Chapter 2319 Their hearts sank.
Shu Yu and Meng Yunzheng happened to have something to ask him, so they didn't refuse and went to the Wang family's house.
Sister-in-law Wang and her two children had already started preparing the meal. Shu Yu asked Ying Xi to go to the kitchen to help, while she stayed in the main room to chat with Wang Changdong about their recent situations. As they chatted, she asked about the girls.
"When I wrote to you asking you to help take care of them, did you say anything?" After all, he was a grown man, and the other party was a young, unmarried woman, so it was somewhat inconvenient.
Wang Changdong waved his hand and laughed, "No, I did talk to your sister-in-law about it. She was very supportive when she heard it was to help you. But I didn't really help much. After all, I'm in Heichang County, and those girls are in Qingxuan County. If they run into trouble, I won't be able to get there in time. So I asked my friend in Qingxuan County to keep an eye on them. Fortunately, they're all doing well and living a good life."
Shu Yu was taken aback. "Didn't they encounter any trouble after they arrived?"
"No." Wang Changdong shook his head, took a sip of wine, and ate two peanuts. "I took some time to go to Qingxuan County a couple of months ago and had a meal with my friend. He said those girls were quite capable, doing things like embroidery and gardening, and they could make a living."
Shu Yu and Meng Yunzheng's hearts sank, knowing that their suspicions were not wrong.
Several young and beautiful girls came from afar. Even in a peaceful and stable place like Nanjing, let alone the relatively chaotic southwest, they might not be able to get by smoothly without any trouble.
Back when the Lu family followed Shu Yu to Heichang County, they even encountered local bullies who came knocking on their door. At that time, the Lu family still had close ties with the Huifeng Escort Agency, and since they still had male members in the family, they weren't exactly without any backing.
It was because of this that Shu Yu wrote to Wang Changdong, asking him to help take care of her.
Shu Yu couldn't think of any other possibility that the girls were doing so well, except that someone was secretly helping them.
After leaving Wang Changdong's house, Meng Yunzheng's brows furrowed tightly.
"Are we still going to Qingxuan County to find Lord Qi?" Shu Yu asked in a low voice as they sat in the carriage.
Meng Yunzheng nodded, "We have to go. At the very least, we need to inform Qi Lie about this so he can be mentally prepared. We also need to discuss our next steps. We're in a very passive position right now."
"Do we still need to find a reason to go to Qingxuan County?"
Actually, it's no longer necessary. Since the other party knows they've read the letter, they must also understand that their trip to the Southwest isn't solely for the sake of the Dongqing Temple Master. Since they're here, they'll definitely contact Qi Lie and interfere in the black market.
Their trip to Qingxuan County must have been within their expectations.
“Find it.” Meng Yunzheng narrowed his eyes. “We always have to make an appearance.”
Shu Yu nodded, and after returning to the inn, the two tidied up again and went to the alley where the abbot of Dongqing Temple lived once more.
This time, Shu Yu knocked directly on the gate of the neighbor's courtyard. The same woman opened the door the other day, looking quite surprised when she saw them. "What do you want?"
“Auntie, it’s like this, we’ve been waiting for several days and haven’t seen my master return, so we’re getting worried. Someone said they saw my master in Qingxuan County, and we’re planning to go there to check, but we’re afraid we’ll miss him. So if my master returns during this time, could you please pass on a message that we’ll be back in a couple of days?”
(End of this chapter)
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