Dinner was still quite lively.
After Ruonan brought Wuyue in, there were seven people at the table for dinner.
Luo Yuqing was a chatterbox, and with her around, there would never be a dull mont.
Luo Ziling was also soone who liked lively atmospheres. The sibling banter between him and Yuqing occasionally stirred up the mood.
Yang Qingyin remained quite reserved, as her identity among the group was sowhat awkward.
Although Wuyue was an outsider, she had always been by Ling Ruonan's side before Luo Ziling returned, effectively becoming like family to Ling Ruonan. Wuyue was responsible for Ruonan's daily life. It could be said that Wuyue's closeness to Ruonan far exceeded that of Yang Qingyin.
Combined with Yang Qingyin's naturally calm and reserved disposition, she didn't display much enthusiasm today.
Luo Yuqing's liveliness contrasted sharply with Yang Qingyin's calm deanor.
Of course, Yang Qingyin also sensed the subtle exclusion from Luo Yuqing, Luo Ziling's half-sister, amidst her liveliness.
Yang Qingyin roughly understood why Luo Yuqing disapproved of her being with Luo Ziling. She felt a bit down about it but couldn't express it. She also tried to pay as little attention to these matters as possible.
After dinner, the group stayed for so casual chat before parting ways.
While cleaning up the dishes, Luo Ziling pulled Ling Ruonan aside to discuss Xu Chen.
Ling Ruonan told Luo Ziling she didn't plan to et Xu Chen this ti but would call her shortly.
"Can't let her get too full of herself, or it'll be hard to control." This was Ruonan's advice to Luo Ziling.
Luo Ziling didn't oppose and inford Xu Chen that Ling Ruonan would contact her soon.
Xu Chen didn't ask further, only expressed gratitude.
Luo Yuqing was going back to tidy up so things, and Yang Qingyin also had things to organize.
Luo Ziling volunteered to see them off.
Luo Liansheng had many belongings at the school, so he left together with Luo Ziling and the others.
Luo Xusheng didn't leave imdiately. After everyone else left, only he and Ruonan remained, allowing the couple so ti alone.
As Luo Ziling left, he humorously bade farewell to Ling Ruonan, saying he'd be back a bit later.
Ling Ruonan's face turned red, and she glared at Luo Ziling fiercely.
Luo Ziling quickly escaped, loudly bidding farewell to Luo Xusheng, urging him to spend so quality ti chatting with Ruonan.
Liansheng and Yuqing headed to the school, while Ziling accompanied Qingyin back to her residence.
"You and your dad, you seem like completely different people," Qingyin teased Ziling playfully on their way, "Have you mutated?"
"Environnt changes a person," Luo Ziling responded earnestly, "Most of the people around my dad are silent soldiers, and he needs to maintain his leadership authority, so it's normal for him to prefer silence."
"Tch," Yang Qingyin mocked, "You used to just have your grandfather around, no one to talk to, but now you're chattering all day?"
"Before, no one talked to , so now I like talking more to compensate. Is that okay?"
"When Ouyang Feifei used to visit your village to play, were you always sticking by her side like a little follower?"
Luo Ziling paused montarily, then playfully flicked Qingyin's nose, "Don't be jealous. I don't rember much about my childhood."
"I don't believe you. Such a pretty young girl spending all day with you, and you forget? Who are you kidding?"
Luo Ziling pinched Qingyin's waist, threatening playfully, "Keep being jealous, and I'll punish you!"
The pinch made Qingyin yelp, nearly making her legs give out. Instantly flustered, she fought back, performing Yang's Soul-Chasing Life-Stealing Pinch, then tried to bite Ziling.
"People are watching!" Ziling pointed to curious passersby, "Do you want us flirt-fighting in public to make the news?"
"I'll deal with you upstairs!" Qingyin, blushing, threatened fiercely.
"Alright, you can deal with however you want later, just don't slack off!"
"Rogue!" Qingyin's face reddened further, she kicked Ziling lightly and ran off.
By the ti Ziling left Qingyin's place, it was already eleven at night.
Instead of heading ho, Ziling first ssaged Ruonan: "Mom, did Dad go back?"
"Yes, he did!" Ruonan quickly replied, "Are you coming ho to sleep tonight?"
"Planning to return!" After sending that, Ziling wrote another ssage, "Didn't want to interrupt your private talk, so I'm coming back late!"
Ruonan replied with several head-knocking emojis, followed by a few angry red faces.
Ziling replied with laughing face emojis, then said, "Mom, don't wait up for . I'll tidy myself up when I get back! Did you contact Xu Chen?"
"I did. I'm heading to sleep now; I'm quite tired!"
When Ziling got ho, Ruonan had indeed gone to bed.
He quietly went upstairs, entering his room without making a sound.
Ruonan was exhausted, and Ziling also felt quite tired, so after a bit of tidying up, he went to bed.
But before he fell asleep, there was a gentle knock on the door.
Thinking it was Ruonan, Ziling quickly went to open it.
Upon opening the door, he found Wuyue standing there.
Seeing Wuyue looking a bit shy, Ziling froze montarily.
"Co in!" He didn't ask Wuyue her reason, just let her into the room.
"Young master, I wanted to report sothing related to Chen Ruchang." Since Ziling was only in shorts and a tank top, his muscles mostly visible, Wuyue felt awkward and avoided looking at him, "We spent quite so effort and finally figured things out."
"Information gathered tonight?" Ziling seed surprised.
Before dinner, Wuyue hadn't ntioned anything special, so it must have been discovered after dinner.
Wuyue nodded gently and handed Ziling so docunts.
Ziling turned on the room light and studied them carefully.
The docunts had Chen Ruchang's dical records and various test results.
"Quite impressive!" Ziling praised Wuyue with a smile, "Not easy to get hold of these things."
"Young master, it took us so many days; we've failed in our duties!"
Ziling laughed and shook his head, "You've already worked hard; don't bla yourself. Not everything goes smoothly!"
He continued examining the materials Wuyue provided.
Ling Mingrui was correct; the hospital diagnosed Chen Ruchang with a digestive system tumor. The diagnosis stated early or mid-stage gastric cancer; current test results showed no lymph system involvent or signs of tastasis.
The hospital planned to perform surgery in two days, with the country's leading oncology expert operating.
As Ziling read, Wuyue silently stood by, not making a sound.
After seriously reviewing the materials twice, Ziling grabbed a lighter, burned the docunts, flushed the ashes down the toilet.
Finished with that, he approached Wuyue softly saying, "Strike while he's sick; seize the opportunity! I'll outline the action plan tomorrow and provide the virus sample."
Wuyue nodded gently, asking nothing further.
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