The Peerless Beauty Stuck With Me

Chapter 1527 - 1526: Diversion

"Oh, I see, I thought you knew nothing."Actually, Tang Rao's mind was like a clear mirror, clearer than anyone else's, and Wang Han almost got delayed by her own wit.

"If you hadn't said anything just now, I would have really thought you were just a playboy who knows only pleasure without any care in the world."

Is this what Tang Rao's image is in Wang Han's mind? Indeed, it wasn't very noble!

"You've always thought I'm a playboy, so you use me to marry, then find opportunities to seek your so-called freedom and true love?"

Anyway, every time Wang Han talked about Tang Rao being a playboy, not a good person, Tang Rao would seize the chance to say Wang Han was using him, using his feelings, using his marriage, until Wang Han shut up. Wang Han understood the tricks, but facing Tang Rao's words, she couldn't think of a counter-measure to deal with him.

"I'm too lazy to quarrel with you."

Wang Han simply turned away, concentrating on her own tasks.

"Have you found out what Zhou Runfa was doing at that time?"

Tang Rao, being tactful, hadn't left for long when Yin Qiao returned with news.

"Of course, Miss has never been disappointed with what she entrusted to Yin Qiao."

While claiming credit, Yin Qiao reported on events to Wang Han, "When the Eight Great Vajra came to the Kao Shan Sect, Zhou Runfa took fake Eight Great Vajra to Beidao Island Master Mansion, asking the Northern Island Master for an explanation. It was only hours before Zhou Runfa poisoned the people of Northern Island."

At that time, Yin Qiao was puzzled why Zhou Runfa, going back to the Island Master Mansion, meant seeking trouble, yet was determined to go there. What did that mean?

If not implying he had things more urgent than getting himself into trouble?

The only pity, Yin Qiao was dull and couldn't comprehend the stakes involved.

"Miss, why did Zhou Runfa bring eight fake Vajra to the Island Master Mansion for trouble? If Northern Island's master were to be enraged, wouldn't he fear exposure of the fake Vajra around him, trapping him in a dilemma?"

Not at all.

Wang Han sucked on her finger, paced back and forth, then glanced out the window where small birds on the tree made distraction to fight territory with other birds, seemingly she understood something.

"Yin Qiao, Tang Rao has many spies arranged in Tingzhou. If it were you, seeing Zhou Runfa with eight similar figures around him, would you doubt their authenticity?"

Yin Qiao shook her head; she certainly wouldn't.

Zhou Runfa was such a proud master, would he, without reason, not bring the Eight Great Vajra he's proud of but instead bring fakes? He wasn't afraid of being too full.

"Therefore, Tang Rao's spies might, guarding against everything else, overlook this point, resulting in Zhou Runfa's use to divide and catch him off guard."

Wang Han concluded definitively, and Yin Qiao heard and agreed.

First divide and act separately to lure away Tang Rao's spies, then arrange for the Eight Great Vajra under Qin Qing's secret guidance to enter the Kao Shan Sect.

He thought eight against one, especially when Tang Rao wasn't prepared, the outcome was so certain it couldn't be more certain. Pity Zhou Runfa imagined Tang Rao in a way different from reality, reality wherein he wasn't so vulnerable; his luck was consistently good, how could he easily die?

"Zhou Runfa truly desires the Young Master dead, huh?"

Was Yin Qiao's question nonsense?

"If someone killed your grandson, wouldn't you as a grandfather want to kill the culprit for revenge?"

A simple truth not easily understood from an outsider's perspective becomes obvious when experienced personally.

"But on the West Island shore, back when they assassinated the Young Master, it was said the Young Master simply took away the woman who killed the Zhou Family Second Young Master, and the real murderer was the Yue Er brought back by the Young Master. If the Young Master handed Yue Er over, would they stop longing for the Young Master's life at any time?"

Yue Er?

As contact with Tang Rao grew frequent, Wang Han regretted returning Yue Er to Tang Rao initially.

She thought Yue Er was a spy arranged by Tang Rao to be by Wang Han's side. Additionally, not believing Tang Rao would be kind enough to assign a maid, she outright refused Yue Er's service and had Tang Rao call Yue Er away.

Only when she wanted to use Yue Er to dig secrets of the Zhou Family did she realize Yue Er wasn't around, making it much harder to seek her out for questioning.

"Speaking of this Yue Er, have you heard where Yue Er stays, who she usually hangs around with?"

Even a recluse like Yue Er would interact with people upon arriving at the Kao Shan Sect, wouldn't she make friends with someone?

"Even without Miss asking, Yin Qiao will investigate. Besides, this Yue Er truly keeps to herself at the Kao Shan Sect, she acknowledges only the Young Master, taking his words as her mission, truly regarding herself as the Young Master's maid."

A woman who liked the Zhou Family Second Young Master, Wang Han couldn't believe her family background was lacking.

Even though Tang Rao saved Yue Er, making her his maid in the process, no one would think Yue Er was so easily subdued from the heart.

"Do you think it possible? A man saves a woman, and the woman only has two attitudes towards the man: either to repay by becoming an ox or horse in the next life or to repay by offering herself in return. This Yue Er might not be simple either."

If Wang Han felt like marrying Tang Rao, it was like jumping into a pit for no reason, and once inside, it was perpetually dark with no end in sight.

"Miss, Zijing City is so complex. Why don't we leave? After all, Miss doesn't like it here, doesn't like the Young Master, we have the Purple Crystal, we could find a place to live anywhere."

Life in Zijing City was more convoluted than in the West Island Master Mansion, facing intrigue and rivalry upon arrival, facing contention and mutual slaughter—such days were unlike those of someone like Miss who grew up in the tranquil Dead Water.

Yin Qiao imagined living in a small house with Miss, going across the world seeking justice. She tried to direct her fantasies towards a life Wang Han liked, thinking it might amuse Wang Han. Unfortunately, Wang Han didn't feel a bit joyful from the grand vision Yin Qiao painted, instead becoming pessimistic due to the possibility of lesser contact with Tang Rao.

"I've sent Jin Qiao out and don't know when she'll return; even if we're to leave, we'll still need to wait for Jin Qiao to come back before we plan it out."

Wang Han neither agreed nor outright refused, leaving herself with plenty of options.

Meanwhile, Qin Qing returned to her garden drenched in sweat, the fright-induced perspiration on her skin and her face abnormal in a reddish hue.

"Chun Ping, prepare some bathwater for me, I need to wash up."

Qin Qing changed out of her clothes, burned the garments to ashes in the corner of the garden, and returned to her room reeking of smoke for a bath and change of clothes.