"I need to go out for a bit." Li Minghu came down from the second floor and told Lin Ning and Chen Lingyun, "I've been assigned a mission from above."
"How about having dinner before you go?" Lin Ning quickly asked, "I've already made your share."
"No need, it's quite urgent." Li Minghu smiled and said, "Let Sister Zhao eat it for me."
With Zhao Yuanzhen's appetite, she could certainly eat any amount, so Lin Ning just responded with an "oh" and didn't ask further.
As Li Minghu set off, his mood grew slightly heavy.
Yan Yu and Mei Yingxue had been out of contact in Chongying for too long, so long that even the Privy Council suspected that Ichiro Koremune might have set a trap to lure and assassinate them—although, upon reflection, it seemed quite improbable.
Li Minghu's mission this time was to confirm their exact situation.
