Chapter 203 Is Xue'er very important to Yuan Yuan?
"I am not a half-demon!" The black-robed man's tone became more urgent, and only then could one vaguely discern from the other's voice that it was a woman.
She peered through the black robe at the girl before her, whose expression she couldn't discern, and said with a wry smile, "I'm not a half-demon..."
Finally, the woman's voice turned into a low murmur. The firelight and footsteps in the courtyard gradually approached. Mu Jianjian saw that her hesitant movements suddenly became firm again. Even though her movements to climb out of the window were slow, she could still see the other person's determination.
Even if there's no hope, shouldn't we still fight for that last sliver of opportunity...?
After climbing out of the window, the woman in the black robe turned back and said into the dark room, "Thank you."
Mu Jianjian remained expressionless, showing no reaction. However, a loud "boom" was heard, followed by lightning and thunder that instantly illuminated everything under the night sky, revealing the woman's appearance outside the house.
She stared wide-eyed, unable to believe what she was seeing.
How could it be... her?
"Wait!" Mu Jianjian called out, stopping the departing woman in black robes. "I'll help you."
The woman in black robes turned around in disbelief. Although she had many questions in her mind, she knew that now was not the time to speak. She quickly went back into the house, while Mu Jianjian handed her a Qi-condensing talisman and pulled her to hide somewhere.
Just as everything was settled, Mu Jianjian quickly took a pill, let down her long hair to hide the wound on her neck, relit the oil lamp that had fallen and gone out, and opened the wooden door.
A large group of people stood at the entrance, led by a woman in a floral dress, Yun Rong, and some maids, followed by guards carrying oil lamps.
"Manager, Master." Mu Jianjian looked surprised, as if she was puzzled by so many people visiting at night. She stood up at a loss and stared blankly at the people at the door.
The woman in the floral dress glanced disdainfully at Yun Rong, whose face was cold and aloof, before turning her gaze back to the young girl. "Miss Mu, why didn't you stay in your own courtyard on such a rainy day? Why did you come to this side courtyard?"
The cold light scrutinized Mu Jianjian.
"Manager, I was awakened in the middle of the night and saw that there were no lights in the courtyard of the maid I am close to, so I took a lantern to check." Mu Jianjian answered earnestly and sincerely, but her eyes did not hide her panic.
The paper umbrella at the door and the oil lamp in his hand seemed to foreshadow all of this.
"Search." The woman in the floral dress glanced at the guards behind her and gave the order. The guards then surged into the entire courtyard.
Mu Jianjian's confusion was evident. She looked at Yun Rong, wanting to ask for an answer, but seeing the other's cold expression, she withdrew her gaze.
Seemingly noticing the girl's confusion, the woman in the floral dress spoke casually while the guards were searching, "Someone has escaped from the front yard. We need to capture this person tonight. I wonder if Miss Mu has seen anyone in this yard?"
"I..." Mu Jianjian tried hard to recall but still couldn't remember. "I don't seem to have any recollection. When I came to this courtyard to look for my sister, I accidentally tripped and fell, and the oil lamp got wet."
Where is she?
“Manager, I haven’t seen her. She’s very young and well-behaved, she wouldn’t wander off,” Mu Jianjian said urgently when asked this. “Besides, it’s raining so hard, she’s probably been—”
"Enough." The lady in the floral dress remembered the young girl in the courtyard. She looked impatiently at the guards who had returned from searching the entire courtyard, waiting for a reply.
What does the disappearance of a maid have to do with her?
"Reporting to the steward, we have searched the entire courtyard, but found no one and nothing unusual," a guard reported.
“Since you’re not in Yunrong’s courtyard, then Yunrong will also go back to her courtyard to rest,” Yunrong chuckled, turned around and stood in front of the woman in the floral dress, subtly blocking the woman’s gaze from looking at Mu Jianjian, “The weather is not good on this rainy day, you should also rest early.”
The woman in the floral dress clenched her hands, which were hidden in her sleeves. She glanced past Yun Rong's face into the room, her heart filled with resentment.
When that half-demon fled, he was clearly heading in this direction. She originally thought she could find something in Yun Rong's house to kill two birds with one stone, but now she hasn't found anything at all...
But if we linger here any longer, the half-demon will only escape further and further away.
The woman in the floral dress raised her hand, ready to call someone to leave, but a casual glance revealed a dark liquid on the ground not far away, and she stopped in her tracks.
"Someone, search this house again."
Upon hearing this, Mu Jianjian's eyelashes trembled slightly, and following the other person's gaze, she saw a trace of blood in the shadows.
Because the room was dark and only illuminated by the oil lamp in her hand, she hadn't noticed that she had wiped it off until the last moment.
As Mu Jianjian watched the guards enter one after another to search the area, she met the gaze of the woman in the floral dress. A chill ran down her spine, as if she were being stared at by a venomous snake and dared not move an inch.
"Miss Mu, did you really not see anything?" He had a smile on his lips, but his expression was devoid of any genuine joy.
"Really not." Mu Jianjian lowered her head, and upon closer inspection, one could see that her body was trembling slightly.
"Then, Miss Mu, could you tell me why there's blood over there?"
"I...I...I..." Mu Jianjian suddenly collapsed to the ground, but her expression, though buried in her hair, remained clear. "It's because I...came..."
His stuttering voice made people particularly suspicious.
"Hibiscus water has arrived."
"Steward, there is no one else in this room."
Two voices, one high and one low, appeared simultaneously. The woman in the floral dress seemed unwilling to accept this. She pushed Yun Rong aside and strode up to pull the girl up. Sure enough, she saw a red stain under the girl's body.
Perhaps the sudden onset of menstruation threw her off balance, which is why she was so flustered from beginning to end.
"laugh--"
The woman in the floral dress sneered, grabbed Mu Jianjian's hand, and flung her backward. Yun Rong caught her, glared at the two of them, and then left.
As soon as the woman in the floral dress left, her maids and guards also left in a dark mass, and the courtyard returned to silence.
Mu Jianjian stepped out of Yun Rong's arms, her face pale. "Beautiful sister, have you seen where Xue'er is?"
As a cultivator, she naturally wouldn't have the menstrual flow that ordinary women experience. She simply cut her wound and let the blood stain her lower body to create this illusion.
"I came out of my room today and didn't see Xue'er. I'm worried something might have happened to her." His eyes were filled with undisguised worry.
"Is Xue'er very important to Yuanyuan?" Yun Rong lowered her eyes, and the atmosphere around her changed abruptly.
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