Water splashing and rustling noises sounded behind him. This was clearly Tang Tian’er getting dressed.
For the sake of hiding his awkwardness, he took out a pill and handed it backwards. “This is for you.”
“What is this? Are you trying to feed me poison again?” Tang Tian’er said angrily. She was still upset about how he forced her to eat that ‘Pill of Alteration’.
“It was my fault last time and I shouldn’t have forced the young miss to ingest poison. I am indebted to you for disregarding your former hatred, so I am giving you the antidote.” Zu An said sincerely. The poison was fake, so this antidote was obviously fake too. It was just a normal nourishing medicine.
However, in order to help the other party feel at ease, he had to give her this antidote.
“An antidote?” Tang Tian’er adjusted her waist while looking at the pill with an ambiguous smile. This guy still doesn’t know that I already know his Pill of Alteration is fake, huh?
He still wants to trick me?!
But she didn’t expose him and just stored that pill away. “I guess you at least have some conscience.”
Zu An sighed in relief. When he turned around, he saw that she was dressed in a loose white robe. Since she had just taken a shower, her skin was fair with a rosy tint, her drenched hair casually draped over her shoulders. She really was as beautiful as a lotus flower.
“Are you still going to keep staring? Haven’t you already seen enough?” Tang Tian’er grumbled. She subconsciously tightened her clothes.
Zu An coughed lightly and quickly changed the topic. “Right, it looks like Zhenyuan Merchant Group’s people respect you quite a bit. Just what kind of status do you really have?”
He absolutely refused to believe that a normal Hub of Freedom hostess could receive this level of treatment.
Tang Tian’er replied, “They treat me that way because Zhenyuan Merchant Group was started by my family.”
Zu An: “???”
Even though he had his own suspicions, he never expected to hear this type of answer.
“Your family?”
“Yup.”
Zu An needed a moment to completely digest this information. After all, he seemed to have heard the people here call first miss. Furthermore, that yellow patterned black robed man’s respect for her was definitely not faked.
“Then why in the world would you go to the Hub of Freedom to be a hostess?” This was what Zu An couldn’t understand the most.
Tang Tian’er harrumphed. She turned around, letting her dress twirl around her, and then she sat down in a confident manner. “I hate managing my clan’s matters, so I like to travel and pretend to be all types of different people, experiencing what life is like for others. Aren’t I amazing?”
“Yeah, you’re pretty amazing.” But inside, Zu An thought, you don’t want to live your life as a first miss, but instead want to be a servant somewhere else? Doesn’t that mean that there’s something wrong with your head?
“What about you? Why are you here?” Tang Tian’er picked up some fruits that had been prepared beforehand and ate them. At the same time, she pushed the plate of fruits towards Zu An. “According to what they were saying, you seem to have heard some secrets?”
Zu An was obviously not in the mood to eat anything. After some hesitation, he still said, “I was investigating a case. I received some intelligence that stated the killer might be in Zhenyuan Merchant Group, so I came for a look. I didn’t expect to just happen to run into their meeting. Sure enough, the killer was among them, but there were just too many experts. That was why I had to remain hidden.”
Tang Tian’er smiled. “They really are pretty formidable. The fact that you were able to keep your life under their joint search is quite the rare feat as well.”
Zu An was stunned. “You know who they are?”