Quick Transmigration Sweet Story, The White Moonlight Rescue Plan

"Tomorrow is the day to worship our ancestors. Since you're getting married, go to Qingzhaiyuan and copy some scriptures for the worship tomorrow!"

Thinking of Shen Menglan's words, Xiaoxiao hurried towards Qingzhaiyuan.

By the time we arrived at Qingzhaiyuan, it was already completely dark.

In Qingzhaiyuan, there were only a few small, solitary rooms, which appeared very quiet in the night.

After Xiao Xiao finished copying the scriptures, she put down her pen and said coldly to the air, "I didn't expect that the Pavilion Master would also learn from those petty thieves and scoundrels, eavesdropping from the roof beams?"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a dark red figure leaped down from the roof beam.

The man's silver mask gleamed in the darkness, and his thin lips were a deep crimson, as if they were about to bleed.

Lou Zheng didn't mince words and went straight to the point: "How did you know our Thousand Machines Pavilion's code?"

The marks Xiaoxiao made on the moon ship were the secret codes used by the assassins of the Thousand Machine Pavilion to communicate with each other.

The Thousand Machines Pavilion is a notorious assassin organization. Legend has it that there is no one the Thousand Machines Pavilion cannot kill, mainly due to two factors:

First, it depends on how much money is offered, and second, it depends on whether the leader of the pavilion likes doing it.

The woman in front of him remained completely calm upon seeing a man enter her room.

Because Xiaoxiao knew that Shangguan Jingtai had another identity: Lou Zheng, the head of the Thousand Machines Pavilion.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have rashly written a coded message on the moonboat to warn Shangguan Jingtai that there was an assassin.

Before Xiaoxiao could finish speaking, Shangguan Jingtai heard the commotion outside.

Xiao Xiao seemed to have heard it too.

After their eyes met, they both instinctively looked toward the source of the noise.

A pipe punctured the paper window, spewing an unknown gas into the room.

Xiao Xiao quickly covered her mouth and nose with a wet cloth from the basin, then pretended to faint and lay motionless on the ground.

Shangguan Jingtai frowned, steadied his breathing, and leaped back onto the roof beam, quietly waiting for any movement.

The man seemed unable to hear the sounds coming from inside the room and assumed that the person had been drugged, so he tiptoed and pushed open the door.

The moment he pushed open the door, he touched the silk thread hanging from the handle. As the thread snapped, a sandbag fell from the sky and knocked him unconscious.

Shangguan Jingtai, with a slanted eyebrow at the man on the ground, had already guessed most of the plan and silently looked in Xiaoxiao's direction.

Xiao Xiao looked at the original owner's former husband, the coachman, on the ground, and sneered inwardly. This Shen Menglan had chosen the same path as in the original story. When she came today, she saw that the coachman was acting suspiciously, and sure enough, there was something wrong with him.

This face left Xiao Xiao unable to calm down for a long time. The original owner's memories came flooding back, making Xiao Xiao feel as if she were sinking in cold water.

Contrary to expectations of anxiety and unease, the woman before me had an indifferent expression, but also a hint of sorrow and weariness beyond her years, making her even more enigmatic.

Xiao Xiao had just told them that the unconscious man was hidden in the closet when she heard rustling sounds outside the door.

Xiao Xiao's eyes darkened, perhaps out of fear, but she still tremblingly picked up the wooden stick and hid behind the door.

Shen Menglan was suspicious and worried that the coachman might suddenly change his mind, so she came to check on things to make sure it had gone well.

Fearing being discovered, Shen Menglan deliberately didn't bring any maids and wore dark clothes, tiptoeing into the courtyard.

He had just peeked out and hadn't even gotten a good look at the house when he was knocked unconscious from behind with a stick.

Xiao Xiao held up the stick, looking at Shen Menglan, who had been knocked unconscious by her, on the ground with a look of horror.

Hidden on the roof beam, Shangguan Jingtai watched Xiaoxiao hesitate, then jumped down and slowly walked to her.

"Miss Xue, it seems you've offended someone!"

Xiao Xiao curled her lips into a cold smile, her eyes brimming with tears. She took a deep breath and said, "Of course! I've offended people since I was born, and it's not like it's just a day or two ago. At first, I tried to tolerate it, thinking that we're family after all, and we should get along well. But now it seems that tolerating won't solve anything."

The woman was petite, and although she remained calm in the face of persecution from her own family, how could she not feel heartbroken?

Shangguan Jingtai looked at Shen Menglan on the ground thoughtfully, "Since others have already come to provoke you, you don't need to keep tolerating it."

"What can I do? I'm just an orphan with no influence."

There was an indescribable sadness in the woman's eyes, which made Shangguan Jingtai feel unbearable pity.

She was just a weak woman. If she didn't use some means to protect herself, how could she survive in this cannibalistic mansion?

"How about you hand him over to me?" Shangguan Jingtai's offer of help left Xiaoxiao stunned for a long while.

Looking at the dazed woman in front of me, with tears still on her face, she was incredibly cute.

Shangguan Jingtai coughed lightly, "Consider it reciprocity; there will be other opportunities to exchange later..."

The woman looked at herself, her eyes red-rimmed, and after a long while, she bowed her head, thanked him, and hurriedly left.

Shangguan Jingtai watched as the woman's slender figure gradually disappeared into the darkness, then looked at Shen Menglan lying on the ground beside him, his eyes growing cold.

He hates people who are two-faced, especially women.

Since she's so eager to frame someone, let her taste the bitter fruit of her own actions!

Meanwhile, in another garden, Xue Zhilan was so excited about what would happen tomorrow that she couldn't sleep.

Thinking that tomorrow that bitch Xue Xiao will be ruined, let's see how Xue Xiao will still have the right to marry my cousin!

The next day, Xue Zhilan got up before dawn and dressed up early.

He couldn't even wait to pay his respects to Shen Menglan, and excitedly left the courtyard.

He chatted with the noble ladies early in the morning and happened to run into Shen An, who had just gotten up.

Today, Shen An, dressed in a blue robe, met Xue Zhilan with a cold expression.

Xue Zhilan thought bitterly, "You, Shen An, you were so sweet and affectionate when you saw me before."

Now that you've seen that bitch Xue Xiao, you're so eager to distance yourself from me. Just wait until your beloved fiancée cheats on you, then let's see if you'll still talk to me.

Thinking this to herself, Xue Zhilan ignored the embarrassment Shen An had caused her and said with a charming smile, "Cousin, why are you up so early! Did you come to see your sister?"

Shen An glanced at Xue Zhilan indifferently and said irritably, "Miss Xue, please have some self-respect. From now on, you will have to call me brother-in-law."

Someone in the crowd saw that Xue Zhilan was clinging to him so eagerly, yet Shen An still seemed so disgusted, and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Xue Zhilan's face stiffened, but thinking of what was about to happen, she held back and continued, "Young Master Shen couldn't find my sister, could he? My sister specially asked Mother to allow her to keep watch alone in Qingzhai Garden at night in order to pray for the ancestors of our family!"

Xue Zhilan refused to call Shen An her brother-in-law because she never thought that Xue Xiao could marry Shen An.

I didn't expect Xue Xiao to be so sensible.

Thinking this, Shen An blushed and took a step towards Qingzhai Garden.

When the group arrived at Qingzhai Garden, the sun was already high in the sky, yet the garden remained eerily quiet, a quietness that hinted at something sinister.

Xue Zhilan looked at Shen An's slightly furrowed brows and smiled, "Perhaps my sister stayed up too late last night and is a little tired. I'll go in and call her!"

As she spoke, Xue Zhilan eagerly pushed open the door and rushed in, calling out in her shrill voice, "Sister!"

Suddenly, it seemed I saw something—something I shouldn't have seen.

Xue Zhilan covered her face and hurriedly ran out, throwing herself into Shen An's arms.

Everyone looked into the room, which was in a mess, with clothes scattered everywhere. An ambiguous atmosphere wafted from the room, and it was obvious to everyone what had happened.

At this moment, Shen An's expression changed drastically.

Xue Zhilan seemed to be in shock, stammering, "How could my sister do this? How could she sleep in the same bed with another man? And..."

He seemed to be overwhelmed with grief and could no longer speak.

A buzz of discussion broke out among the crowd.

“I told you I was the daughter of a peasant woman. She used her looks to seduce people and couldn’t stand the loneliness. She actually did such a depraved thing in this temple.”

"What a misfortune for our family! What a misfortune for our family!"

"It's a good thing Shen Tanhua didn't marry that kind of prostitute, otherwise he would have been wearing a green hat countless times!"

"Do you think Xue Xiao is Xue Yao's biological daughter? Like mother, like daughter, who knows!"

……

It seems the commotion outside was too loud and woke the man inside.

Upon seeing the scene outside, the man was so frightened that he stumbled off the bed and knelt on the ground.

Upon closer inspection, people noticed that the man's body was covered with dense bruises and welts.

One can imagine the delightful rain last night. (Actually, it was Shangguan Jingtai who ordered it to be altered last night.)

"I didn't expect Xue Xiao to have this kind of taste. Look at the adulterer's body, the mess he made, tsk tsk tsk."

Shen An's face was extremely ugly at this moment; he had lost face big time.

As expected of a peasant woman's daughter, she is crude, barbaric, and shameless, having done such a scandalous thing.

Xue Xiao, just wait and see, you'll spend the rest of your life in front of the ancient Buddha and the dim lamp!

Xue Zhilan was nestled in Shen An's arms, secretly pleased with herself.

Just when people were certain that the woman in the room was Xue Xiao, a clear voice suddenly came from behind the crowd.

"Sister? What are you doing here?"

People turned around in surprise and saw Xue Xiao, dressed in a pink embroidered silk robe, standing gracefully at the courtyard gate, looking at everyone with a surprised expression.

"This is impossible! Shouldn't you be inside the house? How could you possibly be here?" Xue Zhilan asked incredulously.

"Is my sister the hope, and am I the one in this room?" Xue Xiao asked, puzzled.

"No, that's not what I meant."

"Then how can you be so sure that the person in that room is me?" Xiao Xiao stared coldly at Xue Zhilan, not missing a single change in Xue Zhilan's expression.

"Last night, Mother asked you to keep watch. If it wasn't you in this room, then who was it? But you, how did you come back from another courtyard?" Xue Zhilan asked instead of answering, trying to attract attention.

“Xiao Xiao was with me yesterday,” Xiao Guoguo, who was standing behind Xiao Xiao, said.

"Why is my sister going to Miss Xiao's instead of keeping watch at night?"

Yes, isn't Xue Xiao deceiving her elders?

To deceive his own stepmother by saying he was keeping watch at night when he was actually catching up with friends—Xue Xiao is incredibly inconsiderate.

Shen An froze again upon seeing Xue Xiao's softened expression.

Xue Xiao looked aggrieved. Recalling the secret letter that Guan Jingtai had sent this morning, she said according to the words in the letter, "Sister, I went to bed early yesterday, so you don't know that I was on guard duty until very late last night."

But my mother suddenly arrived and said that as a lady, she should also keep watch at night, so she told me to go back first.

Xiao Guoguo chimed in, "I met Miss Xue on my way back to the courtyard. Seeing that she was all alone, I invited her to stay with me."

If Xiaoxiao returned to the courtyard early, leaving Shen Menglan alone to continue keeping watch at night.

Then who else could be in this room but Shen Menglan?

The expressions on everyone's faces as they looked into the room became mysterious.

Just then, a scream came from inside the house, and the woman inside rushed out in a panic.

Only then did people realize that the woman inside was Shen Menglan.

At this moment, Shen Menglan, her clothes disheveled and hair in disarray, screamed, "Who are you? How did you get into my courtyard!"

Awang, who was kneeling on the ground in fear of the crowd, was suddenly brought back to reality by Shen Menglan's scream.

Yes, the lady promised me that once the matter was settled, I would become the Xue family's husband.

What are you afraid of?

"Ladies and misses, please understand that Miss Xue and I are in love and have already pledged our lives to each other."

Unfortunately, the young lady was already engaged and wanted to sever the ill-fated relationship as soon as possible so that they could each marry and discuss it here last night.

However, what happened afterward was truly beyond our control.

We are truly in love, and we hope everyone will give us their blessing.

Upon hearing this, the crowd looked at each other, none of them daring to utter a sound.

Because the Miss Xue he was talking about was standing right in front of them.

Anyone with eyes can see that this was a trap deliberately set for Xue Xiao, but somehow it ended up harming Shen Menglan for no reason.