"Why don't you not come with me? Just wait for me here!" Shen Congxin said, glancing at Jiang Yaojie, who was about to get off the bus with her.

"How can that be? My mother told me to protect you, and besides..." Jiang Yaojie suddenly stopped speaking, but his face turned as red as an apple.

Shen Congxin frowned at Jiang Yaojie's somewhat strange behavior and said, "What else?"

"No...it's nothing. I just think you shouldn't rush over there. I think we should plan this carefully!" Jiang Yaojie quickly changed the subject, worried that Shen Congxin would see through his thoughts.

"Take it a long time? What's there to take it a long time to do? I just need to go back and steal that list with Wang Xiu's seal on it, isn't that enough?" Shen Congxin said anxiously.

“No, no, I don’t think this matter is that simple. My mother told me about it last night, and I always feel that someone is deliberately framing you. I even suspect that you’re going back rashly now. Aren’t you afraid they’ll catch you like a turtle in a jar?” Jiang Yaojie said, stroking his chin.

"Jiang Yaojie! You...you're the turtle!" Shen Congxin punched Jiang Yaojie on the head, his face flushed red as he spoke angrily.

"Oh dear, Miss Chen... Miss Chen, that's not what I meant. I... I was just saying, what if those people are waiting for you to walk right into their trap?" Jiang Yaojie cried out in pain, clutching his head as he quickly explained.

"Then...you can't call me a turtle!" Shen Congxin pouted and angrily turned her face away.

"Don't be angry, don't be angry. After I've dealt with your matter, I'll buy you a hairpin as an apology, okay?" Jiang Yaojie racked his brains before coming up with such a lame excuse.

"Tch, who would like your broken hairpin!" Shen Congxin said this, but for some reason, she imagined what the hairpin Jiang Yaojie had given her looked like.

"Alright, alright, don't be angry. Miss Chen, let me ask you, who was the person who gave you advice and helped you escape?" Jiang Yaojie's expression was very serious as he spoke.

"Mo Xue!" Shen blurted out from the bottom of his heart.

"Mo Xue is your personal maid, right?" Jiang Yaojie continued to ask.

“Yes…yes…” Shen Congxin didn’t understand why Jiang Yaojie would ask that, but she still nodded in response.

"Do you know what family Mo Xue still has? Or where Mo Xue's home is?" At this moment, some images had already appeared in Jiang Yaojie's mind, but these images were not enough to support all of Jiang Yaojie's thoughts.

“She… I remember her saying that she had a mother and an older brother, and they lived at the very end of Rouge Alley,” Shen Congxin said after thinking for a while.

“Alright, let’s go to Rouge Alley first!” Jiang Yaojie said, jumping off the oxcart and waving to Shen Congxin.

Shen Congxin had no idea what Jiang Yaojie was up to, but after spending the last few days with the Jiang family, she inexplicably developed a very good impression of them.

Shen Congxin followed behind Jiang Yaojie, glancing around every now and then. After all, she came from a wealthy family. If others found out and informed her stepmother, all her plans would be in vain.

Thinking of this, Shen Congxin lowered his head and leaned closer to Jiang Yaojie.

Jiang Yaojie was walking cautiously forward when he suddenly smelled a fragrant aroma. He turned around and saw that he was right next to Shen Congxin. His heart started pounding and his face turned red.

Jiang Yaojie quickly turned his head, trying his best to stay awake.

“That…that’s Mo Xue’s house! And…that’s our manor’s carriage?” Shen Congxin, who had been silent all along, suddenly said to Jiang Yaojie.

Jiang Yaojie suddenly stopped and hid with Shen Congxin in a very inconspicuous spot to the side.

"Oh no, did I drag Mo Xue into this?!" Shen Congxin covered her mouth and whispered to Jiang Yaojie.

"Don't rush, let's observe the situation first!" Jiang Yaojie stuck half his head out and stared intently at the carriage with his eyes narrowed.

At this moment, a girl in a white robe stepped out of the carriage. Shen Congxin's eyes filled with excitement upon seeing her. She gently patted Jiang Yaojie and said, "Yes! Yes! It's Mo Xue!!"

As he spoke, Shen Congxin was about to rush over, but fortunately Jiang Yaojie was quick-witted and pulled Shen Congxin back.

"Are you crazy! Rushing out like that, aren't you afraid of causing trouble?" Jiang Yaojie scolded in a low voice with a stern face.

"But...but that person is Mo Xue! She's someone I practically grew up with, how could she possibly harm me!" Shen Congxin explained in a flustered manner.

“Miss Shen, think about it carefully. Mo Xue is your personal maid, and she was unharmed after you disappeared. Do you think that’s normal?” Jiang Yaojie said this with some guilt. He was worried that Shen Congxin couldn’t handle it, and he didn’t even dare to meet Shen Congxin’s eyes.

A silence suddenly filled the space between the two of them. Jiang Yaojie regretted his bluntness. Would it have been less of a blow to Shen Congxin if he had been a little more tactful?

Thinking of this, Jiang Yaojie quickly said, "Miss Chen, I...I'm not that..."

"Sigh, I thought too highly of her. Jiang Yaojie, you don't need to explain anything!" Shen Congxin sighed softly.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yaojie quickly glanced at Shen Congxin. Her face was pale, and her lips, which were already bloodless, looked even paler. She looked melancholy.

"You...you don't be too sad, I...I'll take you to buy hairpins later, okay?" Jiang Yaojie scratched his head and said awkwardly.

Looking at Jiang Yaojie's current state, Shen Congxin's previously gloomy mood actually improved somewhat. She said calmly, "I told you, you don't need to explain. I trusted Mo Xue too much!"

"I..." Jiang Yaojie felt he couldn't explain himself clearly. Not wanting Shen Congxin to misunderstand him further, he immediately shut his mouth and stared intently at the house at the very end of Rouge Lane.

A short while later, the girl named Mo Xue came out of the gate, followed by an old woman. The two exchanged pleasantries for a while before Mo Xue got back into the carriage, which then took her away from Rouge Lane.

"You wait for me here. If I haven't come out in half an hour, hurry up and go find Uncle Lu and ask him to take you back to find my mother! Don't worry, Miss Shen, my mother is very smart and will definitely have a lot of ideas!" Jiang Yaojie said as he walked towards Mo Xue's house.

"Hey! Jiang Yaojie, what are you doing!" Shen Congxin wanted to call out but dared not, so he could only say to Jiang Yaojie's back.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Yaojie simply turned around, pointed in the direction where Uncle Lu was, and then ignored Shen Congxin.

As Shen Congxin watched Jiang Yaojie's receding figure, a wave of annoyance washed over her. This was her own business, and she had clearly said she wouldn't get involved in anything, but now Jiang Yaojie was already putting himself in danger.

Thinking of this, Shen Congxin saw that no one was around and immediately ran towards Jiang Yaojie's direction.

Hearing footsteps, Jiang Yaojie quickly turned around and lowered his voice to warn Shen Congxin, "If you don't want all your efforts to be in vain, you'd better wait for me there obediently!"