Deliberately Approaching
Chapter 73 Four Handwritten Cards

Chapter 73: Chapter 73 Four Handwritten Cards

"I’m supposed to sleep now? Do you think I’m a pig?"

"What the heck, scaring people with that trick every time. You think you’re so great just because you’re tall?"

"I’m not afraid of you, I just can’t be bothered!"

Tang Xiaowan returned to her room with a hint of complaint.

She lay on the lounge chair, flipping open the diary she had brought back from Mei Garden. After reading it several times, she also tucked those four handwritten cards into it.

The material and size of the cards were identical, only the contents varied.

Card 1: "The lotus blossoms are barely peeping out, and already a dragonfly perches atop."

Card 2: "Through a sea of flowers, not a leaf clings to him."

Card 3: "Mountains of books have paths with diligence as the travel; seas of learning are boundless, with perseverance as the vessel."

Card 4: "Plum blossom fragrance comes from the bitter cold."

They each corresponded to four places: Old Man Cui’s cutlery shop, the Wanhua Counter in the shopping center, Jin City University, and Qingcheng’s Mei Garden.

Tang Xiaowan had already been to all of the above locations.

Among these, Mei Garden’s yield was the greatest. Not only did she find her grandmother’s ’Mei’ seal, a bank card, cash, and jewelry, but she also reunited with the original staff of Mei Garden.

But with the other locations, it was all very elusive, and strangely enough, each card had a different exclusive stamp on the back, with unique shapes and fonts.

Could it be that the big picture was wrong and nobody was actually after me; they were merely guiding me?

No, no that can’t be right; the attack was too vicious. If I hadn’t dodged in time, it wouldn’t be my shoulder that got hurt, not to mention being forcibly fed several Chinese medicine pills.

Pills? Right, I almost forgot, that guy Leng Lingxiao also gave me a bottle of Chinese medicine pills.

Tang Xiaowan hurriedly got up and went straight for her rolling suitcase.

She had hidden the bottle of pills in an inner compartment.

The bottle was ceramic, white with pink flowers; upon opening, the unique fragrance of Chinese herbs immediately enveloped her; the granules were very small, like mung beans.

To take or not to take was a matter of a single thought.

Actually, Tang Xiaowan didn’t get headaches every day, they only surfaced after she dreamt – that kind of pain like being pricked by needles.

Because she was scared of medication, she didn’t dare tell Li Zishen.

How did Leng Lingxiao know about it? It couldn’t possibly be my chronic illness, right? Yet Li Zishen had already given me two full physical check-ups, found nothing unusual, and even said I was in very good health.

Weird, it’s just so weird!

While Tang Xiaowan was thinking this, she poured out two pills without much thought, and after sniffing them, stuffed them into her mouth.

Quickly, the small pills disappeared.

They weren’t bitter at all, but rather slightly sweet, tasting much better than the medicine Li Zishen formulated for her, at the very least without that nauseating urge to vomit.

Tang Xiaowan was savoring the taste when suddenly, several knocks on the door interrupted her thoughts.

"No way, did he follow me here?"

With a hint of suspicion, she opened the door, and it wasn’t Li Zishen whom she had expected, but Li Zihan, who lived next door.

The young master stood there looking quite smug, holding a bag from Immortal Restaurant.

"Hey, want to eat something?"

Tang Xiaowan touched her nose, her eyes showing a bit of disdain: "What’s this... trying to bribe me?"

"Listen to you, with our relationship, would I need to bribe you? I was just thinking, you have a good appetite, you must be hungry by now, so... you know what I mean."

"I don’t understand. I’m not hungry, goodbye."

Tang Xiaowan was about to close the door, but Li Zihan blocked it with his foot: "What’s the rush? I really didn’t mean anything else, it’s purely goodwill."

"Thanks, but I’m not hungry."

As she said this, Tang Xiaowan’s eyes involuntarily sneaked a peek at the bag of roast duck.

Oh my god, that smells so good!

"No, no, I must resist, absolutely cannot be tempted by this guy’s food, it must be for Cheng Shi."

Seeing Tang Xiaowan seemed a bit conflicted, Li Zihan immediately put away his smile and stood up straight, "If you really don’t want to eat, just throw it away, it’s okay."

Before Tang Xiaowan could respond, Li Zihan had already hung the bag containing the roast duck on the doorknob, and then quickly ran back to his room.

The whole operation was done in one smooth motion, to say there was no purpose behind it would be something only a fool would believe.

"What kind of person is this, how can he do such a thing?"

Hang the roast duck back or throw it away? Impossible, with such an enticing smell, Tang Xiaowan was salivating just from the scent, she couldn’t bear to let it go.

After muttering about boredom, the door was closed.

[What are you doing, do you want to eat roast duck?]

[Miss, are you hungry? I can drive out and look. If there’s no roast duck, is something else okay?]

Tang Xiaowan: "..."

Please, in your eyes, am I really such a person who eats then sleeps, and upon waking up is hungry again?

Oh well, it doesn’t matter anymore!

Tang Xiaowan picked up the roast duck and took a sniff, biting her lip she replied: [I mean there’s a roast duck here, it was delivered by Li Zihan, I’m asking if you want some? If you do, come over, let’s share because I can’t finish it on my own.]

Cheng Shi: [Miss, feel free to command me.]

Tang Xiaowan: "..."

What’s with that, why are you so dense?

Forget it, it’s not worth the trouble!

A leg of the duck was immediately torn off, Tang Xiaowan bit into it fiercely and then picked up her phone, quickly typing a few words: [It’s fine, you do your thing.]

Twenty minutes later, she had eaten her fill and was lazily lying in the lounge chair, continuing to ponder over the cards.

The handwriting was the same, it seemed to be in the thin gold script. Could it all be written by Old Man Cui?

But he said he didn’t know me!

Could it be that someone deliberately imitated the thin gold script to send me some sort of message?

Going to such lengths, what for?

Does it have anything to do with those men in black from Mei Garden, are they in cahoots, opposition, or unrelated, simply targeting Li Zishen?

By starting with me, to influence him?

No, it can’t be so, if they just kidnapped me it would be simpler, it must still be related to the night raid at Mei Garden.

The more Tang Xiaowan thought about it, the more depressed she became, and the more scared she got, she always felt like someone was manipulating something behind the scenes, and she was just a pawn for that person.

I can’t just sit and wait for doom, I have to meet it head-on, it’s the only solution I can think of.

"Zishen, Li Zishen, ah, what a headache."

Tang Xiaowan was about to get up, planning to go discuss with Li Zishen, but when she saw the text in the diary, she hesitated again.

It was written before the attack.

It was not difficult to tell that even back then, she had lost her memory, and it was very likely written before the amnesia, especially the second entry, no matter how many times reread, it seemed to be reminding herself.

Not to leave Mei Garden, to wait for Huahua to come back!

Why does it only mention someone called Huahua, with no mention of Li Zishen at all?

Could it be that I never trusted him before? Or is it that he did lie, that we’re not the couple he claimed we were, just ordinary friends?

"Huahua, Huahua."

Just by hearing the name, it sounds like a girl’s, but Wang Meijuan said she didn’t know, and also stated that there was no one by that name in Mei Garden.

Thinking of this, Tang Xiaowan returned to the lounge chair and slowly picked up her phone again.

[Contact the agent, get the procedures done as soon as possible.]

A short message was successfully sent, and Cheng Shi almost instantly replied: [Okay, Miss, don’t worry.]