Quick Wear: Female Supporting Role

Chapter 109: Something to hide

The sky gradually darkened, and a crescent moon rose. The Xianmen Tea House, which had been closed until now, lit up with a faint fire.

Not long after, Mei Zi came back in a lake blue dress. She went straight to the second floor, and the waiter followed her, refilling tea and serving water.

The boiling hot water poured down, soaking the tea leaves in the pot. Then a cup of warm tea was placed in front of her. Mei Zi didn't even look at it, she just picked it up and blew on it gently.

"Go down!" She sat by the window alone, sorting out the things she had collected during the day. Although the shop was closed, there were still large expenses every day.

There was a cool breeze at night, and a gust of wind rushed into the house, making the items on the table creak and shake. She stood up and closed the window, but unfortunately the papers were still scattered all over the floor. These usually contained the deeds of the entire West Street, and some scattered paintings.

The papers behind were all waste papers. She was about to pick up the last piece of paper that fell on the ground, but her hands paused and she looked up at the front.

Mei Zi's eyes were filled with mixed emotions, confusion and even more panic at being discovered. She then picked up the papers, sorted them out, strung them together with a rope, and put them aside.

Then he took out a cup, added some tea, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, smiled and said, "I'm back!"

"Yeah." Ling Ruoli sat down and saw Mei Zi lowering her head and not saying a word. The atmosphere was a bit depressing. She took a long breath, picked up the teacup and drank it all in one gulp: "Ah, refreshing, I'm so tired on this journey."

"What do you need? I'll ask the kitchen to prepare it!"

"Forget it, let's just take this!" Ling Ruoli picked up a piece of cake and stuffed it into her mouth. The cake was sweet and sticky.

"When did you come back? You didn't even say a word and just sneaked in. You must be tired of walking through the door." Mei Zi said angrily.

"Isn't this a surprise for you?" Mei Zi hugged herself and buried her head deeply, looking helpless. Ling Ruoli comforted her.

Noticing that Mei Zi was in a bad mood, Ling Ruoli asked quietly, "What happened?"

"If a person has done something wrong, can he still correct it?"

"This... should be..."

"A Fei, I don't understand," Mei Zi choked and wiped the tears from her eyes, "It was obviously one person who did something wrong, why not just punish that one person? Why implicate the innocent?"

In order to obtain the 700 dan, Mei Zi bought the imperial grain at a high price. She thought of trading with those officials, thinking that she had something on them, but she was just a scapegoat. Now she realized how ridiculous she was.

Those people thought that the yard in the suburbs was the place where the stolen goods were sold, and they planned to bury Mei Zi and the secret there. However, Mei Zi didn't want to tell Ling Ruoli about these things, so as not to implicate her.

The two of them sat for a long time, until the sky turned white, and Mei Zi urged her to leave.

"Are you going to kick me out now?" Ling Ruoli slumped in the chair, not planning to get up. "No, no."

"You come back alone, but you have to report to the palace!"

"What's the hurry?" Ling Ruoli's eyes flashed with something strange, "No one knows I'm back."

She had been there for a long time, but Mei Zi didn't mention those people. She went to so much trouble, but didn't say a word about them in front of her. Maybe she was worried that she still knew what Mei Zi had done.

"Okay, let's go!" Ling Ruoli said in a low voice, seeming a little frustrated.

Mei Zi lowered her head and dared not look at her directly. It was not until the sound of the door closing did she come to her senses and murmured to herself, "Does she know something?"

After leaving Xiankelai, Ling Ruoli also took away the pile of papers, which contained some information about officials' exchanges with Anxiang. It seemed ordinary, but it was just a cover.

At this time, Liao Han, who was sitting in a corner with a bossy attitude, waved to Ling Ruoli.

"Hey, this way."

Ling Ruoli glared at him but still walked over.

"Will you believe it now?" Liao Han said earnestly, "I've already told you the truth, why are you doing this in vain?"

Ling Ruoli folded the paper and calmly put it away. Then he said calmly, "I have something to tell you. Do you want to hear it?"

"Stop talking nonsense, and consider my suggestion!"

Ling Ruoli stepped back with his hands behind his back and sneered, "Your thoughts are too dangerous. I will not go along with you. I advise you to be kind."

A few lights flashed. Ling Ruoli held her breath, staring at the silk thread very close to her neck, then turned around and glared at Liao Han.

"What do you want to do?"

"Then leave your magic mirror here. I will forgive you for what you did before and will not trouble you in the future."

Ling Ruoli said with a cold face, "Haha, stop pretending, let's show our cards now."

Ignoring her mocking look, Liao Han covered his chest, pretending to be very hurt, and then yelled, "Why do all of you treat me like this?"

"You've been giving me trouble many times just for this?" Ling Ruoli took out the mirror with a serious expression.

Liao Han perked up and stared at the thing in her hand, "Yes, that's it."

"I can give it to you, but..."

"What are the conditions? Tell me quickly."

"You said before that you wrote this book? Then the incident on my wedding day was caused by you!" In an instant, a strange beast with white fur flashed out with golden light, opened its mouth and bit Liao Han.

There was a pit where he had just sat, but luckily he dodged it.

"If you have something to say, talk it over nicely! Don't make advances. We're from the same hometown after all!" Now he was being polite, but there was a hint of excitement in his eyes.

Ling Ruoli didn't beat around the bush and asked, "Tell me everything you know."

"What about the previous suggestion?" Liao Han said with reluctance, "Okay, follow me!"

Ling Ruoli was still wary of this guy and had not compromised.

"Where?"

"You'll know when you go!"

They came to a towering old tree, and Liao Han took out a wooden sign. After the sign was hung in the air, a door opened on the tree.

"Where is this?"

Seeing her six feet away from him, Liao Han shrugged, "This is Tsutenkaku, a trading place. I can stay in this story for a long time because I can trade with you. As long as I make a move on you, I can increase the transaction value. One thousand points can be exchanged for one day."

"I?"

"Of course, you are now connected to the protagonist, and you are considered an important character in this story. As the saying goes, a single move affects the entire body. If you are harmed, naturally other characters will be implicated as well."

Ling Ruoli lost her composure and quickly came to Liao Han, holding a poisoned dagger across his neck. "If I kill you, wouldn't that also increase the transaction value? After all, I only have less than half a year."

At this time, the door of the tree house opened, a bright green light shone, and a head popped out from behind the door.

Seeing a five-foot tall, bearded little guy wearing loose and baggy clothes jumping out, Ling Ruoli put away the dagger and looked at Liao Han.

"Who is he?"

"Who are you?" The rough voice indicated that this was an elderly person.

"He is the administrator here, Qingmu." Liao Han introduced him familiarly, "Master Qingmu, this should be Baihu. How is he? He has been brought here!"

"Let me check the goods first." The old man walked up to Ling Ruoli, looked her up and down, and then invited her in with surprise.

"I am Qingmu, I really neglected you just now. Master Xuanwu, please come in."

When Liao Han heard it was Xuanwu, his eyes widened, "Oh my god, you are a turtle!"

"You are the bastard, and so are your whole family!"

Looking around, the bookshelves were covered in dust, and mice occasionally scurried by. The winged tiger that was lying on Ling Ruoli's shoulder suddenly jumped down.

Then there were continuous exclamations of "wow", and people looked at the little old man wearing thick glasses, searching for something, and then they became very excited.

"Sir, you are carrying that Xuanwu soul with you, right?"

"This" Ling Ruoli was a little embarrassed, "I think so!"

"Can you let me see the glory of Xuanwu Soul?"

It was just a black ball. Ling Ruoli had looked for Juechen before but there was nothing he could do.

"How come?" Qingmu stretched his neck, "Did you use it to save someone?"

"Well, maybe you have a way to restore it!"

Qingmu hesitated. He just wanted to exchange the bead, but now he wanted him to help restore it.

Seeing that the other person was unhappy, Ling Ruoli crossed his arms and asked, "What are the conditions?"

"Uh"

"He said before that this is a trading place, so naturally you need to exchange things?"

"How can this be embarrassing?" Qingmu was thinking about how to make an offer when a voice attracted them. Yihu caught a white-haired, green-eyed rat.

"This cat is good. It just caught a mouse. There is no entrance fee for today..." Aoki was recently troubled by the rampant rat thieves who destroyed his collection of books.

Ling Ruoli refused: "It won't work"