Severed ties and living in a dilapidated house? No worries, the poor thing has a space.

"Wow!"

Suddenly, the sound of a teacup falling and shattering came from the private room next door.

Driven by curiosity, Fang Yu put her ear close to listen to what was happening next door.

"Your Excellency, this man surnamed Xiao is simply being stubborn and refusing to listen to reason. If he insists on investigating, he will eventually find his way back to you. Perhaps..."

The person in the private room made a throat-slitting gesture.

The governor frowned and hesitated for a moment: "No..."

Before she could finish speaking, the sound of a door opening came again. Fang Yu poked a hole in the partition with her finger and looked through the crack.

A man came in and presented the governor with a letter. After reading it, the governor not only crumpled the letter into a ball in his hand, but the veins in his fist bulged.

After a moment of silence, the governor finally spoke: "Tonight, do as you say."

The one surnamed Xiao? Isn't that Xiao Jingqi?

Fang Yu was curious about what exactly was written on that piece of paper that warranted murder to silence it.

Her current cooperative relationship with Xiao Jingqi means that even if she were to die, she would have to wait until she had made some money.

Not knowing if Xiao Jingqi was in the private room, she wanted to go and check, but as soon as she turned around, she kicked the shelf behind her, making a scraping sound as it hit the floor.

A sharp, demanding voice immediately came from next door: "Who!"

By the time the people from next door caught up, Fang Yu was no longer in the private room.

Tianxianglou is crowded with people and eyes, so even the governor cannot conduct a large-scale search without any scruples.

However, Fang Yu was still a little curious. Wasn't Jufulou across the street owned by the governor's son? Why was he still at Tianxianglou, and why was he discussing killing Xiao Jingqi?

That's one possibility: the governor didn't know who owned Tianxiang Tower, or perhaps Xiao Jingqi invited the governor over, and they probably couldn't reach an agreement on something, so they broke off relations.

Fang Yu didn't care about anything else, but Xiao Jingqi couldn't die now.

She went to the private room where she had met Xiao Jingqi last time. Before she could even knock, she heard the rapid sound of robes whistling through the air behind her.

I didn't expect them to catch up so quickly.

Before Fang Yu could make her next move, the door beside her opened, and a hand swiftly pulled her inside.

He closed the door, covered her mouth, and did it all in one smooth motion.

The footsteps outside the door arrived before they even stopped moving.

From below, one could see a black collar that gleamed slightly.

If you raise your eyes slightly, you can see the other person's jawline, which is as white as jade.

Without even looking, Fang Yu knew it was Xiao Jingqi, otherwise she would have shot him in the head just now.

He caught up with the person at the door, his hand on his waist, knife ready to be drawn at any moment. He was about to push open the door when he heard the waiter's voice behind him asking, "Sir, who are you looking for? All the private rooms here are empty."

The man clearly didn't believe what the waiter said, but he didn't dare to do anything rash. He glanced at the doorway one last time, then left.

The man didn't leave; he stood at the corner, waiting. The waiter also left, and the door remained silent for a long time. Only then did the man believe that no one was there and leave.

Inside the private room, Fang Yu moved slightly, and Xiao Jingqi immediately removed his hand and apologized: "I'm sorry, Miss Fang. I was forced by the situation just now. Please forgive me for any offense I may have caused."

Fang Yu habitually straightened the hem of her clothes, walked to the table next to her, poured herself a glass of water, took a sip, and sat down.

"You knew someone wanted to kill you?"

Xiao Jingqi walked over and sat down opposite her, his fingertips habitually rubbing the jade thumb ring on his knuckles.

"So Miss Fang came here specifically to tip me off. Thank you for your help."

Fang Yu put down her teacup and stared at him for a moment: "You smell very much like perfume. You didn't steal someone else's love, did you? No wonder they wanted to kill you. After all, he's a governor, not someone ordinary people like us can mess with. You'd better be careful next time."

Fang Yu didn't notice that Xiao Jingqi's face was getting darker and darker. She said, "Your men are quite skilled. It shouldn't be easy for them to kill you. Well, I have something to do, so I'll take my leave now."

She just left like that.

Actually, she was just testing him. You can tell from Xiao Jingqi's reaction that it had nothing to do with women.

Xiao Jingqi lowered his head and smelled the scent on his body. It was the scent of the beautiful concubine that the governor had brought earlier, who was supposed to give him, but had accidentally gotten a little smudged with his cosmetics.

As Fang Yu went downstairs, she briefly exchanged glances with the governor who had already reached the bottom of the stairs. She quickly looked away and calmly continued downstairs.

Fang Xin stuffed all the money she had earned that day into her hands: "Sister, this is all the money we earned today. Please keep it safe."

Originally, she was supposed to entrust the management of the money to Li, but Li had never seen so much silver in her life, and she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to manage it well, so she said that she should take care of it.

The two sisters put away the two taels of silver and went home.

As soon as they arrived in the village, someone came to tell them: "Oh, you two sisters are finally back! Hurry up and go home to see your family."

On the surface, the man appeared to be kindly delivering the news, but in reality, there was no shortage of gloating in his eyes.

"Thank you, Auntie." Fang Yu thanked her politely, grabbed Fang Xin's hand, and ran towards home.

A crowd of onlookers had gathered at the entrance of the dilapidated courtyard. Through the commotion, Li's clear, shrill voice could be heard: "Get out! All of you get out!"

Pushing through the crowd, Li Shi stood at the entrance of the main room, her hair disheveled, tears still on her cheeks, holding a piece of firewood in a defensive posture.

The other three people in the courtyard were Zhang, Zhu, and Fang Youcai.

“Sister-in-law, we just need to borrow some money. We are family, and we will definitely pay you back in the future.”

Fang Youcai was unaware that Fang Yu and her sister had returned and still tried to deceive Li Shi.

"Who let you in?"

Fang Yu strode in, walked to Li Shi's side, and took the firewood from her hand: "Mother, is something the matter?"

Fang Xin only came in after the onlookers at the door had left and the door was closed.

Seeing that the two sisters had returned, Li breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm alright, they came to..."

Before she could finish speaking, Fang Youcai quickly interjected, "Sister Yu, we've come to borrow money."

"No!" Li's tone was much more urgent than before: "No, they came to steal things."

"No, you shameless woman, what nonsense are you spouting?!"

"Boom!"

Before Zhang finished her insults, Fang Yu kicked out without thinking.

"Shut up, I think you guys are just bored and have nothing better to do than bark at other people's houses."

Zhang was stunned by the kick and sat on the ground, helpless. Even Zhu and Fang Youcai did not expect Fang Yu to dare to directly hurt someone.

"You brat, you've gone too far! How dare you hit your own grandmother? I think you're asking for divine retribution!"

Fang Youcai glared and shouted.

Fang Yu walked over with his hands behind his back and threw the previously signed letter of severance of kinship in front of Fang Youcai: "Take a good look at what these words mean."

Although Fang Youcai was a compulsive gambler, he had learned a few characters in his youth, and he could recognize the characters for "severance letter".