Chapter 1432 Pride and Prejudice and the Escort Agency
The unique whistle of the Wenchang Escort Agency instantly woke up everyone in the post house.
Shi Li woke up from his sleep, somersaulted to the ground, grabbed the Emei Spear beside his pillow in one hand, and rushed out of the room.
She came out too quickly and saw a dark figure running down the stairs and out the door. But she did not choose to chase after him, but turned back to look at Luo Qingyan's room the first time.
The moment she turned around, Luo Qingyan also rushed out of the room.
The two looked at each other and Luo Qingyan was slightly stunned.
"Be careful."
"Why are your hair so disheveled?"
The two spoke almost at the same time, but their words were very different.
Shi Li looked down at herself. Her washed hair was loose and indeed not tied up. But at this time, Luo Qingyan still paid attention to this, which really made her admire.
She didn't say much, just glanced at Luo Qingyan. After making sure he was not injured, she looked at the other people who rushed out of the room one after another.
The two escorts on night duty also came over.
"Miss, the kitchen downstairs is on fire, and everyone in the inn is trying to put it out."
In fact, without anyone telling her, Shi Li could smell the thick, pungent smell of smoke in the air. She looked down at the not-so-big fire downstairs and nodded.
"understood."
But her gaze fell on the other young escort who had remained silent, and suddenly became fierce.
The young escort subconsciously took a step back, his eyes evasive.
Shi Li did not attack him immediately, but arranged for a servant and a bodyguard to help put out the fire, and he took the others and Luo Qingyan to evacuate the inn first.
When everyone arrived at the open space outside the inn, Shi Li first called the most experienced escort to his side and told him to keep an eye on Luo Qingyan.
The senior escort seemed to want to say something, but as soon as he opened his mouth, Shi Li raised her hand to stop him. He could only walk silently to Luo Qingyan's side.
Luo Qingyan didn't understand what was going on. He looked at Shi Li's serious expression, then looked at the other escorts. Finally, he couldn't help but ask the escort who was coming over.
"What's going on here?"
"Excuse me, Master Luo." The senior escort seemed to be at a loss for words and only laughed awkwardly.
Afterwards, Luo Qingyan saw Shi Li's eyes fixed on the young escort who had been avoiding her gaze from the beginning.
"Who else?" Shi Li walked straight up to the young escort, not giving him any chance to quibble.
The young escort was frightened and said, "Miss..."
"Who else?" Shi Li repeated the question. As she got closer, she could smell the alcohol on the young escort, challenging her nerves every minute.
But she didn't believe that this escort would be so boring as to drink alone. "You want me to find the person myself?"
The young escort couldn't stand her pressure and turned back to look at the other person tremblingly.
Sure enough, it was the young escort who was laughing this morning.
Because they saw that Lu Erniang was easily sent away yesterday and thought it would be safe to stay in the inn today, these two men openly violated the rules of the escort agency and drank in private.
If Shi Li hadn't temporarily ordered the two of them to separate for night duty, someone might have really broken into Luo Qingyan's room tonight.
This was something Shi Li absolutely could not tolerate. She looked at the two bodyguards who were just beginning to get scared, and spoke almost through gritted teeth.
"Drinking will delay your work. You don't need to join the night shift. When we return to the escort agency, I will report to the shopkeeper and let you leave."
The punishment was severe, but it was not excessive compared to the mistakes they had made.
The two escorts suddenly raised their heads and begged for mercy in panic.
Shi Li did not give them a chance and said directly: "If you continue to talk, I will leave at dawn."
In this era, the two young escorts did not dare to leave the main force and act alone, and they did not dare to speak anymore.
Shi Li took a deep breath, suppressed his emotions, turned and walked towards Luo Qingyan.
As soon as she approached, she found that Luo Qingyan was staring at her steadily. Thinking that he was concerned about his image again, she casually pulled a piece of cloth to tie up his loose hair.
"Mr. Luo, it seems that the road is indeed not peaceful. The fire tonight was set on you. So don't mind. I'm afraid I will have to share a room with you from now on."
Under the moonlight, the girl's casually tied hair fluttered silently in the wind, and her dark eyes sparkled.
Luo Qingyan was stunned for a moment before he slowly realized what she was saying.
"Actually... not that bad..."
"If something unexpected happens, I don't want to ruin my reputation and not be able to take escort orders from others in the future." Shi Li insisted.
Luo Qingyan was speechless, and his hands in his sleeves unconsciously clenched together.