Chapter 285

Qiao Nian was completely unaware of what was happening behind her.

Just after walking out of the fenced yard, my left leg began to hurt, and my limping became more and more obvious, so that after walking a few steps, I started shouting, "Aunt Chun, Aunt Chun!"

She had no idea that before she spoke, the dagger behind her had quietly approached her white neck, almost slitting her throat.

When Qiao Nian called Aunt Chun, the dagger was quickly withdrawn and she hurried back to the yard.

Over there, the lights came on again in Aunt Chun's house.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

Qiao Nian looked at Aunt Chun with an apologetic face, "Brother Bai and his friends are drunk and lying outside the yard. I'm afraid they will catch a cold while sleeping like this. Can you help me?"

When several men in the fence courtyard heard this, they looked at me and I looked at you, feeling vaguely that they were really nothing.

"Hey, I'll come right away!" Aunt Chun responded and walked out the door not long after.

Also coming out with him was Fu Wang who was unwilling to do so.

Apparently she was dragged here by Aunt Chun.

Those men are all big and thick, and the two of them alone may not be able to do it.

Seeing Qiao Nian walking out of the fenced yard, Aunt Chun stepped forward to help her, "Your legs haven't healed yet, how can you go through such trouble?"

"It's okay. It's much better. I'm also worried about Brother Bai and the others."

The soft voice said so.

It only made the men in the yard feel guilty again.

Aunt Chun supported Qiao Nian and walked back slowly, but she didn't expect that someone in the fence yard was already awake at this time.

Aunt Chun said hurriedly, "When you wake up, go and sit next to me for a while, and I'll make some hangover soup for you to drink."

Unexpectedly, the man smiled and said, "Wake up, sober up, no need for soup!"

With that said, he staggered into the kitchen, scooped up a spoonful of cold water, and poured it on the others.

It was simple and crude, but it really made those people wake up one after another.

Even Chu Zhiyi opened his eyes and sat there with his head lowered.

"Well, let's go, it's time to go back!" The group of people said and walked out one after another.

Aunt Chun was a little worried, "It's so late, it's not safe on the road..."

There is a river at the entrance of the village, and she is worried that they will drown if they fall into the river when they are drunk.

But those guys were just pretending to be drunk, and they deliberately said loudly, "No, it's okay."

Determined to leave.

After a while, only Qiao Nian, Chu Zhiyi, and Aunt Chun and their son were left in the yard.

Qiao Nian glanced at Chu Zhiyi and then said, "Auntie, go and rest. I think Brother Bai is fine."

Aunt Chun was still a little worried, "How about I go make some hangover soup!"

"No, Aunt Chun, please excuse me." Qiao Nian said lightly, with a hint of displeasure in her tone.

Aunt Chun didn't notice it, but Chu Zhiyi did.

He raised his eyes slightly and glanced at Qiao Nian.

On the side, Fuwang also said, "I think Brother Bai is fine. Mom, let's go back. I'm so sleepy."

Hearing this, Aunt Chun nodded and told Qiao Nian, "Don't worry about these things in the courtyard. I will clean them up tomorrow."

"Okay." Qiao Nian responded softly. After watching Aunt Chun leave, she turned around and limped toward the house.

He didn't even look at Chu Zhiyi.

But unexpectedly, just as he was about to enter, he heard Chu Zhiyi's voice, "Did you see it?"

Qiao Nian gave a faint 'hmm', but without stopping, she went into the house and closed the door.

She really didn't notice those people pretending to be drunk just now.

But this acting after sobering up was too poor.

Some of them were not splashed by the water at all and woke up on their own.

Thinking of this, Qiao Nian frowned slightly, subconsciously looked out the window, and saw the tall figure walking under the shed to the west.

She didn't want to presume ill will on others, but she was the only outsider in the yard just now, and a group of them were pretending to be drunk, obviously to show her off.

Why?

Test her?

Is it because she showed some martial arts skills before?

But even so, if Chu Zhiyi was just an ordinary hunter, how would he think of using this trick?

Could it be that his identity is not simple?

Once the seeds of doubt are planted, they quickly take root.

Qiao Nian tried hard to recall every bit of what happened after she woke up, but except for today's abnormality, she didn't notice anything else.

She couldn't help but sigh slightly, and her eyes fell on her left leg.

Forget it, when your legs are healed, leave here as soon as possible!

She finally escaped from the capital, but she didn't want to be involved in other disputes.

…

It was night, not long after Xiao He fell asleep, there was a knock on the door.

Ji Yue lowered his voice outside the door and said, "Young Master, there is news!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao He almost jumped up from the bed and immediately rushed to the door.

However, Ji Yue frowned slightly, holding a letter in his hand and saying, "Someone picked up a female corpse from a branch of the Changyang River more than a hundred miles away."

Hearing this, Xiao He's eyebrows sank, and his heart also lost its sense of proportion.

"Prepare the horse." He spoke in a low voice.

Regardless of whether it was true or not, he had to go see it with his own eyes before he could feel reassured.

Ji Yue responded and was about to retreat, but Ningshuang suddenly rushed out of the house, "I want to go too!"

It was already late at night, but Ningshuang was fully dressed, obviously not asleep yet.

After the female body was picked up last time, none of them thought of letting Ningshuang take a look.

So when Ningshuang found out later, her eyes were swollen from crying.

Xiao He looked at it and blamed himself very much.

Since Qiao Nian fell into the Changyang River, he searched day and night, only thinking about Qiao Nian.

Ningshuang rarely appeared in front of him on weekdays, probably because she was afraid of annoying him, so she always asked Ji Yue for anything.

After going back and forth, he almost forgot that she was the person Qiao Nian cared about the most.

On the side, Ji Yue couldn't help but scolded in a low voice, "Nonsense, what are you doing with me? Those clothes don't even match, so you may not be the eldest mistress!"

But Ningshuang burst into tears all of a sudden, "I'm going! No matter if I'm a lady or not, I'm going!"

With that said, she rushed to Xiao He and knelt down, "Young Master, please, take me there! I can ride a horse, and I will never delay the Young Master's journey!"

Xiao He's heart tightened, and he hurriedly helped the person up, "Okay, let Ji Yue prepare the horse. Don't cry, if Nian Nian sees it, he will blame me."

Hearing this, Ningshuang couldn't help but feel a pain in her heart, but she took a deep breath and suppressed her emotions.

But he said, "Don't worry, young master, I will tell the young lady that the young master is very worried about her and takes good care of this slave. He will definitely not let my young lady blame you!"

Seeing Ningshuang's serious look, Xiao He couldn't help but curl his lips and smile.

It's just that smile, inexplicably bitter.

Niannian, look, your maid is almost crying like a little cat, why aren't you back yet?

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