Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 1601: Chapter 1585: Lecher!

Lu Huairu obviously didn’t expect Old Mr. Zhong’s attitude to be so firm. However, in this situation, he couldn’t keep things tense with Old Mr. Zhong, so he had to leave first, planning to return for negotiation once he thought of a better solution.

After Lu Huairu left, a white-haired man walked into the room and said to Old Mr. Zhong, ”That guy with the surname Liang is still waiting.”

Old Mr. Zhong snorted, ”What’s the point of dealing with such people? They probably got some half-baked information and wanted to come here to dig for more. Haven’t we entertained enough of these people over the years? Just let him return the way he came.”

The white-haired man hesitated, ”But there’s Yan Gu’s side.”

”She has her own life. It’s been so many years; why disturb her peaceful life again?” Old Mr. Zhong sighed, ”If you really can’t let go, after I’m gone, you can contact them.”

The white-haired man realized he misspoke and quickly restrained his emotions, ”I spoke out of turn, Father.”

”I don’t care how you think. I don’t have that many thoughts now. As long as your sister is happy, I’m willing to give it to her. My remaining days are few. After I’m gone, let your sister deal with those people. It won’t be my concern anymore.”

Old Mr. Zhong waved his hand, clearly indifferent to the white-haired man’s words, ”If you’re resentful, be resentful towards me. I’m here to pay back debts this life. I must repay what I owe your sister.”

With that, Old Mr. Zhong stopped paying attention to the white-haired man, turned around, and walked towards the deeper part of the courtyard.

Huo Sining and Gu Xu exchanged a glance and quietly followed. Not long after, Old Mr. Zhong reached the innermost courtyard. The courtyard was adjacent to the mountain. After entering, Old Mr. Zhong paused for a few seconds before opening the door.

Upon entering the room, Huo Sining and Gu Xu were surprised to find it was completely different from the houses they usually saw. There were no furniture or decorations; instead, it was hollowed out into a huge swimming pool. The water was clear, faintly steaming, indicating it was warm.

Perhaps sensing people’s presence, the water surged, and suddenly a fish tail emerged from the pool. Amidst the splashing water, a young girl quickly swam over, innocently inching to the pool’s edge, looking delightedly at Old Mr. Zhong standing on the bank.

”Xiao Lian, are you being naughty again? Didn’t I tell you those paintings are for hanging and admiring, not for playing in the water.”

Old Mr. Zhong, who was cold and indifferent towards Lu Huairu and the white-haired man, transformed entirely after entering this courtyard. His whole demeanor turned warm, especially after seeing the girl in the pool, his wrinkled face filled with smiles and his eyes full of doting affection.

In the pool, several torn ancient paintings were floating in pieces; clearly, the culprit was the girl before them.

Just one glance at those paintings, and Huo Sining knew they were valuable authentic pieces. Yet, the old man seemed completely unconcerned about the destruction of the paintings. He just looked helplessly at the girl in the pool, pretending to scold her with a playful tone, then used a net to scoop the fragments from the water without a second thought.

Seeing the fragments being removed, the girl in the water seemed a bit displeased, pouting with discontent. She even slapped the water with her fish tail, splashing water directly toward the old man.

Seeing the water splashing onto the old man, drenching him, the girl chuckled gleefully.

The old man, quite helpless, was about to chide her when suddenly the girl’s gaze inadvertently caught sight of Huo Sining and Gu Xu’s location. Her fish tail paused before swiftly flashing toward where Huo Sining and Gu Xu stood.

Huo Sining and Gu Xu, caught off guard, hurried to dodge, but the girl’s attack came too suddenly. They didn’t have time to react. When they instinctively moved to the side, Gu Xu had already jumped out of the Invisibility Spell cast by Huo Sining, immediately revealing them.

Seeing a man’s figure suddenly appear by the pool, Old Mr. Zhong was also momentarily stunned. When he realized what was happening, his face turned livid with rage.

This was a private residence, and a pool no less, with a girl possessing a human body and fish tail inside.

Old Mr. Zhong was instantly both alarmed and furious. On one hand, he was worried about his daughter’s secret being discovered; on the other, he was angry that a stranger had seen his daughter’s body.

Even though the girl’s upper body was still covered by a very conservative swimsuit, in Old Mr. Zhong’s eyes, as a doting father, it was an unforgivable crime.

How could Old Mr. Zhong bear it? He immediately lunged towards Gu Xu, shouting sternly:

”Where did this lecher come from, daring to trespass into my house and peek at my daughter bathing?! I’ll beat you to death, you bastard, you old rogue!”

Saying this, Old Mr. Zhong brandished a long-poled net, swinging it towards Gu Xu, clearly aiming to teach this flower thief a lesson.

Gu Xu felt aggrieved, but under these circumstances, he couldn’t explain. This was a furious father, and although Old Mr. Zhong was elderly, his anger was not to be underestimated. As the net came swinging, Gu Xu already felt considerable pain and didn’t care anymore, immediately fleeing.

As he fled, he yelled with a bitter smile at Huo Sining, who was hiding, ”Wife, quickly explain to him, geez, this thing really could kill someone! I truly didn’t mean to peek; how could I have known there’d be a pool here!”

While dodging, Gu Xu shouted, but Huo Sining couldn’t pay attention to him at the moment because her eyes were already drawn to the girl in the pool.

Huo Sining had walked up to the pool, and although she hadn’t revealed her form, it was as if the young girl in the pool sensed something. She raised her head, looking puzzled in Huo Sining’s direction, a hint of confusion in her eyes, tilting her head, she curiously uttered, ”Eh?”

The girl before her was charming, exceptionally beautiful, with golden hair like seaweed, smooth and fair skin, and as Huo Sining expected, her eyes were indeed a deep blue. On the sides of her cheeks, just as Huo Sining guessed, there were gill slits, opening and closing like a fish’s.

A human body with a fish tail, this girl was also a Jiaoren!