Before Fu Yunyi could finish speaking, Xia Zhiyi's voice came from behind him. "What are you talking about?"
Fu Yunyi suddenly felt a jolt, shuddered, and turned around to see Xia Zhiyi smiling at them, as if she hadn't heard anything and had just returned.
Even though he was clearly looking at what was going on, Fu Yunyi had a strange feeling of guilt.
Fu Chi, however, softened noticeably when he saw Xia Zhiyi approaching. "It's nothing. I just asked him to help me look up some things."
Xia Zhiyi raised an eyebrow, glanced at Fu Yunyi, then at Fu Chi, "Nothing, then Fu Yunyi, why do you look like you've done something wrong?"
Fu Yunyi: "... No, I was just startled by your sudden appearance."
As he said this, Fu Yunyi glanced at Fu Chi, only to find Fu Chi completely calm. He then said to him, "Just tell me directly. I didn't ask you to keep it from your uncle, did I?"
Fu Yunyi: "..."
Fu Yunyi was speechless.
You didn't tell him to keep it a secret, but you avoided doing what Xia Zhiyi instructed you to do. Doesn't that mean you were implicitly agreeing to avoid Xia Zhiyi?
Otherwise, Fu Yunyi wouldn't have felt guilty just now because he thought Xia Zhiyi might have overheard something.
And so, while inwardly grumbling, Fu Yunyi honestly recounted all the information he had found about Gu Miaomiao.
Unexpectedly, the thing Fu Chi asked Fu Yunyi to investigate was Gu Miaomiao.
A hint of surprise flashed in Xia Zhiyi's eyes, a surprise that Fu Yunyi, who was chattering away, did not notice, but the other person, whose attention was mostly on him, did see it.
Fu Chi wore a thoughtful expression.
After a while, Fu Yunyi finished explaining what he knew and looked at the two of them, "Alright, I'm done. There were clues to all of this. If you wanted to know more, I felt it was a bit too private, so I stopped the investigation."
"Uncle, if you think it's not enough, I'll pay more and have them investigate."
In fact, given Fu Yunyi Fu Chi's current social status, it wouldn't be difficult for him to find out anything without alerting Fu Chi himself.
But it's strange that Fu Chi specifically asked him to investigate.
Little did they know, the reason for this arrangement was that Fu Chi had a vague premonition that it would be much smoother for Fu Yunyi to do this than for Fu Chi to do it himself.
If Xia Zhiyi were to put it, Fu Yunyi would say he's currently blessed with the Protagonist Halo.
This matter is very mysterious; even Fu Chi himself doesn't understand it, but he just has this intuition, so naturally he can't explain it to Fu Yunyi.
Anyway, whatever he says, Fu Yunyi will do.
"No need," Fu Chi indicated that there was no need to continue the investigation. "Have someone keep an eye on this Gu Miaomiao."
Fu Yunyi: "Why? Is there anything special about her? I really can't see anything."
Fu Chi glanced at Fu Yunyi, and after a few seconds, suddenly asked, "You're in your twenties now, when are you going to bring a girlfriend home? The old man may not say it, but he's really thinking about it."
Fu Yunyi was taken aback by the sudden urging.
Xia Zhiyi: "Pfft."
Fu Yunyi: "... No, Uncle, you've changed the subject so strangely! I was the one asking you this, why are you suddenly asking me this?"
"Besides, I'm only in my early twenties, there's no rush to find a partner, Uncle, you're still..."
The words were on the tip of his tongue when he met Fu Chi's cold gaze, Fu Yunyi choked back his words.
Fine, Fu Chi may be almost thirty and still single, but his nephew can't use that as a reason to argue back.
Fu Yunyi thought to himself, "This is a complete double standard."
If he doesn't want to talk about it, he shouldn't. Is he going to keep asking Fu Chi? Why did he suddenly ask such a creepy question?
After thinking for a moment, Fu Yunyi quietly explained, "Right now, I'm mainly focused on my career. As for relationships, well, I'm good-looking enough that plenty of people like me. It's just that I haven't met anyone I like yet, which is why I'm single."
"Uncle, don't worry, I certainly won't end up alone."
Fu Chi said coolly, "Go tell that to the old man."
Fu Yunyi: "..."
Okay, he shut up.
The old man never brought up this topic, and Fu Yunyi had never thought about it either; the family was quite harmonious.
However, if Fu Yunyi brings it up himself and tries to explain it to the old man, the old man will most likely really keep bothering Fu Yunyi about it.
Why is he asking for trouble?
Fu Chi: "Don't you still have things to do? Go get to work after you're done talking."
Fu Yunyi: "... Okay."
After Fu Yunyi left, Fu Chi looked at Xia Zhiyi and asked, "Did you just think of something?"
Xia Zhiyi subconsciously replied, "Huh? No, I wasn't thinking anything."
When she came to her senses, Xia Zhiyi realized that she hadn't tried to hide her expression, and Fu Chi must have noticed something.
He paused, then smiled. "Why did you suddenly decide to investigate Gu Miaomiao? Is it because of that dream you mentioned before?"
"Hmm." Fu Chi nodded.
Unexpectedly, it was really because of this that Xia Zhiyi had been a little concerned about the dream Fu Chi had mentioned before, but she hadn't pursued it further because of Fu Chi's attitude. Now, however, she couldn't ignore it anymore.
However, before Xia Zhiyi could ask, Fu Chi spoke first, " A-Yi, you know Gu Miaomiao, so you actually know some things too, right?"
Xia Zhiyi: "... Ah, we've been preemptively attacked."
Fu Chi looked at him quietly, his expression calm. "If you don't want to talk about it, that's fine. I just hope that if you encounter any difficulties, you can tell me. Even if I can't help you in any way, I want to be there for you."
Xia Zhiyi: "..."
After a brief silence, Xia Zhiyi cleared the jumbled thoughts from her mind, took a deep breath, and, as if finally making a decision, looked at the other person seriously and earnestly. "Do you really want to know? Even so, it might shatter your previous impression of me, and perhaps you'll even find me terrifying..."
Fu Chi: "No."
Xia Zhiyi: "Words spoken at a time like this are completely unreliable."
Fu Chi: "I believe in you, and I believe in myself."
No matter how shocking or unconventional Xia Zhiyi's words were.
Xia Zhiyi: "... Even if I told you that I'm actually an old monster who's lived for who knows how many years?"
Upon hearing this, Fu Chi paused, a puzzled expression on his face. "Is that important? Even if you have lived for many years, the person standing before me right now is who you truly are. I am quite certain of that."
"If it's just that, I won't think anything of it."