When Xiao Nan returned to the Sun Mansion, the guards were much more dense than in the early morning. It took her some effort to climb back to the yard where Tian Weiler had stayed before.
As soon as his feet touched the ground, Wu Xiaoliu's voice rang out in the yard.
"Where have you been?"
Xiao Nanhui was stunned for a moment, and when she turned around, she saw Wu Xiaoliu sitting on the stone bench where they had eaten cakes last night, staring at her intently.
Before she could answer, the other party asked again: "Where is the lady going?"
Xiao Nanhui was silent for a moment, then said truthfully, "I sent her away."
Wu Xiaoliu's face flickered with despair for a moment, then quickly returned to a faint sadness. It seemed he knew exactly what had happened, without even needing to ask a single question.
Seeing the other person's reaction, she softly comforted him, "I'm back now, aren't I? If you have nowhere to go, you can come with me."
"Where are you going?"
"Go to a place where the Sun family can't find you."
Wu Xiaoliu suddenly laughed when he heard this, then shook his head: "No, I can't go where you can go. You are so skilled and can come and go freely, while I am just a fat guy who can't even kill a chicken."
Xiao Nanhui was a little at a loss when looking at Wu Xiaoliu like this. She walked forward and tried to persuade him.
"I brought you here, I will definitely find a way to protect you."
Wu Xiaoliu did not respond, but picked up the teapot on the stone table, poured two cups of overnight tea, and handed one cup to Xiao Nanhui.
"Drink some water first."
Xiao Nanhui took the cup and drank while explaining his plan: "The Sun family isn't the best place to stay right now. While it may appear prosperous, it's actually constrained by the Bai family in every way. Furthermore, most of their guards are hired cavalry. While they have a large number of men, they're a disorganized bunch and will be taken over sooner or later. However, I think Pan Meir is quite confident. I wonder what her village is like. Perhaps we could go there first to see what the situation is like..."
Xiao Nanhui was talking when she suddenly felt her tongue get tangled. She paused, thinking it was something on her lips, and reached out to touch them, only to find her lips were numb.
By the time she reacted, her gaze had already drifted to the bright sky.
The feng shui in Lingxi is really bad. She fainted twice in just half a month after arriving here.
Blurry voices came intermittently, and she seemed to see Wu Xiaoliu's unusually calm eyes moving back and forth above her head.
"I'm sorry, I just feel that you can't protect me forever. In the end, I can only rely on myself. Am I right?"
She opened her mouth and wanted to sigh: You really can't judge a person by his appearance.
These days, even a fat person can’t be trusted.
Xiao Nanhui finally couldn't hold his eyelids open anymore and fainted completely.
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When Xiao Nanhui opened his eyes again, his hands and feet were unable to move, and the Pingxian and dagger that he had previously hidden inside his clothes were gone.
There was rough and prickly gravel under her butt, and walls of the same texture all around her, with only a bowl-sized air hole near the top, and the light around her was dim.
This is a natural stone chamber, which is now used as a natural prison cell. It is definitely more solid and reliable than any railings.
The only entrance to the stone chamber was only a man's height, sealed with a huge wooden barrel that could only be pushed open from the outside. As soon as she looked down, the barrel slowly rolled to the side, and a figure walked in holding a bowl. As soon as he stepped into the barrel, it was closed from the outside.
Xiao Nanhui knew who was coming without even looking up.
The porcelain bowl filled with water was placed on the ground right under her nose, and a voice was heard immediately.
"Drink something. I don't know if they'll give you water later."
She didn't move, staring at the contents of the bowl in a daze.
"How do I know if this bowl of water is also drugged?"
The two fat legs that had been standing in front of her squatted down. Wu Xiaoliu sat on the ground and looked at her quietly. After a while, he spoke calmly: "Actually, apart from the fact that I am from the Sun family, I have never lied to you about anything else."
Xiao Nanhui finally raised his head and looked at the somewhat unfamiliar fat face.
"Someone once told me that only fear can make people speak the truth. It seems that our relationship is too harmonious after all."
Wu Xiaoliu paused, picked up the bowl of water in front of him and drank it all. "I really want to go back to West City. They left me in East City to fend for myself. I'm stupid. I haven't been able to catch any random people to report back to them in all these years. You came to them, so you can't blame me entirely."
"Why didn't you expose me when you first arrived at the Sun family?"
"You didn't do anything at that time, and I also thought it was nice to have you accompany me in the Sun family. But you let the young lady go. I..."
"Okay, no need to say more."
Xiao Nanhui suddenly lost his patience to listen.
They were not of the same kind from the beginning. It would be weird if they could be together. Besides, there is really no point in discussing this now.
For a moment, there was only silence in the stone chamber.
When Wu Xiaoliu finally stood up and picked up the bowl, the wooden barrel at the entrance suddenly moved, and two people walked in.
The one in front was none other than the Grand Marshal Sun, and the one following behind him was Pan Meir.
Wu Xiaoliu prostrated himself in the dust, stammering as he saluted, "Greetings, sir, and village chief."
Pan Meir stepped forward, stepping past the governor Sun and kicking the water bowl away. Her voice was still soft and charming, "I heard that Lord Sun had caught a thief, so I came to see what was going on, but why is it so deserted? It's not interesting at all."
Prefect Sun said nothing, but signaled the two servants following behind him to pick up Xiao Nanhui from the ground and throw him onto the torture chair beside him.
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