Chapter 3656 — Shangguan Lan'er
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"All right." Wei Zhao shook his head helplessly and gave up on getting the culprit's name out of it. Even so, he could basically infer that this whole affair was most likely connected to Meng Jueming.
The reason was simple: among all the Welcome Pavilion staff, anyone capable of breaking the cave mansion's seal and then restoring it exactly as before had to be at least a managing senior brother. The managing senior brothers of the other two pavilions bore him no grudge, so the only remaining suspect was Meng Jueming.
What Wei Zhao still couldn't work out, though, was this: what was the point of going to such lengths to dump this gravely wounded little creature in his cave dwelling? Could it be that the little thing's owner was so powerful that once he was framed like this, disaster would inevitably fall on him?
And while Wei Zhao was coaxing the little creature and playing with it, Meng Jueming, who had waited long in the Spirit Jade Hall, finally got what he wanted—Shangguan Lan'er arrived. This was the legendary granddaughter of the Heaven-Soaring Pavilion Master, a figure as exalted as a little princess throughout the entire North Island of Cloud-Tier Island.
The girl's face was exquisite and flawless as a figure from a painting; set off by a white dress, her aura seemed all the more fresh and ethereal, like a fairy wandering the mortal world, and every glance and smile of hers could stir the heart. Yet within that pure and lovely appearance lingered a rare trace of girlish artlessness—this was the little princess of the North Island, Shangguan Lan'er.
Before outsiders, Shangguan Lan'er always gave the impression of purity and docility, but those who knew her well understood that this was merely a façade—this girl could bare her fangs when she was truly roused.
Normally, wherever Shangguan Lan'er went, she was sure to be flanked by attendants and feted like the moon among the stars. But this time she had come to the Spirit Jade Hall alone, and the reason, naturally, was that her spirit pet often slipped into the Spirit Jade Hall to pilfer spirit jade; if word of it spread, it truly wouldn't sound good. Even if she wouldn't think of herself, she at least had to consider the image of her grandfather, Shangguan Tianxia.
From past experience, even if the Curl-Curl Bear cub slipped into the vast mining district, with so many guards watching all around, Shangguan Lan'er need only ask around a little to find it, so she wasn't worried. But this time was different.
Many of the guards outside said they had seen the Curl-Curl Bear cub slip in, but the trouble was that the guards stationed inside the mining district hadn't caught a single glimpse of it.
Now that was bizarre—those outside had seen it, yet those inside hadn't, and a thorough search of the entire corridor running through the Spirit Jade Hall failed to turn up the little thing. It couldn't have just vanished into thin air, could it?
Now Shangguan Lan'er was truly anxious. This was the spirit pet that had accompanied her for over a decade, with her almost from the moment she was born—laughing together in joyful times, grieving together in painful ones. No ordinary person could ever understand the bond between her and the Curl-Curl Bear cub.
Though Shangguan Lan'er was honored as the first princess of the North Island's Heaven Rank, exalted and feted by all, she had not a single friend with whom she could truly open her heart!