Chapter 128 Angry
"Stop yelling! You're so noisy!"
Tao Tao spoke with slight impatience, without using much force in her hands.
She frowned at its hard, sharp beak. She had heard that a parrot's beak was hard enough to cut anything in half. If it pecked her like that, her delicate hand would surely be pierced with a bloody hole.
"I'll let you go if you don't peck people randomly, it's a deal."
As soon as she let go, the parrot flew high up and stared at her mournfully.
Seeing its pitiful appearance, she suddenly found the bird interesting, as it could actually read people's expressions.
Just then, Leng Qiao came in from outside. "Miss, Madam wants you to have your meal."
She heard a fluttering sound above her head. She looked up, her expression indifferent, seemingly unsurprised, as if she had seen it before.
Tao Tao noticed and asked, "What? Do you recognize this parrot?"
Upon hearing this, Leng Qiao looked at her, her eyes flickering slightly. She pursed her lips, seemingly wanting to say something but then hesitated.
Looking at Leng Qiao's expression, she suddenly realized something and raised her hand to stop them: "Alright, I know who sent this."
What time did he arrive last night...?
After washing up, she went to the main hall to have breakfast.
Still not seeing Ding Yunxiang, she frowned. "Mother, is Ding Yunxiang still not better? That can't be. I saw her last night, and she didn't look seriously ill."
Tao's mother sighed, "I heard from Leng Qiao that she left this morning."
"Tell me about this woman, she didn't even say goodbye, she just left all by herself."
"Gone?!" Tao Tao was very surprised.
No way, she brought her a late-night snack last night, and they chatted for a while. How could she have left this morning?
Could it be that the Cai family received some benefit from her again and took her away?
She turned to Leng Qiao and asked, "Did you see her this morning? Did she really leave? Without leaving a message?"
Leng Qiao wasn't good at lying, and it was already quite an achievement that she managed to fool Tao's mother. Afraid that Tao Tao would notice something, she lowered her head to eat, only humming in response before falling silent.
She had a naturally cold face and showed little emotional fluctuation, so Tao Taozi couldn't immediately see anything unusual about her expression.
But Tao Tao's intuition told her that Ding Yunxiang couldn't have left so easily.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have gone to the trouble of making a midnight snack to please her last night. For a rich young lady like her to go to such lengths, isn't it all just to stay here?
"Peach, what's wrong? Eat quickly, it'll get cold soon."
"Aunt Wu's cooking is pretty good, you should eat more."
Tao's mother's words rang in her ears, and she instantly came back to her senses, smiling, "Okay, Mother."
After breakfast, she began to inspect the various shops. After opening the branch, she hired some experienced workers, so she didn't have to handle some simpler businesses herself, which made her life much easier.
As long as you make a round of inspections every day on time, you can come back if there are no major problems.
However, starting today, she's going to hire an accountant; she simply doesn't want to do any more math.
Now she gets dizzy and lightheaded whenever she sees numbers.
Tao Tao got up and took Leng Qiao out. When Tao's mother saw that she had only eaten a couple of bites and then stopped, she couldn't help but ask, "Tao'er, why aren't you eating anymore?"
"I'm full, you can continue eating."
After saying that, the two walked out.
As soon as they stepped outside, Tao Tao asked, "Leng Qiao, tell me the truth, did Ding Yunxiang leave voluntarily?"
Leng Qiao stopped in her tracks, turned her head to look at her, her eyelashes trembled, and her tone was indifferent: "Yes, she left voluntarily."
"It's impossible that she left voluntarily. She's now the daughter of a disgraced official, and even the Cai family won't take her in. Where could a weak woman like her go?"
Before she could answer, a brightly colored parrot suddenly flew down from the sky and landed on Tao Tao's shoulder.
She turned around in surprise: "How did you get out here, you little rascal?"
"Gah gah! You're bad! You naughty brat!"
"You dare to insult me? Believe me or not, I'll pluck all your fur off and boil you!"
Tao Tao stared at it, reached out and grabbed its chubby body, and found that its flesh was quite firm. If it were roasted, it would definitely be delicious.
Thinking this, her eyes revealed the longing of a foodie seeing delicious food, and a sinister smile appeared on her lips.
Just as it was struggling and shaking its head desperately, she suddenly noticed what appeared to be a red stain on the bird's beak.
She reached out to touch its beak in confusion. The parrot, mistaking her for someone trying to pull out its beak, struggled even more fiercely, its sharp claws striking the back of her hand and instantly drawing blood.
Leng Qiao was startled and quickly reached out to control its two flapping wings.
But it only managed to grab hold for a moment before the parrot broke free and flew straight to the horizon.
Seeing this, her eyes turned cold, and she drew her whip from her waist and lashed it at the parrot in the sky. Before the parrot could even let out a triumphant laugh, it was captured again.
Tao Tao frowned as she looked at the bloodstains on the back of her hand, then shook off the blood droplets with a hiss.
"You damn bird, do you really want to be plucked and eaten?"
She reached out and flicked its little head, making a popping sound that startled it instantly.
"Don't move, let me see what's on your mouth."
She picked at the dark red stain on its beak with her fingernail, looked at it closely, and frowned.
This is...this is dried blood!
She was suddenly alarmed, thinking of the missing Ding Yunxiang, and looked up angrily at Leng Qiao.
"Ding Yunxiang...is Ding Yunxiang dead?!"
Leng Qiao was stunned for a moment, a look of shock appearing in her eyes, "Miss..."
"Who killed him? Was it you? Or Duan Gan?!"
Tao Tao couldn't help but question her.
Seeing that she didn't speak, she got into the carriage and drove away.
"Miss, wait a minute!"
Leng Qiao used her lightness skill to quickly catch up and landed on the carriage. "Miss, it was Ding Yunxiang who wanted to harm you. Master just dealt with it on the side."
"Shut up!"
Tao Tao spoke coldly.
The carriage sped along and soon landed at the entrance of the Privy Council.
She loosened the reins and rushed straight toward the Privy Council. The people at the gate were about to stop her, but when they saw Leng Qiao behind her, they quickly bowed in greeting.
Duan Gan must be in the study at this time, so she strode directly toward the study.
He ran into Zhang Cheng on the road and was about to greet her when he saw that she looked unwell and was hurrying towards the study.
Thinking that she had come to see the Fourth Prince, he caught up with her and reminded her, "The Fourth Prince is on leave today and is not here. He is at the Privy Council."
Upon hearing this, Tao Tao stopped in her tracks, turned around, and jogged towards the door.
Zhang Cheng watched her hurried figure and thought to himself, she seemed to have something urgent to do, but her expression was so cold that anyone who didn't know better would think she was there to cause trouble.
But who could possibly cause trouble for the Fourth Master?
As Leng Qiao walked past, he quickly grabbed her: "Hey, what's going on with that Miss Tao?"
"Why does she seem so angry? Who upset her?"
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