Chapter 64 How could this be?

Chapter 64 How could this be?

Although Wang Xiaoer was wearing oilcloth, his head was soaked by the rain. After entering the shop, the big black man looked at Wang Xiaoer, glared at Liuzi who was following behind him, took out a set of dry clothes from the cabinet on the kang next to him, and pulled out a soft towel and handed it to Wang Xiaoer.

After Wang Xiaoer had finished packing, he said, "Master Lin, Master Yue San, and Brother Xu are here."

"When did you arrive?" Wang Xiaoer pulled at his blue cloth robe and adjusted his hairband.

"You came here not long after you left. I wanted to go look for you, but Master Yue said there was no rush and he would talk to you after you came back."

"Well, ask Liuzi to guard the door. Wu Hen will be back soon. Ask him to go to Huainan Marquis's Mansion and find out the name of the maid who followed Meng Qi out today and came back late." Just as he was about to step into the inner room, he continued, "See if she got sick from the rain."

Wang Xiaoer entered the inner room under the astonished gaze of the big black man. The furnishings in the inner room were extremely simple, with a bed, a table and a cabinet, and the furniture was so stained with pulp after years of use that its original color could no longer be seen.

Wang Xiaoer opened the cabinet, which was as tall as a person. Inside, there were some old clothes and quilts placed in each compartment. He stretched out his hand and lightly touched a compartment, then took a step back.

The compartment slowly opened inward, and when it was open enough for just one person to enter, it stopped moving. He walked in, and the compartment slowly returned to its original position, and even the cabinet door that had been opened previously closed automatically.

Then there was a short dark path, so dark that you couldn't see your hand in front of you, but Wang Xiaoer walked very smoothly. After about twenty steps, he touched a cold iron door on the opposite side. Wang Xiaoer squatted down and pushed hard at the bottom of the door, and the iron door opened.

When I walked in, I saw a very spacious dark room with candles lit inside. There were many holes of varying sizes on the ceiling. Although the light was a little dim due to the rain, the room did not seem stuffy at all.

Three men of similar age were sitting at a tea table opposite the door. Two of them were playing chess, while the other was watching the chess pieces while looking at the chess record in his hand.

Sitting on the couch next to her was a very beautiful young woman, who was making tea. When the young woman saw Wang Xiaoer coming in, she stood up with a smile on her face.

"Why did you come back at this time? Did you get caught in the rain?" After saying that, he handed a cup of tea to Wang Xiaoer. Wang Xiao took the tea with a smile and drank it in one gulp.

"It's okay. You know my body, right?"

The young woman gently hit Wang Xiaoer and said, "Don't take it lightly just because you are young. You don't remember why your brother-in-law got sick last year."

"You siblings can talk about your own things, why bring me along? Last year, I don't know who insisted on going to see the plum blossoms with a big belly." The man who was reading the chess record looked up at his wife and said gently.

The young woman glanced at her husband coquettishly.

The two people next to them were not affected by their conversation at all and continued playing chess.

Wang Xiaoer came over and saw that a chess game was about to be decided. The black pieces had the advantage, but it was not obvious. After a while, the game was over, and everyone gathered around the low couch after collecting the pieces. The young woman continued to make tea for them.

"Hei Da said that you just went to help a little girl named Wang Xiaoer. I didn't know you were such a kind-hearted person." The person who spoke was one of the people playing chess, Yue Zhen, the third son of the Pingxi Marquis's Mansion. After drinking his tea, he looked at Wang Xiaoer with a playful expression.

"Wang Xiaoer, haha...is there anyone in this capital who dares to call you Wang Xiaoer?" The man who had just played chess with Yue Zhen said with a smile.

"Hey~ What's wrong with you? This is not the point, okay? Don't come at me. I'm just trying to help others."

"I don't know when my brother became so kind-hearted." The young woman giggled and looked up at her brother.

"I admire you. I'll know it sooner or later." Wang Xiaoer looked at the four pairs of curious eyes and told them how to help Su Qing.

"Marquis Huainan's Mansion, so you went to help your own family. How could you, a person who would not do anything without profit, have you taken a fancy to that girl? In my opinion, there is no need to rush. Just wait for the fourth lady to come in and take her over, haha..." Wang Xiaoer's brother-in-law said with a smile.

"That's nothing. How could I possibly fall for a girl?"

"Then how do we get Wu Hen to find out what the girl's name is and whether she got sick from the rain?" Yue Zhen said slowly.

"Oh my God, how could you do this?" Wang Xiaoer looked at the several holes in the wall. They were specially used to check the situation nearby, and one could hear people talking outside, but the sound from inside could not be heard at all.

"It's a girl I've met three times. Master Lin, do you remember what I told you about how I was targeted by that person twice and finally got rid of him?"

The man called Master Lin was the one who had just played chess with Yue Zhen. He said nonchalantly, "Oh, is that the girl who covered for you?"

"That's right. And when Wu Hen and I went to Hongluo Temple to see the Taoist priest, she was the one who hid behind the stone tablet with me when we met King Jing and Hong Zhe. I promised her at that time that if she had any problems, she could come to Wang's Iron Shop in the south of the city to find Xiaoer. I didn't expect that she remembered it and called me 'Wang Xiaoer'. Knowing that she was in trouble, I had to help her."

This Wang Xiaoer was Zhou Yu, the second young master of Prince Shen’s Mansion. After Zhou Yu finished speaking, he picked up his tea and started drinking it, and the topic came to an end.

Yue Zhen took out a roll of paper from his sleeve, spread it on the table and slowly unfolded it, explaining it to everyone one by one. Zhou Yingrong looked at her brother, whose ears were red after he finished speaking, and seemed to be thinking about something.

It was not until the lights were turned on outside that the people in the inner room dispersed. Mr. Lin and Mr. Xu Cheng left first. However, they did not go through the door that Zhou Yu had entered, but another door that led directly out of the alley.

Xu Cheng is Zhou Yu's brother-in-law and the eldest son of the Yong'an Earl's Mansion.

After receiving the signal from outside, Yue Zhen and Zhou Yu walked out from the inner room.

As soon as he stood still, he saw Wu Hen in a suit come forward and bow to Zhou Yu and Yue Zhen, saying, "I checked with my subordinates. There were two maids who went back with Miss Four today. One was Su Qing and the other was Wan Xiang. They both caught a cold, one was mild and the other was severe, so we couldn't find out which one came to ask for help."

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Su Qing really had a cold. How could she not get sick after being caught in the rain and running around? When Wanxiang heard that Su Qing was sick, she also got sick. Mother Liu came to see her in person and asked a doctor to see her.

Su Qing felt her face getting hot while sitting in the carriage. After returning, Chuan'er went to the kitchen to get some ginger water, but she still caught a cold. She lay on the bed in a daze, and let Chuan'er help her get up and drink the medicine.

Su Qing felt pain in her eye sockets, and she couldn't fall asleep even after closing her eyes. The big face of the young man named Wang Xiaoer kept flashing in her mind.

By the time Su Qing recovered completely, the leaves of the flowers and trees in the yard had already turned yellow and fallen.