Soon, Uncle Jiang rushed back to the gate of the courtyard.

"Bang bang bang!"

Uncle Jiang pounded on the door, shouting, "Open the door! Open the door! I left something behind!"

To avoid alerting the enemy, Uncle Jiang pretended to have dropped something and asked someone to open the door.

Liu Si also rushed back, hands on his hips, bent over and panting heavily. "Jiasheng, why did you rush back? Are you worried about Wanwan? Don't worry, Wanwan is safe here."

Uncle Jiang stared at Liu Si suspiciously, while Liu Si's eyes darted around, not daring to meet his gaze.

Uncle Jiang's heart skipped a beat; Liu Si had indeed lied to him!

Worried that Liu Si would stop him, Uncle Jiang used the same excuse he had just given, saying, "I came back not because I was worried about Wan'er, but because I left something important inside and I have to get it back."

"Liu Si, quickly call someone to open the door for me."

Liu Si looked at him with a troubled expression. "What important thing? We can go in and get it later. There's no rush now. It's more important to get your job settled at Laixianglou first."

Liu Si thought he could get rid of Jiang Erbo by talking about work, but he didn't expect that Jiang Erbo would be so stubborn this time.

Uncle Jiang shook his head. "No, that thing is very important. It's a token of our love. If I lose it, she'll beat me to death!"

I need to go in and retrieve it before I can feel at ease.

As he spoke, Uncle Jiang walked to the side. He saw a tree near the courtyard wall; if he climbed up the tree, he could scale the wall and get inside.

Without further ado, Uncle Jiang spat a few times into his palms, hugged the tree trunk with both hands, and began to climb the tree.

Liu Si's eyes flickered, he was extremely anxious.

If Uncle Jiang manages to climb into the yard, wouldn't their plan be wasted? Wouldn't the ten taels of silver they just spent be wasted as well?

No, we absolutely cannot let Uncle Jiang climb into the yard.

Liu Si paced back and forth under the tree, realizing he couldn't think of a good plan in a short time. So, he had no choice but to offer money and a job to Jiang Erbo.

"Jiasheng, if you go to the restaurant now, the accountant at Laixianglou pays two taels of silver a month. I'll double that to four taels of silver a month, how about that?"

Upon hearing this, Uncle Jiang became even more anxious.

This means that Wan Yatou must have encountered danger.

To avoid being killed by his father with an iron shovel, Uncle Jiang was as good at climbing trees as a monkey, and he quickly scrambled up the wall.

Seeing this, Liu Si became even more anxious.

He took out another ten-tael silver ingot from his purse. "Jiasheng, come down quickly, I'll give you another ten taels of silver."

Uncle Jiang's eyes darted around. "First, throw the silver to me."

Liu Si was overjoyed, thinking that Uncle Jiang would come down from the wall after getting the silver, so he aimed the silver at Uncle Jiang and threw it up.

Jiang Erbo nimbly caught the silver in his hand, and then jumped into the courtyard with trepidation.

"Bang!"

Uncle Jiang fell heavily to the ground, a sharp pain shooting through his buttocks. He didn't care, quickly scrambling to his feet, saying, "Ouch, that hurts so much! Sorry, I jumped in the wrong direction."

Liu Si was dumbfounded; he had actually been fooled by Uncle Jiang.

Uncle Jiang limped back to the house he had just been in.

"My dear girl, you absolutely mustn't get hurt! Your second uncle is here to save you!" he whispered.

When Uncle Jiang arrived at the house, he found that the door had been bolted shut from the outside.

With trembling hands, he pulled open the latch. "Wan girl, Wan girl, your second uncle is here to save you."

After unlatching the door, he kicked it open with all his might—