After leaving the restaurant, Hong Dai went to investigate Mo Yulin’s whereabouts at Mingyue Tower.
Back at the inn, Li Yueshu immediately entered her spatial dimension to check Mo Yulin’s blood.
Her spatial dimension was not a secret from Qin Moyuan and Mother Mo, so her actions were much more convenient.
After the examination, it would take some time to get the results. Li Yueshu came out of her spatial dimension first.
Hong Dai should return soon after investigating Mo Yulin’s background. Li Yueshu could use this time to review and analyze the day’s events.
She had a hunch that Ji Quansi and He Xiaoyu were not as simple as they seemed.
However, it was already dark, and Hong Dai had not yet returned.
Mother Mo looked outside with concern, "This... has something happened to Miss Hong Dai?"
In a foreign land, even with her martial arts skills, Hong Dai was still just a woman.
Li Yueshu was also a bit worried. Just as she was about to go out to check on the situation, she saw Hong Dai walking up from downstairs.
Hong Dai looked rosy-cheeked and showed no signs of injury.
Li Yueshu quickly asked, "Sister Hong Dai, did something happen?"
Hong Dai shook her head. "Mo Yulin's situation is a bit complicated."
Hearing this, Li Yueshu breathed a sigh of relief but was also very puzzled. "What did you find out?"
Hong Dai did not hide anything and directly said, "This Mo Yulin is ostensibly the illegitimate son of the Assistant Minister of Rites. His birth mother was a singer who died in childbirth, and he was born prematurely and was sickly, taking medicine continuously all these years."
"But Mo Yulin's premature birth was caused by wicked schemes in the inner courtyard, and his birth mother did not die in childbirth; she was poisoned."
"The Assistant Minister of Rites has many wives and concubines, but he only has this one son; all others are daughters. Naturally, he doted on him. However, precisely because of this doting, Mo Yulin's life in the shadows was not smooth."
Li Yueshu could roughly guess the specifics without Hong Dai needing to explain.
As the Assistant Minister's only son, Mo Yulin was illegitimate. His birth mother had a low status and no powerful maternal clan to support him. It was not easy for him to survive in the inner courtyard.
"Mo Yulin truly has a strong will to live. He endured much hardship in the Mo family's inner courtyard over the years but still managed to survive."
Hong Dai frowned. "But strangely, over the years, the person secretly in power in the Mo family has become Mo Yulin."
Li Yueshu was surprised. "What does that mean?"
Hong Dai's gaze suddenly fell upon the hot tea on a nearby table, and she walked directly over.
She reached out to take it, but someone nearby was faster.
Qin Moyuan steadily placed the tea in front of Li Yueshu. "Ah Shu, I poured this for you."
Hong Dai: "..."
Her hands itched to beat him up!
But she couldn't win...
Hong Dai resigned herself to pouring herself another cup and said, "The current Mo Yulin appears to be an oppressed illegitimate son, but the Mo family is actually completely under his control, it's just that no one has discovered it yet."
"Playing the pig to eat the tiger?" Li Yueshu immediately thought of these five words.
Hong Dai nodded, neither confirming nor denying.
She took a sip of tea and realized that what was in the teapot was not tea, but plain water.
Hong Dai seized what she thought was a good opportunity and quickly said to Qin Moyuan, "You are so stingy that you wouldn't even spare a bit of tea for Little Yueshu, making her drink plain water?"
Qin Moyuan shot her a glance. "Drinking tea before bed? Do you not want to sleep tonight?"
Hong Dai: "..."
A tactical miscalculation, she lost again!
Li Yueshu was helpless with the two of them and quickly steered the conversation back. "Sister Hong Dai, you just came back, were you investigating this?"
Unexpectedly, Hong Dai shook her head. "Mo Yulin is too well-hidden. Mingyue Tower cannot find out about him in a short time. I am investigating another matter now."
She put down her teacup, her expression somewhat solemn. "Apart from the time Mo Yulin mistakenly entered the wrong room when he was drunk, his only other interaction with He Xiaoyu was when he was almost abducted by human traffickers at the age of five, and He Xiaoyu saved him."
Li Yueshu felt suspicious. "When Mo Yulin was five years old, He Xiaoyu was not much older than him. How could she have saved him?"
Hong Dai looked at her with amusement. "He Xiaoyu is the pampered pearl of the He family. Although she is a bit spoiled, she was still raised as a young lady of a prominent family. She naturally had no shortage of money and escorts."
Li Yueshu: "She bought Mo Yulin back with money?"
That made sense. Human traffickers did such heinous things for money.
But Hong Dai shook her head. "No, she had her subordinates beat up that human trafficker."
Li Yueshu: "..."
She smiled helplessly. "So, they knew each other long ago?"
Hong Dai nodded. "Indeed, but they haven't seen each other since."
Mentioning this, Hong Dai frowned. "I feel like these two haven't just met twice. I've been investigating their information, but after searching for so long, they truly have had no further contact."
This outcome surprised everyone.
Judging by their interactions today, and He Xiaoyu's concern for Mo Yulin, it didn't seem like they had only met twice with over a decade in between.
After a long silence, Li Yueshu frowned and said, "This matter is indeed very strange. It won't be easy to investigate quickly."
Hong Dai agreed with a nod. "The strangest part is Mo Yulin."
Li Yueshu looked at her curiously, asking with her eyes what she meant.
Thinking of this, Hong Dai became spirited. "Didn't we encounter Ji Quansi and He Xuebao while boating today? Do you know what happened to them after we left?"
Seeing her look of schadenfreude, Li Yueshu had a premonition of something good.
Thinking of Mo Yulin, whom Hong Dai had just mentioned, she raised her eyebrows. "Ji Quansi and He Xuebao were tricked by Mo Yulin?"
Hong Dai nodded, a hint of excitement in her voice. "After we left, those two continued boating. Then, somehow, their boat started leaking, and they both fell into the lake!"
Saying this, Hong Dai smacked her lips, looking regretful. "If I had known such a spectacular scene was coming, we shouldn't have left so early."
Although Li Yueshu had the same thought, she did not voice it. Instead, she asked, "Did Mo Yulin do this?"
Hong Dai nodded repeatedly. "He is indeed very cautious. If I hadn't happened to be having people investigate him, I might not have found out."
Mo Yulin was deeply hidden; otherwise, even the current Mingyue Tower wouldn't be able to uncover his secrets.
Then, she suddenly thought of something and looked at Li Yueshu curiously. "Do you think He Xiaoyu knows about this?"
Before, she had kidnapped He Xiaoyu just to cause trouble for Ji Quansi, and she hadn't had much contact with He Xiaoyu.
But after seeing her today, this woman was quite to her liking!
If she weren't Ji Quansi's Crown Princess, perhaps she and He Xiaoyu could have become friends.
Li Yueshu was also unsure about this question.
She shook her head and added, "Mo Yulin appears to be a weakling in front of her who needs protection. Perhaps in He Xiaoyu's eyes, Mo Yulin is just a frail illegitimate son from the Assistant Minister of Rites' household?"
Hong Dai thought about how He Xiaoyu had repeatedly shielded Mo Yulin today and nodded in agreement.
She turned to Li Yueshu. "Can you cure Mo Yulin's poison?"