"What? It wasn't your idea? Then whose was it?"
This time, Di Lin was stunned. He had thought A-Xiu had decided it himself. Whoever had advised him must have a keen understanding of the people and politics of the Imperial Capital.
Zichuan Xiu said, "My adoptive father came up with it!"
Di Lin asked in confusion, "Your adoptive father? Do you mean the late Chief Executive Yuanxing?"
As far as they knew, Zichuan Xiu had only one adoptive father: the family's late Chief Executive, Lord Zichuan Yuanxing.
Had Lord Yuanxing seen through Yang Minghua long ago and warned A-Xiu in advance?
Zichuan Xiu shook his head. "No, my other adoptive father. He keeps a low profile. Apart from the Chief Executive and a few others, no one knows about him!"
Di Lin and Sterling cried out in shock, "You have another adoptive father?"
Were adoptive fathers that common now? The two of them had one too, but A-Xiu actually had two!
Di Lin and Sterling grew curious about this adoptive father of Zichuan Xiu's. For him to have taken A-Xiu in, he must have had the late Chief Executive's approval. His identity could hardly be ordinary.
After a moment's thought, Di Lin asked Zichuan Xiu, "Where is he now? Could you take us to meet him?"
He was intensely interested in A-Xiu's adoptive father. How could someone so remarkable be in the Imperial Capital without him knowing?
At the mention of him, Zichuan Xiu's spirits sank. He sighed. "Don't ask. I brought him along to help defeat the Flowing Wind Army so he could back me up. But on our way to the Imperial Capital after we drove them off, he disappeared. I don't know where he is now!"
"Oh? From the sound of that, A-Xiu, this adoptive father of