The rescued villainous lady wants to go home with me

Chapter 12

disharmonious father-daughter relationship

It was already night when Lorraine returned to the mansion, the carriage had just stopped at the door, and Lorraine found another carriage parked.

Lorraine looked at the carriage and said, "Is anyone here?"

"It's Xueni's father. He came to visit you shortly after you left." The envoy said in Lorraine's mind.

"It really should come."

From Lorraine's point of view, no matter how bad the relationship between Xueni and her father is, if her daughter stays at the house of a boy of the same age for one night for no reason, as a father, she should be more or less concerned, although before that, Lorraine wrote a letter Say hello.

As soon as Lorraine entered the door, the guard just wanted to tell Lorraine about the situation.Lorraine just waved his hand and said, "I see."

The guard who didn't say anything was stunned for a while, but seeing Lorraine seemed to know, he couldn't say much.

As soon as he entered the room, Lorraine saw two people sitting opposite each other in the living room. If he didn't know their relationship, he would have thought that the two were engaged in some serious negotiation.

Seeing Lorraine walking in, Naba Gretel, Xueni's father, quickly got up and saluted Lorraine.

"Second Highness, it's impolite to come here without your invitation."

"It's okay." Lorraine casually sat down in the middle, "I think it's time for you to come too."

Naba smiled awkwardly, even if he didn't want to come, but as the Second Highness sent him a letter, he still had to pay attention to it.

"So what's going on with the two of you?"

"I don't think he has anything to talk about." Xue Ni turned her face away, looking very impatient.

"How can you speak like this in front of the Second Highness?!"

Seeing Xueni like this, Naba also pretended to be a father a little bit, but Xueni on the opposite side didn't respond at all.If this is not Lorraine's home, maybe Xueni's attitude is even worse.

Lorraine also smiled. He did guess how bad the relationship between Xueni and his family was, which made her say those words, but now it seems that it is more serious than he imagined.

"You should have heard about some of the things that happened." Lorraine said.

"Well, I have a general understanding from Ariba." Naba glanced at Xueni and sighed, "My unsatisfactory daughter has caused trouble for you."

"What do you mean by causing trouble?" Xue Ni stood up suddenly and yelled at Naba, "I told you that I didn't do anything. Anyway, you, like that guy, think it's my fault, don't you?" , you have always been like this!"

The guy Xueni was talking about was naturally her brother. In her opinion, he could treat her like that in the academy. From where he knew things, she could figure out what he was like without even thinking about it.

"You..." If it were someone else, Naba might not care a little bit, but seeing his daughter being so rude in front of the second prince, Naba couldn't help but get angry. He got up directly and walked in front of Xueni, raising his hand as if to hit Xueni.

"Hey." Seeing this, Lorraine quickly got up and stood between the two of them, "Nabaqin, calm down."

However, Xueni who was behind also stood up, looking unconvinced, "Just hit me! It's not the first time you've hit me anyway. What's the difference between you and those guys who don't believe in me!?"

Lorraine looked at the black lines all over her head, and didn't know whether to say that this guy had no eyesight or a bad temper. He was obviously helping her, but she kept fighting.Now the scene is a bit like a street fight.

Seeing that the situation was wrong, the maids on the side stepped forward and pulled La Xueni, and took her out of the living room while persuading her.

"Sigh." Naba sighed heavily, "I made the Second Highness laugh, it's because I am not strict in discipline."

Lorraine looked at the maid leading Xueni away, made sure that Xueni would not rush out, and said, "I think you are very disciplined."

In Lorraine's view, the relationship between Xueni and Naba is like this because Naba has too high expectations for Xueni but does not give corresponding recognition.

But looking at it now, it will be impossible to let Xueni go back home for a while, if he goes back, he doesn't know where that guy will end up going.

After the atmosphere calmed down a little, Lorraine said, "Do you also think that Xueni did that kind of thing?"

Naba smiled wryly, "Although my daughter is not as smart as other noble ladies, I don't think she is stupid enough to do such stupid things in front of others."

"Oh?" Naba's answer surprised Lorraine.

Naba looked at Lorraine with a serious look on his face, "Your Highness, what I am telling you may be a bit presumptuous, but you must have roughly noticed that in a while, the eldest prince will inherit the throne. Now many nobles They have all started to lean towards the First Prince, and they are more or less trying to please the First Prince."

"It will happen like this." Although Lorraine listened to Naba's words with a serious face, but for him, he didn't know this situation at all, so he could only pretend to agree.

"In order to have a different position in the heart of the eldest prince, it is inevitable that some methods will be used."

It can be said that Naba is very aware of this situation, because back then, they also used this method to please the prince who was preparing to inherit the throne, so that they could also obtain the best interests for their family.

"That child's brain is so stubborn, it's inevitable that she will be used without knowing it, but I didn't expect her to be so stupid."

Speaking of this, Naba sighed again, even if he didn't participate in it, let it be, but he was put together by someone, and he still doesn't know it until now, and he can't believe that this is his daughter.

Lorraine became a little interested and asked, "Then do you know who it is?"

Naba shook his head, "I don't have any familiar friends in the academy, so I can only make rough guesses."

With the beginning of the eldest prince's succession to the throne, their era is almost over, and the rest will be for the younger generation.Although they will pay attention to some outstanding young people, the things they have done in the past are not very clear.

Regarding this topic, because there were not too many clues, Lorraine and Naba couldn't continue talking, and in the end they just chatted a few more words, and finally left.

After watching Naba leave, Lorraine turned around and walked to the backyard, and saw Xue Ni sitting on the stone sill with a sulky face, and the maids beside her looked like they didn't know what to do.

"Your father has gone back."

Xueni moved her body, turned her face sideways, and said with a sneer, "It's none of my business if he goes back. What? Are you finally going to drive me out?"

Lorraine patted his forehead, looking a little helpless, because he was here to help her, otherwise it felt like few people could stand this guy.

"Whatever you think." A day of running around made Lorraine feel a little tired, "Remember to eat later."

After finishing speaking, Lorraine went back to the house, and Naba gave him some information, but he still had to sort it out by himself. Anyway, Xue Ni was also angry at the moment, so let her hang out for a while, and the anger probably subsided.

Chapter 13

Investigate and be followed

On the carriage to the college the next day, Lorraine couldn't help but wondered seeing Xue Ni still sulking.

"What? Are you still angry?"

Xueni ignored Lorraine completely, turned her head to the side and looked outside the car.

To be honest, Lorraine really didn't understand what Xueni was angry about. Although yesterday she felt that Xueni would go back with Naba, after all, it wouldn't be good to stay here all the time. Now not only did she not go back, but she was the one who didn't go back with him. There seems to be nowhere else to go but here.And even if Naba said a few words yesterday, he still stopped Naba from hitting Xueni, so nothing happened.

Because of what happened yesterday, everyone in the Basic Academy now knows that Xue Ni lives in Lorraine's mansion. As for whether there are any rumors based on this, Lorraine still doesn't know.But as soon as he got off the carriage, Lorraine could clearly feel that the expressions of the two of them were a little different from those around him. The girl who seemed to greet Lorraine at the meeting on weekdays was only slightly in the distance now. Had to nod towards Lorraine.

In this strange atmosphere, a familiar voice came from not far in front, "Miss Xueni."

Over there, Lil, who was visited by Lorraine yesterday, walked towards the two of them. Although it seemed that nothing was important, her face was still the same as yesterday, slightly pale.

"Lil..." Seeing Lil, Xue Ni looked a little surprised, "Are you okay?"

Lil coughed a few times, and said with a smile, "Take a rest, and feel a little better."

Hearing that Lil was fine, Xue Ni was slightly relieved, but immediately turned into an indifferent look, and all this was seen by Lorraine and Lil who were on the side.

Lil was also not surprised, smiled, and then took Xueni's hand, regardless of whether Xueni answered or not, she led Xueni towards the front, "Hurry up, or I won't be able to catch up later."

Such a situation made Xue Ni completely unresponsive, and could only passively be led forward by Lil.

Lorraine, who was watching everything in front of her, saw Lil glance in her direction, and she roughly understood what Lil meant by doing this.

Now everyone thinks that Xueni used a despicable method to defeat Lil, and now that Lil took the initiative to approach Xueni, the way the two of them are so close will make this idea completely self-defeating.

"No wonder Xueni has been unable to win her." Lorraine said.

For this point alone, it is obvious that Lil is better than Xueni, but Xueni's single-mindedness is completely incomparable to others.

Thinking of this, Lorraine rubbed his eyebrows, because even he himself didn't know whether it was good or bad.

The daily life of the academy is still the same as usual, and Li'er's appearance has made Xueni's situation slightly better. At least other people will not show any vague hostility towards Xueni.

After the day's lessons, a slightly tired Lorraine said to Xueni, "I'm going to go out later."

Xue Ni, who was also sitting in the carriage, paused, looked out of the window without looking back, but murmured, "What are you going to do again?"

But the voice was too low, so Lorraine naturally didn't hear it.

This time was different from yesterday, Lorraine did not leave after returning to the mansion, but stopped the carriage on the street.

Seeing Lorraine get out of the car, Xueni also showed a slightly surprised look. She thought it would be the same as yesterday, at least she would go back to the mansion before going out.

From inside the carriage, Xueni looked over at Lorraine and found that Lorraine stopped on the street, then turned and walked into a small alley.

"What is he going to do?" Xue Ni frowned, then looked at the coachman and asked, "Where did he go yesterday?"

"Did you say His Highness the Second Highness?" the coachman said while picking up the carriage, "The Second Highness visited the residence of the Ioge family yesterday."

"Lil's house?"

Since yesterday, Xueni has wondered why Lorraine went out again after arriving home, and Lil's appearance today also made her a little strange.

Now hearing that Lorraine went to Lil's house yesterday, a sense of unhappiness rushed into her heart.

"Stop, I'm going down."

"Ah? But the Second Highness said..."

"But what!?" Xue Ni said fiercely to the coachman, "I said get off, are you deaf?"

"Okay, okay." The coachman stopped the car quickly.

Xue Ni got out of the car quickly, and walked to the alley where Lorraine just disappeared without looking back.

"Are you talking about here?" Lorraine asked the envoy, smelling some corrupt smell around him.

"This is the largest gathering place of black merchants in the royal capital. Apart from some things that cannot be sold in the normal market, there are also some people who specialize in investigations."

When feeling problems might appear in the people Lil came into contact with, the first thing Lorraine thought of was this kind of secret detectives, because no matter where they were, as long as they were given the corresponding money, they could always investigate what they wanted. want things.

Walking to the end of the alley, and then entering a few darker alleys, with a few flickering lights, Lorraine finally saw the so-called black market.

Different from the things sold on normal streets, the things sold here are food that matches the dark atmosphere, animal livers and bones, and some strange-looking liquids but I don’t know what they are. Even in some locations, There are also suspected human bones.

Lorraine coughed a few times, resisting the discomfort in his chest, and then took out the half-face mask prepared in advance from him to cover the upper half of his face.The most basic way to hide your identity here is to cover your face with a mask.

Under the guidance of the book envoy, Lorraine soon came to a corner, where there were no extra decorations, only a small window, no matter how you looked at it, it was just a window of a normal house.

Looking at the window in front of him, Lorraine was a little suspicious, but he still stepped forward, followed the information given by the envoy, and knocked on the window according to the rhythm of knocking three times and then pausing.

After knocking for the third time, the window was slowly opened from the inside, and a dull voice came out, "Money."

Lorraine felt uncomfortable when he heard the voice.

He took out the money bag he had prepared and put it on the window sill. Then a pair of dry hands stretched out and slowly dragged the money bag in. After a long pause, another voice came from inside, "What do you want to investigate?"

Lorraine lowered her voice and said, "Raai Mogg, I want to know who she has been in contact with recently."

The voice on the other side said without any waves, "Come back in a day."

After speaking, the withered hand stretched out again and closed the window again.

"That's enough?" The form was too simple, which made Lorraine feel like he was being taken advantage of.

"Okay."

After getting the letter's affirmation, Lorraine felt relieved a little and left from the corner.

Chapter 14

Xue Ni's concern

It's clearly still daytime, but in Lorraine, it feels like this alley doesn't see any sunlight, and it's also filled with a smell that makes normal people uncomfortable. Although the vendors around them are wearing cloaks to cover their bodies, but the smell under the cloaks is... The eyes revealed a strange color, as if they were like evil spirits in the abyss.

"Sure enough, no matter where this kind of place is, these elements are standard." Lorraine slightly covered his mouth with his hands, and sped up his pace a little.If it wasn't for the reminder from the book envoy, I wouldn't even want to come to this kind of place.

Just as Lorraine was about to leave this dark alley, a familiar voice came from ahead.

"Impossible." Listening to the voice, Lorraine frowned.

"Miss, you just soiled my jewelry, I think you should give me an explanation."

"What jewelry? I didn't touch your stuff at all! Get out of here!"

If placed in a normal market, this scene would probably attract many people to watch, but here, except for the voices of the two people in front of them, it seemed as if nothing happened.

And when he saw the person in front of him clearly, Lorraine had a headache, "How did she appear here?"

"Miss, if you don't follow the rules, you won't be welcome no matter where you are." The merchant held a ring with a strange light in one hand. The ring was stained with a trace of mud at some point, and the other hand was stained with mud. Hold Xueni's hand tightly.