I survived as a female assassin

The old monster soon realized that the gardenia itself could be used as medicine and could not be a poison.

As the elder, he was the first to express his opinion, "This young lady Youran is really creative. Everyone, please don't let her kindness go to waste. Let's eat."

He moved his chopsticks first, and everyone else turned their eyes to him, watching him pick up a piece of gardenia from the stir-fried gardenias with chopsticks and slowly put it into his mouth.

He paused for several seconds before starting to chew, and then his facial expression changed from fearless at first, to doubt, and finally to surprise!

"Delicious! Crispy and with a really special fragrance! Come on! Try it!"

When he was halfway through his words, everyone started to pick up their chopsticks and ate with relish. Xin Youran breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that her idea was correct!

By the end of the meal, not only was the plate cleaned, but even the egg drop soup was drunk clean...

"Miss Youran, your cooking skills are truly extraordinary!"

"It turns out that gardenias can be eaten. It turns out that gardenias can be so delicious!"

Xin Youran was immune to Wei Anning's flattery and didn't care much about it. She had something serious to say.

At this moment, when everyone was full of food and wine and in a happy mood, she said with a smile: "Everyone, how about this gardenia banquet today?"

Everyone nodded in satisfaction. Xin Youran continued, "How much would you pay for a table of food like this in a restaurant?"

When the other four heard this, they said, "Awan, hasn't it been a while since we two took a walk together after dinner?"

"Oh, yes, yes!"

"Little An Ning, how are your studies going recently? How about taking Grandpa to see him?"

"Okay, Grandpa."

Xin Youran: ...

These guys are really stingy! They run away faster than anyone else when they mention money!

"Don't worry, you won't be charged for this meal!"

The four of them sat down again, and Xin Youran asked the heavens in silence.

"I really want to understand the market situation. I saw a plate of stir-fried shredded potatoes in a restaurant before for ten cents. Which of these dishes do you think tastes better, compared to the stir-fried shredded potatoes?"

The four members of the family were quite united now, and answered in unison:

“Gardenia, of course!”

Xin Youran nodded, and had an idea in mind.

"Wanwan, I'd like to buy you one or two taels of silver worth of gardenias. I want the fully bloomed kind. I'll give you the money first, and I'll pick out the remaining nine this afternoon. How about that?"

Wei Mayanwan didn't understand, but nodded anyway.

After getting the approval, Xin Youran returned the one or two taels of silver that Wei Wanwan had lent her before to her intact.

Then he started humming a little tune and cleared the dishes on the table. When he was about to go to the kitchen, he found that the family of four was still sitting there and had no intention of leaving.

So she asked in confusion: "Aren't you two going for a walk?"

"And aren't you two, the grandfather and the grandson, going to check your homework?"

After asking, he didn't wait for their response and walked towards the fire room humming a little tune.

Leaving the family of four standing there in a daze.

Seeing Xin Youran walking away, Wei Banban sent Wei An Ning away on the pretext of doing homework.

"Father, early this morning, those old women in the village heard about the Blood Shadow from somewhere, and they all ran over to offer warmth."

"She was already suspicious. If I hadn't reacted promptly and said it was Crescent Valley's custom to treat every guest the same way, she would have gotten away with it!"

"Please inform us as soon as possible so that we can all come up with a unified statement."

The old monster sighed deeply. This matter was also his fault for not thinking carefully. He was only thinking about restoring Blood Shadow's memory...

He nodded thoughtfully.

"Dad, when will this end? If this continues, I'm sure we won't be able to hide it anymore..."

"A Ming and I are trying to figure out a solution. Wait a little longer. Lie Feng wants to take her away in a month. That's outrageous. Blood Shadow's life is the most important thing!"

All three fell into silence.

*

After Xin Youran and the old monster's family of four had dinner, it was the old monster who still carried a lantern and sent her back to the small courtyard in the fields.

Halfway through the journey, the old monster finally got to the point. "Ms. Youran, how did you feel during the acupuncture last night?"

"Did you remember anything?"

Xin Youran knew this was the question the old man was going to ask. "Old monster, do you know someone named Yuan Zhiqing?"

As she asked this question, she had been observing his facial expression through the dim light.

When the old monster heard the name, he was obviously stunned for a moment. He probably knew this person!

So what role did the old monster play in "Falling Rain" at that time?

Should Xueying believe him?

Seeing this, Xin Youran continued, "Ah, these are just some fragmented snippets. I only have a vague understanding of them. It seems like he appeared on some kind of list, and I think I even went to his house..."

The old monster turned to look at Xin Youran with a look of surprise, "Seriously?"

Without waiting for Xin Youran's response, he muttered to himself, "This method really is effective!"

"I'm going to tell my apprentice this news. Perhaps if we add some other methods, the effect might be even better!"

The old monster handed the lantern to Xin Youran and said, "It's only a few steps away. You can walk back by yourself. I have something else to do, so I'll go first."

"Oh, rest tonight, no need for treatment, you should go to bed early."

After giving his instructions, he quickly disappeared from Xin Youran's sight...

Xin Youran shook her head. This guy was really weird.

After returning to the courtyard, she felt much more at ease, and she felt particularly close to Leng Yue when she saw her.

"Hey, drinking alone here again!"

"Look what I brought you~"

"Come on, try my new invention, fried gardenias. They're much better than your peanuts!"

Leng Yue rolled her eyes at her, not appreciating her kindness, and said unhappily, "You should pay more attention to your chickens, ducks, and geese."

After she reminded her, Xin Youran suddenly came to her senses. In the afternoon, she simply kept a chicken, a duck, and a goose in a small fence and had not fed them yet!

She threw the fried gardenias she brought back from the old monster's house to Leng Yue, and hurried to the fence with the lantern.

Fortunately, they haven't escaped yet...

Fortunately, the aunts brought her bran and corn. She didn't really know who liked to eat what, so she just scattered some on the fence.

I saw the three of them flapping their wings like crazy and starting to eat voraciously. They looked really hungry.

After feeding them, Xin Youran calmed down, ran to the tea room, found a small stool and sat next to Leng Yue.

With a flattering smile on his face, he said, "Hey, it tastes good, doesn't it?"

"You went out today, didn't you? Did you have any mission?"

Seeing that she ignored her, Xin Youran didn't plan to engage in useless small talk and decided to get straight to the point.

"Well, have you heard any news about Mu Yuan?"

Leng Yue: Humph, I knew that someone who shows off to me for no reason is either a traitor or a thief!