"No, no, no, no." Tan Jianli immediately waved his hand and stepped back.
What a joke! That's not just ten or a hundred taels of silver, it's two thousand taels, all for a woman?
Two thousand taels is enough to marry off as many concubines as you could.
"Then why are you talking nonsense?" Hua Cai showed no mercy to this man, grabbing the woman in plain clothes and pulling her past Tan Jian.
"Young Master, what do we do now?" Several guards watched the three figures gradually disappear into the distance, unsure whether to chase them or not.
Tan Jian's face turned pale and then red. He stared at the tea shop not far away for a long time before he ordered with a stern face: "Keep an eye on that little wench for me. As soon as she comes out, grab her and take her back."
The guards responded, and Tan Jian snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves, and turned to leave.
"Boss, please open a private room and bring up some paper and pen."
As soon as they entered the tea shop, a waiter warmly greeted them and led the three of them upstairs.
Seeing the waiter put down his paper and pen and leave, Hua Cai quickly untied the ropes binding the woman in plain clothes.
"Your kindness is beyond measure, young lady. I am willing to serve you like a cow or a horse to repay your kindness." As soon as her hands were untied, the woman in white immediately knelt down.
To work like an ox or a horse.
Hua Cai's lips curled slightly. Just as she had thought, this woman was intelligent and ambitious.
If she agrees, she will establish a connection with Green Willow Manor; if she doesn't, she will still benefit greatly.
Little did she know that Hua Cai herself was merely a dependent at Green Willow Manor, barely able to protect herself.
"Xiao Shuang." Seeing her bow down like this, Hua Cai did not reach out to stop her. She picked up her brush, wrote two lines, blew on the still wet ink, and handed it to her.
Sensing something above her head, the woman named Xiaoshuang instinctively leaned back, bracing herself on the ground. She was about to stand up when she saw the paper above her head, and then she paused, embarrassed, and returned to her kneeling position.
"Miss, I..." Xiao Shuang lowered her head awkwardly, raising both hands above her head to take the paper from Hua Cai's hand.
Hua Cai loosened her grip, letting her take the paper, and said indifferently, "You can't be too careful, I know that little principle."
Xiaoshuang's hand holding the paper trembled, and she lowered her head without saying a word.
“This is a hundred taels of silver note and three taels of loose silver. Take these things to Duosima in Tubo, the place closest to Gansu. The address of my home is written on it, as I remember it.” Hua Cai said, placing a silver note and three pieces of loose silver on the paper that Xiao Shuang had unfolded in her hand.
Xiao Shuang looked up at the silver coins that had been pressed down slightly by the paper, and stared at Hua Cai in disbelief.
"If...if my family is still alive, please take my place as their daughter and take good care of them in their old age. If they are no longer here, please take this money, settle yourself down, and live a simple and peaceful life." Hua Cai lowered her head slightly and looked at Xiao Shuang for a long time.
Parents are just an excuse; saying that is just to give the other two people in the room a reason.
Having a fixed location makes it easier to find you.
"Go now, leave now. Wrap these cloths around yourself, climb over the courtyard wall, and get out of the city right now. I will find someone to bury your father's body." Hua Cai suddenly straightened up, grabbed a bundle from the side, tore out the whole piece of cloth inside, and threw it to Xiao Shuang.
Xiao Shuang stood there dumbfounded until the cloth hit her head, then she snapped back to her senses and said, "Okay, okay."
He unfolded the whole piece of cloth, wrapped it around his body, and after a few simple adjustments, a large cloak was draped over Xiaoshuang.
"Let's go, remember what I said." Hua Cai waved her hand, and Xiao Shuang opened the door, looked around for a moment, and then slipped out when she found an opportunity.
"Ugh—cough cough—" The moment Xiao Shuang left, Hua Cai suddenly vomited a mouthful of blood, felt dizzy and fell backward, but was caught by Ying Guo who was quick-witted and agile.
"Drink." A harsh voice rang out, and Hua Cai opened her eyes with difficulty, only to see a hand holding a cup, suspended in front of her.
I took it with trembling hands, tilted my head back and drank it all in one gulp, only then did I feel much better.
"Host, you're being a bit reckless. At this point, you still dare to use Soul Absorption at full power." The system quietly perched on Ying's head, its voice more serious than ever before.
"I'll rest for a bit and then go back right away." Hua Cai waved weakly at Ying Ge, then shuffled over to the soft couch in the room, where she immediately lay down.
The ball of light flew down from above and landed quietly beside Hua Cai's pillow.
"There's no way around it. Such an ambitious and intelligent woman is perfect. If I miss this one, I don't know when I'll meet another one." Hua Cai rubbed her aching head. "She's a backup plan that I might need, and I can't afford to lose her."
"You're being too reckless. If you continue like this, your body will collapse sooner or later." The system's voice was full of disapproval.
Hua Cai chuckled and raised her hand to touch the ball of light, only to realize that she wasn't alone in the room. Her hand then landed on her forehead.
It's strange that this person didn't say a word to stop me after all that I've done.
A favorability rating of 65 is really impressive.
Instantly, Hua Cai felt even more confident in Zhao Qiang, who already had a good impression of her.
As for the seemingly serious matter of her body collapsing, Hanako didn't care at all.
"How long can I live in this world? I can't even master martial arts and I still want to save the mission target. When I get among those masters, I'll just get slapped to death. It doesn't matter." Hua Cai smoothed her chest. "These are all fleeting things. For the mission, I'm prepared to die for the mission target at any time."
System: ...Host's style has suddenly become very strange.
Time passed slowly. Hua Cai, keeping track of the time, got up, cleaned up the bloodstains on her body, grabbed a piece of paper, folded it, fanned herself with it, and went out.
"Tsk tsk, trying to swindle my money? She's got some nerve. What she owes her, she'll have to hand it over to me." Hua Cai smugly showed off to Ying Ge behind her, and swaggered past the few furtive Tan family guards at the door.
Of course, he would absolutely ignore her.
The guards weren't there to keep an eye on them anyway. As the two men passed by, they all looked up and down, avoiding glancing in their direction for fear of attracting the men's attention.
"Huh? Didn't you say you went back to bury your father? Why is he still hanging out on the street? That woman really isn't a good person." Hua Cai's gaze, which had been wandering around, was fixed directly on the old man's corpse left in the same spot. She looked around with a fierce expression, but naturally couldn't find the woman who had sold herself to bury her father.
Wherever Hua Cai looked, birds and beasts scattered. Helpless, she had no choice but to turn around and go back to the teahouse to find a waiter.
"Here, take this. Give that person a proper burial, and the rest is your reward." Hua Cai tossed ten taels of silver to the servant, waving her hand with a very unpleasant expression, wishing she could stay eight hundred feet away from the corpse: "Well, I paid for the wine recipe, and I also paid for your burial. This wine is for a wedding, and it shouldn't be tainted by bad luck. Consider it my doing good deeds."
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