After traveling through time, the four best friends were all targeted by the boss

"Niannian, what's wrong?" Xu Zheng asked, leaning over to take a look. "What's written in this book?"

Xia Nian looked up: "A Zheng, go wake up Yin Yin and Tao Zi, I have something to tell everyone."

Xu Zheng stood up: "Oh oh."

Meng Yin rubbed his eyes and walked out sleepily with an eye mask on his head.

"What's the matter, so early in the morning?" she said drowsily.

Tao Tao also walked out of the room.

"Oh my god, I was shouting so loudly just now and you didn't hear me?" Xu Zheng said, "That old man just came! He's the old man we helped. I went to chase him but he disappeared out of thin air!"

"What the hell?" Meng Yin suddenly came to her senses, "That old man?"

"Yes, he just left the book and ran away." Xu Zheng pointed at the book in Xia Nian's hand.

The cover of this book is very textured and the paper inside is very thick.

"I'll go." Meng Yin ran forward, sat next to Xia Nian, and flipped through it. "There's nothing written on it."

Xia Nian nodded: "Yes, it's more like a notebook than a book."

"What does it mean that he left this thing for us? I thought he was giving us the book." Tao Tao said disappointedly.

Xia Nian flipped out the catalog and said, "Take a look."

There are ten rows in the directory, representing the names of ten cities. The first one is where they are now, Zhaoding City.

"This is... the name of the city, right?" Meng Yin said.

"Absolutely!" Xu Zheng shouted, pointing to the second city, "Ziyang City, Pei Xuanxi was just talking about it."

Meng Yin suddenly remembered what Gu Huai said to her when she first came here.

This is Zhaoding City, one of the ten largest cities in Anhong Continent.

"I remember now, perhaps these ten cities are the ten most famous cities on this continent. I heard Gu Huai talk about it before!" Meng Yin said.

"Then what is his purpose in giving us this notebook?" Tao Tao asked.

Xia Nian pondered for a while and told everyone his thoughts: "I think it must be related to the four major families. When dealing with the Pan family's affairs a few days ago, Yi An and Gu Huai went to Ziyang City one after another. Pei Xuanxi is also going to Ziyang City today. Something must have happened."

"Do we have to go too?" Meng Yin touched his head and said.

Tao Tao suddenly shouted: "Look, there is a small golden dot behind the three words Zhaoding City."

They looked over and saw that there was indeed a small golden dot, but its color was dim and not very obvious on the brown paper.

"Maybe... you want us to visit all ten cities?" Xu Zheng said.

"Isn't this equivalent to traveling, haha." Meng Yin said with a smile.

Xia Nian closed the book and said, "I'm going to ask Xia Houyu today."

"Okay." The four of them stood up and prepared to wash up.

Meng Yin stepped forward and took Xu Zheng's arm, saying with a smile: "Zheng, this dress... is it Pei Xuanxi's?"

Xu Zheng nodded: "Yes."

Meng Yin smiled evilly and said, "Look, he is such a powerful man, but he actually came to deliver a letter to you in person. Is he interested in you?"

Xu Zheng shuddered: "Oh my god, this can't be possible. Pei Xuanxi looks abstinent. When we were practicing together, he wouldn't even touch my hand!"

Meng Yin shook her head and said, "You don't understand this, the more it is like this, the greater the contrast."

"Really?" Xu Zheng didn't quite understand.

-

After the business started, Xia Nian went to find Xia Houyu alone. Tao Tao and Xu Zheng taught Tan Xiang and the others how to cook while taking care of the store's affairs.

Meng Yin went out to the street, ready to ask those itinerant merchants if anything had happened in Ziyang City.

She has a pure face and looks harmless, which makes it easy for others to let down their guard when they are outside.

Meng Yin bought some things and started to find out what was going on.

"Hey girl, don't go to Ziyang City." The merchant waved his hand and said.

Meng Yin blinked, looking confused: "Why is this happening, brother?"

"There have been a lot of murders in Ziyang City recently, and the murderer has not been caught yet. I heard that those who were killed were killed in terrible ways!" The eldest brother's expression was vivid, but his voice was several times lower.

"There's this thing?" Meng Yin covered her mouth. "Those dead...did they have any characteristics?"

The merchant brother thought for a moment and said, "I don't know about that. Anyway, Ziyang City has been unstable recently, and the city lord is useless. He has not been able to find the murderer, which has made the people in the city panic."

Meng Yin nodded and smiled at him: "Thank you, brother, you are so kind!"

After saying that, she turned and left.

Gu Lingleng, who had changed his appearance, looked at her from behind. Is this a good person? Can she praise anyone without blushing?

-

Xia Nian came to Xiahou Mansion. When she went in, Xiahou Yu was practicing sword in the backyard.

Because she brought the token, the servants did not need to pass on the message, and Xia Nian arrived at the backyard smoothly.

As soon as she entered the courtyard, she saw Xia Houyu's elegant figure. Seeing him practicing intently, Xia Nian slowed down her pace, not wanting to disturb him.

Xiahou Yu had his back to her. He had heard footsteps as soon as she came in. Because the footsteps were so light, he thought it was Xiao Xian, so he raised his sword, turned around and stabbed at Xia Nian.

A powerful internal force attacked Xia Nian, and in an instant, Xia Nian's loose hair and white dress were blown up.

When their eyes met, Xia Nian saw the panic in Xia Hou Yu's eyes.

Xiahou Yu quickly turned the sword and threw it to the ground.

Because of the excessive force, Xiahou Yu almost injured his wrist.

"Miss Xia, are you okay?" Xia Houyu ran forward and looked her up and down. "Sorry, I thought it was Xiao Xian just now!"

Xia Nian shook her head. Although she was frightened just now, the sword was still far away from her and she was not injured at all.

Xia Nian lowered her eyes slightly and saw Xia Houyu's slightly trembling wrist.

"I'm fine. How's your hand?" Xia Nian grabbed his arm and gently touched his wrist with his fingers.

It might break with such a great force, Xia Nian thought with a frown.

Xiahou Yu looked at her cold eyes, which were tinged with tenderness because of him.

The corners of his mouth curved slightly, and then he frowned.

"It hurts a little... maybe I need to rub it to make it better." Xiahou Yu said innocently.

Xia Nian raised his eyes to look at him. His eyes were very clear and he couldn't tell anything. "Where's the doctor? Let him come and take a look."

Xia Houyu shook his head: "It's okay, it's just a minor injury. As long as Miss Xia is not hurt, it's fine. I recognized the wrong person. It's okay to be hurt for a while."

Xia Nian: “…”

She sighed inwardly, pulled him to sit down in the corridor, and stretched out her slender white fingers to gently massage his wrist.

"Does it hurt?"

Xiahou Yu looked at her in a trance and did not answer for a while.

"Hmm?" Xia Nian raised her head and met his eyes.

Xia Houyu reacted and said nonchalantly: "It's okay, don't worry Miss Xia, it's just a minor injury."

Xia Nian: “…”

"Actually, I came here today to ask Young Master Xiahou something." Xia Nian said, looking at his wrist.

"What's the matter?" Xiahou Yu asked.

Xia Nian let go of his hand and took out a piece of paper from his sleeve with the names of ten cities written on it.

Xiahou Yu was still somewhat greedy for the warmth on his wrist. When he saw the words on the paper, his voice was a little muffled: "This is one of the ten major cities in Anhong Continent. Why do you ask this, Miss Xia?"