Village Chief Lin and the others could only watch helplessly as the two women left. Although they wanted to stop them, the two women were very firm in their word, and no one could change their minds once they made a decision. In the end, they could only choose to keep quiet.
When An Shuyi and Xia Hua arrived at Jinnan City on horseback, the city gates were already closed. However, this was not difficult for them. They tied up their horses in the woods, changed into a set of black sportswear and sneakers, and then Xia Hua handed them a grappling hook and rope.
I bought this at a shopping mall. I have to say, this mall is even better than modern shopping malls. It's almost like Taobao. It has everything, except for medicine. The clothes are all modern too.
Once they reached the foot of the city wall, An Shuyi tied the rope to the other end of the grappling hook. Looking at Xia Hua, who was also tied up, she held the rope in one hand and started swinging it with the other. Whoosh, the grappling hook, carrying the rope, flew up to the top of the wall. After it landed on the ground, she slowly pulled it back. Once the grappling hook caught something and she pulled hard a few times without it slipping, she pulled on the rope and climbed up.
The two quickly climbed the city wall, but there were still soldiers below, so they had to be careful to avoid them. It was now the hour of Hai (9-11 PM), and Jinnan City was still brightly lit, but there weren't many people. They couldn't appear in the crowd, so they could only go to the prefect's residence from a hidden place.
The two stood outside the prefect's residence, then climbed over the wall and onto the roof, but they couldn't find the prefect in the main courtyard or the backyard, nor in any of the other houses where the lights were on.
"Huahua, hasn't the prefect returned yet?" An Shuyi asked, leaning over her side. She could see the prefect's wife, two concubines, two sons, and a daughter, with the rest being maids, servants, and guards.
Xia Hua thought for a while, "Maybe. After all, it's a prefecture, so it's impossible for it not to be busy. Let's wait here for a while. If they haven't returned by midnight, then let's go back first and come back another day."
Men from ordinary families would go out to eat, drink, and have fun, let alone a prefect. Even if he didn't go, he was still handling matters and couldn't possibly stay at home. Moreover, his wife and children were busy with their own affairs and didn't seem worried at all about the prefect not returning. It seems that the prefect returning late is already the norm for him.
"Alright, let's wait here for a while!" An Shuyi turned to look at Xia Hua and said, "Hua Hua, do you think we can go back to the modern world?"
Xia Hua looked at her in confusion, "What's wrong? Don't you like it here?"
But thinking about it, it shouldn't be like that. The two of them are very adaptable, like weeds that can survive if thrown on the ground. Not to mention that they have just traveled to ancient times, there is no reason why they cannot survive.
An Shuyi shook her head. "No, I was just thinking that since this world is a book, maybe we still have a chance to travel back in time."
She didn't miss her family in that world that much. After all, compared to Hua Hua, her parents and two older brothers were not as important as Hua Hua. Xia Hua was a playmate that her parents found for her, and she had no relatives since she was a child.
They had known each other since they were three years old, and their relationship was not good at first. When she was five, she and Xia Hua were kidnapped together and met the kidnapper, Mr. Qiao. Mr. Qiao saw that the two of them did not cry or make a fuss, but were interested in killing, so he let them go.
After that, he hid in her villa and taught the two of them martial arts every night. Whenever it was summer vacation, he would kidnap them and teach them how to live in the jungle and how to kill wild animals. Later, he would take them to kill people. Mr. Qiao would watch from a distance while she and Xia Hua were responsible for the killing.
But after a few years, the two of them grew tired of this and didn't want to go anymore. Just when they were about to tell Mr. Qiao about their idea when he came next time, they didn't expect that Mr. Qiao would be so unlucky and get killed instead when he went to kill someone.
They were only fifteen years old at the time. After that, they never killed anyone again, nor were they kidnapped again. Like other children, they went to school every day, even though they already knew those things.
After graduation, she and Xia Hua took over the company left to her by her parents. Everything went smoothly until one mishap sent them to ancient times, or rather, into a book.
Xia Hua didn't care when she heard what she said. Going back was fine, not going back was fine too. Anyway, she had little family affection. In modern times, she didn't have any family members, only Shushu. After coming here, although she had family members, it was almost the same as not having any.
Her adoptive father has two sons. That day, she asked her sons to inform her father, but when they came back, they said they wouldn't go with them, but with their two sons instead. That's fine, she can't be bothered with them anyway!
"Anyway, there's nothing to miss in that world. It would be great to go back, but if I can't, I can stay here. I have a son and grandson here, and I don't even have to give birth to them myself. Isn't that great?"
An Shuyi looked at her. Well, there really wasn't anything to miss. As for her family, they probably only knew that after she died, they would give her a grand funeral and maybe shed a couple of tears in front of outsiders.
It has to be said that her modern parents are really good at making money, with businesses all over the world. Her two older brothers are the same. Even if she inherits the company, it will only be a drop in the ocean.
The house they lived in was even more luxurious, and bodyguards could be seen everywhere. The reason why Mr. Qiao was able to successfully kidnap her and Hua Hua every time was because the two of them ran away. If they were at home, it would be impossible.
"Shushu, isn't that the Prefect?"
Hearing what she said, An Shuyi quickly turned her head to look. "Yes, no one else would wear this official robe. Judging from his appearance, he looks like he just came back from handling some business." The prefect looked tired, so he probably wasn't too bad off.
If he went out to play with others and came back this late, there's a 50% chance he's not a good person. But if he was on official business and only came back now, even if he's not an honest official, he can't be too bad.
Seeing the prefect enter the main courtyard, the two followed him up to the roof of the main courtyard, gently lifted a blue tile, and listened to what was being said below.
The prefect's wife had a servant bring water to the room. "Master, you've been busy until this late again tonight. Your health won't be able to handle this. The matters at the prefectural office can be dealt with tomorrow. They don't necessarily have to be finished today."
The prefect sat wearily in his chair. "Today, an official reported that many people have died in Anhe Prefecture and Pingyuan Prefecture due to drought, and then there was flooding, which has increased the death toll several times over. Moreover, cholera has already appeared."
"Although it is far from our Jinnan City, there are many refugees here this time. Who knows if any of them have contracted cholera? Although Jinnan City is also experiencing drought, it is not severe. The terrain is high, and the floods have not reached here. Now, if there is a cholera outbreak, who knows how many people will die."
This is a work of pure fiction; please do not take it as factual.
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