his own garden so easily.

Now, looking back, it truly felt like a loss.

Li Mochan looked at him with a more amused expression in his eyes, "And if I refuse, what do you plan to do?"

"Then I, I’ll just keep soaking here." Ji Mingqian bluntly resorted to acting shamelessly, knowing he was not in a position of advantage.

Hearing this, Ye Jiuliang chuckled. Her Li Mochan was not the type to be swayed by such tactics.

"I am not someone else, if you want to keep soaking here, I don’t mind," Li Mochan said in an unhurried manner.

Ji Mingqian looked dejected and finally softened his tone, "Then you tell me, what exactly do I need to do to see him?"

Li Mochan’s smile faded from his face, "Have you made up your mind?"

Unlike before, Ji Mingqian nodded without a second thought.

Li Mochan gazed at him steadily, and after a long moment, his cool voice rang out, "You don’t need to go to the Dark Hall, he’s gone, not there anymore."

A bolt from the blue struck him out of nowhere. Ji Mingqian failed to react for a moment.

In a daze, his complexion changed.

Immediately after, he propped himself up with one hand and leaped up, landing steadily on the ground with both feet. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

As he emerged from the lake, he was drenched from head to toe.

With every step he took, water dripped from his hair.

Ji Mingqian hurried over to Li Mochan with an anxious expression, "What do you mean he’s gone? Wasn’t he in the Dark Hall?"

"Li Mochan, you better not be deliberately deceiving me."

Li Mochan looked at him with a calm gaze, "He truly is gone, you can go to the Dark Hall yourself and see if you don’t believe me."

"When did he leave, are his injuries healed?" Ji Mingqian grabbed Li Mochan’s arm, urgently inquiring.

"Why did he leave? Is it because you told him I was going to the Dark Hall, so he left?"

Li Mochan pulled away from his grasp, giving him a look of disdain, "He just left today, said he wanted to go out for a walk, and he’ll return home in a few days."

"Go for a walk?"

Ji Mingqian was struck dumb, a bad feeling growing in his heart.

Is he really giving up?

"Li Mochan, has he already made up his mind?" he asked in a hoarse voice.

Li Mochan’s face showed no change, "Perhaps."

Ji Mingqian clenched his fists and yelled, "What do you mean perhaps, I absolutely won’t allow it."

As he finished speaking, he ran off.

Call him selfish or whatever, he just wanted to tie him to his side. He was the one who made him see things clearly, so he should be responsible for him.

Li Mochan watched his receding figure, a meaningful smirk appearing at the corner of his lips.

The person beside him nudged him with an elbow, "Why did you agree to tell him?"

She had thought he would help Asheng keep it a secret, but unexpectedly, he so readily revealed Asheng’s whereabouts to Aqian.

Li Mochan shifted his gaze and looked down at her, "Asheng has left the Dark Hall, and it won’t take long for him to be found by Ji Mingqian; telling him doesn’t matter."

With Ji Mingqian’s capabilities, finding Asheng would be effortless.

But even if he found the person, there were still bigger challenges waiting for them.

Meanwhile, Gu Xinuo had been listening to their obscure conversation without a clue.

She turned her head towards Chu Chen, asking incredulously, "Achen, is Aqian looking for Yisheng?"

Seeing that she hadn’t caught on, Chu Chen couldn’t help but want to laugh, lightly nodding his head.

"Why is he looking for Yisheng? Did he do something to wrong Yisheng?" Gu Xinuo speculated, recalling Ji Mingqian’s reaction just now.

Their voices were not too loud or too soft, so Ye Jiuliang and Li Mochan heard everything clearly.

"It seems emotional intelligence can be contagious," Li Mochan glanced at Ye Jiuliang and teased.