"Let's go over and take a look too," Su Qingwen said, blinking her eyes. She had always loved the exciting scenes of cat-and-mouse chases on TV. Now that there was some excitement to be had, it would be a waste not to watch.
[System: Women are really creatures who love to join in the fun.]
"Pfft, what do you know? Weren't you the one who told me to go after that person just now? And now you're here making sarcastic remarks," she retorted angrily upon hearing the system's voice.
[System: It's all just an excuse.]
"What did you lose? A family heirloom treasure?" Hua Yueye stroked his chin, thinking that this girl's parents had passed away early. He never expected that they would leave her something of great value before they died.
"Big brother, this isn't the time to talk about this. Hurry to the East Courtyard!" Su Qingwen felt like she was about to die of frustration. At this critical moment, how could she come up with a story about a big treasure? Would Angelababy do?
To prevent Hua Yueye from asking more questions, Su Qingwen ran away like a bolt of lightning. She felt like she was stepping on the Wind Fire Wheels and had transformed into Little Nezha. Charge!
"Search quickly!" The servants split up and surrounded the East Courtyard tightly, making sure that not even a bird, no, not even a fly could fly out. They didn't believe that they couldn't find that stinky man.
"It seems there's no one here," the butler frowned after searching for a long time and murmured to himself in confusion.
"It's impossible," Su Qingwen was extremely angry. Although the system had a masochistic tendency, it wouldn't lie to her. "He must be here. You should search more carefully."
"Okay," the servants continued to search after hearing what the concubine said. Suddenly, Su Qingwen saw some bubbles rising from the lotus tank not far away.
"Gurgle." What was that sound? She widened her eyes. Oh my god, what was going on with this lotus tank? Was there boiling water in it?
[System: Girl, don't you have a brain? Boiling water in a lotus tank? What would the lotus turn into then? Lotus soup? There's clearly someone hiding down there.]
The system was really shocked by her way of thinking and had to spell it out for her. Oh my god, this host was a bit stupid.
"Wow, you can hide there?" Su Qingwen exclaimed in a rather naive way.
[System: Haven't you watched A Chinese Ghost Story? The character in it hid under a big water tank and even had a kiss. Can't you use your imagination?]
"Right, right, right!" Someone suddenly woke up like a dream, immediately slapped her thigh, and rushed to the lotus tank first. "Come quickly. That person is hiding here!"
The black-clad man couldn't hold on any longer after holding his breath for so long. When he heard her shout.
"Pfft!" A mouthful of water with the smell of mud and saliva sprayed out. Oh! The smell was really sour and refreshing. Su Qingwen even felt that he had eaten Chinese chive dumplings last night. Damn, it stank!
"You, are you trying to kill me? This crazy person. Do you want to stink me to death, this delicate and cute girl? Disgusting!" Su Qingwen took a step back, covered her chest with one hand, and pointed at the wet black-clad man in front of her and scolded.
"Are you okay?" For some reason, her appearance was really funny. Hua Yueye held back a laugh in his chest and stepped forward to support her shoulders.
"I'm fine," Su Qingwen gritted her teeth angrily, wiped her face with her hand, and said faintly, "I will never let him go!"
[System: Congratulations, host. You have triggered a side mission. Now seize the clue and find out his purpose for coming to the Prince Rui's Mansion.]
"Humph, how dare he attack me. Let's see if I don't catch him!" Even without the system's reminder, Su Qingwen wouldn't let that unlucky man go.
"You stinky thing. When I catch you, I'll definitely brush your teeth properly!" The girl's body burst out with countless energies and she started running. Her speed was almost as fast as a 100-meter sprint.
The black-clad man's mouth twitched. What was this woman doing? Was she going to ram into him and kill herself?
He dodged to the side and easily avoided her attack. No, to be precise, it should be her ram.
"Oh my god?" Su Qingwen suddenly realized something was wrong. She seemed to be unable to stop and directly rammed into the lotus tank.
Oh my god! She closed her eyes, gritted her teeth, and opened her arms desperately, looking like a martyr. Even if she was going to fail, she had to have a decent posture.
The Prince Rui looked at her suicidal appearance and couldn't help but pull Hua Yueye aside. He asked seriously, "What's wrong with this girl? Is there something wrong with her brain?"
Someone rammed into the lotus tank and a red and swollen bump appeared on her head. Even so, she couldn't help but retort, "There's nothing wrong with my brain."
It was you guys who had problems. The whole family had problems.
Probably because she hit her head and was a bit dazed, Su Qingwen vaguely saw that the Prince Rui's eyes accidentally landed on the black-clad man. His eyes were warning, as if he was hinting at something.
She blinked her eyes. When she came to her senses, the black-clad man had already leaped over the wall on one side and jumped into the next yard.
"Chase quickly!" Hua Yueye frowned slightly and shouted sternly.
But it was already too late. When the servants got there, there wasn't even a single bird in the yard. Only a big yellow dog was looking at them with an innocent face.
"How could this happen? Did the side mission go to waste?" Su Qingwen felt so angry that she was about to faint. She covered her chest helplessly. This time it wasn't fake. She was really heartbroken.
"Concubine Xian?" The Prince Rui looked at her face curiously, sighed, and said, "Are you okay? How about going back to find an imperial doctor to take a look?"
Su Qingwen: I don't need that now. I need to catch that bastard quickly and complete my side mission.
[System: I have some bad news. Since you failed the mission just now, there will be a punishment.]
"Punishment?" Su Qingwen gasped. She almost cried out. Her eyes rolled up. "Can I not accept it?"
[System: No, dear. You'd better accept it obediently. Maybe the punishment won't be too difficult. If you choose to escape, maybe there will be thunderbolts.]
A disaster comes out of nowhere when one is just sitting at home!
"Damn it!!!!" Someone sighed to the sky. She felt that all the blood in her body rushed to her head. She couldn't catch her breath and fainted.
"Oh my god, come quickly! Concubine Xian is dying!" I don't know which unobservant person shouted.
Su Qingwen: Well, you're just cursing me to death. That's really cruel.