"My lord, forgive my bluntness, but since we know someone intends to harm that young lady, we should inform her so she can prepare accordingly. Although her skills may not seem impressive, as long as they are ruthless and effective, that's enough."
"I think it's best to let her handle this herself; we shouldn't interfere." Jiao Tu, disregarding his master's reprimand, voiced his thoughts.
Um?
Mu Zitao and the other four were quite surprised to hear this. They originally thought that this guy would say something like, "It's not easy for a young woman to be out in the world. Since we've met her, we should help her if we can."
It turned out that he just wanted to inform or remind the other party.
Judging from the way she came back with that young lady and her group, you'd think they were a family.
Mu Zitao narrowed his eyes, scrutinizing his subordinate, feeling that he was being sarcastic and deliberately speaking ironically.
"Oh? Then tell me, why is it better not to interfere?" Mu Zitao suddenly realized that he couldn't figure out his subordinate's true thoughts and intentions.
Have I become stupid? Or is this kid just incredibly cunning?
"Master, whether it's a scene from a storybook or a play, the woman who is rescued always repays the hero with her body. Master, do you want to marry that young lady?" Jiao Tu asked very seriously.
Upon hearing this, Mu Zitao immediately became angry: "Marry her? Your lord would rather become a monk than marry her."
After shouting, he suddenly realized something was wrong. He looked at his men and saw that each of them had a meaningful smile on their face.
Jiao Tu looked at his four companions, shrugged, and said, "See? If our master had no interest in that young lady, why would he react so strongly?"
"You damned brat, how dare you make fun of your master!" Mu Zitao angrily grabbed the teacup beside him and smashed it.
Jiao Tu neither ran away nor dodged; he reached out and took the teacup, but the tea spilled out and splattered all over the floor. He shook the tea off his hands, wanting to say something more, but his companion Song You pushed him out the door, whispering a warning: "That's enough, kid."
"No, me?" Jiao Tu tried to explain, but the door had already been closed.
Before long, several companions came out and dragged him into the next room. They then surrounded him, and Song You poked him on the shoulder: "What's wrong with you, kid? You've gotten so bold just from buying some fodder?"
"That's right, didn't you see that Master is getting angry?" Sanjin said, glancing cautiously towards the door before lowering his voice to finish his sentence.
"He was feeling guilty and got angry when he was right," Jiao Tu said. After standing outside the door for a while and calming down, he was actually a little scared.
Is he tired of living? How dare he anger his master!
“It’s rare to have peace and no war. Master is out for a stroll. Let him do whatever he wants. We’ve been by his side for many years. We know him best. He would never do anything out of line,” Song You said in a low voice, trying to persuade him earnestly.
Jiao Tu looked at this person and then at that person: "You guys were watching with great interest just now, and now you're lecturing me."
"No, who would have thought you'd be so bold today? You're getting more and more excited as you talk," Baqian couldn't help but say.
None of them dared to speak loudly, even though they knew that even if they lowered their voices, their master could still hear them.
The others nodded in agreement, agreeing that they were just like those mischievous, attention-seeking children.
"So tell me, really, we don't need to talk to that young lady?" Jiao Tu wasn't someone who couldn't distinguish right from wrong; they were all brothers who had shared life and death, so of course they were doing it for his own good.
“Of course we can’t go and tell her. With our master watching over us, even if that young lady doesn’t notice, there won’t be any danger,” Sanjin advised.
Jiao Tu rolled his eyes at him and said, "I'm worried about the young lady's safety, aren't I? I'm just afraid that our master's plan will fall through again, and in the end, he'll be depressed, and it'll be us brothers who will have a hard time."
Ah, I see. Thinking back to the scene where their master's face was always gloomy and everyone was afraid to even breathe, Sanjin and the others finally understood their companion's good intentions and sighed helplessly one after another.
At the beginning of midnight, the inn was very quiet, with only an oil lamp lit on the front desk.
The night watchman, wearing a cotton robe, dozed off by the counter, waiting for guests who might come to stay in the middle of the night.
Although Hong Xiaoduo wanted a shared dormitory, this inn had two shared dormitories of different sizes: one large dormitory with more than a dozen beds, and the other small dormitory with six beds.
There were already two guests in the dormitory, so Hong Xiaoduo suggested looking at the six-bed dormitory. She found that it could fit her and seven children.
After returning from the street, they washed up and lay down on their bunks. The children were all asleep in no time. Hong Xiaoduo lay down, wanting to wait and see if the old man from the science museum would contact her.
But she waited and waited until her eyelids grew heavy, and still nothing came, so she simply went to sleep.
On the second floor of the inn, Mu Zitao sat at the corner of the rooftop, staring intently at the activity outside the small dormitory room below.
He knew that his men had misunderstood him, thinking that he was interested in the young woman, which was why he was following her.
What a joke! How could he possibly be interested in that young woman? The only reason he followed her was to do something that would help him forget what happened at the meat bun shop.
Last time I was robbed on the street and didn't get anything done, but I hope I can get what I want tonight.
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