CHAPTER 184: CHAPTER 184: NOT BIOLOGICAL

Ignoring Gu Wanwan sitting in the living room, Gu Ningyue went straight to her mother’s room.

After confirming the progress inside, she returned to her own room.

Just as she closed the door, Gu Ningyue’s phone rang: "Dingdong——"

Swiping open the phone, Chi Xingtong sent a smiling face.

"——Actually, you shouldn’t have helped me today. I’m about to leave, and you’ll have to meet her again in the future! It’s not really worth it to offend her this time for me. But still, thank you! I’ll mail you a gift when I get back."

Gu Ningyue smiled faintly: "Alright."

Even if I hadn’t helped Chi Xingtong today, Chen Rui wouldn’t have let me off!

I just brought forward a conflict that should have been delayed, nothing major.

After washing up and lying in bed, Gu Ningyue looked at Y City’s hotel information, selected a few and sent them to Lin Ruixian: "How do these look?"

Starting tomorrow, she would be staying in Y City with Lin Ruixian for a few days.

Y City is famous in Z country for being the Weapon City, maybe I’ll find a handy weapon there.

After all, my Qingyue Dagger has sunk to the seabed with my body.

However, that’s not the purpose of this trip.

If things go smoothly, I might be back in a day or two.

If things don’t go well, I might have to visit Y City from time to time.

The hardest part, it might get discovered by Ling Tianyou, and I’ll lose this backer.

"Dingdong——"

Lin Ruixian: "They all work, you pick one! I’m not picky about this."

"Hmm."

After selecting the hotel, Gu Ningyue thought for a while and sent Lin Ruixian another message: "Are you sure Mr. Cheng is in Y City? What if we get caught when we arrive?"

"Dingdong——"

Lin Ruixian: "Since when did you start nagging like this? You never used to think so much."

Looking at Lin Ruixian’s message, Gu Ningyue felt as though she couldn’t express her grievances.

Cheng Yihan is the jade carving master connected by their organization during a mission, and his dagger is quite a treasure.

It’s said to be modeled after a carving knife from the Western Zhou Dynasty.

Cheng Yihan’s jade carving technique is exclusively inherited from the renowned jade carving artisan of the Ming Dynasty’s Jiaqing period, Lu Zigang.

When we met Cheng Yihan, he was already famous as the ’Jade Grinding Saint’.

Like Lu Zigang, he became a nationally renowned carving master.

I took Lin Ruixian’s Jade Token, so I naturally can’t pass by without a word.

I must find a similar Blood Jade to report back to Lin Ruixian.

And a jade similar to that Blood Jade, Lin Ruixian said, is in Cheng Yihan’s possession.

I don’t know where Lin Ruixian got this news, but he probably wouldn’t trick me on something like this.

After all, this Blood Jade is to protect myself.

Otherwise, if Mr. Lin finds out that the relic from my father has fallen into the hands of his mortal enemy, even if Lin Ruixian doesn’t die, he’ll have to shed a layer of skin.

It may not be cherished, but it must be held safely in my hand.

After lying in bed for a while, Gu Ningyue got up to start packing her suitcase.

Not knowing how many days she’ll be gone, she still needs to prepare thoroughly.

Weapon-wise, she no longer has the organization’s identity to protect her, so she can’t carry weapons on the plane.

The folding knife she has can only be hidden in her luggage to see if she can get away with it!

If it works, great. If not, she’ll have to buy another one in Y City.

Once everything was ready, Gu Ningyue finally turned off the lights and got into bed.

Enveloped in the night, at 1:50 am, Gu Ningyue fell into a deep sleep.

Early the next morning, Gu Ningyue dressed neatly, pulling her suitcase out of the room.

The servant was astute enough to help carry the suitcase downstairs. Gu Zheng was sitting at the dining table having breakfast. Seeing Gu Ningyue approaching, he merely glanced at her and asked the servant to set up the tableware.

Gu Ningyue asked: "When will Li Yulan return?"

She used her full name, causing Gu Zheng to frown instinctively: "Ning Yue, even if you don’t call her mom, you should at least say Aunt Li!"

Gu Ningyue shrugged indifferently and said: "Alright, when is she coming back?"

Seeing her reaction, Gu Zheng hesitated for a moment before speaking: "She’s coming home from the hospital this afternoon."

Gu Ningyue smiled faintly, thinking to herself that she chose quite a sensible time to leave.

"I won’t be home for the next couple of days. I need to go out for a change of scenery." Gu Ningyue leisurely spread fruit jam on her bread: "Don’t know when I’ll be back, but she should be quite happy when I’m not around upon her return."

"Where are you going?" Gu Zheng asked.

Gu Ningyue bit into her bread, her speech muffled: "Y City, go play for a couple of days and come back."

Gu Zheng asked again: "With whom? President Ling is quite busy lately; Ning Yue, you’re not a child anymore and you should act sensibly."

Gu Ningyue rolled her eyes inwardly; you’re so old and yet not sensible yourself.

"With a friend."

Upon hearing her answer, Gu Zheng was about to say something more when Gu Ningyue raised her head, a glint of coldness flashing in her eyes.

Gu Zheng fell silent.

Since when did my daughter start being so defiant?

If it started after she met Ling Tianyou, then when did this attitude begin?

How could someone who used to be timid change so fundamentally?

"By the way, where’s Wanwan?" Gu Ningyue asked, looking around the room as she ate: "Still not up?"

"Oh, her!" Gu Zheng replied: "Because of Xiao Heng’s matter, your Aunt Li has been in a bad mood, so your sister is at the hospital with her!"

Your sister? Gu Ningyue was clearly displeased by the term, but looking at Gu Zheng’s face, she knew her complaint would not be taken seriously.

Gu Ningyue thought for a moment, and eventually said nothing.

After finishing breakfast, Gu Ningyue said goodbye and headed to the airport with her luggage.

Lin Ruixian initially said he would wait for her at the intersection, but because he lived too far from her, Gu Ningyue found it troublesome and decided to take a taxi herself.

By the time she reached the airport, Lin Ruixian was still stuck in traffic.

Picking up her ticket and passing through security, she was seated before Lin Ruixian hurriedly arrived.

Watching him rush towards her with his luggage, his handsome face inexplicably warmed her.

It felt like time had returned to when they fought side by side on a mission.

Back then, I was Weiwei, not Gu Ningyue.

"I don’t know what’s going on today, so many cars on the road." Lin Ruixian complained angrily: "Luckily, we didn’t miss the flight. Let’s go!"

Listening to the boarding announcement, Gu Ningyue nodded to Lin Ruixian.

"You didn’t tell your family that you’re with me, did you?"

"Why? Did you tell yours?"

"I didn’t."

"Then there you go, if you didn’t say, I definitely wouldn’t."

"Yes, because you’re not Ling Tianyou’s real girlfriend, your life would be at risk."

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