Quick Transmigration: Still Life Fairy

"Get out of my way!"

"Second Young Master, please don't make things difficult for us. The Eldest Young Master instructed that you must stay in the study for two hours today before we can let you leave."

Two burly men stood at the door of the study. They were members of the manor's guard team, and Qian Xiuyi recognized them. He had once observed the guard team's training, and these men were all highly skilled. Moreover, the two men that Qian Xiuyi had transferred were clearly not nobody. Qian Xiuyi knew he was no match for them and that he couldn't force his way out. He huffed and puffed for a while, glared fiercely at the two burly men, and then turned around and slammed the study door shut.

Qian Xiuyai's imprisonment of me like this can't be anything good! No, I can't let him succeed!!

Qian Xiuyi paced anxiously in the study, looking somewhat hesitant, though it was unclear what she was hesitating about.

Yu Liu has quietly transformed into human form. Ever since Qian Xiuyi retrieved the book, he has lost interest in the book "Nine Transformations of the Heavenly Dragon". The reason he wanted the book back so strongly before was simply to spite Qian Xiuya.

The study was very spacious. The Qian family was not short of money, and as the study of their most beloved son, Qian Dafa had put a lot of thought into its arrangement. The walls were covered with works by famous artists, and the horizontally arranged bookshelves were adorned with some valuable decorative items in the corners. There was also enough space between the bookshelves for two grown men to walk side by side.

The area where the bookshelves were placed was separate from the area where Qian Xiuyi read and wrote, and they were arranged in a north-south direction. There were several rows of bookshelves, and Yu Liu was hiding behind the second row of bookshelves. Qian Xiuyi, who was always wandering around the south door, couldn't find her at all.

Qian Xiuyi was thinking about escaping, and Yu Liu was also thinking about escaping. She was still thinking about the time when Qian Xiuya called her "baby". Moreover, before that, Yu Liu had placed her hopes of fulfilling her wish on Qian Xiuya. So she could not stay here with Qian Xiuyi and wait to die!

Yu Liu looked towards the back of the study. Besides a large door, Qian Xiuyi's study had a window on the north and south sides. Yu Liu had previously left through the south window when there was no one guarding the outside, and she could come and go as she pleased. But things were different now.

Seeing that Qian Xiuyi was still hesitating about something, Yu Liu reached out and grabbed the bookshelf, quietly moving backward. This time, she set her sights on the window at the back of the study. The window was a bit high, unlike the one in front which could be opened easily, but that didn't stop her.

But after riding her little white cloud to the window, Yu Liu glanced at it and dejectedly returned to the ground—damn it, there were two burly men standing outside this window, which was more than a meter tall. Just how much did Qian Xiuya not want Qian Xiuyi to go out?!

Given Qian Xiuyi's blatant act of imprisonment, even Yu Liu, not to mention Qian Xiuyi herself, felt that Qian Xiuyi was definitely plotting something.

Yu Liu couldn't let anyone see her running out of Qian Xiuyi's study, otherwise it would really cause misunderstandings. Her eyes scanned the walls and floor around the study, and she was despairingly thinking about whether to use her magic to make a hole out. At that moment, Qian Xiuyi, who had been pacing back and forth and hesitating, finally made a move.

He walked toward the second row of bookshelves in the study. Yu Liu was so frightened that she quickly transformed into a book. She saw Qian Xiuyi step over all the bookshelves and carefully feel around the wall on the left, which was about two meters away from the last row of bookshelves and the back wall, right next to Qian Xiuya's study. After a while, he seemed to have found something. The wall suddenly dented, and a hole suddenly appeared in the floor.

Yu Liu: "...A mechanism? There's such a thing as a mechanism??"

Completely unaware that his actions were being spied on, Qian Xiuyi remained remarkably calm about the suddenly appearing cave. He slowly followed the steps into the cave, and as he gradually disappeared from the entrance, Yu Liu immediately transformed into human form. After hesitating for a second or two, she decisively followed him inside.

The cave was completely different from the darkness Yu Liu had imagined. It was brightly lit, with braziers burning everywhere, which looked like they had been burning for quite some time.

Yu Liu quietly approached a brazier. This time she could see more clearly that there were obvious footprints around the brazier and dripping wax, indicating that these braziers were being looked after.

Qian Xiuyi, who was walking in front, seemed to know the way well and had obviously been here more than once. He kept his eyes straight ahead and quickly followed the firelight.

Yu Liu, whose legs were too short to keep up, beckoned to Little White Cloud, climbed onto it, and followed Qian Xiuyi at a leisurely pace, keeping a close eye on her movements to avoid her noticing the trail.

The underground passage was very long, and it was basically a one-way street. There was no one tending the brazier around, so Yu Liu guessed that there might be another exit in this passage.

After walking for about ten minutes, I stepped over an unusual-looking threshold, and suddenly the view opened up before me.

She didn't know where she had ended up, but the space at the very end had been hollowed out into a large hole, and the narrow, dark passages around her had turned into a large, interconnected room. As soon as Yu Liu stepped into this room, she was blinded by the dazzling light—this large room was filled with all kinds of gold and silver jewelry, and gold bars of the same design were scattered on the floor, reflecting the light under the firelight, making them look even more dazzling.

On the other side of this large room was a large wooden door. Qian Xiuyi had already opened the door and walked out.

Yu Liu had a premonition that the secret passage had come to an end, and all the gold and silver jewelry in this large room probably represented most of the Qian family's wealth. Yu Liu couldn't help but wonder if Qian Xiuya knew about this place.

Qian Xiuyi seems to frequent this place, as she is so familiar with it. If Qian Xiuya had no idea where this place was, then it can only be said that Qian Dafa is truly biased to the extreme.

After a moment of reflection, Yu Liu felt that Qian Xiuyi must have already left, so she was carried by the white clouds to the wooden door at the other end of the room and pushed it open.

The door is not locked.

Yu Liu was just trying it out. She originally thought the door would be locked, but now she was really glad that it was the brainless Qian Xiuyi who walked through here!

Sure enough, there was a staircase leading up to the other side of the door. At the top of the staircase, you could see that the lid was closed and Qian Xiuyi had already gone out.

Yu Liu was carried by Bai Yun to the exit cover. After carefully observing it, she couldn't find a way to open it. Yu Liu stretched out her small hands and placed them on both sides of the cover, trying to push it open with force.

"Boom——"

A slight vibration was heard, and Yu Liu actually managed to push open this seemingly reliable lid without using much force. There must be a mechanism on the lid.

In any case, it's good to be able to get out. Yu Liu rode on a white cloud and carefully floated out of the exit. The first thing that caught her eye was a thin veil fluttering in the wind, and next to it was a large screen that blocked out this small world.

After passing the screen, Yu Liu discovered that on the other side of the secret passage was a room that looked like a woman's bedroom. Everything in the room was exquisite, suggesting that the owner must have been of high status.

The woman was of high status. It was easy to guess who in the Qian family had this label. Apart from some female managers, the only one who met this condition was Mu Xiaoqin, the mother of Qian Xiuya and Qian Xiuyi.

There was no one in the room. Yu Liu appeared openly and boldly, guessing that Qian Xiuyi might have already left. She quickly floated towards the door.

There were no guards outside the door. Yu Liu put away Little White Cloud and sneaked out with her short legs.

Stepping out of the house, I discovered a small courtyard that Yu Liu had never been to before. The flowers and plants were meticulously trimmed, and there were artificial hills and flowing water, making it look like a small ecological park.

Yu Liu already had a guess in her mind.

There were only two buildings in the entire courtyard. One was the room where Yu Liu had just come out, and the other was right next to it. A middle-aged woman was standing at the door, secretly wiping away tears. She was dressed in gold and silver, and her demeanor was clearly not that of someone who served others. Qian Xiuyi, who had disappeared earlier, was standing next to the middle-aged woman, carefully comforting her.

Yu Liu observed from a distance. Judging from the way the two people were talking, the middle-aged woman should be Qian Xiuyi's mother, Mu Xiaoqin. As for the other room, Yu Liu guessed that the head of the entire Qian family, Qian Dafa, should be lying there.

After talking with Mu Xiaoqin for a while, Mu Xiaoqin wiped away her tears and nodded. Then, Qian Xiuyi left Mu Xiaoqin and went into Qian Dafa's room alone.

Mu Xiaoqin was still wiping away tears outside, showing no sign of leaving.

Yu Liu knew she no longer had a chance to find out what Qian Xiuyi was doing inside, so she decisively gave up on following Qian Xiuyi and prepared to leave to find Qian Xiuya.

She has now figured it out. There's no point in getting angry with Qian Xiuyai. The things he said before were out of concern for her, and he might very well be that person. She can't give up no matter what.

Thinking of this, Yu Liu raised her hand and slapped herself in the dark, quietly blending into the flowers and plants in the garden, and soon disappeared from the courtyard.

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Although Qian Xiuyi's logic was sometimes a bit off, he wasn't stupid. His actual personality was somewhat eccentric and arrogant. His obedient and docile image was usually just for his father and mother. The moment he was imprisoned by Qian Xiuya, he thought of many ways to escape. In the end, he had to admit that Qian Xiuya's influence in the Qian family was too great, and he had no confidence in confronting Qian Xiuya head-on. So, he could only find someone in the Qian family with greater prestige than Qian Xiuya to lift his confinement. And the only person in the Qian family with greater prestige than Qian Xiuya was Qian Dafa.

So after thinking it over for a long time, Qian Xiuyi finally decided to go through the secret passage to Qian Dafa's courtyard, intending to see if she could get her father's help.