Chapter 40
Lin Xing and Yu Hang hesitated for a long time and decided to search around the house first, hoping they would find something new. The two men turned the house upside down, but found nothing. In other words, it seemed like no one had ever lived here.
This is strange. Boss Li brought Shen Ling into the room. This must be her own room. But now all the signs indicate that no one lives in the house. Could it be that she can't sleep every night and sits up to play the piano?
Lin Xing raised her head from the closet, "Yu Hang, did you find anything over there?"
"No."
"well!"
Yu Hang covered Lin Xing's mouth with his hand and signaled her not to make any sound. After a while, there was a knock on the door.
"Boss Li, are you in the room?"
The knocking and questioning continued for a long time. Yu Hang let go of her hand only after hearing the footsteps outside the house fade away. Not long after the two of them relaxed, they heard a conversation outside the house.
"Boss, Boss Li is not in the room. How do we give her this letter?"
Another impatient voice sounded, "Why not just put it in the house?"
"But the messenger said that the letter must be delivered to Boss Li in person."
"Do you really think she's your boss? If you keep wasting our time, I'll make you pay."
One pair of footsteps moved away, while another pair of footsteps approached. Lin Xing and Yu Hang were speechless. At the critical moment, Lin Xing pulled Yu Hang and hid under the bed.
Lin Xing discovered that this bed was different from the ancient ones, as if it had undergone special modifications. They can observe every move of the people in the house, but people outside cannot see them unless they hide under the bed.
The younger brother in the room finally left. He did put a letter on the table, and even put a hairpin on it in case the boss didn't notice it. Yu Hang quickly went out to get the letter, but Lin Xing didn't come out after waiting for a long time.
Yu Hang was startled, but the next second he heard Lin Xing's voice, "Yu Hang, there seems to be a secret passage under this bed."
"You come out first, I'll go explore the way."
The danger of the secret passage was known in advance, but as an ordinary person, Lin Xing naturally would not refuse this proposal. The result was that she stood by the bed with the letter.
“Pah.”
"The secret passage is open. I'll go down first."
Lin Xing heard the sound of Yu Hang landing on the ground, crawled under the bed, and faced the hole, "What's the situation down there? Can I go down?"
"It seems safe now. Come down. I'll catch you from below."
"I'm not afraid of heights."
Then Lin Xing jumped down neatly. It was not deep, and Yu Hang was just right inside. He estimated that it was about 180 degrees. Even though it was not high, Lin Xing staggered. Fortunately, Yu Hang supported her in time, and the distance between them was shortened for a moment.
"Thanks."
"These are all trivial matters. There's no need to be polite between you and me."
If it were the future Yu Hang, he would know that Lin Xing was not being polite, but a little shy.
The two men separated themselves by some distance and began to observe the secret passage. It was only one person tall, but quite wide, so two people could stand side by side without feeling crowded. There were oil lamps hanging on the walls on both sides of the secret passage, illuminating the eyes of the two people.
"We still have to go forward, Shen Ling and the boss may be there."
"Okay, I'll go ahead of you."
Lin Xing and Yu Hang walked forward one after the other. After walking for dozens of meters, a door appeared in front of them. It was not locked, so Yu Hang pushed the door open directly.
Behind the door is a room decorated in the same way as before, but the difference is that it has a more lively atmosphere. From a distance, Lin Xing noticed that there was a person lying on the bed, and Yu Hang in front of her naturally saw it as well.
The two of them rushed to the bed, or it would not be an exaggeration to say they pounced on it. The man's face was flushed. Lin Xing trembled as she tried to feel his breath, then hit him directly. This guy sleeps soundly!
Seeing that Shen Ling had no intention of waking up, Lin Xing shook him desperately and used sonic attacks at the same time, "Shen Ling, wake up!"
With her persistence, Shen Ling finally woke up. He saw the two people in front of him in a daze and rubbed his eyes in disbelief.
"Why, you don't want to see the two of us? I see you want to see the boss."
"That's right."
Shen Ling was now completely sober, "No, I was just too happy to see you guys, I didn't expect you guys would be there to accompany me in the underworld."
Lin Xing rolled her eyes and hit him again, "We are not dead, stop talking nonsense, where is the boss?"
Shen Ling smiled and pointed behind them. Lin Xing turned her head stiffly, but Yu Hang remained calm.
There was no one, not even a ghost.
“Shen Ling, do you want to die?”
Shen Ling laughed so hard that he fell back on the bed, "I didn't expect that I really scared you. Look how calm Yu Hang is."
"I am a martial artist, and I am more perceptive than you. I didn't hear any footsteps behind me just now."
Lin Xing wanted to beat up both of them, but she gave up the idea when she saw the two men of similar height in front of her. "I think the boss likes you very much. Why don't you just stay here and obey her?"
She pulled Yu Hang to leave, and Shen Ling said hurriedly: "I just saw that your face was not right, so I teased you, and now you are much more normal."
Shen Ling nodded with satisfaction, which made Lin Xing even angrier. Just as she was about to retort, she saw Shen Ling making the same move as before.
Lin Xing ignored him and slapped his hand down mercilessly, "Do you think I'm easy to fool?"
"This time it's real."
Yu Hang whispered in Lin Xing's ear, reminding her that her voice just now was not too low and the boss must have heard it. Now it's not right to turn back or not to turn back, it's all Chen Ling's fault.
“It seems that Mr. Shen has woken up. In this case, I feel relieved. There is only one bed in the room, and there is no way to fit two people.”
These words interrupted Lin Xing's hesitation. She turned around hurriedly and saw Boss Li standing behind them holding the unconscious Xiaomei. Lin Xing rushed to her side to check on her and breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that she had just fainted.
Shen Ling rolled and crawled off the bed to make room for Xiaomei. They remained silent until Xiaomei was put down.
“How do you feel, Master Shen? Are you still feeling uncomfortable?”
Shen Ling didn't dare to continue talking to her, and waved his hand and retreated behind Yu Hang. Boss Li saw this and smiled even more brightly.
"Just now, you were chatting with me, but now you are avoiding me like a snake. I am really sad."
As she spoke, she came in front of the two of them, and Yu Hang suddenly stepped aside, leaving Shen Ling and the boss face to face. Lin Xing and Yu Hang were waiting to see the joke, but Shen Ling was slow to speak.
"Oh, it's my fault for not thinking carefully. The young master smelled the incense and he probably isn't sober now."
As the words fell, Shen Ling's figure became shaky, but fortunately Yu Hang beside him stabilized him. Lin Xing signaled Yu Hang to help the man sit down on the bed, then raised the envelope in her hand. She didn't say anything and kept staring at the boss.
Boss Li's smile disappeared and his expression turned ugly. This was exactly what Lin Xing wanted to see, and she pretended to open the envelope.
"Wait a minute, this letter is very important to me, you can't read it."
Lin Xing stopped what she was doing and said, "You don't have to let me see it, as long as you tell me everything about the post station truthfully."
"I didn't know Miss Lin was such a rude person. It seems your mother never taught you to be grateful."
If it were someone else, they would be shocked by this, but Lin Xing's mother certainly didn't teach her this. Lin Xing smiled indifferently, "Of course I am grateful to the boss for saving Xiaomei, but one thing is one thing."
Lin Xing nodded slightly, raised the letter in her hand, and raised her eyebrows at the boss.
The boss closed his eyes and seemed to have made a great decision. "I admit that this post station is a shady shop. When I was a child, I was taken in by the boss of this post station. At that time, this post station was like this. Later, the boss passed away, and I inherited her position and became the new boss, taking over the business here."
"Business? A black shop can be called a business, how ridiculous."
Lin Xing glared at Yu Hang, "Then why did you save us?"
The boss looked at the drowsy Shen Ling, his eyes full of obsession, “Of course it’s because Mr. Shen and I get along well, and I can’t bear to let him die, and I can’t bear to let him be sad.”
"How are you going to get us out of the restaurant? If I'm not mistaken, your men are chasing us."
"Miss Lin has already told my subordinates, as a boss, can they stop me from doing anything I want to do?"
"That's true for a real boss, but it's hard to say for a fake boss."
"Miss Lin is really good at joking."
Boss Li extended his hand, and Lin Xing handed over the letter as promised. After getting it, Boss Li immediately turned around and left, leaving behind his last words.
"You rest here tonight, and I will send you out tomorrow morning. As for how to send you out, I have my own ideas, so don't worry about it."
I don’t know what Boss Li said, but there was suddenly a lot of noise upstairs, and then it was completely silent.
"Did she just tell the truth?"
"Yes but not completely."
Yu Hang:? ? ? ? ?
"Her words are half true and half false. We can't believe them all, but she probably really doesn't want to do anything to us."
“In that case, why don’t you go to bed and rest for a while, I’ll help Shen Ling to the ground.”
Looking at the unconscious Shen Ling, Lin Xing couldn't bear it, and just shook her head, "I don't need to sleep, don't torment him."
At the beginning of the morning hour, the boss appeared in the secret room again. If she hadn't spoken, Lin Xing, who hadn't slept all night, would not have noticed her.
"I'm sorry to trouble you all. I see Miss Lin has been standing there all night."
Although he said he was in an awkward situation, there was no apology on his face, and he even had a smile that made people feel warm and relaxed.
"You're here early enough."
"If you don't get up early, you won't be able to leave." The boss came to Lin Xing and secretly stuffed a package into her hand. "Hurry up and wake them up. The carriage is waiting outside the post station."
There was no way to delay this, Lin Xing gently pushed Xiao Mei, and Yu Hang directly pulled Shen Ling up and stood up. After making sure that the two were able to walk, one person supported the other and they followed the boss away.
Going up through the secret passage and then to the lobby, we saw many men in black fainted in front of the table. It seemed that this was Boss Li's method.
The group went out quietly, but there was only one carriage. Fortunately, the carriage was big enough to accommodate four people.
"I see that this young man is good at martial arts, and he must be able to drive a car. My ability is limited, and this is the limit."
Lin Xing understood the pros and cons and was very grateful to her boss, "Thank you, Boss Li, this is enough."
The two patients were allowed to get on the carriage first. While Lin Xing was waiting, the boss suddenly said loudly, "I took a lot of money from you but didn't let you sleep well. However, this carriage and the kindness of letting you go should be worth the price."
Then she whispered in Lin Xing's ear: "You must keep the things I give you well, and don't let me down."
Lin Xing subconsciously tightened the rope in her hand, while the boss had already walked into the house.
Looking at Yu Hang waiting by the carriage, Lin Xing didn't care about anything else and hurriedly got in the car. She was the only one sober among the three. In the shaking carriage, Lin Xing opened the package.
Inside were a few smaller packages of medicinal herbs and a letter.
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