Chapter 507 A Better Future

Chapter 507 A Better Future

Chapter 507 A Better Future

After seeing her husband off, Bai Qiru's face showed no joy, anger, sorrow or happiness.

He said hello to Li Xianghong and left.

Li Xianghong watched him leave, not knowing whether he did not greet his family or he did greet his family but was ignored.

After going down the mountain, Bai Qiru returned to the shop and asked the clerk to drive a carriage to take her out of the city. She didn't like to show up on the streets, and a carriage would provide her with a cover.

The place we were going was not far away, it was just the horse farm outside the city.

When we arrived at the horse farm, we didn't get off the car and asked the guy to go find someone.

When the waiter came back, he pulled aside the carriage curtain and said, "Madam, Gao He is not here. The people at the stable said he was on duty herding the sheep. We have probably found out where he is. Do you want to go look for him?"

Bai Qiru: "Just tell me where he is and I will go find him myself."

The waiter said, "The people at the horse farm said that today they should go to graze twenty miles away at the direction of Shenshi. There are several hundred fine unicorns, so they will be easy to find."

Bai Qiru didn't say much. He lifted the curtain to identify the direction and then disappeared.

Soon, she arrived at the aerial patrol twenty miles away and quickly found the place where the horses were scattered. She called out from the air, "Is Gao He here?"

On the green grassland, a figure quickly appeared, stood on the grass leaves, made a tent, and looked up into the sky.

Bai Qiru flashed over and landed in the forest on the other side.

The person standing on the grass leaf fell down, and after taking a good look at Bai Qiru, he asked in surprise, "The proprietress of Bai's Rice Shop?"

This person was none other than Wu Jinliang.

Bai Qiru also looked at him. As she had heard, he was indeed a tall man with thick eyebrows and big eyes. However, he was not a good person and deserved to be reduced to herding here. She asked, "Have we met before?"

Wu Jinliang pointed at the pipe in her hand and said, "This is too obvious. I heard your husband talk about it."

In fact, he had secretly walked around the door of Bai's rice shop and observed. He was also a cautious person. After he had rashly met Huang Yingying, he was worried that there might be something wrong with Huang Yingying. He secretly knew Huang Yingying's background, so he had seen Bai Qiru in the rice shop.

Not to mention that he could not forget the sight of her holding a big pipe, her looks were also top-notch. When they met formally this time, he also felt that it was a pity for her to be Mrs. Huang Yingying. Old Huang had nothing in his looks and was not worthy of this beauty in any way.

Of course, he was more alert to why this woman came to him. With the ability to fly in the sky, her cultivation level must be at least that of a fairy among humans.

Bai Qiru glanced around and saw that there was no one around. He didn't want to talk to this inexplicable person, so he said bluntly: "Huang Yingying is in trouble and has been sent to the sacred mountain. He said that he would be a slave forever. Before he left, he repeatedly asked me to come to you, saying that you owed him a favor and asked you to find a way to save him."

After saying that, he carefully observed the other's words and expressions.

"..."Wu Jinliang froze in place, a little confused, and found that this seemed a little different from the boss's plan.

When he received the summons, he learned that the crisis in the library had been successfully resolved. Logically speaking, Huang Yingying's guilt could be easily wiped out.

According to Chuntian, she had seen with her own eyes that Lou Xiu did not dare to act rashly in front of Bai Qiru, and had to lure Bai Qiru away under the guise of being the city lord before she dared to attack A Xun.

It is obvious that Bai Qiru is not a simple person. Huang Yingying herself also explained that her wife has a good relationship with the city lord.

Logically speaking, with Bai Qiru stepping forward, as long as the crime is not committed by Huang Yingying, any slight involvement should not be attributed to Huang Yingying. What is the situation with her being arrested and sentenced?
Obviously, it was because they did not have enough information and things turned out to be beyond their expectations.

Wu Jinliang immediately asked about the situation in detail.

After some questions and answers, Bai Qiru also noticed something unusual from Wu Jinliang's detailed questioning, which was too detailed.

However, in order to rescue the person, she still informed the details she knew one by one.

As for anything else beyond the matter, she didn't want to say more.

Before he left after taking a puff of his cigarette, he suddenly tilted his head and asked, "Who are you?"

Wu Jinliang chuckled, "We have no grudges against each other. At first, I didn't want to know your husband, but he got to me. So we are destined to be together, right?"

Having said that, it would be foolish to continue to defend himself. He could only curse Huang Yingying in his heart, saying that she had actually exposed him.

But Huang Yingying's behavior is understandable. A drowning person will grab at any straw.

Bai Qiru: "Will you save him?"

Wu Jinliang: "I do owe him a favor, but I have to consider whether I can do it. Let me think about it and give you an answer tomorrow, okay?"

Bai Qiru didn't say anything more, just nodded slightly in greeting, then flew away.

Wu Jinliang no longer had the heart to stay here. Although he was on duty herding the sheep, he didn't care whether the colt would run away or not, so he left quietly.

He also returned to the city. Things were a bit complicated, and it was not convenient to keep things brief by relying on the mother-and-child talisman, so they still had to meet in person to talk.

Ran ran to Chaoyue Pavilion and found that it was closed today. Not knowing what was going on, he found a corner and sent a message to Shi Chun.

Upon receiving the news, Shi Chun opened the door a crack and let Wu Jinliang in to talk.

There was no one in the octagonal building today. The Dong family members who were at home were all in the backyard. There was no one to disturb them in the lobby facing the street, which was just right for them to talk.

Wu Jinliang asked first, "Why is it closed?"

"Fan Wuzhe's affair has been exposed, and the city guards have imposed severe punishment on him. It may not be easy for him to recover. This family has no time to run a small business. They need to deal with family affairs first." Shi Chun explained the general situation and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Huang Yingying found me. She is really delicious. A good vegetable was really eaten by a pig. She said that Huang Yingying was captured..." Wu Jinliang described the situation in detail. Shi Chun's brows gradually frowned. After hearing the relevant situation, he also murmured, "Mei You was poisoned to silence her, and Lou Xiu actually got away with it..."

This is the result of lack of information. They only found out what happened now.

Wu Jinliang: "At this point, the other two don't matter. The key is Huang Yingying. If we don't save him, he's going to flip the table."

Shi Chun said with disdain, "Being a slave doesn't mean he will die immediately. How can he do that? If he is asked to overthrow the emperor, will he dare?"

Wu Jinliang was surprised and asked, "You won't save me?"

Shi Chun: "Even if he wasn't sent to the sacred mountain, I was going to let him lead the way. He went in before he even started looking for trouble. I don't know what's going on behind this, but it saves me a lot of trouble."

Wu Jin's eyes rolled and he immediately understood his intention. Ah Xun had failed here, so he naturally had to run to the place where the 'Soul-Restoring Tree' grew to find a solution. He asked, "How do we do it?"

Shi Chun looked around and said, "It seems like it's time to leave this library."

"It's such a pity to miss these three beauties like this." Wu Jinliang sighed and asked, "Where are you going after you leave?"

Shi Chun didn't have as many thoughts of being reluctant to leave this place as he did, and said indifferently: "Since Bai Qiru has come to the door, she has lost several employees in the rice shop, so you can talk to her and ask her to recruit us. This library has trapped me and I can't move. The current situation is not suitable for me to stay here any longer. I will need her to help cover up when I go out in the future. Her relationship with the city lord will also facilitate our actions."

Wu Jinliang was surprised: "Are you going to reveal your relationship with me to her?"

Shi Chun: "She's already found you, and you keep coming to my place. Do you think if I don't go, you can hide our relationship? That woman is not simple. If she has intentions, this kind of relationship cannot be concealed."

Wu Jinliang nodded slightly, then pondered, "Our identities are unknown, and I'm afraid she'll be afraid of inviting a wolf into the house and won't accept us."

Shi Chunwei shook his head, "It shouldn't be a big problem. Before Axun was assassinated, she followed Axun closely. It can be seen that she is really worried about Huang Yingying. In addition, she came to find you in person. This woman really takes Huang Yingying seriously. If you decide to help rescue her, it would be unreasonable for her to refuse."

Wu Jinliang thought about it and thought so, but he couldn't help but mutter, "Now that you put it that way, I feel that this couple is a little abnormal. Earlier, when I was secretly investigating, I met Lao Huang's wife and found her to be quite attractive. I have been curious several times, why would he pick the vulgar women in the brothel when the flowers at home are so beautiful? Once, he drank too much and let it slip that the flowers at home have thorns and he wouldn't let me touch them."

After hearing this, Shi Chun also felt strange. If Huang Yingying didn't say anything nonsense, why didn't he let him touch her but he still cared about her so much? What was going on?
After thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't figure it out, so he was too lazy to think about it anymore. He decided to take it one step at a time and see what happens. Anyway, his goal was not to destroy the other person's marital relationship. As long as he could achieve his goal, he would leave as soon as the matter was done.

So the two of them finalized the matter.

Before leaving, Wu Jinliang asked, "If the Bai family agrees to recruit them, should we close Xunbaozhai and recruit Chu Jingtang and the other two as well?"

Shi Chun waved his hand and said, "That woman is not simple. I don't know what's going on behind her."

Wu Jinliang understood and decided to keep something in reserve.

After leaving the library, he did not leave the city, but went straight to visit Bai's rice shop.

Bai Qiru was a little surprised that he had come to visit shortly after they had parted, but it was obvious that the other party had already made a decision, so he invited Wu Jinliang to talk deep in the inner house.

Knowing that Wu Jinliang was willing to give it a try, but had to be recruited here so that they could negotiate if anything came up, she agreed after a little consideration.

After leaving, Wu Jinliang went straight to the grazing place, gathered a group of young horses and rushed back to the ranch. He directly told the ranch that he quit his job and said that he had found a place that paid higher wages.

He just left without any hesitation, carrying a package and leaving.

No more smelly travel and you will feel happy all the way.

Shi Chun naturally also received his message.

It was almost noon. The eldest daughter Dong Liangyi had just prepared lunch. Dong Wenshu and his family were all sitting at the table. Dong Liangze was holding a tray and was about to deliver the meal to Shi Chun.

Unexpectedly, Shi Chun came to the dining room next to the kitchen without permission.

This obviously broke Dong Wenshu's so-called rule of avoiding suspicion between men and women, and all the younger generations in the family turned their heads to look at their father.

However, everyone's attention was soon focused on Shi Chun again, because they saw the package Shi Chun was carrying. Was he going out or something?

Shi Chun didn't want to beat around the bush with them, there was no need. After bowing to everyone at the table, he said to Dong Wenshu in a serious tone: "Master, please find someone else to take care of the library. I'll take my leave now!"

Hearing this, the whole family was a little shocked. Dong Wenshu also stood up and asked, "Why are you leaving?"

When Shi Chun was really about to leave, he felt that Shi Chun was still a good person. She was polite and sensible, not troublesome, and her salary was low. He might not be able to find a better one if he looked for one.

Shi Chun said, "Mr. Huang from Bai's Rice Shop seems to have been implicated by Master Fan and was arrested. It seems that several of his employees died, so the rice shop is short of manpower. Mr. Huang has always had a good relationship with Gao He, and they are close friends regardless of age. Now that the rice shop needs help, he naturally does his best to help. Seeing that there are still not enough people, he told Mr. Bai about me."

Seeing that the group was hesitant to speak and worried about being persuaded to stay, he added a very realistic sentence, "Boss Meng Bai thinks highly of me, the salary he promised is very generous, and we are brothers and friends. If I postpone it any further, it would be rude. I am not young anymore, I can't keep going like this, I also need to save some money to get married and live a good life."

What he said made sense, but to the boss and everyone in the family, it felt like adding insult to injury, and everyone had complicated expressions.

Especially for Dong Liangyi, who was given a hairpin, her face did not look good, a little pale, and her lips were tightly pursed.

But Shi Chun doesn't care about their feelings at all. In his life, in order to survive, he has ignored too many small emotions like this.

In his opinion, letting others care about your emotions is a problem.

"Okay, since there is a better future ahead, a man should do the same." Dong Wenshu nodded in agreement, calmed down, and happily extended his hand to invite him, "It's time for dinner, come, sit down and have a meal together, and after dinner, let Liangying settle your wages with you."

"You are in trouble right now, and I am leaving rashly, so forget about the wages. As for lunch, the eldest lady is both a daughter and a mother, so it is hard work and you should understand her, but I think you should tell her the truth about her cooking skills. If it is difficult to say, you can let her go out and let her try what others make."

Having said this, Shi Chun bowed again and said goodbye, then turned around and left resolutely.

He really had been tortured by Dong Liangyi's cooking for too long. He couldn't help but say it out loud when he was leaving. Even giving him a hairpin couldn't make him shut up. This was the first time in his life that he felt uncomfortable if he didn't say it out loud. To hell with the so-called upbringing of this family of scholars.

(End of this chapter)