"What does Miss want to do? Now that Mr. Tang is by your side, there’s no need for . Besides, I have a task here."
Li Le Wen was still uneasy about the basent. If he left, he feared soone would discover George’s true condition.
Xia Zuo shrugged, "Mr. Tang also knows that your task here cannot be relaxed even for a mont. He said that neither I nor Senmu can match your understanding of George, so it’s most prudent for you to conduct the interrogation. But Miss wants to see you, and Mr. Tang can’t always refuse, so just go up and say hello."
Xia Zuo reminded, "Rember, George is in Mr. Tang’s hands. Miss must not find out."
Li Le Wen felt relieved, stubbed out his cigarette, "Alright, I’ll head up then."
Xia Zuo grabbed his arm, "Take a shower first, you’re covered in blood."
Li Le Wen laughed, "Got it."
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Half an hour later, Li Le Wen appeared refreshed in front of Shi Nian.
Shi Nian was indeed delighted and quickly stood up, "Xiao Li, you’re here, co and sit. You left without saying goodbye to ."
Li Le Wen stepped forward and bowed, "That was my fault. It was still early morning when I left, and I didn’t want to disturb sister-in-law’s rest."
Shi Nian nodded sadly, "Jieyou loved playing hide and seek with Uncle Xiao Li. After you left, Jieyou talked about you for days."
They used to appreciate Li Le Wen’s patience with children, but now it seed all part of a ploy.
Li Le Wen smiled awkwardly, "When Young Miss returns, I’ll play with her again. Don’t worry, sister-in-law, the Young Miss is blessed."
Shi Nian looked at him quietly, "Do you really say that? That’s great, since you said it, I dared to believe."
These words made Li Le Wen feel sothing was off, but thinking it was because Shi Nian knew him, he’d assud that’s why she believed his words.
After so small talk, Li Le Wen didn’t dare stay away from the basent too long, so he bowed and asked, "May I know if sister-in-law has any special instructions for calling up?"
Shi Nian nodded, suddenly approached, and whispered, "I want you to accompany out, I need to buy a few things." As she spoke, her face flushed, "You know, won’s needs."
Li Le Wen frowned, "But Mr. Tang has ordered no one is to go out, and besides, it’s chaotic outside..."
"I know, but those things can’t be without. That’s why I asked you. With you accompanying , it won’t be dangerous." Shi Nian’s face turned even redder, "You’re almost the only one I know besides Mr. Tang here. This matter I could only bring up with you, I can’t ntion it to others."
Li Le Wen understood. Indeed, there are things won use that are indispensable during certain days each month.
He pondered for a mont, "Why don’t sister-in-law tell what kind of things you need, and I’ll buy them for you."
Shi Nian’s face reddened as if it would burst into fla, "... No, that won’t do. In the end, I need to buy them myself to feel reassured."
Li Le Wen was still hesitant, "But Mr. Tang..."
Shi Nian "shushed", "Don’t tell him. But even if he knows, he would understand that this matter is essential."
Li Le Wen turned to look out the window.
Since entering this inn, he hadn’t found a reason to go out for days. Today, he had a reason.
He nodded, "In that case, let’s prepare and leave in ten minutes."
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Under the cover of night, Shi Nian and Li Le Wen left.
Even though Shi Nian didn’t understand firearms, she could tell that besides the submachine gun Li Le Wen carried, he also concealed various guns of different sizes within his clothing.
She also wore a bulletproof vest and felt like a bear walking.
Even in a war-torn Kingdom, there were still daring rchants keeping their stores open. However, like their inn, the stores were guarded by heavily ard bodyguards.
She patiently visited several shops, carefully choosing so items. At the very least, from Li Le Wen’s perspective, she was indeed shopping, driven by a woman’s nature.
Throughout the process, Li Le Wen perfectly played the role of a bodyguard, carefully protecting her and staying alert.
Shi Nian beca even more patient and decided to use delaying tactics to wear down Li Le Wen’s patience.
Only by wearing down his patience can this layer of dutiful facade be removed. Then, when he gets impatient, he’ll start to harbor his own thoughts and want to do his own things.
Shi Nian passed by a beauty salon and stopped at the entrance.
Li Le Wen was at a loss, because which man didn’t know that when won started with beauty treatnts, they completely forgot what ti was.
He cautiously advised, "Sister-in-law, this isn’t suitable. We’ve been out for quite a while. The gentleman might get anxious waiting."
"It’s fine." Shi Nian stubbornly insisted, "The gentleman isn’t here; he’s gone out to et Mr. Tang. They have important matters to discuss and said they might return late tonight, or possibly not at all."
Li Le Wen closed his eyes briefly, "I rember in Mo Ya Village, sister-in-law didn’t particularly like beauty treatnts either."
Shi Nian laughed, "There weren’t any beauty salons in Mo Ya Village. Besides, Mo Ya Village wasn’t so dry and full of sandstorms. I feel like my skin is nearly ruined. It’s rare to co across a beauty salon that’s still open, so I’d better not miss it."
She patted him, "Don’t worry, I’m just going for a simple treatnt and then I’ll leave."
Without paying attention to Li Le Wen, Shi Nian walked straight into the beauty salon. Li Le Wen was so anxious that he stomped his feet but had no way to change the situation.
Waiting for a woman to finish beauty treatnts is really sothing that makes a man feel like facing the vastness of the universe. Li Le Wen gradually beca restless, stood up, and paced around the small foyer twice. When he t the beautician coming out, asking how much longer it would take, the beautician told him the entire treatnt would take about two hours, and there was still another hour to go.
Li Le Wen frustratedly pushed the door and went outside.
He was also a cautious person. Accompanying Shi Nian outside, he naturally didn’t dare go alone. From a distance, he scattered so subordinates to follow at different levels.
Standing on the steps, he irritably lowered his eyes to look at his watch and eventually gave up waiting. He walked down the steps and instructed his subordinates to guard carefully while he went to have dinner.
His subordinates jokingly smiled, assuming that when he said to have dinner, he actually ant finding a girl: "Brother Li, go ahead, will half an hour be enough?"
Li Le Wen also smiled, kicked at his subordinate, and didn’t deny it; he then walked away.
He was pleased to let his subordinates think he was going to find a girl, thereby covering up his real purpose.
He needed to go see Jieyou.
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Throughout the journey, he indeed took advantage of escorting George and brought Jieyou along. However, upon arriving here, Huangfu Huazhang, out of safety concerns, booked the entire hotel and gathered all his subordinates inside. Thus, he had to devise ways to settle Jieyou outside the hotel first.
Every few days, he had to find excuses to go out and see Jieyou, bringing so food and daily necessities, fearing that the child couldn’t withstand the long journey and the climate here.
Objectively speaking, he also thought Jieyou was just a card in George’s hand, used to restrict Huangfu Huazhang. George wanted Huangfu Huazhang dead, but it shouldn’t cost this child’s life.
Once in Mo Ya Village... This little child of noble identity didn’t mind saring mud all over and hugged several long lotus roots to knock on his door, eagerly delivering them for him to try.
At this mont, when he closed his eyes, he still saw that innocent smiling face of the child, and the cheeks originally even whiter and tenderer than the lotus roots, painted with mud like a little kitten.
He rembered how, after being surprised at that ti, he couldn’t help but smile from the heart and say, "Where did this lotus-root doll co from?"
Precisely because Jieyou trusted him, the child didn’t cry or fuss along the way, earnestly taking his lies as truth.
Walking into the dilapidated building, he took a deep breath while knocking on the door.
The subordinate opened the door, and he walked in. Little Jieyou holding a large stuffed elephant rushed out, "Uncle Xiao Li——"
The sweet child’s voice, still unaware of the situation. Continues treating Uncle Xiao Li as a reliable elder, listening to him and obediently waiting here for daddy and mommy to pick her up.
Li Le Wen’s eyes ward slightly; he reached out and hugged the little child, softly asking, "Have you been happy these days?"
Jieyou nodded seriously, "Happy."
She turned big white around to show Li Le Wen, "I told big white stories." She tilted her head, smiling sowhat sadly, "The stories mommy told , I told them all to big white one by one."
She looked up, tears quietly welling up in her large eyes.
"Uncle Xiao Li, the stories mommy told are almost finished being told to big white. Why hasn’t mommy co yet? Uncle Xiao Li, tell , when will daddy and mommy co to pick up Jieyou?"
Li Le Wen’s heart churned with emotions, sniffed, and comforted, "Jieyou, rember, we’ve also traveled for a long ti on this journey. So, when daddy and mommy co, they also have to travel for a long ti. The road isn’t easy; sotis there might even be wars, so daddy and mommy need to be careful, right? Be good, Jieyou. Just be patient, and daddy and mommy will surely co."
Li Le Wen didn’t know that on the other side of the ruined wall, Shi Nian was pressing a stethoscope tightly against it.
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