Tomb Raider: What kind of heroine is she?

"Reporting to Sanniang, the Hong Mansion is still not accepting guests today. Our visiting card to Miss Zhang has been received by Chen Pi, but there has been no response so far."

A woman from the Huo family clasped her hands together and reported to the head of the family who was sitting in the study room silently polishing the ruby. Huo Sanniang held the gem up to the light and looked at it. Seeing that it was shining and spotless, she nodded with satisfaction and put the thing back into the box in front of her.

"Chenpi accepted the invitation but refused to entertain guests?" Huo Sanniang closed the lid in her hand, slightly narrowed her eyes, thought for a moment, and asked back: "Second Master, he and Master Fo haven't come back yet, right?"

"Yes."

It seems that the news that Zhang Xingxing is back is true.

Huo Sanniang smiled, opened the drawer and put the box in it, then said, "Go and withdraw those people who are watching the Hong Mansion and move them to the docks and the station. If Master Fo and Master Er come back with the girl, tie her up and bring her to the Huo family first!"

"Oh, by the way, please find me the most skilled goldsmith in Changsha City as soon as possible. I want to make a bracelet for him." Huo Sanniang opened her red lips slightly, and as soon as she finished speaking, she gracefully stretched out her jade hand and gently smoothed out the fine wrinkles on her sleeves.

At this moment, the woman standing below felt a chill rising slowly from her spine, and she shivered involuntarily because of the affectionate voice of the head of the family!

You know, it has been a long time since I have seen the head of the family act like this. You know, when the head of the family shows such an attitude, it often means that someone is about to face a disaster. Thinking of this, the woman couldn't help but silently mourn for the unlucky guy who was unfortunately targeted by the head of the family.

However, despite her heart already being in turmoil, she still tried her best to maintain a calm expression on her face, not daring to show any strange expression at all.

After replying in a low voice, she quickly left the study. When she was about to leave the room, she couldn't help but look back at the owner of the house in the study. She saw her mouth opening and closing, whispering something, but the vague obscurity and gloom between her eyebrows was simply chilling, so she instantly withdrew her gaze.

In the spacious study, sunlight shone through the half-closed curtains onto the floor, creating patches of mottled light and shadow. Huo Sanniang sat quietly at the desk, her slender fingers gently stroking the strands of hair that had fallen to the front of her temples due to long hours of reading, and she murmured to herself with a dazed look in her eyes, "It's been a long time since we last met..." Her voice was so soft that it seemed only she could hear it.

At this time in the Hong Mansion, Chen Pi peeled an orange happily, feeling that the past few days were more comfortable than ever before. With the master away, he was in control. After completing the master's instructions and announcing Zhang Xingxing's return, the people from the Nine Gates who originally looked down on Chen Pi's identity came to visit the Hong Mansion in waves. No matter how perfunctory his attitude was, these people didn't care much.

Even that guy Wu Laogou has been strolling around the Hong Mansion with his dog these days.

Don't think that he doesn't know what this person is thinking. It's just a pity that no one accepted this hypocritical olive branch he threw out!

Thinking that Zhang Xingxing had gone out with Er Yuehong and had not returned yet, and that he could not see the arrangements made by that scheming old dog, Chen Pi smiled with extra gloating pleasure.

"Master Chenpi, a telegram has arrived."

The butler of the Hong Mansion came hurriedly with a piece of paper in his hand, speaking with a happy look on his face. "The Second Master and the Young Lady will be back soon, and they said they got the deer grass successfully. This is really great!"

Chen Pi was overjoyed when he heard this. He had the deer grass, and Sister Hong Liu was saved. However, Chen Pi, who had tasted a little power, soon realized that after the master and Zhang Xingxing came back, his existence would fade away little by little, and he would be suppressed everywhere.

No, he didn't want this to happen. It seemed he had to think of a solution...