Apart from making pastries for Lu Yuan a few times, this was the first time that Tuoba Jun cooked seriously, so this time she just followed behind Li Han to help. After all, she was embarrassed to show off her cooking skills that burned the kitchen.
"Li Han, you are so amazing. I wish I could have your cooking skills, so that I can firmly capture Lu Yuan's stomach!" Tuoba Jun looked at the table full of delicious food made by Li Han, swallowed his saliva, and was very envious.
Li Han smiled and jokingly said, "With your persistence, why would you need culinary skills? Why not just force yourself on Lu Yuan? Then, if you have a child, you can eat him alive!"
Tuoba Jun blushed at Li Han's words, and said, "Li Han, you're talking nonsense again!"
The two girls were fighting and making noises, which alarmed Lu Yuan and Lu Li. They came to the kitchen and asked, "What happened?"
Tuoba Jun and Li Han stopped, looked at each other, and then looked at the men in front of them. Suddenly, they felt a little embarrassed. "Nothing, the meal is ready, you can eat now."
Afterwards, the four of them and the old man ate together at the table. This heartwarming scene touched the old man who had been alone for a long time. Perhaps it was because he had been alone for a long time, and suddenly meeting these young people made him feel much younger. At this moment, the old man seemed to really treat the four of them as his own children.
Tuoba Jun and Li Han talked a lot with the old man, each sharing interesting things about themselves. The old man was very happy to hear it. Lu Li and Lu Yuan on the side also listened quietly with smiles on their faces.
Thinking about the last time the four of them were so leisurely together with Li Shu, it was in Tan Country. But now Li Shu's mental state is damaged, and the four of them are now in danger. In such a short period of time, everything changed so quickly, and the four of them couldn't help but feel touched.
After the group had a simple meal and drinks, they took the initiative to clean up the table. The old man was very satisfied with what the four of them had done, and as he had said before, he prepared to take them to the tunnel. "After you come out of the tunnel, you will reach the hill behind the village. Then walk straight ahead from the exit, and you will be able to walk out in no time!"
The four nodded to the old man. At this moment, someone suddenly knocked on the door and shouted loudly, "Old man, open the door quickly!"
"Oh no, those people must be here again. Hurry up and leave. I'll be here to hold them back!" The old man said, and hurriedly urged the four of them to leave quickly.
Tuoba Jun and his men didn't want to confront Shen Lingli's men head-on, as it would do them no good, so they thought about leaving quickly. After they all entered the tunnel, the old man immediately walked to the door and closed it tightly, then returned to the tunnel entrance.
The old man brought a few bundles of straw and used them to cover the entrance of the tunnel. After everything was done, he breathed a sigh of relief, then entered the tunnel and closed the door tightly to ensure his own safety.
After Lu Li took Li Han away, Shen Lingli was furious and immediately ordered his men to follow them. However, Lu Li's lightness skills were not something that ordinary people could catch up with, so they lost him again after a while.
Shen Lingli didn't believe that after losing Tuoba Jun, he could lose Li Han and the others as well. Unable to bear this, he ordered all his men to search the surrounding area, and even said that he would do anything to find Li Han.
Along the way, Shen Lingli kept using silver to bribe the people along the way, asking them if they had seen Lu Li and Li Han. As Shen Lingli expected, based on the descriptions of Li Han and Lu Li by the people and following clues, they tracked down the people and found their way back to the village.
This time, when the villagers saw Shen Lingli's men coming again, they stood guard at the door with weapons in hand and said seriously, "Why are you back again?"
Shen Lingli stepped forward and said, "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry to have to clean it again!" After Shen Lingli said that, she took off her veil and looked weak and fragile.
When the villagers saw such a weak girl in front of them, they couldn't help but feel pity for her. Their attitude softened significantly and they put down their weapons.
In addition to being very scheming and jealous, Shen Lingli is also particularly good at pretending to be weak to gain sympathy. Especially since Shen Lingli looks like a lady from a noble family, and with a few tears in the corners of her eyes, the villagers were really fooled by her.
"Girl, why are you crying? Tell us if you have anything wrong and we will help you!" One of the old ladies asked with concern.
Shen Lingli choked up and said, "We were indeed a bit reckless before and made everyone angry. I hope everyone will be magnanimous and not hold it against us. We were also helpless!"
The villagers looked at each other, confused by Shen Lingli's words. Shen Lingli continued, "You don't know, Zou is a maid in an official's house in the capital. Some time ago, the mansion was robbed by two thieves. The master was furious and said that if I couldn't catch those two people, he would beat me to death!"
When Shen Lingli said this, she burst into tears. An old lady came forward to comfort her, "Girl, it's okay, we will definitely help you. We are all miserable people, and we should help each other!"
"Thank you, Auntie!" Shen Lingli was full of gratitude, and then the villagers made way for her. Someone pointed the way and said that Li Han and Lu Li went to an old man's house, and then Shen Lingli led people to the old man's house.
When he arrived at the door, Shen Lingli knocked gently at first. He knew Li Han was inside and didn't want to alert the enemy. But after waiting for a while without any movement, Shen Lingli lost his patience and asked his men to break the door open and then rushed in.
After Shen Lingli led his men in, he found that the room had been cleaned up, but there was no one in it, even the old man was gone. Shen Lingli frowned, feeling that something was wrong, and quickly asked the guard beside him: "Are you sure no one has left this room during this time?"
This guard was previously assigned by Shen Lingli to monitor the village. He shook his head and said, "Yes, I have been guarding here all this time to make sure that no one has come out!"
Shen Lingli didn't believe that this person would disappear inexplicably. Suddenly, she noticed that there were obvious signs of cooking in the kitchen next to her, and it was just done not long ago. If there was no one in the kitchen, there would be no smell of smoke.
Shen Lingli frowned and ordered his men, "Search them carefully. They must be here. Even if they are not here, don't leave any corner unsearched!"
At Shen Lingli's command, his men immediately scattered, rushed into the house and began to search for people.
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