The more that she read, the more her expression changed.
It was clear to Lin Fan that she recognized the things that were written on the letter and that she was remembering all the things that were being brought up by it.
But the biggest change to her expression came when she read the final line.
She looked at Lin Fan with a strange look and he just gave a simple nod in response.
At this, there was a worried look that appeared on her face as she looked at everyone around her before looking back down at the letter. While she looked at the letter, there was a look of deep thought and worry on her face.
It was clear that she was struggling over something, but they could tell that it was private, so they just waited for her to finish sorting out her thoughts.
After a long period of silence, Mu Bao Bao looked back up at Lin Fan with a conflicted look as she asked, "What should I do?"
Lin Fan didn't have a good answer for her since he knew that this was too difficult of a problem in the first place.
The two of them just sat there in silence looking at each other with conflicted looks.
In the end, there was a sudden clap that broke that silence, but this clap didn't come from either of them.
They were both caught off guard by this sudden clap and they turned in a daze to look at Yue Lan who had her hands up.
She had a stern look on her face that immediately made them look down.
It was almost as if they had done something wrong.
After they looked down, she said, "What are you doing?"
Both of them looked up again and looked at each other before looking at her with a confused look.
This showed that they had absolutely no idea what was wrong.
Yue Lan knitted her brows even more as she said, "Do you really not know what you've done wrong?"
The confused looks on both of their faces became stronger as they really didn't know what Yue Lan was talking about.
Finally Yue Lan gave a sigh and said, "I never thought that you trusted us this little."
At this, both of their chins dropped and they revealed looks of shock.
They sat there in a daze like this for a bit before they suddenly started trying to explain.
"This…it's not about trust or…it's dangerous if you…"
Just like this, they weren't able to form complete sentences as they tried to explain themselves.
But in the end, they couldn't get a proper single statement out since they didn't know what to say in this situation.
Yue Lan turned to look at Lin Fan with a glare that forced his head down before she walked over to where Mu Bao Bao was sitting.
Mu Bao Bao couldn't help flinching when she saw Yue Lan coming towards her like this, but at least she remained in her seat and waited for Yue Lan to do what she wanted to do.
Yue Lan suddenly raised her hands and Mu Bao Bao flinched again before sitting up straight as if she was going to let her do it.
But what she thought was coming never came.
Instead, she felt two arms wrap around her and pull her into a warm embrace.
Mu Bao Bao's eyes just opened wide in shock as she didn't know how to react to this.
However, she then heard Yue Lan say in a gentle and soft voice, "I know that you want to protect us, but sometimes you should let us protect you as well. We all care about each other and you don't need to keep everything inside. You should trust in our abilities a bit."
Mu Bao Bao didn't say anything at first as she looked at Yue Lan with those wide eyes filled with shock.
Then she slowly said in a hesitant voice, "But you really don't know just how big the thing you're getting into is. This is something that can cause your death with just a single mistake…as well as destroy the entire city…"
Yue Lan patted her on the back and said, "No matter what it is, we'll get through it together. We're sisters, aren't we?"
When Mu Bao Bao heard this, she couldn't help looking up at Yue Lan with tears in her eyes before burying her head in her chest.
At the same time, the other girls all moved over to comfort her and calm her down.
Lin Fan watched without saying a thing since he knew that this wasn't his time to interfere. This was something that was between them, so all he should do is sit there and keep his mouth shut.
But he couldn't stop the faint smile that appeared on his lips as he watched this.
Once upon a time, he had been worried that if his harem ever became too big, he would encounter problems where they would fight with one another. But now, he knew that this would never be a problem since there was Yue Lan here.
She was like the big sister that took care of everyone in his harem, keeping the harmony and making sure they never fought each other.
At this, he couldn't help feeling grateful towards her.
He could see all the effort that she had put in behind the scenes based on how everyone acted around her. If she didn't do all that she could to bond with them, it was impossible for them to all follow her like this.
In fact, it wasn't just that…
If it wasn't for all the things that Yue Lan did behind the scenes for both the city and the business, it would have collapsed a long time ago.
It was impossible to count up how much he owed her, but he would do his best to make it up to her.
They took some time to calm down, but in the end, Mu Bao Bao had made a decision.
She would tell them everything about herself and what this letter was about.
As they listened, they couldn't help revealing shocked looks that grew with each twist that they heard. By the end of it, not a single one of them could close their mouths with how their chins had dropped. It was even to the point where some of their chins looked like they were about to touch the ground.
Lin Fan had already expected this, but he didn't say a thing as he carefully watched how they reacted.
Finally, Yue Lan was the first to react as she said, "Do we need to run?"
All of them turned to look at Yue Lan with strange looks, but in the end, they couldn't help giving a nod in agreement.
After all, that was the safest way that they could handle this.
But Lin Fan shook his head and said, "Not yet. We don't know what they are planning, so we can't just run away yet. Even if we did run, what about all the things that we can't take with us. Are you willing to abandon it all?"
By that, he was referring to the city that they had established and the business that Yue Lan had built.
The other side was the ruler of the entire Mu Empire, so it wasn't as if there would be any place that they could run unless they fled the Mu Empire.
That would mean giving up everything that they had built up to this point which was something that they were hesitant to do.
So in the end, they couldn't help thinking about the alternative.
That was to bring Mu Bao Bao to see the person that wanted to see her.
They had no idea what he was planning, but there was at least the chance that it wasn't bad…Not to mention that this was a very good chance that it wasn't something bad because of the tone of this letter.
In the end, it was all up to Mu Bao Bao.
Lin Fan took a deep breath before finally saying something.
He went past the girls and took Mu Bao Bao by the shoulder, holding her so that he looked right into her eyes as he asked, "Are you sure that this is what you want?"
Mu Bao Bao's eyes couldn't help trembling when she heard this, but then she quickly looked away from Lin Fan.
It was as if it hurt her to look at him like this…
But Lin Fan took her chin and forced her to look back at him as he looked right into her eyes, waiting for her response.
Mu Bao Bao's eyes became very complicated as she looked up into Lin Fan's eyes.
At the same time though, she felt like these eyes in front of her could see right through her soul.
It was as if these eyes could see everything that she was thinking…
So if there was no way of hiding it, she would just…
With a bit of hesitation, Mu Bao Bao shook her head.
Seeing this, Lin Fan finally revealed a smile and said, "Well that makes it easy then."
The others were confused when they heard this, but then they were shocked when they heard his next words.
"I'll go with Bao Bao to see her dad."
All of them had shocked looks, but it was Yue Lan that stopped them.
She had been staring at Mu Bao Bao as well, so she could guess what Lin Fan was thinking.
With a sigh, she said, "I'll set things up for you then."
Lin Fan nodded and looked back at her with a look of gratitude.
Things were always easier when you had someone that had a high IQ and EQ like this.
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