Hearing this, I remained unmoved, fixing my gaze on Leng Meng and asking in a deep voice, "I want to inquire if you are indeed Leng Meng?"
Upon hearing my words, the cold smile on Leng Meng's face abruptly froze.
Then, looking at me, Leng Meng sternly questioned in a tone that bordered on an accusation, "Why do you know my name?"
"Who are you!!!"
Even though it was the golden autumn season, the warm autumn sun streaming through the window could not melt the sudden chill that appeared on Leng Meng's face.
It seemed that Leng Meng showed great hostility towards me knowing her name clearly.
This scene made my heart fill with suspicion.
Why would she pretend not to know me?
Was she afraid that I would expose the fact that she secretly followed Yu Shuang to set a trap for me in front of Ghost Hand Divine Thief Yan Ba?
There was no reason for that! And it was too far-fetched!
After all, Leng Meng was not the mastermind; she only told a fabricated story.
Hmm... wait a minute!
There was something wrong with that story?!
I remembered that in that story, Leng Meng had a twin sister.
If that were not the case, even if she had made up the story to help Yu Shuang deceive me, Leng Meng could have used someone else.
Could it be that this Leng Meng is not...
With this thought, I did not answer Leng Meng's question but directly pressed further, "Do you have a twin sister named Leng Shuang?"
The moment she heard the name "Leng Shuang," Leng Meng's expression changed slightly again.
Even Yan Ba, who was holding his wine bowl, trembled violently upon hearing my question.
After an unknown period of time.
"I do have a younger sister! But..."
Leng Meng said in a very calm tone, "She is already dead!"
"Dead!!!"
Leng Meng's evasive answer was not what I wanted.
To eliminate my doubts, I decided to give her a strong dose of medicine!
Shaking my head slightly, I said indifferently, "Your sister is not dead!"
"She is in Anhai County, Su Province!"
"If you are truly Leng Meng, then the 'Leng Meng' hiding in Anhai is your sister, Leng Shuang!"
"The reason I followed you is that from the very beginning, I mistook you for Leng Shuang!"
"There's no other reason for following you. Without any enmity, your sister Leng Shuang colluded with others to set a trap for me!"
"I'm here to seek an explanation!"
After speaking, I took out my phone, opened the message, and handed the message sent by the person with the contact name "Leng Meng" to the real Leng Meng.
"As blood relatives, you must be able to recognize your sister's voice, right?"
After a pause, I continued, "If you have any doubts about the name I used to save the person, you can call the number directly!"
Hearing this, Leng Meng and Yan Ba both clearly froze.
After coming to their senses, Leng Meng was the first to shake her head and say, "I don't believe what you're saying!"
Although she said so, Leng Meng's gaze kept glancing at the phone on the small table.
Just before it was about to reach the auto-lock time, the phone number saved as "Leng Meng" was clearly reflected in her eyes.
Seeing her words and actions contradict each other, I immediately smiled.
"Don't believe me? You can call her right now!"
Hearing this, Leng Meng immediately picked up the phone without hesitation and decisively pressed the dial icon.
Just a few seconds after dialing, the call was connected.
Immediately, a familiar voice came from the earpiece.
"Hello, Chen Xiang! Where are you?"
"Hello, speak up!"
"Chen Xiang! Hello, hello, hello! Can you hear me? Hello..."
Perhaps because she didn't get a response from me, after a few more calls of "hello," the fake Leng Meng on the other end hung up.
The moment the call was hung up, I... had my doubts cleared!
With such a recognizable voice, even an outsider like me could tell!
There was no need to make wild guesses anymore!
The real Leng Meng was right in front of me!
The fake Leng Meng was far away!
If nothing unexpected happened, the latter should be Leng Shuang, who the real Leng Meng said was "dead"!
The reason I was so sure, besides that highly recognizable voice, was also because of the reaction of the Leng Meng in front of me!
The moment the call was hung up, Leng Meng slowly squatted down and buried her head deeply in her arms.
When she raised her head again, her eyes were filled with disbelief, and also tears of joy.
It seemed that Leng Meng never expected that through an accidental encounter, I would inadvertently help her uncover the truth that her sister was not dead.
At this moment, even Yan Ba was looking at me with extreme surprise.
After about one or two minutes.
After calming down, Leng Meng, who was half-squatting, directly stood up and said to me in a tone full of urgency and longing, "Could you please... take me to find my sister?"
Hearing this, I did not answer Leng Meng immediately. Instead, I took out a cigarette and lit it.
After exhaling a long plume of smoke, I shook my head expressionlessly and replied, "I'm sorry! I can't."
Hearing my answer, Leng Meng was first slightly stunned, then a look of disappointment appeared in her eyes, and she asked, "Why!?"
Taking a deep puff of the cigarette, I looked directly at the eager Leng Meng and replied in a deep voice, "Have you forgotten what I said earlier?"
"I have no enmity with your sister, yet she colluded with outsiders to set a trap for me!"
"May I ask, how should this debt be settled? Should it be settled by you or by her!?"
Glancing back at Yan Ba, whose expression had turned slightly displeased, Leng Meng quickly lowered her head and said softly, "The elder brother is like the father, and the elder sister is like the mother! Xiao Shuang's debts are all on me! As long as you take me to find her!"
"Even if I have to work like a horse for you, I, Leng Meng... will have no complaints!"
Once bitten, twice shy!
I don't dare to believe anything a woman says, especially when it comes from a beautiful woman, not even a punctuation mark!
Ignoring Leng Meng, who looked at me with longing and expectation, I turned to Yan Ba, who was sitting upright, and clasped my hands in greeting, saying, "Master Yan, I've long heard that you are fair and just in your dealings!"
"This humble one dares to ask, if your disciple, without any enmity with me, helped others to scheme against me, what crime should that person be guilty of!?"
"Heh heh!"
After letting out a cold laugh, Yan Ba replied in a deep voice, "Kid, you don't need to point fingers at me with your words!"
"Ever since she graduated from under my tutelage, whenever she goes out to work, that unfilial disciple has never followed my rules! She... has long been expelled from the sect by me!"
This time, it was my turn to be shocked.