33rd Break: Ah Yu

"That flower seller, Ah Yu?" Lin Yao muttered when he heard Lin Ze ask him about a flower seller with a small stature and delicate face.

"En. What do you know about her?" Lin Ze asked as he looked at this idler cousin of his.

Earlier, when he was pondering over Meng Xing's identity, he saw Lin Yao pass outside the Xu family's restaurant. Then, he suddenly remembered that flower seller who Meng Xing bumped into and was suspicious, for Lin Ze felt that there was some powder under the leaves and behind the petals of the flowers which he helped her pick up.

Since Lin Ze didn't feel anything strange after he touched the powder, he guessed that the powder was not poisonous and had another use instead. As for why he remembers the flower seller when he saw Lin Yao, does that need to be asked?

Lin Yao is a womanizer. If you want to ask someone about women, then Lin Yao is the best candidate.

"I recalled that Jin Peng was eyeing her before." Lin Yao spoke. "Oh, right, young master Liu, too," he added.

"Young master Liu?" Lin Ze muttered. "Didn't he die?" he asked.

"En." Lin Yao nodded. "It was Jin Peng's hand who killed young master Liu because Jin Peng found out that young master Liu is also eyeing Ah Yu." He explained.

Lin Ze frowned. He didn't think he would hear such a thing, especially since this was his biological third uncle.

"What's wrong, cousin?" Lin Yao asked when he saw Lin Ze frowning when he realized it. "Right… you hate promiscuity." He said and smiled in embarrassment.

Lin Ze declined to comment on that. "Do you know anything else about this Ah Yu?" he asked.

Lin Yao's eyes widened as he looked at Lin Ze in shock. "Cousin, you… are you interested in Ah Yu?!" he asked.

"Yeah." Lin Ze nodded in affirmation. Before Lin Yao could speak, he continued. "Because she is someone from jianghu." He told him.

Lin Yao almost choked on his saliva. "What?!" he exclaimed in shock. "It can't be… but she looked so…?" he muttered. His eyes are wide in disbelief.

"Even a child could strangle an adult in jianghu." Lin Ze told Lin Yao.

Lin Yao gulped down his saliva as he coldly sweated, feeling his neck suddenly become cold after he heard what his cousin said. Even though he knows that the jianghu is such an illustrious place, it also has many dark areas like the palace.

"Ehem…" Lin Yao coughed and drank his tea. "All I know about Ah Yu is that she has a sick mother and her father has abandoned her and her mother." He spoke.

"How did you know this?" Lin Ze's brow raised.

Even if Lin Yao is a womanizer, his feelings toward women are as superficial as beauty. Lin Yao wouldn't go as far as knowing a woman's background, since he doesn't plan to marry them unless he is serious towards them.

Like Lin Yao is to Meng Xing. Thinking this, Lin Ze's eyes suddenly narrowed. He has to remind Lin Yao later that Meng Xing is now his friend, and he can't be frivolous towards Meng Xing. Even if Lin Ze heard that Lin Yao had plans to marry Meng Xing, he knows that with Lin Yao's wild personality, he would not be loyal to Meng Xing.

Of course, with Meng Xing's personality, he would not accept Lin Yao.

"I heard my drinking buddies talk about her before." Lin Yao answered. "My drinking buddy was young master Liu's friend, and he was present when young master Liu talked about Ah Yu before young master Liu quarreled with young master Yang who overheard young master Liu talking about making Ah Yu his concubine." He explained. "Young master Liu said that Ah Yu is just a flower seller, and she even has a sick mother, so Ah Yu would never be anyone's main wife. That it was already a blessing for Ah Yu to be a concubine than just a bedwarmer." He added.

As expected, Lin Ze's face turned ugly.

Lin Yao sighed. "Young master Liu even said something ruder than this. That is, Ah Yu's face is suitable for a prostitute, so no wonder that Jin Peng would be eyeing her." He told Lin Ze.

Lin Ze sneered in disdain, looking down on these men who never respect women. Even if Lin Yao is a womanizer, he has tender feelings towards the opposite sex, which Lin Ze is gratified with.

"Wait, you said young master Yang?" Lin Ze started when he recalled what Lin Yao said.

"Yes. He had a quarrel with young master Liu about Ah Yu." Lin Yao spoke. "And it was even here in the Xu family's restaurant." He added.

Lin Ze's eyes narrowed. Young master Yang… Yang Yi. He suspects him to be involved with the disappearance of Meng Xing's 'friend'. Their family's inn is involved with someone from jianghu who is acting as a 'ghost'. Now, he seems to have a connection with another person from jianghu, Ah Yu…

Wait. Lin Ze's eyes widened when he suddenly realized something. It couldn't be, this Ah Yu is the one who is ghosting the Yang family's inn?! He thought as his pupils shrank, feeling like he was finally enlightened.

"Cousin? Cousin?" Lin Yao called when he saw that Lin Ze suddenly fell silent.

Lin Ze's lips slowly curled up, and Lin Yao shuddered in fear when he saw it. Why… why is his cousin suddenly smiling?! Lin Yao thought, panicking. Did someone provoke him?! Lin Ze only smiles when he is about to make some trouble!

"Thanks." Lin Ze told Lin Yao, ignoring Lin Yao's frightened expression. "You may leave." He told him.

If this was earlier, Lin Yao would have complained that it was Lin Ze who invited him here to eat, and now Lin Ze is brushing him away. But, after Lin Yao saw Lin Ze's smile, he only wished that he could leave as early as possible.

"Yes, see you!" Lin Yao hurriedly said and immediately ran away.

Lin Ze didn't pay him attention as he tapped his index finger on the table while he pondered. If it is Ah Yu who is ghosting in the Yang family inn, then where did Meng Xing's 'friend', who must also be from jianghu, go?