Chapter 291 Hunter Prey

When Xie Zhan returned home, a confidant came to report, "Master, Miss Lu sent someone to tell you that she wants to see you."

The confidant finished speaking and lowered his head. This was the third time that Miss Lu had asked to meet their clan leader.

Xie Zhan thought for a while, "Then let's go to Minghua Tower tomorrow night."

That night, Xie Zhan declined Chen's invitation to stay overnight and left Chen's house.

As soon as he got on the carriage, he heard his confidant say to him, "Clan leader, Miss Lu has arrived at Minghua Tower for about an hour."

Xie Zhan's eyebrows were cold, and he turned his thumb ring, "Go and see."

When passing the city gate, Xie Zhan lifted the curtain and took a look. He found that the lights at the city gate were bright. The city gate guards were patrolling all night.

Outside the city, countless disaster victims were stopped outside, crying and shouting to enter the city.

"Clan leader?"

"Keep going."

When Xie Zhan arrived at Minghua Tower, he found Lu Fei drinking alone.

Seeing him arrive, she smiled, "You're here?" Her eyes were slightly drunk.

Xie Zhan sat upright and said lightly, "Wait until you sober up, then we'll talk."

Lu Fei laughed, "Okay, I'll go wash my face first." Then she raised her hand and motioned the maid to come up and help her.

Her personal maid looked at Xie Zhan gratefully, and then helped her eldest daughter into the inner side.

Xie Zhan drank the tea in the cup, and didn't look at the wine next to him that exuded the aroma of wine. He would never drink outside unless he had to. The situation of the Xie family and his situation required him to stay sober all the time and deal with all changes.

In the inner side, the sound of Lu Fei washing came faintly.

Xie Zhan sat upright, his posture never changed.

Lu Fei is the eldest daughter of Lu Yuan, the head of the Lu family, one of the six major families in the south. Her mother is Lu Yuan's original wife, but her mother died early and only gave birth to her as a child.

Now the young patriarch of the Lu family, Lu Xihua, is the daughter of the second wife, and Lu Fei and Lu Xihua are not close siblings.

Lu Fei's mother, Ruan, was a lady from a famous family in Linchuan County. At that time, the Lu family was in a crisis. It was Mr. Lu who took his son to Linchuan to marry his friend's daughter. It is unknown what happened in the middle. Later, Ruan married into the Lu family with a large dowry and helped the Lu family through the crisis.

After Ruan's death, although Lu Fei was the eldest daughter of the Lu family, she was not favored in the Lu family, but fortunately, with Mr. Lu watching, she was treated well.

Later, Mr. Lu fell seriously ill and went to other places for two or three years for treatment. Lu Fei lived under her stepmother and her temper became softer and softer. Later, although Mr. Lu saved his life, even if he returned to the south, he was often in poor spirits, so he gradually stopped managing things.

Linchuan Ruan family saw that it was not going to work, so they took her to live for two years a few years ago. After returning, her temperament became much more cheerful and tough.

The stepmother and others did not dare to bully her anymore, but the two sides were tit-for-tat, and they had no idea how many times they had fought in secret.

Because Lu Fei was washing and Xie Zhan was sitting and drinking tea, their box was quite silent.

But the box next door was very noisy.

Zhu Congwen, the young master of the Zhu family, one of the six great families in the south, was entertaining friends at Minghua Tower.

"Zhu Congwen, your father is too cruel. He actually sent you to Zhuya Island to suffer!"

"Yes, if he didn't love you, I would have doubted whether you were his biological son."

"You won't leave this time. If he asks you to go to Zhuya Island again, you will complain to your mother!"

Zhu Congwen sneered at their words, "Nonsense, what do you know?! My father loves me deeply and blames me severely."

If his father hadn't sent him to Zhuya Island, how could he have discovered that big secret when he fell into a cave while hunting?

Now he was thinking about how to get the Chen family's Xiaozhuya Island.

"No, isn't this hardship related to the deep love and strict blame? Brother Zhu, you should say 'parents love their children, so they plan for the long term'."

Zhu Congwen waved his hand, "Whatever! It's the same idea anyway."

Others laughed.

"Come on, everyone, have a drink. I'm going to Zhuya Island now. It's rare for me to come back once, so everyone must eat and drink well. If there is not enough wine, bring more, and if there is not enough food, order more!"

"Brother Zhu, have you made a fortune? You are so generous?"

"Hehe, I haven't made a fortune, but it's rare for me to come back." Zhu Congwen felt that his mouth was still tight.

The box where Xie Zhan was was close to Zhu Congwen's box. When someone went in and out of the next door, the lively sound inside could be heard.

Xie Zhan lowered his eyes. The fish had come to the nesting point. Next, it was to let it take the bait.

At this time, Lu Fei came out after washing up, and the whole person was sober.

Xie Zhan asked her directly, "Why do you come to me again and again?"

Lu Fei didn't expect him to be so direct. She smiled bitterly and told him about her frustration and the anger she suffered in the Lu family.

Xie Zhan listened indifferently, and finally said, "Since you are dissatisfied, then resist." Xie Zhan believed that too many people had comforted her, and she should have heard of all kinds of comfort. He didn't waste his breath.

"How to resist?"

"Think about it yourself."

Lu Fei tilted her head, "Like the girl you told me about before?"

"You decide for yourself."

"Can you tell me more about her?" Lu Fei begged.

Xie Zhan pondered for a moment, and Lu Fei stared at him closely.

Finally, Xie Zhan let go, "Okay..."

Last time, a horse-scarred incident occurred in Jingci Temple. Later, her loyal servants found out that her carriage and horses were tampered with by someone, and the tampered person was none other than her good brother Lu Xihua's people.

When she went to thank Xie Zhan at that time, she was a little discouraged.

It was Xie Zhan who told her a story about a heroine.

This heroine had been engaged since she was a child, but because of the mismatch between the family backgrounds, her fiancé's family members disliked her.

The story tells how she went from a state of being manipulated by others in an engagement to getting rid of that bad engagement through her own efforts and finding another good marriage.

And the original fiancé's family went from disliking her at first to being impressed by her wisdom and means.

In the end, this heroine became the actual power holder of both her natal family and her husband's family.

Xie Zhan told this story in the shell of a myth.

When Lu Fei heard it at that time, she actually didn't think much of it, just thought that the storybook was just a storybook.

It was Xie Zhan who told her that the story was true and the heroine was real.

It gave her a great shock and inspiration at the time.

A few years ago, she was in the Ruan family, and her grandfather had taught her how to do business.

She sometimes felt that Lu Xihua was as stupid as a pig, and some of his decisions were laughable. If it weren't for her father checking behind him, the Lu family didn't know how much money they would lose.

She had only laughed before, but now, the heroine in Xie Zhan's story could do that, why couldn't she?

After Xie Zhan finished the story, he only said, "If you don't want to live on the snobbish side of others, you have to work hard yourself, and no one can help you."

Lu Fei looked at the handsome man in front of her, but with a calm face, and asked, "Can't you help me?"

Xie Zhan admitted directly, "Yes, I can't help you either. People can always rely on themselves."

After Lu Fei came back from Jingci Temple, she asked someone to check Xie Zhan. She knew how hard he worked in the Chen family, and he never gave up hope.

Lu Fei thought, let's give it a try. No matter how bad the situation is, it won't be worse than it is now.

Lu Fei confirmed with him, "Xie Zhan, is there really such a woman?"

"Yes."

"Who is she?"

"I'll tell you if I have a chance in the future."

Lu Fei was a little unhappy.

"You've been out for a long time. It's time to go back. Let's go. I'll take you out."

The two stood up.

The confidant at the door immediately said, "Patriarch, I'll go prepare the carriage!" As he said that, he accidentally pushed the door too hard, and the door hit the wall with a bang.

Xie Zhan frowned unhappily.

"Patriarch, I'm sorry, I'm too careless."

Xie Zhan said nothing soon and waved him down.

"Let's go too, this way-"

At this time, the sound of the door hitting just now scared Zhu Congguang and others who were having fun in the next box, and the servant he brought was so scared that he accidentally spilled the wine in the glass on him.

The servant hurriedly said, "Master, I'm sorry. I'll go get you some clean clothes!" Then he walked quickly out the door.

Zhu Congguang looked at his wet clothes and wanted to scold him, but was stopped by his series of actions. He was so angry that he glared at the servant.

The door of the box was open at this time. Zhu Congguang saw Xie Zhan's profile flashing outside the door and heard his last words.

From his angle, he could also see the snow-white skirt of a woman.

Zhu Congguang reacted very quickly. He rushed out the door quickly, saying, "Eat slowly, I'll go change clothes."

He rushed to the door and saw Xie Zhan escorting a woman downstairs, followed by two servants. But he couldn't see the woman's face clearly.

Zhu Congguang thought about it, returned to the box, and went to the big window.

As expected, he didn't have to wait long. He saw two carriages parked not far from the gate. Xie Zhan first sent the woman to the carriage, and then he got on the carriage and left.

This time, Zhu Congguang saw the woman's face and recognized her identity - Lu Fei, the eldest daughter of the Lu family.

At this time, Zhu Congguang really wanted to laugh up to the sky. It was really a painstaking effort to find it.

Zhu Congguang secretly praised his good luck, but he didn't know that there is a saying that a good hunter often appears as a prey.