"In my own mansion, even my people couldn't find you. It seems I underestimated you." Mo Liancheng lightly raised an eyebrow, smiling casually. He didn't seem surprised by the outcome, and there was no sign of irritation.
"I appreciate your modesty," Qu Tan'er replied calmly, suppressing the urge to burst into laughter.
"Eighth Sister-in-law, were you hiding in a rabbit hole? I searched the entire mansion, if I had an iron tool, I might have dug the Eighth Prince's mansion three feet deep," Mo Jingxuan remarked casually, unaware of the impact of his words.
Qu Tan'er smiled without commenting. The more casually she acted, the more nervous she felt.
Damn it, a careless remark from Mo Jingxuan almost scared her to death.
Fortunately, he didn't really plan to dig three feet deep to find her. Otherwise, she would have been in trouble. Moreover, the small hole in her room, which could only accommodate one person, took several days to dig and had not been noticed. Originally dug for hiding valuable items, it unexpectedly came in handy today.
"Eighth Sister-in-law, next time you hide, can you give me a hint so I won't exhaust myself searching, almost losing half my life?" Mo Jingxuan suggested in advance, trying to avoid a situation like this in the future.
"Sure." Qu Tan'er raised an eyebrow, smiling deeply. Then, she turned her gaze to Mo Liancheng, reminding him of a promise: "Can I leave the mansion now?"
"Up to you," Mo Liancheng replied calmly, his phoenix eyes showing slight movement.
"Jing Xin, let's go." Qu Tan'er got the answer she wanted.
She immediately turned and walked out, pulling Jing Xin with her.
"Eighth Brother, are you letting Eighth Sister-in-law leave like this?" Mo Jingxuan didn't understand.
"Why not?" Mo Liancheng didn't answer directly but countered with a question.
"Do we not need someone to follow her?"
"What do you think?"
"..." Mo Jingxuan fell silent.
Shortly after leaving the Eighth Prince's mansion, Qu Tan'er, accompanied by Jing Xin, headed straight to the marketplace. When they left, they brought with them hidden silver notes, gold and silver jewelry, and other valuables that could be taken out. Besides finding someone, the two also had some private matters to attend to.
However, things did not go as smoothly as imagined.
About half an hour later, the two stood in front of a tightly closed door.
"Jing Xin, are you sure that person lives here?" Qu Tan'er sighed with disappointment, looking at the locked door. Her hope had already been extinguished.
"This servant is sure." Jing Xin replied softly, her mouth twitching as if she was holding something back.
"Could it be that you remembered it wrong?"
"No, I remember it very clearly."
"Could it be that we got the wrong place?"
"No way, we have checked three times just now."
"So?" Qu Tan'er glared at the lock, then glanced at Jing Xin, waiting for her answer.
She also thought that Jing Xin remembered the wrong place, and then they went in the wrong direction, but...
"I don't know."
"How about we find someone to ask?" Qu Tan'er thought for a while, except for this method, there was no other way.
"Mistress, we... have just asked three people."
"..." Qu Tan'er pursed her lips tightly, feeling sad.
They did really ask three people just now...
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