Shadow looked at Ah Qiu and shook his head in fear,
"I'm sorry, I didn't know it would be like this, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
She kept apologizing, but Aqiu refused.
"enough."
Su Muer suddenly shouted sharply, "Aqiu, is there any point in complaining about anyone now? Besides, it's the Xiong Batian I offended, what does it have to do with her?"
At this time, a man who looked like an official came over with square steps and narrowed his eyes, showing some pride on his face.
"Miss, our young master heard that there was a fire in the house of the young lady. He was worried that the young lady would have no place to live, so he asked the young lady to go to the house to talk about it."
Su Mu'er looked at him coldly, frightened the official and took two steps back, then timidly whispered,
"I, I'm just a messenger, I don't know anything."
He was probably feeling guilty, so his words were somewhat incoherent.
Su Muer glared at him angrily and shouted at him:
"Go back and tell your beastly master that even if I, Su Muer, beg for food, I will not come to his door, but please remember that those who do injustice will be punished. If I find out what he has done,
It won’t make him look good.”
The official wanted to say something more, but Yuan Min stepped forward, waved his fist and said sternly:
"roll!"
The officer snorted and ran away angrily.
The fire had no intention of extinguishing. It wasn't until dawn and the house collapsed that it finally subsided.
That night, these people sat blankly in the open space, watching the fire burn down their new home little by little. They tried to save it, but they couldn't save it at all.
A trace of sadness flashed in Su Muer's eyes. Less than a month after they came here, their home was gone and all their banknotes were burned. Fortunately, they were fine.
Doudou fell asleep in her arms, and she sat there in a daze all night without closing her eyes.
Wisps of morning sunlight shone on them, and Shadow sneezed heavily, breaking the tranquility here.
"Miss, what should we do?"
Ah Qiu's eyes were red from crying. She was originally full of hope for this home, but now, this place has turned into a pile of ashes.
"Yuanmin, Xiaowu, go in and search to see if you can still find the silver ingots and jewelry in my room."
They responded and went looking for it. Aqiu sat next to Su Muer, looking worried and scared, while Shadow was hiding in the distance, with gray stains on his face, looking at Yuan Min and Xiao Wu who were looking for something.
A home disappeared overnight.
There was almost no money left of the several thousand taels they had on them. The most important thing was that they were only wearing the inner clothes they slept in, not even a coat.
To be honest, no one is more miserable than them, right?
Su Mu'er felt a sense of despair. She was not afraid of a comeback, but she had no choice but to be afraid since she didn't even have any clothes to cover her body.
Yuan Min and Xiao Wu searched all over, but finally came back disappointed. They could not find anything in the ashes.
Su Muer closed her eyes tightly and knitted her brows together.
Everyone was looking at her, waiting for her to make up her mind.
But what idea could she have? It's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without straw, where is she going to take them?
Everyone was silent, no one knew what to do.
Everyone could only remain silent, staring blankly at the ashes all over the ground, their hearts filled with hatred for Xiong Batian.
Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves came, Yuan Min followed the sound and suddenly exclaimed,
"Miss, it's that young man."
Su Muer looked back and saw Leng Qiu coming on horseback, followed by several followers.
She stood up, folded her arms and faced the wind and looked at him. Dressed in white, he was slowly approaching her like a divine soldier descended from heaven.
His brows were furrowed and he looked directly at her.
He came to them, got off his horse, hurriedly took off his coat, and wrapped Su Muer directly in it.
He whispered in her ear, with only her in his eyes,
"If someone hadn't told me, I really wouldn't have known that something like this happened to you. I'm late. I'm sorry."
His words shocked Su Muer. She put away the coat she was wearing and quickly shook her head.
"You're welcome, Mr. Leng. This was an accident and has nothing to do with you. I'm grateful that you came in time."
Leng Qiu glanced at the burned-down house, then shook his head helplessly,
"Xiong Batian is a beast. Unless he dies, there will be no peace in Laiyang."
After saying this through gritted teeth, he lowered his eyebrows and looked at her,
"Let's go, I just bought a yard in Laiyang, you guys can live there first."
"This is inconvenient, I don't need to bother Mr. Leng."
"It's okay. I don't have anyone at home. If you go to live there, you can just look after the house for me."
After saying that, he frowned because he found a woman not far away covering her face with her hands, trying to avoid him.
He glanced sideways and asked in surprise:
"Who is that?"
"Oh, her name is Shadow. I brought her back from the street yesterday. My parents are gone at home. She looked pitiful, so I let her stay."
"My parents are gone? So pitiful?"
Leng Qiu came to the shadow, circled around her, and then showed a look of pity on her face,
"Shadow Girl's life experience is really pitiful. No father or mother? No brothers or sisters? All alone?"
Shadow bit his lip and bowed,
"Make the young master laugh."
After saying that, she pretended to be timid and retreated to Su Mu, as if she was cautious and wanted to seek protection.
Leng Qiu rolled his eyes at her, then raised his hand to Su Muer as a sign of invitation.
"Please, Miss Su, don't stay here for too long, lest you see too much and get hurt,"
Su Mu lowered her eyebrows and looked at Doudou, whose face was covered with dust, and then at Yuan Min and A Qiu, who had crimson eyes. Although she didn't like to trouble others, she really had no other choice at the moment.
Seeing that she was still a little hesitant, Leng Qiu said again:
"Miss Su saved my life, so it's not a big deal for me to do such a small thing. Otherwise, you can pay me the rent."
Hearing what he said, Su Muer finally breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, "Well, then I won't bother you."
"Don't bother me. My yard is big enough to accommodate these people. It's lively when there are many people, right, Miss Shadow?"
The shadow stuck out his tongue at him from behind,
"Miss, why don't we think of another way?"
She didn't seem to want to go to Leng Qiu's house.
"Is there any other way?" Su Mu smiled bitterly, "We are penniless now, so we should settle down first."
After saying that, she held Doudou's hand and came to his horse at Leng Qiu's signal.
Leng Qiu wanted to step forward and help her get on the horse, but she directly took Doudou's hand, seemingly unintentionally, but actually she was avoiding his hand intentionally.
Leng Qiu let her and Doudou sit on his horse. After she got on the horse, he put Doudou on the horse's back while he walked.
He originally wanted to lead the horse for her and Doudou, but she refused. She can ride a horse herself and can naturally control the horse's reins.
Leng Qiu glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw the shadow walking behind. He slowed down and walked side by side with her.