After calming herself down, Qin Wanru had almost recovered from her injuries. According to Ji Dengtu, as long as she didn't fight or use her internal energy, her injuries shouldn't worsen.

"Grandpa, take me back," Qin Wanru said again.

Zu An hummed in agreement, then went over and picked her up in his arms before bidding farewell to Ji Dengtu and the others.

The two hurried towards the Chu family. Perhaps it was the misunderstanding from earlier, but Qin Wanru's heart was pounding wildly. She couldn't help but say, "I'm sorry, I hit you in a misunderstanding."

Zu An smiled slightly: "It's alright, Madam's hands are very soft, she didn't use much strength at all."

Qin Wanru said anxiously, "Don't misunderstand. I was really angry at the time. I wasn't trying to hold back. I was just too weak to exert any strength."

“I know,” Zuan hummed in agreement.

Qin Wanru turned her head to the other side: "By the way, where did you get that kind of elixir just now?"

Zu An suddenly became a little mischievous and said with a smile, "There is no magic medicine. That was just an excuse I used to deceive Ji Xiaoxi and Jiang Luofu."

Qin Wanru: "..."

Her heart pounded wildly, and her voice trembled slightly: "Then how did you save me?"

"Guess?" Zuan smiled without saying a word.

Qin Wanru's head went blank, and she was completely dumbfounded.

At this moment, she felt the part of her body that had been in contact with the other person becoming extremely hot, and she hurriedly struggled to get down: "Let me go, let me down."

Just then, her voice suddenly froze, because she bumped right into several Chu family guards.

Zu An tensed up, about to make a move, when he heard the other party exclaim with a mixture of surprise and joy, "Young Master, Madam!"

"Huh, it's you three?" Zu An recognized them as Jiao Shanhe, Feng Daniu, and Zhou Lujun. "Are you here to arrest me?"

The group waved their hands in unison: "Of course not, we're here to see the son-in-law and his wife to see if we can help."

"Chu Tiesheng has committed treason, but unfortunately, our voices carry little weight, and there's nothing we can do."

"And then there's Hong Zhong. The two of them announced to the public that the son-in-law was having an affair with the wife, and even implied that the wife and son-in-law had been together for a long time..."

As they were talking, the group froze. The two of them were embracing, and the lady blushed deeply. Could the rumors be true?

Zu An coughed and hurriedly explained, "Madam was harmed by those two thieves and is unable to circulate her internal energy. In order to get back to the Chu family as soon as possible, I brought her along like this."

Several people nodded hurriedly, with expressions that said, "I understand, I understand."

Then Jiao Shanhe suddenly remembered something and hurriedly said, "Madam, you'd better not go back. Right now, the Chu family is surrounded by Hong Zhong and Chu Tiesheng's confidants. They have given the order to kill them without mercy, so you can't go back to the Chu family to explain the truth."

Zuan was stunned. What should he do?

Qin Wanru spoke up at this moment: "Jiao Shanhe, you are a scout by training and have a fast pace. Quickly go to the neighboring county to inform Yue Shan to come back."

"Feng Daniu and Zhou Lujun, you two go back to the Chu family, contact those who are still loyal to me, and also try to win over those who are neutral, and then wait for the right opportunity."

At this moment, Zhou Lujun said, "Madam, now Steward Hong and the others are keeping a close watch on the Chu family, and we can't go back at all."

At this moment, Zu'an spoke up: "How about this, you two stay here to take care of Madam, I'll go back and contact those people."

Qin Wanru had witnessed his cultivation level and wasn't worried about whether he could sneak in, so she agreed to the suggestion.

He directed everyone to a secret Chu family stronghold to settle down, and then said to Zu'an, "Zu'an, I have something to tell you."

Feng and Da Niu, naturally, went outside.

"What's wrong with Madam?" Zu'an asked.

Qin Wanru's face flushed red and then turned pale. After a long while, she finally sighed and said, "Since it has already happened, there's no point in me saying anything more. But you must not tell anyone else about this, otherwise you, me, and the entire Chu family will be finished."

"Also, you must completely forget about this and never mention it again. We'll be like before! Do you understand?"

Towards the end, her voice became inexplicably stern.

Zuan was dumbfounded, never expecting that she would take his casual joke seriously.

Just as he was about to explain, Qin Wanru waved her hand and said, "You can leave now. I don't want to talk."

After saying that, he closed his eyes and pretended to go to sleep.

Zu An gave a wry smile, thinking that it was fine, the most urgent thing was to contact the Chu family, and he would explain to her slowly after dealing with the Chu family.

"Then Madam, please rest well!"

Zuan quickly disappeared into the night. The Chu family's defenses were indeed tight, but he had Da Feng's teleportation skill, plus the "Mirror of Truth" skill to conceal his presence, so sneaking in was not difficult.

He was thinking of visiting Chu Huanzhao, who was probably living in fear right now.

Just then, he suddenly felt a weight on his shoulder, and saw a hand pressing down on his shoulder from behind, which sent chills down his spine.

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I've been out all day, so the second update should be tonight.

Finally, I'd like to say that I've seen a lot of people complaining in the comments section. In the current environment, everyone knows that's impossible, otherwise it would be 404.

Actually, I've written so much that I've already left enough room for everyone to think, and I've even given out the specific operations in a certain parallel world... Reading novels requires both words and imagination, and you can completely satisfy your own thoughts by adding a little bit of your own imagination.

You insist on having the author write it down in black and white to satisfy some of your desires, and then the novel becomes a 404 error, you turn to other books and life goes on as usual, leaving me alone with a mess.

There's one more thing, as my readers probably know, I've always let readers decide whether to read the legitimate or pirated versions, based on their own financial situation and preferences. But can some people please stop reading pirated versions themselves and then encouraging others to do the same? As an author, it really annoys me.