After receiving the young master's reply, the concierge returned and said apologetically to the man and woman outside the door: "I'm sorry, you two. My master is ill and it's not convenient to see guests at the moment. Please come back."
The man and woman outside the door are none other than Chai Yan and Jimo Qiao.
Jimo Qiao asked hurriedly: "Then you didn't tell your master that we are from the capital, and my surname is Jimo..."
The concierge did not answer the call, but closed the door and said, "You two, please come back."
Before he finished speaking, the door was closed.
Jimo Qiao froze in front of the door, looked at the closed door, then looked at Chai Yan beside him, and murmured: "Why is this like this..."
Then, Jimo Qiao asked: "Brother-in-law, what should we do?"
Chai Yan didn't expect this to happen, so he thought for a while and said, "Maybe the timing of our arrival is wrong. So, let's find an inn to stay in first, and then come back and ask questions tomorrow morning."
Jimo Qiao nodded, got on the carriage with Chai Yan, and temporarily left Gan's house.
In order to make it easier to come back tomorrow morning, Chai Yan found an inn to stay near Gan's house.
As soon as they settled in, Jimo Qiao took Chai Yan and said he wanted to go shopping.
Chai Yan asked: "You just got into trouble and you're wandering on the street. Aren't you afraid of being bumped into?"
Jimo Qiao was not worried at all and said: "Who can recognize me in my current appearance? Don't worry, it will be fine..."
Chai Yan then asked: "Tell me first, why are you going to the street? Don't tell me that you are going to eat again. I am still full and can't eat anything."
"Who said we need to eat? I'm full too. I just came to Jiezhou City and wanted to walk around and see..."
In fact, Jimo Qiao wanted to go out to eat mutton, but she was embarrassed to bring it up after hearing what Chai Yan said. She was afraid that Chai Yan would not go out after hearing this.
Chai Yan thought about it for a moment, nodded and agreed: "Okay, it's okay to go shopping. I just need to replenish some necessary supplies. I will need them on the way to Muyue Kingdom."
Jimo Qiao was so happy that he wanted to go out happily.
Chai Yan stood up and said, "Then go and call Cheng Jiu and Yu Tie, and let's go together."
"Ah?" Jimo Qiao suddenly raised his mouth, not very happy.
Chai Yan was stunned and asked: "Is there any problem?"
Jimo Qiao pouted, walked back, sat down and said, "Then I'd better not go..."
Chai Yan didn't care, so he sat down again and said, "Okay, I won't go then."
"Brother-in-law——!"
Jimo Qiao, who was sitting, suddenly turned his face and yelled in a long, coquettish voice.
"What are you doing? You're so surprised!" Chai Yan was slightly startled.
Jimo Qiao frowned and said, "I asked you to go shopping, why did you ask these two big bosses to do it?"
Chai Yan shrugged slightly and said, "Don't you want to buy something? Let them go get it."
Jimo Qiao couldn't help but hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Brother-in-law, let's go shopping. Just let the two of them do the shopping. Why do we have to do it together?"
Chai Yan smiled and didn't answer.
Jimo Qiao said again: "Brother-in-law, can't you just go shopping with me? I'll go to Gan's house tomorrow, and you guys are leaving. It's hard to have half a day now, so you can't walk around with me.
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Seeing the grievance and expectation on Jimo Qiao's face, Chai Yan also softened his heart and could only say: "Okay, okay, my aunt, I will go with you. Isn't it okay to go?"
"Don't call them," Jimo Qiao said.
"Don't call them!" Chai Yan said firmly.
Jimo Qiao immediately jumped up happily: "Brother-in-law is the best."
Afterwards, Chai Yan went next door to tell Cheng Jiu and Yu Tie some things before taking Jimo Qiao out.
After the two of them left the inn, Cheng Jiu returned to the room and asked Yu Tiedao: "Second brother, do you think my wife's sister is too clingy to us adults?"
Yu Tie glanced at Cheng Jiu, thought for a while, and shook his head.
Cheng Jiu asked in surprise: "No?"
After hearing this, Yu Tie shook his head again and said, "Uh ah uh..."
Only then did Cheng Jiu realize that what Yu Tie wanted to express was the three words "I don't know".
"Forget it, I won't tell you anymore." Cheng Jiudeng waved his hand in boredom.
On the street, the excited Jimo Qiao took Chai Yan to wander around. They visited almost all the vendors and shops on the roadside. In less than half an hour, they bought a lot of delicious and fun things. Jimo Qiao played
I was overjoyed, as happy as a big child.
When they were tired from shopping, they sat down at a stall on the street, ordered two bowls of tea and started drinking.
Chai Yan drank tea for a while and then asked: "By the way, do you have enough money with you? Your life in Jiezhou will not be short."
At this time, Jimo Qiao's face was like a red apple. He drank tea and nodded: "That's enough. Dad gave me a lot of banknotes when I came out. Look..."
With that said, Jimo Qiao reached out to touch the money bag at his waist.
The next moment, Jimo Qiao's expression froze.
Jimo Qiao's face gradually became flustered, and he kept slapping his hands on his waist, and said at a loss: "No, where is my wallet?"
Chai Yan was startled and quickly lowered his head to look at her waist, but at this time the waist was empty, and the money bag that was there before was gone.
Jimo Qiao suddenly became anxious, and said in a panic with a sad face: "How could this happen? It was there when I bought something just now, why is it gone?"
Chai Yan immediately said: "Don't panic, think carefully, what strange things have happened since the last time you saw the money bag?"
Jimo Qiao immediately thought back with a frown.
Chai Yan also asked in his mind: "Shangguan Peining, did you see anything just now?"
Shangguan Peining was slightly dissatisfied and said calmly: "Who am I? Your sister-in-law has lost her money bag, do you want to bother me too?"
"Why don't you just ask? Forget it if you didn't see it." Chai Yan said in his heart.
After saying that, Chai Yan no longer asked Shangguan Peining, but stared at Jimo Qiao and said, "How are you? Did you remember anything?"
Jimo Qiao looked sad, shook his head and said: "No, I can't remember anything strange at all, why did you lose it?"
Chai Yan asked: "How many banknotes are there in the purse?"
Jimo Qiao was afraid of being scolded, so he was reluctant to speak at first.
But under Chai Yan's constant questioning, Jimo Qiao finally said hesitantly: "Five...five hundred taels..."
Chai Yan was speechless. He raised his hand to hold his forehead and said, "Sister-in-law, I have convinced you. Can't you keep so many banknotes close to your body? Do you have to put them in your purse and show them around?"
"But I...but I have never lost my money bag before..."
Jimo Qiao didn't dare to raise his head and said very aggrievedly.
Chai Yan immediately said: "That's because you are in the capital. Who dares to steal your things? Oh, my aunt, you are really good..."
"Brother-in-law, what should we do now... now?"
Jimo Qiao had no idea, she had lost all her money, and she suddenly lost her sense of security.
Chai Yan said: "What else can we do? We can only look back..."
After saying this, Chai Yan gave him tea money and led Jimo Qiao down the road to look for him.
But the two of them searched for a long time without finding anything. Suddenly, Jimo Qiao stopped.
Chai Yan paused, then turned around and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Jimo Qiao looked at the pedestrians passing by, suddenly closed his eyes, raised his head, and started crying. While crying, he was still crying sadly: "My money!"
Chai Yan was stunned and quickly advised: "Hey, hey, hey, my aunt, why are you crying? Don't cry..."
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