Chu Yan turned around and saw that Su Liuye had fallen asleep a long time ago, but she subconsciously turned over and landed on his back.
He was stunned for a moment before he helped Su Liuye cover the quilt again and fell asleep next to the bed.
I don’t know how long it took, but the sound of snow being trampled came from the yard. Although the wind was howling outside, Chu Yan still heard the footsteps keenly, each step stepping lightly on the snow.
Definitely a master practitioner!
Chu Yan was alert, and the sound quickly disappeared, but Chu Yan felt that someone was standing outside the door at this moment.
Breathing heavily, he opened a corner of the curtain without leaving any trace, and looked out.
He had covered the candle with a lampshade, and there was a vague figure standing still outside the window.
Seeing this scene, Qin Lian became angry and deliberately made some noises. The people outside left immediately. With such quick reaction ability, they must be the secret guards of the fifth princess.
Thinking that these people were going to attack Su Liuye, Chu Yan's face turned ugly. He really couldn't imagine that if he wasn't here tonight, would this person just break in and take Su Liuye away?
He turned around and looked at the sleeping woman next to him, his anger increasing.
Su Liuye was completely unaware of what was going on outside, and she slept until morning. As soon as she turned over, she felt that she seemed to have bumped into something, and her nose rubbed against something hard.
She opened her eyes drowsily and immediately saw the man's chest. After realizing what was in front of her, she was so frightened that she quickly ran away.
Following her movement, Chu Yan also opened his eyes.
His eyes were clear, and he didn't look like he had just woken up.
"Are you awake?" the man said, his deep voice full of magnetism.
"Wake up, wake up."
Su Liuye's cheeks were slightly red, and she fell asleep in Chu Yan's arms. What a shame! Did she sleep like this all night?
Thinking of this possibility, Su Liuye felt annoyed.
Chu Yan didn't say anything. He got up, got dressed, and brought her breakfast and the doctor's medicine.
"Mr. Chu, are you there?"
As soon as Chu Yan sat down, a rushing sound came from outside.
"I'll go take a look." Chu Yan put down his bowls and chopsticks, walked outside the door and saw a miner waiting anxiously.
Seeing that he was here, the miner immediately took a breath and said, "Mr. Chu, construction at the mine is about to start, and everyone is waiting for you to come over."
"I'll go over after breakfast."
"Okay! Mr. Chu, I'll wait for you over there."
After saying that, the miner left.
Thinking that there were still things to be busy with at the mine, Chu Yan returned to the house and took a few simple bites. Raising his head to meet Su Liuye's questioning gaze, he did not hide it and said, "A Liu, I have something to do at the mine today. I'm afraid I won't come back until the evening. You can ask Xiao Wu to follow you today. Don’t run around until the adults come back.”
"Husband, I understand, don't worry."
"good."
Seeing that her face was not as pale today as yesterday, Chu Yan felt much relieved.
He left after breakfast.
Xiao Yun returned to the capital, and he was the only one left at the mine, so he naturally had to take care of everything.
Not long after Chu Yan left, Xiao Wu came over.
Su Liuye sat by the bed and looked at Chu Yan's leaving figure. Thinking that she woke up in his arms this morning, her face felt slightly hot again.
Seeing that the weather was nice today, she asked Xiao Wu to go outside and take a look.
When passing by the back door, she took a few special glances and found that from this position, she could indeed see the situation in her room. Maybe she should ask the housekeeper to change her to another room.
These people were like poisonous snakes lurking in the darkness, staring at her all the time and unable to get rid of them.
"Mrs. Chu, where are we going?" Xiao Wu asked.
There was another heavy snowfall last night. Although it cleared up this morning, the wind blowing from the mountains was still dry and cold, like a dull knife blowing on the face.
Su Liuye wrapped her robe tightly and looked at the mountain roads on the left and right.
One side leads to the mine, and the other side leads to the small village below the mountain.
The workers on the mountain were busy, and she had no way to go there at the moment. She could only go to the small village at the foot of the mountain first. This small village was full of miners.
Because of the snow, the mountain road was difficult to travel, so Su Liuye and Xiao Wu walked for half an hour before reaching the foot of the mountain.
Probably because it was preparing for the New Year, a small market was also held in the small village. The things bought there were all grown by the villagers at home or brought back from hunting in the mountains. At a glance, there was a dazzling array of things.
"This little lady, come here and take a look!"
Seeing Su Liuye, the aunt at the stall warmly entertained her, and at the same time whispered to the people next to her, "It's really strange! Why have so many people come down from the mine in the past two days? It's not that they are rushing to use iron recently. Are we going to let workers go to the mines to dig again? I heard that they will dig until after the new year. They usually don’t come down from working in the mountains, but today many of them came down.”
"Yes, yes."
The aunt next to her was eating melon seeds. She looked at Su Liuye, as if to confirm her identity, and whispered to others, "These two women in front of me don't look like people from the mine. It's really strange tonight. Why?" So many outsiders come in and out of the mine? Aren’t they usually not allowed in or out?”
"Yeah, I just feel weird!"
Hearing their conversation, Su Liuye thought of a possibility, and then asked, "Two aunties, who else did you see coming down from the mine?"
The location of their stall is right on the way down the mountain, so anyone coming down from the mountain can see it.
The people sent by the fifth princess were not miners, so they probably couldn't enter the mine. They probably went up the mountain from here and then to the house.
If this aunt sees clues here, she can tell Xiao Yun, and maybe she can find out where the fifth princess is.
"It's just a few men." The aunts didn't think much and said directly, "I took care of the wild boars that were hunted at home early this morning and wanted to sell them at the market. I happened to see someone coming from the mountains. Come down."
"Yes! I saw it from the side at the time!" said a bystander. "The man was wrapped in a dark robe. He looked like a man. He came down from the mountain in a hurry. I wanted to ask him to come over and finish drinking. Where is the hot soup? He left without even looking at me! Such a person is definitely not a miner!"
The aunt next to me runs this breakfast stall. The hot soup is simmering in the pot, exuding an alluring fragrance from time to time. Few people refuse this combination in winter.
"There are a few other people who look a bit like miners." She frowned, "But it's impossible for the miners to leave at this time? They haven't received their wages yet!"
