Free Web NovelChapter 1349: Chapter 1348: Encountering You Meng
"Who are you? Why are you blocking my way?" Chen Qingqing said with clear displeasure on her face.
"Don’t be nervous, I’m just curious, that’s all." You Meng spoke with a smile. With her current strength, seeing through someone else’s cultivation was naturally effortless.
Su Changfeng counted as an accident, but she never expected that such an accident would happen again. This Chen Qingqing who suddenly appeared was also someone she couldn’t see through.
"You’d better put away that curiosity of yours, or you won’t have a good end." Chen Qingqing said coldly.
At any other time, if someone dared to talk to You Meng in this tone, that person would already be a dead man. But the person in front of her was Chen Qingqing, so she wasn’t angry at all.
"You look really familiar, like I’ve seen you somewhere before." You Meng said.
If these words had come from a man’s mouth, Chen Qingqing naturally wouldn’t find it strange, but the other party was a young girl, so it sounded rather odd.
"What exactly do you mean?" Chen Qingqing asked with a frown.
"Oh, I remember now. I’ve seen you in a portrait before—I saw it at Su Changfeng’s place." You Meng said.
Su Changfeng!
Hearing this, Chen Qingqing couldn’t hide the excitement on her face at all. After all, the reason she came to Xinluo City was to look for Su Changfeng. She absolutely did not expect that right after entering the city, she would run into someone who seemed to know Su Changfeng.
"You know Brother Changfeng?" Chen Qingqing asked anxiously.
You Meng’s expression didn’t change in the slightest. She smiled and said, "Of course I know him, we’re quite familiar. I even know all his secrets."
Chen Qingqing walked up to You Meng, face full of excitement. She really hadn’t expected her luck to be this good: she had just entered the city and already learned of Su Changfeng’s whereabouts, without wasting any time at all.
The key was that judging from You Meng’s attitude, she really did seem very familiar with Su Changfeng. Otherwise, how would she recognize her?
Because of that, Chen Qingqing already completely believed You Meng’s words at this moment.
"Where is Brother Changfeng? Hurry up and take me to see him." Chen Qingqing said anxiously. Ever since arriving on the Tianyuan Continent, she hadn’t seen Su Changfeng for a long time. Now that she finally had a chance, she naturally couldn’t wait.
"Sigh, it’s not that easy for you to see him right now." You Meng sighed.
"What do you mean? Did something happen to Brother Changfeng?" The smile at the corner of Chen Qingqing’s mouth froze at once, and her heart gave a jolt. Nothing could happen to Su Changfeng, or else her being on the Tianyuan Continent would lose all meaning.
You Meng deliberately lowered her voice and explained to Chen Qingqing, "You’ve probably heard about the auction of the Fate Fruit, right?"
Chen Qingqing nodded. She had rushed over precisely after hearing that news.
Right now within Xingluo, there was probably no one who didn’t know about this.
"So what?" Chen Qingqing asked in puzzlement. What did the Fate Fruit auction have to do with Su Changfeng?
"Don’t tell me you don’t know that this Fate Fruit was put up for auction by him? He didn’t expect it to cause such a huge commotion at the time, so now he’s gone into hiding for a while." You Meng explained.
That Fate Fruit was Su Changfeng’s? Chen Qingqing was very smart. Though she hadn’t seen the Fate Fruit before, after hearing You Meng’s words, she immediately thought of the Red Fruit. She was well aware of how powerful the Red Fruit’s effects were, and since the Fate Fruit could also help people increase their strength, they were most likely the same thing.
But did Su Changfeng really need to hide?
"I still don’t get it. Even if the Fate Fruit came from him, does he really need to go into hiding?" Chen Qingqing asked with a frown.
You Meng said helplessly, "Don’t tell me you also don’t understand how important the Fate Fruit is? He made a big mistake before because he was too ignorant. Now all those major families not only want to buy the Fate Fruit, they also want to find the seller behind it. They naturally want to figure out the Fate Fruit’s origin, so Su Changfeng has become the target of all the great clans."
Chen Qingqing nodded, finally understanding what You Meng meant.
But the Fate Fruit’s origin was their other world. Even if those people learned the truth, what could they really do?
Thinking of this, Chen Qingqing understood Su Changfeng’s reason for hiding even more. He naturally couldn’t casually expose his identity, or it would definitely cause huge trouble.
"You really don’t know where he is? Didn’t you just say you know all his secrets?" Chen Qingqing asked.
You Meng knew that if she wanted Chen Qingqing to completely trust her, she had to make Chen Qingqing feel that she understood Su Changfeng very well, and she also couldn’t let Chen Qingqing think that Su Changfeng was guarded against her. So she had to answer this question properly; otherwise, her goal would be hard to achieve.
"There are eyes and ears everywhere in Xinluo City right now. A beauty like me following him around would naturally draw attention from others, so I told him to find a place to lie low on his own first. It’d be bad if he got exposed because of me." You Meng explained.
What she said was a bit far-fetched, but not entirely unreasonable. Besides, Chen Qingqing had run into plenty of trouble on her way here, and those problems did indeed come from people harboring bad intentions toward her.
Indeed, in many things, appearance could bring a lot of trouble.
"Oh right, you haven’t found a place to stay yet, have you? All the inns in Xinluo City are full now. Why don’t you just make do with me for a while, how about it?" You Meng suggested.
Chen Qingqing nodded without hesitation. She really wanted to see Su Changfeng, so she had to stick with You Meng.
The two of them then headed straight to the inn. You Meng could sense that Chen Qingqing’s guard against her had lessened a lot, and she felt secretly pleased. If she could gain Chen Qingqing’s trust, she would be able to learn more about Su Changfeng from her.
After entering the room, You Meng said, "Sleep with me. You don’t mind, right?"
Chen Qingqing waved her hands repeatedly and said, "Of course not. Being able to find a place to stay at a time like this is already very lucky. Thank you."
Whether in their original world or on the Tianyuan Continent, Chen Qingqing’s status had always been ordinary. Even now that she possessed strength she never had before, she had never lost herself, so she didn’t put on any airs. Besides, since You Meng was Su Changfeng’s friend, she cared even less about such things.
"Your brother was in Tianshui City before, always trying to find you. I really didn’t expect to end up running into him myself in the end." You Meng said with a sigh, as if reminiscing.
"My brother was in Tianshui City all this time?" Chen Qingqing asked curiously.
"What, you didn’t know? Then why did you two separate before?" You Meng frowned and asked.
They had been separated in the Space-Time Tunnel back then, but she naturally couldn’t tell You Meng the truth about that. However, Chen Qingqing had never been good at lying, so when she heard You Meng’s question, a look of embarrassment appeared on her face.
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