Doted By The Regent Chapter 117 - 117 117 Dig into Her Past

??117: Chapter 117 Dig into Her Past

117: Chapter 117 Dig into Her Past

In the following days, Wufu would rush to town every day after breakfast.

The June sun was growing more and more intense, and by mid-month, she had gotten even darker, yet her eyes shone brighter.

Wufu left a ssage at Wenshan Bookstore with the token Ah Jiu had given her.

The ssage was passed up through the ranks until it finally reached Ah Jiu’s hands.

“Looking for soone?” he asked, eyeing the na on the ssage.

Yuan Ye nodded and replied, “It’s said that her mother would always inquire at the bookstore for any letters for her whenever she was in town.

Based on this na, I surmise it must be the girl’s father.”

The origins of mother and daughter Wufu were clearly investigated by Yuan Ye without Ah Jiu’s orders as soon as he had received the task from his master.

Wufu, an illegitimate daughter, aged fourteen, was the result of a secret engagent and pregnancy by Madam Zhou in her youth.

Disdained by her family for many years, the mother and daughter depended on each other and posed no threat.

So this na must belong to the man Madam Zhou had been engaged to.

“Just one na?” Ah Jiu inquired.

“Yes.”

“Wu Lihong.” This na seed familiar, but Ah Jiu didn’t pay much attention and said, “Since he hasn’t co looking for her after so many years, he probably intended to abandon them long ago, and who knows, the na might even be fake.”

This was nothing new.

Not to ntion in Nanyue, even in Beiyan Country, it was common for n to deceive won into marriage with a fake na and identity, leading many decent won astray, and then without any consideration, they would just leave, indifferent to the price the won would pay.

Such sches were myriad and particularly vile among the prominent families, who had the power to cover up such matters with ease.

“What are your orders?”

“Just investigate based on this na,” instructed Ah Jiu, tossing down the paper with the na.

“You don’t need to pry much, just pay attention in general.”

Yuan Ye was surprised and glanced at his master.

Wasn’t it said to pay close attention to anything presented by that girl?

Ah Jiu ignored his gaze, his mind instead reflecting on Wufu’s deanor during those days at her rundown ho.

That girl was broad-minded; whether she found the person or not probably didn’t matter much to her.

Her mother, on the other hand, was devoted, obsessed even, truly a fool for love.

It was indeed peculiar, such a woman who wholeheartedly devoted herself to her husband, ek yet steadfast, how could she raise such a rebellious daughter?

Ah Jiu also recalled when he t Wufu at the bookstore and how she described Yan Er’s so-called unrestrained nature with the phrase “squatting over a latrine and not shitting.”

Pfft!

Ah Jiu laughed out loud; Yan Er would probably be furious if he knew a little girl had spoken of him in such terms, likely charging over to settle the score.

One had a fiery temper; the other was explosive.

Faced against each other, it was hard to say who would win.

Seeing Ah Jiu’s lost-in-thought laughter, Yuan Ye was completely bewildered, as if he had seen a ghost.

His master’s laugh just now was so silly!

Perhaps it was Yuan Ye’s too intent gaze that caused Ah Jiu to clear his throat and ask, “Anything else?”

“Oh, Miss Wufu took on an order from Hundred Treasures Silver Building…” Yuan Ye decided to ntion Wufu’s matter again, sure that his master was interested.

As expected, noticing the interest in his eyes, Yuan Ye quietly marveled and handed over a small pendant, “This was carved by the lady.”

Ah Jiu took it and, inspecting it in the light, was very surprised.

She knew how to carve?

And to carve so exquisitely?

She could carve and knew Kung Fu, and although that Kung Fu looked peculiar, no ordinary man would likely get close to her.

Hadn’t he himself been on the losing end once?

Was this girl really just an unworthy illegitimate daughter as the records claid?

Ah Jiu’s curiosity grew, and he said, “Go and reexamine her background in detail, from her childhood until now.”

He was eager to see what more could be uncovered about her.