He knew that if they behaved themselves, he would be useless to the steward and would soon fall back into the same predicament. He had already offended his companions badly, so he had no choice but to go down this path to the bitter end.
He was also clever; he only pinned the blame on troublemakers, making it easy for the manager to believe him.
“But he’s not all that bad…” Chu Yun licked her dry lips.
Upon hearing this, Tiancheng immediately turned to look at them: "I want to get out too! Please let me go! I won't tell anyone—"
Before he could finish saying the word "person," he was knocked unconscious by a stone from Tao Yao's hand.
Tao Yao lowered her head, clutching the stone in her hand expressionlessly. When she raised her head again, she looked like she was about to cry: "I...I didn't mean to. I was just afraid that his voice was too loud and would attract the patrolling guards. Will he be in trouble?"
Chu Yun stared at her blankly.
It took him a while to react, and he reached out to check Tiancheng's breathing.
Then he shook his head and said solemnly, "He's dead."
“I’ll stay here and keep watch. Try to find the person who came with you and ask her if she has any good ideas on how to perfectly cover up the truth.”
Tao Yao nodded vigorously.
...
"The person is dead?"
After listening to Tao Yao's account of what happened, Zhu Jiayu looked at her inquisitively, "You did this on purpose?"
Tao Yao calmly said, "If we let him go, he will go back and reveal the contents of my conversation with Chu Yun, and we will both die."
Zhu Jiayu sighed.
She couldn't blame Tao Yao; Tao Yao's considerations were indeed correct. But there was clearly a better solution to this problem.
But it was too late to say anything more. She could only agree to Tao Yao's words: "I understand, leave it to me."
She took off the silver hairpin from her hair and handed it to Tao Yao, saying, "Go and put this hairpin in his arms. Don't move the corpse. I'll go to see King Hu in a little while. Just tell him you don't know anything."
Tao Yao hummed in agreement.
Zhu Jiayu added, "Next time you encounter something like this, try not to harm the other person's life, while ensuring your own safety."
After a long while, Tao Yao hummed in agreement again.
Zhu Jiayu sighed helplessly, "Go back quickly."
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