Before Jiang Si could even open his mouth, Yu Jin said decisively, "No way!"

He stood up and stared down at Chuchu, full of displeasure: "Don't make such excessive demands just because you think my fiancée is kind-hearted. Since someone is chasing you, your whereabouts will be exposed at any time. Do you want to involve my fiancée in it? Besides, nothing happens without reason in this world. There must be a reason why those people are chasing you."

At this point, Yu Jin smiled coldly: "Maybe you know it yourself, but you just pretend to be innocent in order to gain sympathy."

"I'm not pretending to be innocent. Someone who was chasing me said, 'Who made me hear something I shouldn't have heard?' I don't even know who those people are, how can I know anything..." Chu Chu's anger disappeared, and she shook her head in self-mockery, "Forget it, I went too far, it has nothing to do with you guys."

She slowly got up and curled her lips towards Jiang Si: "Anyway, I'm sorry about what happened today, and thank you for letting me out of trouble temporarily."

She didn't say goodbye, nor did she look at Yu Jian, and slowly walked towards the door.

Jiang Si stared at Chuchu's back, and in a flash he figured out what that strange thought was: If what Chuchu said was true, would it be possible that... would the two men in Baiyun Temple not give up on tracking down the person who eavesdropped on their conversation, and then for some reason recognized the wrong person...

Jiang Si's gaze towards Chu Chu suddenly became subtle.

If I guessed correctly, didn't Chuchu save her from disaster?

Thinking of this, Jiang Si certainly couldn't let him go like this against her conscience, even though her conscience was limited...

"etc."

Chu Chu stopped and looked back.

"You can stay here for the time being."

Yu Jin and Chu Chu were both very surprised.

"Asi——"

Jiang Si whispered, "I have my own plan. I'll tell you later."

Chuchu was certainly not a foolish and honest person, who could do such a thing as hiding in a stranger's carriage and hijacking. After a little hesitation, she accepted Jiang Si's request to stay and said solemnly: "I owe you a favor, and I will repay it later."

Jiang Si was too embarrassed to respond and said calmly, "Come with me."

This house is the most common type of small courtyard house, with side rooms on the left and right. There are three main rooms in total. The middle one is the main room for receiving guests, the east room is the living room, and the west room is arranged as a study.

Jiang Si took Chu Chu directly to the east room.

"Miss Chuchu, please rest here. These bedding and sheets have been changed and no one has used them."

Chu Chu was a little hesitant: "Then you——"

Jiang Si smiled slightly: "Of course I don't live here."

Chu Chu thanked him and sat down along the bed.

Jiang Si turned back to the main room and poured a glass of water to Chuchu: "It's a little cold, Miss Chuchu, bear with it, I'll ask someone to boil some hot water for you later."

Seeing Chuchu drink up the lukewarm water in one gulp, Jiang Si asked, "Are you injured?"

Chu Chu paused, holding the water cup and smiling bitterly: "After being bitten by a group of inexplicable crazy dogs for so many days, it's good to be alive."

Jiang Si was not sure whether the guess was right or not, and of course he could not admit anything. He gave a few words of advice and went to find Yu Jian.

After settling Chuchu down, Yu Qi was still waiting for an explanation.

"Let's go for a walk in the yard."

The trees in the yard have begun to become bare, and the dead leaves fall to the ground in the night breeze.

Ah Fei was boiling water in the kitchen, Lao Qin was squatting under a tree, thinking about something, and Leng Ying simply disappeared, as if he had never appeared.

Jiang Si and Yu Jin walked towards the stone table under the tree, and Lao Qin stood up and squatted at the foot of the wall.

"Why did you leave him here?" Yu Jin leaned forward slightly, his eyes dark and bright, his hands on the stone table.

Jiang Si picked up a fallen leaf on the stone table and played with it. He felt that it was a bit ridiculous to say this, but he could probably only say it without any scruples in front of Yu Qi.

"I suspect that those who were hunting down Miss Chuchu were hunting down the wrong person. They might have been hunting down... me."

Yu Jin wanted to laugh but was not in the mood, so he just listened silently.

Jiang Si crushed the dead leaves between his fingertips and threw them into the wind, then asked Yu Jin: "Do you remember that I heard two people talking in Baiyun Temple? I hid at that time, but later I thought about it. It was raining that day, and it would have been difficult not to leave traces even if I was careful. If those two people found my footprints, they would have guessed that the one who heard them talking was a woman..."

"So they went to find Miss Chuchu?" Yu Jin thought Jiang was overthinking.

There is no such coincidence in this world.

"Asi, don't always take the blame on yourself."

Jiang Si sighed, "But Miss Chuchu saved the little boy that day and showed her good skills. If those two saw her, she would be easily misunderstood. Anyway, since this is a possibility, I can't be indifferent to what happened to Miss Chuchu."

I didn't kill Bo Ren, but Bo Ren died because of me. She doesn't want to bear more sins.

"Okay, if you want to keep them, then stay. I'll just follow this clue to investigate. If the two people you heard talking about are really the ones chasing Miss Chuchu, maybe I can find out why they want to plot against me."

After talking about Chuchu's affairs, Jiang Si remembered what Yu Jin had said before: "Did Hua Niang get murdered in Jinshui River?"

Yu Jin didn't talk about the case before because he was afraid that Jiang Si would be scared. When she asked, he stopped hiding it: "So far, four prostitutes have been killed. They are all prostitutes on small and medium-sized prostitute boats. One of them had a grudge against Yingying, the top girl of Yanchun class. I went to Yingying to ask about this tonight."

Jiang Si was quite surprised: "The death of four prostitutes is no small matter, but I didn't notice anything unusual when I saw the brothel owner tonight."

Yu Jin sneered, "Of course they don't want to make a big deal out of this. The arson case not long ago has become an unsolved case, and now that Hua Niang has been murdered, people are in a panic. Who would dare to come to Xiaosha anymore?"

Human life is like grass. When Hua Niang died on the Jinshui River, she was dead. They just tied her to a stone and threw her into the river, saving even the broken mat.

However, the heat of the recent arson case on the pleasure boat had not yet subsided, and the Yang family of the Shangshu Mansion was unwilling to let the case remain unsolved and were keeping a close eye on it. When they saw that a murder had occurred, they immediately reported it to Zhen Shicheng, which led to Yu Jin's night stroll along the Jinshui River.

"It's so late, I'll take you home. Don't come here for the time being, so as not to cause trouble. As for Miss Chuchu, I'll have someone take care of her."

"Then I'll tell Ah Fei."

Since the man who abducted Yu'er was most likely a street thug, Ah Fei might have some clues. Although Jiang Si asked Yu Jin for help, he was unwilling to give up any possibility.

Yu Jin saw Jiang Si off and returned to the palace, but found that Long Dan had returned first.

"You're back so early?" Yu Jin raised his eyebrows.

Based on his understanding of Long Dan, shouldn't he wait until tomorrow morning to report to him?

Long Dan looked strange: "Master, I met a flower girl..."

"Yeah." Yu Jin listened expressionlessly.

Long Dan's expression became more and more strange: "Master, that Hua Niang looks... a bit like Miss Jiang..."

Yu Jin's expression suddenly became serious, and he asked in a deep voice, "Which pleasure boat?"