I'm the protagonist's dad, but the heroines want to kill me

When Xiao Xi heard Lin Ran's words, she bit her red lips and said embarrassedly: "Mr. Cao, I'm very sorry, Sister Xin is not here at the moment. She is attending a dinner at the auction venue. If you want to find her, please go there. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first!"

After saying that, Xiao Xi bowed several times and walked downstairs in a hurry.

Lin Ran listened to the hurried footsteps coming from the stairs, and a thoughtful look appeared on his face.

Wen Qianyi, who was standing by, couldn't help but whisper, "Could it be that Boss Xin wants to default on his debt?"

"Probably not. I feel like she wants to evacuate everyone related to her and send them to a safe place..."

Lin Ran shook his head. After thinking for a while, he pulled Wen Qianyi downstairs and said, "Let's go find a place nearby to stay for a while. When Boss Xin comes back tonight, we will go to visit him!"

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22. Negotiation plan (4K)

Late at night, in the alley behind Guangming Hall, a carriage slowly stopped in front of the door, and the driver shouted in the direction of the curtain: "Miss Xin, we're here!"

"Well, I see!"

A tired voice came from behind the curtain. Xin Zhiqing opened the curtain and looked at the back door of the courtyard on her left. She pinched her brows and waved her hand, saying, "Old Li, you should go home first during this time!"

"Miss... I have old people and young children to take care of, please don't abandon me!"

When the coachman, Old Li, heard Xin Zhiqing's words, his face, which was full of wrinkles carved by the years and wind, suddenly became filled with panic. He quickly knelt down in front of Xin Zhiqing, and the knocking of his forehead against the carriage made a dull sound.

Xin Zhiqing shook her head helplessly and said, "Old Li, the city may be a little unstable recently. I'm asking you to go home and avoid the limelight."

"Here's some money, take it, and remember to say hello to your kids at home for me!"

Xin Zhiqing pulled Lao Li up, took out a bag of gold coins and stuffed it into Lao Li's hands, not at all disgusted by the calluses on Lao Li's hands.

"Miss...this...this is too much!"

Old Li felt the weight of the purse and shook his head, pretending to stuff it back into Xin Zhiqing's pocket. However, Xin Zhiqing used her spiritual power to control Old Li, suspending him in mid-air to the back of the carriage, and shouted coldly, "Hurry up and leave! If you don't leave now, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

"Thank you, Miss!"

With tears in his eyes, Old Li kowtowed several times in the direction of Xin Zhiqing and staggered out of the alley.

After seeing off Old Li, Xin Zhiqing couldn't help but sigh. She came to Old Li's previous position and drove the carriage back to the stable behind Guangming Hall.

Then he opened the back door of Guangming Hall courtyard. Just as he was about to close the door, a white, bony hand suddenly got in the way of the door, and a voice rang out: "Boss Xin, I've been waiting for you for a long time!"

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There are many small courtyards and houses in the courtyard behind Guangming Hall. In one of the courtyards, the decoration is particularly luxurious and exquisite. There is light in the house. Through the exquisite window, one can vaguely see two figures in the room who seem to be busy with something.

Of course, it was actually Xin Zhiqing who was busy, busy washing tea, making tea, and pouring tea for an acquaintance who visited her late at night. To be honest, Xin Zhiqing actually wanted to slap this uninvited guest to death, as she was almost scared to death in the middle of the night.

She brought the steaming hot tea to the "acquaintance", and she sat down herself, crossed her legs, slightly leaned to one side, and said with a smile on her face: "Mr. Meng De came so late, I am really flattered!"

Lin Ran picked up the teacup, blew away the hot steam, took a sip, and then smiled and said, "This is all for a reason. I hope Boss Xin won't blame me for disturbing you."

Lin Ran also wanted to confirm something, otherwise he would not have come to the house in the middle of the night. Just now he asked Wen Qianyi not to come with him, which made this clingy girl a little angry. He would have to go back and coax her later.

"I won't blame you, but I wonder why Mr. Meng De is looking for me? The fight for the tree heart fragments hasn't started yet, and Mr. Meng hasn't fulfilled his promise. Could it be that he wants to forcibly take the map of the Ghostly Face Flower from me?"

Xin Zhiqing seemed to be joking, but her body was actually tense.

After all, she was a powerful person in the Spiritual Pill Realm. Even if she couldn't beat the man in front of her, she believed she could still escape or cause a big fuss in Dan City.

Lin Ran couldn't help but laugh at Xin Zhiqing's reaction. He said in a cold voice, "If... I really wanted to do something to you, you would have been dead when you walked in just now. You wouldn't have had any chance to react. It might take a few days for people to find your body."

Xin Zhiqing fell silent. She was thinking about the meaning of Lin Ran's words. Her expression became uncertain and her hands on the table were shaking secretly.

After a while, she took a deep breath, her eyes bloodshot, staring at Lin Ran, sneering: "What do you want? If you want a map, I can give it to you now!

I can give you all the precious medicinal materials in Guangming Hall. Even if you want my body, if you don't mind my weak appearance, I can serve you right now, but my condition is still the same, help me deal with Yaowang Sect!"

"Haha, I'm really curious, why do you think you can overthrow the Medicine King Sect? Can you tell me about your plan? Otherwise, I really don't want to participate in the chaos that will start tomorrow." Lin Ran couldn't help but say.

Xin Zhiqing crossed her arms in front of her chest, making the whiteness of her chest more prominent. She suddenly giggled and said, "Mr. Meng De, I'm afraid you will have to participate tomorrow. You bought the stone slab from the Xingyun Pavilion today, right? Didn't you check if there was a mark left by the Xingyun Pavilion on the stone slab?"

"Thank you so much, Boss Xin, for the reminder. I will go back and check it out!" Lin Ran said after taking a sip of tea.

Seeing Lin Ran's calm appearance, Xin Zhiqing was a little stunned and couldn't help but ask: "You... aren't you panicking?"

"Why would I be so nervous? I'm so happy that I can have a late-night chat with a beautiful lady like Boss Xin!" Lin Ran said to Xin Zhiqing.

Xin Zhiqing kept a calm expression on her face, but she was still a little panicked inside. She felt that Lin Ran's eyes seemed to be able to see through her clothes and see her completely naked.

She couldn't help but say, "So what does Mr. Mengde want?"

"Tell me your plan and the information you have obtained from Yaowang Sect. If you want me to take action, you must let me know the situation!"

This is Lin Ran's purpose. There is nothing else to do. He just wants to know these things. Because tomorrow's battle for the tree heart fragments involves the academy and the Dragon Transformation Realm. The old forces in the Dangerous Triangle will definitely not give the Holy Dome Academy a chance to return. It will be very difficult for him to make trouble.

"Hey, to put it bluntly, you're just afraid!" Xin Zhiqing said sarcastically.

"Well, I'm really scared. Several of them are in the Dragon Transformation Realm. I'm afraid that I'll be in big trouble!" Lin Ran admitted it generously, which made Xin Zhiqing at a loss for words for a moment.

After that, the two of them suddenly fell silent. In the end, it was Xin Zhiqing who couldn't stand the atmosphere and was the first to give in. She said helplessly: "I can tell you my plan, as well as the current ideas and deployment plans of the Medicine King Sect, but you must swear to ensure that only you know it!"

As for swearing an oath, Lin Ran used the name "Cao Mengde" without hesitation. Of course, he still silently apologized to Mr. Mengde in his heart for making Mr. Mengde suffer!

After hearing Lin Ran's oath, Xin Zhiqing then told Lin Ran the plan in detail, including the internal situation of the Yaowang Sect.

By the time Lin Ran came out of Xin Zhiqing's room, it was already getting light outside. Lin Ran went back to the temporary place he and Wen Qianyi had found to stay.

As soon as I entered the room, I found Wen Qianyi sitting at the table. The candle in front of her was almost burned out, and it was obvious that she had been burning for almost the entire night.

"Why have you been waiting for me all night?"

Lin Ran came to the table and was about to pick up the kettle to fill a cup of tea to drink when Wen Qianyi came up to him and sniffed his scent like a puppy. After smelling a very faint feminine scent, she said coldly, "What can you talk about all night? Didn't you say you were going to confirm something and would be back soon?"

Lin Ran smiled, pulled Wen Qianyi to sit down, and told her all the information he got from Xin Zhiqing.

Wen Qianyi couldn't help but cover her mouth and exclaimed: "This woman is really crazy, maybe she can really make it happen!"

Lin Ran shook his head and said, "She is still too naive. Perhaps the deputy sect leader Mei Su has already discovered her. Ever since Yaowang Sect took the tree heart fragment from Guangming Hall, the two should have been mortal enemies.

But Mei Su still spared Xin Zhiqing's life, perhaps because of her identity as a fifth-rank alchemist, or perhaps because of her Guangmingtang's ability to find medicinal materials.

But one thing is certain, that is, her movements will definitely be watched by the Medicine King Sect, and she will not succeed!"

"Those people we dealt with tonight?" Wen Qianyi said.

"Yeah!" Lin Ran nodded.

Wen Qianyi glanced out the window. It was almost dawn. She couldn't help but say, "According to what Xin Zhiqing said, the Medicine King Sect usually doesn't hand over the auction to all the bidders until the next day. And the Medicine King Sect deliberately delayed the time for Shengqiong Academy to get the tree heart fragments yesterday. But no matter how long it is delayed, it will only be today!"

"That's right!"

Lin Ran's eyes flickered, and he said in a deep voice: "I estimate that Shengqiong Academy will soon go to Yaowang Sect to hand over the things, and Shengqiong Academy will definitely leave Dan City immediately after getting the things and rush back to their territory. Speaking of which, will other academies take action?"

Wen Qianyi was stunned and said uncertainly: "The five major academies have always had a treaty. Although the five major academies are of the same blood, they actually have their own ulterior motives. They may hide their identities and take action in the dangerous triangle area."

"Senior, why don't we just kill that woman? We can always find the map of the Ghostly Face Flower by searching directly." Wen Qianyi made a gesture of wiping her neck, which made Lin Ran laugh. He rubbed Wen Qianyi's head and said, "Silly girl, this woman is very useful. What do you think if we bring this woman and her network of relationships for finding medicinal herbs to our Linghua Academy?"

"Pull them over?"

Wen Qianyi couldn't help but be stunned, but after thinking about it carefully, she reacted and said in surprise: "She can do so much in the dangerous triangle area. This requires not only skill, but also a deep network of connections.

If we can attract her to our Linghua Academy, we will not only have an extra fifth-rank alchemist, but also have more medicinal material search networks, and the strength of our alchemy department will be improved even faster!"

"If the Alchemy Department becomes stronger, it can also feed back to the training department of the academy and improve the overall strength of the academy more quickly." Lin Ran followed.

"Senior, are you sure you don't have any selfish motives?"

Wen Qianyi suddenly asked this question. After all, although Boss Xin's face was not as pretty as hers, she had a plump figure and looked quite pure, but she always gave people the feeling of a vixen.

Lin Ran couldn't help but be stunned, and quickly hugged Wen Qianyi into his arms, and said quickly: "I don't have any selfish motives. I really just said what I told you just now. I just want to contribute my strength to the construction of the academy."

"Well, I'll just have to trust you, perverted senior!"

Wen Qianyi burrowed into Lin Ran's arms, found a more comfortable position, then took Lin Ran's hand, drew circles in Lin Ran's palm, and said, "So what should we do next?"

"Since we want to be the ones to stir up trouble, we must not be the first to take action. Moreover, our identities are not suitable for this. Now everyone is paying attention to the movement of the tree heart fragment. This is a hot potato. Even if the Holy Dome Academy takes it, it may not be able to keep it."

Lin Ran continued, "So we have to act according to circumstances and wait for the right opportunity to act. We should only be troublemakers. After all, our goal is not to get the tree heart fragment, and we may be targeted by the Nebula Pavilion. Do you remember the fake mark I asked you to make yesterday?"

Wen Qianyi nodded. She had discovered yesterday that there were two marks on the stone slab, one for the Nebula Pavilion and the other for the Medicine King Sect.

After finding a safe place, under Fanhua's guidance, she not only solved the two marks, but also made two fake ones on another fake stone slab.

"This thing will be very useful when the time comes. Then, Qianyi, just follow what I say next..."

Lin Ran leaned close to Wen Qianyi's ear and told her his plan.

After hearing the plan, Wen Qianyi couldn't help but shake her head and exclaimed: "No, this is too dangerous. How can we let you go alone as bait?"

"I have a way to run away. Besides, don't you believe in my strength? I can fight even when I'm in the Dragon Transformation Realm!" Lin Ran was not bragging or trying to show off. With his current strength, he could really compete with a strong man who had just entered the Dragon Transformation Realm. If the other party looked down on him, he could even kill the other party directly.

"I know you are very capable, senior, but..." Wen Qianyi was still a little worried.

Seeing Wen Qianyi like this, Lin Ran rubbed Wen Qianyi's head and said softly: "This is a rare opportunity. If we can get Xin Zhiqing into the academy, our academy will definitely be able to make further progress in the future. We can also get the specific location of the Ghostly Resentful Face Flower. Maybe... we can also covet the wealth of the Medicine King Sect."

After hearing what Lin Ran said, Wen Qianyi no longer hesitated and decided to act according to Lin Ran's plan.

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Just after dawn, the entire Dan City seemed calm, but in fact it was already turbulent.

As soon as the door to the Yaowang Sect auction house opened, a group of people from the Shengqiong Academy and others arrived. Mei Su seemed to have expected this and had been waiting at the door early. When he saw the dean of the inner courtyard leading the Shengqiong Academy, he greeted him with a smile.

After staying at the auction house for a short while, Shengqiong Academy took the items and left. With the help of some people, the news that Shengqiong Academy had obtained the tree heart fragments spread throughout Dan City...

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23. What is the Holy Dome Academy’s plan?

Lin Ran had miscalculated one thing. He did not expect that after Shengqiong Academy obtained the tree heart fragment, they did not leave Dan City immediately, but continued to live leisurely in Luofeng Pavilion.

Many people in Dancheng had already gone outside the city yesterday, planning to ambush Shengqiong Academy, but now Shengqiong Academy is still staying in Dancheng, which undoubtedly makes all the people inside and outside the city who are eyeing the tree heart fragments feel anxious.

But in Dan City, no one can take action, otherwise it would be breaking the rules.

Now everyone is staring at Luofeng Pavilion. As long as Shengqiong Academy leaves, they will surely be attacked by most of the dangerous triangle area.

Three days later, one morning, Lin Ran learned from Xin Zhiqing that Shengqiong Academy had just left Luofeng Pavilion and quickly headed towards the north city gate.

In Xin Zhiqing's room, after Lin Ran finished slurping the noodles in his bowl, he wiped his mouth with satisfaction with a towel and said with a smile: "These cunning guys are finally willing to leave the city. They have been waiting inside and outside the city for the past few days until the Flower City is almost over!"

Xin Zhiqing looked at Lin Ran a little annoyed. She immediately told Lin Ran the news reported by her subordinates. As a result, this guy came to her room with a bowl of noodles. Now her whole room was filled with the smell of noodle soup.

"Since Shengqiong Academy has left the city, why don't you hurry up and follow them? What are you thinking about? Do you want to break the contract?" Xin Zhiqing said anxiously.

"Why rush? I guess the big forces in the city haven't made any moves yet, so why should we move?" Lin Ran poured a cup of tea to moisten his mouth. To be honest, the noodle soup this morning was a bit salty. If he had known, he would not have asked the chef to add salt. Normally, he is so stingy that he is reluctant to add salt, but today he wanted to pour the whole packet of salt in.

"You mean, those from the Medicine King Sect won't take action yet?" Xin Zhiqing asked hesitantly.

Lin Ran rolled his eyes at Xin Zhiqing helplessly and said, "Of course you have been in the dangerous triangle for so many years, haven't you? You also built up such a large family business like Guangmingtang, and now you don't understand this little thing?"

"I...I...Guangmingtang was actually supported by my father. I have always focused on alchemy. Later, my husband and my father jointly supported Guangmingtang. I was just helping out. After they left, I officially took over Guangmingtang..." Xin Zhiqing couldn't help feeling ashamed when she said this.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Hearing Xin Zhiqing's words, Lin Ran was choked by the tea and couldn't help but cough violently to the side.

This frightened Xin Zhiqing, and she quickly came to Lin Ran's side, stretched out her hand and gently stroked Lin Ran's back, and said softly: "Mr. Meng De, are you okay?"

"Ah, it's okay, I just thought of some unhappy things!" Lin Ran waved his hand and said.

Lin Ran now understood why he felt that Boss Xin sometimes did things in a unreliable manner. It turned out that this sister had just taken over the family business not long ago and had been a "rich girl" before. He suddenly doubted whether he was trying to win over Boss Xin. Was this really... reliable?

Of course, he could only comfort himself reluctantly. At least this sister was a fifth-rank alchemist and had connections, so it should be okay.

"I'll go back and prepare first. If you want to deal with the Medicine King Sect, I suggest you be extremely cautious and careful in your actions. Don't let your emotions control your brain." Lin Ran couldn't help but remind him before leaving.

"understood!"

Xin Zhiqing looked away and responded perfunctorily.

Seeing Xin Zhiqing's look, Lin Ran secretly said in his heart: "This young lady must not be caught by the Medicine King Sect later, otherwise, we will have to go and save people!"

Lin Ran moved between the alleys and finally returned to the courtyard where they temporarily stayed. As soon as he opened the door, he saw Wen Qianyi sitting in the living room reading an ancient book. He said bluntly: "The Holy Dome Academy has set off, let's act according to the plan!"

"Ah, so sudden?"

Wen Qianyi was stunned and hurried to Lin Ran, helping him to tidy up his clothes. She said worriedly, "Senior, don't be the first to go. Just follow from a distance and observe the situation!"

"Hahaha, your senior may not be good at other things, but he can be a coward!" Lin Ran teased himself.