Mrs. Yuan bowed and wiped the sweat from her forehead. She must have been a little too hasty.
"Fifth sister, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."
Ren Yaoqi said apologetically, "I'm sorry for bothering you."
Sister Yuan smiled and said, "I know that you are kind-hearted, Fifth Sister. Otherwise, you wouldn't care about these things."
Ren Yaoqi shook his head and said nothing more. He just asked directly, "Did Yuan Dayong go to Baiyun Temple to find Zhu Ruomei?"
Sister Yuan sighed softly and shook her head: "No."
Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but frown. Could it be that she guessed wrong? Wasn't that poem referring to the White Dragon Temple?
Mrs. Yuan continued, "Dayong searched the White Dragon Temple inside and out. He didn't find anything wrong. But when he was about to leave, someone threw a note at his feet."
Mrs. Yuan took out something from her sleeve pocket that was similar to the one Yuan Dayong showed her last time, a rolled-up piece of paper tied with a dark brown hairband.
Mrs. Yuan was afraid that the thing was not clean, so she took the initiative to help Ren Yaoqi unfold it and put it on the kang table in front of Ren Yaoqi.
It was indeed the same handwriting as last time, still written in neat regular script. But this time there was only one word on the paper: "哓"
Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but smile bitterly. When would this guy stop?! Was he addicted to guessing riddles?
Seeing Ren Yaoqi's helpless expression, Sister Yuan couldn't help but read the character up and down, and asked curiously, "Dayong opened the note and read it when he found it, but he didn't know what the character '哓' meant, so he had to bring it back to Fifth Sister to see. Dayong, your guess of 'White Dragon Fish Clothes' last time was probably correct, and you might be able to guess it this time as well."
Yes, it was not difficult for her to guess the answer, but she was a little embarrassed about whether to follow that person's instructions.
Ren Yaoqi was silent for a moment, then sighed, "I understand. Sister Yuan, go back first. I'll give you the news later."
Seeing Ren Yaoqi like this, Mrs. Yuan didn't know whether she had guessed it or not, but she couldn't ask, so she could only stand up and bow: "Then I will leave first. If you have any instructions, please send someone to the outer courtyard to tell my headmaster."
Ren Yaoqi nodded, served tea and asked Mrs. Yuan to leave.
Just as Sister Yuan reached the door, Ren Yaoqi heard Pingguo's voice outside: "What are you doing? I don't want anyone to wait on me."
"Didn't nanny teach you that tea should be served when guests come? I'm just going in to serve the tea and will be back soon. Why are you yelling?" This was Qingmei's voice.
Mrs. Yuan stood at the door, not knowing whether to go out or come in.
Ren Yaoqi frowned slightly.
At this time, another voice lowered its voice and scolded: "What are you making noise here? What if you disturb me?" It was Aunt Xu who came back.
Ren Yaoqi waved at Mrs. Yuan to indicate that she didn't need to worry about it, and Mrs. Yuan opened the door with a creak.
The conversation outside suddenly stopped.
Mrs. Yuan said hello to them and left.
Not long after, Aunt Xu came in with Pingguo and Qingmei. Seeing Ren Yaoqi sitting on the kang reading a book, Aunt Xu quickly apologized, "Fifth sister, please forgive me. It's my fault for not disciplining you properly and disturbing you."
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