Chapter 71: Poisonous Storm

  "Alright." Although Ye still felt uneasy, she went back to her room to rest as promised.

  Tomorrow, I'll have to get up and deal with those people together about those few pieces of land, and it's estimated that I'll be busy for several more days.

  Su Xiaofan returned to her room after taking a bath and saw Xiao Yimeng's shirt slightly open, leaning against the bed and looking at the night outside. Although it was a young and tender appearance, under the moonlight, it emitted a fatal temptation.

  "Is it better?" Su Xiaofan shook her head and dispelled those unhealthy thoughts in her mind.

  "Hmm." Xiao Yimeng turned his head and looked at her with a faint expression. It wasn't that he was seriously ill, just that his body was hot, dizzy and weak. After sleeping for so long, his body had become even softer.

  "Do you want something to eat? I'll go get it for you." Su Xiaofan saw that he looked very weak and couldn't help but feel a pang of sympathy.

  "It's all right with what you've done." Xiao Yimeng saw the pain and love in her eyes, and his mouth involuntarily curled up, drawing out a faint and shallow smile.

  Su Xiaofan was stunned and stood there for a moment before quickly turning around and walking out to get him something to eat.

  Xiao Yuanfeng was originally bored lying on the bed board in the main room, and saw Su Xiaofan walking out again: "Xiaofan, what else do you want to do?"

  "Uh, get some food for the little treasure, do you want to?" Su Xiao Fan took away a lamp on the kang in the main room and as she opened the door and walked out, the main room became dark.

  "Alright, I'll go help you cook." Upon hearing that there was food, Xiao Yuanfeng's spirits lifted and he quickly got up.

  "Master has replied, asking if you want to return to the valley ahead of schedule."

  After she left, a low voice came from outside the window. At this moment, he was leaning against the wall, looking up at the moon in the sky. In fact, he wanted to go back, so he said so. The master and Uncle Ling may have misjudged Mo Di's recovery period. If he hadn't increased the dose of medicine powder these past few days, Mo Di might have fully recovered by now.

  Moreover, what's even more unsettling is that if he continues to use medication to suppress it like this, there's a high possibility that he'll never be able to recover.

  "Qiu Ge, you're hiding something from me." Xiao Yi Mo's eyes were light and didn't intentionally suspect him, but he had a faint feeling that way.

  "Uh, but can't say."

  "Then let's get ready to go back for a trip." Xiao Yimeng closed his eyes and leaned against the window to rest.

  Xiao Yuanqiu's tense mood relaxed slightly: "Alright, I'll arrange it with Fu Shu, you find a time to make things clear with Xiao Fan."

  He felt him slowly walking away, Xiao Yimeng also didn't respond, for now he didn't want to leave her side, and not to mention that Yun Song hadn't left Mo City yet, Lan Ming was also a threat to himself.

  Every other morning, Xiao Yimeng's body temperature had dropped a lot, and he got up early because he slept too much yesterday. He and Xiao Yuanfeng sat in the yard, blowing in the morning breeze, silently watching the few small birds flying occasionally from the sky.

  "Am I supposed to stay here alone?" Xiao Yuanfeng looked around the room, and since no one came out, he lowered his voice to ask.

  "Hmm, after Yun Song leaves this place, you can temporarily leave too, no need to continue staying here. Just follow her and don't let Lan Ling get close to her." Xiao Yi Mo furrowed his brow, staring at the sky, watching the slow drifting white clouds.

  "Alright." Xiao Yuanfeng responded indifferently, but his heart was blooming with joy.

  Finally can no longer stay at home, if every day to follow Xiao Fan out, you can eat a lot of delicious food, that feeling is just thinking about it makes oneself's blood boil.

  Su Xiaofan made breakfast and came over to call them to eat, smiling and asking: "What are you two whispering about?"

  Xiao Yi Mo smiled lightly and turned his head: "In a few days I'll be going back home, so let's talk about letting him stay."

  "Oh? Little treasure, why do you suddenly want to go back home? Has something happened at home?" Su Xiao Fan was slightly surprised, his words seemed to imply that he wasn't going with her.

  "Uh, I'll go back and take a look, probably be back in about half a month." Xiao Yimeng stared intently at her eyes, seeing that faint hint of reluctance, the smile on his lips deepened, actually as long as the person living in her heart was himself, shouldn't he not worry too much? Why did he always feel like everything was precarious?

  Anyone who is around her has been put on their own danger list.

  Thinking of this, he turned his head and stared at Xiao Yuanfeng, saying that when it comes to dangerous characters, he himself had overlooked the most dangerous one.

  Xiao Yuanfeng met his slightly hostile gaze, unknowingly reaching up to touch his head, before suddenly realizing and leaning in close to whisper: "Mò Gē (brother Mo), don't worry, I absolutely, absolutely dare not have any ideas about your sister."

  "En, not bad." Xiao Yimò nodded in satisfaction and then withdrew his gaze from him.

  "Hmm..."

  Xiao Yuanfeng let out a deep breath, fortunately he had suppressed that feeling when his heart was racing wildly during the match against Xiao Fang. Otherwise, it would have been him who got killed instead.

  "When are you leaving, who will accompany you back?" Su Xiaofan suppressed the strangeness in her heart and asked softly.

  "Brother Qiu will go with you, don't worry." Xiao Yimiao smiled and said.

  Su Xiaofan felt a pang of guilt at his smile, the little treasure was indeed such an innocent and naive child, yet he had been viewing him with colored glasses, it was truly sinful.

  In the afternoon, Su Xiaofan reluctantly sent Xiao Yimeng onto the horse carriage that Xiao Yuanqiu had hurriedly arrived in.

  Standing at the gate, gazing out at the small path where the horse carriage had long since disappeared, she remained in a daze for a long time.

  "Fang Er, don't worry, Young Master said he'll be back in about half a month." Ye Shi smiled as she walked up from behind her. Not to mention Fang Er's reluctance, after these days of interaction, suddenly having to part ways for so long, she herself felt somewhat reluctant too.

  "Uh, I'll go help Mom today too. Grandma, you just rest in the house and don't need to bother helping those people, didn't we already give them money?" Su Xiaofan glanced at the robust men busy in the fields, Grandma was always worrying about others, constantly pouring tea for them.

  "It's idle to be idle, but I'm not free today either. Your mother is busy today and I need to take Xuan'er." Ye Shi smiled as she looked at Su Xiao Xuan in her arms, this child looks more and more like his father.

  Su Xiaofan nodded slightly and then walked towards the fence at the back of the mountain.

  As I passed by the fence of the courtyard, I saw those few lively rabbits, and suddenly remembered that Xiaobao had said he wanted to eat them. When he comes back, I'll cook one for him to try. And when he comes back, it's estimated that one of those wild chickens can also be killed to try.

  "Son, how did you come?"

  Inside the high fence, Jia held a shovel in one hand and a large basket in the other. As Su Xiaofan approached from above, she stopped to rest for a moment, wiping away the dense fine sweat on her forehead.

  "Mother, are you collecting this every day?" Su Xiaofan frowned and took a glance at the large basket of chicken manure.

  "Yes, if we don't collect them, they'll pile up every day and get all dry and dirty. Let's gather them up and put them in that grassland over there, who knows, the grass might grow faster." Seeing her furrowed brow, Jia continued: "Fan'er can go back to rest, leave this to Mother, besides, isn't it hot today? You're not fond of heat, are you?"

  "Ah, I'll help you. How can we let Mother do this alone? Otherwise, we can hire someone to do it later." Su Xiaofan took the shovel from her hand and learned from her previous movements, scooping them up one by one and putting them into the basket.

  Jia smiled: "Let's talk about it later, and this is not a big deal either. The one inside the fence before also needs to be handled every day."

  Su Xiaofan furrowed her brow, she had always handed these things over to her mother and grandmother, without noticing any of these details.

  If it's used for raising ducks in that field, handling the manure is a problem and it's also very tiring and dirty.

  Su Xiaofan handed the scoop back to Madam Jia and said softly, "Mother, you take care of this for a while. I'll go visit Village Chief's home."

  Jia nodded hesitantly, wondering why she suddenly wanted to run to the village chief's house.

  Went to the village head's home, heard the housekeeper Xiao Sheng say that the village head went to San Po's home, Su Xiaofan then went with Xiao Yuanfeng to San Po's home again.

  "How did you get here?" Wang saw Su Xiao Fan walking into his own courtyard and smiled as he stood up to greet him.

  "Ah, I just happened to have some business with the village chief." Su Xiaofan smiled and walked in, saw Xiao Changfu sitting on one side, and then sat down beside him.

  "What brings you to find me?" Xiao Changfu slightly raised an eyebrow.

  "Uh, I want to ask the village chief for help to see if there are any idle people in the village who are willing to come to my house to help out. Of course, we will pay them wages." Su Xiaofan had been resting at home for several days and saw that his mother and grandmother were busy every day with the chickens and ducks in the garden, so he had to think of a way to make their lives easier.

  Third Aunt heard this and smiled as she replied: "Xiao Fan, take a look at how our family's Zhi Jun is doing."

  Su Xiaofan glanced at Su Zhijun, who was sitting in a corner. He was the youngest son of San Po and was known for being honest and hardworking. It seemed like he would be suitable for the task. She nodded and said: "If Uncle Jun is willing, starting from tomorrow, just come to my house for one or two hours every day to help out. If you have any questions about raising chickens and ducks, just ask my mother directly."

  "Alright." Su Zhijun chuckled and rubbed the back of his head.

  "Is Xiaofan looking for his help to clean the chicken coop?" Xiao Changfu smiled, this place where chickens and ducks were raised would inevitably have some unpleasant smell, but Xiaofan's home might not have any smell coming out because her mother cleaned it diligently every day, although it was still a bit tiring.

  "Hmm, because the tavern was busy before, I didn't notice this aspect at all. It wasn't until recently when I was resting at home that I realized it, handling those things is a very tiring task." Su Xiaofan was entangled in her heart, and this matter still had to be discussed with her mother.

  Xiao Changfu stroked his mustache and nodded slightly.

  Su Zhi-jun smiled and said: "Don't worry, Xiao Fan. I'm free lately anyway, so I'll go help out more every day. Your mother won't be too tired."

  "Uh, thank you Uncle Jun. Well, I'll be off then." Su Xiaofan stood up and bid farewell to everyone before leaving the yard.

  "Are you not planning to increase the number of chickens and ducks?" Xiao Yuanfeng swung a stick in his hand, walking slowly behind her, asking doubtfully. He had originally thought she would continue to expand the duck and chicken farm, but looking at her reaction today, it seemed like she wanted to control the numbers.

  "Hmm, I'll go back and discuss with my mother. Either reduce the number of chickens in the coop by the house or move the entire chicken farm to the back mountain. And don't raise too many ducks in the front yard, I don't want to smell that stench every day when I come home." Su Xiaofan looked around and saw that there were indeed a lot of idle fields in the village.

  Considering the distance from our house to that field, if we clean it up every day, there shouldn't be any bad smell. The chickens and ducks in the enclosure on the back mountain are all fine, so only the small enclosure next to our house is left. It seems that as long as we reduce the number of things inside, it will be okay, let's see what mother decides.

  Xiao Yuanfeng raised his eyebrows, and in these days of living with her, he hadn't smelled anything unusual at all.

  But perhaps it's really because her grandmother and mother are diligent, basically every day they have free time to work inside the fence, so even standing outside the fence can't smell anything smelly.

  After returning home, Su Xiaofan told them about her own thoughts.

  Jia thought for a long time before saying, "Reducing the quantity is acceptable, after all, you've bought those lands for so many years. If we can find someone to help, then there's no need to reduce the quantity."

  "Hmm, as for the smell, just reduce the number of fields and fences in front of the hospital." Ye's wrinkled face was full of doubts, she cleaned every day and it was already clean, there was no smell at all, did Fan'er smell something?

  "Alright, I'll follow mother and grandmother then."

  Outside the post house in the silent city.

  Su Si Xi had been wandering outside for a long time and didn't have the courage to lift her foot and walk in.

  After resting at home for several days, the wound bitten by that dog has slightly recovered, although it is not fully healed and has already scabbed.

  Now although wanting to see him, dare not go in, after all he let oneself do things, oneself has not gone to do well.

  "This young lady, Mr. Zhang told you to go in directly."

  A guard inside the inn, seeing that she had been wandering for a long time, went in to ask Zhang Yun Song's opinion and directly brought her in.

  Inside the house, Su Si stood at a loss in front of the door, looking at Zhang Yun Song sitting by the window and not daring to get close.

  Zhang Yun Song turned his head and gave her a gentle glance, then lightly opened his mouth: "You can't do it?"

  Su Si Xi lowered her head and nodded vigorously, lightly biting her lip: "She said that if I provoke her again, she will make our relationship public."

  Zhang Yun's calm expression showed a hint of abnormality, did Fan Er know? How did he find out? He should have been careful enough, if so, she might be even less likely to agree to return to Beijing with him.

  The more she wants to escape from herself, the more she feels a strange desire to bind her to herself.

  At Shang Susi's nervous and fearful appearance, Zhang Yun Song lightly laughed and stood up, sitting down at the bedside: "It's been several days since we last met, didn't you want to come over?"

  Su Si Xi raised her eyes, looked at him timidly for a moment, before slowly walking over.

  This time, to prevent her from making any more noise, Zhang Yun Song used a strip of cloth to seal her mouth at the beginning and tied up her hands, binding them to the bedhead. Later, he left a bloody mark on every part of her body. After glancing at several wounds on her ankle, he furrowed his brow and thought for a moment before asking aloud: "Could it be that Fan's family dog bit you?"

  Su Si Xi nodded with tears in her eyes, it was so painful but she couldn't make a sound, the pain and suffering were unbearable.

  "Hehe."

  Zhang Yun Song gazed at the wounds for a long time, stretched out his hand and repeatedly touched them several times: "Fan Er is getting more and more mischievous, more and more charming. I wonder, if Fan Er were under me, what kind of scenery would it be?"

  Su Si Xi shook her head again with tears all over her face. Didn't Yun Song Ge used to dislike Xiao Fan the most?

  Why did you suddenly ask such a thing today?

  "Hmm, looks like I need to think of another way." A hint of calculation flashed across Zhang Yun's eyes.

  Looking at him like this, Su Si suddenly felt a lot of chill.

  After a few peaceful days, Lan Ming suddenly ordered someone to send a message to Su Xiaofan's wine shop, saying that Zhang Yuncong was preparing to set off for Beijing the next day, and the reason for returning to Beijing was that Liu Meier was pregnant.

  Su Xiaofan laughed happily for half a day after hearing that, thinking that she had finally gotten rid of that annoying ghost.

  "Xiao Fan, today Deng Lao Ban from Ming Yue Building came over." Meng Ping walked up to Su Xiao Fan with an account book in hand.

  "What was that?" Su Xiao Fan raised an eyebrow. The formula had been given to them for free last time, so logically speaking, there shouldn't be a need for them to come looking for her again.

  "It is said that they want to come to our wine shop every day to take twenty roasted ducks, and can directly sell them at our price. It is also said that if the meat quality of the chickens and ducks is fresh and delicious, they can be priced appropriately." Meng Ping thought for a long time, but still couldn't figure out what they meant by this. After all, he had heard that the formula Xiao Fan gave them last time made their roasted ducks very popular.

  Su Xiaofan thought for a moment and said: "Could it be that their people have come to buy roasted ducks from our place?"

  Meng Ping suddenly remembered: "A few days ago, it was indeed someone who had worked together in the building before coming here to buy a few roasted ducks. They said they needed to entertain guests at home, and I even gave them a discount. At that time, they bought several flavors."

  "Oh, then I'll just agree to it." Su Xiao Fan temporarily didn't want to think about what they were going to use it for, anyway as long as there was money to be made that was good, recently she had spent too much money and almost nothing was left.

  "Good, and also the weather is about to cool down. Are you going to move into the wine cellar later?" Meng Ping recently planned to redecorate the attic again, after all, no one had lived there for many days, and he hadn't gone up there often, it must be dusty again.

  "How is Xiao Xi?" Su Xiaofan raised her eyes and looked in the direction of Yu Xiaoxi.

  Yu Xiaoxi smiled: "Xiao Fan, if you live here, I will naturally also live here. If you go home, I'll go home too."

  Su Xiaofan furrowed her brow, feeling conflicted. Although living in the tavern was convenient, she still wanted to go home every day, leaving only her grandmother and mother at home, but she couldn't shake off the worry. However, if she continued like this, she would spend a lot of time commuting back and forth every day.

  "Xiao Fan, don't worry and just stay at home for now. Living in a tavern is not very reliable, and after Xiao Xi and I get married in a few months, we will also be going back home every day." Su Bing had already asked the family members about their opinions yesterday, and they all agreed that it was fine for him to live alone in the tavern, but Xiao Xi must go back home every day. After all, once she gets married, she will soon have children, and living outside is not suitable.

  "Ah, indeed it is. Then let's just leave it like that." Su Xiao Fan also nodded slightly, recently the little treasure hasn't been by her side and every night she hasn't slept well, black eye circles are starting to appear.

  "When will that little brat of yours come back?" Yu Xiaoxi felt that after those days when the child was not around, Xiao Fan had become much more haggard and also quieter.

  "I don't know, it's been half a month, he should be back in a few days." Su Xiaofan lay softly on the table, if this continues, she'll get sick from lack of sleep.

  Yu Xiaoxi suddenly remembered her fear of darkness: "Do you want me to accompany you to sleep at night?"

  Su Xiaofan was slightly moved, but still shook her head and said: "It doesn't matter, it's just a few days. If you stay at my house, your sister-in-law's family will gossip about it."

  Yu Xiaoxi heard this and dejectedly lowered her head.

  It wasn't until I moved in with my sister and brother-in-law that I understood the saying "one must lower their head when living under another's roof". Fortunately, since my sister became pregnant recently, the atmosphere at home has become more harmonious. In the past, how could I have followed Su Bing to the wine tavern every day? There was already a mountain of household chores for me to attend to from dawn till dusk.

  "Don't worry about me, you see I'm not always sleeping during the day, and Xiaobao should be back soon." Su Xiao Fan felt that every day, no matter what he was doing, his mind was thinking of Xiaobao's affairs. After all, when he left, his body hadn't fully recovered, and he didn't know if the long journey would make it worse. Moreover, he didn't know what big thing had happened that made him rush back to pick him up.

  Yu Xiaoxi nodded silently, thinking that after she got married, she would be even freer and could do as she pleased in the future.

  In the Hundred Beasts Valley's Hundred Beasts Forest, in the very center of the forest, there was an extremely ordinary-looking thatched cottage.

  Although it's unassuming, the thatched hut is spotless inside. The furniture, though not of high quality, is exceptionally delicate and simple, just like its owner.

  Huā Fēi Chén sat in front of the tea table, frowning as he flipped through a medical book.

  "Master..." Xiao Yuanqiu hesitated and stood at the door, words reaching his lips but unable to be spoken. Although Master was usually very kind, once he got angry, it would be comparable to Mo Di's temper, perhaps even worse.

  "What's wrong?" Huā Fēi Chén put down the book in his hand, these past few days he and Mò ér had both been unusually quiet, locking themselves in their rooms and rarely coming out, no one knew what they were doing.

  "Mo Di said he wants to go back to Mo City." Xiao Yuanqiu finally gathered up his courage and spoke out.

  "No way." Huā Fēi's gaze swept over him lightly, and then she picked up the book again, her expression calm as she began to read.

  Xiao Yuanqiu fanned himself a few times, walked over and sat down opposite him: "Mo Di said that if you don't give him a reason, he will leave tomorrow."

  Hua Fei's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and then she said softly: "I should have told you all before, his situation this time is not caused by the kind of medicine powder that delays recovery that we gave him, but rather because his own inner strength is extremely unstable before recovering. Although he can maintain his original appearance for these few days, if he leaves here and returns to Mo City, and stays with Xiao Fan, it's highly likely that he will shrink again, and shrinking is not the only problem, he may also experience the same situation as before. It's not good for anyone if he goes out now."

  Xiao Yuan nodded slightly, knowing this himself and having told him so, but he was in such a hurry to return that Xiao Yuan could hardly persuade him otherwise.

  "It's not time for him to recover yet, and I don't want to disrupt Brother's plan. The medicinal pill I'm refining will be ready in two days, and after taking it, he can maintain his childlike appearance until the wedding day." Huā Fēi dust furrowed her brow, thinking for a moment before standing up.

  "Master, where are you going?" Xiao Yuanqiu also stood up closely behind him.

  "In order to prevent him from running away before I take my medicine, I have to tie him up. Are you coming to help?" Huā Fēi's footsteps stopped, and he looked at Xiāo Yuǎn Qiū.

  Xiao Yuanqiu subconsciously retreated a distance, shaking his head vigorously.

  He found out that I had given him the medicine powder, and in recent days, he has not been spared from being abused by him. If I help Master bind him again, he will definitely cut off his own limbs to feed those ferocious beasts.

  "Hua Fei's lips curled up in a shallow smile: 'Then I'll wait for you here.'"

  Xiao Yi Mo's room, at this moment he was lying on the bed in a very ungraceful posture, his two legs casually and lazily resting against the wall. When he was still a child, he got into the habit of lying on the bed like that at Su Xiao Fan's house, putting his two legs up on the windowsill. Although it didn't seem like a big deal back then, doing it now really did look somewhat indecent.

  Although he knew it wasn't a good look, he still didn't have any desire to improve, and lying down like this was just too comfortable.

  "Mohr, pay attention to your image."

  As soon as he heard this voice, Xiao Yimiao immediately jumped up and quickly resumed his proper sitting posture.

  "Master, how did you get here?"

  After walking into the house, Huā Fēi dusted off his hands and smiled as he looked over: "I heard that Mò Er wants to leave the valley?"

  Xiao Yimeng furrowed her brow, staring at the rope in his hand, her narrow eyes slightly narrowed, silently thinking "this is not good", she should have just left directly, shouldn't have let Autumn Brother go ask Master.

  "You tell me, Master, how can I keep you here better?" The smile in Huā Fēi's eyes deepened.

  "Why must Master make me maintain a child's demeanor until the day I get married?" Xiao Yimeng was indignant, being forced to continue keeping a childish appearance without being told the reason, what kind of thing is this?

  "Mò ér bù gāi bù xìn yǔ wǒ yǔ nǐ diē, wǒmen yǔnuò le nǐ huì zài nǐ chéngjiān zhī rì ràng nǐ huīfù, jiù yídìng huì shuōhuà suàn huà, érqiě nǐ zhèyàng jí chōngchōng de chūqù, shì xiǎng zài hūn qián jiù gēn xiǎo fán yǒu fūqī zhī shí ma? Nǐ bùyào huǐ le rénjiā gūniáng jiā de míngjié." Huā fēi chén shuōhuà jiān, yǐjīng huǎn huǎn de nuó dào le Xiāo Yí Mò de gēnqián, sān xià wǔ chú de jiù jiāng tā gěi bǎng le qǐlai.

  Xiao Yimò did not struggle, quietly allowing himself to be bound up. At this moment, although his internal energy had recovered somewhat, he was still no match for his master. Resisting would only be futile, but what exactly did his father and master want to do?

  These days, I have been repeatedly thinking about this issue.

  "Alright, Mo'er, don't think about escaping, or else I'll let you stay in this state for a few more years." Huā Fēi Chén tied the rope into a dead knot behind his back and smiled as he walked out of the room.

  Xiao Yimo silently stared at his departing back.

  It's been many years since Father returned, and as soon as he did, this happened; is something wrong in the valley?

  If something goes wrong, why didn't you see it yourself?

  And what's with this uneasy feeling in my heart, I vaguely feel like something is going to happen.

  Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, more than ten days have passed, but Xiao Mo has not returned yet. In these few days, Su Xiaofan hasn't gone to the tavern either, and he's almost turned day and night upside down, sleeping during the day and staying awake at night.

  That afternoon, Su Xiaofan woke up and sat in the courtyard with Xiao Yuanfeng, holding a cup of tea and doing nothing.

  Xiao Yuanfeng held his tea cup and spoke to her in a leisurely tone, "Little Fan, you don't need to worry, nothing will happen to them."

  "Hmm." Su Xiao Fan slightly nodded her head and then turned around to look at Yu Xiao Xi, who had rushed into her home in a hurry.

  Yu Xiaoxi walked closer, panting for a long time before speaking, lifting those slightly red and swollen eyes, looking at Su Xiaofan, unable to speak for a while.

  "What's wrong?" Su Xiao Fan put down the teacup in his hand and stood up, pulling her into his side.

  "Xiao Fan, something's happened to Su Bing." Yu Xiao Xi's voice was full of panic.

  "What's going on?" Su Xiaofan furrowed her brow, looking at Xiao Xi's expression which seemed somewhat off. However, she hadn't been to the tavern for several days, what could have happened?

  Yu Xiaoxi's tears welled up in her eyes: "This morning, someone came to the wine shop for a meal, and then suddenly spat out white foam, as if he had fainted. Originally, we wanted to go forward to see what was happening, but suddenly a large group of officials rushed out and took Su Heng away. I don't know what to do."

  Su Xiaofan was stunned for a long time and couldn't come back to her senses. This matter was too shocking for her.

  "Didn't they say anything when they took people away?" Xiao Yuanfeng had never dealt with officialdom before, nor had he ever been involved in such matters, but taking people away should have some reason.

  "They say that the food in our prison is poisonous and has caused people to die." Yu Xiaoxi's small face turned pale, you know that place isn't somewhere humans can go, ordinary people who go in there without any crime can be tortured half to death, let alone Su Bing who was caught with a charge of poisoning someone to death.

  Su Xiaofan forced herself to calm down and took a deep breath before asking: "Can I go visit him in prison?"

  Yu Xiaoxi shook her head upon hearing this: "I asked earlier and was told that we can only know tomorrow whether we can visit or not."

  "What about the others in the tavern?" Su Xiaofan didn't even look, but he was clear that with something like this happening, there shouldn't be a single customer left in the tavern. Who would still go to a place where someone had been killed to eat?

  "Meng Ping and his brother were extremely busy, although it was a big commotion, they were still eating in the wine shop because at that time there were many customers in the store, but only one person had an accident, so basically everyone didn't take it seriously and even advised me to say that tomorrow when that person wakes up, Su Bing will be released. Because at that time no one confirmed that the person was dead." Yu Xiaoxi said, suddenly feeling very strange, the more she thought about it, the stranger it became.

  Su Xiaofan was slightly surprised at this result. Normally, places where accidents have occurred are unlikely to continue serving food, but the men in that area were all rough and didn't seem to care about details. After all, it wasn't certain at the time whether the person had died on the spot or not.

  "Is there anything strange?" Xiao Yuanfeng saw that she had just been crying with tears in her eyes, but suddenly became quiet, frowning as if thinking about something.

  Yu Xiaoxi hesitated for a moment before speaking in a hesitant tone, "Hmm, thinking back carefully, it feels quite strange. Previously, I was always in a flustered state, so I didn't pay much attention to it."

  Xiao Yuanfeng stared at her: "Go ahead and say it."

  "It was just after that person fell to the ground foaming at the mouth, and before anyone nearby had a chance to touch him, a group of officials suddenly rushed in from outside. Our tavern has never been patrolled by officials before, so how could it be so coincidental that there were people waiting outside? Yu Xiaoxi wiped away the tears on her face with her sleeve."

  Su Xiaofan also calmed down and listened to her words, suddenly giving herself a feeling that someone was intentionally trying to frame the Floating Fragrance Wine House. Logically speaking, this wine house had just opened not long ago and hadn't offended many people, so who would deliberately come up with such a vicious plan to deal with such a small wine house?

  "Alright, does Su Jing's family know?" Su Xiaofan quickly glanced inside the house, fortunately Grandma and Mother were not there, and did not hear.

  "I don't know yet, I haven't dared to tell them." Yu Xiaoxi nervously twisted the handkerchief in her hand. They would worry even more if they knew, so she had come directly to Xiao Fan's place without going to Su Bing's home.

  "Let's keep it from them for now, we'll tell them later after we figure out what's going on. You go wash your face." Su Xiaofan pointed to the basin placed outside their kitchen.

  "Uh-huh." Yu Xiaoxi nodded and walked over.

  Su Xiaofan furrowed her brow in thought, then looked at Xiao Yuanfeng and said: "You go to the village chief's house and ask if he knows anyone who works in Mochen City."

  Xiao Yuanfeng was about to leave when he saw someone approaching from outside, who walked up to Su Xiaofan and whispered: "It seems that she has been crying all the way back, and someone must have seen her. After all, this village is big, but there aren't many people living here, they are all familiar with each other. If someone sees her, it's inevitable that they will go tell her family."

  After seeing the person walking from afar, Su Xiaofan's heart was lifted. His aunt was still pregnant, and although the fetus had stabilized recently, she probably couldn't withstand too much stimulation. However, being arrested and thrown into prison was a big deal that couldn't be casually covered up with a lie.

  "Xiao Fan, is my sister over here?" Yu Xiaohe asked as soon as she walked into the yard, her anxious expression evident.

  "Yes, she went to the kitchen to wash her face. Aunt Tang, please sit down and rest for a while. Although it's not sunny today, it's still a bit sultry." Su Xiaofan handed over the fan beside him to her.

  "What's wrong with Xiaoxi? Is she really crying?" Yu Xiaohe asked hastily as soon as he sat down.

  Yu Xiaoxi washed her face and walked out of the kitchen, but when she saw Yu Xiaohua, she froze at the kitchen door. This matter could be told to anyone else, but not her sister. Her sister was in a critical period right now, the doctor had said that as long as everything went smoothly over the next month or two, the baby would be born safely.

  Yu Xiaohuo turned to look at her, just one glance, and his heart became anxious. Xiao Xi had been very strong since she was a child, even when living in her own home, being bullied by her father-in-law and mother-in-law, she never cried. What happened today that made her cry until her eyes were red and swollen? "Don't come over quickly, look at your red eye sockets, come and tell sister what's going on."

  "Xiao Xi, it's okay, you'll find out sooner or later." Su Xiao Fan thought for a moment and decided to let Yu Xiao Xi tell her directly, after all, even if she would be anxious, she wouldn't be too overly emotional, since the matter hadn't been settled yet.

  "Uh-huh." Yu Xiaoxi nodded slightly and slowly moved to sit down beside Yu Xiaohua, recounting the events that had transpired.

  "Isn't it the wine shop's problem?" Yu Xiaohuo listened and her emotions were still relatively stable, although she was full of worry, but she was still able to control her emotions well. She knew her own body best, and at this time, no matter what happened, she had to calm down.

  Yu Xiaoxi shook her head vigorously, if it was a problem with the wine shop, then definitely not just one person would have gotten into trouble.

  "Alright, go to the village chief's house." Su Xiaofan finally put down her guard and told Xiao Yu to leave.

  Xiao Yuanfeng silently turned around and quickly walked away.

  "Don't worry, Auntie, I'll go to the wine shop and take a look at the situation first." Su Xiaofan tried hard to say something to comfort her emotions, because she looked like she was not too excited, but also afraid that she would suffocate herself.

  "Uh, I'll go to Su Bing's place later and tell his parents that he's staying at the tavern tonight. If anything happens, you must come and tell me immediately, got it?" Yu Xiaohe took a deep breath, planning to go to Su Bing's house later, but absolutely could not let them notice anything unusual.

  "Don't worry, Auntie. If there's any news, I'll go tell you tonight." Su Xiaofan nodded vigorously and watched her leave.

  Su Xiaofan went back inside to change into a different set of clothes, and then styled her hair in a simple hairstyle. After all these days, she was able to style some simple buns. Then she told Jia Shi and Ye Shi that she had an urgent matter to attend to at the tavern, but didn't tell them the details.

  After handling it properly, he pulled Yu Xiaoxi out of the house together.

  Not far from walking out, they met Xiao Yuanfeng and Xiao Changfu.

  "Village head, you've come personally." Su Xiaofan walked quickly over.

  "I'll go with you to take a look." Xiao Changfu's expression was unusually serious, being arrested and thrown into prison on charges of poisoning someone would be a terrible fate, he didn't know if Su Bing could withstand it.

  Su Xiaofan nodded silently, pulled Yu Xiaoxi's hand and leaned in close to whisper: "Calm down, nothing will happen."

  Yu Xiaoxi's mind was in a mess, although she also wanted to calm down, but all sorts of strange thoughts kept floating around in her brain, making it impossible for her to settle down.

  "It's just been taken in for now, and it hasn't reached the point of a trial yet, so they probably won't use torture. Don't worry too much, Xiao Xi." Su Xiaofan patted her back, trying to comfort her emotions, if she remained this tense, she would collapse before things were even clear.

  "Xiao Fan, you don't know that it's not a place where people can enter. In the past, someone from our village was wrongly accused of theft and taken in. By the time they were cleared and released, he had lost half his life and almost died." Yu Xiaoxi thought of this and became even more flustered.

  Su Xiaofan's expression tightened, after all, this was not a world she had lived in before.

  "Even so, you must remain calm, we will think of a way to rescue him safely, although it can't be guaranteed that he won't be harmed." Xiao Changfu furrowed his brow, no matter who it was, if they dared to make a move against the wine tavern, it's possible that their real target was actually Xiaofan. So as long as someone came for Xiaofan, they would definitely not let them get away easily. Now that Mo'er wasn't in Mochen City, he had to protect her well himself.

  "Hmm," Yu Xiaoxi felt a little relieved after hearing that, even if he was injured, it didn't matter, she would take good care of him, as long as he stayed alive.

  All the way, no one in the group spoke again.

  At the entrance of the wine shop, seeing them coming, Meng Ping hastily came out to greet them.

  Because several people in their hearts at this moment are thinking about the things in the wine shop, they did not notice that on the opposite side of the street, a man, after seeing them enter the wine shop, hooked up a smile of conspiracy about to succeed at the corner of his mouth, and left with big strides.

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