Chapter 2786 — News from the Tang Family
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"That's wonderful!" Gu Mengyao breathed a sigh of relief at once. This was the very thing she had been most worried about. Tang Yuqi went to Qiu Lingshan every day asking for the latest news, and Qiu Lingshan was already finding it hard to hold him off. If no word came from Tang Zhi's side, Qiu Lingshan really would be in a tight spot.
After all, Tang Yuqi was always inviting Qiu Lingshan out to dinner. Even if she made excuses, she could not put him off every single day, and so the more she said, the more likely she was to let something slip. Qiu Lingshan, too, was waiting for this result.
The two of them did not talk long. Though Tang Zhi ran roughshod over the Snow Valley, making a phone call still required going to a designated place. She had no satellite phone of her own, and there were other disciples nearby, so she could not say too much.
After hanging up, Gu Mengyao immediately called Qiu Lingshan and told her the good news in detail. Qiu Lingshan was thrilled as well, and that very night she got through to Tang Yuqi.
Tang Yuqi had already returned to his hotel to rest. Receiving Qiu Lingshan's call, he felt a surge of delight and excitement!
"She's finally taken an interest in me—is she going to ask me out?" Tang Yuqi murmured to himself as he picked up the phone. His purpose in coming to Donghai City had indeed been to find Tang Jucheng's family, but now that he had met Qiu Lingshan, he felt this trip to Donghai had been well worth it. He had not yet found his kin, but he had found his future other half.
Over this period, Tang Yuqi's impression of Qiu Lingshan had grown quite favorable. First, Qiu Lingshan was beautiful and well-figured—that was his first impression of her. And Qiu Lingshan was, in a sense, half a colleague of his; both of them worked at solving cases, so they had plenty of common ground.
Of course, most important of all, Qiu Lingshan was actually a cultivator too—and an Earth Rank cultivator at that, with strength comparable to Tang Yuqi's. So Tang Yuqi favored her all the more!
Still, Tang Yuqi did not rush to confess his feelings. Instead, under the pretext of searching for his second uncle Tang Jucheng, he frequently sought out Qiu Lingshan and invited her out to eat, hoping to deepen the bond between them.
In truth, if Qiu Lingshan set aside her guard against Tang Yuqi, her impression of him was not bad at all. At the very least, the two of them could become good friends, since they were both in the same line of work and both cultivators, with plenty to talk about.
Qiu Lingshan, for her part, often deliberately steered the conversation toward the solving of cases, so as to avoid the topic of Tang Jucheng's family as much as possible.
Tang Yuqi was a detective by nature. Though Qiu Lingshan shifted the subject with skill, she could not fool him. But Tang Yuqi knew and said nothing, happily following her lead and letting the conversation continue along her chosen course.
Today was the first time Qiu Lingshan had ever taken the initiative to call him so late, and it left Tang Yuqi exhilarated. Earlier, when he had invited her out to eat, she had refused on the grounds of a meeting. Tang Yuqi had never expected that she would contact him of her own accord once the meeting was over.
Did this not mean that their relationship could take a step closer?
"Lingshan, are you done with your meeting?" Tang Yuqi asked with a smile.
"Yes, it just ended. I have something to discuss with you," Qiu Lingshan said.
"Great, shall I come pick you up at the police station now?" The hotel where Tang Yuqi was staying was not far from the police station where Qiu Lingshan worked, so he could get there quickly.