Chapter 158
"Yes!" Ying'er left the room, handed the night watch maid to others, and instructed a servant with good legs and feet to report the news to Qin's mother.
Ying'er put the wooden box in the storage room with a self-destruct device, went back to the house and poured Qin Huan a cup of warm water to moisten his throat. After Qin Huan fell asleep and Ying'er returned to the beam to continue keeping watch, she went back to the house and lay down.
On the other side, the servant who received the order ran all the way to the outside of Qin's mother's courtyard. At this time, Qin's mother was still handling affairs and had not yet gone to bed, but Qin's father had already gone to bed early.
After understanding the cause and effect of the incident, Qin's mother first asked about Qin Huan's condition. After confirming that she was not injured or frightened, she breathed a sigh of relief: "It wasn't long ago that the last incident happened. Huan'er has been really unlucky lately."
The maidservant standing by was concentrating on helping Qin's mother sort out the things on the table. When she heard what Qin's mother said, her expression did not change, but she recalled in her mind how many demon attacks Qin's mother had dealt with that night.
Qin Huan's attack was not an isolated case. For some unknown reason, the Qin family suffered multiple attacks from demons tonight, and even the side branches were no exception.
Because the timing was so coincidental, the Qin family suspected that a branch of the clan had led the demon tribe on their way, while the branch of the clan accused the Qin family of attempting to eliminate dissidents. The two groups engaged in a heated argument for over half an hour that evening, escalating into a rage. It was only when Old Madam Qin intervened that the situation calmed down somewhat.
Members of the side branch: We are not afraid of our elders, but you said you were going to go to my house with a cane and beat my parents in public. This is too much!
Old Madam Qin: What? You eat and drink well in my house but you scold my younger generation. Do you think I am dead as an old woman? I didn't use the death-proof golden card to beat you. It's enough to consider blood ties.
Knowing that Qin Huan had already gone to bed, Qin's mother did not intend to disturb the child's rest in the middle of the night. She only instructed the servant to inform Qin Huan's maid after returning and ask Qin Huan to come over after getting up in the morning so that the mother and daughter could have breakfast together.
"Madam, the formation has been activated again." The servant took the order and left, and the guard's report came from outside the door.
Mother Qin put down her pen and rubbed her temples: "I see, let's handle it as usual. How do the others react? Are there any dishonest ones?" Judging from the results of several attacks, the demon tribe did not come directly for the Qin family, but the constant attacks of all sizes that night were quite annoying.
"Madam, no one is openly cooperating with the demon clan, but some of them are pretending to be stupid and blind." The guard replied.
Mother Qin sighed: "Only half is left, most or small?" Needless to say, this so-called half must be left by someone who wanted to lure the demon tribe to deal with the main family, but ended up seeking the skin of the tiger and reaping what he sowed. I just don't know if this person is still alive.
"Exactly half did not survive, and the other half was destroyed by the monster." The guard turned sideways to reveal a stretcher behind him.
Not to mention how Qin's mother handled the matter, Bei Qiao on the other side almost stayed up all night. Fortunately, Qin Huan also stayed up all night and occasionally said a few words to her, so it was not considered a waste of staying up late.
When Qin Huan got up the next day, he looked at himself in the mirror. As expected, his face looked haggard and he felt very sleepy.
"Oh, I still have to go to class today. My life is so...呸呸呸呸!" Qin Huan swallowed back the words complaining about his miserable life: Don't say too much bad things. If they really come true, it will be bad luck.
"Miss, Madam told you to go there after you get up in the morning and have breakfast together." Because everyone has a different daily schedule, Qin Huan's family does not always eat breakfast together. Only at dinner time will the family sit together to eat and talk. Whether to have lunch together is completely up to fate.
Of course, this is just their family’s habit, and other families may not do the same.
"We're done having breakfast together, that's it. I can't hide the fact that I stayed up late anymore!" Qin Huan, who was about to ask the maid to put on more powder, suddenly felt down. "Forget it, just put on some powder as usual. Too much powder will fall off easily and it won't make me feel comfortable."
Bei Qiao, who had not slept all night, was also a little tired, but the physical condition of this body was as healthy as her body outside, so staying up all night was not a problem for her.
Getting out of bed and sitting next to Qin Huan, Bei Qiao habitually wanted to tie her hair into a man's bun. Halfway through, she suddenly remembered that she was now a woman, and her hand stopped in mid-air: Ah, it seems that I haven't had time to learn how to tie other women's hairstyles. I can't do double buns again, right?
"Woof" Dudu squatted beside Beiqiao and tilted his head: Why aren't you moving?
"Huanhuan, how many people are up at this time?" Bei Qiao put down his hand and rubbed Dudu's head.
"It's okay... Why are you asking this? You don't think it's troublesome to wear women's clothes, so you plan to go home by climbing over the wall in the backyard without combing your hair?" Qin Huan grabbed Bei Qiao's arm: "There are a lot of people here in the morning, so you should wear women's clothes. I'll ask Ying'er to comb your hair." She didn't mind Bei Qiao staying overnight under the identity of Cousin Qiao, but if someone saw this, it would be a bit troublesome later.
Qin Huan: Some people are overconfident. They always think that if others can do it, they can do it too. When they see that cousin Qiao can stay overnight, they think that they can stay too... I won’t mention it anymore. If I say it again, I will make myself sick.
"Okay." Bei Qiao couldn't help but yawn.
Bei Qiao didn't bring any women's clothes on this trip. He wore the clothes Qin Huan prepared. After trying them on, he found that the size was just right.
"It fits really well!" Qin Huan hugged Bei Qiao's arm with satisfaction and looked him up and down, then yawned again as he looked.
"Don't you need to catch up on your sleep?" Bei Qiao tried to pull his arm back, but failed: some people look very sleepy, but their arms are full of strength and they refuse to let go.
"It's too late. Let's go eat first and ask for leave from the teacher. Then we'll have time to catch up on our sleep." Qin Huan hung on Bei Qiao's arm: "Will you accompany me to have breakfast? I'm so sleepy, I really can't walk anymore."
“…Alright.”
Bei Qiao had originally wanted to carry her backpack, but Qin Huan, feeling it didn't match the outfit she'd prepared, insisted she stuff it into her wide sleeves. Bei Qiao, sleepy and with a headache, didn't want to argue with Qin Huan over such a trivial matter. She simply stuffed the backpack into her sleeves and walked beside Qin Huan, hands in her tucked pockets. Ying'er and the female guard who had just taken over their shift followed behind them, carrying Dudu as they headed towards the main courtyard.
Bei Qiao didn't know the road and just followed the direction Qin Huan was pulling. Halfway along, Qin Huan straightened his back quickly when he heard unfamiliar footsteps. The next second, a young man from a branch of the Qin family appeared from another road and met the two of them at the intersection.
I don’t know if this guy had poor eyesight or did it on purpose, but after seeing Bei Qiao and Qin Huan, he didn’t stop and bumped into the group of people opposite.
Bei Qiao, still holding his hands in his pockets, Qin Huan hanging on his arm, saw the young man charging towards him and immediately dodged to the side with Qin Huan. Unexpectedly, the young man refused to give in and turned around and continued to charge, extending a hand towards Bei Qiao, muttering, "Oh my god, help me up!"
Tsk… Bei Qiao pulled his hand out of his sleeve and held Qin Huan's waist. When Qin Huan approached again, he quickly used his Qing Gong to distance himself. Because of the large amplitude of the movement, the backpack in his sleeve also shook. Worried that the backpack would be thrown out, Bei Qiao reached into his sleeve to tuck it in, and unexpectedly touched two sharp objects.
"What is it?" Bei Qiao frowned and took out the thing he had just touched from his sleeve: The backpack was not scattered, where did this thing come from?
As Bei Qiao waited for an opportunity to dodge, the young man made a move to lunge forward, but by the time he realized something was wrong, his body was already in mid-air, with nowhere to gain leverage. After a second of frantic struggle, he finally lost control and fell to the ground in vain and disarray.
The young man was a little annoyed by the setback, but with Qin Huan standing nearby, he didn't dare to go too far. Considering his image was already ruined, he simply didn't rush to get up. Instead, he leaned sideways and raised his head, ready to complain: "How could you... you're a scammer! Where did that gold hairpin come from? I didn't even touch you!"
Young man from the side branch family: I just wanted to be a scoundrel, get to know a pretty girl and take advantage of her. What do you mean by pulling out a broken gold hairpin from your sleeve? I didn't do that!
"Hmm..." Bei Qiao looked at the gold hairpin that was broken into two pieces in his hand: In fact, I also want to ask, where did the gold hairpin come from? Not to mention that the jewelry box containing the accessories is still in the backpack and has never been opened. Just looking at the style, this gold hairpin doesn't have much similarity with the one Qin Huan gave me before!
"It's broken..." Qin Huan took a piece of the gold hairpin from Bei Qiao's hand and looked at it: I'm not familiar with the style, it's not a gift from me.
"Woof woof!" Dudu, who had been lying obediently in Ying'er's arms, suddenly barked when he saw Jinchai. The young man had just gotten up and was about to slip away, but when he heard the dog barking, he thought Beiqiao was going to let the dog bite him. He was so scared that he ran away without even turning his head: "You are so beautiful, why are you so mean?"
"You're not even as tall as him, and you broke something and refused to compensate. You're so shameless... Eh? Qiao Qiao, why is it still barking?"
"Maybe there's something wrong with the hairpin." Bei Qiao twisted the hairpin: "The temperature is a bit abnormally cold."
"Could it be that Liang Ke is haunted by a ghost?"
"That's most likely the case. After dinner, I'll go out and find a temple with a lot of incense and throw it into the merit box. Anyway, this thing is pure gold, the temple keeper shouldn't refuse it." No matter what kind of monster you are, go and fight with the Bodhisattva!
"No need. I can just ask someone to run an errand after dinner." Qin Huan called a servant and took the hairpin away: "Let's ask the Taoist priest if he can take care of it first." Why would a professional be left unused?
The soul attached to the gold hairpin: According to the routine process, someone should plan to repair the gold hairpin, then meet me, listen to my story, and then help me get revenge... So what the hell is going on now!
"Shut up!"
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