Chapter 86: Chapter 86: Good Acting Chapter 86: Chapter 86: Good Acting Luo Qiao whispered, “Stone, thank you, sis will rember this kindness, and I’ll make you so delicious food later.”
The two of them snuck back the way they ca, and Luo Qiao acted as if nothing had happened when she returned to the courtyard.
Before long, she saw Gao Suhua heading to the back courtyard, with Zhao Xiaoi following behind. Luo Qiao quietly followed them.
She heard Zhao Xiaoi say, “Mom, if Luo Qiao is taken away and it lasts a while, we surely can’t keep it a secret. If people find out it was our family that plotted against Luo Qiao, wouldn’t the villagers curse us to death?”
Gao Suhua replied, “She’s just an orphan, who would go to the trouble for her? Behind our village lies Daqing Mountain—getting carried away by a wild animal isn’t unheard of.
Besides, we’ve already made it clear with that family that once they take her away, she’s not to be let out of the village, so who would know it was us?”
Yet in her heart, she thought, since the money has already been received today, all we need to do is successfully take her away, and the deed would be done.
Zhao Xiaoi asked, “Mom, what if Luo Qiao doesn’t drink the beverage I give her?”
Gao Suhua responded, “I’ve prepared two identical bottles. You drink with her. She’s young and won’t think too much about it. Once it’s done, you notify the two at the back door to take her away.
I’ll be greeting the guests out front. That way, no suspicion will fall on us adults. Understand?”
Zhao Xiaoi pondered a mont, “Mom, after it’s done, you have to make a new dress, or I won’t do it.”
Gao Suhua, sowhat impatiently, said, “Fine, fine, fine, just trick her over here later, and you make sure she drinks that beverage. Rember not to grab the wrong one.”
Zhao Xiaoi said, “Don’t worry, I won’t get it wrong. I’m not a child anymore.”
Having heard their conversation nearing its end, Luo Qiao quickly and silently retreated to the front courtyard.
Soti later, Gao Suhua invited the brigade leader’s wife, Qiao Lianlian, inside, claiming to have sothing to discuss with her. Actually, Luo Qiao could guess what she intended to do. At that mont, an unfamiliar woman ca up to her and said, “Are you Luo Qiao?”
While Luo Qiao didn’t recognize the person, she recognized the voice—it belonged to the woman who had been with Gao Suhua the previous night. Luo Qiao nodded disdainfully and said coldly, “What is it?”
The woman said, “The brigade leader’s wife sent to call you. There’s a table in the back courtyard where it’s quieter, and she wants you to join her there.”
Luo Qiao snorted in her mind at their understanding of teamwork. She smiled and said, “Alright, I’ll go find her.”
Feigning ignorance, Luo Qiao turned and walked towards the back courtyard. At the corner, she caught a glimpse with the corner of her eye of the woman entering the room the brigade leader’s wife had gone into, right after she herself headed to the back courtyard.
That room happened to have a view of the path leading to the back courtyard; they probably wanted to avoid suspicion by being seen with the brigade leader’s wife. Even if the villagers noticed she was missing, they wouldn’t suspect them.
They were sowhat clever, and from that room, they could keep an eye on who ca and went in the back courtyard, ready to react if anything happened.
When Luo Qiao reached the back courtyard, she heard soone calling her. Zhao Xiaoi, feigning ignorance, asked, “Luo Qiao, what are you doing in the back courtyard?”
Luo Qiao coolly answered, “I’m here to find Auntie Gao from the brigade leader’s family.”
Zhao Xiaoi uttered an “Oh” before saying, “Auntie Gao from the brigade leader’s family isn’t here. Did you get it wrong?”
Just look at how convincing that performance is; who would think that in the next mont, she was about to cause harm.
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