Su Yunmo walked back, thinking about the person secretly peeking at her, and guessing their true identity.
Lost in thought, she unconsciously walked back to the General's mansion.
Outside the General's mansion, someone was leaning against a stone lion.
It was Ye Ningyuan.
She stood with one arm crossed and the other covering her mouth as she yawned.
Su Yunmo glanced at her and leaped over.
"Hey, hey, how can you see me and pretend you didn't? I came specifically to find you." Ye Ningyuan blocked her path, looking aggrieved. "If you ignore me like this, Sister Ningyuan will be sad."
If there was anyone in this world Su Yunmo couldn't understand, it would be Ye Ningyuan.
Su Yunmo stopped and looked back at her. "What are you doing here?"
"Of course, I'm here to see you." Ye Ningyuan stood on the steps of the stone lion, leaning down to look at her with a smiling face.
"Then you've seen me, you can go now." Su Yunmo waved her hand, ushering her away.
Ye Ningyuan looked sad. "Are you being so heartless to Sister Ningyuan? Are you angry with me? Because of what happened at the banquet?"
She pouted and said helplessly, "I just wanted to see your skills. How is it? Does your hand still hurt? Should I blow on it for you?"
Hearing her gentle words, Su Yunmo got goosebumps. "Can you be normal?"
"You don't like it?" Ye Ningyuan seemed puzzled and pondered, touching her chin. "I saw you acting spoiled with your General father quite smoothly."
Su Yunmo didn't want to deal with her and walked up the steps, then stopped again.
She turned back with a changing expression, revealing six small white teeth, and said in a cute, soft voice, "Momo likes to act spoiled, but Momo only likes to act spoiled with her own people."
"So, if Sister Ningyuan has nothing else, please stay away from Momo. Momo doesn't like playing with you."
As the little dumpling finished speaking, she took her short legs into the mansion.
Ye Ningyuan stared at her retreating back, stunned.
Then, a smile gradually bloomed in her eyes, her lips widening. Finally, she covered her eyes with one hand, unable to suppress the wicked glint in her eyes, and chuckled foolishly, "Hehehe... so cute."
Her personality suits me, but she's a bit difficult to coax.
Ye Ningyuan tried to compose herself, gazing at the disappearing figure within the mansion gates, her eyes holding a faint, elusive glow. "Well, Momo, how can I be considered one of your own people?"
Su Yunmo did not respond; she had already entered the mansion.
After entering, she intended to go to Su Siyuan but remembered something and sighed, heading to her own courtyard.
Gui Sha was still guarding the cage, staring at the litter of fox-mice and rabbits.
In just one month, the rabbits had gained two or three times their weight, looking like they had eaten a lot.
Currently, the only one in the mansion with such leisure was him.
Su Yunmo went to the south room, which was now used to store books on medicinal herbs.
Zi Yuan was cleaning inside. Seeing Su Yunmo enter, she greeted her, "Didn't the master go to the martial arts hall with the third young master? Why are you back so soon?"
"Actually, faster than you think." Su Yunmo sighed and climbed onto the cabinet table.
On the table were about a hundred books on rare medicinal herbs, all collected for her by Zi Yuan in her spare time.
"Did something happen at the martial arts hall?" Zi Yuan frowned, a murderous intent flashing in her eyes. "It's all because of Dou Ying. Should I take action, master?"
"Is killing her useful?" Su Yunmo picked up a book about exotic flowers and opened it.
Zi Yuan sighed, understanding in her heart.
The matter had already happened. Killing Dou Ying would not only fail to quell the situation but would also escalate it further.
Dou Ying would absolutely not reveal the truth to save her son. Moreover, Su Yinyin was also a victim in the entire incident.
No matter what, the General and his wife would have to consider Su Yinyin's feelings.
This was a dead end.
Su Yunmo turned a page. "We can only wait for third brother to calm down now."
The most unpredictable thing in the world is the human heart, and the hardest thing to silence is gossip.
It's like what happened at the martial arts hall today. If third brother can't get over it himself, killing Dou Ying ten thousand times would be useless.
Zi Yuan curiously peeked over. "What is the master looking for?"
Su Yunmo's gaze stopped on a page, and she pointed to the plant. "Wang Sheng Hua (Rebirth Flower)."
This flower's petals and leaves are separate, often growing in pairs. One can be used as poison, and the other as an antidote. It is very difficult to find.
It would be best used as a medicinal guide.
However, it's a pity that this flower is rare and only found in the southern border. But it is heard that a tribe in the southern border knows how to cultivate this flower. If it can be found, it would be a great help. xxs
Zi Yuan: "If the master needs this item, I'll send my brothers to find it."
"Let's try." If it doesn't work out, we'll have to think of other ways.
A head suddenly poked out from the window.
Xie Hongfei grinned, showing his big teeth. "No wonder I couldn't find you anywhere. Momo, you're here."
Su Yunmo closed the book and knelt on the cabinet. "Why are you here?"
Xie Hongfei rested his hands on the windowsill and jumped up. "To see your third brother. He's not doing well, it's really worrying."
He jumped a couple of times but couldn't get up. Helplessly, he rested his hands on the edge of the balcony and looked up to speak to Su Yunmo. "Why don't you spend more time with him?"
"It's best for him not to see me right now." Su Yunmo changed from kneeling to lying down, leveling with Xie Hongfei.
Xie Hongfei: "I heard that your cousin was released from prison. The victim's family doesn't intend to press charges, but they want compensation. I heard quite a lot was collected."
The people of the second branch were all extravagant. They were not well-off to begin with, and after paying such a large sum of money, they would be even more strapped.
However, this was not within Su Yunmo's scope of concern.
"Mother and Father will make proper arrangements, and the deceased woman will be buried with honor and will not be mistreated."
Xie Hongfei sighed.
If it were up to him, Su Xingzhe should be beheaded. But the victim's family never intended that from the beginning, so there was nothing that could be done.
To drag Siyuan into this mess is truly hateful.
"By the way, when I first arrived, I heard the servants in the mansion say that the General ordered Siyuan not to go to the martial arts hall anymore. What's going on?"
Su Yunmo knew that Su Siyuan would find it difficult to tell his friends about this, so she beckoned him over.
Xie Hongfei leaned closer.
Su Yunmo whispered a few words in his ear.
Xie Hongfei's face immediately broke into a smile. "Damn it, someone dares to bully my person! I'll go raze that martial arts hall right now!"
He jumped down, rolled up his sleeves, and left with gritted teeth.
Su Yunmo did not stop him.
She had already dealt with the boy who fought with her third brother. As for the rest who were just watching, they wouldn't be let off easily.
Let Xie Hongfei cause trouble.
The little dumpling smacked her lips and continued to flip through books on the table.
Zi Yuan returned to the organization in the afternoon and sent people to investigate Wang Sheng Hua, but it would take a long time to get any news.
Su Yunmo simply prepared some things and, the next morning, went to the Han mansion with her gear.
Han Jitong was not there. His personal servant came to receive Su Yunmo and lead her in. "Young Master said that after you arrive, wait in the front hall, and he will come over as soon as he finishes his current matters."
"No need, just take me to the backyard."
There was still a lot to do today.
The servant hesitated for a moment. "Alright, then follow me."
Su Yunmo followed him to the backyard. As soon as she stepped in, she heard a familiar voice.
"Why does Big Brother keep such a woman in the mansion? Isn't this ruining the reputation of our Han mansion?"