"You handle your own affairs."
Gao Shuying rested one hand on the table, supporting her face with the other, blinking her eyes and gazing at Wei Chi with tender eyes.
"Brother Wei, can you bear to see me fail to complete the mission, get scolded by the prefect, and have my monthly salary deducted?"
"Just give in to me this once."
Qiao Lian'er: "..."
She's just throwing out a lot of PDA, should she avoid it?
Gao Shuying has always been a decisive and strong person, but this time she put on a girlish demeanor, as if her whole body had softened.
Wei Chi glanced at it once, and a subtle emotion inevitably welled up in his eyes.
But he quickly regained his composure and took a deep breath.
"Go find the person who escaped from the base first. If you really can't make it in time, then we'll talk."
"I need to go back to the prefectural capital first."
Wei Chi got up and left the private room.
Gao Shuying reverted to her decisive and ruthless detainee demeanor, picked up her cup, took a sip, and glanced at his departing figure.
"Sister Gao, will Brother Wei help?" Qiao Lian'er felt a little guilty. It seemed that Gao Shuying had a heavy task on her shoulders.
“He will help. He has helped me many times over the years.” Gao Shuying slowly stroked the cup with her fingers, her expression somewhat complicated as if she was thinking of something.
She said softly, "Don't you think it's tiring for someone who's always unwilling to admit their true feelings?"
"What?"
"nothing."
Gao Shuying smiled at her: "If you have any more information, you can tell me so I can narrow down my search."
Qiao Lian'er then briefly recounted how Song Laosan had climbed up to General Guan's family and subsequently fallen on hard times.
She did not mention that she was Song Laosan's daughter.
“This is a beast,” Gao Shuying said with disgust. “His blood is black from head to toe.”
“Sister Gao, this person will definitely try to climb higher up the social ladder. He might go to the state government or he might go to find officials of a higher rank.”
“Either a large garrison, after all, Song Yuanyi has so many years of military experience, this route is simpler for him.”
Gao Shuying stroked her chin: "You guessed right. Based on this person's character, they would basically choose this."
"Little girl, you go back first. I'll come find you if I hear anything."
“Although Wei Chi will help, those two are a task given to me by the state government, and I will try my best to complete it on my own. Here’s what we’ll do: I’ll spend five days here. After five days, regardless of whether I can find them or not, I will go and carry out my mission.”
"Ten taels of silver will be commissioned if you find it; if you don't find it, you don't get any commission."
Qiao Lian'er thought that ten taels of silver was equivalent to ten thousand yuan in modern terms, which was quite a sum, but it was not easy to travel around.
Seeing that Gao Shuying was about to leave, she said, "It's getting dark, Sister Gao, won't you stay overnight before you go?"
"In our line of work, there's no distinction between day and night."
Gao Shuying smiled at her. She was clearly very young and had beautiful features, but she looked tired and worn out from working day and night.
"Then, Sister Gao, please be careful on your way."
"Don't worry, if you walk by the river often, you'll never get your shoes wet. No one can touch your Granny Gao." Gao Shuying waved and left.
After they both left, Qiao Lian'er imagined a romantic scene between them and then found an inn to stay at.
The dark clouds completely obscured the moonlight, plunging the world into complete darkness, with the occasional bark of a dog.
Qiao Lian'er stood at the window, looking outside, her eyes calm and cold.
Where has Song Laosan run off to now?
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