Xia Mian gave her a mysterious feeling; she couldn’t see through her, nor could she guess her. Gu Zhi has always been adept at maximizing gains and avoiding losses; if she can’t see through something, she doesn’t provoke, and if she can’t guess, she doesn’t speculate. With her current status and position, she knows that preserving herself is the key to longevity. Lu Zechuan and Xia Mian returned to the hall, which was bustling with people. As soon as they saw Lu Zechuan and Xia Mian enter, the Capital City elites who hadn’t had a chance to speak with Lu Zechuan earlier proactively came over to chat. This time, Lu Zechuan didn’t brush them off; he asked Xia Mian to sit aside for a while, while he engaged spiritedly with the people approaching him. Xia Mian settled in a corner, her thoughts fluctuating. The main reason she agreed to accompany Lu Zechuan to the Gu Family was to verify whether what Hu Lai said was true or not. But now, she encountered Gu Zhi. And Gu Zhi seemed peculiar in every way. Although she suspected something was off about Gu Zhi, since he behaved honestly and properly without provoking her, she couldn’t do anything to him. Lost in thought, Xia Mian noticed Gu Xuan, newly dressed in evening attire, haughtily walking over with her best friend Xie Yun. Xie Yun, who had a close relationship with Gu Xuan, had long felt indignant on Gu Xuan’s behalf after seeing her wronged earlier. Seeing Xia Mian sitting alone here now, Xie Yun immediately jumped out, "Oh, visiting someone’s home, and you’ve bullied the host. How do you have the face to sit here so shamelessly?" Xia Mian glanced up at Xie Yun, whose face was sharp and mean-spirited. Her love life was rough, her children few, and her face carried a threatening aura. Xia Mian curled her lips, "Are you the dog she raised? Do you enjoy indiscriminately biting people on behalf of your master?" With Xia Mian’s words, Xie Yun’s face immediately turned blue and white. "Xia Mian, that’s enough!" Gu Xuan said grimly, her attitude harsh. "Don’t think that just because you’re Lu Zechuan’s companion, you can act so arrogantly!" Xia Mian elegantly rolled her eyes and chuckled lightly, "Ha! If I weren’t Lu Zechuan’s companion today, you all might already be sprawled on the ground." "Vulgar and crude, how can you compare to our Gu Xuan!" Xie Yun scoffed disdainfully, turning to link arms with Gu Xuan, "Ah Xuan, let’s go! Talking to such people lowers our worth!" Xia Mian smirked slowly, "Words not morally grounded bring disaster close. Be careful when you step out; a broken leg isn’t much, but losing your life is significant!" Upon hearing this, Xie Yun angrily spun around, "Are you cursing me?" Xia Mian shrugged, spreading her hands with an innocent expression, "What I said is simply the truth." Xie Yun was so furious her face turned green; she didn’t want to exchange another word with Xia Mian and stormed off in anger, not even caring about Gu Xuan. However, just as Xie Yun reached the doorway, her sky-high high heels suddenly snapped with a crack! She didn’t even have time to react as her body tilted, and she tumbled down the steps! Following closely behind, Gu Xuan widened her eyes at the sight, "Xie Yun!" Xie Yun rolled down to the bottom of the steps, instantly knocked out with her head bleeding. Gu Xuan quickly called for people, who hurriedly sent Xie Yun to the hospital. Before leaving, Gu Xuan turned back to glance at Xia Mian. Was it a coincidence? At the Gu Family’s banquet, Xie Yun’s injury wasn’t a big deal, but it did affect the party, which ended hastily. Before Lu Zechuan led Xia Mian away from the Gu Family, Xia Mian turned back to glance at the Gu Family Villa. In the heavy night, the Gu Family Villa was brightly lit; behind it, the dark distant mountains loomed, winding like a giant dragon, with the villa lights resembling the dragon’s eyes. Xia Mian squinted, "The Gu Family, not simple, huh!" Lu Zechuan was silent for a moment, "Whatever you want to know, I’ll have someone investigate!" "Gu Zhi’s mother." Xia Mian softly moved her lips, her eyes glimmering. "Alright, you’ll have a reply in no more than a week." Lu Zechuan agreed and started the car, driving away from the Gu Family. The car wound down the mountain road and quickly entered the city area. As Lu Zechuan was about to turn onto the road leading to the Lu Family, Xia Mian suddenly spoke up, "Stop for a moment!" Lu Zechuan, not understanding, slowly pulled the car to the roadside. "What’s wrong?" Lu Zechuan furrowed his sharp brows, his eyes filled with curiosity. Xia Mian gently nodded her chin, "Look!" Following Xia Mian’s gesture, Lu Zechuan saw not far behind their car, a silver-gray van parked by the roadside. Two people in the van were pulling a child inside. The child’s whole body was already inside the van, with only a pair of legs sticking out. Lu Zechuan immediately became anxious. Even though he wasn’t married and didn’t have children yet, he was well aware of the significance of children to a family. If a family lost a child, chances were high that it would be destroyed! Lu Zechuan unbuckled his seatbelt, pushed open the car door, and got out. Xia Mian followed closely and hurried over. At this time, at this place, the child’s presence here wasn’t normal, nor was the unlit silver-gray van. Though she wasn’t usually one to meddle, this matter involved a child. She couldn’t ignore it! The two people in the van had already pulled the child completely inside and shut the door, intending to leave when the door was pulled open from outside. A strikingly handsome, fiercely cold face appeared in the doorway, "What are you doing?" As Lu Zechuan spoke, he glanced at the compartment. Inside lay two children, a boy and a girl, both in pajamas, unconscious. They were young but delicate-looking, pampered without a doubt. "None of your business!" A man on the van wearing a black baseball cap and a black mask shouted and kicked at Lu Zechuan. Lu Zechuan moved slightly, dodging the big smelly foot, and grabbed the man’s calf, flinging him out of the van. Seeing things go wrong, the driver in the main seat immediately started the car, ready to flee, regardless of his companion. However, before the van moved, the main driver’s door was yanked open, and he was seized by the throat by Xia Mian and tossed out of the car. Xia Mian turned off the car, pocketed the keys, and then threw the two of them together. "Quite bold, huh!" Xia Mian’s tone was icy, her bright black eyes exuding a chilling glow in the dark. In her past life, she died miserably after being sold by her father, so she deeply despised child traffickers. "What are you doing?!" The driver roared, "These two kids are my relatives’ children. They snuck out to play at night, and we’re here looking for them! You’re full and bothered, minding others’ family issues!" The driver also wore a black baseball cap and a black mask, making his features unrecognizable even at close range. Xia Mian smirked coldly, "Keep making things up!"