Time Travel Adventure

Chapter 285 The Manuscript is Missing

It was still the same position. He rubbed his hands, looked at the tree, climbed up in a few steps, touched the top of the wall, looked at the position, jumped down directly, turned over, and lay steadily on the ground.

I was completely stunned by this smooth and flowing movement. Looking at the moon in the sky, I couldn't help but sigh at how beautiful the night is.

"You fell and got confused."

"Yeah." I didn't want to lie to her. I haven't recovered yet.

"It's not impossible to sleep here." He moved his limbs as if he was swimming on his back, making a sliding gesture.

"Is this true?" Nannan looked at me suspiciously, a little bit unable to believe it.

"Come and try it." Then he saw two people, one big and one small, lying on their backs on the ground, sliding their limbs from time to time. When they felt a little itchy and found ants on their bodies, they pulled their daughter up.

I returned to my room, cleaned myself up, and lay down on the bed. Fatigue suddenly came over me and my eyelids kept twitching.

When we were on the bed, Nannan kept talking, saying that the noodles she had just eaten were delicious. At first, she just responded with "hmm", but in the end she really couldn't hold it in anymore.

As far as I can remember, I was playing chess with Zhou Gong in my dreams. I was awakened by the fragrance and noise in the room.

When I opened my eyes, I saw Hongdou busying herself in the room. When she saw that I was awake, she came forward to greet me, "I'm sorry to have woken you up, miss. Do you want to sleep a little longer?"

"What time is it?" I rubbed my eyes and looked towards the window.

"It's almost noon." Hongdou pulled open the bed curtain and helped me up.

"It's time to get up." Seeing Hongdou, I suddenly remembered the draft I drew yesterday.

Before he had even put on his clothes, he stood up and pulled Hongdou with him to follow me. We walked to the table, looked at the manuscript that had been sorted out, and began to flip through it.

"What are you looking for, young lady?"

"How come the draft I drew yesterday is gone? Hongdou, have you seen it?" I said as I flipped through the pages.

"No." Hongdou was a little confused, but still looked for it with me. From time to time, she would turn a few over for me and ask me if they were the ones.

"No, I put it here." I stopped and began to recall. I put the drawing on the table and went out.

"Did you clear the table when you came?"

"No, I just came in to light incense and the lady woke up." Hongdou picked up the paper that I threw on the ground.

"Hey, that's strange, where did it go?" I was really annoyed at this time, and Hongdou tactfully went out to ask if anyone had been to my room.

After Hongdou went out, she said, "Nannan, Nannan, come out quickly, Nannan!"

"What's wrong? I haven't woken up yet!" Nannan was also very grumpy when she woke up, and asked me angrily what I was doing.

"My manuscript, manuscript, have you forgotten?" I pointed at the table, trying to remind Nannan of yesterday's memory.

"I went out with you and you forgot. How would I know? Don't worry, I'll find a way to find it." Nannan understood now. Seeing how anxious I was, she left a word and disappeared.

I sat down and washed my face feeling irritated. I felt much more sober and thought about the matter. I realized that I had not observed the table before going to bed last night.

It was still there before I went out, so it must have been taken away by someone during the time I was out. The table was also tidied up, just to show that it had been cleaned by someone.

Who could it be? Hongdou came back first and shook her head at me. Well, it was expected. It would be really troublesome without surveillance.

"It's okay, we can still draw the things. When this happens, we have to check whether there is a problem with our family." Hongdou is also a smart person. She understood what I meant.

"Miss, I'll go inside the store first." The most taboo thing now is to alert the enemy, and Hongdou was right to do so.

"By the way, please pay attention to see if there is any store that has come up with the idea I gave you recently." I took a look inside the house and found that nothing valuable was lost, except for this drawing.

The Hongdou store was doing a booming business, so it was inevitable that many people would come to cause trouble. Most of them were also eyeing the Shen family, so they would just spit and curse behind their backs without taking any substantial action.

There are exceptions to everything. There are still a few courageous people who come to the store to cause trouble, but they were all resolved openly or secretly. Now everyone dares to be angry but not to speak out.

I didn't expect that someone would steal something, not to mention my own home. Now that I knew where the things were, I didn't feel so uneasy anymore. I drank some tea and thought that I had only completed half of the manuscript. Fortunately, it was not the whole thing.

When Nannan came back, "It was taken away by someone. It seems that person came here just for this."

"I know who it is?"

"That man has his face covered, so I can't see him, but he has been listening to you and Hongdou talking. I guess he knows all your plans." Nannan told me while half lying on the table.

"You know what, you're as good as that surveillance camera. Where is that person?" I touched Nannan's little face to show my relief.

"I can't see it. I have set up a formation in this room, so I can only see here." Nannan waved her hands and told me helplessly.

"That's all that's needed to know." Holding the paintbrush in his hand, he first recalled the manuscript. After copying the manuscript according to his memory, he looked at the manuscript in a trance again.

"Wouldn't it be better if we hurry up and produce the products?" Nannan was eating chestnut cakes with a smacking sound.

"That seems to make sense, but how do we know which store it is if we don't wait for him to finish it?" The man himself didn't want to go through the trouble of looking for it. If he found the manuscript and returned it, they would know the idea.

If the manuscript has been read by someone, it means it has been suppressed.

"What should we do then?" It was normal for Nannan not to understand these things. She sat up and looked at me with her head tilted.

"This manuscript is a semi-finished product. The complete version is in my mind. I'll wait for her work to be completed, and then we'll release the complete version and nail them down to the starting point."

I got so excited that I threw the paper on the table and started crying, muttering that my things were missing, and then I walked around the house as soon as I got out of the door.

"My stuff is gone, help me find it, where is it? Look in the tree pit, maybe on the tree, or on the roof..."

Everyone at home was frightened by my anxiety and helped me look everywhere, even robbing bird nests in trees. They were like ants on a hot pan, looking everywhere to see if they could find my manuscript.

Looking at the fruitless search, I returned to my room in despair and didn't want to go out, wailing from time to time.

When I returned to the room, my daughter applauded me and said, "It's a pity that you don't go to sing with your acting skills."

She touched her face and found tears on it because of her acting skills. "You're kidding. I've been hanging around for so many years. If you calculate the time, everyone around me probably knows about it. Hongdou should be here soon."

When I heard the door open, I heard the words "Look, Cao Cao and Liu Bei are here." As soon as I finished speaking, Hongdou pushed the door open. Seeing that I was fine, she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Miss, you scared me to death. I heard that you were going crazy, so I rushed back to see what was going on." Hongdou sat aside and took a big gulp of water before she completely relaxed.

"What are people saying about me outside?" I asked Hongdou curiously, as if they were not talking about me. Looking at my curious eyes, Hongdou avoided it, shook her head and said she didn't say anything.

Who would believe this? I waved my hand and said I didn’t say anything. Just say it. “They said that the young lady was crazy and that someone ran away from your bed, which is why this happened.”

The more Hongdou spoke, the more guilty she felt. No wonder, the word was too outrageous. At most, I thought they were saying I was crazy or something, and I was more or less unhappy.

Seeing my expression change, Hongdou stopped talking and said, "I just happened to be on vacation. Pay attention to the recent movements of the stores. If something is missing, they should take action."

After Hongdou agreed, she went out to the store. Before leaving, she helped me practice my acting skills. When Hongdou went out, she had a bitter look on her face, as if she had eaten a bitter melon.

"Is it really okay to feed people something so bitter?" After Hongdou left, Nannan waved a green plant in front of me.

"There's nothing we can do. Hongdou's acting is really not that good. We can only use some props to help her." There is no bitter melon in this era. I discovered this by accident.

I looked it up in the study before. It's called Sophora flavescens. Although it's called Sophora flavescens, it has nothing to do with ginseng. It's just a bitter plant that clears away heat and detoxifies. It's extremely bitter. I licked it once and my tongue was numb for a long time.

"Luckily, I was very curious and thought it was bitter gourd. I searched for it for so long and it turned out to be just a thing." At that time, I thought that finding something similar to modern things could enhance the sense of home and intimacy.

This plant looks a bit like okra, but it is cylindrical in shape. When I lick it with my mouth, it makes me feel numb and I say "Puh".

I lay on the bed and sighed. For the next few days, I slept all day and walked around at night, howling from time to time. It was obvious that I lacked inner strength and was a fool who was driven crazy.

It’s just that the Shen family’s reputation may not be very good, but it’s not a big problem, as it has been bad for a long time.

"This guy can't rest too hard. He doesn't want to move at all afterwards. Don't you think so, Nannan?" The man was standing on the wall, talking to Nannan next to him.

"Is this the reason why you woke me up in the middle of the night?" Nannan was so sleepy that she kept nodding her head. She became even more irritated by my stimulation.

"What? Look, the fruits are so beautiful. Pick them quickly. I don't know if my stunner has much effect on dogs." He was busy picking the fruits.

He stuffed several into her mouth and muttered to Nannan to hurry up. He had never used the knockout smoke on a dog before and was afraid something might happen to the dog, so he only used a little bit.

I was scared and relieved at the same time. If it weren't for this dog, I wouldn't be able to eat such delicious fruit. It looks a bit like cherries, but not quite. It tastes sweet and sour and is quite delicious.

"Please be considerate of me, I can get it!" Nannan's mouth was small, so she stuffed one into it and kept putting it into her little pocket. There was a lot of space in that little pocket, but Nannan's height was a little worrying, so it was a little difficult to stuff it in.

When we were pulling the weeds out, I noticed that the dog seemed to move, but I had just found a bunch of big, red ones. If I didn't pull them away, I wouldn't be able to sleep all night.

"Nannan, Nannan, come here!" I shouted to Nannan in a low voice. This action really surprised her. It was a bit like a mute speaking loudly.

As soon as Nannan came close to me, she closed her eyes and could no longer see her own body. I used my hands to grab Nannan and put her into my pocket, which was full of the fruits I had just picked.

"Turn them all, quickly, we'll leave after I pull out all of them." I pointed to the reddest bunch.

Nannan didn't even look up, she was just pretending. Even if she looked up, she couldn't see the direction I was pointing. This little girl was quite nimble, and after she finished pretending, she climbed onto my shoulder by herself.

I measured the distance and stepped on the tree trunk with one foot. This kick almost made me do splits in the air.

"I'm leaving first, come on!" Nannan ran away when she saw that I was not in good condition. When I lowered my head, I knew why.

The big wolf dog was right under me, looking up and sniffing around. I cursed this guy a thousand times in my heart.

Now is not the time to scold this guy. He must have smelled the smell but didn't notice me. Doing the splits is really tiring. Fortunately, my tendons are in good shape.

After a while, the big wolfdog didn't see anything, so it returned to its own territory and lay down. Seeing this, I didn't dare to breathe. I exerted force with my lower body and brought the other dog to the tree trunk.

The noise was quite loud. If I had known this would happen, I would have learned the martial arts skills. Sure enough, the big dog came over and barked at my position. Who dared to move?

The dog's movement also attracted the people in the house. The candles in the room lit up, and their hearts began to tighten. This was bad luck for the Queen Mother of the West.

What should I do? I closed my eyes and hugged the tree trunk tightly without caring who was holding it. The dog kept barking. The people in the house also came out. The dog stopped barking and found a convenient angle to observe the situation below.

The first person to come out was a man, holding a stick in his hand and wandering in front of the tree. When no one appeared, the hostess of the room came out with a lantern in her hand.

As soon as the lantern came out, he saw the man's face, which looked very familiar. "What's the dog's name? Go to sleep quickly. You have to get up early tomorrow to change shifts at the Shen Mansion."

"Okay, by the way, have you given the money?" The man took the stick and took the woman back, and drove the dog back as well.

As soon as I said this and watched him turn around, I remembered, wasn't this the servant who was guarding the door before and asked me if I wanted someone to accompany me?

Money? What money? The more he spoke, the more strange it became. He looked at the fruit in front of him and the person who was about to leave. No, he had to take both. He pulled the fruit into his pocket.

After looking at the distance between the tree trunk and the wall, he gritted his teeth and split over again. The family did not put any porcelain bowl pieces on the top of the wall, so he just crawled up and followed the two of them.

The two men were also sure that there were no outsiders in their homes. "No, the people over there said that we can only pay the bill if we can come out."

"Is this guy reliable? It took me so much effort to do this." The man said to the woman a little impatiently.

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