Chapter 154

"Go eat if you're hungry, and be more careful next time." Bei Qiao jumped on the horse: "I remember you have a sense of direction." It's not cloudy today, so it's not difficult to tell the direction by looking at the sun.

"I can tell the directions, but I don't know the way very well." Yu Qian laughed dryly: I'm really not used to the world with paper maps. Usually when I go to the supermarket, I use the navigation to plan the shortest walking route. I will never walk if I can change lines and take a bus. Today... I really walked all the way home for three months.

"It's best to remember this." Bei Qiao shook her head and offered no further advice. She had come to this other world to seek her fortune, but Yu Qian clearly wasn't. Everyone had their own way of living, and there was no need to be overly critical of others' lifestyles.

"Next time for sure." Yu Qian chuckled: Next time I will definitely not travel far on impulse. In this strange world where public transportation is underdeveloped, taking a long-distance budget trip is simply asking for trouble!

Holding onto the tree and watching Bei Qiao leave, Yu Qian limped into the inn and asked the waiter to prepare hot water for her to soak her feet. As she was about to go up the stairs, she turned around and saw the man who had kicked her out of the carriage carrying a person out of the door. "Why is it you?"

"Huh?" Lai Zhizhi, the demon sect disciple who had been carrying Wen Xiang all the way in, looked up at the sound and glanced around three times before locking onto her target: "Oh, it's you. Where have you been? I haven't seen you for an hour and you're limping."

"Shouldn't I ask you this? It was you who kicked me off the carriage!" Yu Qian was so angry that her teeth ached: What do you mean by that indifferent expression? I didn't act like I cared, so you really think that the harm you caused me before never happened, right?

“Oh, you came to thank me.”

"Thank you...ahhh!" Yu Qian, who wanted to curse but didn't want to say dirty words, was about to go crazy: What kind of person is this!

"Zhizhi, put me down." Wen Xiang patted Zhizhi's arm.

"That won't do! What if they catch up with us again? It's getting dark now and nowhere is safe." Lai Zhizhi refused firmly.

"If you don't put me down, I'm going to have a brain congestion."

"Oh." Lai Zhizhi blinked slowly, then turned Wen Xiang around and held her in her arms, switching from the sack-carrying position to the baby-carrying position. Wen Xiang was tall, while Lai Zhizhi was petite. The latter held the former like a little hamster holding a big watermelon, which was inexplicably funny and cute.

Wen Xiang: "..." Fortunately, the mask on my face didn't fall off, otherwise the skin I had built up over the past few decades would have been almost broken.

It was a busy time, and there were quite a few people in the inn's lobby, some eating, some waiting for someone. When Yu Qian called out, "Why is it you?", everyone couldn't help but watch the excitement, even the waiter was no exception.

If she wasn't being held like a baby, Wen Xiang would actually want to watch the fun, even if that fun included herself. As for now, she could only say, please ignore her, or even just a crack in the ground would be fine.

"What did you just thank me for? Why did I feel like you were cursing me?" Lai Zhizhi, who had adjusted Wen Xiang's posture, turned around and looked at Yu Qian standing on the stairs. Although she wasn't very smart, she was an intuitive player. However, because of her low emotional intelligence and inability to read people's expressions, no matter how well she did things, she was not very popular with her boss. They say beauty alone is a disaster, but intuition alone...

Wen Xiang: What do you think? Don't interview me. Even if a lawyer comes, I just want to remain silent.

Anonymous supervisor: My stomach and heart aches. Where are the pills? Have you run out of them again?

"You kicked me off the carriage and still expect me to praise you?" Yu Qian laughed angrily: You even said that I was fat and took up space!

"Why not? That driver is not a good person. I kicked you off the car for your own good." Lai Zhizhi tilted her head in confusion: "He keeps saying how pitiful she is and how boring her wife is. You can tell at a glance that she is not a good person. She even wanted to touch your hand!" You have the ability to despise your own wife, but you don't have the ability to divorce her?

Yu Qian was stunned for a moment and tried hard to recall what happened before: "...Did it?" She was distracted because she was impatient to listen to the driver while riding in the car, and she did not have a deep impression of what happened at that time.

"Yes! And he charged me fifty cents for the fare, but only asked you for five cents. He is being too attentive for no reason. He is either a villain or a thief. If he doesn't want to take advantage of you, then he wants to sell you out!" Lai Zhizhi nodded vigorously.

"Sir, let me ask you something. Does the driver you are talking about have a big black mole on his face, and uses a donkey to pull the cart, and the donkey's head is a little bald?" The shopkeeper walked forward with a kind smile on his face and led Lai Zhizhi aside to prevent her from blocking the guests coming in from behind.

“How did the shopkeeper know?”

"That guy is a habitual offender." The shopkeeper explained to the two new guests: This driver didn't like to stay at home since he got married. He would go out to drive the car after breakfast in the morning, picking up young girls and charging according to the beauty of the customers. In the evening, he would go home to eat and sleep after dinner, and he didn't care about anything.

"He has the intention to steal, but he doesn't seem to have the guts to do it. Instead, he's been beaten up a few times by customers because of his dishonest behavior. Even the constables know him."

The driver's wife was a quick and efficient person. When the driver received the first beating, she took him to the yamen to get a divorce. Before leaving, she talked to the neighbors for a long time. This was also the reason why the shopkeeper knew more about the matter - the neighbor who was given half a pig was very enthusiastic and spread the news throughout the streets and alleys.

Yu Qian, who finally understood the whole story, was forced by Lai Zhizhi to take two blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing plasters. Before she could refuse, Lai Zhizhi ran away with Wen Xiang in her arms, without even staying at the inn. It was unknown what she was avoiding.

A fishy gust of wind whipped past the inn's door, chasing after Lai Zhizhi. As they passed the inn's entrance, they were deflected by a barely visible golden light. No one saw this, but the innkeeper sensed something approaching and quickly called out to the waiter to close the door. What unholy thing had come out there to suddenly reduce the door's durability by one-tenth! Normally, this door could withstand a fortnight of banditry!

"Young Master Qiao!" On the other side, Bei Qiao put on his mask again and stopped his horse at the gate of Qin's mansion. He was welcomed in through the main gate by the servants waiting there.

The main gate was actually open today. What was going on? Bei Qiao handed Hong Hong over to a familiar groom and followed the maid to the hall.

There were many people sitting in the hall, divided into two groups, left and right. Qin Huan sat at the back on the right, with Qin Guan and Qiao Qi sitting next to him.

Bei Qiao's arrival didn't attract much attention. Their gazes merely lingered on the mask on her face for a moment before moving on. For them, wearing a mask wasn't a special hobby. The Qin family's willingness to allow Bei Qiao to appear masked meant they believed she was trustworthy. If they misjudged someone, that was the Qin family's own fault.

Sitting down next to Qin Huan, Bei Qiao quickly observed the surroundings. She had no idea what these people were talking about; when she entered, the topic had already ended, leaving only an unexplained standoff.

Bei Qiao looked at Qin Huan beside him and raised his eyebrows: What are you doing?

Qin Huan blinked: I’ll tell you later.

The silent standoff lasted about three minutes, during which the stewards sitting on either side kept taking notes. When they stopped writing and started chatting in their notebooks, some people finally stood up and left.

"Okay, that's enough." Qin Huan grabbed Bei Qiao's arm and said, "Let's go. The meal will be ready soon."

Qin Guan looked back at the two of them, his gaze lingering on Bei Qiao's arm for a moment: "Don't go too far." What arm is he hugging? Her current identity to the outside world is a man!

"I know!" Qin Huan pulled Bei Qiao and turned to leave: I know, this is the effect I want!

"Okay, this place has a wide view and won't hide anyone. Just ask whatever you want to ask. Anyway, there's nothing you can't say." There was still some time before dinner, and after thinking it over, Qin Huan decided to bring the person to his own yard. After all, there were fewer people here and it was quieter.

"I seem to have participated in a family gathering just now." Bei Qiao sat down opposite Qin Huan.

"I can tell, just by looking at their facial features." Qin Huan tugged at his cloak and said, "A group of people who want to be the masters of the family."

"This is a position that anyone can become if they want to." As an ordinary person, Bei Qiao's knowledge of aristocratic families is limited to online novels. In the upgrade novels, the head of a family often appears as a villain.

"You can't become a leader just because you want to, but you can work hard." Qin Huan raised his index finger and shook it gently: "Some people choose to join the main family and become members of the main family, while others will lead the side branches to catch up and become the main family themselves."

"So, how does this matter relate to me?" Bei Qiao was a little surprised: "Looking at this situation, I, the fake cousin, am also a real cousin to the side branches.

"Having you show up today is like telling everyone that Cousin Qiao will be one of my backers from now on. If anyone wants to bully me, they'll have to consider who's behind me." Qin Huan took a sandalwood box from the maid and handed it to Bei Qiao: "Here, this is for our family. You can refuse it if you want. Oh, and by the way, if you accept the box, the clan elders asked me to pass on a message to you. Although your last name is Qiao, you're technically a member of the Qin family. If you're ever bullied by someone who takes advantage of your age, remember to complain to the elders. Don't be so desperate as to assassinate the emperor and bring trouble upon your entire clan."

"Why does he think I would assassinate the emperor?" Bei Qiao thought for a moment, took the box, and did not open it immediately: "What is this?" The Qin family really dotes on their daughter. Isn't this also a form of investment?

"It's because you directly dragged some mentally ill guy out of the house yesterday. The Fang family came to complain that night. Now the old guy thinks you don't know how to be tactful at all... This is an escort agency, cousin Qiao's escort agency." Qin Huan relaxed his body and lay down on the table.