Yu Jiao looked at Cheng Ying in a daze. Did her senior brother mean that he was willing to let her go and let her return to the capital?
"Let's eat." Cheng Ying let go of her, pinched her palm to hide the wound caused by the dagger, and told the maid to serve the meal.
Seeing that he was about to leave, Yu Jiao couldn't help but ask, "Brother, when can I... leave Xianyang?"
Cheng Ying, who had her back to her, had a hint of cruelty in her narrow, scarlet eyes, but her voice was exceptionally gentle: "When do you want to do it?"
Yu Jiao pinched her fingers, bit her lip and said, "Tomorrow."
She wanted to see Liu Ziqi as soon as possible and ask him to let her senior brother go.
Otherwise, if the capital sends troops to attack the city again, there will be great suffering and casualties.
Cheng Ying replied softly, "Okay, tomorrow then." His fingers under his sleeves pressed tightly against the wound on his palm. The pain he felt was nothing compared to the pain in his heart.
After he left, Yu Jiaozheng stood there in a daze for a while, still unable to believe that it was so easy to force her senior brother to let go of his obsession and let her go.
But her senior brother had never lied to her before. Since he was willing to give in, he should... shouldn't be lying to her.
The maid quickly brought in the food and served her.
Yu Jiao ate a bowl of rice porridge without tasting it. She remembered that today was the day she and Dai Bi had agreed to go to the shop. She said to the maid, "I want to go to the street to visit some shops. Can you help me ask the governor if he can allow me to go out?"
The maid responded and quickly went to the front yard.
Soon, the maid came back with a reply, followed by Xia Ning.
"The governor has allowed you to go out, but he is worried about your safety, so he asked Xia Shaocheng to go with you."
Yu Jiao nodded, not surprised by Cheng Ying's arrangement.
She packed up quickly and took Xia Ning out. When they reached the street, she pretended to visit a few shops before entering the same clothing store.
The female shopkeeper of the clothing store obviously remembered her and spoke to her with great enthusiasm. She introduced several pieces of clothing made of fine materials to Yu Jiao. Yu Jiao asked in a low voice, "Do you have any small clothes?"
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Of course there are."
Yu Jiao selected two dresses and a shirt and asked the female shopkeeper to send them to the inner room for fitting. She turned around and briefly informed Xia Ning, then followed the female shopkeeper to try on the clothes.
Xia Ning frowned slightly, but did not open his mouth to stop it.
Yu Jiao followed the female shopkeeper into the room, and the shopkeeper stuffed a piece of gold jewelry into her hand, asking her to ask Debbie to come over.
The shopkeeper was overjoyed as she weighed the jewelry and said with a smile, "You mean Green Lady, the old acquaintance you met last time? I'll call her over right away."
Soon Debbie came to the room, but the female shopkeeper was tactful enough to leave space for the two to talk and did not follow them in.
"Doctor Yu." Debbie was still very excited to see her. She lowered her voice and said, "I have discussed it with him. He agreed to take you out of the city."
Yu Jiao was a little hesitant. Her senior brother had already agreed today that he would send her out of the city the next day. This way, Debbie wouldn't have to take such a big risk to send her out of the city.
But she didn't dare to completely trust her senior brother. After all, he had been so persistent before and wanted to take her to Jiaxing.
You should always leave yourself a way out in everything. Yu Jiao thought for a moment and said, "I might leave the city tomorrow. If everything goes well, you and your family won't have to take the risk of letting me out. If... it doesn't go well, I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you two again."
When Debbie heard her say this, she immediately said, "My husband knows some things about my past, and he is very grateful for your kindness to me. Sending you out of the city gives us a chance to repay you. It's not a big deal."
She was happy for Yu Jiao: "I just hope that you can leave the city smoothly tomorrow. Otherwise, you can just come to me, Doctor Yu. I live in the third house in Ninghuai Lane. If it is inconvenient for you to come to the shop, you can go to my house directly."
Yu Jiao talked to her for a while and found out that the man Dai Bi was dating was not only a city gate guard, but also a sergeant. He was in charge of the city gate rotation. No wonder he agreed to send her out of the city.
Seeing that the time was almost up and fearing arousing Xia Ning's suspicion, Yu Jiao said goodbye to Dai Bi and did not stay any longer.
Returning to the shop in front, Yu Jiao asked the shopkeeper to get two men's robes in Cheng Ying's size. After leaving the clothing store, Yu Jiao visited a few more shops, bought some things casually, and then used the excuse of being tired to go home.
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