Chapter 323 Waiting to return to the capital to ask the Liu family for money
"Is someone following us?" Yuan Hongqu paused for a moment, then glanced at Lan Su.
Mi Ling and Xu Yun looked at each other, both seeing confusion in each other's eyes.
What does the dean mean by this? Does she have other plans?
Lan Su went out for a moment and then returned.
“Someone’s here.” She spread out half of the token for Yuan Hongqu to see.
Mi Ling and the other woman could see it clearly; it was half a bamboo plaque carved with the academy's emblem, a magnolia flower. They had never seen such a plaque before.
"Take a few people with you, and bring her back before dawn." Yuan Hongqu handed Lan Su a bottle of ginseng energy-boosting pills.
"People tend to get sleepy in the middle of the night, so this is a stimulant."
Lan Su took it, turned around and left the tent.
Mi Ling stared wide-eyed as Yuan Hongqu spoke a few simple words, seemingly confident about the matter, which made Mi Ling feel a little more relaxed.
"Hongqu, is there any other arrangement we don't know about?"
From the time Mi Ling and Xu Yun arrived until now, only a quarter of an hour has passed. Yuan Hongqu went from being surprised when she first heard that Liu Qianrou was missing, to being calm, and now she has made all the arrangements.
"Now that you know everything, you're still so brazen. Why would you bother keeping an eye on these students? We have some arrangements, but we'll use them tonight and then we won't have any more."
Before the two could react to Yuan Hongqu's words, she had already urged them to go back.
"Don't worry, you won't get lost. You two can go back. Mi Ling, you'll stay in the first group from now on."
"Dean, don't we need to go with you to look for it?" Xu Yun was a little dumbfounded. Was that all? What did it matter if she cried from fright?
Furthermore, the dean didn't even hear about the circumstances of Liu Qianrou's disappearance, so how can it be considered that the matter has been resolved?
“This grassland looks almost the same in every direction. Can you recognize the direction? Or do you know exactly which direction Liu Qianrou went? Don’t lose her too.”
Yuan Hongqu has already dispatched Lan Su to search for people, so there is no need to alarm other places.
If the students find out that Liu Qianrou ran away on her own, and casually mention it back in the capital, her hard-won reputation will be ruined, perhaps even worse than before.
"Hongqu, should we go and appease the people from the Liu family who are with us?" Mi Ling asked tentatively.
"What are you trying to appease? Mi Ling, you're the vice dean, not their old woman!" Yuan Hongqu really had no patience for a brat like Liu Qianrou.
She actually thought to herself: If this were her own child, she would have hit him eight hundred times over!
“Liu Qianrou is either fifteen or sixteen this year. The academy has taught her for two years. What doesn’t she understand? She’s such a grown-up, yet she ran away on her own without any organization or discipline. It’s good enough that I’m not pursuing the trouble that the Liu family has brought to the academy!” Yuan Hongqu’s tone was very unpleasant. “After Lan Su comes back, you can go to the Liu family to get back the extra search and rescue expenses incurred this time.”
Today, we used the special guards trained by Blue, and they weren't used for nothing.
Lan Su once said that the people she trained could survive in the martial arts world as long as they didn't encounter top-tier masters.
This study tour was the team's first mission.
In addition to their own guards, each group also has three guards provided by the academy, one of whom is someone trained by Lan Su.
To train this team, Yuan Hongqu not only used a large amount of food from her space to improve their physical condition, but also spent a lot of money to make various training equipment and weapons for them.
It's often said that scholars are poor while warriors are rich, and that's absolutely true. If Yuan Hongqu hadn't been so wealthy, she really wouldn't have been able to support all these people.
Fortunately, these people did not disappoint her.
Yuan Hongqu was calculating in her mind how much money she should ask the Liu family for.
When Mi Ling heard Yuan Hongqu tell her to go to the Liu family to ask for money, she felt her face burn. She thought to herself: When did the dean become so greedy? The academy is in the wrong in this matter.
The Liu family's daughter went missing in the study tour group. It would be good enough if the Liu family didn't cause trouble for the academy, let alone pay the academy for search and rescue. She dared not ask the Liu family for money.
She was afraid of being beaten out by the Liu family's military officers.
"You should all go back and rest. There are activities tomorrow. When Liu Qianrou returns later, we'll settle her here for now. If necessary, we'll send her back to the capital tomorrow."
Yuan Hongqu never wanted such a troublesome student in the study tour group in the first place. If it weren't for Daiyu's sake, she would never have put herself in such trouble.
“Hongqu, let’s wait with you. We won’t be able to sleep if we go back.” Mi Ling didn’t want to go back.
"Dean, I won't be at ease until I see Liu Qianrou return with my own eyes." Xu Yun also requested to stay.
Yuan Hongqu sighed in exasperation. The two of them were both here; how could she cheat her way to the space to rest?
Who's looking after the first group?
“Mr. Ye is over there,” Xu Yun quickly replied.
She shared a tent with Ye Mengnan, who was in charge of the second group. She had just asked Ye Mengnan to help look after them.
Yuan Hongqu had complete confidence in Ye Mengnan's abilities.
Since the two were worried, Yuan Hongqu couldn't force them to go back; that would be too deliberate.
Yuan Hongqu doesn't like to drink tea at night because it's not good for her health. Ever since she was able to fall asleep without medication, she cherishes every moment of sleepiness, afraid that if she misses it, sleepiness won't come to her again.
"There's hot water, tea, coffee from abroad, and snacks on that table over there. Please help yourselves. I'm going to take a nap." Yuan Hongqu yawned widely, clearly extremely sleepy.
Mi Ling readily agreed and led Xu Yun to the other side of the tent.
Yuan Hongqu lay down in the spot where Lan Su had just rested, yawning one after another, and soon fell asleep.
Mi Ling and the other woman were afraid that talking would disturb Yuan Hongqu, so they simply drank their strong tea quietly, staring at each other.
After an unknown amount of time, Nongcha could no longer resist the waves of sleepiness, and the two of them finally slumped onto the table, resting their heads on their arms, and fell asleep.
As dawn approached, a cry of an eagle echoed through the sky, piercing the heavens.
As the eagles cried out, dawn gradually broke.
In the distance, the sound of horses' hooves clattered, growing ever closer.
Yuan Hongqu was touched and opened her eyes.
As soon as she got up, she saw that Mi Ling and Xu Yun, who were lying on the table, had also woken up. The two of them shook their arms, which had gone numb from being pressed down.
Yuan Hongqu found it amusing, "I told you to go back and rest, but you still won't go. Isn't the bed more comfortable than the table?"
No sooner had she finished joking than the tent opened from the outside, bringing in a cool breeze that instantly invigorated Yuan Hongqu.
Lan Su put the person she was carrying on the ground.
“Mr. Yuan, she wanted to go to the border camp, so I acupunctured her and brought her back.”
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