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Chapter 348 Fearless and Reliable: Speculation about the Mastermind Behind Lan Palace

Just after hanging up the phone, Jiang Hanying saw Pei Yuan peeking in from the bedroom doorway.

"What?"

"Sis, are you done making the call?"

"The fight is over."

"I just wanted to hang the clothes out to dry on the balcony."

Jiang Hanying was speechless for a moment, "Why don't you just go directly there?"

"I was just afraid of disturbing your phone call with Instructor Li."

"How did you know that the person calling me was, cough, the instructor?"

Pei Yuan immediately smiled like an aunt, "You speak to Instructor Li in a completely different tone."

"Alright, that smile doesn't look good on you, stop!" Seeing that Pei Yuan's smile wasn't so strange anymore, Jiang Hanying continued, "Where's the difference in your tone?"

"Well, she's a bit spoiled, like she's not afraid of making the other person angry no matter what she says, she's fearless and acts very naturally and intimately."

After saying that, Pei Yuan ran off to the balcony to hang up the clothes.

Jiang Hanying was left sitting on the bed, resting her chin on her hand, deep in thought.

Have it?

Is she really talking to her cheap owner as Pei Yuan described?

Li Chengxiao looked at the mark on his palm that was flashing again. Its presence was so strong that it was impossible to ignore.

At first, the mark was just a white line that seeped directly into the flesh, and its exact shape was impossible to discern.

But as time went by and the lights appeared more often, the white mark became clearer and clearer, no longer as blurry as it was at the beginning.

Will the final shape be a sword?

That sword... which once appeared in his dream!
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Duanmu Long carefully pushed open the door and tiptoed back to his room.

She had just made a phone call in the courtyard to the friend who lent her the Lan Palace identification code, asking about some things and explaining some things, which took up a little time.

Thinking that my great-aunt should already be asleep, I didn't want to wake her up.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I entered the small hall, I saw my great-aunt sitting by the window reading a book while wearing glasses.

The heart beats once.

Looking out into the yard from my great-aunt's angle, you could definitely see that she had been making a phone call there for quite a while.

Duanmu Rongrong first put down the book she was holding on the table next to her, then took off her glasses and placed them on the book before looking up at her: "You're back."

"Grandma, it's so late, why aren't you asleep yet?"

"I was just about to go to sleep when I saw you come back without even coming inside. You were on the phone for so long. And you, didn't you go to that Lan Palace with Jiang Hanying? Why are you back so early? Wasn't it fun inside?"

Upon hearing her mention Jiang Hanying and Lan Palace, Duanmu Long's expression immediately became somewhat unnatural.

"It's fun..."

Upon seeing this, Duanmu Rongrong couldn't help but laugh. "Could it be that Jiang Hanying has done something unexpected again?"

Duanmu Long looked at his great-aunt's calm and wise eyes with admiration, "Great-aunt is truly a genius."

“I’m not sleepy yet. Come, sit down and tell me what that girl did that made you come back so early.”

Duanmu Long originally wanted to ask her aunt about the owner of Lan Palace, but even the girl who lent her her identification code didn't know this information.

Although her great-aunt had never been to Lan Palace, since she knew of such a place, she guessed that she must know something about it.

"Grandma, do you know who the real owner of Lan Palace is?"

“Wow,” Duanmu Rongrong couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow, “You’ve managed to get to the boss behind Lan Palace with this question. It seems you’ve really done something big this time.”

Duanmu Long quickly waved his hand, "I didn't do anything, I just sat there quietly and ate a meal. No, half a meal, I came out before I even finished eating." "Then do you want the chef to make you something else to eat?"

"No, no, I'm not hungry, and I don't feel like eating."

"You should have heard of the owner of Lan Palace, the one who is publicly known."

"I've heard of it?"

"Li Zhi, the CEO of Qingli Entertainment, is also Yuan Chaoyu's agent."

"It's her!" Duanmu Long was somewhat surprised, but he quickly remembered the prefix his great-aunt had mentioned earlier. "You said she's the boss on the surface, so she's not the one in charge?"

"I can only guess who truly holds power in Lan Palace."

Duanmu Long couldn't help but take a light breath.

Who are you guessing?

"You met Yuan Qingzhuo, the head of the Yuan family of Lanshan, after the banquet the day before yesterday."

"Lanshan and Langong both use the character 'Lan' from the phrase 'water far away, waves and green,' so perhaps you guessed correctly."

However, thinking of the head of the Yuan family, Duanmu Long's thoughts couldn't help but drift away.

She knew very little about this Mr. Yuan; in fact, she knew almost nothing about him.

Although the Yuan family and their Duanmu family both have their strongholds in the capital, the Yuan family has always been a mysterious presence in the capital's high society circles.

Yuan Chaoyu, the eldest daughter of the Yuan family, has directly entered the entertainment industry, and unlike her friends who are just dabbling in it, she seems to intend to cultivate a lifelong career in this industry, just like her great-aunt.

If Yuan Chaoyu is considered excessively high-profile, then this Mr. Yuan is excessively low-profile.

Given that they belong to the same circle, the number of times she has met Yuan Qingzhuo since childhood, including this time at Queshan, can be counted on one hand, which speaks volumes.

Not to mention face-to-face conversations, which have never even happened once.

Since the other party had no connection with her, her status as the eldest daughter of the Duanmu family seemed insignificant in their eyes.

So it's just because of Jiang Hanying?

But it's even more impossible for Jiang Hanying to have any contact with that person!

Or……

"...Taki? What are you thinking about so intently? I've called you several times, but you still haven't told me what happened at Lan Palace?"

Duanmu Long snapped out of his daze, suppressed the gloom that was creeping into his heart, and replied in as light a tone as possible, "We attended a 'Seeking Fragrance Night Banquet,' the kind of banquet where you can eat and watch shows at the same time, with the food and shows complementing each other."

"Sounds good."

"Yes, it was indeed a pleasure. We were enjoying the performance until the sword dance segment. Suddenly, Jiang Hanying threw her cup onto the stage, interrupting the dance."

"How did she interrupt? Did she throw the cup at the dancer?"

Duanmu Long didn't expect his aunt to ask such detailed questions. After thinking about it carefully, he replied, "It seems to have been thrown into the hand holding the sword. The force must have been quite strong. The person couldn't hold the sword for a moment, and it flew into the audience seats, almost injuring a guest."

Duanmu Rongrong nodded thoughtfully, "And then you just came out? The people from Lan Palace didn't stop you?"

"No, after Jiang Hanying interrupted the sword dance, she went on stage and walked up to the dancer. She seemed to say a couple of words to her, and her expression was quite cold, so it probably wasn't anything nice. When she came down, she picked up the sword that had flown off, broke it, and threw it back onto the stage."

Duanmu Rongrong: "...This girl really has guts!"

"You're praising her? Her outburst really scared me. I was even thinking of calling you for help, lest we be detained by the people from Lan Palace and asked for an explanation." Duanmu Long said, a hint of confusion on his face. "I didn't expect Lan Palace to just let us out."

"After you came out, didn't Jiang Hanying explain to you why she interrupted the sword dance and broke the opponent's sword?"

“I told her, and she said he wasn’t good enough for him.”

Duanmu Rongrong: "...I knew I wasn't wrong, this girl is really interesting!"

Duanmu Long: "..."

After failing to understand Jiang Hanying's explanation, she now couldn't understand her great-aunt's words either!

Who will save her?