The two began to discuss it.
Third Sister meant for them to endure the pain and return to the inn.
However, Xu Yuehuai disagreed. "Everyone is still in shock and seriously injured. We can't do something like kicking someone when they're down. How about we let them find an inn nearby and get some rest for a while?"
San Niang could only nod in agreement, finding Xu Yuehuai's words reasonable and well-founded.
The two quickly arranged accommodations for everyone. Seeing how kind they were, the group all requested a large dormitory room. Xu Yuehuai finished arranging everything and was about to head back when it was already pitch black.
To make matters worse, it's currently the plum rain season.
The weather is like a child's face, changing in an instant. This morning it was cloudless, but now it's covered with dark clouds. Huge, anvil-like cloud masses hang heavily in the sky, seemingly ready to roll down at any moment.
As Xu Yuehuai watched, her mood became restless.
Third Sister was also anxious.
"Or maybe we shouldn't go back. Time is too tight, there's curfew coming up."
Xu Yuehuai quickly calculated that at this point in time, they indeed had no way to go back.
The two had no choice but to find shelter in this inn.
She wasn't worried at all about any problems with Zhou Niang's side, after all, Zhou Wan was a very meticulous person.
As dusk fell, the three little ones returned.
After returning home, they each started doing their homework.
Zhou Wan was feeling unwell today because of the weather. She saw the three little ones writing something and went closer to take a look. She noticed that A Qi's handwriting was neat and tidy, which was completely different from a month ago.
As for Jiang Shichen and Jiang Qianqian, they have also reached a higher level.
Seeing this, Zhou Wan was extremely gratified.
After finishing their writing, Aqi and the others went downstairs to help people clean up. By the time everything was done, it was late at night, and everyone was worried about Xu Yuehuai, so they couldn't help but ask a lot of questions.
Zhou Wan was worried that everyone would overthink things, so she said, "I was originally going to come back, but I was delayed. I will be back tomorrow morning. I'm safe and sound, so don't worry."
The three little ones then went to sleep.
But Ah Qi couldn't fall asleep, tossing and turning, his mind still replaying the events of the afternoon before yesterday. Master Huang's attitude towards him was clearly kind, unlike his attitude towards the other children.
Even the rewards he received were more than those of the other children.
He always felt that the two looked similar, but he couldn't figure out anything else.
It's raining tonight. The pattering raindrops are tapping on the banana leaves outside the window, and soon everyone is drifting off into a sweet dream.
But at that moment, a thief nimbly scaled the wall and landed on the artificial rockery. The man seemed to know the place inside and out. He was very fast and entered Xu Yuehuai's house, where he began to search.
He had assumed Xu Yuehuai would have some recipes or other hidden treasures, but after peering around with a candle for a long time, he only found a boxing manual and something else on the bookshelf that no one could understand.
Actually, it was a multiplication table that Xu Yuehuai had written beforehand, intended for the three little ones to study and reference. It mainly contained calculation formulas and the like.
The man placed the candle aside and became increasingly curious as he looked at it.
Finally, driven by curiosity, the man decided to take the thing for himself.
But at that moment, the door creaked open from the outside, and the man hurriedly turned around.
"Catch the thief!"
It was Ah Qi who shouted.
After Ah Qi shouted, everyone inside and outside became anxious and rushed over to catch the thief. Seeing that the situation was not good, the man grabbed a handful of Emei daggers and started fighting with Ah Qi.
Although Ah Qi was highly skilled in martial arts, his stamina and physical strength were far inferior to those of an adult male. The man ambushed Ah Qi and then fled.
By the time everyone got up and searched for the thief, he had already vanished.
Zhou Wan also felt strange.
A quarter of an hour later, everyone returned. They looked at each other in bewilderment. Zhou Wan frowned. "The head manager and the second manager had just left when this happened. What if something is lost? How are we going to explain this to them?"
Jiang Qianqian popped out from behind, "The thief went to Grandma's house. I checked, and he only lost a multiplication table."
"What else is missing?"
Jiang Qianqian answered fluently, "The gold, silver, jewels, silks and satins are all there. Nine times out of ten, the thief came to steal some recipes."
Everyone searched everywhere and found that not a single penny was missing. They conducted another thorough search but did not find the person, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally, dawn broke.
Everyone took their places and began a busy day.
By the time Xu Yuehuai and San Niang learned of this, it was already noon, and they were returning home laden with their loot. Upon hearing this, Xu Yuehuai couldn't help but feel a chill run down her spine. "Where's A Qi? Is he injured?"
"Ah Qi was brave, managing to hold his own against that man, but he was an adult after all, and Ah Qi couldn't gain the upper hand. In the end, the guy still managed to escape."
Xu Yuehuai found it strange.
She looked around the room and realized that only a draft notebook was missing.
After much thought, Xu Yuehuai finally solved the mystery that had been troubling him. He laughed heartily, "So, the thief mistook Chen Fafa for a recipe and took him away, hahaha."
Third Sister smiled too.
"We don't have any ready-made recipes, don't you have them all in your mind?"
But ever since that day, Xu Yuehuai has continued to urge everyone to be careful and cautious.
After all, it's not the theft itself that's scary, it's having someone eyeing you.
Li Feng, who was next door, waited for most of the day but his subordinate did not return. He was filled with doubts. While he was studying how to improve the method of making hairy tofu, Xu Yuehuai had already had the little beggar explain the method to everyone.
Everyone went home and started working, which inevitably made Li Feng furious.
"What? Has everyone in the city learned how to do it now?"
"Master, it's obvious that Xu Yuehuai leaked the information himself. He's been manipulating us from beginning to end!" one of the subordinates said angrily.
Li Feng gritted his teeth, "I'm going to make her suffer a terrible defeat."
As for the rest of the people, they all felt it was a pity.
Only Xu Yuehuai herself didn't feel anything was unusual. "It's just a method, what's the big deal? Anyone can easily figure it out with a little research. It'll be leaked sooner or later."
Since the secret has already been leaked, there's no point in saying more.
However, what Xu Yuehuai and the others were completely unaware of was that the thief did not leave successfully that night. The man approached the corner of the wall, intending to use the artificial rock to climb up, but little did he know that the wall and the artificial rock were wet. As a result, the man fell down, screamed, and rolled into a dark barrier.
It turns out that this was an ancient well that the shopkeeper had dug here before.
The well had dried up, and over the years, for some unknown reason, it had become sealed under the artificial rockery, remaining unknown to most people.
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