Rebirth of the High Family's Beloved

Not to mention the favor Xie Chengyin once owed her, just what they talked about tonight had tied the two of them together.

Xie Chengyin is helping himself by helping her.

Yan Ci was not being pretentious. She needed Xie Chengyin's help with something right now.

"Do you know any way to help the Yan family overcome the current crisis?"

Even if Yan Ci didn't ask, Xie Chengyin was ready to tell her.

"The Yan Mansion was actually only implicated in this incident. The prefect of Licheng colluded with the local rich to forcibly seize land and forced the farmers into slavery. Although this is a problem between the government and the rich, if we look at the root of the problem, it is still about taxes."

"If you want to help the Yan family overcome the current difficulties, you need to find a way to solve the tax problem, otherwise it will only be a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution."

Yan Ci nodded in agreement. She understood what Xie Chengyin said, but she had not yet thought of a solution.

The night wind blew, and Yan Ci shuddered and shrank unconsciously.

Before he knew it, it was already midnight and Yan Ci was so sleepy that he kept yawning.

"Is there any room for me to sleep? I am so sleepy."

Xie Chengyin looked around. He vaguely remembered what each room was used for. There were guest rooms, but no one had lived in them for a long time, so the environment was probably a bit poor.

"You can sleep in the one in the southwest corner, but you have to clean it up yourself."

Yan Ci nodded while yawning, and said nonchalantly: "Don't worry, I can still clean it up myself."

As he spoke, he stood up from the table and walked quickly to the room in the southwest corner.

What's there to clean up in a house that has been uninhabited for such a long time? As long as there is a bed to sleep on, it's fine. She's not picky.

In front of the door of the room in the southwest corner, there is a canna planted. Its emerald green leaves are broad and tough, stretching upward. Inside, the long green neck is covered with bright red flowers, which are clustered in layers and look like a wreath on a beauty's head.

Yan Ci reached out and touched the green, oval fruit of the canna. The hairy thorns pricked his fingertips and he couldn't help but pick one.

Behind the canna was the guest room. Yan Ci looked at the unlocked door and pushed it gently, and it opened.

Yan Ci walked into the room. All the items in the room were neatly arranged. Behind a curtain was a spacious bed. Spider webs could be vaguely seen on the pink bed curtains.

A fat, black spider with stripes was lying on it, motionless.

She never paid much attention to these details. When she was in the military camp, the environment was much worse than this, and she still slept soundly. It was just a little dusty, but it didn't matter.

Yan Ci was extremely sleepy, so she pulled back the quilt and was about to go to sleep. Just as she was about to lie down, she was startled. Looking at the huge spider that had spit out silk and was hanging in the air at some point, Yan Ci took two steps back.

If it crawled on her and bit her while she was sleeping, she was worried that she would be poisoned to death.

The bed was not comfortable to sleep in, so Yan Ci simply took the quilt and spread it on the floor, then lay down and fell asleep.

The sound of shallow breathing brought some life to the quiet night.

However, Xie Chengyin did not go to sleep in his room. He slowly pondered the news he heard from Yan Ci in his mind and habitually compared it with his previous life.

In some major matters, basically no major changes have occurred, and those minor things seem insignificant.

When it was daybreak, Xie Chengyin went to wake Yan Ci up with dark circles under his eyes.

"Bang Bang Bang!"

Yan Ci turned over in the quilt and felt the hardness under his body, and his sleepiness was immediately gone.

She slept on the floor all night last night and now her whole body aches.

Yan Ci got up from the ground and went to open the door. Xie Chengyin was standing at the door. When he saw Yan Ci opening the door, he said, "The city gate is about to open. We have to go back quickly."

The two men greeted the early morning light, climbed over the wall of Xie's house again, and went to the city gate.

Yan Ci was still dressed in that sloppy outfit, and the two city defense soldiers on duty at the city gate were no longer the same two from yesterday.

When they saw Yan Ci trying to enter the city, they stretched out their hands to stop him, saying, "We have orders from above that no refugees are allowed to enter the city."

Yan Ci:? ?

She didn't say that she was not a refugee. She was already wearing tattered clothes, and she hadn't washed or dressed all night, so she looked even shabbier than the day before.

Not using violence against her was already a great courtesy.

Xie Chengyin looked at Yan Ci who had no image at all, and tried hard not to laugh. He stepped forward to explain to the two city defense soldiers: "I'm sorry, this is my maid. We ran into bandits when we left the city yesterday. Thanks to my maid for protecting her master, I was saved. It's a pity that my maid..."

Xie Chengyin's words made people unable to help but imagine. The two city defense soldiers looked at Yan Ci, and a look of pity gradually appeared in their eyes.

Yan Ci cursed Xie Chengyin harshly in his heart. Why couldn't he just explain it? He had to explain it so ambiguously that it was hard for people not to misunderstand.

Fortunately, the two city defense soldiers did not stop them and let Xie Chengyin and Yan Ci enter the city.

After entering the city, Yan Ci went back to the Yan Mansion without saying a word and without looking back. She did not return home all night and she did not know whether Chunzhi had helped her cover up the past.

She hurried back to the house before it was fully light, otherwise if Jiang Qingqing found out that she had not returned home all night, it would be difficult for her to go out in the future.

The Yan Mansion was quiet. The servant in the yard had just gotten up and came out dazedly dragging his broom to clean the house.

Suddenly, something seemed to rush past the corner of his eye, scaring the servant so much that he shuddered and woke up instantly.

"Did anything just pass by?"

Servant A rubbed his eyes and asked Servant B who had already started sweeping the floor next to him.

The servant said without even raising his head, "What can happen in broad daylight? Don't be startled. Hurry up and work. If the master gets up and the work is not finished, you will be in trouble."

Servant A looked around and indeed did not see anything, so he lowered his head and went back to work.

Yan Ci, who was hiding in the corner, took a deep breath and waited for the two servants to slowly walk away. Then he quietly walked out and limped back to his Liufang Courtyard.

She seemed to have accidentally sprained her ankle when she jumped down from the wall. After finally returning to Liufangyuan, she sat down on a chair and rubbed her sore ankle.

She had a headache, her feet ached, and her whole body ached. She had suffered a lot on this trip, and even the smell on her body made her feel a little nauseous.

Even so, she gained more from this trip. Not only did she learn about the root cause of the refugee problem, but she also formed an alliance with Xie Chengyin, a true alliance.

When Chunzhi came out from the inner room, she saw Yan Ci, who was only wearing his inner clothes.

"Miss, you are finally back. I was so worried about you."

Yan Ci patted Chunzhi and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine. Does my mother know that I didn't come back all night?"

Chunzhi shook her head. "I didn't dare to tell you. I remembered your instructions before you left, so I stayed in the yard. No one knew you were not in the house."