Joy of Life: The Mei Family's Son Grows Up

Chapter 102 Unbelievable
Mei Chengan smiled.

"Don't worry, it's all related."

Fan Xian let out a sound. When he mentioned the chicken leg girl, he indeed lost his usual composure. Calm down.

Mei Chengan continued to ask.

"What do you think of that person's strength?"

Fan Xian thought about it.

"I don't know the details, but he is definitely stronger than me. My Qi is very powerful. He just coughed twice when he faced me with a palm strike. His strength should be higher than mine. My strength is about the peak of the seventh rank. Oh, let me give you some basic knowledge. The seventh rank is the grade of martial arts. I can barely be considered a master. That person is stronger than me. He is at least an eighth rank."

"..."

I thank you for Copeon.

Mei Chengan rolled his eyes.

"How can you say you are a master, you shameless one?"

Fan Xian coughed lightly to hide his embarrassment and chuckled twice.

"What? Continue analyzing."

Mei Chengan made a brief summary.

"There aren't many nobles in Kyoto who have the protection of rank eight masters and the ability to seal off the Qing Temple. Ordinary nobles may not dare to put on such airs, and they are top nobles. Your chicken-legged girl can easily enter and exit the sealed Qing Temple. She must be with that noble, or at least know him. From your description, her behavior doesn't seem like that of a maid, so isn't the conclusion obvious?"

Fan Xian's eyes lit up.

"She is a lady from a wealthy family!"

Mei Chengan said with a smile.

"correct."

The maid has helped you eliminate it, and I can only help you up to this point.

Fan Xian continued to ask.

"Is there any way to find this girl?"

Mei Chengan was firm.

"No."

Fan Xian was unhappy.

"You answered too quickly! You didn't even think about it. If you want to answer me perfunctorily, please don't be so perfunctory, okay?"

Mei Cheng'an glanced at Fan Xian.

"What do you want? I'm lucky I can analyze this much from your ridiculous story. There are so many wealthy families in Kyoto. Where can I find you a girl who's worth your money? Besides, don't you know you're already engaged? You want to be a scumbag, right?"

Fan Xian was stunned for a moment.

"You also know about my engagement? I only found out about it when a friend mentioned it on the way back to Kyoto. Do you know the details of this marriage?"

Mei Chengan spread his hands.

"I only know the general idea, I don't know the details, you should wait until you get home and let your family tell you."

Fan Xian nodded. This matter was indeed not urgent. The most important thing right now was to find the chicken leg girl as soon as possible.

"I'm going to be honest with you. I fell in love with the girl with chicken legs at first sight. Unless this girl with chicken legs is my fiancée, I will definitely cancel this marriage. I know nothing about Kyoto, so please help me think of a solution."

Hey buddy, you told the truth.

Still trying to find a way, even a trivial one, Mei Chengan started to use the perfunctory method.

"Do you think you and the chicken leg girl are destined to be together?"

Fan Xian nodded without hesitation.

"It must be fate. Just think about it. On my first day in Kyoto, I was inexplicably dragged to the Qing Temple, and then inexplicably walked into a side hall. Then, inexplicably, I found a girl stealing chicken legs under the incense table. I fell in love at first sight. This plot is so coincidental that even the screenwriter would not dare to write it like this. Even coincidence is not enough to describe it. It is simply a match made in heaven."

My friend, 99% of your destined marriage was deliberately facilitated by Emperor Qing, and the remaining 1% was your free play. You two are actually not as destined to each other as you think.

Hiss~ That can't be said. Who dares to say that Emperor Qing's marriage to them was not due to some mysterious fate? It makes sense, it makes sense, and the situation opens up all of a sudden.

Mei Chengan said with a smile.

"Since you said that the fate between you two is so great and destined, then why do you think that fate won't let you meet again? Why do you think that this chicken leg girl won't just happen to be your fiancée? Think about it, think about it carefully."

Fan Xian was stunned.

Hiss~ This angle of thinking is a bit tricky, he has never thought about it. Although he always feels that something is not right, it sounds so reasonable. These words are so beautiful that he can't help but want to believe them.

As he was enjoying it, Fan Xian came to his senses and realized that something was wrong. He raised his middle finger towards Mei Chengan.

"Fuck, I almost believed you. I came to you seriously to ask how to find my soulmate, and you tried to fool me with your metaphysics for such a serious matter? I treat you as my brother and you treat me as your cousin, right? You are still a human being, right?"

It didn't matter that he was found out. The main thing was that Fan Xian's complaints coupled with his resentful and indignant expression really tickled Mei Cheng'an's funny bone. He burst into laughter, and the whole yard was filled with his hearty laughter.

……

Fan Jian returned home from the Ministry of Revenue.

study.

Fan Jiangang sat down and drank a cup of tea. Suddenly he thought of something and looked up and shouted.

"Someone is coming."

A maid came in in response.

"master."

"Go and ask Fan Xian to come see me in the study."

The maid took a while to react before she remembered that the Fan Xian the master mentioned was the mysterious young master, but wasn't he in his hometown? Where could she call him?

"Master, do you mean to send someone to Danzhou to pick you up?"

Fan Jian put down the teacup in his hand and asked with a little surprise.

"Has Fan Xian not returned home yet?"

The maid was stunned for a moment and hurriedly apologized.

"Master, please forgive me. I didn't know that Young Master Fan Xian was returning to the capital today, nor did I hear the news of Young Master Fan Xian returning home."

Fan Jian frowned slightly but quickly calmed down and waved his hand.

"You go down first."

These maids kept their eyes and ears open, so if Fan Xian had returned home, they would have known about it. But the Red-Armored Knights had been back in camp for quite some time, so where did His Majesty ask Eunuch Hou to take Fan Xian?
When Fan Ruoruo heard that her father had returned home, she hurried to the study.

When she reached the door of the study, she asked hurriedly in a low voice to the maid standing outside.

"Dad is in there."

"Yes, Miss. Please allow me to..."

Fan Ruoruo couldn't wait any longer, so she pushed the door open and walked in, then said something to Fan Jian.

"Dad, something terrible has happened. My brother is missing."

Fan Jian frowned and scolded in a deep voice.

"Why are you so flustered? Have you forgotten all the rules you learned?"

Fan Ruoruo was startled and quickly stood up straight.

Fan Jian glanced at Fan Ruoruo.

"Go and close the door."

Fan Ruoruo said "oh" and turned around to close the door, then stood back up.

Fan Jian then spoke.

"Tell me slowly, what's going on?"

"Dad, didn't my brother go back to the capital today? But the carriages from my hometown in Danzhou all went back home, but my brother didn't. I'm worried about him..."

Fan Jian interrupted.

"You said the old carriage has returned home?"

Fan Ruoruo nodded.

"Yes, I asked, and it was an old man with a white face and no beard who returned it. He left after returning it."

Fan Jian immediately thought of Eunuch Hou and his brows furrowed. Since Eunuch Hou had returned the carriage, the person should have been sent back as well. But he didn't return home. What was going on?

Fan Ruoruo.

"Dad, maybe my brother is lost? Let's send everyone in the house to look for him. Or maybe someone wants to hurt my brother, so they have him kidnapped. If not, let's report to the police right away, Dad."

Fan Jian said in a deep voice.

"Calm down! Nothing serious will happen under the emperor's feet. Don't panic. Let your father think about it."

Fan Ruoruo stopped talking.

Fan Jian stood up and paced back and forth. He directly ignored the first possibility mentioned by Ruoruo. Getting lost was too stupid and impossible.

The second possibility... is also impossible. It is true that someone wants to attack Fan Xian, but they don't have the courage to kidnap someone from their doorstep in broad daylight. Even if there is, Fan Xian is not a fool and will definitely resist. It is impossible that there will be no movement at all.

So, if Fan Xian leaves on his own initiative, where will he go?
Thinking of this, Fan Jian looked at Fan Ruoruo.

"You often correspond with your brother. Has your brother ever mentioned any place or person in Kyoto that he is particularly interested in?"

Fan Ruoruo was stunned for a moment and began to recall.

Every time I mention a place that I'm interested in, there's actually a person that I'm interested in.

Fan Ruoruo's eyes lit up.

"My brother is particularly interested in Mei Cheng'an, the elder brother of the Mei family."

Fan Jian was stunned for a moment, it really was there.

"Then do you think that given the level of interest your brother has in him, is it possible for him to go see him without even going home on his first day in Beijing?"

Fan Ruoruo thought about it and nodded.

"Most likely."

Fan Jian's face turned black immediately. This rebellious son...

Noticing Fan Jian's expression, Fan Ruoruo thought to herself, "Oh no! My brother is in trouble. He has already made father angry before he even returns home. I have to call my brother back quickly."

Fan Ruoruo spoke cautiously.

"Dad, then I'll go and pick up my brother?"

Fan Jian looked at her sullenly and said nothing.

Fan Ruoruo understood immediately, bowed and took her leave, then left the study. Then she quickly asked someone to prepare a carriage and headed towards Mei Mansion.

……

Fan Xian looked at Mei Cheng'an laughing wildly, his eyes almost rolling to the sky.

Mei Chengan's stomach started to cramp from laughing so hard that he took a deep breath to calm himself down. If he continued laughing, his stomach muscles would cramp.

After adjusting for a while, Mei Cheng'an calmed down and then responded to Fan Xian.

"That's your sweetheart, not mine. Find a way yourself. Besides, how do you know I'm kidding you? What if it's true?"

Fan Xian rolled his eyes again.

"Okay, I won't ask anymore. Can't I come up with a plan myself? Please be a decent person and stop fooling around."

Mei Chengan smiled.

"That's right."

Fan Xian curled his lips. After talking for such a long time, he felt a little thirsty. He turned his head to look at the tea table beside him, reached out to pick up a bunch of grapes, opened his mouth and bit off one. Suddenly he remembered something, and hurriedly spat the seeds in his mouth into his palm, put it on the tea table beside him, and then asked Mei Chengan.

"By the way, you have been staying in Kyoto for many years, so you should be familiar with the Overwatch Council."

Mei Chengan gently rocked on the recliner and squinted his eyes.

"Ah, what's wrong?"

Fan Xian hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"Someone in the Overwatch Council falsely passed a secret order to kill me."

Mei Cheng'an replied calmly without even opening his eyes.

"Oh, and then."

Fan Xian's eyes widened in disbelief.

(End of this chapter)