The old fellow said, didn't he, that her Demon Clan bloodline was inherited from her maternal side? The Eldest Young Madam of the Sun Family's mother and her own mother were sisters, both Qian Family members. So, this child might also possess a half-demon body, but she wasn't as fortunate as Gu Shi Yi—she might have displayed her Demon Clan bloodline at birth!
No wonder... three wet nurses all made Blood Covenants, and the matters of personal attendance were always handled without involving outsiders. The Eldest Young Madam of the Sun Family was afraid of someone finding out!
Gu Shi Yi's eyes narrowed,
"So... what exactly was my ancestor?"
With scales growing on her body, that's not the second senior brother—had it been him, there would be pig bristles instead!
Li Yaner said,
"Considering why the Youngest Miss still can't walk at such an age, it seems likely due to those scales..."
A small child, with her lower half entirely covered in scales, wouldn't her legs make a scratching noise as she walked?
So...
Gu Shi Yi thought for a long time,
"The lower body has scales; was our old ancestor a mermaid?"
It seemed plausible. Aren't the South Sea Shark People human on the upper body and fish on the lower, greedy and lustful by nature, often using their singing to lure passing ships...
"So, we're from the Sea Clan?"
The two stared at each other with wide eyes, and after a while, Gu Shi Yi asked,
"Does this child's secret have anything to do with my cousin impersonating me?"
She always felt that her cheap cousin impersonating her was not just for the Gu Family's wealth or for the position of the Eldest Young Madam of the Sun Family. There must be a deeper plot, and Li Yaner agreed. After pondering, she asked Gu Shi Yi,
"Shiyi, how much do you know about your mother's family?"
Gu Shi Yi thought for a moment and said,
"I only stayed with the Gu Family for five years, and I've only visited the Qian Family once. Everything I know about the Qian Family I heard from the Gu Family members..."
The Qian Family was considered a second-tier family in Goldflow City, with some properties, but they couldn't compare to the Gu Family. Regarding status, Gu Shi Yi's biological mother was a suitable match for Gu Huaimu, but when it came to family wealth and power, they were far from comparable. Initially, Gu Huaimu was taken by Gu Shi Yi's mother's beauty, and after returning home fixated on her, he sent someone to the Qian Family to propose marriage.
It was precisely for this reason that after Gu Shi Yi's mother eloped with someone else, Gu Huaimu felt his reputation had been deeply damaged, and to this day, he despised Qian Ruling, that woman, to the bone!
Li Yaner tilted her head in thought for a long time, but also had no clues,
"It seems... this matter requires further investigation!"
Gu Shi Yi said,
"No worries, I have plenty of time. I'm determined to get to the bottom of this!"
Anyway, now she was all by herself, and wherever she stayed didn't make a difference. She wasn't coveting the position of the Gu Family's Young Miss or that of the Qian Family's Eldest Young Madam; she just really felt there was something behind all this!
Fortunately, she was determined to stay in the Qian Residence; since she entered, she hadn't gone outside the large doors or beyond the inner gates, thus the Bureau Chief Shang San searching for her from outside and her master lost track of her,
"Master, that mortal woman is still alive, but... but this subordinate can't find any trace of her..."
Shang San's forehead was dripping with cold sweat, and he looked at the copper basin in front of him with red eyes. On that copper basin was a feather, floating and sinking intermittently, spinning ceaselessly but refusing to stop and point in a direction. The woman watching beside also furrowed her brows,
"If you can sense her presence, why can't you find her?"
Shang San thought for a moment and said,
"This Floating Feather Tracking Technique of mine, it most fears mixed auras. It's possible that she is in a place with muddled auras..."
After another thought, he said,
"Or... her aura is shielded by an Array..."
"Are you suggesting she's hiding somewhere, shielded by an Array?"
The woman and Shang San exchanged a glance, both seeing doubt in the other's eyes,
"How could a mere mortal woman hide within an Array? Could it be... could it be that she is the one who killed Fifth Madam, or that she led others to kill Fifth Madam and took the Blood Corrosion Grass away?"
Fifth Madam was dead, and the Blood Corrosion Grass was gone, yet that mortal woman was still alive and well, even managing to conceal her presence so they couldn't find her. No matter how you looked at it... the situation was full of mysteries!
Shang San was filled with regret,
"Master, it's all because I couldn't discern people clearly!"
The woman waved her hand,
"It's not your fault. I was the one who chose her, and it was I who directed you to do this..."
After thinking for a moment, she said,
"Have you checked the background of that Bureau Chief of the escort agency, Huang Liu?"
Shang San said,
"I've asked with the Divine Searching Technique. That woman was someone he saved halfway through their journey. Huang Liu doesn't know much about her either, only that she has some Taoist Techniques..."
The woman nodded,
"Today, we'll ask Huang Liu..."