Chapter 155: Insatiable
Yue Huai felt increasingly uneasy, so he decided to tell the girl next to him about it.
“Awu, my people told me that your mother and sister were brought to the capital by Prince Hui’s men. Before coming to find you, they went to Prince Hui’s residence.”
Upon hearing this, Jingwu paused while drinking, his emotions difficult to articulate.
"The Prince Hui's Mansion?"
Jingwu nodded at the boy beside him, and instantly thought of Prince Hui's face, feeling a surge of disgust in his heart.
He would never approach Shao Wanyan and her daughter without a reason; his purpose was either for himself or for his cousin.
Their motives are definitely impure.
Jingwu sneered, his impression of his mother and sister worsening even further.
Fortunately, they managed to kick them out in time.
"Awu, should I send them out of the capital?"
Jingwu shook his head: "Sending them out might cause more trouble. It's better to keep them under our watchful eyes. Later, I'll set up a barrier around their residence. Outsiders won't be able to get in, and they won't be able to get out. I don't think there will be any more trouble then."
Yue Huai opened his mouth as if to say something, but then closed it again.
This is her family matter, and it's really inconvenient for him to say too much, so he'd better keep quiet.
After a short while, Yue Huai changed the subject: "The Xuanmen sect wants me to go to Dongping Prefecture. My master observed the celestial phenomena last night and sensed that the feng shui there was not right. He wants me to go and take a look. Are you going?"
Upon hearing this, Jingwu thought carefully for a moment: "When are you leaving?"
"The day after tomorrow."
Upon hearing this, Jingwu immediately agreed: "Okay, I'll go with you."
"Okay, then I'll split the reward with you."
Jingwu nodded in agreement, leaned against the eaves, and drank his wine while thinking.
Going on this trip will broaden your horizons, earn you good karma, and you might even make some money. Why not?
The two sat on the eaves all night until dawn, when they had finished their wine and roast duck, and then went back to their rooms to rest.
Jingwu slept until evening. When she woke up yawning, everyone else had finished dinner and was getting ready for bed.
She washed up, went out of the house, and planned to find something to eat.
As soon as I opened the door, I saw Qiao Lin standing straight in the yard.
Seeing her come out, he stepped forward and bowed slightly.
"master."
"Hmm?" Jingwu responded, then asked, "What's wrong?"
“I’ve come to say goodbye. I’m very grateful to you for helping me reclaim my destiny. Now I’ve decided what to do next.” Qiao Lin handed over the wooden box in her hand: “I went home during the day and took out all my belongings. I’d appreciate it if you could exchange them at the pawn shop.”
As soon as she finished speaking, Qiao Lin opened the box, inside which lay all her jewelry from the past ten years.
These items, though not particularly valuable, would fetch a hundred taels of silver if pawned.
She has no money on hand right now, so she has no choice but to resort to this measure. She will repay the master after she has successfully revived the cloth shop.
Seeing that the person in front of her had been silent for a long time, Qiao Lin assumed that she thought it was too little, so she immediately said, "Master, I know this is very little. I will give you more money later when I have more money."
Upon hearing her say this, Jingwu smiled instantly and took out a gold hairpin from the box: "This gold hairpin is enough as payment. You can keep the rest for yourself."
Qiao Lin looked at the person in front of her in disbelief, but when she saw the person push the box towards her, she finally believed it.
She pursed her lips, a warm feeling welling up inside her: "Thank you, Master."
Jingwu carefully put away the hairpin, a smile playing on his lips: "If you really want to thank me, then do more good deeds in the future."
"Okay, I will definitely listen to Master's words." Qiao Lin readily agreed, watching the Master's departing figure, she raised her hand to wipe away the tears of emotion from the corner of her eyes.
She secretly vowed to herself that she would definitely rebuild the cloth shop, earn more money, and use it to help the refugees!
Thinking this, she didn't linger. She immediately said goodbye to the housekeeper and left the villa, returning to her own home.
As soon as Qiao Lin returned, she immediately drew portraits of the people who had bullied her in the dilapidated temple that night and reported them to the authorities. Before long, they were all brought to justice.
She worked very hard, running the cloth shop while also repaying her uncle's family.
Finally, a year later, the cloth shop became popular again, but the uncle's family's life got worse and worse because their fate had been changed.
The jewelry shop gradually lost business, and the family was plagued by a series of misfortunes, big and small, until they were eventually ruined and their family perished.
Qiao Lin always remembered her promise to Jing Wu to do more good deeds, and after she had more money, she continued to help refugees.
As she accumulated more and more merits, her life became smoother and smoother, and she expanded the cloth workshop left by her father.
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Now, Jingwu went to the kitchen and asked the chef to cook him a bowl of noodles. After eating, he immediately went to the place where Shao Wanyan and her daughter lived.
She didn't even go inside; she simply set up a barrier outside.
It's best to keep troublemakers under your watchful eye.
After setting up the barrier, Jingwu left.
She had barely left when Prince Hui's men arrived.
The disguised guard looked around and, seeing that no one was paying attention to him, immediately tried to knock on the door.
But he had only taken two steps forward when he was blocked by an invisible barrier.
No matter how he tried to walk forward, he couldn't get through, so he had no choice but to go back and report to Prince Hui.
Inside the house, Jing Shu was extremely worried. She wanted to go out, but a nanny and a maid in the courtyard were watching them closely, preventing the mother and daughter from leaving.
No matter what she said, she refused to step out the door.
Jing Shu looked at the simply decorated house with great disdain, and felt even more resentful towards Jing Wu.
She lives in a grand mansion, enjoying the finest food and drink, and being waited on by countless servants, while she and her mother live in such a humble house. She's such an ingrate!
Jing Shu became increasingly annoyed. Being locked up here meant she couldn't meet with Prince Hui's men, nor could she let Prince Hui meet with her cousin!
If she is unable to marry into the royal family because of this, she will never let Jingwu off the hook!
As Jing Shu was angrily thinking, she heard a baby crying from the next room, and she covered her ears in annoyance.
All you do is cry, cry, cry. It's so annoying!
The old woman who was cleaning the courtyard turned around and saw Jing Shu's annoyed face. She curled her lips and felt disdain.
She had never seen the girl smile in the few days since she moved in. She always had that long face on her face, and she wondered who owed her something.
As the old woman swept, she thought to herself, if she were Miss Awu, she would have ignored these two men long ago, knowing they had ill intentions.
How could we let them live in this courtyard, with servants to wait on them, and their food and supplies all brought over from the other courtyard? Many people don't even get this kind of treatment.
These two are still not satisfied. It's so hard to be a good person!
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