Lai's mother was speechless for a moment. She looked at Qiao Qixin and then at Lan Yue.
"Why, do you need me to repeat it again?" Lan Yue was a little impatient.
"No, no, no, no, no, no need." Lai's mother waved her hands quickly.
Lan Yue's eyes were slightly cold, and she glanced at Lai's mother with a warning look before leaving the courtyard.
Lai's mother wiped the cold sweat from her head, turned to Qiao Qixin, and said displeased, "How did you get into trouble with Lan Yue?"
Qiao Qixin shrugged, "I don't know."
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The next morning, Lai's mother went out to get medicine. Because of Lan Yue's warning last night, Lai's mother locked the courtyard door when she went out.
Qiao Qixin sat in the yard, bored and chasing ants on the ground with twigs.
Being placed under house arrest, I don’t know when I will be able to find out the corrupt accounts of Li Shangshu.
While I was in a daze, there was a sudden knock on the wooden door of the small courtyard.
Qiao Qixin thought that Lai's mother was back, so she quickly got up and went to the door to prepare for her breakfast.
But the knock on the door rang for a long time, but I didn't hear the sound of Lai's mother unlocking the door.
"Who?" Qiao Qixin called out the door.
The person outside the door is Lan Yue.
She heard Qiao Qixin's voice and frowned slightly: "Where's Mama Lai?"
"Mama Lai went out to get medicine." Qiao Qixin answered truthfully.
"Get the medicine? Haven't you only been here three days? Did you take the medicine so quickly?" Lan Yue's confused voice came from outside the door.
Qiao Qixin shrugged, "Lai's mother goes to the pharmacy to get the medicine every day. She only gets the amount for one day."
"Oh, you feel so comfortable here."
"Hey, I'm your lady's savior no matter what. It's okay for you to be disrespectful, but now you come to mock me so early in the morning?" Qiao Qixin leaned against the wooden door and threatened.
Lan Yue knew she was in the wrong and changed the subject, "I came here to deliver the message on Madam's instruction. Madam said that from today on, you can move around the Li Mansion as you please, but you must spend an hour with the lady every day."
"Huh?" Qiao Qixin frowned.
"I brought my words." After saying that, Lan Yue left.
"Hey, no, wait a minute! Please explain clearly what Mrs. Li means before leaving!" Qiao Qixin opened the door and said loudly.
Lan Yue just pretended not to hear and left without looking back.
Seeing that she couldn't call back, Qiao Qixin leaned against the door and thought about what Lan Yue had just said.
You can walk around the Li Mansion as you like, but you have to stay with the lady for an hour...
Is this some kind of exchange? Or, a conspiracy?
With her brain running rapidly, Qiao Qixin carefully reviewed all her performances in front of the Li family.
It shouldn’t be... I acted quite realistically... There should be no loopholes...
Qiao Qixin frowned, trying hard to recall every detail from the time she entered the Li Mansion, any detail that might have been overlooked.
Could it be that his meeting with Liu Zhan was discovered last night?
It's impossible. Liu Zhan has a hidden guard with him. If someone peeks in, the hidden guard will definitely be discovered.
So, why?
Qiao Qixin felt like her brain's CPU was on fire.
She sat directly on the ground and meditated.
Finally, Qiao Qixin made two decisions: first, to get the information from Li Zhirou, and second, to tell Liu Zhan about it.
After the brainstorming, Qiao Qixin was so hungry that she felt sour in her stomach.
She stood up and moved her hands and feet, then peeked out through the crack in the door.
Lai's mother hasn't come back yet.
After about half a stick of incense, Lai's mother finally came back with a bag of medicinal materials.
"Mother Lai, Mrs. Lan Yue just told me that I can move around the Li Mansion as I please, which means you don't need to watch me." As soon as Mother Lai came back, Qiao Qixin told her the news.
Lai's mother, who had no interest in buying medicine, immediately perked up and asked, "Did she really say that?"
Qiao Qixin nodded, and then added, "If Mama Lai doesn't believe it, you can ask her in person."
Lai's mother beamed with joy for a moment, "Believe it, believe it, why don't you believe it. Here, here is today's medicine. You can take it by yourself. I'm going out to help."
She couldn't wait to put the medicine into Qiao Qixin's hand, and then ran away quickly. You didn't need to guess that she was going back to bragging among the crowd.
Still didn’t give me breakfast…
Qiao Qixin pursed her lips.
She moved a small maza and boiled medicine in the yard.
After finishing the medicine, Qiao Qixin put the medicine bowl inside the room, then closed the door and walked towards the kitchen.
She has been to the kitchen several times and is already very familiar with the way.
When she came to the kitchen, Qiao Qixin was not surprised to see Lai's mother who was bragging enthusiastically.
Qiao Qixin walked to the stove in the kitchen, put two steamed buns inside, and then put pickles inside manually.
She took two buns and left the kitchen.
A few people working in the kitchen noticed her movements, but no one cared.
Because the food Qiao Qixin took was not valuable at all, and it was the kind that would be fed to pigs without anyone taking care of it.
Qiao Qixin finished cooking the two steamed buns on the way, and when she returned to the yard, the medicine had dropped to normal temperature.
She pinched her nose and raised her head to drink.
The bowl full of dark brown medicine bottomed out instantly.
"call--"
Qiao Qixin wiped her mouth, and then thought about whether to go to Liu Zhan's hidden guards first or Li Zhirou first.
She thought for a moment and decided to pretend to go to Li Zhirou first and then really go to Yinwei.
That is to say, she was going to walk to Li Zhirou's yard for a while, then pretend to take the wrong path halfway and walk directly to where the hidden guard was.
In this way, if unfortunately she is discovered, she will have room for quibbles.
I hope Liu Zhan, the hidden guard, can give me some help and not let me search for a long time.