Reborn as an abandoned daughter, she became a stunning genius

"No." Ling Chuge glanced at Jiang Ning cautiously and said with a strange expression.

"Why, you have delayed Miss Yun for five years and you don't even want to give her a status?" Xia Jing's father gave her a sharp look.

The Xia family has strict rules and will never allow Xia Jing to play with the feelings of other girls.

"No. I..." Ling Chuge couldn't argue. He couldn't tell the Xia family that Jiang Ning was actually a man.

For him to be engaged to a man, this is really...

"If you don't give us an explanation, you won't be able to take this spirit-forging stone away." The elders of the Xia family made it clear that Ling Chuge must give them an explanation today.

Ling Chuge was speechless and had no choice but to turn his head and look at Jiang Ning.

They must get this spirit-forging stone without delay.

Jiang Ning gave a polite smile to the elders of the Xia family.

"Sorry, I have something to say to Mr. Xia."

After saying that, Jiang Ning directly pulled Ling Chuge out of the hall.The two put their heads together and whispered.

"Do you know where the spirit-forging stone is? Let's go steal it tonight." Jiang Ning said in surprise.

"This is the Xia family. It's heavily guarded. How can you steal it? What's more, I don't even know where the spirit forging stone is." Ling Chuge said.

"What should we do? Gu Qingyu will return home soon. We must bring the spirit-forging stone back before she goes back." Jiang Ning said urgently.

Lu Qi's injury cannot be delayed any longer. Gu Qingyu will definitely heal his injuries and eliminate the black energy as soon as he returns to the Gu family.

"How about... let's put on another show?" Ling Chuge asked tentatively.

Jiang Ning sighed and said, "This is the only way."

"As long as you agree." Ling Chuge couldn't help but add a few words, "Don't take it to heart. Everything that happens here is just a lie. Don't take it seriously."

I don’t know whether he said this to Jiang Ning or to himself.

"Yeah." Jiang Ning naturally didn't take it to heart and was just playing it for the sake of the mission.

After the two discussed it, Ling Chuge reached out to Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning looked at Ling Chuge doubtfully.

Ling Chuge started to feel guilty for no reason. He pretended to cough twice and said, "It's all a show. The sooner the Xia family believes, the sooner we can get the spirit forging stone."

Jiang Ning looked at Ling Chuge's outstretched hand, pondered for a moment, and said, "Okay."

The two held hands and re-entered the Xia family's reception hall.

The elders were extremely happy when they saw the two holding hands together.

Xia's father and Xia's mother's faces were even more happy.

"The sooner the engagement banquet is held, the better. The matter regarding the evil spirit tribe at the border has not been settled yet. We took the spirit forging stones and rushed back as soon as possible." Ling Chuge said.

"Okay! Okay! Okay!" Father Xia said three good words in a row, smiling so hard that he couldn't even close his mouth.

"Three days, the engagement banquet will be held in three days."

Hearing this, Jiang Ning pinched Ling Chuge's arm secretly.

Ling Chuge immediately understood what she meant, "Three days is too long, please hurry up."

"You brat, you must not prepare for such an important event as the engagement banquet, otherwise you will wrong Miss Yun." Father Xia glared.

"Uncle Xia, Your Highness the Goddess is in urgent need of this Spirit Forging Stone. It concerns the Evil Spirit Clan, and we must rush back as soon as possible. I don't care about these false claims, so let's keep everything simple." Jiang Ning said.

Seeing that Jiang Ning had spoken, Xia's father thought for a moment, then raised a finger.

"It will take a day at the earliest. My Xia family is getting engaged. If you don't prepare properly, others will misunderstand that we don't welcome you."

Seeing this, Jiang Ning could only nod.

The engagement banquet is scheduled for noon tomorrow, and the Xia family is hosting guests. The maids in the mansion got busy immediately after hearing the news.

It’s so lively inside and out.

The two protagonists of the engagement party were hiding in the room at this time, as if the excitement outside had nothing to do with them.

Jiang Ning and Ling Chuge were sorting out recent events.

The Evil Spirit Clan was defeated, and the clan leader was beheaded by the goddess with a sword. All of this was exactly as it was on the mural, but it was completely different from the mural.

The goddess did not really kill the leader of the Evil Spirit Clan, but let him be seriously injured and fake death, and secretly rescued him home.

Jiang Ning didn't know whether all this was a chain reaction caused by her and Ling Chuge's trouble, or whether it was a fact that actually happened.

If it is true, it means that the previous efforts made by the two people have not had any effect, and they cannot change the tragedy that happened to Gu Qingyu.

Jiang Ning also noticed that in the last mural, when the goddess was found covered in black energy, the scene behind her was exactly the same as the one behind the Gu family.

It seems that no matter how hard they try, things are moving in the predetermined direction step by step.

Realizing this, Jiang Ning had a headache.

"We still have a chance." Ling Chuge said, "As long as we find the divine envoy who discovered the black energy in Gu Qingyu's body and catch her in advance, we can avoid being burned at the stake."

"If my guess is correct, that person should be Gu Qingyi." Jiang Ning analyzed carefully.

"The incident took place in the back hill of the Gu family. The person who discovered the black energy in Gu Qingyu's body is most likely from the Gu family. In addition, the angel painted on the mural is a woman. Among all the Gu family members, Gu Qingyu has no dealings with the woman. The only one is Gu Qingyi."

"Then I'll find an opportunity to capture her and wait until Lu Qi's injuries are completely healed before letting her go." In this way, even if Gu Qingyu was corroded by the black energy while treating Lu Qi, no one would find out about it.

Although Ling Chuge's method is simple and crude, it is currently the best method.

"Then I'll do as you say." A few words spoken by the two of them decided Gu Qingyi's fate of being locked up in a small dark room for the next month.

At noon, the door of the room was knocked by the maid.

"My eldest son, Miss Yun, the engagement banquet has been prepared, it's just waiting for you two."

"Understood, let's go down."

The two came out of the room and headed to the banquet.After eating this banquet, they can get the spirit forging stone.

But how could the engagement banquet of the Xia family, the first family in Luozhou, be so simple.

Before the banquet started, Xia's mother took the two of them to the Xia family ancestral hall.

The ancestral hall is filled with plaques, all of which are ancestors of the Xia family.

"To get married in the Xia family, both of you need to lock the same lock in the ancestral hall. In this way, your relationship will be blessed by the ancestors of the Xia family and will go smoothly."

"This..." Ling Chuge hesitated for a moment, and then quickly felt relieved.

Anyway, he is not the real Xia Jing. When Gu Qingyu's matter is over, they should leave here.

"Okay." With that said, Ling Chuge picked up the lock shell of the Tongxin Lock, which had the two names engraved on it.

Turning around, he saw Jiang Ning standing still. Ling Chuge was looking towards Jiang Ning from a direction where Xia's mother could not see.

Seeing this, Jiang Ning picked up the lock cylinder.

Together with Ling Chuge, they locked the Tongxin Lock and handed it to Xia's mother.

Holding the concentric lock, Xia's mother showed a satisfied look on her face.