Chapter 156
Seeing Qin Huan coming out, the maid outside the door immediately led the way with a lantern. The group did not leave the Qin Mansion, but walked all the way to the back door of the Qin Mansion and stopped under a courtyard wall.
"Walking the Wall"
"Of course, why take the long way when there's a shortcut! I've already warned them, they won't treat you as a thief." Qin Huan slapped his arm: "Tsk, there are mosquitoes again." Mosquitoes after autumn are like crazy, and they want to take a bite of any exposed meat.
The maid standing next to him quickly waved a fan to help Qin Huan drive away mosquitoes. Although there was a mosquito repellent sachet, the effect of the sachet was really limited for people who were prone to mosquitoes.
Bei Qiao shook his head and climbed over the wall to pick up Dudu, who was patrolling the yard. Dudu had left the other puppy in the yard, trying to guard the house independently.
The little maid in the yard: Oh, look at me defeating them one by one, so that I can hug a furry puppy as soon as possible!
The puppy left behind: This auntie’s eyes look so weird, a little scared!
"So you really can't let me open a small door in the courtyard wall, Qiao Qiao?" Qin Huan handed the new clothes found by the maid to Bei Qiao who was standing behind the screen.
"Stop it." Bei Qiao glanced at Qin Huan through the screen: "How dare you say that you have never climbed over the wall?" Thanks to Qin Huan who refused to sleep in a separate room, Bei Qiao had another female alias as a distant relative of the Qin family, whose identity was a distant cousin.
"Okay... wow..." Qin Huan thought she had seen the world, but when she saw Bei Qiao walking out from behind the screen in women's clothing, she couldn't help but exclaim: "She's so beautiful, but she doesn't dress up. What a waste of talent..."
"When you're out, safety is naturally more important." Bei Qiao pulled out a stool and sat down opposite Qin Huan. He untied his tied hair with one hand and combed it.
"We're not outside right now." Qin Huan pulled out a gold hairpin from her jewelry box: "Try this on... Oh, it's new, I've never used it before!" I'm impressed. How come I didn't realize this guy had mysophobia before? He even had to wipe it before he would wear it!
"It's not mysophobia, I'm just checking." Bei Qiao didn't explain much. After making sure there was no problem with the hairpin, she casually tied her hair into a bun and pinned the hairpin on it: "Poison can be put in hairpins, so it's better to be safe than sorry."
"They suit you well. Try these!" Qin Huan pushed the opened jewelry box to Bei Qiao: "You pick first. I have to give away the rest, so hurry up and pick the best ones!"
Bei Qiao: "..."
"Forget it, I've given it all to you, so why not give them something bad!" Qin Huan closed the lid of the box and gave Bei Qiao a look that was not open to negotiation: "You dare to be polite and try your luck!" Brother!
"Okay." Bei Qiao couldn't help laughing: Never mind, at worst I can stay up all night tonight. I'm still young and can handle it.
Seeing Bei Qiao agree, Qin Huan was finally satisfied. Their initial meeting had been a bit awkward, and since their relationship wasn't deep, their relationship leaned more towards paying for favors. Now that they'd finally become friends, Qin Huan was satisfied but also a little speechless: "I used to be wary of others taking advantage of me, but I never thought I'd go to such great lengths to let someone take advantage of me one day."
"Qiao Qiao, wear them first. I'll analyze their value for you. You can exchange them for cash if you need to escape in the future." Qin Huan was a little excited to have a new friend, and her excitement fueled her desire to share. There were quite a few different pieces of jewelry in the box, some of which could be disassembled and sold directly, and one or two with small mechanisms that could be used as emergency gadgets.
"These are newly made jewelries, empty inside, you can put things you think you might need in them. Of course, this stuff can also be used to hide things that are not good, so you must be careful when eating out... Oh, you will definitely be careful." Bei Qiao is simply too cautious. He refused to stay overnight at a stranger's house when they first met.
"This is..." Bei Qiao took out a strangely shaped silver hairpin from the bottom of the box: Why does it feel like the material of this hairpin doesn't look like precious metal?
"It's made of copper. The store owner said that the original intention of designing this hairpin was for self-rescue. If you are locked up in a small dark room one day, you can use any means, whether it's picking the lock or digging the wall." Qin Huan took out an identical hairpin from the box on the dressing table: "But it doesn't work very well in practice." For people who don't know how to pick locks, this is just a small stick that is uncomfortable to hold.
After chatting with Bei Qiao for a while, Qin Huan sat down at the desk and began to look at the account books. Although she was young, she already had a lot of business under her control. When she was twelve years old, she began to manage the store independently.
For the second generation who don't want to struggle, they can hand over the shop to their subordinates and just check on the profits regularly; but for people like Qin Huan, they have to focus on their studies and take care of the shop personally. Although they don't have to do everything themselves, they still have to grasp the general direction and occasionally crack down on those who make too much money.
"I don't know how you manage your own escort agency. We have our own way of keeping accounts here. Oh, you should also take a look at the escort agency's roster. Go and identify the faces tomorrow." Qin Huan asked someone to bring the escort agency's account books and roster over and placed them in front of Bei Qiao. "Take a look first. If you have any questions, I'll tell you when I'm done."
"Okay." Looking at the pile of things in front of him, Qin Huan rubbed his brows and took down the roster on the top first: How I manage the escort agency. I recruit people based on their character, and then, there is nothing else. Although I have traveled all over the world, I have never been in charge of the affairs of the escort agency. Even the taxes are paid by the employees themselves. I let them do whatever they want.
Seeing Qin Huan busy with his own things, Bei Qiao put the roster on the table and logged off while lying on the table looking at the roster. Seeing Bei Qiao finally come out of the room, Qiao Lin used his eyes to indicate to her that the meal was in the pot, and he sat on the sofa watching TV.
Bei Qiao quickly finished his meal, threw the bowl into the dishwasher, ran to the bathroom, and then ran back to the house to go online. He looked a little embarrassed as he was racing against time.
Bei Qiao: That’s why I don’t like staying in the homes of the natives. Going to the bathroom requires me to sprint a hundred meters.
"Why are you working so hard? I have to talk to her tomorrow." Qiao Lin raised his wrist and looked at the gold bracelet on his hand: "It's not like I have to let her make a name for herself. Will the family still need food?"
"You must work harder while you are young. You won't be able to work as hard when you get older. You won't want to move if you stay in your comfort zone for too long." Bei Gu picked up the cat toy to tease the cat. Tangyuan, who had had a good sleep, walked straight into Qiao Lin's arms and lay down without looking around: I won't play with you if you don't cook for me!
When Bei Qiao came online and opened her eyes again, Qin Huan had already finished looking through today's account books, locked them back in the cabinet, and was taking a bath in the next room. By the time Bei Qiao finished looking through the roster, she had already changed into her pajamas.
Putting down the roster, Bei Qiao placed his backpack next to his pillow, lay down on the small bed next to Qin Huan's bed, pulled up the quilt, and pretended to be ready to go to sleep, but in fact he was ready to stay up all night.
Qin Huan originally wanted to sleep with Bei Qiao, but Bei Qiao was worried that when she went offline to the bathroom, her body, only breathing instinctively, would be discovered by Qin Huan, so she refused her proposal. She had no choice but to ask the maid to push the beds together and lie down next to them.
"Are you so scared?" Bei Qiao looked at Qin Huan who wanted to hug him through the quilt: What exactly did your sixth sense tell you?
"Who's scared?" Qin Huan stretched out a hand and grabbed Bei Qiao's quilt: "I'm afraid you're cold, so I'm helping you pull it up."
"Well, thank you."
"You're welcome!"
Because of his lingering sixth sense, Qin Huan didn't ask the maid to turn off all the lights, leaving a few on for illumination. After being washed again, Dudu lay listlessly on the blanket beside the bed and sneezed quietly.
"Jojo"
"What's wrong?"
"Can you please stop pointing the back of your head at me?" Qin Huan said that he was not afraid, but in the ghost stories he had read before, there was a plot where one turned around and found that the people around him had been replaced by ghosts, so he could not bear to look at the back of other people's heads.
Bei Qiao was silent for a moment, and changed his sleeping position from lying on his side to lying on his back: Fortunately, I decided to stay up late tonight. If Qin Huan didn’t respond when he called me... It would be so troublesome just thinking about it.
However, this was just the beginning of the trouble. Qin Huan, unable to sleep due to fear, would call out to Bei Qiao every once in a while.
"Jojo"
"Um."
"Jojo"
"Um."
"Jojo"
"Woof! Woof!" Dudu, who had been lying quietly beside the bed, suddenly stood up and barked twice, startling the already nervous Qin Huan so much that he sat up abruptly: "What's wrong? What's wrong?"
Hearing the sound of a dog barking from inside the house, the maid who was on guard outside ran into the house holding a lantern.
"Quiet." Bei Qiao lifted the quilt and wanted to get out of bed to pick up Dudu and comfort him, but the frightened Qin Huan hugged him: "Don't leave me alone, Qiao Qiao!" What if this is the enemy's trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain?
"Stop!" The shadow on the beam leaped down and blocked the bed: "No one called you in."
"Miss, Miss?" Ying'er, who slept next door, heard the noise and didn't bother to light the lamp. She dressed in the dark and ran over. Using the candlelight, she bypassed the night watchman and Ying'er and came to the bedside. "What happened?"
"What's going on?" Bei Qiao turned to look at Qin Huan: Why are these two people reacting so strongly?
Qin Huan frowned: "She shouldn't have come in." The night watch maid was not a personal maid, her work area was outside.
The maid, who was blocked by Ying'er and Ying'er, had a dazed look in her eyes. When she heard the dog barking, her eyes became dazed for a moment. She put down the lantern in her hand and walked forward to try to touch Dudu's head.
Dudu turned his head away and continued to bark around the maid.
"Something's wrong..." Ying'er grasped the scabbard horizontally and shoved it across the night watchman's legs. The latter uttered a helpless cry and sat down on the ground, her eyes becoming clearer than before.
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