Tangled

"I don't have much of a stomach...that's all. Could you please help me get a cup of soy milk?"

She originally wanted to say no, but after thinking about it, Shen Qiqi decided to eat something.

He was so detailed when he reported back that if he hadn't eaten something, his cousin would have been worried again.

"I'm afraid I'll get tired of just eating soy milk. Why don't I ask someone to bring me something else?"

"You can order a few dishes as you like. The portion shouldn't be that big."

After hearing this, Langjiu left, and when he came back, he prepared four or five more side dishes, including a spicy and sour appetizer, which was the inn's specialty.

After being persuaded by Lang Jiu, Shen Qiqi tried to eat a piece, but just this one piece made her cry. After finishing the bowl of soy milk, the spicy taste was still there.

After eating a lot of food, the spicy taste was suppressed. She half-covered her face with a handkerchief and returned to the room, thinking that she couldn't blame this food for being appetizing. It was so spicy, so she shouldn't eat more to suppress it.

I waited in the room until midnight. Not only did Gu Tingshu not come back, but even Mu Chengze was nowhere to be seen.

She paced back and forth, unable to feel at ease. She opened and closed the door several times, and asked several questions, but she always got the same answer.

"Don't worry, girl. Master and Mr. Gu will be fine."

"The Wolf Guard is nearby. If something happens, the master will definitely send flags and flowers to call them. There is no news yet, so they must be fine."

There is no news, it must be that the current situation is inconvenient to show off.

Langjiu had full confidence in Gu Tingshu. From beginning to end, he believed that as long as Gu Tingshu was around, Mu Chengze would not be in danger.

"Are they meeting up?"

"Master has not come back for so long. He must have found Mr. Gu."

Shen Qiqi noticed the word "looking" in his words, and her mind was racing, but she didn't ask any more questions.

"I understand. It's already very late. Sir, please go to rest first. I won't run around."

Shen Qiqi has a clear understanding of herself. She knows that she can't help much if she goes out. The best choice is to be obedient and stay in the inn.

Lang Jiu responded with clasped fists, but did not leave. He still dutifully guarded the door until dawn.

After going back and forth like this, no one came back for several days, and there was no news at all. No matter how confident she was in Gu Tingshu, Shen Qiqi couldn't sit still.

She opened the door and looked at the young man who was replacing Lang Jiu. She was silent before slowly going downstairs under his gaze.

"Is there no news yet about my cousin?"

"Girl, there is no news about the master and Mr. Gu. Our people are trying our best to search for them, and they will be found soon."

There were not many of them, and they couldn't look for them blatantly. It was not easy to find two people in the huge city of Ningzhou.

Although she understood in her heart, Shen Qiqi could not comfort herself.

She hadn't eaten anything for several days, and she wasn't in good spirits. Coupled with the lack of sleep, her eyes were green.

Standing at the door and watching people coming and going, she turned back, looked at Wolf 22 and said, "Let's go out for a walk."

Maybe you can run into them while walking.

She didn't say the rest of the words, but Wolf 22 could almost guess it.

He brought the curtain cap over and went out together after Shen Qiqi put it on.

After searching in the city for most of the day, Shen Qiqi was too tired to walk, but she still couldn't find anyone.

She didn't want to go back, so she asked Wolf 22 to find another inn nearby to stay.

Searching aimlessly was of no use. Days passed, and nearly a month passed without any news about them.

Shen Qiqi lost several pounds, and her already thin body could be blown away by a gust of wind.

She no longer searched aimlessly and just sat on the second floor every day, carefully watching the people passing by on the street.Lang Jiu stood behind her, frowning so hard that he could pinch a fly.

He didn't think something would happen to his master, but if he didn't come back, Miss Shen would die first.

It had only been a few days, but she was already extremely hungry. If this situation continued, she might starve to death.

"Girl, how about we eat first?"

"Lang Jiu, why haven't they come back yet? Even if it's not convenient for them to come back, they should still send a message back."

She didn't seem to want to answer, and her voice was very soft. If the wolf's nine ears weren't so powerful as ordinary people, she probably wouldn't have been able to hear it.

He really wasn't very conversational when it came to persuading people. The ability to hold back these words was the limit.

When he was in trouble, he saw from the corner of his eye a farmer passing by carrying a load, and he hurriedly walked downstairs.

Shen Qiqi didn't pay attention to his movements. When she came to her senses, she found a fluffy civet cat in front of her.

The white and yellow civet cat has a pair of round, wet blue eyes. It stares at it eagerly, and no one can ignore it.

She laughed in amazement and hugged the civet cat into her arms, eating the food she ordered.

"Thank you sir."

Seeing that there was finally a smile on her face, Lang Jiu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, when he eavesdropped in the corner, he heard someone in the room say that little girls love these furry things.

I scoffed at it at the time, but I didn’t expect it to be actually used now.

Fortunately, he had sharp eyesight and saw that the old farmer was carrying these little things in his burden, otherwise the girl would not know when she would be able to coax them.

"Girl, I see that this kitten is quite small. How about I go get two bowls of milk and let the girl eat some with it."

Shen Qiqi took back the meat on her hand, turned her head and responded with a smile.

When Lang Jiu came downstairs, she put away the smile on her face and sighed silently.

"Little kitten, when do you think my cousin will come back?"

"It's been so long. If you don't send some news back, I'll be angry."

She didn't care whether the kitten understood it or not, she whispered one sentence after another, and didn't stop until Lang Jiu came back.

After eating milk and feeding the kitten, Shen Qiqi felt sleepy, so she put the kitten down and went back to her room to rest.

Perhaps he was bought off by a bowl of sweet milk. The kitten did not run away after being put down, but just walked around the inn.

Shen Qiqi slept soundly, and in a daze, she seemed to feel warmth on her face.

She woke up suddenly, and what she saw was a stern face, and those eyes were still so bottomless.

"Cousin, why did you come back? Are you injured?"

Unexpectedly, he came back suddenly and silently. Shen Qiqi sat up and touched her hair shyly.

She had just fallen asleep, and she didn't know if her hair was messed up. If it was, it would be too rude.

"Pack your things and let's go back to Kyoto immediately."

Gu Tingshu didn't say much to her, packed her things for her, then went downstairs and got on his horse to head out of the city.

The horse raced for several miles before Gu Tingshu gradually slowed down.

Shen Qiqi had never seen him look so anxious. She wanted to ask what happened, but she didn't know how to ask.