Aunt Song, with her trouser leg held by Xiao Bai, crawled out using her hands and feet: "Miss San, Miss San, I'm here to help you!"

She lowered her head, her eyes flickering left and right.

She originally hired a group of killers to help Lin Rouan.

But they never expected that they met the group of people they had hired before on the way. They said there were wolves on the mountain, so they all fled back desperately. She was the only one left halfway up the mountain, unable to go up or down.

After some thought, she decided to go up the mountain to secretly observe the situation and then go back to report to Wang. However, she never expected that there really was a wolf and it carried her out.

"Help me?" Lin Shuning said with a half-smile in his tone: "Then tell me, you are alone up the mountain, how can an old man like you help me?"

“I…I…” Nanny Song gritted her teeth and said, “I can testify for the Third Miss. As long as the Third Miss can help me detoxify, I will do anything you ask me to do!”

"Pfft," Lin Shuning couldn't help laughing out loud, "They are truly worthy of being master and servant. Even the words they said when begging for mercy were exactly the same."

Nanny Song kept knocking her head on the ground, her face getting paler and paler, and she begged for mercy, "Third Miss, please give me a chance. I really never thought of harming you. It was Madam and Second Miss who forced me to do it!"

She just saw clearly that the bodies lying behind the Third Miss were all the killers she hired.

Each of those people was quite skilled, yet they were all easily subdued. This shows how powerful this Third Young Lady is.

She was so stupid as to even think of going against her.

"Miss, don't believe her. She was the one who drugged me and knocked me out when I was not paying attention. She has a silver tongue, but she is a beast in human form and a two-faced person!"

Lian'er glared at Nanny Song angrily, wishing she could go up to her and tear her mouth apart.

Lin Shuning naturally knew that she was not someone who could be trusted, and a hint of teasing flashed in her eyes: "I can give you this opportunity, but it depends on your performance."

Aunt Song was overjoyed and kowtowed again, saying, "I will do whatever the Third Miss tells me to do."

"Carry Lin Rouan down the mountain first. Tomorrow is her wedding day, so we can't delay."

Although Lin Rouan deserves to die, now is not the best time to get rid of her.

After all, she is now considered half a member of the Duke's Mansion. The bride-to-be died in the desolate mountains and forests in the marriage chosen by the royal family. If she is found to be responsible, she will be in trouble.

Besides, a vicious person like Lin Rouan should suffer a lot. Death would be too easy for her.

Aunt Song was stunned and pointed at herself in disbelief: "Me?"

"What else?" Lin Shuning smiled faintly: "Besides you, is there anyone else here who can carry her? If you don't want to, then leave her here, but you have to think it through. Even if I give you the antidote, will Wang let you live? Lian'er, let's go."

After saying this, Lin Shuning supported Lian'er and walked down the mountain.

Nanny Song's face turned black and white, and she slapped herself hard in anger.

Why did she have to go against the Third Young Miss for no reason? She was an old woman, and if she carried the Second Young Miss down the mountain, it would probably cost her half her life.

But right now, this is the only path she can choose.

The sound of wolves howling was heard in the distance. Nanny Song shuddered, looked around quickly, and walked down the mountain with Lin Rouan on her back with difficulty.

By the time we reached the foot of the mountain, it was already completely dark.

Lin Shuning and Lian'er sat in the carriage, leisurely watching two figures walking out of the mountain road.

Perhaps because the mountain road was difficult to walk on, the two men were covered in mud and grass, their clothes were messy, and their hair and faces were unkempt.

Lin Rouan woke up halfway. The effect of the itching medicine on her body made her scratch her face like crazy, looking disheveled and horrible.

But this helped Nanny Song, otherwise, she would have been exhausted.

"Bitch, you bitch!"

When Lin Rouan saw Lin Shuning sitting calmly in the carriage, she was so angry that she wanted to rush up and grab her face, but was hugged by Nanny Song: "Second Miss, please stop making trouble. The most important thing now is to return home."

Hearing this, Lin Rouan's movements gradually slowed down, and hope burst out in her eyes: "Yes, I want to go back home and tell my father and mother, let them make the decision for me, and make this bitch pay for it! Aunt Song, let's go back quickly, quickly!"

Nanny Song curled her lips, and a look of impatience appeared on her wrinkled face.

She also wanted to go back home, but looking at the foot of the mountain, there was only one carriage, the one Lin Shuning was riding in.

Where could she get a carriage in this remote place?

She rubbed her hands and looked at Lin Shuning with a wry smile: "Miss Third, it's getting late. Could you please let this old servant and Miss Second take your carriage?"

"Sure, but you have to pay." Lin Shuning smiled.

Nanny Song was overjoyed and quickly replied, "You can give me money. I have twenty taels here. Madam gave it to me. I will give it to Miss Three as a present."

Lin Shuning took it, weighed it in his hand, and said regretfully: "What a pity, this little money is not enough."

"not enough?!"

Lin Rouan, who was standing nearby, couldn't stand it any longer and shouted with his hands on his hips, "Lin Shuning, don't be so shameless. These twenty taels of silver are enough to buy a carriage, not to mention the money for the ride!"

"Second Miss, how can you speak to Third Miss like this?" Nanny Song lowered her voice and said angrily, "There is not a single household within a hundred miles. If you don't take this carriage, I'm afraid there won't be any carriages until dawn. If Second Miss is delayed in her wedding tomorrow, how will Madam cope with the situation in the mansion?"

Besides, only if we go back with the Third Miss can we seize the opportunity and be the first to tell the Master and the Madam about these things. Then, as long as the Master and the Madam help the Miss, what will this little money mean to us?"

Lin Rouan rolled her eyes, and her expression gradually calmed down: "What you said does make some sense."

Lin Shuning looked at them with amusement and asked loudly, "Have you finished your discussion? Do you want to sit down? If not, I'll leave."

"Sit down, sit down," Nanny Song trotted forward with a flattering smile, "Miss San, how much do you want?"

"One hundred taels." Lin Shuning said bluntly.

Aunt Song was petrified and spoke haltingly, "Third Miss... Third Miss, we don't have that much money."

"You don't have it, but someone else does," Lin Shuning shifted his gaze from Nanny Song to Lin Rouan, "You've spent money without restraint over the years, and have always been extravagant. Your monthly salary is not enough for you to spend, but today you can hire so many assassins at once. I guess you took the dowry prepared for you by Wang and Lin Chengcheng, right? You paid the deposit to those assassins, and there is no final payment yet. That money should still be with you, right?"

Lin Rouan subconsciously held her purse tightly, her eyes widened, and she gritted her teeth and said, "So what? This is my dowry money. I won't give it to you even if I die. Don't be so foolish!"

"Sure," Lin Shuning shrugged, threw the twenty taels back into Aunt Song's arms, and smiled nonchalantly, "Driver, let's go."

The wheels rolled slowly, and without the illumination of the lantern hanging on the car, the surroundings suddenly became dark.

In the dark night, the shadows in the forest are ghostly and the howling of wolves is rising and falling.

Lin Rouan grabbed Aunt Song's arm in fear, saying in a horrified tone: "This bitch is actually planning to leave me here!"

It was almost autumn, and it had been raining for the past few days. When the evening breeze blew, a slight chill immediately swept over Lin Rouan's body.

She folded her arms around her shoulders and shivered.

Nanny Song sighed, and said earnestly, "Second Miss, just give the money to Third Miss. Otherwise, when it gets dark, what will happen if you and I are eaten by wolves? Besides, this place is so far from the Shangshu Mansion. Even if we walk until dawn, we can't get back! Then, the master will be furious!"

Hearing this, Lin Rouan felt even colder in her heart. She glanced unwillingly at the carriage that was slowly driving away, then glanced at Nanny Song and nodded reluctantly.

Aunt Song immediately chased after them, shouting as she ran: "Miss San, Miss San, let's sit down! Wait for us!"

Lin Shuning leaned on the cushion and smiled: "Driver, please stop and wait for them."

Lian Er was a little worried: "Miss, these two are not good people. If we ride in the same car with them, what should we do if they suddenly attack us?"

"Don't worry, I have my own arrangements for your young lady."

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