Don't Ask Where People Go After Time Travel

Chapter 1326 Follow your heart

Fang Zilan lowered her eyes and said, "It's a good thing that you want to investigate. But you can't do it all at once. There are too many people and things involved behind this..."

"I know." Li Shengxuan interrupted Fang Zilan in a deep voice, "But what I want to know more now is, how did you know about the Jiang'an paddy field?"

Fang Zilan's expression froze. "You don't believe me, or do you suspect I have ulterior motives?"

"You are talking about the Zhuge family." Li Shengxuan said seriously: "If there is no evidence..."

"If I have evidence, what will you do?" Fang Zilan interrupted Li Shengxuan's words. He pursed his lips and said decisively: "Give me the evidence."

"Give it to you, and never see the light of day again?" Fang Zilan's expression turned colder. Li Shengxuan said word by word: "If possible, I will let the evidence see the light of day at the right time. But I am not you."

Fang Zilan was stunned for a moment, then blurted out, "What do you mean?"

"I hope you can get out of here safely." Li Shengxuan said, pulling Fang Zilan into his arms, and whispered in her ear: "You can leave at any time. This is my selfish wish."

"You..." Fang Zilan had a complicated expression, and Li Shengxuan continued to talk to himself, "I believe what you say, but the power of the Zhuge family is not what you see. If they are also involved..."

He paused, as if he had made up his mind, "Then this game of chess can only be completed by me."

Fang Zilan's expression was gloomy and unclear. After a while, she said, "You dragged me into this game, but now you want to push me away?"

"I'm not..." As soon as Li Shengxuan opened his mouth, he was stopped by Fang Zilan, "Don't even think about it. Everything I have, including the lives of my closest relatives, is bet on this game. Do you want to Am I wise enough to protect myself? Let me tell you, it’s impossible.”

She spoke faster and faster, her tone of voice was more excited than Li Shengxuan had ever seen. He couldn't help but chuckle, "Why did you want to go with me when you knew it was a dead end?"

"I've come here and I can't stop." Fang Zilan sighed and said quietly: "What's more, if two people work together, the chance of winning will be greater. If you have half a percent and I have half a percent, it will add up to one percent."

"10% chance of winning, 90% chance of losing." Li Shengxuan laughed dumbly, "The Fang family has been in business for generations, and the children have always been shrewd. How could we have such a unique daughter like you?"

"If you do things that you are sure to win too much, it will only become boring." Fang Zilan turned her head and whispered in Li Shengxuan's ear: "I have won many times, and it's no big deal to lose once in a while."

Feeling the warm breath beside his ears, Li Shengxuan couldn't help but blush, "I thought you didn't like losing."

"It was true before." Fang Zilan said, moving to the side and slightly increasing the distance between the two of them. "If I lost before, I would lose my life. Now if I lose, someone will lose their life with me, so it's not a loss."

Li Shengxuan coughed lightly, "It seems I have to retract my preamble. You are indeed a member of the Fang family."

"Really?" Fang Zilan didn't comment, and changed the subject: "Now, do you still want the evidence in my hand?"

"I do." Li Shengxuan said firmly. Fang Zilan said thoughtfully, "It may not be appropriate to call it evidence. It is just a few documents from the Southeast Government Office, which record all the paddy fields owned by the Zhuge family in Jiang'an over the years."

"In other words, there is no mention that Shuitian originally belonged to the Hong family?" Li Shengxuan keenly noticed the loophole in Fang Zilan's words, but she nodded nonchalantly, "The record that Shuitian originally belonged to the Hong family is in the Guimen Bogu Hall." After she finished speaking, as expected, she saw a flash of suspicion in Li Shengxuan's eyes, so she explained: "The Guimen Bogu Hall contains documents related to the previous dynasty, and I have read some of them. Otherwise, it would be difficult for me to notice the matter of Shuitian."

Fang Zilan opened the door, but saw Wen Ya standing straight with his back to her. Snow had started falling from the sky and a thin layer of snow covered his shoulders.

"Mr. Wen, you're still here?" Fang Zilan said as she raised her hand to brush off the snow on Wen Ya's shoulders. He turned around and looked over. "Mr. Fang, have you finished your meal?"

"Mr. Wen, please stop teasing me." Fang Zilan coughed lightly and changed the subject: "I'm going to go see Awan and Shangguan Min. It's already dark, why haven't they started setting off fireworks yet?"

Before she finished her words, a brilliant firework streaked across the dark night sky. It was fleeting but extremely bright.

"That's great." Fang Zilan sighed. Cong Rong happened to pass by with a food box and greeted her, "Master Fang, the table in the front hall is almost ready. Master Mo has also gone there. We are just waiting for you to arrive before we start eating."

"I'm coming right now." Fang Zilan nodded in response and walked quickly towards the front hall. Wen Ya, Zhuanlun Wang and Cong Rong followed closely behind. By the time the four of them arrived, most of the people in the mansion were already there.

The housekeeper brought the red envelopes prepared early in the morning to Fang Zilan. After she distributed the red envelopes to everyone present one by one, she instructed the housekeeper to give the remaining red envelopes to other people on duty.

Then everyone took their seats and started eating. Awan and Shangguan Min also ran in after setting off the fireworks.

As soon as Awan came in, she ran to Fang Zilan and asked for a red envelope. Fang Zilan patted her hands and said, "It's hidden in your room. Go back and find it yourself later."

A Wan sat down with a smile on her face and touched Shangguan Min who was sitting next to her. "Where's your red envelope? Did Lord Fang hide it in the room?"

"I..." Shangguan Min opened his mouth but wasn't about to say anything when he saw Fang Zilan waving at him. He stood up and walked over, calling her "Master".

"Disciple, you haven't wished me a happy new year yet." Fang Zilan sat upright, Shangguan Min saluted and said, "Master, happy new year, I wish you good health and no worries."

"Okay." Fang Zilan nodded with satisfaction, and asked the servant to bring a box and hand it to Shangguan Min.

Shangguan Min opened the box, his eyes full of surprise, "Is this the crossbow arrow made by Master Lu?"

"Yes." Fang Zilan took a sip of tea and said nonchalantly, "I'm not used to this thing. You can play with it."

"Isn't this... a bit too valuable?" Shangguan Min put the crossbow arrow back into the box carefully. "Although the weapons made by Master Lu are all precious, there are not many handed down from generation to generation. This crossbow arrow..."

"Happy New Year. Just take it if I ask you to. Why are you talking so much nonsense?" Fang Zilan interrupted him, "Just think of it as the reward you asked for from the craftsman."

Deputy General Cao laughed at the side. Fang Zilan said with a smile: "Old Cao, you also have a share of the credit. What do you want? Tell me."

Deputy General Cao waved his hand. Fang Zilan held her chin with one hand and said lazily, "Don't worry, I have prepared the gift for you a long time ago, but it will take a few days to deliver it. But before you accept it, you have to do something for me."