Chapter 69: Night Exploration of the Cave
Jiang Tangtang suddenly became nervous, "What? Are these knives related to the person who assassinated you before?"
Lu Shiyan said: "That's not the case."
Jiang Tangtang had just breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Lu Shiyan say, "Where is the cave those men mentioned? Why don't you take me there first? Leave these things for now, and I'll come back to clean them up later."
Jiang Tangtang's heart began to tighten again.
She had already put her weapons into her space, so what would she see in the cave? If she had known, she wouldn't have put them into her space.
She hadn't considered it carefully at that time.
But when Lu Shiyan suggested going over to check the cave, she couldn't refuse, so she could only nod and say, "Okay, then wait a moment, I'll light a torch."
Lu Shiyan curled his lips slightly and pulled her back.
Jiang Tangtang felt as if her wrist had been burned, and asked uncomfortably, "What are you doing?"
"Are you afraid that no one will know that we went to the cave?" Lu Shiyan asked in a long voice, looking at her with interest.
"Yes!" Jiang Tangtang realized that they were going to explore the cave secretly and had to bring torches. Wouldn't that alert the people hiding in the dark?
"But without a torch, how can we see the way clearly? The cave is quite hidden."
"Just point out the direction. Tell me what the cave looks like." Lu Shiyan held her hand tightly and did not let go.
Jiang Tangtang probably understood what he meant.
For ordinary people, it is difficult to walk in the mountains at night, but for a martial artist like him, it is naturally not a difficult task.
"Okay then!" Jiang Tangtang answered calmly, but her heart was beating so fast that it seemed like it was about to jump out of her chest.
She didn't know whether it was because she was worried that he would find out when she secretly put the box of weapons back into the cave, or because he was holding her hand.
I was in a daze the whole way.
Fortunately, Lu Shiyan was holding her hand, and all she had to do was follow him, except for pointing out the direction of the cave and the surrounding vegetation.
Sometimes he even used Qinggong to carry her, so she didn't even have to use the strength to walk. The hand on her waist just made her head even more confused.
"Is it there?" The clear and magnetic voice brought a bit of clarity to her muddled brain.
Thinking about the task of returning the weapon box to the cave without anyone noticing, Jiang Tangtang cheered up and dealt with it.
Just as she was about to speak, Lu Shiyan suddenly reached out and pressed her lips, then took her to hide behind a big tree.
Jiang Tangtang was held tightly in his arms, hiding behind the tree trunk, smelling the refreshing and pleasant scent of grass and trees on his body, feeling his warm embrace, and her heart suddenly began to beat like a drum.
Just when I was feeling dizzy and about to be unable to breathe due to the tense atmosphere, a loud sound of footsteps was heard not far away.
It seems that someone else has come to explore the cave like them.
Jiang Tangtang's heart beat faster, and at the same time, she felt a sense of relief. Fortunately, Lu Shiyan reacted quickly, otherwise she would have run into this group of people.
Just as I was thinking about it, I heard cursing coming from the cave.
Because the cave was quite deep, some of the words were not very clear. I could only barely make out someone scolding someone, as if they had discovered that something was missing.
Jiang Tangtang sighed inwardly.
Well, now she doesn't have to wonder how she managed to return the things without anyone noticing.
The person involved had already discovered that the item was missing, so she could only pretend not to know.
The two hid behind the tree for a short while before the group of people came rushing out of the cave. They seemed to have expected that there would be no one around the cave in the middle of the night, or perhaps they were just too angry to find that their things were missing.
A group of men came out of the cave, still cursing and wondering who had taken the things.
"Brother, could it be that girl from Zhounan Village who took it away?" A man said in a gruff voice, "That girl went to the cave this afternoon."
"Are you a pig? How could a woman like her carry those boxes in such a short time?"
"Can……"
"I'm afraid we've been targeted. Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that those scoundrels found our things?"
"Brother, what should we do?"
"Hold still for now and see what happens..."
As the group walked further and further away, Jiang Tangtang could no longer hear what they were saying.
Only after they had completely left and were sure they would not come back did Lu Shiyan let go of Jiang Tangtang and whispered, "Let's go in and take a look."
Thinking about how he had held her in his arms just now, he pursed his thin lips lightly, and a strange feeling arose in his heart.
Jiang Tangtang's cheeks also flushed, "Those people won't come back, right?"
“Probably not!”
This time, Lu Shiyan didn't need to ask Jiang Tangtang again, and took her into the cave as if he was familiar with the route.
After entering the cave, Lu Shiyan took out a tinderbox and saw that the cave was in a mess. He thought that the men had just messed it up while looking for weapons.
Lu Shiyan took the tinder and carefully inspected the cave before saying to Jiang Tangtang, "Let's go!"
Jiang Tangtang didn't know what he saw.
But now was not the time to ask questions, so she nodded and followed him out of the cave.
When he returned, Lu Shiyan still protected Jiang Tangtang like he did when he came.
The two of them returned home and found that all the lights in the rooms in the yard were off.
"You wash up and rest first. I'll be in the same room with my second brother later."
There were suddenly several more people in the courtyard today, and the room, which was barely big enough to accommodate them, became crowded again, Lu Shiyan took the initiative.
In the past, of the three main rooms, Madam Lu had one room, Lu Shili had one room, and Jiang Tangtang lived in the largest room with her three children.
The servants of the two families squeezed into a side room.
Today, not only did Lu Shiyan and his companions move in, but there was also a Doctor Xue, and the room suddenly became tense.
Su took Lu Zhixi and Old Madam Lu to share a room, and Xue Banxian put up an extra bed in Lu Shili's room and shared a room with him.
Jiang Tangtang thought that the other two rooms were not as big as her main room, and she felt embarrassed to let Lu Shiyan squeeze in with Lu Shili and Xue Banxian. She lowered her head and said, "It's so late, it's not good to disturb them. Why don't you set up a bed outside and sleep with the two boys, while my daughter and I sleep inside."
Lu Shiyan hesitated for a moment and nodded in agreement with Jiang Tangtang's proposal.
Jiang Tangtang went to wash up, and Lu Shiyan used the remaining wooden boards moved from the hut to build a simple wooden bed.
He spread out the quilt and sheets, carried his two sons who were sleeping sideways to his bed, and tidied up the room with the help of an oil lamp.
When Jiang Tangtang came back from washing up, the room was already tidy. Jiang Tangtang asked Lu Shiyan to wash up, and she went to bed and cuddled Lu Tiantian to sleep.
Jiang Tangtang woke up before dawn the next day. She wanted to go into the space and draw the decoration plan of the shop while everyone was still sleeping, but she didn't expect that Lu Shiyan was no longer in bed.
Jiang Tangtang didn't know where he had gone. She was worried that if she entered the space in the room, she would run into him when she came out. So she packed up her things, went to the wasteland, and found a secluded place in the wasteland to enter the space.
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