Brother Sang stared blankly at the silver ingot, watching Fu Rong's figure disappear quickly into the night. He then turned his head and looked at the pool of blood on the ground. For some reason, a sense of unease and anxiety enveloped his heart.
The night grew deeper, and he couldn't sleep all night.
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Zheng Quchi was completely unaware of the commotion that occurred last night.
She was drunk and had been trying to coax Liu Fengmian to sleep after his nightmare, which lasted for half the night. Exhausted, she had no idea which dream she was drifting into.
Yuwen Sheng suffered from insomnia for many years and had been sleep-deprived for a long time. That night, Zheng Quchi held and coaxed him to sleep, and due to the influence of nightmares, he also entered a deep sleep.
The next day, when she got up, she saw Brother Sang scrubbing the floor. He had dark circles under his eyes and looked haggard and pale. She found it strange, and she could even vaguely smell a faint bloody smell in the air.
"Brother, why are you wiping the floor? Let me do it."
"No need, it's almost finished cleaning. Last night, this doctor and Master Li got into a fight for some reason. They even spilled the hot oil I prepared, leaving oil stains all over the floor, and broke a lot of furniture," Brother Sang complained.
Not wanting to frighten her, he omitted the gory part and only recounted the events.
"Did they fight? Is Doctor Fu alright?"
She figured that Doctor Fu couldn't beat Master Li, who did manual labor. One was middle-aged and weak, while the other was in his prime and did manual labor. She didn't believe that Master Li could be overpowered by Doctor Fu.
"I suffered a minor injury. After beating me, Master Li left, and Doctor Fu also left, but he left a silver ingot as compensation for us."
He handed the silver to Zheng Quchi.
"Why did they get into a conflict? Were they drunk? But Master Li's aloof and beautiful demeanor doesn't seem like the kind of person who would deliberately cause trouble. Could it be that Doctor Fu said or did something that offended him?"
Zheng Quchi was puzzled; how did such a big commotion suddenly arise out of nowhere?
"I'm going to cook. I don't know how they started this commotion. Oh well, it's their business after all. Don't worry about it too much. In the future, try to avoid associating with people like this who don't know your background. Go to the kitchen and get breakfast."
Zheng Quchi nodded: "Brother, after you finish your breakfast, go and get some sleep. I'll take Fengmian and Yaomei out for a walk so they won't disturb you."
"Okay, come back early. I'm fine. We'll have lunch together in a bit."
"We'll talk about it after you wake up. Don't worry about us, go quickly."
Zheng Quchi, under the identity of the person in question, only spent New Year's Day at home with her eldest brother, youngest sister, and Liu Fengmian before exchanging identities with "Sang Xuanqing".
Time flies, and she only has one day left before she has to go back to repairing the city wall after her holiday. However, she has already made a plan: once the city wall is repaired, she will go into the big business of manufacturing cars, so that she can see her family more often and no longer have to live this life of being apart so rarely.
The future is promising.
She made an excuse to tell Liu Fengmian that she needed to go to the city. Brother Sang knew exactly what she was going to do, so he cooperated and covered for her.
Once she arrived in the city, she secretly changed into Sang Xuanqing's clothes, darkened her face, and dressed up. She even carried a bundle on her shoulder, ready to go home.
But just as he stepped out of the alley, he encountered Master Li, who had been waiting there for some time.
Zheng Quchi was taken aback.
His attire and demeanor were completely different from before. The dew was cold and the air was heavy. He held a paper umbrella, and crystal raindrops rolled down from the tip of the umbrella, falling onto the bluestone slab and wetting the hem of his dark blue robe.
His gaze upon her flowed like moonlight, clear and bright, captivating all who looked at him. It added a touch of tranquility and ethereal beauty, as if he had shed the veneer of mediocrity and revealed the radiant brilliance befitting a chosen one.
"Sang Xuanqing, Zheng Quchi, which one is the real you?" he asked.
Zheng Quchi was unlucky enough to be caught red-handed, and she was too lazy to argue: "How did you find out?"
If she hadn't suspected him, she wouldn't have gone out of her way to follow him; now she's been completely exposed.
Master Li did not hide anything from her: "I already knew you were a woman. I asked your younger sister that day. She is young and doesn't understand people's hearts, so she might have let things slip. I just need to unravel the mystery and confirm it with you to find out."
"Confirmation? Verbal confirmation is nothing compared to seeing it with your own eyes, right? So, what exactly do you want from all this trouble of investigating my background?" she mocked.
Anyone who has their past exposed repeatedly will feel that the other person is a troublemaker, an annoying person, a busybody, and someone trying to blackmail them.
“Zheng Quchi, come with me.”
Zheng Quchi stared wide-eyed, feeling utterly absurd. She even wanted to yell at him, asking who he was to her and why she should go with him.
"Why should I go with you? I've already said that I saved you and you helped me, so we're even now."
“I know, but do you know Liu Fengmian…” He saw her looking at him with a puzzled expression, his eyes sparkling as if stars were twinkling in them, but he paused for a moment.
He swallowed hard a few times and then said, "I will leave this place after I finish my last business in Fu County. I can give you some time to think it over. If you change your mind, you can call me anytime."
Zheng Quchi held the strap of the bundle without saying a word until he walked away with his umbrella.
“There was no threat, nor was there any forceful demand that I leave with him. Instead, they gave me time to choose for myself... Who would choose someone with such an unknown background?”
However, he said he would stay in Fuxian to finish one last thing... What is it? Could it be that, like the Mo family, he wants to blow up the city wall that she painstakingly supervised the design and construction of?
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