Shen Qingyu opened the curtain of the inner room and looked outside. The unshackled prisoner was looking around in the room, looking here and there. The anklets on his feet made a clattering sound as he walked.

And Mu Xun was always a few steps behind him, neither too close nor too far.

Are you looking for something?

Shen Qingyu could think of the reason why Mu Xun unlocked the prisoner. He needed the prisoner to help him find something special.

If Mu Xun was like her and suspected the old woman's identity, was it possible that what he asked the prisoner to find was a thousand taels of gold?

It happened decades ago. Why does he think that the gold will still be left? Why does he think that Miss Zhu only owns the gold?

She lowered the curtain and looked around the inner room where she was.

Everything was shabby, but the embroidery bed was brand new. The gauze curtain on the bed was made of sky-blue soft gauze, hazy and light as a dream.

She climbed onto the bed but did not lie down. Instead, she banged around on the bed. There was no echo. It was indeed solid, but the sound was indescribably strange.

She took out the dagger Shen Qinglin had given her for self-defense and glanced at the old woman. She was looking straight out of the window, as if waiting for something to come back.

After only a moment of hesitation, she scratched the edge of the bed with a dagger to confirm the material of the bed.

Ruyi looked at her strange behavior and said curiously: "Girl, aren't you tired? Why don't you lie down and take a rest?"

Tired! But she had no intention of lying down now.

Muxun and the others are currently searching outside. If they find nothing, they will probably look for an opportunity to search this inner room.

If she didn't notice anything and other people came here and suddenly noticed something was wrong, that would be embarrassing enough, just referring to her.

No, she was only eight years old on the surface now, so she didn't realize it was not normal. She comforted herself like this.

Outside the inner room, Gan Nan's voice came again, "Miss, are you hungry? Can Ruyi bring you some food?"

Shen Qingyu shook her head. When she heard that Gan Nan outside was planning to ask Ruyi to go out again, she was surprised to realize that no one was around. She shook her head. She originally wanted to say "I'm not hungry", but what she said instead was "Is there anything I can eat?"

.

Gan Nan said: "We let the master make some casually, so as to cushion our stomach."

The master refers to Shi Yan. If he is really a gangster, can we still eat the meal he prepared?

With such worries, Shen Qingyu opened the curtain and walked out, "I plan to show my skills to you, brother, and cook some food for you myself."

In fact, she wanted to keep an eye on Shi Yan and not let him catch the opportunity to cause trouble for them.

Shen Qinglin suspected that she couldn't even tell the difference between pots and pans when it came to cooking by herself, "Don't make trouble, just wait patiently. If you accidentally order from the kitchen again, we will all eat."

"..."

Shen Qingyu thought to herself: "What image do I have in your mind?"

Complaints are complaints. No matter what Shen Qinglin said, nothing could stop her from taking responsibility for her own safety. She said seriously: "You don't know, I am actually very talented."

"It's best!" Shen Qinglin was a little tired and tilted his head to one of the attendants, "Gan Bei, you follow over and start a fight."

Ruyi wanted to say that having her was enough, but after looking at Ganbei's size, she swallowed it silently.

Of course it would be best if Gan Bei was with him. She wouldn't have to worry about that crazy person trying to hold her hostage.

There was no shelter for a section of the way to the kitchen, so I had to run out quickly against the rain.

Gan Bei took two wooden curtains to cover the heads of Shen Qingyu and the others, so as not to make them even more embarrassed.

Shi Yan looked at the visitor in surprise, "Why are you here? The kitchen is full of fireworks. Don't let it get to you. Go back and wait. I'll be there soon."

Shen Qingyu's heart skipped a beat when she heard that it would be good soon. She repeated the trick she used to fool Shen Qinglin, and then looked around pretending to be curious, "What are you cooking that tastes good?"

"Uh, well, it's nothing."

Shi Yan's panicked expression made Shen Qingyu even more uneasy. She walked around Shi Yan to see what he had done.

As a result, he only saw an empty stove. Shi Yan explained: "I just want to light a fire, how can it be so fast!"

"Ah!" He seemed to have just come to his senses, "What ingredients do you need? I'll find them for you first."

Shen Qingyu was stunned. She was not really here to cook, so she casually said: "Cucumber."

Well, she can still take a picture of a cucumber.

Shi Yan rubbed his hands in embarrassment, "Where can I find cucumbers in this season?"

Shen Qingyu asked: "What's that?"

"There are only some dried sweet potatoes and dried beans left at home." Shi Yan rolled his eyes and said as he took out the two bags on the shelf and placed them on the ground.

Then let's take some dried sweet potatoes and dried beans. Shen Qingyu grabbed a handful from a bag, then looked at Shi Yan and said, "You do your thing and don't worry about me."

She was just perfunctory and her main attention was still on Shi Yan.

Unexpectedly, Shi Yan's movements were even more unfamiliar than hers, and it was very difficult for her to wash rice and cook.

Shen Qingyu poured the dried sweet potatoes and dried beans into the pot and waved the spatula twice symbolically.

Since being assigned to Shen Qingyu's side, Gan Bei has been quiet. At this time, he couldn't bear it anymore. He looked at "that pile" in the pot and asked carefully: "Miss Qi, are you just going to fry like this? What's going on?

Let’s light up the stove first!”

I understand, but also add oil and seasonings, isn’t her attention elsewhere?

Finally, Shi Yan finished cooking the rice and didn't even notice that he put anything strange in it.

Shen Qingyu looked at his clumsy look and said with a smile: "There are only two of you and your grandmother here, and she is in that situation. Shouldn't you be the one who usually cooks? Why do you still look so unfamiliar!"

"I...I actually...have a younger sister," Shi Yan stuttered, as if he was making it up as he spoke, "She just got married, so I'm not familiar with these things."

There are only two separate rooms here, one is the one with an inner room just now. The other one is

No, there was no trace of another girl living in the whole room. On the contrary, it was rare that she saw the existence of another person, a man.

Judging from his clothes, he must be much taller than Shen Qinglin. This is the man who has been taking care of her old woman.

So where did this person go now? Was he killed by Shi Yan, or was he hiding secretly, or was he just not there by chance?

The fact that Shi Yan would appear here and meet them may be just a word, coincidence.

Everything in the world is written by coincidence. It rained heavily today, so Shen Qingyu and others stayed behind. They met Mu Xun and others who also came to take shelter from the rain.

What's more coincidental is that the prisoner Mu Xun escorted was also very familiar with the theft cases decades ago, which led to the many conjectures involved.
Chapter completed!