Chapter 128

"How about we go and have a look together? I'll support you!" Qin Huan was a little excited: the plot of pretending to be cool and getting slapped in the face in the storybook looks very interesting, I want to give it a try!

"Go directly"

"Otherwise, we can't go to the capital to bring people to deal with the problem. Oh, by the way, have you ever found an agent before?" The necessary procedures still need to be followed and taxes must be paid.

Bei Qiao: "..."

"Well, it seems that there isn't one. I knew that Lao Dong... cough, he's not a good person. Okay, don't worry, I'll take care of finding an agent for you. As long as you accompany me to your new home now, how about it? It's a good deal, right?" Qin Huan patted his chest and winked at Bei Qiao: We have someone!

"Thank you, Huanhuan." Bei Qiao looked at the night sky outside: "But coming here so late at night, I'm not going to be treated as an unwelcome guest, right?"

"You've already gone to collect the house, do you still care whether you're a bad guest?" Qin Huan raised his hand and patted Bei Qiao's arm: "While I still have some time, let's go and take a look together! I have a lot of classes during the day and don't have time to accompany you."

Bei Qiao: I didn’t ask for anyone to accompany me, and I don’t know what she is so excited about... Never mind, let’s go, we are already acquaintances anyway.

"That's right, but shouldn't we report these two impostors to the police first?" Bei Qiao picked up the thief who was secretly untying the rope and put him at the door. "And this thief, I wonder if he's in cahoots with them."

"Don't worry, I'll ask someone to ask them in detail. Don't worry, these three guys can't get away." Qin Huan waved his hand, signaling others to drag the thieves out: They are not important people, why do I need to come forward to deal with them personally.

"Did they say anything?" There are similar faces in the world, but an identity will only belong to one person. If there is an accident, it means that the barrier between parallel worlds is broken.

"They said they were coming for you, but I don't believe it. There are many reasons to approach you, but they have to use my face, tsk..." Qin Huan was more angry about being fooled than being impersonated, because that meant that in the eyes of others, she was someone who was easy to bully, even though she had the Qin family's support.

Not knowing why Qin Huan had suddenly turned cold, Bei Qiao grabbed her backpack and boarded Qin Huan's carriage. Before leaving, she handed her room key to the innkeeper and took the key to her new room, clearly stating her intention to return and stay.

"Let's go, it's not good to go too late." Qin Huan urged: I'm overwhelmed after a day of studying, and I urgently need something interesting to rest my brain.

Sitting in a carriage, Bei Qiao and Qin Huan arrived at the gate of the courtyard next to the Qin residence. This courtyard faced the opposite direction from the Qin residence, with the main gate adjacent to the back door. There was no plaque above the gate, nor were there any lanterns hanging. Even more strangely, there wasn't even a stone lion guarding the gate; only two bare stone bases remained.

"The address is correct, why does it look like an abandoned haunted house?" Qin Huan jumped out of the car holding the maid's hand: "Knock on the door and ask what's going on." It's so late and there are still no lanterns hung. Do the servants who are looking after the house have no money to buy candles?

"Huanhuan, don't you recognize this family?" How come the two families, separated by only a wall, look so unfamiliar?

"I only know that there are neighbors next door, and the owner is from Beijing. I don't know much else. This family doesn't go out often, so I have never met them."

As they were talking, Qin Huan's men went to knock on the door, but no one answered. Hearing the knock, the fat cat perched on the wall turned its neck, its glowing eyes staring straight at the person below in the night. It said nothing, but its gaze was a bit creepy.

"That cat looks like it has a key hanging around its neck." Seeing no one answer the door, Bei Qiao used her Qing Gong skills to jump onto the wall, squatted down, and tentatively extended a finger toward the fat cat. The fat cat glanced at her lazily, slowly rolled forward, and stopped just in time to rest on Bei Qiao's finger.

"It's quite friendly." Bei Qiao picked up the fat cat, untied the key from its neck, and jumped down from the wall: "Excuse me, let me try this key to see if it's right... Oh, it really is the key to the front door." It's a bit outrageous. This family is really not afraid of losing the key.

"I thought it would be hidden in the door frame, or in a stone lion... Oh, there are no stone lions anymore." Qin Huan poked the stone base with his finger: "Was it robbed or did they move?"

"Moved..."

"Who are you? New neighbors?" A childish voice came from the wall not far away. Bei Qiao looked up and saw a little head shaved bald.

"Yeah." Qin Huan turned around and was about to speak when he saw the child crouching on the wall, as if frightened, quickly retracting his head. Because no one else was talking or moving, everyone could even hear the child's footsteps as he fled in panic.

"No, don't I look scary?" Qin Huan pointed at himself and showed an expression of doubt about his life: I look so friendly, what's with that look of seeing a ghost?

"Maybe he recognized you?" Bei Qiao pulled the fat cat closer to his arms, and freed one hand to point at the wall where the child had just disappeared: "Isn't that your backyard?" Although the back door was closed.

"Ah!" Qin Huan finally reacted. Because she didn't usually go through the back door, she didn't have a very deep impression of the outer wall of the backyard. She couldn't react when she saw it at first: "But I don't have any impression of this child." The only thing that was certain was that he was not a family member or relative, nor was he the child of a servant in her yard or her mother's yard.

"Oh, maybe you have a guest at home?" Bei Qiao shrugged and pushed the door open: "Are you still planning to come in and take a look?"

"This isn't good... Then I'd better obey your command." Qin Huan walked into the yard with a disapproving tone. Before entering the door, he used his eyes to drive away the maids and servants who were trying to follow him: "You were not invited. Shouldn't you ask the owner of this place for consent before coming in? Zan'er, send someone to ask the neighbors to find out if the people here have moved away. Ying'er and Jinhua stay with me, and the rest of you stay at the door and don't let in." Do you think this is your home?

After arranging the servants, Qin Huan followed Bei Qiao around the courtyard, protected by Ying'er and Jinhua. As she had said before, the courtyard wasn't very large, and the layout looked a bit awkward. However, because someone had cleaned it before, it was relatively tidy, though there were a lot of fallen leaves on the ground.

"Qiao Qiao, you don't seem to be planning to move here. Do you think it's inconvenient to live in Linjie City?" Qin Huan crossed his arms boredly, watching Ying'er and Jinhua surrounding him suspiciously, and slowly moved in the yard: "Don't be so nervous, our home is next door. If something happens, you can just shout for help." Is it necessary to be so nervous?

"There's no other way. I don't know many people in Linjie City, and I'm often driving around. If I leave a house here, I won't be able to take care of it, and I have to worry about whether someone will break in." Bei Qiao gently kicked open the door of the front hall and took a look inside: "If it wasn't a thief, then they moved out really thoroughly." The location of this room is obviously a front hall for receiving guests, but there is not even a table or chairs in it. The moonlight shines through the window to the ground, and the empty house is visible at a glance, and even the dust in the air can be seen.

"Indeed, relocating the escort agency is very troublesome, and hiring someone to look after the house is also quite expensive." Qin Huan also took a look inside the house: "I am quite confident in the public security of Linjie City, but there are always unexpected events. On the other hand, if you only come back to stay occasionally, it should be okay, right? No matter how crazy the thief is, he won't steal the yard. As long as there is a roof, doors and windows, and a bed on the floor, you will have no problem staying overnight. The horses can be left in the yard to graze, and even fodder is saved."

"No, I feel safer going home to rest." Bei Qiao walked around the front hall and went to the back: "Although I don't know my neighbors very well, I can still help them when I have problems. Besides, if a person sleeps in such a big place, it will be difficult for him to be discovered if he falls asleep one day." The offline environment is very important!

"Not really. Don't underestimate that old cunning fellow... He's a wealthy and cunning fellow who would definitely consider his own safety." Qin Huan knocked on the pillar beside him. "If nothing else, there must be a trap in the sleeping room." Rich people cherish their lives. To save their lives, they will spare no expense on anything they can afford to protect themselves. That old man is so cunning, there's no way he wouldn't have a secret room for himself, right? After all, the people who want to beat him up would line the city from east to west!

"Are you referring to these?" Bei Qiao pushed open the door in front of him and pointed to the big holes on the ground and the wall: Judging from the orientation and the marks on the ground, this should be the bedroom... So the original person who lived here didn't even leave a bed board for Bei Qiao!

Qin Huan pushed aside the shadows and approached the door. He was stunned by the traces in the house: "Oh my God, they actually took away all the mechanisms!" Outrageous! They even shoveled the ground when moving. If the house couldn't be moved, there wouldn't be only bare trees left in the yard... Shit, I hadn't thought about it before. There is only grass and no trees in this yard!

"What's wrong? Why do you suddenly show such an expression?" Bei Qiao threw a few stones into the house to test it, then lifted the fat cat to the door. Seeing that the cat did not show any stress reaction, he walked in: "It's just been emptied." At least the roof was still intact and was not demolished to leave only an empty frame.

"It's nothing. I just suddenly remembered that I didn't see any flowers and trees in the yard. Maybe they moved them away too?" Qin Huan rubbed his face: "It's outrageous. They are indeed the subordinates of a black-bellied iron rooster. They left you nothing except what they couldn't move away." Needless to say, the flowers and trees were not convenient to transport, so they must have been sold nearby. The stone lions at the door probably disappeared for the same reason. As for why the base is still there... it may be because it was not sold.

"A stingy guy..." Bei Qiao walked around the room: "Not surprised at all." He was very unhappy when he was given the house deed before.