Qiao Qiu sat in the room for a while, looking at the ring on her finger with a puzzled expression. Logically speaking, it was able to modify Feng Yin's body very well in the last world, so repairing Shen Junbai's tendons in his hands and feet should not be a problem. Why did it only heal the wounds but not cure the root cause?

The increasingly obvious signs proved that the ring was hiding many things from her.

One day, she will reveal the truth.

...

As Qiao Qiu had predicted, the officials arrived from Shuzhou City the next day. They only had lunch before hurriedly taking Qiao Qiu and the man in black on their way—Qiao Qiu handed the man in black over to the authorities for processing.

The He siblings, who were responsible for protecting Qiao Qiu, naturally followed along.

On the way, He Qi Xie remembered that he hadn't asked the man in black how he was caught the night before, so he asked him directly.

Qiao Qiu told him that the reason was all in that incense burner and that cup of wine.

The incense was a "drug-inducing" fragrance, and the wine was the "antidote." That's why the He siblings were unharmed, but after the man in black jumped out of the courtyard, they all collapsed.

He Suyue then understood why Brother Shen insisted on having a drink last night.

He Qi Xie said, "Your 'drowsiness incense' is too unreliable. Those men in black took so long to collapse after being intoxicated. If it weren't for me and Yue'er, you probably would have been killed long ago."

Qiao Qiu raised her slender eyebrows, considering whether to tell him that she had actually put some antidote in the incense burner last night to deliberately prolong the time, just to create an opportunity to guide him.

After thinking it over, Qiao Qiu finally decided against it; a man's pride can't be hurt.

Qiao Qiu felt that she was deeply influenced by Shen Junbai's personality. Shen Junbai was the kind of person who didn't want to talk to anyone about anything and was basically a shut-in.

No, he's not exactly a taciturn person. Shen Junbai is quite witty, but he usually keeps important things to himself or doesn't care about them, thinking they're not a big deal and there's no need to talk about them.

"Boss, the carriage has suddenly stopped moving."

A constable's voice instantly startled Qiao Qiu awake. A glint flashed in her eyes. Trouble had struck. Was he nearby?

This feeling of being alive made Qiao Qiu's heart beat very fast. She looked around anxiously, but she forgot that that person would become a different person in each life.

Qiao Qiu looked at everyone, but she didn't see the person in her heart. Her mood plummeted from the clouds to the valley, and she came to her senses.

Yes, how could he appear so easily? It's impossible for him to automatically appear by her side every time.

"Brother Shen, have you discovered something?" He Suyue asked curiously.

Aside from making some exaggerated movements while looking around, Qiao Qiu's expressions were otherwise subtle and unnoticed by others, who could easily mistake her for someone who had discovered something.

"Nothing unusual was found. The car must have malfunctioned somewhere." Qiao Qiu was in low spirits and absent-minded, and her answer to He Suyue was perfunctory.

"Oh." He Suyue nodded.

Qiao Qiu and the others rode horses; the carriage was used to transport the men in black.

One of the constables knew how to repair carriages, so after a quick fix, they continued their journey.

...

The news that Shen Junbai (Qiao Qiu) was still alive had already reached Shuzhou City. The old man of the Li family hoped that Shen Junbai would return soon, while Li Xuening and Liu Ran, that adulterous couple, panicked. Liu Ran hired assassins to kill Shen Junbai overnight, while Li Xuening tried to find a way to break off the engagement.

However, Shen Junbai is already in such a miserable state. If the engagement is broken off, the Li family will definitely be drowned in scorn. In addition, her father values ​​Shen Junbai's talent highly and will definitely not let her break off the engagement like this.

Li Xuening had no choice but to hope that Shen Junbai would be killed by the hired assassins.

After waiting anxiously for a day and a night, the two received news that Shen Junbai had returned to Shuzhou City. Not only that, but he also brought a group of men in black and went to the yamen to file a case immediately.

Liu Ran and Li Xuening panicked. The assassins knew Liu Ran, and if they revealed him, they would be finished.

After handing the man in black over to the yamen officials for trial, Qiao Qiu took the bodies back. Some of the servants who had families had already taken them back themselves. The bodies that Qiao Qiu took back were those of her own parents and brothers, as well as those of the servants she had bought from slave traders.

Dozens of coffins were carried along the long road from the yamen to the burial site. The people automatically made way for them, and white paper was scattered all over the ground. There was no crying, but the atmosphere was so oppressive that it was hard to bear. In particular, the white-clad boy at the front of the procession was thin, but every step he took seemed to weigh a ton.

The girls who liked the boy couldn't help but tear up, tears streaming down their faces.

The people who helped carry Qiao Qiu's coffin were from the Changfeng Escort Agency. They were sent by Chief He after He Suyue went back and told him what had happened.

After returning to the Shen residence, Qiao Qiu first arranged for the placement of the coffin, then sent people to invite funeral musicians and temple staff to perform rituals and set up the mourning hall. She was so busy that she barely had time to rest.

He Qi Xie stayed by her side the whole time, watching her manage everything in a very short time. He also noticed that her face was very tense, and she had no expression no matter who she was facing.

When it came time to greet the guests, He Qixie finally couldn't hold back any longer. He grabbed Qiao Qiu and said, "You go kneel in the mourning hall, and leave the rest to me."

Qiao Qiu glanced at him with a straight face and didn't stand on ceremony. "Thank you."

After saying that, Qiao Qiu turned around and knelt down in the mourning hall. Now was not the time to be polite.

He Qi Xie glanced at her profile, sighed, and resigned himself to helping his brother greet the people.

None of the people who came to pay their respects were relatives of Shen Junbai. The Shen family had few descendants; in the previous generation, Shen Junbai's father was the only son. After much difficulty, Shen Junbai's father had three sons, but overnight, only Shen Junbai remained.

Shen Junbai can be said to be the only hope of the Shen family.

hope?

Qiao Qiu twitched the corner of her mouth. Since entering the cursed world, she had never had a child. Not to mention that she was now a woman's soul in a man's body. If she didn't engage in homosexuality, the Shen family should be laughing all the way to the underworld; how could she possibly marry and have children?

"Master Li Ruhai has arrived! Madam Li has arrived! Miss Li has arrived!"

The arrival of Li Ruhai and his family drew everyone's attention. Everyone wanted to see how Master Li would handle the dire situation his in-laws were in.

After Li Ruhai came in, he first comforted Qiao Qiu for a few words, and then offered incense to Master Shen and Madam Shen.

Madam Li cried a few times, said some words of sympathy, and then cursed the murderer who killed the Shen family.

Li Xuening had been silent since she entered, her expression very strange. When Madam Li said, "The murderer should be torn to pieces," her face turned pale.

Qiao Qiu observed everything with a cold eye.

Judging from this, Li Xuening also knew about this matter.

He Qixie stood to the side, feeling it was all fake, all pretense. When he looked at Qiao Qiu again, he found her very calm, almost excessively so.