Zhang Ying lay on the bed, clutching the sheets tightly, her fingers turning blue from the exertion. It was not until Xue Huan left that she realized her back was soaked with sweat.

She tentatively shouted, "Someone come!"

"Miss, do you need to get up to go to the bathroom?" Xiangying, the personal maid, walked in.

Zhang Ying: "I want to take a shower."

Taking a shower this late at night? Although Xiangying complained in her heart, she didn't dare to disobey and immediately arranged to go.

The daughter was frightened, and the father was also frightened by the man in black who broke in silently.

"Who are you?" Zhang Shun asked the same question as Zhang Ying.

The man in black said nothing, but raised his hand and shot out an arrow from his sleeve. The arrow flew through the air and lodged in the bedpost. The tip of the arrow was deeply embedded in the post, and the tail of the arrow was still trembling, making a clanging and buzzing sound, which made people's hearts shake.

Zhang Shun stared at the arrow that was only an arm's length away from him, and a drop of cold sweat slid down his forehead.

If the man in black wanted to kill himself, the arrow would probably not have pierced the bedpost, but his heart.

He was using this action to intimidate and warn himself!

Zhang Shun couldn't help but think of the carrier pigeon he had released some time ago. He was shocked. Could it be that this was the same person who had taken action last time?

Looking again, the man in black was nowhere to be found. He had vanished without my noticing.

This person came and went in the governor's mansion as if he was in an empty place. You can imagine how powerful he is.

How on earth did he end up offending such a person?

Zhang Shun sat paralyzed on the bed. After a long while, the terrified feeling finally subsided. He walked to the table and wanted to pour a cup of cold tea to calm his nerves, but he saw a note under the cup.

Keep an eye on your daughter.

Zhang Shun took a deep breath. Could it be that this scary man in black was provoked by Ying'er?

What on earth did Ying'er do?!

The next day, when Zhang Ying complained about Xue Huan to Zhang Shun, instead of receiving comfort from her father, she was scolded.

"From today on, you must stay in the mansion and not go anywhere!"

Zhang Ying couldn't believe it: "Dad, what did you say?"

Zhang Shun told her how he nearly died at the hands of the man in black last night, and took out the letter. "That Xue Huan is definitely not an ordinary person. She might be in cahoots with that man in black. You still want to steal his husband? He could kill us both with just a flick of his finger."

Zhang Ying clutched the paper tightly, eyes filled with resentment. "Dad, are we just going to let this go? Can't we just arrest Xue Huan and the man in black? You're the governor of a state, with the entire Zhang family and the Imperial Concubine backing you up. How can you be afraid of those scoundrels?"

Zhang Shun snorted, "Catch him? How? We don't even know where that man in black came from. If we alert him, he can easily kill us and get away with it. No one can find him. Now, we can only hold our ground and take our time."

His life was in someone's hands, so how could he not want to get rid of the man in black? But the key was that he couldn't do it. On the contrary, it was easy for the man in black to kill him.

"Alright, don't worry about this anymore. Just stay in the house and wait for me to find out the details of the man in black, then I'll let you go. Send the young lady back."

At Zhang Shun's command, the servant politely and forcefully invited Zhang Ying back to her courtyard.

The man in black was naturally Xue Huan in disguise. It was not enough to scare Zhang Ying, but Zhang Shun had to be cautious as well. In this way, he would not only restrain Zhang Ying, but also not dare to touch their family easily.

Who knows if the "Xue Huan" in the open will be touched, will the man in black in the dark let it go?

What Xue Huan wanted was to make Zhang Shun suspicious.

Hidden in the space, Xue Huan saw and heard the conversation between the father and daughter through the illusion. She made sure that the father and daughter would behave themselves from then on, and only then did she leave.

*

Xue Huan came to the Tang family in a carriage. As soon as she got off, she saw a man whose back looked very similar to Pei Ji. She almost blurted out his name, but luckily she realized that she was now "Zhao Xiaoxian" and swallowed the words.

However, when the man turned the corner and turned sideways, she realized that she had recognized the wrong person. The man's profile did not look like Pei Ji at all.

Just looking at the back, I really thought it was the same person.

In this vast world, there are many people who look exactly the same, let alone those with similar backs. Xue Huan didn't take it to heart.

Little did she know that when she walked into the Tang family, the person who had already turned the corner reappeared and looked at her from afar.

This person is Pei Ji.

The facial expression at this moment is just the effect of disguise.

If it was someone else, Xue Huan would never dispel her doubts so easily. After all, she herself often changes, so it is inevitable that she would judge others by herself and wonder if that person was also disguised like her?

But because Pei Ji played the role so successfully in front of her, she always treated him as a child in her heart.

How could a little kid disguise himself as another person?

So she didn't think about Pei Ji at all.

The reason why Pei Ji appeared here this time was to see Xiaobao, or to be more precise, Changsheng.

That's right, he has confirmed that Xiaobao is Changsheng, the only remaining heir of the Huo family.

He did not intend to bring Xiaobao out. In fact, letting Xiaobao stay in the Tang family would be more conducive to hiding his identity. Perhaps the family guard who "abandoned" him at the door of the Tang family also thought so.

After all, a grown man walking outside with such a small child is too eye-catching.

Although the family commander had temporarily entrusted Changsheng to the Tang family, he would not be too far away. The information obtained by his subordinates also confirmed this.

Pei Ji personally confirmed Changsheng's identity and did not stay long. This time he came here as a wealthy businessman who was still childless in middle age and wanted to adopt one. He showed his love for Changsheng, but seemed unable to make up his mind.

Before leaving, he said he would go back and discuss it with his wife.

This will also make it convenient for him to visit Changsheng next time.

Tang family.

Xue Huan's arrival was welcomed by all the children.

"Sister Zhao, you're here!"

"Sister Zhao, thanks to the milk you sent, Xiaobao now has a full meal every day."

"Sister Zhao, after you left that day, Xiaobao woke up and didn't see you, so he cried for a long time."

The children gathered around Xue Huan, chattering like happy larks.

Old Man Tang, who was weaving bamboo baskets under the eaves, felt a little jealous, but in his heart he was grateful to Miss Zhao.

He had previously rejected Miss Zhao's donation, but after that she had someone send him a bucket of fresh milk without the fishy smell every day. If it were anything else, he could still refuse it with a stubborn temper, but he couldn't refuse milk.

Because cow's milk is exactly what Xiaobao needs, if other children can also drink a bowl of milk every day, it will definitely be good for their health.

The person who delivered the milk said that drinking a bowl of milk every day can help you grow taller.

For the sake of the children, Father Tang accepted it.

During this period of time, the children's complexions are indeed better than before, and some have even grown taller.

Old Man Tang silently kept this affection in his heart.