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The maiden’s voice carried on a hearty laugh, resonating between heaven and earth. With the morning sun accompanied by a gentle breeze, dust danced in the light, her white skirts fluttering against the wind. A figure, a horse, both brimming with joyous laughter.

A picturesque scene, beautiful as a painting.

Before long, Ming Jing returned atop her horse, abruptly halting it and perching on the horse’s back. She looked upon a man at a distance.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Their eyes met across the several meters between them, one hid inquisitiveness, the other expressed indifference.

“What a riding technique, young miss!” the horse trainer exclaimed. “Yufeng has been so docile under your command. It leaves me in awe.”

This Yufeng, a horse that wouldn’t even let Master Xiao approach, was effortlessly controlled by the young miss. How perplexing.

Ming Jing replied with a faint smile, “Horses intelligently bond with humans. But especially fierce horses like Yufeng, they only serve one master in their lifetime.”

Ming Jing dismounted and gently stroked Yufeng’s head, “Off you go.”

With lingering affections, Yufeng nudged Ming Jing’s arm unwilling to leave. Ming Jing laughed and said, “I’ll come to see you again tonight. Be a good boy.”

As if understanding, Yufeng ceased his steps, watching Ming Jing as she walked away.

Xiao Hua took a few more glances at Yufeng, “Miss, Yufeng has really taken a liking to you.”

It was a curiosity indeed.

Turning her head to see Ran Tengxiao, Xiao Hua quickly lowered her head and respectfully greeted, “Master Xiao.”

Ran Tengxiao laughed, “Yufeng, the most unsociable horse, took an immediate liking to Lady Ming at first sight. What a remarkable bond you two share!”

“Really? I also feel a strong connection.”

Ming Jing dusted off her skirts, nonchalantly replying.

Ran Tengxiao looked intently at her face, trying to unravel a lost truth, but to his disappointment.

“Weren’t you supposed to have left? Why did you come back?”

Ran Tengxiao said, “I suddenly remembered I forgot to take a file…”

This reasoning fell flat as he turned and entered the living room, with Ye Jian hastening to follow.

Ming Jing couldn’t help but chuckle as a car pulled up in front of her.

Xiao Hua asked, “Miss, are you going out?”

“Yes, I won’t be having lunch at home today. Please pass the message to Master Xiao for me.”

With these words, she stepped into the car, and it drove off, leaving behind a trail of dust.

Xiao Hua stood rooted in place for a moment before turning around, spotting Ran Tengxiao as he stared blankly in the direction that the car had disappeared.

He walked behind a pillar, reaching up to touch a dent on it.

A bullet was hidden inside — a bullet that had grazed past her temple and lodged itself into the pillar years ago.

It was this bullet that had gained her the trust of Ran Bowen.

Why was she becoming more and more like you?

“Ye Jian, how is the investigation I asked you to conduct going?”

Keeping his emotions masked, Ran Tengxiao got into the vehicle, with Ye Jian quickly taking the passenger seat.

Master Xiao had assigned him many tasks, but by intuition, he knew Master Xiao was asking about Yu Jiang.

“We currently have two leads. One is the young master of the Qus who is being closely guarded by his family to shield him from this dispute. The other is Madam Jiang. She took over her grandfather’s WT16, an intel department responsible for surveillance during wartime. Despite peace currently prevailing, and despite government plans to dissolve or merge the WT16, Madam Jiang has pulled strings to keep it operational and further improve it. Using it as cover, she has secretly cultivated a large group of spies. They are skilled and all have codenames. Yu Jiang is one of her spies, codename: Rain God. I also found out that a famous female star in the entertainment industry called Zheng Qing is one of WT’s spies, codename: Green Luan. She and Rain God are both under Night Hawk and are serving Madam Jiang.”

“I know all that.” Ran Tengxiao replied coldly, “What about Yu Jiang? She needs to be found, dead or alive.”

Ye Jian was silent for a moment, “Master Xiao, please calm down. I already have some leads. Just give me some more time. I am sure I can find Yu Jiang’s whereabouts.”

She hadn’t appeared for many years; the only possibility was that Madam Jiang had silenced her for good.

Ye Jian couldn’t say that. The investigation was focused on Jingzhou, which was not Ran territory. It made the investigation very difficult, as they had to be wary of Madam Jiang’s people.

The good news was, he already had some clues. Yu Jiang hadn’t died back then, but was gravely injured. He had found the hospital where she had been treated, although all traces and records had been thoroughly destroyed. But in today’s world, as long as something has existed, it leaves a trace.