Shanque left first.
After Shanque left, Lin Lan explained for her: "Wu Xiao is a bit afraid of your mom, so she didn’t want to work by her side. She’s familiar with you and hopes to get some care by staying with you. When she was at Dragon Rise, she didn’t have much contact with people outside, so it’s a bit hard for her to adapt to the outside environment. So, please take good care of her."
Wu Xiao is Shanque’s real name, but Luo Ziling had already forgotten her name, so when Lin Lan mentioned it, he couldn’t react immediately. "What is Phoenix’s name?" Luo Ziling remembered that Phoenix seemed to be named Luo Dan, but because he hadn’t called her by name for a long time, he was a bit unsure.
"That’s right!" Lin Lan gave Luo Ziling a strange look.
"What have you been busy with these days?" Luo Ziling quickly changed the topic.
Lin Lan replied expressionlessly: "I’ve been tracking and investigating Chen Yijing and his key subordinates."
"Any findings?" Luo Ziling was immediately curious.
"Of course, I’ve found a lot, but I don’t want to tell you for now!" Lin Lan said calmly: "When I make a major discovery in a few days, I’ll let you know!"
"..." Luo Ziling looked at Lin Lan in annoyance but eventually agreed: "Okay!"
"How is the investigation into the attack planned during the wedding going, as Wuyue is looking into it?" Lin Lan actively steered the conversation elsewhere.
"In the past couple of days, Wuyue has been investigating other matters, and she hasn’t personally participated in these investigations." Luo Ziling took a big sip of tea and said angrily: "I’m sure it was planned by Chen Yijing’s people, but we just haven’t found any evidence yet!"
"Then leave it to me, I’ll investigate and bring you the results." Lin Lan looked at Luo Ziling with a bit of pride, "I am not less capable than Wuyue!"
"I think so too!" Luo Ziling nodded seriously, "That’s why I arranged for you to work by my mom’s side. She has higher expectations of those around her than I do, so I hope she doesn’t blame you!"
This remark earned Lin Lan a glare.
Lin Lan didn’t entangle Luo Ziling further and left first citing she had other things to do.
After Lin Lan left, Luo Ziling sent a message to Yang Qingyin asking if she was asleep.
Yang Qingyin replied that she was with her mom.
"Did you go home?" Luo Ziling felt very strange.
"No, my mom is here with me!"
"Then I’ll come over to see you two!"
"Okay!" Yang Qingyin didn’t object.
Luo Ziling was thinking of finding Chen Qiaoyu to ask something. Although it was a bit inappropriate to visit them at this hour, the idea of seizing the moment made him decide instantly.
By the time Luo Ziling arrived at Yang Qingyin’s place, it was almost ten-thirty.
Yang Qingyin and Chen Qiaoyu had already changed into pajamas, evidently planning for Chen Qiaoyu to spend the night there.
"I’m really sorry to disturb you so late." Seeing Yang Qingyin and Chen Qiaoyu in pajamas, Luo Ziling felt very embarrassed.
It felt to him like being caught having an affair with someone; an awkward feeling.
Coming to Yang Qingyin’s place at this hour, only a fool wouldn’t see the obvious intentions.
Luo Ziling noticed that Yang Qingyin looked a bit awkward too, and her gaze at him seemed a bit accusatory.
But Chen Qiaoyu showed no unusual expression, seeming quite pleased with the situation.
"Mrs. Chen, actually I wanted to ask you about something." Luo Ziling said awkwardly: "I originally wanted to find a time to ask you alone, but since you’re here today, I took the liberty to come over and disturb!"
Yang Qingyin was a bit surprised that Luo Ziling wanted to ask Chen Qiaoyu something, and Chen Qiaoyu herself was also a bit caught off guard.
"What do you want to ask me about?" Chen Qiaoyu asked Luo Ziling in surprise, "Is it something related to Qingyin?"
"No!" Luo Ziling shook his head, "I want to know some things about the Chen Family."
Afraid that Chen Qiaoyu might misunderstand, Luo Ziling quickly explained: "I know, Mrs. Chen, you are a daughter of the Chen Family and share a sibling relationship with Chen Yihe and Chen Yiping, so there are some things I want to inquire about, I hope you don’t mind!"
Luo Ziling’s words made Chen Qiaoyu very surprised, but she only slightly frowned and didn’t say anything displeasing.
"It’s true that I’m a Chen Family daughter, but I’ve long torn off that label," Chen Qiaoyu sighed and said, "After falling out with Chen Yihe and Chen Yiping, I severed relations with the Chen Family. Though my life has been somewhat good, the Chen Family made me lose a lot, almost costing me my life."
"My grandmother is also a daughter of the Chen Family, so you must be related too!" Luo Ziling made a rough calculation, and immediately got a fright.
He actually had a blood relation with Chen Xiaoyi, albeit a collateral relation four generations apart.
After further calculation, he was roughly a collateral relation three or four generations with Yang Qingyin as well——Luo Ziling got dizzy thinking about it.
He originally thought he had no blood relation with Yang Qingyin.
During his relationship with Yang Qingyin, he didn’t consider the issue of kinship.
Luo Ziling’s grandmother was the sister of Chen Rushan, which makes her Chen Qiaoyu’s aunt.
Chen Rushan and Luo Ziling’s grandmother were first-degree collateral blood relatives, and Luo Xusheng and Chen Qiaoyu were second-degree kin——oh my, at the time Chen Qiaoyu actually liked Luo Xusheng, wanting to marry him.
How could that be?
The marriage law doesn’t allow it!
They were cousins, second-degree kin!
Calculating further, Luo Ziling was totally dumbfounded.
He and Yang Qingyin actually had a third-degree collateral kinship——a marriage law prohibited marriage partner.
Thinking this, Luo Ziling was dumbfounded there.
He also wondered why Chen Qiaoyu and Yang Qingyin hadn’t brought up this issue before.
Not just them, but Luo Liansheng, Ling Ruonan, and Luo Xusheng hadn’t said anything about this issue either.
What was going on?
Luo Ziling couldn’t think of a reason.
Chen Qiaoyu seemed to understand the doubts in Luo Ziling’s mind and took the initiative to explain: "Actually, I’m not Chen Rushan’s biological daughter!"
"Ah?!" Luo Ziling was dumbfounded again.
What’s going on?
"I’m the daughter of my mom’s former lover and another man!" Chen Qiaoyu said a bit awkwardly: "So I have no blood relation with the Chen Family. I am half-siblings with Chen Yihe and Chen Yiping."
Luo Ziling was dumbfounded again, how could this be?
He never thought it would be this kind of situation.
The things Chen Qiaoyu said today were too unexpected for him!
Thinking carefully, it was unlikely that Chen Qiaoyu would lie about this. Which means, there was no blood relation between him and Yang Qingyin, as Chen Qiaoyu wasn’t born to Chen Rushan and her blood veins didn’t carry the Chen Family’s genes.
"Could this be why she fell out with Chen Yihe and Chen Yiping?" Luo Ziling’s mind filled with questions.