Chapter 135

Chapter 135: This Might Be a Huge Scoop

Xi Jing Yue’s little plan was loud enough to be heard from a thousand miles away. Du An Rao froze for a second before she said: “Wouldn’t that trouble you too much?”

“It’s no trouble. It’s on my way. There’s no such thing as trouble or not. It’s your first time in City C. It’s safer if another person who knows the way leads you.”

Du An Rao thought about it and agreed. It was the first time for both her and Granduncle to go to City C. If they really got lost or went to the wrong place, it would delay things a lot.

They themselves did not mind the delay, but Miss Qin could not wait.

“Then I’ll trouble you, Mr. Xi. We’ll leave early tomorrow morning.”

“Okay. Message me when you arrive, and I’ll come pick you up.”

What Du An Rao did not know was that right after she hung up, Xi Jing Yue told his assistant to book the nearest flight to City C for the next day.

The assistant was stunned and reminded him: “But President Xi, you still have a few meetings tomorrow, and you also scheduled a time to meet with President Shao.”

“Postpone the meetings. As for President Shao, tell her Miss Du has asked me for help with something. We’ll talk about the cooperation next time.”

Based on what he knew about Du An Rao, she would never suddenly follow a relative out of town for no reason, and even ask a friend in advance to get detailed information. There was no way this was just about taking a hot spring soak.

He had to go see for himself. Who knew, maybe he would get to witness a shocking piece of gossip.

Completely unaware that her little plan had already been seen through from afar, Du An Rao got up very early the next morning and ate breakfast with the four members of the Du family and Du De Sheng.

“Granduncle, my friend said City C recently opened a magma hot spring that’s pretty famous. It’s supposed to be really good for elders with leg problems to recover. How about we go there? It’s just that it might be a bit far, the road isn’t great, and the trip might be tiring.”

When Du De Sheng heard this, he immediately thought of that remote little mountain village she had mentioned last night. His beloved was almost certainly there!

If that was the case, never mind a remote place with a bad road and a tiring trip. Even if it were a cliff, he would make his old bones climb up there.

“That’s fine, that’s fine. Don’t look down on me just because I’m like this now. Granduncle has gone through more hardships than the salt you’ve eaten. I’ve walked on rocky paths and swampy roads. This little bit of travel is nothing.”

Only then did Du An Rao relax: “Then we’ll leave right after breakfast. My friend will meet us in City C.”

Everyone in the Du family stopped what they were doing and looked over at her.

“Your friend is picking you up? Which friend?”

Yesterday when their little daughter mentioned a “friend,” they thought it was just an excuse. They had not expected there to really be such a person. Since when did their little daughter make a new friend without them knowing?

“It’s Mr. Xi.” Since they would be meeting him soon anyway, Du An Rao did not feel there was any need to hide it.

“Mr. Xi’s grandparents are from City C, and he knows City C pretty well himself. He happened to be visiting his grandparents there these two days, so I asked him to help lead the way. Otherwise, with me and Granduncle both unfamiliar with the place, I’m afraid we’d get lost.”

Father Du and Mother Du exchanged a look. “Is it the same Mr. Xi who came to your birthday party?”

“Yes.”

Du De Sheng really had not known about this. He turned and gave the head bodyguard in charge of intelligence a look. The man immediately leaned over to whisper information about this Mr. Xi in his ear.

Compared to the elders who were still fairly calm, Du Jun Yan was gripping his chopsticks so hard they creaked. That damn wild man again!

How did he get in touch with An An? How close were they? And that old guy had actually asked their An An to go to City C to soak in a hot spring with him? What was he planning? Did he have bad intentions toward their sister?

No way. He had to think of something. He could not let that jerk’s evil plan succeed!

At this moment, Brother Du had conveniently forgotten that yesterday Du An Rao had casually made up the hot spring excuse to trick Du De Sheng into going to City C with her. There had never been any prior plans with Xi Jing Yue at all.

Meanwhile, Xi Jing Yue had just gotten off the plane when his nose suddenly started itching, and he let out a huge sneeze. He had no idea he had just been blamed for no reason in someone else’s head.

“This works out well. It’s always easier when you know someone there. When you come back, remember to thank him properly.”

“Got it, Mama.”

Everyone finished breakfast as quickly as possible and was about to leave when they found someone extra in their car.

“Brother, why are you coming too?”

“I’m going with you.”

“But the company…”

“With Mom and Dad there, it’s not going to collapse.” Du Jun Yan gave Father Du and Mother Du, who were outside the car, a cool glance. Last time, those two had dumped the company on him alone while they followed An An to Second Brother’s place to watch drama for more than a month. He had to work overtime until late at night every day and had almost gotten dark circles under his eyes.

This time he was only taking a short trip with his sister. They might even go and come back the same day. If those two could not even handle this small change, their company would have gone under a long time ago.

Of course Father Du and Mother Du could see their eldest son’s little thoughts, but they were at fault here and did not dare say much. “Don’t worry about the company. We’ll watch over it.”

Then they turned to explain to Du De Sheng: “Ever since An An came back, every time she goes out one of her brothers or sisters goes with her. This time to City C, even though it’s not far, the boss is still worried, so he wants to go with you and keep an eye on things on the road.”

That reason was still reasonable. Du De Sheng smiled and did not object.

Du Yu Xi actually wanted to go too, but the Li family was coming today to take her back to City J, so she could only sadly miss out on this chance to watch the drama live.

“Then Brother, take good care of An An and Granduncle. Go early and come back early.”

“Okay.”

The meeting place Du An Rao had agreed on with Xi Jing Yue was the highway exit closest to the hot spring village.

Xi Jing Yue had no idea that pretending to soak in hot springs was just a cover and that they were actually going to find someone and probably get into a fight. So he came alone and empty-handed.

Once they met up, he saw that besides Du An Rao, her brother, and the “relative” she had mentioned, there were also seven or eight cars behind them, all full of bodyguards with terrifying auras.

He was the only one who didn’t know what was going on. He felt like a little sheep that had wandered into a den of wolves. If they dragged him off and chopped him up to sell, no one would even know.

While Xi Jing Yue’s thoughts were drifting and his imagination was running wild, Du An Rao hopped happily out of the car and bounced over to him: “Mr. Xi, have you been here long? Sorry, we’re not very familiar with the road here, so we drove slower and wasted some time.”

“It’s fine, it’s fine. I just got here too.” As Xi Jing Yue spoke, his gaze once again drifted to the bodyguards in black behind them.

“You said you and a relative wanted to come soak in the hot spring, so I thought there would just be a few people. I didn’t expect… this many.”

“Oh, you mean them? They’re all my Granduncle’s bodyguards.” Du An Rao tiptoed closer to his ear and lowered her voice: “My Granduncle is a big shot. Every time he goes out, it’s a huge production. Don’t mind it.”

Xi Jing Yue felt the warm breath she blew on his ear tickle, and his mind wandered: [Oh, a big shot, huh. Then this really might be a huge scoop!]