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Capítulo 67

"What?!"

Before he could finish speaking, Xiao Dao suddenly jumped three feet high, "How does your father know what the figures of women from the Western Regions are like? Tell me! Is he having an affair with a woman from the Western Regions?"

Chonghua rubbed his forehead, while Xue Beifan quickly scratched Xiaodao's arm—"Calm down, calm down."

Xiaoyue tilted her head and continued studying the image, seemingly still working on it.

Hao Jinfeng stared blankly at Xiao Dao for a long time before quickly shaking his head. "No! My dad has a book that my mom left him. She told him to tell me everything when I grow up, so I wouldn't be fooled by a woman."

Xiao Dao opened his mouth.

"My father read my mother's books to me when I was very young. They talked about the differences between women from the Central Plains, women from the Western Regions, and Persian women, and so on..."

"Take a look?" Xue Beifan leaned closer with great interest.

"No way!" Hao Jinfeng clutched his chest. "My father said that I should recognize my mother based on this book. He deliberately didn't teach me lightness skill, saying that my lightness skill is bad. He said that my mother's lightness skill is perfected, and he's saving it for her to teach me."

Everyone understood and turned to look at Xiao Dao.

At this moment, Xiao Dao was also a little embarrassed. He had overreacted earlier. After thinking for a moment, he muttered to himself, "Your dad still misses your mom, and your mom misses you too. Does your dad miss your sister?"

"Of course!" Hao Jinfeng nodded. "When I was little, my dad always told me to open my eyes wide and look carefully. He said that the one who is a little younger than me, extremely smart, extremely beautiful, has excellent light-body skills, and is extremely clever is my sister!"

Xiao Dao's previously sullen face immediately lifted, her eyes crinkling into crescent moons with a smile, and the corners of her mouth turned up. "Really?"

"That's right, my sister is so good! She's like my mother, very clever even when she was little. She said that when she was breastfeeding, she would hold one in each hand to prevent me from taking it..."

"Pfft..." Xue Beifan covered his mouth and stomped his foot to the side. Chonghua also suppressed a laugh. Xiao Dao's face turned red and white in turns. Finally, he reached out and pinched Hao Jinfeng, "You idiot!"

"My dad really said that?" Hao Jinfeng, still feeling the pinch, swore to the heavens, then asked, "By the way, Xiaodao, why are you so concerned about my dad?"

Xiao Dao's face changed, and he stammered, "I...I've never had a father since I was little."

Hao Jinfeng immediately looked at her with sympathy and pity, "Good sister, I also grew up without a mother. From now on, my father will be your father, and your mother will be my mother!"

Xiao Dao nodded with a smile, thinking to himself, "Look how silly you are. My mother is your mother, isn't she?"

"This portrait looks really strange." Xiaoyue turned the portrait over and over to look at it several times, but she still felt that something was wrong.

"What's the problem?" Everyone looked at her.

"Yes, the young master taught me how to recognize people... I've seen quite a few portraits." Xiaoyue pointed to a portrait for Xiaodao to see. "Don't you think this figure is staged?"

"Pieced together?" Xiao Dao took the portrait and examined it carefully. "It really is! I feel like the body is deformed. How could a normal person look like that?"

Chonghua stroked his chin. "So, the portrait is a forgery?"

"Why would you use a fake portrait of the Queen?" Xue Beifan wondered. "Could it be that the Queen is not very good-looking and is trying to trick men into marrying her, so she resorted to this tactic?"

"But posting this picture will backfire, won't it?" Xiao Dao said dismissively. "You saw the men's reactions at the door just now. Although they seemed to enjoy it, they were also making sarcastic remarks behind the scenes about the Queen being unchaste and immoral. According to Yao Duo, the selection criteria for marriage were already very strict, so this will probably deter even more people from going."

"What's wrong?"

At this moment, Yao Duo came out from inside. Although she was injured, she was fine and could walk around without any problems. She probably came out to get some fresh air after being cooped up in the house for a long time.

"Oh...this." Xiao Dao handed the portrait to her casually. "Is this your queen?"

Yao Duo took the portrait and stared at it for a moment. Then, she threw it on the ground, stomped on it twice, and coughed in anger.

"Hey, don't get agitated," Xiao Dao gently patted her back.

"You bastard!" Yao Duo looked extremely angry, and Xiao Yue quickly helped her back to her room to rest.

After everyone left, Xue Beifan picked up the portrait from the ground, handed it to Xiao Dao, and slightly curled the corners of his mouth, "You showed it to her on purpose, didn't you?"

Xiao Dao took the portrait, gently brushed off the dust, and smiled, "I'm starting to get a good idea of what's going on."

41

Seemingly true but actually false

Xiao Dao seemed to have figured something out, so Xue Beifan asked her, "What are you planning?"

Xiao Dao spoke mysteriously, "Hmm... my mother once taught me a survival skill. She said that when you're being chased and have nowhere else to run, you should hide in jail for a while. [ ]"

"In jail?" Xue Beifan asked in surprise. "How did your mother teach you this trick?"

"She's a master thief. If someone tries to catch her, they'll just put her in jail. And similarly, they'll think she's trying to escape because she's afraid of being caught and imprisoned. So naturally, no one will go looking for her in jail, right?"

Xue Beifan felt that although the logic was crooked, it made sense. To put it bluntly, wasn't the most dangerous place the safest?

"Oh..." Xue Beifan seemed to understand Xiao Dao's thoughts. He leaned closer and whispered in her ear, "Do you think there's something wrong with Yao Duo's identity?"

"It's just a suspicion; it needs to be confirmed!" Xiao Dao rolled up his sleeves.

"What are you doing?" Xue Beifan asked, puzzled, seeing her murderous aura as if she wanted to start a fight.

"I'll help Xiaoyue hang up the clothes!" Xiaodao rolled her eyes at him, revealing her two white arms, took the washed clothes out of the wooden tub, swung them around, and hung them on the clothes rack.

"Tsk tsk." Xue Beifan shook his head and exclaimed in admiration, "Incredible! Whoever marries someone so capable is incredibly lucky!"

Xiao Dao glanced at him, a slight smirk playing on her lips, but she remained defiant, saying, "Stop flattering me."

Just then, there was some noise outside. Xue Beifan and his group had booked most of the backyard, but there was still one remote area they hadn't booked. The gates of the courtyards didn't face each other, and there was a corridor separating them. At this moment, it was probably the waiter bringing in the people staying in the remote area. As soon as they passed through the corridor and met face to face, Xue Beifan frowned—it was the three people from the Beihai Sect who had come.

The one who walked in first was Xue Xing. He didn't seem surprised to see Xue Beifan standing in the courtyard, and Xue Beifan immediately understood that these people were here for them.

Fang Tongli entered after him. As mentioned earlier, Fang Tongli was good in every way except for his fondness for beautiful women; he couldn't resist the allure of a pretty face. And indeed, Xiao Dao was hanging clothes with her arms exposed; the girl was young and beautiful, and her figure, even from behind, was charming and alluring. No wonder Xue Beifan always kept her by his side. Fang Tongli secretly envied Xue Beifan; this man always seemed to attract extraordinary women, and he wondered what it was about him that caught the eye. He was carefully examining Xiao Dao when a strange gust of wind suddenly swept through, rising abruptly and swirling around him, hitting him directly in the eyes. This filled Fang Tongli's eyes with sand, making him feel extremely uncomfortable, and he rubbed his eyes.

Qin Ke was looking at Xue Beifan from behind when she noticed a gust of wind had just passed by, causing his sleeve to flutter slightly. This reminded her of their first meeting.