"Was the Miss Wu who sent us over earlier the principal party?" Yang Hanxue asked.
I nodded, "She's my boss. She's the one who asked me to find you in Yan Jing."
"Boss?" Yang Hanxue chuckled, "You don't look like it. You two look more like..."
He stopped there, and I couldn't help but ask, "Like what?"
"I was just talking nonsense. Brother Xiang, don't mind me."
Seeing his expression, I roughly understood what he was implying.
"Brother Yang, don't misunderstand... she and I have nothing. Her family is powerful, and I'm just an unknown nobody. How could I be worthy of her?" I said with a smile.
"What about Miss Bai?" Yang Hanxue raised an eyebrow.
"Her? She and I are even further apart."
"I was just asking casually, Brother Xiang, please don't mind."
I smiled, exhaled a puff of smoke, and said nothing.
As we were chatting, there was a knock on the door. I thought it was a waiter.
When I stood up to open the door, an uninvited guest appeared!
Wu Hao, the second uncle of Wu Tingxiu, stood at the doorway, leaning on a wolf-head cane, accompanied by four bodyguards.
The moment I saw him, my eyes narrowed, wondering what he was doing here.
"Xiang Fei, right?" Wu Hao asked with a smile.
I nodded and asked, "Mr. Wu, is there something?"
"Nothing much, I just came to chat with you," Wu Hao said, glancing behind me. "You don't mind inviting me in for a seat, do you?"
I hesitated for a moment and then smiled, "Of course."
Soon, Wu Hao entered with his bodyguards. Yang Hanxue looked at me with a puzzled expression, as if waiting for an explanation.
I gave him a look, signaling him to "stay calm."
"Mr. Yang, is it?" Wu Hao asked, smiling at Yang Hanxue.
"And you are?"
"Wu Hao... I heard you are a descendant of the Lock King, so I couldn't resist the urge to pay you a visit. I hope I haven't disturbed you, Mr. Yang?"
"May I ask, Mr. Wu, and Miss Wu..."
"Tingxiu is my niece," Wu Hao said with a smile. "It's truly an honor to have invited Mr. Yang here this time."
"Mr. Wu is too kind," Yang Hanxue replied with a smile.
Wu Hao surveyed the room and said, "Mr. Yang, you've come to Guangling so rarely, you shouldn't be staying in a place like this. I've already prepared a villa for you, I wonder..."
Before he could finish, Yang Hanxue smiled and said, "I think this place is quite good. I'm just a rough person, and staying here is already very good."
Watching them chat aimlessly, I felt a bit confused. Why did Wu Hao come here?
Didn't Wu Tingxiu tell me on the phone that she had already reached an agreement with Wu Hao?
Just as I was considering whether to call Wu Tingxiu, Wu Hao stood up to leave.
"Then I won't disturb your rest," Wu Hao said with a smile.
After he left, Yang Hanxue looked at me with a puzzled expression and asked, "Is he related to your female boss?"
I didn't hide the relationship between Wu Tingxiu and Wu Hao from Yang Hanxue and told him truthfully.
After listening, his eyebrows shot up. "I didn't expect these uncle and nephew to be rivals? That's quite surprising."
I shrugged, "Brother Yang, don't think too much about it. You've come here to open a lock. Once it's done, I'll send you back to Yan Jing."
"Back to Yan Jing?" Yang Hanxue chuckled, "Why would I go back to Yan Jing?"
"En?"
He looked at me and said, "Do you think I really just came here to open a lock?"
I was a bit confused, not understanding the meaning of his words.
Yang Hanxue smiled meaningfully and said, "Brother Xiang, I have other matters to attend to in Guangling this time. Since I promised to help you open the lock, I will naturally do it. As for what happens afterward, you don't need to worry about me."
The reason I was so polite to Yang Hanxue was mainly because of Sister Ying.
He was Sister Ying's person, so I instinctively felt a sense of closeness.
Moreover, regardless of anything else, he had saved my life in the Stone Turtle secret chamber before.
"I wonder what business Brother Yang needs to attend to in Guangling?" I asked.
Yang Hanxue smiled, "Just some personal matters."
"If you need my help, Brother Yang, please don't hesitate to ask." I said.
"There's no need for that," Yang Hanxue patted my shoulder. "I'm going to sleep for a while. I won't be going to dinner tonight."
Watching Yang Hanxue go upstairs, I couldn't help but wonder what business he had to attend to in Guangling.
Was it something arranged by Sister Ying, or his own business?
In the following days, Yang Hanxue first took a look at the Five Elements Double Dragon Box and then began to prepare for the lock-opening plan.
To open the lock, he said he needed to craft a key. Wu Tingxiu arranged a workshop for him with a lot of equipment.
Every morning, I would have Hong Yunpeng drive us over. We would stay in the workshop all day, and in the evening, we would return to the hotel to rest.
One day, as usual, after dropping Yang Hanxue off at the workshop, Hong Yunpeng and I were outside the workshop, smoking and chatting.
I noticed that since I started smoking, my craving had increased significantly; I smoked half a pack a day.
"I've already contacted a renovation company, and they are designing it according to your wishes," Hong Yunpeng said, exhaling a puff of smoke. "Why do you want to buy that house and renovate it?"
I smiled, "Now that I finally have some money, I should at least have a place to stay in Guangling, right?"
"Then you could go to the new district. The houses there are newly built, and they are all townhouses," Hong Yunpeng suggested.
"I still feel more comfortable living in our old place. Mainly because it's also quiet." I said.
"That's true."
During the few days I had been back in Guangling, I had planned to buy the house I used to live in. However, when I inquired, I found out that the house was already under my name.
This was quite a surprise. If I wasn't mistaken, this should have been Feng Shu's doing. She had mentioned before that the money in the safe was prepared by Sister Ying, which meant the house was also arranged by her.
When I was working for Sister Ying, she had my ID information, so it wasn't impossible for her to put the house under my name.
I never expected that Sister Ying had arranged everything before she left. Thinking about it made me feel a strange mix of emotions.
Since my father passed away, Sister Ying was the kindest person to me.
I just didn't know how she was doing now...
Thinking of this, I felt that I needed to settle things in Guangling quickly and then go to Yan Jing to get Qin Jing.
Just as I was lost in thought, there was a loud "bang" from the workshop!
I was startled and exchanged a look with Hong Yunpeng. We quickly dropped our cigarette butts and rushed in without a second word...