She had a premonition that the pain in the next moment would be even more severe than the pain in the previous moment.
"When he gave me the antidote, I secretly followed him and saw him talking to a masked man in an alley not far from our house. I only saw his profile, and it looked like he had a scar. I heard him call the masked man 'Master.' That's all I know!"
Seeing that Qian Peilan hadn't reacted for a while after she finished speaking, Dr. Sun nodded to Hu Mingmei, confirming that Qian Peilan really wasn't lying.
"One last question: how did my grandmother and father die? Why did my grandmother allow you to take a concubine?" Hu Mingmei asked his third question, which was also the one he most wanted to know.
"Second Master, be careful!" Before Qian Peilan and Huang Wenbai could speak, Xia Donglai shouted and pounced on Hu Mingmei, knocking her to the side.
"Who goes there?" Lu Ying immediately chased after him and disappeared into the night.
While the group was still in shock, Hu Mingmei and Xia Donglai turned around and saw a cold arrow sticking out of the spot where Hu Mingmei had just been standing. If Xia Donglai hadn't pushed Hu Mingmei away, the arrow might have pierced Hu Mingmei's back.
"It really wasn't me, it really wasn't me!" The cold arrow was very close to Huang Wenbai and Qian Peilan, right in front of Huang Wenbai. Qian Peilan had already fainted from fright. When had she ever seen such a scene?
Huang Wenbai was so frightened that he started talking nonsense.
Xia Donglai glanced at the cold arrow, sneered, and shielded Hu Mingmei behind him. At the same time, he called out to Doctor Sun, "Old Sun, if you're too scared, come to my side!"
Although Doctor Sun was a learned man, he was actually quite weak when it came to martial arts. Faced with such a sudden situation, he was terrified.
Just now, he felt a cold wind blowing past his ear!
"Thank you so much!" Doctor Sun walked over and stood behind Hu Mingmei, shaking off his embarrassment as he thanked Xia Donglai.
It's really great that Xia Donglai is willing to protect him!
Soon, Lu Ying returned, and not only did he return, but Fifteen and Sixteen also came back with him. As soon as Lu Ying returned, he said, "Second Master, we didn't catch anyone. They got away!"
"A lot of people have come?" Hu Mingmei's eyes gleamed, revealing little sign of fear.
“It looks like there are two!” Lu Ying said in a deep voice.
"It seems so?" Hu Mingmei immediately grasped the contradiction in Lu Ying's words.
Judging from the looks of them, Lu Ying didn't even know how many of them there were.
"I failed in my duty!" Lu Ying knelt down to beg for forgiveness. "When I chased after him, I only saw a figure in the distance. Just as I was about to catch up, I was stopped by another person!"
"Is it better than your martial arts?" Xia Donglai couldn't help but ask upon hearing this.
Lu Ying shook her head. "These arrows were at least fired using a mechanism. They reached us, but the people were still a hundred meters away. Moreover, they didn't linger in the fight; they just stopped us and then left."
He could tell that they didn't intend to hurt anyone, but just wanted to stop something. "Second Master, in my opinion, the person who shot the arrow was targeting them!" They wanted to prevent Hu Mingmei from finding out the truth.
"Alright, let's stop here for today!" Seeing that she hadn't gotten any answers, Hu Mingmei stopped asking. Although Lu Ying and Shiwu Shiliu both said that the people behind this had left, who knew if it was just two people who had come?
Never mind, as long as they are still alive, we are not afraid that we will not be able to find out the truth.
"Butler Lu, please clean up the mess!" Hu Mingmei said coldly, her words of concern devoid of any emotion. "Dr. Sun, please, don't let them die!"
In the current situation, only Lu Ying and Doctor Sun can be trusted by him.
Dr. Sun nodded nonchalantly, glanced at Qian Peilan, and seeing that she was in even more pain, a smile appeared on his lips. This little wound was a trivial matter to him.
When Hu Mingmei returned to the room, Bai Nuo was dozing off in the outer room, with a sewing box on her lap containing a half-finished garment.
The yellow light shone on Bai Nuo's face, making her look exceptionally serene.
Looking at her, Hu Mingmei suddenly shed all his hatred, and his hardened heart softened. He gently walked over, placed the sewing kit on Bai Nuo's leg on the table under her arm, and then picked her up horizontally.
Just as I picked Bai Nuo up, she opened her eyes and mumbled sleepily, "You're back? Did you get everything done? Did it go smoothly? Did you find anything out?"
Bai Nuo had so many questions, but Hu Mingmei wasn't annoyed at all. He carried Bai Nuo back to bed while answering, "Yeah, it didn't go very smoothly! Why don't you go back to bed to sleep?"
Bai Nuo nuzzled her face against his chest, feeling at ease in the scent of his medicine. She murmured, "I can't sleep if you don't come back!"
Hu Mingmei placed Bai Nuo on the bed, bent down and gently kissed Bai Nuo's forehead, "Wait for me a moment, I'll go wash up, and I'll be right back to keep you company!"
Bai Nuo held the blanket with one hand, nodded gently, and hummed in a nasal tone.
Seeing her lazy and cute appearance, Hu Mingmei smiled gently, stood up, took off his coat, and went into the bathroom.
Hu Mingmei returned quickly, but in that short time, Bai Nuo was already drowsy. He got into bed, pulled Bai Nuo into his arms, played with her hair in his hands, and asked softly, "Asleep?"
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