Chapter 425 We Are Not Familiar
Not only is it not particularly good-looking, but its brain is also not very good.
When Xiang Hualan met Su Ying's slightly disdainful and particularly calm eyes, she felt like a clown for a moment, and unexpectedly said, "I, I'm so sad, why don't you say a few words to comfort me?"
Su Ying said: "We are not familiar with each other."
Xiang Hualan choked and suddenly she couldn't cry anymore.
Su Ying was able to understand the whole story from her few words, and it seemed to be similar to "her" in the past, but "she" was not so lucky.
"What's your name? Your accent doesn't sound like you're from Duocheng. Where are you from?"
"You can call me Su Ying." Su Ying chose to ignore other questions.
Xiang Hualan wasn't really stupid, so she didn't ask any more questions. "I'll have someone give you the banknotes when we get back to the General's Mansion. Thank you for saving me today. I didn't expect the other party to be so cruel. If it weren't for you, I would have really fallen into their trap."
She didn't expect that her people didn't arrive in time. If Su Ying hadn't been there, she could say that she had jumped into a trap dug by others, so she was really grateful to Su Ying.
"I help you, you give me money, we don't owe each other anything."
Xiang Hualan seemed to want to confide in Su Ying. She lowered her eyes and said, "It's also because I'm stupid, otherwise I would have fallen into their trap."
Su Ying glanced at the calluses on her palms and asked, "Are you a soldier?"
Xiang Hualan was stunned and raised her head in surprise, "How did you know that?" After her father died, her mother found a martial arts master for her. When the emperor knew about it, he praised her for being a good daughter. After she came of age, the emperor gave her an army of 5,000 people for her to train.
Originally, the emperor just wanted to use this opportunity to show his concern for the orphans of loyal and righteous people. Who knew that these five thousand people played a crucial role in the previous rebellion. She saved the emperor's life with a knife that time, so the emperor valued her even more. Afterwards, he gave her 20,000 soldiers and asked her to guard the moat of Duocheng. This was the first time in the history of Jin State that a woman held military power.
"Your back is straight and your lower body is very stable. The calluses on your palms are obvious from years of using cold weapons. Although you try your best to hide your iron-blooded aura and make yourself look like a lady from a noble family, years of habit cannot deceive people."
The uncontrollable crying and words that could not be known to others must have been a test of her, an attempt to find out her true colors.
Hearing this, Xiang Hualan's curled up body slowly relaxed, and her back slowly straightened. The look in her eyes that had been full of aggrievedness a moment ago now became clear, and she looked at Su Ying with a mixture of vigilance and admiration.
"Now I'm really curious about who the girl is."
"I have no interest in your schemes, but if you don't give me the promised five thousand gold, I will be angry."
Xiang Hualan smiled and said, "You did save me, and I did fall into their trap. I will not lose a penny of what I promised you."
"good."
Xiang Hualan brought Su Ying back to General Changsheng's mansion.
Su Ying followed Xiang Hualan and found that the servants in the general's mansion were not truly respectful to her. Even their greetings were very perfunctory. Xiang Hualan seemed to see nothing and did not bother with them.
Su Ying glanced over and followed her into a yard.
"The eldest lady is back." The maid in the yard stepped forward to pay her respects. When she stood up, she saw a strange look on Su Ying's face.
Su Ying saw it clearly, there was disgust and contempt in those eyes.
"Go, tell grandma that I need some things in the warehouse, and ask her to bring me the key to the warehouse."
After hearing this, the maid said, "Why did the young lady think of using things from the storehouse? What is missing?"
Xiang Hualan said: "Well, just go and ask for it."
The maid looked at Hualan and saw that she didn't want to answer, so she had no choice but to respond.
After the maid left, Xiang Hualan looked at Su Ying and said, "Miss Su, are you hungry? I'll ask the maid to bring some food over."
"No, I've already eaten it."
Xiang Hualan did not force her and just asked the maid to bring up some snacks and fruits.
Not long after, the maid who went to ask for the warehouse key came back.
"My lady, the old lady said that if you need anything, just tell her. The things in the storeroom are all the dowry that my lady will give when she gets married. They cannot be easily touched."
Xiang Hualan's face darkened when she heard this. It was true that the things in the warehouse contained the dowry left for her by her father and mother, but she had also received a lot of rewards over the years, and earned a lot of money outside, all of which she gave to her grandmother to put in the warehouse. Why couldn't she take something now?
"I'll go talk to my grandmother myself."
Xiang Hualan stood up and looked at Su Ying apologetically, "Please wait a moment, Miss Su. I'll be back soon."
Xiang Hualan stood up and walked out. The maid glanced at Su Ying and did not follow her. Instead, she looked at Su Ying unscrupulously and said, "Which family is this young lady from? It's already dark and she hasn't returned home yet. I'm afraid her family will be worried, right?"
Su Ying sat on the chair and glanced at the maid calmly, "Does it have anything to do with you?"
The maid choked and felt that Su Ying was as rude and impolite as Xiang Hualan!
Which young lady from a noble family would come to someone else's house so late at night? She must be a scammer trying to blackmail the young lady.
As the maid was thinking about it, she saw Su Ying leaning lightly on the cushion with her eyes closed. It was as if she treated this place as her own home. She was pretending to be stupid.
The maid felt that Xiang Hualan's sudden request for the key to the warehouse must be related to Su Ying. She wanted to explain this to the old lady immediately, and the old lady would definitely remember her achievement!
Thinking of this, the maid turned around excitedly and left the house.
Su Ying waited until Xiang Hualan was almost asleep in the house before she came back. Just looking at her frustrated and slightly angry expression, she knew that it was not easy to get the key.
Xiang Hualan walked into the house and looked at Su Ying apologetically, "Miss Su, do you have a place to go tonight? If not, just stay here for the night. My grandmother was not feeling well just now, so I can't force her to give me the key to the storeroom..."
Xiang Hualan looked at Su Ying's penetrating eyes and couldn't say anything else.
"Is the door of the warehouse welded?"
Xiang Hualan shook her head blankly, "That's not the case."
"It's not welded, so it can't be pried open?"
"That should be possible..."
Su Ying asked again, "Is that your exclusive warehouse?"
Xiang Hualan nodded and said, "Yes, that was all earned by my parents and me."
Su Ying nodded and stood up, "That's easy, just take me wherever you want." In order to avoid any changes, it would be better to get the money as soon as possible so that she could feel at ease.
Xiang Hualan was a little confused, but still took Su Ying out of the warehouse.
“This is it.”
Su Ying frowned as she looked at the two fist-sized locks on the warehouse, then she took two steps back to cushion the impact and kicked the warehouse door!
(End of this chapter)
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