Tang Xiaobai nodded, hesitating for a moment, then asked, "And Ah Xiao—"

As soon as she spoke, she saw the little ancestor walk straight past everyone to her carriage, turning to look at her, as if waiting for her to get on.

Uh... not going with the newly-recognized sister?

Tang Xiaobai asked him with her eyes.

He didn’t move his gaze at all, not even knowing if he understood her inquiry, nor did he glance at Ye Qingrong.

Ye Qingrong also did not look at this brother, instead, she walked up to Li Xingyuan, and with a smile, thanked him: "Thank you for delivering the message today, Qin Rong will never forget your kindness!"

Ye Qingrong’s peach blossom eyes were exceptionally charming when she smiled, with slightly reddened eyes, looking gentle and alluring. Tang Xiaobai felt that if she were the male lead, she should have knelt by now.

However, Li Xingyuan stepped back, pointing at her, "No need to thank me, I’m just following our Second Miss’s orders!" he said with a cheeky smile, deflecting all the credit.

Qin Rong looked at Tang Xiaobai again, her smiling eyes forming crescents, even more charming and enchanting than before: "So it was the Second Miss... how should I repay this kindness from the Second Miss?"

Tang Xiaobai, covering her pounding heart, blushed and said, "It’s fine, take your time to think..."

Ah, this woman, devilishly beautiful!

"I’ll handle the gratitude, no need for sister to worry," Li Mu coldly glanced at Qin Rong, "Sister is tired today as well, head back earlier." With that, he smiled and led the horse away.

Tang Xiaobai saw the siblings discussing harmoniously and felt quite moved.

However, turning her head, she noticed the little ancestor didn’t look so pleased.

"What?" Tang Xiaobai asked with concern, "Reluctant to part with your sister?"

Li Mu gave her an inexplicable look and shook his head, "No."

Tang Xiaobai thought he was being stubborn and continued to console him, "Don’t worry, in a few days, you two siblings can reunite."

Li Mu frowned slightly, saying, "Let’s get in the carriage first."

Tang Xiaobai had just settled into the carriage when she heard him say, "No need to reunite."

"Hmm?" Tang Xiaobai didn’t understand what he meant.

"She’s the adopted daughter of the Ye Family, I’m a retainer of Duke Yan Mansion, no need to reunite," Li Mu said.

Even though they temporarily acknowledged their sibling relationship, the Qin Family’s case hadn’t been overturned yet, and there was no necessity, sentimentally or rationally, to play at "reunion."

Even if there were a need, sentimentally or rationally, for a "reunion," he would refuse.

Though Tang Xiaobai felt separation was not conducive to cultivating sibling affection, it wasn’t her place to comment on someone else’s sibling relationship, so she simply mumbled "Oh" and said no more.

"How did the Second Miss think to invite Qin Rong?" Li Mu asked, as he hadn’t told her about Qin Rong’s background.

"I guessed she had connections with the Qin Family, so I asked Master Yuan to pass a message to her. She anxiously rushed over," Tang Xiaobai sighed, "Look how nervous Miss Qin is about you!"

Li Mu frowned, "She’s just concerned about the old Qin Family case."

"Concerned about the old Qin Family case, but also worried about you!" Tang Xiaobai assumed he was just not used to having a sister yet.

Li Mu was speechless for a while, then said, "I don’t need her to be worried."

Tang Xiaobai initially wanted to persuade him further, but thinking it over, she realized there was no rush, so she changed the subject to current events: "Have you thought about who might be framing you today?"

Li Mu had indeed thought about it and already had a suspect in mind, but couldn’t say it aloud yet.

"If killing Feng Pu was to cover up the truth of the old Qin Family case, then why kill Gongsun Yi?" Tang Xiaobai asked.

"To leave me nowhere to hide," Li Mu said.

The person knew he was gathering strength but wanted to force him out into the open, not allowing him the chance to build up slowly, fearing it would be difficult to control.

Tang Xiaobai pondered for a while, shaking her head, "I think it’s more than that... these two events clashing, doesn’t it seem like they were done by the same person?"

Li Mu agreed with a nod, feeling it was indeed the work of the same individual, well-coordinated.

"Didn’t I say before, I thought the one who killed Feng Pu might be Zhao Jing? Could it be that Zhao Jing is also the one who killed Gongsun Yi?"

Li Xingyuan was just following beside the carriage and, hearing the name "Zhao Jing," gave a sideways glance and smiled.

The little girl sure loved to guess wildly; if Zhao Jing entered the capital, would he have heard no wind of it at all?

Tang Xiaobai continued her speculation, "Just like Feng Pu’s death, at first no one mentioned he met you before dying, until today someone did, maybe because initially, killing him was just to cover the old Qin Family case, and today, that person suddenly realized it could be used for something else, so they added this point;"

"Could it be the same with Gongsun Yi’s death? Initially killed for some other reason, and only thought of using it for this purpose after his death?"