"Miss Xia, this is your residence."
As soon as the housekeeper finished speaking, two maids hurried out of the room, bowed with their hands down, and said to them, "Housekeeper Wang, Miss Xia."
Su Man paused for a moment before saying casually, "Get up."
Unlike the maids in the Xia Mansion, the servants here are extremely well-behaved. When they step aside, the height of their hands hanging down is exactly the same.
"It's getting late, please go to bed early, Miss Xia."
Su Man came back to her senses, "Thank you, Steward Wang."
After Butler Wang left, two maids walked silently to Su Man's side, "Young lady, please."
This is a secluded courtyard. Although simple, it has everything needed. The room has been tidied up, and even the clothes for changing are placed at the head of the bed, leaving her no excuse to leave.
It seems that after forcing her into the Fang family, Prefect Fang had no intention of letting her leave.
Since it was here, we should make the best of it. Under the help of the maids, Su Man bathed and changed her clothes. After she lay down, the maids lowered the bed curtains. The two maids kept their heads down throughout the whole process, just like the housekeeper Wang.
The maids took their leave. Su Man used one finger to open the gap and looked at their spoon-like backs. She felt sad that the servants in the Fang Mansion might all have cervical spondylosis.
Looking at the figure swaying outside the window, as if someone was watching her from outside, Su Man lay back down silently.
She had not expected things to develop to this point. The water here is much deeper than she imagined.
Now she is trapped here. Not to mention going out to gather information, she may not even be able to return to Black Wind Village.
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Black Wind Village
"Did you find it?"
"No, how about you?"
"We've searched everywhere, but we haven't seen a single person, not even a rabbit."
The brothers who had been searching for most of the night met at the foot of the mountain. They searched everywhere in the direction Honggu said, but no one found any trace of Xia Luoran.
Just when they were feeling discouraged, Monkey rushed over with a hairband in his hand. "Hey, this, this, is this Miss Xia's hairband?"
One of the guys took it, looking skeptical. "Is this a headband? Why does it look like the wristband I lost last night?"
The monkey snatched it away and said, "Go away, why don't you say it's your grandmother's belt?"
He held it up like a treasure before Ao Xi, who had been silently watching them search the mountain, and said, "Look, Village Chief! I found it!"
Picking up the hairband with two fingers, Ao Xi said expressionlessly, "What did I ask you to find?"
"Miss Xia."
"What's this."
"Miss Xia's headband."
"So how can this be considered a find?" Ao Xi gritted his teeth, "Go back and keep looking!"
"Okay."
Before Ao Xi could get angry, the monkey ran away.
Ao Xi held the gray hairband in his hand, knowing that there was little hope of getting Xia Luoran back, but if he didn't have Xia Luoran in exchange, he could only snatch Su Man back by force.
And with the two previous "kidnapping" incidents, the Xia family was naturally on high alert.
If someone can't get it back...
The more Ao Xi thought about it, the angrier he became. He turned around and used Military Advisor Yuan as a punching bag to vent his anger.
At the same time, Xia Luoran, who had disappeared for no reason, was lying on a cart and was being pulled to an unknown place.
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It rains a lot in summer. After several days of rain, the weather finally cleared up.
Su Man sat at the small square table in the yard, staring at the sun in a daze. Time flew by and she had been in the Fang family for five days.
During this period, she had never left the Fang Mansion, let alone this yard.
The only people she could see every day were the two maids who served her. One of them was called Dongyu and the other was called Chunyu. They were like robots with set programs, dressing her up and serving her tea and meals on time.
Su Man was feeling very anxious and tried to talk to them, but no matter what she said, the two of them only said one question: "Miss, what do you want me to do?"
Slowly, Suman gave up.
She was afraid that this was the rule of the Fang family, and she would not get any information no matter how much she asked.
The sun set, and in the evening, Su Man finished her dinner, washed up, and returned to her bedroom as usual. Even though she couldn't sleep, she would lie down on the bed and close her eyes. Otherwise, if she made any noise, Dong Yu and Chun Tao would come in.
Half asleep and half awake, Su Man suddenly heard a slight noise in the room.
Su Man, who had not slept well to begin with, suddenly opened her eyes and saw someone coming.
Who could it be? Could it be that Fang Qingshan changed his mind and planned to get rid of her?
Su Man immediately denied her guess. No, even if they wanted to kill her, they wouldn't choose this critical moment when she was in Fang's house.
The sound was getting closer and closer, and Su Man simply closed her eyes and pretended to sleep, holding the hairpin that she had hidden under her pillow and secretly sharpened.
A low voice sounded, "Luo Ran, wake up."
Hearing that familiar voice, Su Man was slightly surprised, "Second Master Fang?"
In the dim light, Fang Junyi lifted the bed curtains and asked, "Luo Ran, are you okay?"
Su Man didn't know how far the relationship between Xia Luoran and Fang Junyi had developed after she left, but judging by their personalities, they would probably get entangled with each other as soon as she left.
So Su Man grumbled and complained in Xia Luoran's tone, "Why did you come to see me so late? I was almost bored to death."
"Shh, keep your voice down."
Fang Junyi looked outside and said in a low voice, "It's not that I didn't come. I wanted to come see you ever since I knew you were at the Fang family. But I told my father several times, but he just wouldn't let me. He even scolded me. So tonight I sneaked in while the two maids were asleep."
Although Fang Junyi's martial arts skills are not as good as Ao Xi's, they are much better than Xia Luoran's. In addition, he is the second son of the Fang family and is familiar with the terrain, so he was able to sneak in without anyone noticing.
At this moment, Fang Junyi's face was full of suspicion. "What on earth is going on? What happened between you and big brother in Black Wind Village? Why did father lock you up?"
After being imprisoned for a few days, Su Man finally understood what was going on. The reason why Prefect Fang kept her here was closely related to the box of things.
This also indirectly confirms the importance of the things in the box, which is probably more complicated than corruption.
Seeing Fang Junyi's confused look, he was probably unaware of what Fang Qingshan and his elder brother had done, and had already become an excluded and marginalized person.
But now she is trapped here and isolated from the world. Fang Junyi is the only person she can contact, so she must win him over.
After thinking this through, Su Man's eyes moved slightly, and she made a surprised expression, "You don't know anything?"
"Know what?"
Fang Junyi leaned forward slightly, his eyes filled with anxiety.
He made so much effort just so that his father would value him as much as he valued Fang Junye, so that when everyone mentioned the Fang family, they would not only think of Fang Junye, but also him, Fang Junyi.
But he finally got the opportunity to suppress the bandits, but because of a moment of carelessness, he offended his father.
Now, when he heard that his father had conspired with Fang Junye to exclude him, he panicked and asked, "What do you know?"
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