On the way back, Li Yan bought some more sesame cakes. The freshly baked sesame cakes were salty, fragrant and crispy. The little guy took a piece and ate it with crumbs in his mouth, looking very satisfied.

After buying the sesame cakes, the three of them stopped wandering around and Li Yan led them to the embroidery shop.

As soon as she entered the shop, she saw several people standing in the embroidery shop. When Madam Zhou saw Li Yan, she hurriedly said to one of the maids, "That's the girl!"

Before Li Yan could react, several people rushed up, grabbed her, and took her out.

The things in their hands fell to the ground during the jostle. Daya and her little cousin were scared silly. Maomao had never seen such a scene before and burst into tears.

Li Yan panicked and yelled in a hurry, "Wait a minute!" While the maids were stunned, she broke free from their control.

Li Yan picked up the things that fell on the ground, handed them to the frightened Daya, and patted her cousin's shoulder soothingly.

Turning around to face the men who had just come at him aggressively, he asked with forced composure, "Who are you? Where are you taking me?"

The little maidservant was also getting impatient. Seeing that the person was dragged away without any explanation, she felt a little rude and coughed to explain: "Don't worry, young lady, we are not bad people. It's my young lady who wants to invite you to come over!"

At this time, Madam Zhou hurried to Li Yan's ear and whispered, "It's Miss Zheng from the County Magistrate's family!"

Li Yan seemed to have some impression at this time. She seemed to have met her in this embroidery shop last time.

Li Yan felt a little relieved, as long as it wasn't causing trouble.

He turned around and comforted his cousin and younger cousin, and asked them to wait for him here.

Daya was not willing to let her cousin go with a group of strangers, so she grabbed Li Yan's hand and refused to let go.

Li Yan had no choice but to let her go to the library to find Li Erlang. With an adult around, her cousin wouldn't be so panic-stricken.

Daya had no choice but to leave her things in the embroidery shop and go to find her second uncle with her younger brother.

Here, Li Yan and several maids went to the county government office. To be honest, Li Yan was still a little nervous at the moment. She didn't understand what the county magistrate's daughter wanted to see her about.

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, they arrived at the county government office. They took Li Yan and entered the backyard of the county government office through the side door.

As soon as she entered the door, she saw a girl rushing towards her like the wind. Fortunately, Li Yan was quick enough to step aside, otherwise she would have been knocked down by the girl.

Zheng Hui steadied herself, supported the little girl beside her, and asked, "Is this the person who told the story on the handkerchief?"

The little girl Lu'er nodded hurriedly and explained to her mistress: "I invited this person from Madam Zhou."

Li Yan listened to the conversation between the master and servant, and now she understood that they were attracted by the story embroidered on the handkerchief.

Zheng Hui looked Li Yan up and down, then circled around her and asked, "Did you really write that story?"

Although Li Yan was a little angry, she was at the mercy of others and could not afford to lose face. She nodded at Zheng Hui and changed the subject, saying, "The story on the handkerchief isn't that interesting. I know other interesting stories!"

When Zheng Hui heard her say this, she immediately became interested and no longer bothered about the story on the handkerchief. She simply took Li Yan's hand and led her to the backyard.

After walking into a small pavilion, Zheng Hui sat down on a stone bench first, and couldn't wait to let Li Yan start telling a story.

Li Yan sat down on the stone bench opposite, thought for a while, and told Zheng Hui a story about a mermaid. When she talked about how the mermaid turned into foam and returned to the sea in the early morning, the little girls couldn't help but secretly tear up.

Zheng Hui said even more sadly: "I don't like this ending. The little mermaid gave everything, how could it end like this!"