"What are you doing?" Su Ruanruan asked unhappily.

Huo Yan stood in front, looking at Su Ruanruan with a gloomy look in his eyes, "The little beggar was instructed by you to deliberately knock off Su He's veil. Am I wrong?"

Su Ruanruan walked around him and said, "I don't understand what you are saying."

"Since you have helped me many times, I will not bother with you. But if you wrongly accuse me again, I will go to the government office to appeal."

Huo Yan followed, "What are you doing? First, the death of Butcher Zhou, and then the matter of Su He and Zeng Yuan. These are all related to you, right?"

Su Ruan Ruan sneered, "Captain Huo, are you thinking too much? How can I, a woman who has disappeared into the dust, have such great abilities?"

"You wronged me about Butcher Zhou's matter, but what does Su He and the others' matter have to do with me?"

"Did I ask her to accept the jade? Did I ask her to invite Zeng Yuan to my home for a chat? I know her and I sympathize with her situation, that's all."

Su Ruanruan stopped and asked, "Why do you always follow me?"

"Forget it, let's not talk about this. You take care of them..."

"Let me correct you. I have severed my ties with them. They are not my relatives. Whether they are dead or alive, rich or poor, or missing limbs, has nothing to do with me."

Huo Yan added, "Your boss is elusive, but he's been pretty good to you and hasn't handed you over."

Su Ruanruan blinked, "Why, are you attracted to her?"

Huo Yan, "She is extremely beautiful, but I am not interested."

"If there really is one, it must be you. It's really hard to guess."

Su Ruanruan's expression froze. What was he kidding?

Huo Yan glanced at her again and said, "Keep your tail to yourself. I can't control what you do, but if you are caught by others, you will be dead."

Su Ruanruan fell into deep thought as she watched him leave.

In the tofu shop, Ziwu handed the house deed and other documents to Su Ruanruan.

"Master, everything has been done."

Su Ruanruan put them away and said, "Come on, take me to see it."

At first, she had only seen the two shops from the outside and thought that they had an excellent location. She had not carefully looked at the layout inside, but just took a few glances through the crack in the door.

Zi Wu was walking in front, and Su Ruan Ruan was following behind. Who would have thought that the one in front was the servant, and the one following behind was the master.

Zi Wu opened the door, and Su Ruanruan was choked by the dry dust in the air.

It hasn't been cleaned for a long time since the last tenant moved out.

Su Ruanruan looked at the first floor and went up the stairs to the second floor. From the second floor, she went to the backyard, where there were several rooms perfect for living.

Su Ruanruan raised her chin, already thinking of what this place would be used for, and the layout and arrangement of tables and chairs were also forming a composition in her mind.

She patiently told Ziwu about her plan, and Ziwu listened carefully and took notes.

The two came out of this shop and went to another shop across the street. This shop was half the size of the previous one and also had a backyard that could be used for living.

Su Ruanruan and Ziwu stayed here for another cup of tea before coming out of the store.

Back at the tofu shop, Su Ruanruan picked up a pen and started writing and drawing, and drew the style of tables and chairs she needed.

He also drew the blueprints of a double-flavored pot and asked Ziwu to send someone to find a blacksmith to make it.

It’s time to clean up the two shops.

By the time the store officially opens, the weather should have cooled down completely.

Coming out of the shop and passing by the teahouse, Su Ruanruan heard some discussions coming from inside.

Finally, I learned the outcome of the Su He and Zeng Yuan case. Zeng Yuan attempted rape but failed, so he was detained first and then exiled five hundred miles away after he felt better.

As for Su He, she was imprisoned for two years. It's funny to say that Su Ruanruan actually read the "Dashun Law" seriously. The laws here are extremely unfair to women. Regardless of the reason, seriously harming a man's body is a serious crime, especially for someone like Zeng Yuan who can no longer be humane, which is even more unforgivable.

Su Runrun asked Ziwu to go back, and she went to the wonton stall she often visited to buy some wontons.

In the cell, Su He looked at the door in despair. She couldn't understand why she was suddenly imprisoned.

She couldn't remember anything, but so many people said they had seen her in the past few days.

It wasn't until a familiar figure appeared in the dim corridor that she came to her senses.

She seemed to see a flash of hatred in Su Ruanruan's eyes, but when she looked again, there was only reluctance and regret in those almond-shaped eyes.

Su Ruanruan opened the borrowed food box and brought out a bowl of fragrant wontons.

He reached into the gap between the wood and put it in. "Try it. It tastes good."

Su He was in no mood to eat. "I can't eat."

"Eat at least a little. Brother Mu Bai and I often go to this wonton stand. Brother Mu Bai always praises how delicious it is. Don't you want to try it?"

When Su He mentioned Mu Bai, his eyes lit up, but then he thought of something and his eyes dimmed instantly.

But he still reached out and picked up the bowl of wontons.

"Why did you think of looking for the jade pendant with green flowers, butterflies and leaves? Is it because I mentioned it at Fengshui Bridge a few days ago? Will you help me find it?"

Su He paused, "Yes."

Su Ruanruan looked at Su He for several times with complicated eyes, and said in a muffled voice, "If I hadn't mentioned the emerald flower and butterfly leaf jade pendant, you wouldn't have gone to look for it, let alone met Zeng Yuan."

"I didn't expect that you cared so much about the friendship between you and me."

Su He tightened his grip on the spoon, looked up at Su Ruanruan, then lowered his head again, blinking his curled eyelashes, "Well, I treat you as a friend."

She didn't remember what happened afterwards, but after they parted at Fengshui Bridge that day, she did go to several shops before she found the jade pendant.

She couldn't say that she found it for Mu Bai, let alone say that she wanted to buy the jade pendant to win Mu Bai's favor.

Su Ruanruan turned her head away in disappointment when she heard this, "I also consider you a friend."

Su He suddenly put down the bowl and said excitedly, "I was really wronged. I don't know how those things happened. I seemed to have a very long and painful dream. The dream was all about the experience of being kidnapped by the flower thief that day."

"When I woke up, he was covered in blood. I didn't know... I didn't seem to have done anything, but they all said they had seen me."

Su Ruanruan looked at her quietly, and when she was silent, she said, "Of course I believe you, and I also know that you have not done anything..."

"Do you believe me?" Su He asked back.

No one believed her, but Su Ruanruan said she believed her.

Su Ruanruan smiled at her, "I believe you. But what's the use of my belief? They don't believe you. Don't you know that the news has spread outside? They say that you and Zeng Yuan are not innocent, just like what they said about me."

"At this moment, being pointed at and scorned by others, do you feel desperate? Do you feel that there is no way to defend yourself?"

Su Heku sat on the haystack, "When I was kidnapped, I was dragged out of the room with two other girls that night. I was scared to death. I felt like I was going to die, and no one came to save me..."

"And now, I'm sitting in there, and you're outside the prison. You can leave at any time, but I have to stay here for two years. All this is because I want to help you. If I hadn't asked about the jade pendant, this wouldn't have happened. Please help me. I know you know Magistrate Bai. Please help me. I don't want to go to jail, and I don't want to stay here."

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