Falsches Blumenmuster

Kapitel 23

“Really?” The beautiful woman seemed quite regretful, then blinked her big eyes and asked curiously, “You were sent by Madam Zhang to find her, right? I heard she has already left Jinling and gone to Pingjiang City.”

Pingjiang City?

Nangong Xue glanced at He Bi and Li You, smiled slightly, and cupped her hands in thanks, saying, "Thank you."

The four of them slowly walked out of Old Willow Alley.

Yang Nianqing looked at the sky, somewhat discouraged: "Liu Yanyan has already left. Are we going to follow her to Pingjiang City to find her?"

To everyone's surprise, He Bi and the other two did not seem to be in any hurry.

Feeling bored, she tried to make conversation: "Don't you guys think that pretty girl is strange? She was so rude at first, but then she became incredibly enthusiastic, like a completely different person."

“Not bad,” Li You finally interrupted her, murmuring, “At first, he was like some people, wild as a wildcat, but later he became as docile and cute as a little rabbit.”

Before she could even get angry, Nangong Xue shook her head and laughed: "Brother Li's analogy is quite interesting. This woman is indeed like a little rabbit, very clever."

After a while.

"What do we do now?"

"There's nothing we can do."

Yang Nianqing asked in surprise, "Aren't you going to look for her?"

"I won't look for it."

"Then what should we do?"

Li You glanced at her and said the same thing again: "There's nothing we can do."

This guy is deliberately messing with me! Yang Nianqing was getting angry and was about to speak when He Bi interrupted her with a cold voice: "I'm afraid it's okay now."

Nangong Xue nodded: "It's time."

Before Yang Nianqing could figure it out, the three people in front of her had already turned around and walked back.

What are you going back for?

Li You turned to the side and sighed, "Let's go catch a little rabbit that's lying."

As the four people walked away from Old Willow Lane, the smile on the beautiful woman's face gradually faded. She snorted coldly, turned around and tightly closed the courtyard gate, then pouted as if she was very proud.

This is a small and tidy courtyard. Although there are several sycamore trees in the courtyard, there is not a single fallen leaf on the ground.

The beautiful woman took two steps, her eyes darted around, and suddenly called out loudly, "Xiaoqiao, Xiaoyue!"

Two maids ran out of the room in response.

"Is there something you need, young lady?"

"You two go to Baoyue Tower immediately."

A maid in red hesitated and said, "Miss Zhao instructed that we cannot go out casually..."

The beautiful woman immediately glared at him, hands on her hips: "You're only afraid of her, you don't even listen to me anymore?"

"girl……"

"Are you going or not?"

The two maids looked at each other, still not daring to agree, clearly very afraid of that Miss Zhao.

"Are you all stunned?" Seeing that her tough approach wasn't working, the beautiful woman became a little anxious and put on a flattering smile. "Why would I call you if it wasn't something important? Even if she finds out, she won't blame you. Don't worry, I'm here."

The maid in red hesitated slightly: "What does Miss want us to do?"

The beautiful woman thought for a moment, then said with a hint of urgency, "Go and ask Aunt Wang if anyone has inquired about me..."

Before he could finish speaking, a cold voice suddenly rang out.

"No need."

Before she could react, two figures, one black and one white, fell from above her. Strangely, their movements appeared to be different, one fast and one slow, yet they landed at the same time.

Two men, and two very young men, at most around twenty-five or twenty-six years old.

Although the woman in black was very beautiful, she had a cold expression and stared at her without blinking, as if afraid that she would suddenly disappear; the man in white, on the other hand, looked cheerful. He strolled around for a few steps with his hands behind his back, his long, bright eyes looking her up and down, as if he found her very interesting.

She immediately noticed something else—they were two of the people who had been asking for information earlier.

This piece was a bit of an accident. I originally planned to write a funny story to make everyone happy, but I suddenly got the inspiration for this piece when I was only halfway through writing it. So I put that piece aside and started working on this one first. Ugh! I wonder if I'll suddenly get other inspirations to write something else when I'm working on the next one?

Hehe, if I end up being a stepmother for a little while at the end of this story, you guys won't, well, blame me, right...? I always can't help but want to add a little bit of heartbreak when I see comedic scenes. Writing endings is tough these days, I'm still undecided...

Don't worry, the overall trend is definitely comedy, just look at the title of this article :)

Fortunately, with everyone's support, I am confident to continue training Overlord, haha, and strive to build the Overlord base!

Volume One: Why Look for Excuses? Chrysanthemums and Medical Fees

The beautiful woman wasn't stupid either. In an instant, she suppressed her panic, glared at them, and preemptively pointed at them, yelling, "Hey, how dare you break into a private residence in broad daylight? Are you thieves?!"

She spoke quickly and loudly, indicating that this beautiful woman was quite feisty.

To her surprise, after she finished shouting, the two people in front of her seemed not to have heard her at all. They neither answered nor moved, but the man in white's smile grew even wider.

The beautiful woman was slightly surprised, then snorted, "If you don't get out of here, I'll have to call for help!"

The man in black said coldly, "Go ahead and call me."

The beautiful woman glared at him for a long time, opened her mouth, but still didn't shout. Finally, she stamped her foot, unwilling to lose face, and yelled, "You two grown men dare to trespass into the inner quarters? Aren't you afraid I'll report you to the authorities?"

This time, it was the man in white who spoke: "I'm not afraid."

She immediately turned to look at him, but didn't ask the question.

“If Miss Liu reports this to the authorities, I’m afraid the trouble will be even greater,” the man in white said slowly, a slight smile playing on his lips. “Now that Master Zhang’s case has come to light, I’m sure many people are also looking for you, Miss Liu.”

The beautiful woman's expression changed, and she shouted, "What Miss Liu? Who is Miss Liu? You're talking nonsense! Nonsense!"

Clearly, she wasn't a calm person; in her haste, these few words revealed her weakness. If she didn't know who Miss Liu was, why did she just say that she had already left Jinling?

The man in white laughed: "Naturally, it's the Miss Liu Yanyan you mentioned earlier who has already left Jinling. It turns out that you've already forgotten her in just a short while."

The beautiful woman blushed slightly, but stubbornly retorted, "If you want to find her, go to Pingjiang City yourself. What are you doing here? What does she have to do with me?"

Surprisingly, she's quite good at acting shamelessly.

The man in white blinked and smiled, "Of course it doesn't matter, I was just curious."

She was stunned: "Curious?"

“Indeed,” the man in white nodded solemnly. “We are all curious. Since you don’t even know who picked you up from Baoyue Tower, how do you know that we were sent by Madam Zhang?”

The beautiful woman glared at her and then fell silent.

Li You laughed and said, "Aunt Wang of Baoyue Tower misses Miss Liu very much. Miss was just looking for her. Why don't we accompany you to see her?"

The beautiful woman blushed.

"That's right, I am Liu Yanyan, so what!"

Seeing that she couldn't get away with it, she simply stopped arguing. She put her hands on her hips, raised her eyebrows, glared at the two of them, and shouted, "Go back and tell your damn wife that she can't even control her husband. It's not like I'm the one pestering him when that Zhang guy comes looking for me. Besides, humph, he used the excuse of wanting to marry me to play with me for a year or two. It's his luck that I haven't settled accounts with him yet. He deserves to die! These things have nothing to do with me. If you bother me again, don't blame me for being impolite!"

The two were stunned.

Liu Yanyan vented her anger and seemed quite smug: "This old lady isn't easily intimidated. Zhang Mingchu is dead now, and your Zhang family members are nothing but amateurs. Humph, what can she do to me?"

She rattled off such a long string of words in one breath, leaving the two of them both speechless with amusement and exasperation.

Li You muttered, "I came back to catch rabbits, but I didn't expect to have such a fussy old lady in the process."

Despite her young age, she had already learned to threaten people and was so shrewish. She was indeed the kind of woman a courtesan should be. She must be Liu Yanyan. Moreover, judging from her words, she didn't seem to be satisfied with Zhang Mingchu and didn't have any feelings for him. There was no question of love turning into hate.

The two exchanged a glance.

He Bi said coldly, "We were not instructed by Madam Zhang."

As expected, Liu Yanyan was somewhat surprised, and her anger subsided considerably, but she still looked at them suspiciously: "Then who are you, and what do you want with me?"

Li You smiled and asked, "Does Miss Liu know the details of Zhang Daxia's death?"

Liu Yanyan was stunned for a moment, then her eyes widened immediately: "He's dead, so what? Why are you looking for me?"

Li You shook his head: "Miss Liu, please don't misunderstand. We just heard that Master Zhang and you have a very good relationship, and that you even wrote him a letter, so we came here specifically to bother you..."

"You suspect I killed him?" Liu Yanyan sneered, interrupting him. "So what if it was me, or it wasn't? That thing lied to me for so long, he deserved to die!"

Li You smiled bitterly.

Liu Yanyan refused to listen to them anymore and pointed at the door, shouting, "Hey, get out of here! It's getting dark, aren't you two men afraid of what people will say if you stay here?"

He Bi said coldly, "You didn't answer the questions we asked."

"Who are you? I won't tell you, so what can you do to me!" Liu Yanyan shouted, raising her head. "What kind of men are you, bullying a weak woman like me!"

She was yelling and jumping around, but in the end, she claimed that others had bullied her.

Li You suppressed a laugh and murmured, "If anyone dares to bully a weak woman like you, I will definitely beat them up and avenge you."

Liu Yanyan blushed and stomped her foot angrily: "Fine, if you like to wait, then wait slowly. This grandma is going back to her room to rest."

Seeing how willful she is, I'm afraid nothing I say will work now.

He Bi frowned.

Li You glanced at the sky and sighed, “We have no ill intentions toward you, young lady. If you insist on not telling us, we will not force you. However, not only us, but the Zhang family is also suspicious of you. This hiding and running is not a long-term solution.”

"None of your business!" Liu Yanyan glared. "Anyway, I don't know anything, so just get out of here!"

Li You smiled slightly.

"We're staying at the Sui Xin Inn," a magnetic voice said, full of gentleness and kindness, instantly inspiring trust. "You must be a kind person, young lady. How could you bear to let so many innocent people die such tragic deaths? If the murderer is found, you can clear your name. Wouldn't that be better?"

Liu Yanyan stared at him blankly for a moment, then finally pouted, turned her face away, and stopped talking.

After a while.

When she turned around again, the person was gone.

It was already dusk outside the window. Perhaps due to the weather, the city of Nanjing was shrouded in a gloomy and somber atmosphere tonight, and the daytime liveliness had faded considerably.

He Bi sat in the chair, motionless.

"She doesn't know martial arts."