After entering the yard, Wang Lu's expression turned solemn. "Do you know that you're in danger now?"
Zhou Wen nodded. "I know."
"You still came despite knowing? Do you feel uncomfortable if you don't get beaten up for a day?" Wang Lu rolled her eyes at him.
"I didn't plan on coming this way." Zhou Wen originally planned on using the Invisibility Cloak to enter the Imperial Capital without letting anyone know that he had been to the Imperial Capital.
However, now that he was carrying a huge log, it was useless even if he became invisible. The Invisibility Cloak couldn't cover such a huge log. Anyone would know that there was a problem with a log floating in midair.
"I'm afraid you don't know the current situation. If it's just the bureau looking for trouble with you, it's still fine. With your abilities and me being your informant, it shouldn't be difficult to deal with them. However, it's not only the bureau that wants to touch you. There's also the Imperial Capital's true owner, the Xia family. It's easy for you to come to the Imperial Capital, but I'm afraid it won't be that easy for you to leave, "Wang Lu said.
"Why does the Xia family want to deal with me?" Zhou Wen asked in puzzlement.
He didn't have any deep grudge with the Xia family, so there was no reason for them to want him dead, right?
"The relationship behind this is very complicated. I'll get my grandmother to explain it to you later," Wang Lu said as she walked towards the hall.
"Grandma, I brought a friend here," Wang Lu shouted into the hall as she walked.
"Crazy lass, so be it if you want to come. Why are you shouting?" A voice sounded from the backyard before an old woman walked over.
The old woman looked rather old and her hair was already white. However, for some reason, there were almost no wrinkles on her face. She looked very elegant. She must have been a beauty when she was young.
"This lad is the Zhou Wen you often mention, right?" the old woman sized up Zhou Wen.
"I don't often mention him. It's just that he owes me so many debts that he hasn't returned them. That's why I occasionally mention him. I'm afraid that I'll forget them," Wang Lu said as she pulled the old woman's arm.
"So that's how it is." The old woman smiled at Zhou Wen and said, "Lad, you look so young. How did you learn how to borrow money? Furthermore, you're borrowing from a female classmate. Don't tell me you want to live off a woman? "
"Grandma Wang, it's not like that." Zhou Wen wanted to explain.
But before he could say anything, he was interrupted by the old lady. "But it doesn't matter. Our Wang family doesn't have much else, but we have a lot of money. We can't finish eating it no matter how much we eat. Just treat it as doing a good deed and come over often to help us eat. It's fine even if you stay here. Our Wang family happens to be lacking a live-in son-in-law …"
"Grandma, what are you talking about?" Wang Lu blushed. "Zhou Wen is only my classmate. It's not what you think."
After a pause, Wang Lu said, "Grandma, you must already know about Zhou Wen's situation, right? Tell him how dangerous his current situation is."
When Grandma Wang heard Wang Lu say that, her smile faded. "Let's talk inside."
Zhou Wen followed them into the hall. Wang Lu gestured for Zhou Wen to sit down before making tea for Grandma and Zhou Wen.
Zhou Wen couldn't help but ask, "Grandma Wang, I heard from Wang Lu that the Xia family wants to find trouble with me, but I don't have much of a grudge with them. Why are they targeting me?"
Grandma Wang nodded and said, "The crazy girl is right. The Xia family might attack you. You shouldn't have come to the imperial capital."
After pondering for a moment, Grandma Wang continued, "This crazy lass is willing to bring you here because she doesn't treat you as an outsider. I won't say the words that are meant for outsiders. What I'm going to say next is just speculation and not necessarily the truth. So, after I say it here, it's fine if you've heard it. "
"Grandma Wang, don't worry. I'm not a talkative person," Zhou Wen said.
"It doesn't matter if you talk too much. In any case, I won't admit what I said today, and neither will the Wang Clan." Grandma Wang said with a smile, "According to my guess, the reason why the Xia family attacked you isn't because your teacher is Wang Mingyuan, nor is it because you crippled a Xia family junior's Essence Energy sea in the Holy Land."
"Then why?" Apart from these two reasons, Zhou Wen really couldn't think of any other connection between him and the Xia family.
Although Demonic Neonate's demonic sword had been snatched from Xia Xuanyue, Xia Xuanyue didn't know that it was done by Demonic Neonate. The Xia family probably wouldn't pin the blame on him.
Grandma Wang said with a strange expression, "If there's a reason, there's only one reason. Your talent is too good."
Zhou Wen was slightly taken aback. He found it hard to believe that the Xia family was trying to kill him just because of this reason.
There were many talented youths now, and he wasn't the only one. Even if the Xia family wanted to suppress the other wealthy families, they shouldn't have used such means.
After all, the dimensional zone's seal wasn't stable. Just the six families alone probably wouldn't be able to withstand the dimensional army. Suppressing the local factions seemed too short-sighted.
As though she had seen through Zhou Wen's thoughts, Grandma Wang continued, "In the past, there were precedents of geniuses going missing or getting into accidents in the Federation. Furthermore, there were more than one case. Every once in a while, similar incidents would happen. It would be fine if it were just ordinary geniuses, but most of these geniuses are targets that the various local families focus on nurturing. With the protection the various families have for them, it's almost impossible for them to take such huge risks. However, something happened to them. "
"You're in Luoyang, so you should know that there's a Li family in Luoyang, right? The Li family once produced a genius youth. His talent isn't inferior to the current Overseer An, but before he could truly mature, he died because of a problem," Grandma Wang sighed.
"Are you saying that the disappearance of these geniuses is related to the Xia family?" Zhou Wen had already heard from Li Xuan about his brother.
However, Li Xuan had learned of it from Li Mobai. He never expected Grandma Wang to know about it as well.
Grandma Wang didn't comment as she continued, "In the past, our Wang family also had such geniuses, but they also died because of some matters. That matter looked like an accident, but I felt that it wasn't that simple. Therefore, I secretly did a lot of investigations, but I didn't manage to find anything. However, during this period of time, I discovered something. The accidents of those young geniuses seem to have something to do with the Xia family. "
"Has the Xia family resorted to all means in order to strike down their competitors and consolidate their faction?" Zhou Wen frowned.
"This is also what I found strange back then. The Xia family didn't target their opponents who had a conflict of interest with them. They seemed to only be interested in those talented geniuses. They didn't differentiate between friend and foe. Therefore, in the beginning of the investigation, I was confused and didn't think of the Xia family. Later, after investigating for a long time, I realized that this matter seemed to be related to the Xia family, "Grandma Wang said.
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