Chapter 1457: Tacit Understanding

Although there is no concrete evidence yet, based on his understanding of the Director, there is a 90% chance she tampered with it!

After forking another piece of fish meat, Li Ang, who had made his judgment, didn't immediately go to the Director to ask for clarification. Instead, while chewing the fish meat without tasting it, he frowned and pondered carefully.

If it were someone else choosing to hide something, he would definitely ask for clarification immediately, so as to intervene in time and avoid any results that he would regret later. But the Director was a special case.

Given her personality... or rather, her bottom-line-lacking integrity, if she encountered a situation she felt she couldn't handle, she would absolutely not be stubborn; she would definitely use all means immediately and mobilize all forces she could mobilize.

Making a scene, playing the rogue, using underhanded tricks, tripping people up... she would do whatever worked. In short, the Director, who had always followed pragmatism, had integrity that was bottomless when doing "serious business," and there was no possibility of her biting the bullet to carry the burden.

As for whether doing so would be embarrassing, whether the means were despicable, or whether it violated rules, those were not in her consideration at all. So if she intended to hide something from him, she must have the confidence to solve the problem alone, judging that there was no need for others to intervene.

And most importantly, if he asked her, he might even be "teased" in return, chased by her asking what exactly he saw, then mocked for being lustful and having wild fantasies, and finally forcibly having the question he raised dismissed...

Tsk... could it be that she was holding this intention, worried that he would confront her after discovering the problem, so she simply made a fake memory with such obvious loopholes? It seems she is determined not to tell him!

However, just as Li Ang was frowning and thinking, trying to figure out how to pry the truth out of the red-haired Director's mouth, Anna, sitting at the dining table, couldn't help but reach out and gently pat his arm.

"Brother."

After calling out, the thin girl asked with some worry:

"Is there a problem between you and Sister Veronica?"

"???"

Upon hearing Anna's sudden strange question, Li Ang's eyebrows raised in surprise, then he asked back with confusion:

"Anna? Why would you ask that?"

"Because... you look like you have something on your mind, and..."

After glancing at the stewed fish on the table that was almost finished, and then at the other two dishes that were barely touched, Anna couldn't help but worry:

"And you and Sister Veronica haven't seen each other for so long. After coming back, you first went to hand over work, then came home for dinner, and didn't say you were going to see her. So I was thinking, are you two..."

"No, you're overthinking it."

After listening to the thin girl's worry, Li Ang couldn't help but laugh, then while putting down his spoon and digging into the yam puree, he answered:

"It's not that I don't want to find Veronica, it's just that it's too early to find her now."

"Too early?"

"Hmm."

After filling his mouth with a spoonful of yam puree drizzled with blueberry sauce, Li Ang explained with a smile:

"Veronica is a super workaholic, her schedule is extremely full, and she basically works until after one o'clock every night. Although it's fine for me to find her during the day, it would inevitably affect her work, so it's better to just go over at night... hmm, speaking of which, this yam puree tastes really good."

"So that's how it is..."

After listening to Li Ang's explanation, the thin girl couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, then looked at her brother who was frantically shoveling yam puree, her expression slightly helpless as she complained:

"So, because you don't want to delay her work, you just don't go?"

"Huh?"

Looking at his sister with a strange expression, Li Ang asked with confusion:

"I'll go, didn't I just say so? I just wanted to wait until night to go..."

"Go now!"

"Uh... you don't understand her habits, she definitely hasn't finished working yet..."

I don't understand her, but I understand women!

After slapping away Li Ang's hand that was preparing to dig another spoonful of yam puree, the thin girl complained with a headache: "You went on a long trip right after the wedding, haven't seen each other for over a month and you're not in a hurry, wanting to wait until you're free at night... that's only Sister Veronica. If it were any other woman, you'd be preparing to be single for the rest of your life!"

"No, you don't understand the situation, Veronica is busy with serious business recently, I..."

"I don't need to understand the situation, I just need to understand you!"

After giving her brother, who still wanted to explain, a look of annoyance, Anna picked up the plates with both hands, then started chasing him away:

"You should go out. Mei Lan Ni wet the bed yesterday and was embarrassed, so she got up in the middle of the night and changed your blanket. It hasn't dried yet, and there's no place for you to sleep at home today!"

"Huh?"

"Go, go quickly!"

"What's wrong?"

Just as a certain Prince was chased out of the house by his sister and had to hail a carriage in the night wind, the Queen, who was frantically working overtime, looked up in confusion, looking at her female official with some incomprehension.

"Is there a problem with the letter I asked you to return?"

"No, no."

Upon hearing Queen Veronica's inquiry, the little female official hurriedly shook her head, then blinked her big eyes and reminded her in a low voice:

"But if this letter is returned, according to the reply details you proposed, the Road Administration Department will definitely have to re-draft the plan, and then find you overnight to re-confirm it. Then you'll have plenty to be busy with today..."

"Is there something wrong with being busy?"

"Uh... there's nothing wrong with it, but... but hasn't the airship Prince Li Ang took already returned? In case Prince Li Ang comes to find you..."

"It's fine, it's still early."

Upon hearing this, Queen Veronica first glanced at the clock on the table, then buried her head again, answering casually while approving documents:

"Li Ang estimates he won't be able to come until around one-thirty. You can go ahead and return the letter, it won't affect him coming to find me."

???

Upon hearing Queen Veronica's quite certain answer, the little female official couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

Looking at Her Majesty's confident appearance, Prince Li Ang should have sent someone to contact her, agreeing on the meeting time in advance... but I've been on duty all day, why don't I know?

"Because no one has been here, the time just now was my guess."

After figuring out the little female official's confusion, the somewhat tired Veronica stretched, then while moving her body, explained calmly:

"Although Li Ang has no scruples when doing things, he is actually a person who takes 'serious business' very seriously. When others are busy with serious business, he will absolutely not disturb them easily, even if I am his wife."

"And after receiving the 'specialty products' he got from the North, the speed at which I do things here determines the speed at which the North receives supplies. This counts as a very important kind of 'serious business,' so he will definitely wait until I'm done before coming over."

So that's how it is.

After listening to Queen Veronica's explanation, the little female official nodded in realization, then couldn't help but smack her lips, feeling a trace of wonderful sweetness rising in her mouth.

It's really great. Even though there was no communication, they could know what the other was thinking. This is probably that unique tacit understanding between husband and wife, right? Tsk tsk, Cousin and Prince Li Ang are really too...

Hmm? Why is there a man outside the window? And... why does he look exactly like Prince Li Ang?

(End of chapter)