He was waiting in the shadows for a long ti, waiting for him to walk farther away with the others, and when he went to check downstream alone, Ruan Mian quickly followed.
"Brother!"
Ruan Mian called him from behind, running up quickly, her heart only wanting to ask what was happening, why he had not been heard from for so long, and how he was connected to Wen Yuan.
However, after Ruan Qingsong turned around and saw Ruan Mian running towards him, his expression was quite indifferent.
He looked at her as if looking at a stranger.
Ruan Mian’s expression froze slightly, her brows furrowing: "Brother?"
"I fear this lady has mistaken for soone else; I am unacquainted with you."
The Ruan Qingsong in front of her calmly took two steps back, distancing himself from Ruan Mian.
The unfamiliarity in his eyes left Ruan Mian astonished.
She furrowed her delicate eyebrows, lowering her voice as if to confirm sothing: "But what happened? Why don’t you recognize ? I am your sister."
Yet the man in front of her remained expressionless, rely treating her as a passerby who had mistaken him for soone else.
He turned and walked around her, intending to leave.
Ruan Mian imdiately took down the Ruo Wood Hairpin on her head, but even with this token, the man remained indifferent, not even giving it a glance.
Ruan Mian chased a few steps but was stopped by him drawing his sword.
"Miss, the governnt is at work here; it’s inconvenient to approach. If you don’t want trouble, please step back." Ruan Mian hoped to find so hints or clues on his face or in his eyes.
However, the cold face in front of her was utterly impassive; at this mont, for him, Ruan Mian was entirely a stranger.
Such indifference in his eyes couldn’t be faked, and she had never seen soone as cold and decisive as the man before her, unlike her brother, who was a refined gentleman.
It was as if, clearly the sa face, yet the personality inside was unmistakably that of two different people.
Thinking of this, Ruan Mian retracted her steps, calming her gaze as she watched Ruan Qingsong leave her sight.
With her mind in a whirl, she didn’t go to the Wen Mansion just yet but instead returned to the inn.
By then, it was nearly evening, and her aunt and Shaoxi had already settled the won.
As the saying goes, money makes the world go round, and now that her aunt was wealthy, arranging a few people was no problem.
But when she saw Ruan Mian return with a solemn expression, without waiting for her to speak, she seed to sense sothing and imdiately inquired.
"Mianmian, is the plan not going well? Didn’t you find the warehouse?"
Ruan Mian lifted her eyes, shook her head, and after thinking for a mont, spoke honestly: "I think I saw my brother."
Upon hearing this, her aunt and Shaoxi were overjoyed: "You saw Song’er?!"
"Where is he now?"
"Is the young master okay?"
Faced with their concern, Ruan Mian then recounted the encounter with Ruan Qingsong.
Upon hearing this, her aunt was imdiately struck by a thought, glanced at Ruan Mian, then pulled her aside, lowered her voice, and whispered in her ear. "The man you saw, could he... be in the sa situation as you?"
"Aunt thinks he’s also transmigrated like ?"
Her aunt nodded repeatedly: "If you can, why can’t he? There are similar-looking people in this world, but those who look exactly alike are few. You said he has Song’er’s face, so this body must be his."
"However... if that’s really the case, then wouldn’t it an... it’s Song’er himself?"
"It shouldn’t be this situation."
Ruan Mian carefully recalled the Ruan Qingsong she had just seen; his behavior and manner of speaking were no different from ancient people.
Moreover, he wasn’t wary of her at all, simply assuming she was a stranger who mistook him for soone else.
The possibility of transmigration was slim.
So whether he was indeed her brother was a matter of debate.
If not, then who could he be? Why did he look exactly like her brother?
If he was her brother, why didn’t he recognize her? Instead, why was he connected to Wen Yuan?
Her eyes darkened slightly, and she said to her aunt: "It seems the plan needs to be slightly adjusted."
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On the other side, the governnt officers were busy fishing without any gains until nightfall.
anwhile, in the Wen Mansion, a woman in a green robe hurriedly walked into the courtyard and looked at the quickly arriving servant to ask.
"Did Father really send Zong Jun to help?"
The servant quickly nodded and truthfully reported: "Miss, the master did indeed send the son-in-law. Just now, when I went to inquire, I even heard people say that today at the riverside, Zong Jun encountered a strange woman who claid he was her brother."
Hearing this, the woman’s face changed drastically: "What did you say?"
"Where is that woman?!"
The servant shook his head, not having ti to speak before she snapped: "Go find out who that woman is and where she is now!"
"Miss, could it be that the woman... just mistook him for the son-in-law?"
Halfway through the sentence, the servant t her cold gaze and didn’t dare to say more, quickly going to follow her orders.
And this woman was none other than Wen Yuan’s daughter, Wen Qiang.
Once the servant left, her personal maid cautiously spoke in a worried tone: "Miss, how did the young master’s family find their way here? What if they want to take the young master away?"
"Take him away?"
Wen Qiang sneered, her gaze dark: "How would I let them take Zong Jun away?" She had painstakingly managed to keep Zong Jun, making him trust her and stay by her side, how could she let others simply take him away?
Thinking of this, she looked at the maid just about to speak when suddenly soone entered the courtyard.
The one who ca was none other than Zong Jun.
Wen Qiang quickly replaced her face with a gentle smile, greeted him with concern: "Zong Jun! Are you tired?"
After speaking, she pinched his arm, complaining.
"It’s all Father’s fault; none of his people are competent. Even when soone broke into the warehouse and stole goods, nobody could catch them, so he thought you could handle so matters for him without even telling beforehand."
"I promised you before, not to involve you in court entanglents. Father breached it first, and I’ve arranged horses and carriages. We’ll leave Ru Ning tonight, visiting my aunt’s house, and stay there for a few days to avoid Father’s ddling!"
Zong Jun glanced at her, frowning slightly: "The thief is yet to be found, fallen in the river. Since I’ve promised Father-in-law to help, how can I leave now? I..."
"Ah! It wasn’t you who willingly promised; I know you, and I know Father, surely it was Father who made you promise forcibly, you had no choice!"
"Rest assured, even if you don’t search, Father has plenty of n, they’ll find out eventually. Such valuable goods, along with the thief falling in the river, can’t just vanish into thin air; it just needs so investigation ti."
"Do you really want to stay here handling matters for Father? Don’t you want to go with to my aunt’s hotown to enjoy snow and flowers?"
Zong Jun indeed didn’t want to stay here for long. Even though he rembers nothing now, he sees that this father-in-law is not a good official for the people.
Fortunately, his daughter isn’t like that.
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