Earlier during the day when Ye Qiran was enjoying her tea with her disciple, Lu Tao Yan burst opened her room doors and walked in hastily to her before settling herself on the side couch,
Ran looking at her poured a hot cup of tea and passed it to Lu Tao Yan very naturally, Yan calming herself instinctively took the cup and spurted it out, as soon as she took the sip from the hot tea Ran started laughing while her good disciple Xiǎo Shé poured normal water in a cup and passed it to Yan to ease up her brunt feeling in the mouth.
Xiǎo Shé "Yan Yan ignore Master she did the same with me" looking at Lu Tao Yan sympathetically
Yan became speechless at the kid's sympathetic gaze
Yan then threw a letter at Ran's face "That letter was sent by my disciple it arrived just earlier, and the person delivered is one of your men" with suspicion
Ye Qiran stopped laughing sat up straight "I instructed my men to report directly to you if they got any news" cleared her suspicion as she opened the letter to read the contents
Yan nodded her head in understanding
"What the Zong Shen is treating the people with curse?"
Yan nodded her head
"How is this even possible? isn't he the new acting head of the Zong Family and also didn't he make his stance clear by attending their conferences?"
"We should never be certain with only hints and details we find Ran, I going to meet him I already send the letter to him this morning"
Ran squinted her eyes in frustration "don't tell me you are not planning on waiting for the response from him"
Yan smiled at her words "you know me well"
Ran looked at her best friend. she knows for certain that she is not going to listen to her until she meets Zong Shen herself.
Ran stood up and went towards the balcony where a beautiful walkway filled with birds in the open sky is located, her terrace is actually divided into two parts halves of it is a room, and the other half is a huge balcony filled with birds and trees as their nest there is a walkway in the middle.
Ran stood in the middle of the walkway and was doing something while Xiǎo Shé and Yan were conversing about her new transformation after Ran interrupted their conversation and instructed Xiǎo Shé
"Xiǎo Shé you remember your task earlier I said"
Xiǎo Shé nodded her head
"Good unless its urgent don't contact me and gather as much information as possible on Zong Shen be careful not to get caught especially from today no matter what if you feel you are in any danger escape do you hear me"
Xiǎo Shé nodded her head seriously to her master and went off from there to do her task.
"Yan wait here for a while I will give you something to make your visit smooth"
Yan smiled brightly at her best friend "I can always count on you"
Ran smiled at her words but her mind was thinking deeply about Zong Shen. at first, he showed up as a mystery when she felt she finally solved that mystery, he turned into a puzzle with key hints, and now it became a chase in a maze situation.
And for Ran chasing someone to for this long is new, she is now sure that whatever invisible play Zong Shen is playing with her he has the upper hand which Ran hates it with all her guts.
Right, when they both were about to drift off to sleep with all the waiting Rans birds came back making a fuss Yan and Ran immediately went to them, after Yan got everything, she needed she praised Ran and her birds.
when it was close to the day becoming night, Ye Qinyang and Jin Liwei arrived with disturbing faces.
Ran frowned at their expressions she asked them what happened
"At Lu Man Man's manor there was a fire accident, whole servants quarters were brunt to dust a few working in the manor escaped" Jin Liwei grunted as he said that
"Guess what the few who escaped from the fire or none other than our men some other servants," said Ye Qinyang in a serious tone. Ran then understood their anger and to be precise they were purely very angry.
their anger is definitely justified since they don't know that Yan went to visit Zong Shen with a list of spies in his manor, what surprised Ran was the names of men sent by Jin Liwei and her brother were also included in that list.
but Zong Shen only removed the other spies and didn't kill their spies, since Jin Liwei and Ye Qinyang didn't know about the issue they assumed Zong Shen was mocking their incompetence, Ran shook her head a little
"He certainly moved fast huh!"
they both turned to Ran upon her praise surprised they narrowed their eyes at her in suspicion, Ye Qiran let out a huff at their reactions and explained about Yan's visit.
Jin stood up angrily and walked towards the entrance but was caught in the embrace by Yan who just arrived, tightening her arms around his waist she placed her chin on his chest looking up sweetly "where are you going, honey?"
from back Ran and Ying looked at them, one crossed her arms and smirked evilly and the other desperately flapped his arms without sound trying to hint Lu Tao Yan