Don't ask where people go

Chapter 1878 Relaxation
"Miss Zixiu!" Honghe interrupted Fang Zilan sharply, "You speak so righteously, yet aren't you just as corrupt as she is?"

“In the past, perhaps so,” Fang Zilan said frankly without any pretense, “but now, and in the future, I will only live for myself.”

She looked at Li Shengxuan as she spoke, "I will only choose what I believe is right, not what others think is good or bad."

“You…” A look of disbelief flashed across Honghe’s face. “Impossible…”

“Nothing is impossible.” Fang Zilan smiled. “Just because you, Miss Honghe, can’t do something doesn’t mean others can’t. Otherwise, why would you and the Second Master resort to threats and bribes to get me to save Hongtai?”

"We...can't save her." Honghe's voice was soft, but Fang Zilan heard it clearly. "Since that's the case, are you still unwilling to agree to my conditions?"

Honghe's expression hardened, and Fang Zilan continued speaking to herself, "To expect me to work for you without paying any price is nothing short of a pipe dream."

A hint of sarcasm crept into her tone. Honghe pursed her lips. "Do you really think you can rescue my brother?"

"Before that, I have some questions that Miss Honghe needs to answer." Fang Zilan didn't answer but asked instead, "If I rescue Hongtai, what will you do?"

"What do you mean by that, Miss Zixiu?" Honghe frowned slightly, as if she had not understood Fang Zilan's words at all.

"You won't return to the Yin residence, and Hongtai hasn't stayed there either." Fang Zilan's expression grew cold. "Do you think Lord Yin Quanzhang will swallow his anger and remain silent and do nothing?"

Her voice deepened, "Or are you and your siblings going to use me as a scapegoat and throw me directly at Lord Yin Quanzhang to apologize?"

“I didn’t mean that…” Honghe waved her hand, but it was not convincing at all. Fang Zilan glanced at her, and she lowered her voice to a whisper, and the rest of her words were barely audible.

"Is that so?" Fang Zilan raised an eyebrow and said coldly, "Miss Honghe, things have come to this point, surely you haven't thought about how to end this?"

Honghe was taken aback. It wasn't that she had never thought about it before; in fact, what Fang Zilan said was something she had also thought about. However, now that such thoughts had been exposed to others, it carried a hint of ruthlessness.

Seeing this, Fang Zilan snorted coldly and said, "Someone once told me that mountain bandits and outlaws are different from people in the martial arts world. They are ruthless, vicious, and cruel. You can talk to them about profit, but you absolutely cannot talk to them about right and wrong."

She deliberately dragged out her words, and Honghe's expression changed almost imperceptibly. She said, "I originally didn't intend to talk about right and wrong. Even when Miss Honghe told me about the Red Wolf Army, I just ignored it and let it go. But I didn't expect that we can't even talk about interests now?"

For some reason, despite being a ruthless and heartless person, I find myself increasingly unable to bear seeing scenes of life and death.

Warners turned around and smiled brightly, his face as clear and bright as a new moon in the sky.

The head of the Sassanid family stared intently at Warners, his gaze a mixture of helplessness and pity, a mixture of blessing and longing, a deep, indescribable heartache.

Fang Zilan turned around and walked behind the crowd, where she saw Fang Lihui repeatedly playing with the folding fan in his hand. His fingers caressed the fan pendant, and the color of the jade appeared even more bright and beautiful under his touch.

"Aren't you going to say goodbye to your cousin?" Her voice was very soft, as light as a wad of cotton wool falling on Fang Lihui's heart.

He loosened the fan tassel, letting it swing gracefully with the folding fan, and looked up with his usual nonchalant expression. "There's nothing to say goodbye to."

"Is that so?" Fang Zilan shook her head with a half-smile. "Where are Fang Liren and Warner going?" "Yancheng." Fang Lihui replied succinctly. Fang Zilan tilted her head thoughtfully. "The border between Dajing and Miluo? That kind of small southern town, it rains a lot."

She left those words behind without looking back, leaving Fang Lihui standing there alone.

After a while, Fang Lihui seemed to remember something and ran out. He met Fang Liren and Warners at the embassy entrance. They had already packed up and were ready to leave.

He was running fast and out of breath, his words coming out in fits and starts, "Cousin! You..."

When Fang Liren saw him, he patiently walked up to him, patted him on the back, and gestured for him to catch his breath before speaking.

"You...are you really going to Yancheng?" Fang Lihui asked anxiously. Fang Liren smiled faintly, "That's right. Warners is leaving Persia, and I'm leaving Dajing. It's only fair that we're both leaving our homeland."

“Cousin!” Fang Lihui raised his voice. He had never understood why his cousin was so insistent on the word “fairness.”

Fang Liren looked at Fang Lihui with good temper. He gripped his folding fan tightly and finally managed to utter a sentence after a long while: "Yancheng is rainy."

"I know." Fang Liren smiled with a hint of indulgence. "Is Lihui worried that my old injury will flare up again?"

"No." Fang Lihui turned his head away, looking like a child throwing a tantrum. "In a remote little town like Yancheng, would you and Miss Sassan, with your delicate and pampered lifestyles, be able to get used to living there?"

"Li Hui." Fang Liren called Fang Li Hui's name softly, but he turned his head even more sharply. "The journey ahead is long and arduous. Please take care, cousin and Miss Sassan."

After he finished speaking, he turned to leave, but Fang Liren's voice rang out behind him, "Lihui, I told you I'm fine. From now on, you'll be all alone in the Fang family. No one will protect you, so you must be extra careful and never act recklessly or fight."

Fang Lihui stopped in his tracks, his voice trembling slightly, "Why are you saying all this nonsense when you're about to leave?"

He had barely finished speaking when he heard a soft laugh. Looking up, he saw Fang Zilan leaning against the railing, her expression one of utter mockery.

Before Fang Lihui could react, Fang Zilan walked up to him, patted him on the shoulder, and said to Fang Liren, "What do you mean no one is protecting you? Young Master Fang, have you forgotten that all my money is invested in the Fang family? I have to take good care of all my assets."

Upon hearing this, Fang Lihui froze on the spot. Fang Liren clasped his hands in a salute, his eyes filled with gratitude. "In that case, thank you very much, Lord Fang."

Fang Zilan smiled slightly, "You're too kind. I wish Young Master Fang and Miss Sassan a safe and successful trip, and that they will enjoy peace, prosperity, and good health in the future."

The carriage gradually drove away, slowly disappearing from people's sight, leaving only a cloud of dust behind.

Fang Lihui gently tapped Fang Zilan's hand on his shoulder with his folding fan and said helplessly, "Everyone's gone, can you let go now, Lord Fang?"

Fang Zilan stopped and stood up straight. Seeing that she was no longer on guard, Fang Lihui spoke again: "Lord Fang, are you so afraid that I will cause trouble?"

(End of this chapter)