It Started With a Kiss: Leng Shao's Beloved Wife

Chapter 149: Exploring the Secret History: The Long and Thorny Road

The appearance of the black shadow made Wu Xinyan's heart tremble.

She quickly hid the information in her hand behind her back and stared at the door vigilantly.

Luo Yichen appeared almost at the same time, standing in front of Wu Xinyan, emitting a cold aura, like a lion guarding its cubs.

The black shadow flashed and disappeared into the dim corridor.

Luo Yichen immediately chased after him, leaving Wu Xinyan and the frightened Sun Xuexue behind.

"He... who are they?" Scholar Sun's face was pale and his voice was trembling.

Wu Xinyan took a deep breath and tried to stay calm.

"I don't know, but they must be very interested in this information." She helped Scholar Sun up. "Let's get out of here first."

In the next few days, Wu Xinyan discovered that she was being followed.

No matter where I go, I can always feel that there are eyes watching me in the dark.

This feeling of being on edge made her very uncomfortable, and it also made her more convinced that there was a huge secret hidden in the family's secret history, and someone didn't want her to know this secret.

In order to find out the truth, Wu Xinyan studied the information even harder.

She discovered that in addition to the family curse, some of the information also mentioned a mysterious organization, which seemed to be inextricably linked to the feud between the Luo and Wu families.

She told Luo Yichen about this discovery, and Luo Yichen began to secretly investigate the organization.

At the same time, bad news came from Scholar Sun.

He told Wu Xinyan tremblingly that someone threatened him and asked him not to interfere in the family's secret history anymore.

"They...they said that if I continue my research, then...they will..." Scholar Sun didn't dare to say any more. He curled up into a ball and trembled.

Wu Xinyan's heart sank.

Scholar Sun was her only clue, and now this clue is broken.

Just when she was at a loss, Butler Wu suddenly came to visit.

He said to Wu Xinyan in a serious tone, "Madam, the master wants you to go to the study." Butler Wu's tone was different from usual, and Wu Xinyan had a vague feeling that something was going to happen.

She followed Butler Wu to the study, where Mr. Luo was sitting upright, holding a document in his hand with a gloomy expression.

"Xinyan," Master Luo said slowly, his tone cold, "Have you been looking into the secret history of our family recently?"

Wu Xinyan's heart skipped a beat, but she admitted it frankly. "Yes, Grandpa."

Mr. Luo threw the documents in his hand onto the table. "Do you know what you are doing? You are playing with fire!"

"I..." Wu Xinyan was about to explain but was interrupted by Master Luo.

"Enough! I don't want to hear your explanation!" Master Luo stood up suddenly, pointed at Wu Xinyan, and said angrily, "You'd better stop your stupid behavior immediately! Otherwise..." He paused, a hint of viciousness flashed in his eyes, "You will bear the consequences at your own risk!"

Wu Xinyan looked at the furious Mr. Luo, her heart filled with confusion and uneasiness.

She didn't understand why Mr. Luo was so opposed to her exploring the family's secret history.

Could it be that he is also afraid of something?

After Wu Xinyan left the study, Luo Yichen immediately came up to her and asked worriedly, "What did grandpa say to you?"

Wu Xinyan shook her head, frowning, "I don't know either. Grandpa seems very angry..."

Just then, a servant hurried over and whispered a few words in Luo Yichen's ear.

Luo Yichen's face turned ashen in an instant.

He grabbed Wu Xinyan's hand and said hurriedly, "Let's go!"

"Where are we going?" Wu Xinyan was confused.

"Someone is spreading rumors, saying..." Luo Yichen paused, a cold glint flashing in his eyes, "saying that you want to use the family's secret history for personal gain."

Rumors spread like wildfire in the Luo family, and the eyes of family members who were originally friendly to Wu Xinyan began to be filled with suspicion and hostility.

The whispers kept coming into Wu Xinyan's ears, piercing her heart like needles.

Luo Yichen's eyes flashed with coldness, and an icy aura emanated from his body. The whispers stopped abruptly when he approached, but started again after he turned around, like rats in a gutter, hiding in the dark and breeding malice.

Luo Yichen decisively arranged several agile bodyguards to guard Wu Xinyan and Sun Xuexue day and night.

He knew very well that the purpose of those who spread the rumors was not only to ruin Wu Xinyan's reputation, but also to stop them from continuing to explore the family's secret history.

He used his connections to secretly investigate the identities of those mysterious shadows.

The scope of the investigation gradually expanded from the Luo family to the entire city and even further.

At the same time, Wu Xinyan was not defeated by the rumors.

She knew very well that the innocent would be innocent. Instead of passively explaining, it would be better to take the initiative to find the truth and completely dispel the rumors.

She began to study the information more carefully, trying to find a breakthrough from the clues.

She discovered that the information about the mysterious organization was all related to an ancestral hall of the Luo family.

This ancestral hall is rarely visited by people, making it seem particularly mysterious.

Late one night, Wu Xinyan quietly came to the ancestral hall.

The heavy wooden door creaked in the night wind, like an ancient sigh.

She pushed open the door, and a long-forgotten smell hit her face.

The ancestral hall is filled with tablets of the Luo family's ancestors, and it looks particularly eerie under the dim candlelight.

Wu Xinyan's heartbeat began to accelerate, and she felt that she was getting closer and closer to the truth.

Suddenly, a light sound of footsteps came from deep within the ancestral hall.

Wu Xinyan held her breath, gripped the flashlight tightly in her hand, and slowly walked towards the direction where the sound came from.

"Who's there?" Wu Xinyan shouted in a low voice.

no respond.

Wu Xinyan's heart was in her throat. She moved closer step by step. The beam of the flashlight swayed in the ancestral hall, illuminating the cold tablets.

The footsteps sounded again, this time, more clearly.

Wu Xinyan turned around suddenly, and the beam of the flashlight illuminated a corner.

There, stood a person.

"Butler Wu?" Wu Xinyan exclaimed in surprise.

Butler Wu stood in the shadows, his face expressionless, in his hand... holding a dagger.

"Madam..." Butler Wu spoke slowly in a hoarse voice, "I'm sorry..." The dagger in Butler Wu's hand flashed with cold light as he approached step by step.

Wu Xinyan subconsciously stepped back, but bumped into the cold tablet.

At the critical moment, Luo Yichen appeared at the door of the ancestral hall. He had a fierce look in his eyes and a gun in his hand, pointing directly at Butler Wu.

"stop!"

Butler Wu paused, a hint of hesitation flashing across his face.

Luo Yichen took the opportunity to rush forward, protecting Wu Xinyan behind him and confronting Butler Wu.

Butler Wu finally threw away the dagger dejectedly, tears streaming down his face, "Master, I just want to protect the Luo family..."

It turns out that Butler Wu is a loyal servant of the previous head of the Luo family. He knows the secret hidden in the family's secret history, and he also understands that once this secret is revealed, it will bring great disaster to the Luo family.

He has been secretly monitoring Wu Xinyan and trying to stop her from continuing her exploration.

Luo Yichen did not blame Butler Wu, he knew that he was loyal.

After this incident, Wu Xinyan became even more determined to find out the truth.

She searched the ancestral hall carefully and finally found a hidden compartment in a corner.

In the secret compartment, there is an ancient diary.

The owner of the diary is an ancestor of the Luo family. It records key information about the family's secret history, including the origin and purpose of the mysterious organization.

It turned out that this organization had been coveting the Luo family's wealth and trying to achieve their goals by controlling the Luo family.

Wu Xinyan disclosed part of the contents of the diary to her family members to prove her innocence.

Family members' attitudes towards her began to change, from suspicion and hostility to understanding and support.

However, some contents in the diary also mentioned a huge family treasure, which attracted the covetousness of more outside forces.

Wu Xinyan and Luo Yichen realized that they would face greater challenges.

Late at night, a mysterious phone call came to Luo Yichen's cell phone. A deep voice said, "Mr. Luo, we are very interested in the diary in your wife's hand..." A cold laugh came from the other end of the phone, and then it stopped abruptly.

Luo Yichen clenched his cell phone, a cold light flashing in his eyes.