Chapter 330 Teasing Yuanbao, Pretending to be Blind
"What's your name?"
Hongxiu suggested with a grin, "Let's call it chicken leg. Look how round it is, doesn't it look like a plump chicken leg?"
Chen Chu...
You overestimated Hongxiu; that girl can't think of anything but food.
Cat suddenly raised its head in Shen Chu's arms, stared wide-eyed at Hongxiu, and pouted its pink lips.
"Waaah... hiss..."
The sound this time was clearly different from the cute meowing sound it made earlier.
Hongxiu stared back incredulously, "What? Are you trying to scare me?"
Shen Chu gently stroked the cat and said softly, "You don't like this name? Then we won't call it Chicken Leg."
The cat lay back contentedly in Shen Chu's arms.
Hongxiu was quite surprised. "It actually has to choose its own name? Does it understand what we're saying?"
Han Feng laughed, "I spent over a hundred taels of silver to buy this cat. The person who keeps it says it's very intelligent."
Shen Chu saw the cat nestled in her arms, its body round and plump, like a big gold ingot.
"How about we call it Yuanbao (gold ingot)?"
Hongxiu pouted, "Girl, your naming skills are about the same as mine, right? My chicken leg is for eating."
"Your gold ingot is money, so tell me, what's the fundamental difference between these two?"
As soon as she finished speaking, the cat raised its head and rubbed against Shen Chu, letting out a soft meow.
Meow~
Red sleeves...
Chen Chu smiled and patted the cat's head.
"It seems you like this name very much, so from now on we'll call you Yuanbao."
Hongxiu glared at Yuanbao, her face full of disappointment and frustration.
"Why call it 'gold ingot'? It sounds like 'get rich'. 'Chicken leg' would be much better; it can fill your stomach."
Yuanbao: "Waaah~"
"Hmph, I didn't expect you to be such a vulgar cat."
Shen Chu smiled as she watched Hongxiu and Yuanbao staring at each other, then turned to ask Han Feng.
"Why did my senior brother suddenly decide to buy me a cat?"
"Just trying to cheer you up. You've been looking down lately, and you've been busy investigating cases."
"If this continues, you haven't gained much weight to begin with, how can the baby grow properly?"
Shen Chu felt a lump in her throat; it turned out that her senior brother had noticed her gloom.
"Thank you, Senior Brother."
Han Feng rubbed her head. "Why be so polite with your senior brother?"
With Yuanbao amusing her, Shen Chu's attention was diverted, and the melancholy she had felt these past few days due to missing Pei Yuan and the irritation caused by Luo Heng's questioning dissipated considerably.
So much so that it wasn't until mid-afternoon that he remembered to instruct Hongxiu, "Go find Third Senior Brother and ask him to come back tonight to discuss the case."
Ling Ce was currently chatting and drinking tea with Prefect Jiang, discussing the case.
Prefect Jiang poured a cup of tea and handed it over, his face full of sighs.
"So many people have gone missing in two months. To be honest, Master Shen, I haven't had a good night's sleep in the past two months."
I was so anxious my mouth was full of blisters, but now it's all better, the case is solved, and I can finally get a good night's sleep.
Ling Ce stroked his teacup. "Does Lord Jiang consider the case solved now?"
Prefect Jiang leaned forward and lowered his voice.
"The magistrate interrogated Zhao and Hu San today, and they confessed to the crime without reservation."
Hu San also admitted that he secretly injured the Vice Minister of Justice. Now that the case has sufficient evidence and witnesses, it can be closed.
Ling Ce looked at Prefect Jiang with a half-smile.
"Lord Jiang has such good eyes; his gaze is deep and piercing."
"Huh?" Prefect Jiang looked bewildered.
We were talking about the case, how did the topic suddenly shift to his eyes?
But it was, after all, a compliment.
Prefect Jiang chuckled and modestly replied, "Young Master Shen flatters me. My eyes..."
Before he could finish his self-deprecating remarks, Ling Ce shook his head and sneered.
"Sigh, why pretend to be blind when you have perfectly good eyes?"
Prefect Jiang...
So it wasn't a compliment after all.
Why is this young Master Shen so harsh? He was quite polite just two days ago.
Ling Ce said coldly, "The twenty missing girls haven't been found yet, and you want me to close the case?"
Are you obviously pretending to be blind? In the current situation, if you ask me to close the case, how will the families of those missing girls explain themselves?
"Lord Jiang, am I the fool, or are you?"
The smile on Prefect Jiang's face cracked slightly.
"Yes, according to the normal procedures of the yamen, the case can only be considered closed when the missing girls are found."
But, Lord Shen, you've seen Zhao's confession too. She only took money to transport people onto the ship.
She had no idea where these girls were sold.
In this vast world, where are we supposed to find these people? Are we going to search for twenty people? We can't keep the case open until we find them, can we?
I was only thinking of Lord Shen's sake. I heard that His Majesty only gave you one month.
If this case isn't closed by the deadline, and the adult is punished......"
Ling Ce raised an eyebrow, "Thinking of me?"
Prefect Jiang nodded earnestly.
Ling Ce laughed and patted his chest.
"So it was for my sake! You startled me. I thought Lord Jiang didn't want to find out the truth of the case."
Prefect Jiang gave a dry laugh.
"How could that be? If I didn't want to find out the truth, I wouldn't have taken the initiative to submit this memorial to His Majesty."
Ling Ce casually dusted off his clothes and stood up.
"That's good. Since Lord Jiang shares the same goal as me, then let me investigate thoroughly."
“But…” Prefect Jiang hesitated, unable to finish his sentence.
Ling Ce waved his hand and left.
As Prefect Jiang watched his retreating figure, his expression was complex and difficult to discern. After a long while, he let out a long sigh.
"They're just young people, they won't learn until they've been hurt badly. Oh well!"
Ling Ce left Prefect Jiang's office and returned to the new office that the government had prepared for him. His face immediately fell.
Trying to dodge the questions from these seasoned bureaucrats like my junior sister was incredibly awkward.
Given his temperament, he'll say whether something is right or wrong, or if it's not, he'll settle it with a fight.
What's the point of all this talk?
He rubbed his neck, preparing to relax his muscles and regain his original physique.
A crisp sound suddenly came from behind.
"Young Master Shen, is your neck uncomfortable?"
Ling Ce was immediately terrified, and his shinbone, which had just loosened, suddenly retracted.
He turned his head and saw Li Anning sitting on the couch by the window, smiling at him.
"When...when did you come in? You were as quiet as a cat, without making a sound?"
Li Anning looked completely innocent. "I came in a while ago. You just didn't notice me when you came back."
"Impossible. With my martial arts skills, how could I not sense that someone was in the room?"
Li Anning looked puzzled and asked, "When did your martial arts become so good?"
Ling Ce's heart skipped a beat.
I almost forgot, he's wearing a human skin mask on his face right now.
He is now Shen Chu, but Shen Chu's skills are not as good as his.
He pursed his lips and forcefully changed the subject.
"Did you come to see me for something?"
Li Anning walked over with her hands behind her back, smiling at him across the table.
She wore a bright red dress, with a long whip at her waist, and her eyes were bright and clear, yet filled with burning passion.
Ling Ce was momentarily caught off guard, and once again his mouth acted faster than his brain.
"Just say what you have to say. Can you please stop looking at me like a dog looks at a bone?"
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