Why did you provoke me?

Looking into Nangong Tianshou's eyes, Yu Meng understood what he meant.

"Senior Nangong, look at me, I'm just a few cats and mice, what use am I?" This was the first time Yu Meng had addressed Nangong Tianshou in this way.

"Of course we can't use force. They've ruined the Zhou family. This is my only place to stay, and I won't do anything reckless." Nangong Tianshou's tone was solemn.

"Then tell me your thoughts?" Yu Meng also wanted to know if their thoughts were the same.

Seeing Yu Meng's attitude, Nangong Tianshou quietly relaxed, as he was really afraid that Yu Meng would reject him with a single sentence.

"First, I will make Jin Yan stop all his current actions. As for that production line, if the Wang family wants it, we will give it to them, on the condition that they do not attack the Zhou family again."

Yu Meng didn't say anything; this matter wouldn't do her any good.

"Secondly, we cannot allow the Wang family to control the primary battlefield. Once they integrate the resources of the four families, their financial power is beyond our imagination."

I can remain hidden behind the scenes, but that young master of the Hou family will never be content to stay in the background. Once he appears and is discovered by the Wang family, and if the Wang family investigates who saved him, then we won't be able to escape.

Finally, we'll face the Wang family directly. I don't know if the Hou family will lend a hand, but we'll definitely gain no advantage against the Wang family. The power and resources of these hidden families are beyond our comprehension." Nangong Tianshou said all this in one breath, then picked up the water glass in front of him and took a big gulp.

Yu Meng spoke up, "Don't you want to get an explanation for the Zhou family?"

Nangong Tianshou narrowed his eyes, "With Zhou Jingyan around, I don't need to do anything. If he can get his revenge later, that's his own business; if he can't, that's his problem too."

Yu Meng nodded, ceasing to discuss the Zhou family's affairs. "You only mentioned the disadvantages for us, what about the advantages?"

"What benefits?" Nangong Tianshou was a little confused.

"Why should I do something if there's no benefit to it?"

Nangong Tianshou frowned. Benefits? He hadn't thought about that.

Don't people always start planning, counterattacking, and ultimately achieving victory and a perfect ending when something is going against them?

Yu Meng sat up straight. "You said so much just now because you were afraid we would clash with the Wang family."

Nangong Tianshou nodded, "If we face them, we'll be at a disadvantage."

"While you were in a coma, I received a sealed package and went to the research institute. There, I saved several patients like you. If the Wang family knew this, would they still be in conflict with us?"

"You received the sealed package?" Nangong Tianshou's expression changed. "How did you get back?"

Nangong Tianshou's question was strange, and Yu Meng didn't answer immediately but instead asked, "Is something wrong?"

Nangong Tianshou lowered his head. "You're fine now, so you must not have encountered any accidents."

Yu Meng's eyes sharpened. "What happened to your mother-in-law back then?"

Nangong Tianshou shook his head, "It's all in the past, talking about it will only cause more trouble."

"Tell me, I also escaped death. I've been worried that they might come looking for me one day," Yu Meng said, recounting only a small part of the story.

"Are you being chased?" Nangong Tianshou finally raised his head.

Yu Meng nodded. "There are quite a few people."

"Who saved you?" Nangong Tianshou asked immediately afterward.

"I brought Liu Wei and Jing San, a total of ten people. When we were at the research institute, the Jing family's guards also came back with me." Yu Meng didn't hide this. Nangong Tianshou was going to stay here, and he would find out about these things sooner or later, so there was no need to hide it.

"Is the Jing family's guard team very powerful?"

Yu Meng nodded.

"That's not surprising. The time Third Sister (Grandma Hua) went, I led a group to pick her up when she came back. To this day, I still don't know who those people were. They all had lines, and their attack capabilities were very strong. Half of our fighting strength was taken down as soon as we met. If I hadn't brought a lot of people and firearms, we wouldn't have been able to come back that time."

Nangong still feels lingering fear when she talks about it now. "We escaped back that time. They retreated when they reached that monkey mountain and didn't chase after us. When she received the sealed document a second time, she didn't go. But I didn't know there were so many aliens in her brain."

Yu Meng thought about it carefully, "My mother-in-law's alien could be found in the first battlefield, so it shouldn't have been accidentally parasitized in the research institute."

"They're all gone, there's no point in saying anything now." Nangong Tianshou's mood was somewhat somber.

Yu Meng didn't say anything, just sat there quietly drinking her tea.

A small black cat jumped onto the windowsill outside the window. With a swift movement, it landed on Yu Meng's shoulder and affectionately nuzzled her face with its head.

Nangong Tianshou's eyes focused on the little black cat. Then he slowly spoke, "Since you've returned safely and brought back the power of Kyoto, the Wang family shouldn't cause you any trouble."

"If they don't cause me any trouble, it shouldn't matter if I do nothing."

Nangong Tianshou drank the honey water in his hand, and he no longer seemed to find it unpleasant to drink.

Yu Meng stood up. "I'm going back now. If you have any further thoughts, you can come to my office."

Nangong Tianshou remained seated, unmoved. Yu Meng's words had already indicated that she did not want to participate in this struggle. She would gain nothing from it; the effort and reward were disproportionate, and she was unwilling to go through the trouble.

Nangong Tianshou pinched the bridge of his nose, thinking that after hearing his analysis, Yu Meng would definitely follow his plan. Then he could collect some interest first.

He didn't expect that Yu Meng would overturn his entire analysis with just one question.

But he was unwilling to accept it! He reasonably suspected that the Wang family was behind the Nangong family's mischief.

When he didn't know, he thought that once he knew who it was, there would be a way. But now that he knows, he only feels more desperate.

……

Yu Meng walked out of Nangong Tianshou's tea room. She stood in the sunlight, stretched out her arms to both sides, and then made a hugging gesture. "This sun is so nice, I need to bask in it and grow taller."

When Secretary Wu arrived, he saw Yu Meng making strange movements. He didn't say anything, but just stood aside and watched quietly.

Yu Meng didn't stop moving. She seemed to have entered some kind of wonderful state, and the lines in her mind involuntarily emerged and moved along with her movements.

The Overlord and the little black cat in the backpack also joined in, transforming into the most primal lines that undulated around Yu Meng's body.

Secretary Wu's throat tightened, and he quietly moved to the doorway, where he stood without moving.

A full hour later, the little black cat took shape again. A white coil appeared on its tail.

The Overlord returned to its original form and crawled back into its new backpack. The remaining lines obediently returned to Yu Meng's mind.

Yu Meng opened her eyes and calmed her breathing. She seemed to have realized something, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.

Secretary Wu stood there the whole time. Yu Meng didn't move, and he didn't go forward either. He didn't know if Yu Meng had come out of that state. He was afraid of disturbing Yu Meng.