Because even though Bao Xiaoqin had seen his body naked, he had never thought to ask that woman, "How old are you this year?"
The autumn wind came in gusts, making the courtyard faintly chilly.
Wang Xian finally asked, "What did you come to see me for?"
Li Xiangxiang frowned, trying to put on an innocent expression.
But she truly could not pull it off, so she picked up her cup and took another sip of wine, as though bolstering her courage.
After thinking for a moment, she finally asked, "Was that hundred-thousand reward posted by you?"
Wang Xian smiled. "Do I look like a rich man? If I were, I wouldn't be living in Tang Feng's courtyard."
The girl's expression shifted slightly, and she shook her head. "But you have a hundred thousand spirit stones!"
Wang Xian was instantly left speechless.
He could lie to others, but he could not deceive the person before him.
He could only wave at the sky, as though bidding someone farewell, and mutter, "That money belonged to my shopkeeper. I didn't keep a single stone—I gave it all to her to take away."
After a pause, he added, "Also, don't try to find the Du Family's descendants again. From this day forward, there will be no more Du Family members in Sunset City!"
The girl's expression changed again. She stared at Wang Xian in shock and cried out, "How is that possible? How could it be?"
The Du Family's descendants had vanished for a full ten years!
Or rather, the Du Family had already been exterminated by the Wind and Rain Tower ten years ago.
Who would have thought that ten years later, they would flash into view like a startled swan—only to disappear from everyone's sight again by the time the world