"You don't understand! I need alcohol, for saving lives! Alcohol's freezing point is tens of degrees below zero, while water's freezing point is zero. If you mix alcohol and water in a certain proportion, the water will freeze, and what's left will be alcohol! It's much easier to get this way. If you distill it, you have to find distillation equipment, which is too much trouble!"
"You risked your life all this way just to get some alcohol? Why didn't you just buy some from the bartender?"
"The liquor in the tavern is too weak; you can't extract much alcohol from a whole vat. I don't have that much time to wait!"
"oh!"
"Hey! You two, have you seen anyone suspicious?"
When Xie Yushu saw a guard approaching and asking, she immediately lowered her voice and replied.
"No! Not even a bird comes here at night!"
"Pay attention! Report any suspicious persons immediately!"
"yes!"
"Phew! That scared me to death!"
The woman breathed a sigh of relief after the man left.
After a while, the woman said
"My name is Qu Xiaodie, I'm seventeen! What about you?"
"Xie Yushu, fifteen!"
"So, are we friends now?"
"If you don't try to kill yourself again, then forget it!"
"But I have no home! The world is so big, yet there is no place for me. I don't know what the point of living is!"
Qu Xiaodie's voice was filled with a deep sense of loneliness!
Xie Yushu also seemed more somber, the grief of losing her family made everything she said sound insignificant!
After hesitating for a long time, Xie Yushu said
"If you want, come home with me first! The world is in chaos right now. We'll make other plans once things settle down!"
No matter what, you've already taken your revenge and survived the hardest times. If your parents knew you were going to die now, they'd probably be so angry they'd flip the coffin lid off and try to clean the water out of your head!
Life isn't scary! If you're not afraid of death, why should you be afraid of living?
You can admire the spring flowers and autumn moon, and witness the everyday life of ordinary people!
In the future, you might meet someone you like who likes you back, and have lovely children. Life is long, and life is precious; it's worth cherishing!
"Ha! Haha! Knowing my dad's explosive temper, if he knew I was going to threaten to kill myself, he might really turn the coffin lid off!"
But my mother must be heartbroken and cry herself blind. I shouldn't have gone over there so soon and upset them!
Qu Xiaodie wiped away her tears and sidled up to Xie Yushu, clinging tightly to her arm.
"You said it, I'll go to your house, no take-backs!"
"No backing out!"
Seeing Xie Yushu's certainty, Qu Xiaodie stopped crying and started actively planning her escape route!
About an hour later, the towering fire gradually died down. The mansion had been searched several times. Xie Yushu guessed that the mansion was about to take another action. Calculating that the time was about right, she went into the wine cellar to get her alcohol.
Sure enough, the wine bottle she had thrown on the ice was frozen solid, the water was frozen into ice blocks, and all that was left was alcohol. Xie Yushu poured the alcohol into the prepared porcelain bottle, about 100 milliliters, not much, but enough to disinfect Han Zhongyu's wound!
Xie Yushu had just tucked the alcohol into her waistband when Qu Xiaodie entered.
"Hurry up, the bell in the front yard is ringing to gather everyone! All the servants and guards should be there by now, so we can take a shortcut out!"
"Lead the way!"
Qu Xiaodie was familiar with the layout of the courtyard. She led Xie Yushu through a secluded and sparsely populated area and soon arrived at the eastern courtyard wall.
Not far from them was a small house with three rooms. Xie Yushu and Qu Xiaodie quietly sneaked over to check. There was no one in the house, only a table of cold food: a bowl of cornbread and a large bowl of stewed cabbage.
Xie Xiaodie whispered
"I guess the guard on night duty didn't have time to eat before being called to find someone!"
Xie Yushu said while packing the steamed buns
"Pack as much as you can, because you won't even be able to afford cornbread outside!"
Xie Xiaodie quickly followed suit and started making the costume. After they finished, the two of them swiftly climbed over the wall.
It was late at night when the two headed straight for the west city wall. There were no patrols around, so they simply walked up the steps to the wall. When they came down, Xie Yushu intended to use her short sword for leverage, but Qu Xiaodie used her lightness skill to pull her down!
Xie Yushu was shocked, not expecting Qu Xiaodie to be so skilled in martial arts.
"You can actually fly!"
Wow! This is the first time she's truly experienced what it's like to be a light-footed kung fu master!
Qu Xiaodie saw this and said smugly
"My father was the most skilled bodyguard in Tai'an Prefecture, and he was also the chief bodyguard of Longchang Escort Agency!"
Later, the Longchang Escort Agency was taken over by Zhang Zhidao. They abandoned all ethics and engaged in shady dealings, so my father resigned from his position as head escort and returned home to open a martial arts school! My siblings and I all learned martial arts from my father from a young age!
Xie Yushu fawned over him with clasped hands.
"Heroine, please take care of me!"
"Of course! Of course!"
"Speaking of which, if your kung fu is so good, why didn't you kill that bastard Young Master Zhang sooner?"
Qu Xiaodie said indignantly when this was mentioned.
"That beast only loves women who are half-dead. All the women who went in were fed muscle-relaxing powder, and it was taken with meals. I only found out about it after a long time of secretly figuring it out. So I try to eat as little as possible every day, and that's how I slowly regained some strength!"
I thought I could kill that beast with one blow today, but who knew that his room always had the scent of young girls burning, which is why I failed!
"Are there any antidotes for those two kinds of incense? Are you alright?"
Xie Yushu was a little worried because she didn't know how to counteract the muscle-softening powder yet!
"It's alright! The effects of the medicine will wear off after a few meals. She didn't intend to poison us; she just wanted to provide for her own pleasure."
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