Chapter 14
"A man?" Wenxi raised an eyebrow, somewhat disbelieving. "Are you sure you saw clearly?"
A guard was kneeling on the ground. He had an ordinary appearance but sharp eyes. He lowered his head and said, "I saw it clearly. He was wearing the clothes of a servant from the medicine shop. He was very good-looking. I asked the people in the medicine shop, and they all said there was no such person."
As soon as he finished speaking, a string of silvery laughter rang out, which, after listening for a while, became eerie and terrifying.
The guard didn't dare to look up and shivered slightly.
"That's wonderful! So my dear sister was hiding a man in the medicine shop!" Wenxi leaned back, her heart filled with the jealousy and resentment she had been hiding all along. Any more, even just a little bit, and it would explode.
"What do you think would happen if Father and Brother Xuan found out?"
The cold tone reached the maid's ears, and she subconsciously turned her head, her pupils reflecting Wenxi's pale face.
"What are we waiting for? Let's surround the estate and catch them red-handed."
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The corners of the tiled walls were especially damp after the rain. Wenji struggled to climb up, pressing one hand on the tile, and almost slipped and fell.
The servant Chengwu, who was standing by the wall, exclaimed "Hey!" and, with his arms outstretched, caught the object. Startled, he said miserably, "Young master, there's a bright and open gate right there in front of us. Why do we have to climb over the wall?"
Wenji climbed over the wall and said to him, "What do you know? If I come in through the front door and people see me, my sister will know I'm here."
Chengwu, with a string of question marks hanging from his head, asked in surprise, "So you don't want Fourth Sister to know?"
"Keep your voice down!" Wenji frowned and whispered at him, speaking in a low voice, "You wait here for me, I'll be out in a bit."
The young boy disappeared over the wall amidst Cheng Wu's repeated warnings of "Be careful!"
In the early morning, the dampness after the rain slowly dried, and the dark blue dawn spread across the sky. Anyang Prefecture was still in a state of silence.
This medicine shop was part of Zhou Yun's dowry, and Wenji was very familiar with the place. He soon found his way to the living quarters, but as soon as he poked his head out, he quickly shrank back.
There was clearly a man in the yard!
The terrifying thought that had been lingering in his mind since yesterday resurfaced. Wenji swallowed hard and leaned against the courtyard wall, panting heavily.
The man who had been cautiously peeking into the yard entered the house. Wenji slipped in along the wall, but before his hand even touched the door, a pair of hands suddenly reached out from behind, covered his mouth and nose, and pushed him forward. The two of them rolled inside.
"who?!"
The room was dimly lit, and a deep, cold voice could be heard, while the figure in front of him was blurry.
His neck was being choked the entire time, causing blood to stagnate and his breathing to stop. He was almost strangled to death in an instant.
Wenji slapped his hand hard, and the man who was choking him saw his face clearly and suddenly let go.
From the moment I pushed open the door to the moment my life hung by a thread, only a few breaths had passed.
"Cough cough!" Wenji coughed twice, touching his neck, tears welling up in his eyes. Fortunately, the man quickly released him, standing aside with his arms crossed, silently sizing him up. "And who are you?"
Pei Lingjun chuckled slightly. He had already noticed someone lurking suspiciously outside the courtyard, deliberately trying to lure people in, but he hadn't expected it to be just a little kid.
Didn't your sister tell you?
Wenji's eyes widened instantly, and he jumped up from the ground, exclaiming incredulously, "Could it be...could it be that you really—"
He was too embarrassed to say it out loud.
The words were on the tip of his tongue, but he swallowed them back.
Seeing his hesitant expression and noticing the mud-covered, clean robe, Pei Lingjun realized he had sneaked in.
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