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Outside the blue brick wall, Aunt Liu hesitantly asked the sick boy beside her, "Why don't I go? You stay back. You're not well yet. I shouldn't have asked you to help."

"Huang Ya cheated someone and sold him to that despicable place. We can report it to the authorities and scare him. Who knows, we might be able to get the person back..."

After saying that, the boy reached out and knocked on the door, but he didn't hear anyone opening the door, but there was clearly movement inside.

Aunt Liu became anxious and pounded the wooden door hard, "bang bang bang" and started cursing at the top of her lungs.

Suddenly the house became quiet and the door was opened from the inside with a creaky sound. The curse that Aunt Liu was about to say was choked by the person who opened the door, and she was stunned for a moment.

The handsome man was wrapped in a long green silk robe. There was no dullness in his eyes, but a burning gaze, and a smile and a blush on his face.

He didn't say anything and was about to walk around them. Aunt Liu quickly stopped him.

"It's good that you...you didn't...come out. Go away! That Yellow Fang is not a good person!"

He had an inexplicable smell and an indescribable chill on him. He was pulled back by Aunt Liu and looked back at her, then glanced at her son. It was obvious that they had come to save him.

Aunt Liu shuddered at the sight of him and let go of her hand, "I'm glad you're okay..."

Her son pulled her behind him and protected her with his thin body. "My mother said you were going to be bullied, so she asked me to help, but it seems you don't need it."

The man reached into his pocket, took out a handful of silver, threw it to him, and said, "I want to ask you a question."

Aunt Liu and her son were confused and wanted to shirk responsibility, but the man started asking, "Has any carriage team come here recently?"

Aunt Liu, who often sets up a small stall on the road, must have known about this, and nodded hurriedly, "Yes! Judging from the direction, it is heading towards the inn. We should stay overnight and then take a boat to Yunsu City. There happens to be a pier in our town."

The man nodded and left. When Aunt Liu wanted to ask again, her son stopped her and whispered,

"Mother, I don't think he is stupid, so let's not ask any more questions."

He pulled the man back fearfully, and when he looked up again, the man had disappeared at the street corner at dusk.

Aunt Liu complained, "It's getting dark, at least let him stay at home for a night... We gave him so much money, you can cook some good food."

The son said speechlessly, "You just want to see him look good, right? Sooner or later, he will cause trouble."

What he didn't tell his mother was that he seemed to smell a faint smell of blood from that person, and he knew that he was not a good person.

I'm afraid Huang Ya has hit a wall this time.

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That night.

Lou Xiao and his group went to bed early. The whole town was unusually quiet. Apart from the occasional voice of the night watchman, the only sound that could be heard was the buzzing of insects.

A black shadow scurried onto the roof of the inn at ghostly speed. Everyone except Li Huaiqing woke up, but no one took action.

Lou Xiao lay sideways on the bed in the inn, holding his chin, wanting to see what the thief was going to do.

Er Liu, with his sword on his back, looked up to determine the other party's position. If anyone dared to stop on the roof of their building, he would not be polite.

Ai Ying was lying on the bed with her hands on the back of her head, wondering if this person wanted to steal something, or...

They heard him open the door of a room, and then heard the whispers of men and women. Suddenly everyone realized what was going on and stopped paying attention.

After a while, a woman screamed. Ai Ying jumped up and rushed out, just in time to see a black shadow running away.

The two of them only fought briefly before separating. Ai Ying did not pursue him.

When they returned to the inn, Lou Xiaozheng and Er Liu asked the waiter what had happened.

"Hey! The lady in Room 1 said that a man threw himself into her arms at night, but she suddenly turned hostile and stabbed her. Fortunately, she didn't hit her vital parts."

Lou Xiao looked very gossipy, "You came to my door in the middle of the night, aren't you afraid it's a scam?"

The waiter lowered his voice and complained to Lou Xiao, "She lives in Room 1, maybe she's seen a lot of things, but I don't know why she suddenly changed her mind, could it be that she just found out she couldn't eat it?"

After Lou Xiao and Ai Ying looked at each other, Ai Ying slowly shook her head.

After hearing the gossip, everyone in the inn went back to sleep. Lou Xiao felt that it had nothing to do with her, so she lay down on the bed and went to sleep.

Er Liu pretended to sleep with her arms around her chest, her nerves always tense to prevent any sudden attack.

Even though he knew very well that Lou Xiao didn't need his protection.

The man who escaped in the darkness tore off his nightgown in a deserted place at the end of the street. He showed no sign of hiding the disgust on his face. He only regretted that he had not made up his mind to kill the man on the spot.

How could the lady who was the hostess of the motorcade... the woman who sang with him look like that? !

There is no difference between him and those who covet and lust after him... How can such a disgusting person sing a beautiful song? ?

He must have found the wrong one...

When he was about to go again, he remembered the master in the inn whom he vaguely sensed, and the man with whom he had just fought for a few moves without a clear winner, so he could no longer visit the inn at night.

She must be in the inn, perhaps under the protection of those masters.

Showing up at night would definitely arouse people's vigilance...he had to find another way.

Early the next morning, Lou Xiao and his group packed their luggage early without telling Li Huaiqing what happened last night and went to the dock to charter a ship.

In the morning mist, the honest boatman smiled from ear to ear, and was extremely satisfied with these generous guests.

After stopping at the dock for a while to wait for the large cargo ship to leave, Li Huaiqing and his driver went to the guest room to clean up.

Lou Xiao felt lazy and half-lay on the bow of the boat, looking down at the waves, with one hand hanging above the water, playing with the fish that occasionally bumped into her hand.

It was still early, but there were already fishermen casting their nets to catch fish. Birds by the river were flying through the woods with their long tails, chirping and chattering inaudibly.

Lou Xiao heard their boatman shout and leave the dock with a long pole.

Probably because he met a generous guest, the boatman happily sang a song. Lou Xiao lay down on his stomach, stirring the water and clapping his hands and knees to keep the beat for the boatman, and also joined in the fun by saying "Hey" a few times.

Li Huaiqing paused as he was taking out a bamboo flute from his luggage, then put it back.

She is the kind of person who likes country tunes, so how could she appreciate his flute?

He heard Lou Xiao outside applauding the boatman who had just finished singing, and his laughter was clear and crisp.

After walking out of the guest room, she was still half-lying on the bow of the boat in an ungraceful manner, with one hand hanging down to play in the river like a little child, which was totally inappropriate.

Ai Ying thought behind him, this is her...

But Lou Xiao didn't care what others thought, but her originally comfortable expression changed, and she seemed to feel that she touched something.

A pale hand in the green river grabbed her. Lou Xiao grabbed it reflexively and pulled it up.

Then a beautiful man appeared above the water. Amid the rising and falling waves, he looked up at her with a broad smile on his face.

caught you.

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