Mated at First Sight
Chapter 679 - 447 Absolutely Not! (One more update)_2

Chapter 679: Chapter 447 Absolutely Not! (One more update)_2

As for Sun Yao, if she were smart, she would no doubt avoid angling for trouble from Mu Lin. This way, she might still have the opportunity to get on with her life.

Unfortunately, she was not a clever woman, or rather, she was a clever woman who was tripped up by her own cleverness whenever it came to anything involving Mu Lin. Provided there was the slightest trace of evidence, she was sure to attribute everything to Mu Lin and then hate her with a vengeance.

For someone like that, Mu Lin expressed... considerable helplessness.

She was too outstanding. It truly wasn’t her fault. Sadly, in some people’s eyes, she was indeed at fault.

She indulged in a little self-admiration.

...

Early the next morning, Mu Lin went to the Tang Family.

Some things, when spoken from the mouth of Mi Zheng, lacked credibility. Yet, given it happened to be related to the Tang Family, even if Tang Qishan had already dissociated himself from the so-called main family, he would certainly know about past matters.

Upon seeing Mu Lin, Tang Qishan was rather surprised. He had initially thought that she had almost forgotten about them. Surely something must have happened.

This was what Tang Qishan thought.

Even if they hadn’t interacted much, still, he had a feel for Mu Lin’s character. Unless there was an issue, she would unlikely come to him.

As for Jing Chen, he returned to his troop early in the morning, preparing to escort people back to B City. He planned to complete the task handover and then return.

This time, he wouldn’t let her face it alone.

One could only imagine the look on Ouyang Jun’s face when he received the news. It was a classic case of shooting oneself in the foot.

After inviting Mu Lin to sit down, Tang Qishan looked at her with a beamish smile, "Little Mu, what brings you to me today?"

"There’s something I can’t wrap my head around, so I thought I’d come to consult with Uncle Tang." The smile on her face was just right. By this point, Mu Lin had already dismissed her earlier confusion. She didn’t need to feel confused at all.

"I see," responded Tang Qishan, after a pause, chuckling softly, "Go ahead and ask." He promised to share whatever he knew.

He reckoned the debt of gratitude their Tang family owed her was impossible to repay in a lifetime. While it would be great if they could help in other ways.

Mu Lin nodded, "Uncle Tang, do you have any brothers or sisters, like, blood-related?" Mu Lin’s question was rather direct.

Tang Qishan blinked subconsciously, "Why would you suddenly ask me that?" Mu Lin’s question presented Tang Qishan with a bit of a puzzle.

"Once you tell me what I want to know, Uncle, I’ll tell you why I asked." She had to learn some facts for herself before considering anything else.

Lost in thought, Tang Qishan finally nodded. Since she wanted to know...

"Actually, I don’t really want to discuss this matter." He started to look a bit sad, "If you ask me how many siblings I have, the answer is quite a few." There were at least five or six of them, if not seven or eight, "But if you ask about my real siblings, I only had one elder brother." His only elder brother.

"His name was Tang Qichuan."

Tang Qichuan.

Mu Lin’s pupils contracted slightly. Tang Qishan didn’t notice the change in her expression. He paused, then continued, as if he was lost in his memories.

"About more than twenty years ago, something happened; my elder brother disappeared because he committed certain acts. All these years, I have been looking for him, but alas..." He sighed slowly, "He disappeared completely as if he had evaporated from the face of the earth."

At first, he didn’t have the resources to find him. When he finally did, he still couldn’t locate him. Tang Qishan even suspected that his brother may have passed away.

"What did he do?" Mu Lin asked, her pupils contracted. She hoped Tang Qishan would give her a different answer.

Although she completely trusted her Master, she still hoped to hear something other than slander from others, especially when the person in front of her was her Master’s younger brother.

Mu Lin trusted Tang Qishan’s words.

Tang Qishan looked at Mu Lin and was puzzled. He didn’t expect Mu Lin to be curious about this matter. In his understanding, generally, Mu Lin wasn’t someone who liked to pry or chatter, but today she seemed a bit peculiar.

Nevertheless, he eventually spoke. The smirk on his face was slightly mocking.

"I wasn’t at home at that time. When I got back, my elder brother had already vanished." Not a word was left for him. "At that time, the people of the clan told me that my elder brother had kidnapped a child and disappeared."

"However, later on, the child was found. My elder brother never returned though. From that moment on, he was permanently expelled from the Tang Family’s lineage, and I dissociated myself from the Tang Family. More than twenty years have passed, and I never returned." That place meant nothing to him.

In Tang Qishan’s heart, no one could be compared with his elder brother.

"Did he really kidnap that child?" Mu Lin asked causally, "Did he do anything afterwards?" The adult disappeared, but the child was found safe and sound. Didn’t those people have any suspicions?

It was really somewhat ironic.

As expected, when he heard Mu Lin’s words, Tang Qishan denied it without any hesitation, "That is absolutely impossible! Even if anyone would do such a thing, my elder brother absolutely would not."

He would never!