Huo Yan stared at Su Ruanruan for a long time. He hadn't expected her to be so observant. He had underestimated her and had been careless in his vigilance.
He only lifted the tiles for a short while yesterday, but she discovered it.
He was increasingly convinced that Zhou the Butcher's death was related to her, but there were many things he just couldn't understand and he had no clue what to do with them.
However, he didn't care; if that bastard died, so be it.
That said, the longer he spent with her, the more he realized that Su Ruanruan was different from everyone else, unlike women from the countryside or from women from the capital.
He couldn't quite describe what kind of feeling it was.
In short, I seemed to be inexplicably attracted to her because of something unique about her.
Su Ruanruan felt a chill run down her spine under Huo Yan's gaze. Was this guy thinking about Butcher Zhou again?
She hugged Bai Ruan tightly and quickly took her leave.
Su Ruanruan went to the tofu shop and waited in the accounting office for a while before the workers who were looking for her returned.
A timid little beggar followed behind him.
Su Ruanruan listened to Ziwu's questions through the door.
"I've called you here for no other reason than to ask you what happened on the Fengshui Bridge last night. Do you know why Scholar Mu Bai fell into the water?"
The little beggar pursed his lips, somewhat frightened. "I... I was just passing by, I didn't do it."
Ziwu reassured her, "Of course I know it wasn't you. Don't be afraid. Just tell me what you saw. As long as you tell the truth, these ten coins are yours."
Zi Wu opened her palm, where a tempting copper coin lay.
“I, I’ll tell you. Last night, after I finished work and was on my way back to the dilapidated temple, I saw Scholar Mu looking for something by the Fengshui Bridge.”
"I didn't pay any attention and relieved myself by the roadside. When I looked back, I saw a woman wearing a veil standing in front of Young Master Mu."
"I don't know who that woman wearing a veil is, but I saw her try to help Young Master Mu, but he dodged away."
"Later, the woman picked up something from the ground. Young Master Mu reached out to take it, but she dodged him. She then threw the thing into the river. Young Master Mu immediately tried to grab it and fell into the river as well."
Purple Mist squinted, "And then?"
"Then the woman wearing the veiled hat glanced down at the bridge a few times, and hurriedly ran away."
"There was no one by the bridge at that time, and I didn't know how to swim, so I could only shout for help. Luckily, I ran into that fierce-looking head constable from the yamen, and he jumped into the water without saying a word..."
Inside the house, Su Ruanruan coughed, and Ziwu told the little beggar to wait a moment before going inside herself.
When he came out again, he had two more taels of silver in his hand. "Here you go, this is what you deserve."
The little beggar's eyes lit up. He quickly took the silver and stuffed it into his clothes, then knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Thank you, shopkeeper, thank you, shopkeeper."
Inside the accounting room, Su Ruanruan rubbed her soft, fluffy white fur, but her eyes were icy cold.
Only one name came to mind: Soho!
After leaving the tofu shop, Su Ruanruan did not return to the courtyard. Instead, she bought some pastries and candies and carried Bai Ruan towards the city gate.
When the oxcart was on its way to town, Su Ruanruan glanced at the tree at the town gate, only to find that Huo Yan was no longer there.
"Sister." A melodious voice rang out from ahead. Su Ruanruan looked in the direction of the voice and saw a carriage parked on the official road not far away.
The carriage curtain was lifted, revealing a handsome and refined face.
"Xiaoyu?"
"Where are you going, sister? Let me show you the way!"
Su Ruanruan pictured Mu Bai's jealous expression in her mind and shook her head. "No need, the oxcart will be here soon, I'll wait a little longer. Where are you... headed?"
Xiaoyu leaned against the car window, her eyes crinkling with laughter, "I'm going to Lingzhou, do you want to come along, sister?"
Lingzhou? What a coincidence, he's traveling the same way as Mu Bai.
If it weren't for the important matters she had to attend to recently, she would have liked to follow Mu Bai to see the world.
She has never traveled far from home since she came to this era.
As Su Ruanruan watched the oxcart approach in the distance, she hurriedly bid farewell to Xiaoyu, saying, "Hurry up and be careful on the road."
"Okay, I'm going now, sister."
Su Ruanruan boarded an oxcart from the county to the town, and waited in the town for quite a while before a cart passing through Daoxiang Village arrived.
After a bumpy ride, we arrived at my uncle's house after sunset.
"Ruanruan is back?" Aunt Liu looked at the mess on the table and was about to turn to the kitchen when she said, "Sit down first, I'll make you a bowl of noodles."
Su Ruanruan returned a little late, just as they were finishing their meal.
"No need to bother, Aunt. There are still two sweet potatoes left, I'll eat these."
Liu didn't stand on ceremony with her, "Alright then, you sit with these two little ones for a while, I'll go wash the dishes first."
Xiao Xi hadn't seen Su Ruanruan for a long time and wanted to rush into Su Ruanruan's arms, but she became timid when she saw the puppy in Su Ruanruan's arms.
On the contrary, Sanzhu boldly stepped forward and curiously examined Bai Ruan.
"It's so white and so small."
Perhaps sensing Sanzhu's goodwill, Bai Ruan also looked at him with her dark, round eyes.
Su Ruanruan placed the candies and pastries on the table, and then put Bai Ruan down.
Bai Ruan couldn't wait to run towards Sanzhu, her little tail wagging like a flower, sniffing around his trouser legs.
Sanzhu couldn't help but stroke its fur and exclaimed, "Xiaoxi, come and see how well-behaved it is!"
Xiao Xi didn't move. Taking advantage of the puppy's absence, she went to find her older sister.
Su Ruanruan pulled Su Xiaoxi into her arms and looked him over carefully. "Xiaoxi has grown taller again."
It's been almost a month since I last saw her, and Su Xiaoxi has visibly grown taller. Her once thin face has become much rounder, making her even more pretty and adorable.
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