Reborn as a Merchant Girl, the General's Beloved

Seeing her smile, Xiao Fu was relieved and teased, "That's right! We are so busy, but you are just sitting there all day, complaining about nothing, feeling sad and depressed. Why don't you come and help us seal the place so as not to waste rice!"

The extremely thick rice paste was still steaming, and only a little bit was needed to stick the cotton paper firmly to the seal of the medicine jar. It was an easy job, with no technical requirements and no need to think about anything. All one had to do was simply repeat the same action mechanically.

As night fell, the work here was not finished until the last jar of pills was delivered. Shuyu ordered someone to prepare a midnight snack and send it over. Everyone gathered together to eat. Anan put away the remaining tissue paper, made a simple list, and was filling in the numbers when he heard a few people whispering outside the wall.

"Did you see that? The one who put on the tissue paper first was Miss Nan!"

"She's really pretty!"

"What are you talking about! This is called beautiful! Let me tell you, there is a portrait of a beauty in our master's room, and the girl in the portrait is really beautiful!"

"What a boast! With your status, are you qualified to enter the master's house?"

"I'd be lying to you if I did! I saw it when I was helping to carry the tub in that day. It was hanging on the shelf in the bedroom, more than half a person's height! The beauty in the painting is exactly the kind of fairy lady that is sung in operas! Oh, yes, there are a lot of words written on the painting!"

"What words, what words!"

"Hehe, I want to know too, but unfortunately, I can't read!"

"Screw you!"

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Anan listened and silently placed the completed form on Jinyun's desk. Seeing Xiaofu still talking to Xiaoshi at the door of the medicine house, he went out alone and came to the main house as if possessed.

She went to his house almost every day, but had never seen such a painting. If there really was one, he must have put it away. However, his house was well ventilated and bright everywhere, so there was no place to hide anything!

Trying hard to recall, there always seemed to be two large wooden boxes in his study.

Once curiosity was aroused, it was uncontrollable. Coupled with Xiao Fu's serious analysis last night, she was eager to see his sweetheart with her own eyes.

The main house was empty, and Bi'an and Jiuling were nowhere to be seen. The guards at the door were very polite to her and did not try to stop her. Anan walked around the house, even crawling under the bed to look around, but still didn't see any paintings.

After much hesitation, she went straight to the study.

On the first day she came to deliver meals, Shuyu told her that the master's study was a restricted area and must not be entered even once.

The desk was still full of documents, and there were indeed two large boxes on the floor, neither of which was locked.

Anan looked around to see that there was no one around, so he opened one of the boxes, but it was empty. Just as he was about to open the other one, he suddenly heard Bi'an's voice outside yelling, "Do you think that man is so bold? How dare he talk to the master like that! If you hadn't stopped me, I would have gone in and twisted his neck!"

The two men walked very quickly, and as soon as the sound was heard, they had already reached the door.

What a shame about his simple study! There was not even a place to hide! Anan was so anxious that he simply lay down in the box and gently closed the lid.

She only wanted to wait until they were gone before coming out. Unfortunately, she underestimated Jiu Ling, who was very careful. She closed the lid very gently, but the barely perceptible sound was also caught by Jiu Ling, and he subconsciously looked over here.

A small piece of the green skirt was exposed outside. He subconsciously took a look outside, lowered his head and smiled, walked over and calmly stuffed the gap back into place, then fastened the buckle with his hand.