Now that she has caught up with them, their identities have definitely been exposed.
Qin Wanru steeled her resolve and was about to use her inner energy to escape with Zu An. Although she knew she would most likely not escape the pursuit of a seventh-rank expert, she still had to give it a try.
Sensing the changes in her body, Zu'an held her tightly: "Madam, don't be impulsive!"
Qin Wanru was somewhat puzzled. With a knife to their throats, running away now still offered a sliver of hope, but once the woman revealed their identities, it would be too late to escape.
"Trust me, everything should be fine." Zuan was actually quite nervous, knowing that he was also taking a gamble.
"Hey, what brings you here?" The old man couldn't help but ask when he saw Qiu Honglei dressed in black. At the same time, he glanced at Zu An and the other two who were slowly walking away. Seeing that they did not turn around, the murderous intent in his eyes lessened a bit.
"I'm here to chase after them. Someone just escaped from over there," Qiu Honglei replied.
Hearing the words from behind, Qin Wanru trembled slightly and secretly pinched Zu An hard. It was all because he had just stopped her from escaping that she couldn't escape now.
Zuan gasped. Do all women love to pinch people like this?
"Chasing someone?" The old man exclaimed in surprise, pointing to the two people from Zu'an in the distance and asking, "Is it them?"
Qiu Honglei watched the two figures from behind, her expression somewhat amused, especially when she saw Zu An's hand around the other's waist, the corners of her lips couldn't help but turn up even higher.
As if sensing the scrutiny of the other person's gaze, Qin Wanru's entire body stiffened.
Zuan also became nervous. Although he had some guesses, he was unsure what choice she would make, as women's hearts are unfathomable.
After a long silence, Qiu Honglei shook her head: "It's not them, I'm chasing someone."
Upon hearing her answer, Qin Wanru was stunned. She glanced at Zu An with a puzzled look, and although she didn't say anything, the meaning in her eyes was clear: why would the other party lie?
Zu An breathed a sigh of relief, smiled slightly, and without explaining, decided to take Qin Wanru away from here first.
"Is that person's cultivation level very high? How could he escape from your grasp?" The old man didn't doubt it, after all, in his opinion, Qiu Honglei had no reason to lie.
Qiu Honglei shook her head: "His cultivation is a bit higher than mine, but he is very cunning. However, he was hit in a vital spot by my palm, and even if he escapes, he will surely die."
Qin Wanru kept her ears perked up, listening to the sounds behind her, so even though she had already turned the corner, she could still faintly hear the sounds behind her.
This made her even more confused. Wasn't this woman clearly misleading her companions, and even resolving their worries?
The old man nodded: "You struck a vital point, so he's probably not going to survive. But we can't let our guard down. Men, go and search the area for any suspicious injured people."
Soon a group of his men left as ordered, and he continued to ask, "By the way, where is Gu Yueyi?"
“My senior brother is dealing with Sang Qian over there,” Qiu Honglei replied.
The old man snorted: "Gu Yueyi is probably no match for Sang Qian. Let's go and help!"
After finishing speaking, its entire shape resembled a large bird, and it swept away in another direction.
Qiu Honglei glanced back at the direction where Zu An and the other person had disappeared, muttering to herself, "You owe me a favor, don't you?"
After saying this, he followed the old man away.
After confirming that the two had left, Qin Wanru finally relaxed around the corner, but her mind was filled with questions: "Why did that woman let us go?"
Zuan shook his head: "I don't know either. Maybe there's some internal conflict among them, and they don't want to give the credit to that old man."
Qiu Honglei just released him, so he can't possibly betray her, can he?
Qin Wanru is, after all, a duchess, and has countless resources at her disposal. This time she has suffered such a great loss. If she sends troops to Shenxianju to investigate the identities of those men in black, what will Qiu Honglei do?
"Is that so?" Qin Wanru asked suspiciously. "But I always felt that you two should know each other, otherwise why would you dare to stay there just now?"
"Really?" Zu was confused. "I just felt that running away in that situation would be too obvious, so I might as well take a gamble. Luckily, I won the gamble. It seems I've always had good luck with gambling."
"The Chu family has always forbidden gambling!" Qin Wanru snorted, but thinking that this guy had won 7.5 million taels of silver from the Silver Hook Gambling House and another 1 million taels from the family competition, and that he had even won in this life-or-death situation today, she couldn't bring herself to say anything to teach him a lesson.
Suddenly she realized something was wrong and glared at him coldly: "How long are you going to keep hugging me!"
Zu An then realized that he was still holding her, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat. He quickly let go and jumped to the side, saying, "I hope you won't mind, Madam. The situation was urgent, and I had no choice but to resort to this."
As he continued to explain, Qin Wanru remained silent, her face ashen.
Zu An felt a chill run down his spine, realizing he had really offended her.
While this world isn't as strictly divided between men and women as ancient China, it's not so open-minded that sons-in-law and mothers-in-law can hug and kiss.
But he really had no other choice at the time, and since he came from the modern world, he wasn't very sensitive to these kinds of etiquette, which is why he did such a shocking thing.
After a long silence, Qin Wanru finally asked, "Where are those salt permits?"
“The situation was critical just now, so I hid it somewhere else. I can get it for you tomorrow,” Zuan replied.
The matter of the Glass Pearl is of great importance. Mi Li once told him that she had never seen such a large storage space before, so he must not reveal its secrets to anyone, otherwise it could easily lead to his death.
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