Underground Black Market 2

There, she said her name. If just now, Ouyang Xueqing had just trusted her for about thirty percent, now she had trusted her for almost fifty percent.

Ling Xiaochen really knew who she was ah! How could she do that?

In this mainland, the only people that knew her departure was Imperial Father, An Zhengnan and Ren Yupei who came with her, and the royal guards of the Imperial family.

Even the people in the General's manor had all thought that she was spending her time in the Royal Palace.

Could it be possible that…

"What? You are wondering how I know it's you?"

Ouyang Xueqing blinked. Did she just read her mind?

"Don't be so nervous. I can't read your mind." She chuckled at her shocked expression. "It's just that all your thoughts can be clearly seen on your face ah!"

Ouyang Xueqing had just realized she had been gawking. She cooled her expression and put on her stoic face.

"Too late." She laughed harder until her shoulder was shaking. What should she do? The Princess was so adorable ah! She really wanted to pinch her cheeks. To think that she had been wondering what if the princess was a bitch just like that Zhang Qianqian…

She wiped her tears in the corner of her eyes away. "You really should learn from Ren Yupei, that old cunning fox. See how he always maintain that gentle smile on his face? That's what I call a poker face!"

Ouyang Xueqing's cheeks puffed and she glared at Ling Xiaochen. She had really insulted her Imperial Father and most beloved Brother Ren in front of her very face! How dare she!

She snorted angrily. "If I had tattletale to Imperial Father, you will be destroyed!"

Ling Xiaochen smiled fearlessly. "Don't worry, your Imperial Father couldn't touch me."

"What?" Ouyang Xueqing gasped. "Why?"

"As I said, my father is the underground black market's boss! Don't tell me you don't even know what the underground black market is?"

Ouyang Xueqing shook her head innocently.

Ling Xiaochen palmed her forehead and said exasperatedly: "You are really living in a fairytale, aren't you?"

She frowned. "What do you mean?"

"I mean, all you see is brightness, beauty, peacefulness and those that your Imperial Father wanted to show you. You don't even know the hidden power of the Beast Mainland, which was the underground black market. If your Imperial Father ruled in the front, then you could call us the shadow ruler. Without our support, even your Imperial Father couldn't hold on to his throne!"

Ouyang Xueqing felt like all the new information was too much for her to bear.

Yet Ling Xiaochen continued while counting her fingers. "We knew all the secret of the Royal Family, who killed who, who schemed against who, that's why we are powerful and no one dare to touch us!"

She glanced at Ouyang Xueqing's dazed face and chuckled evilly. "We even know about some kind of hidden movement from your—"

"Ling Xiaochen!"

A voice interrupted Ling Xiaochen when she spoke excitedly. That voice was like thunder striking above her head, at least for her.

She shrank her neck and pursed her lips innocently. "Daddy…"

The voice belonged to a middle aged man with grey robes. He looked haggard with beard covering his face, yet his sharp eyes were so intimidating that even Ouyang Xueqing subconsciously shuddered.

This man…he was almost on par with Imperial Father!

He walked out of the dark toward them and pinched her daughter's ear. "What do I say about your blabbermouth hmm?"

"Ouch ouch daddy, it hurts!" She cried out pitifully. "I know I'm wrong, I know now!"

She grabbed her daughter's neck and put her across his shoulder like a potato shack and turned to Ouyang Xueqing.

He spoke sheepishly as if the scary looking old man just now was just a mirage. "Hehe, Imperial Princess, how can this humble one help you?"

Ling Xiaochen struggled madly and kicked his father mercilessly. "Put me down, old man! I am already thirteen! You are so embarrassing, stinking perverted old man! Help! Help me! Someone wanted to harass me!"

"Shut up!" He slapped her butt and bellowed.

Ling Xiaochen shut up immediately. Yet she looked so aggrieved as if one of her family had just died.

Ouyang Xueqing was speechless…

She felt like her world had just broaden dramatically today.

Ling Wenfu scratched his head and turned to her yet again. "I'm sorry for this unruly daughter, Princess."

Fortunately the corner alley they were standing at was remote and desolate. No one had passed by so that they could speak freely. Ouyang Xueqing nodded elegantly like the princess she was. "It's okay. Ling Xiaochen brought me here, she said that you can help me."

A glint shone across his eyes, he smiled cunningly and gestured. "Let us discuss it somewhere more…private."

Ouyang Xueqing nodded.

Ling Wenfu finally put—half thrown—her daughter to the ground and turned.

Ling Xiaochen pulled out her tongue and made faces to her father's back. Ouyang Xueqing glanced at her for a second before following the man's direction.

Ling Xiaochen was bewildered being left alone. She shouted: "Wait for me!" and chased after them.

Together they ventured deeper into the dark alley. She thought that the atmosphere was kinda eerie as it was dark and remote, yet the more she walked, the more she was awed by what she saw.

After they arrived at the front door of a seemingly empty residence, Ling Wenfu pushed the door opened with familiarity. Instantly, Ouyang Xueqing felt like she had entered a completely different world.

If just then she was surrounded by the lively chatter of the ladies' giggles and soft voices, now she was in a rowdy place with a lot of men, looking like they came from all over the place.

There was the well-dressed, the ordinary, and even the dirty and tattered beggar was present.

And in that moment, they were huddling together, shouting as a skinny man shakes a cup, making a continuously sharp clinking sound.

"Small! Small!"

"No, this has to be big!"

"No! I had bet my entire fortune on small ah! It must be small or else I will go home naked!"

Ouyang Xueqing blinked. She subconsciously stepped closer to Ling Wenfu and spoke in a rather loud voice lest he didn't get it. "Is this a gamble place?"

She had heard of those before. Sometimes, when Ren Yupei had interrogated An Zhengnan of his whereabouts the night before, he had more than once said that he was out gambling. He was either grumbling because of the loss, or grinning because his pocket money skyrocketing.

He said that those place were interesting, and it was a good place to scoop some secret information. That's why Ren Yupei was left with no choice and could only sighed helplessly.

"Yes." He answered.

It was a large space inside full of tables and chairs. Almost every space were filled with people, shouting and stacking money, tons of them, onto the desk and cheered excitedly as they waited for the dice to roll.

It was obvious who owned the place. Every corner they turned to, almost everyone greeted him respectfully and called him 'boss'.

Ouyang Xueqing eyed the man carefully, trying to gauge even a little bit of information from his appearance.

Hmm…it's difficult ah!

If not for Ouyang Xueqing witnessing it with her own eyes, she would have assumed that he was just an ordinary middle aged man that one could found anywhere on the street.

His face was normal too, like he could get lost in the blink of an eye in the crowd!