Yun Fan's eyebrows sank slightly, and he turned his eyes to look at Qin Mengyao, with a flash of deep doubt in his eyes: "It seems that Boss Qin really believes in the 'Mountain Monster' thing."
Until this time, Yun Fan became more and more certain that the owner of the inn must know something, and it was about the 'mountain demon'.
"We can't help but believe it," Qin Mengyao said, "You just haven't seen the power of the 'Mountain Monster'."
"Haha," Sikong Zhenjiu sneered after hearing this: "How powerful can a 'mountain demon' who can only catch brides be?! I would like to see it."
"But, having said that, Boss Qin, aren't you worried that you won't be able to become a bride?" Sikong Zhenjiu stood up and smiled, looking at Qin Mengyao with aggressive eyes: "I don't like red tape the most. If Boss Qin doesn't mind, I can I will marry you directly without the rites of secular worship."
"..." Qin Mengyao's beautiful eyes turned, and she looked at Sikong Zhenjiu's teasing eyes coldly without any hesitation, not losing the slightest bit.
Ye Ruyan on the side glanced disdainfully, and couldn't help but let out a cold snort on her lips: "You know how to take advantage of others, you are hopeless!"
"..." As soon as he said this, Sikong Zhenjiu and Qin Mengyao looked sideways at the same time.
Sikong Yujiu looked at Ye Ruyan and said teasingly: "My good lady is jealous!" He leaned forward and stood on Ye Ruyan's side, standing very close.
Suddenly, Sikong Zhenjiu stretched out his hand and touched her chin, which was as delicate and flawless as white jade. He raised it with a little force and said extremely wanton and frivolous words from his lips: "Then I'll take advantage of you." Got it!"
Ye Ruyan never expected that he would dare to make such a frivolous and rude move towards her. Caught off guard, his head tilted up slightly.
Snapped!
With a crisp sound, Sikong Zhenjiu's palm that was caressing Ye Ruyan's chin was opened heavily.
Ye Ruyan stood up suddenly, her face getting paler, but her eyes were cold to the bone.
"Go away! You scoundrel!"
Ye Ruyan had just finished her cold words, and then she felt an extremely strong feeling of dizziness. Suddenly, her delicate body trembled slightly, her consciousness gradually blurred, her beautiful eyes closed, and her snowy neck tilted back, just like that He fell down weakly...and passed out like that, making no more noise.
"!!??" Her strange behavior was immediately noticed by Sikong Yujiu and Qin Mengyao who were closest to her.
"Miss Ye!?" Qin Mengyao shouted anxiously. He quickly supported her body as she fell backwards, letting her lie quietly in his arms.
"Miss Ye?"
…
Sikong Zhenjiu and Qiu Sheng, who were next to him, also hurriedly spoke out and shouted with concern.
"..." A deep look of worry flashed in Yun Fan's eyes.
They immediately placed Ye Ruyan on the bed. Sikong Yujiu sat down and put one hand on her wrist. He looked attentively and felt her pulse, feeling Ye Ruyan's pulse condition. His black eyes were slightly condensed, like the light of thousands of bright stars twinkling.
Sikong Zhenjiu, as a generation of ghost doctors, has unparalleled medical skills, even above Ouyang Hui, the supreme poison doctor of Xuanming Palace. He is well versed in the ways of looking, hearing, asking, and understanding.
Qin Mengyao stood aside, but her beautiful eyes never left Sikong Yujiu's profile for a moment. She stood there without moving for a long time, silently, feeling inexplicably lost in thought.
Seeing him treating Ye Ruyan with unusual seriousness and concentration, Qin Mengyao's heartstrings moved slightly. It seems that Sikong Yujiu is not so annoying at this time!
Bah bah bah!
What's wrong with me? What are you thinking about?
Qin Mengyao stroked her head and shook her head secretly.
After Sikong Yujiu checked Ye Ruyan's pulse, he stood up slowly and walked downstairs with an relaxed brow. Yun Fan, Qiu Shi and Qin Mengyao followed closely behind.
Yun Fan asked: "Brother Sikong, is Miss Ye okay?"
"She just couldn't adapt to the climate, plus she was infected with wind and cold, and external evils entered her body; that's why she fainted." Sikong Yujiu nodded slightly.
Qiushi then said: "It must have rained today. There is a miracle doctor here, don't worry."
Sikong Yujiu turned around and said calmly: "Don't worry, she has such a stubborn temper, like a bull; after taking the medicine I prescribed, she will be fine after a sleep."
"In that case, let's go get the medicine first." Yun Fan looked sideways and said to Qin Mengyao: "Boss Qin, please take care of Miss Ye. You're done!"
Qin Mengyao nodded lightly when he heard this.
Yun Fan is a person who makes great promises. When he was at Qiushui Villa, he had promised Qin Xian to take good care of Ye Ruyan, so he would do his best to do so.
Then, Yun Fan turned around and left, followed closely by Qiu Die.
At this time, Sikong Yujiu turned around and looked back, approaching Qin Mengyao with a smiling face: "What? Did you realize that I am so knowledgeable and talented, and you started to change your view of me?"
"I'm just curious," Qin Mengyao's beautiful eyes slightly curved, and a slight sarcasm came from her lips: "I didn't expect that a miracle doctor would be so unobtrusive. On the contrary, I have changed my mind about the so-called 'miracle doctor' That’s it.”
Although the teasing voice was soft, it was almost mocking and sarcastic.
However, Sikong Zhenjiu acted as if he had not heard her, and turned a deaf ear to her sarcastic words. He kept the smile on his face and continued: "Frankly speaking, in addition to curing diseases, I am even better at curing women's hearts, especially those who are lonely. Heart, do you want to try it?"
Qin Mengyao snorted coldly when he heard this, and said seemingly self-deprecatingly: "You're welcome, I feel disgusted when I see those arrogant, frivolous and impetuous people. This is a terminal disease that cannot be cured."
As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Mengyao left slowly.
This statement seems to be self-deprecating, but in fact it is a secret mockery of Sikong Zhenjiu. He is as smart as Sikong Zhenjiu when he refers to mulberry trees and scolds sophora trees. How could he fail to understand the meaning?
Sikong Zhenjiu turned a deaf ear and stood alone in the silence. Looking at Qin Mengyao's back, the corners of his mouth raised slightly and he smiled repeatedly.
Early the next morning, Ye Ruyan and Yun Fan came to the alley again and continued to stare at the situation of the painting shop.
Originally, Yun Fan also asked her to rest for a day before taking action, but he still couldn't get her to do it. Yun Fan was worried, so he followed her.
After taking the medicine that Yun Fan caught, Ye Ruyan's illness was almost cured, but her face still looked pale, her head was a little groggy, and her mental state was not very good. It was precisely based on this that Yun Fan wanted to follow closely.
After all, Yun Fan also bears some responsibility for Ye Ruyan's occasional cold.
Yun Fan said with concern: "You are just recovering from your illness, just let me look after you. Go back and have a rest!"
Ye Ruyan said: "No need, I'm in good spirits. I don't want anyone to make excuses to run away, or to look at a beautiful girl a few more times. If that child comes and I miss it, wouldn't all my previous efforts be wasted!"
"I'd rather work harder on my own."
Yun Fan didn't bother to explain Ye Ruyan's misunderstanding of him. He tilted his head toward the shop.
At this time, Ye Ruyan was looking around. At this moment, Yun Fan saw the shop owner preparing to open for business.
"Then the boss is here." Yun Fan reminded.
When Ye Ruyan looked back, a boy about seven or eight years old came into their sight.
This boy was dressed in white clothes with a blue coat on top, and he looked very handsome. It looked like he was getting money from the boss.
"It should be him." When Ye Ruyan saw this, she smiled like a flower, ran up quickly and stopped the boy who was about to leave.
Yun Fan followed closely behind.
"Children, tell me where the white ink paintings are?" Ye Ruyan asked straight to the point.
"Who is the white ink painting?" the boy asked.
"The person who asked you to send paintings to sell." Ye Ruyan said urgently.
Seeing this, the boss said: "Girl, I think you have misunderstood. He is not the child who sent the painting."
Yun Fan said: "Then why did you give him some silver?"
Hearing this, the boy gave a thumbs up, pointed at himself, and said loudly: "I'm here to collect protection money."
"Protection money?" Ye Ruyan's beautiful eyes widened in surprise. She was stunned for a moment and couldn't believe what she heard.
Mei Gancai, you are a little shortbread and a croak, but such a young child doesn’t learn well and imitates those people collecting protection money. Super refreshing three views!
When Yun Fan heard this, he couldn't believe that such a young child didn't learn well and came to collect protection money for others. It's unbelievable.
The boss sighed and explained: "Actually, it's because the bullies didn't want to show up themselves, so they used children to collect the protection money." After saying that, he shook his head helplessly.
"It's unreasonable. These people don't even let children go." Ye Ruyan was furious after hearing this, and walked forward and said to the boy: "You too, why don't you go to school and do things for those bad people? I know Okay, did they force you? Don’t worry, just tell the truth and I will stand up for you. How do they compare to you? "
Hearing this, the boy smiled slightly and said, "I...I'm so hungry!"
Ye Ruyan said naturally: "I won't give you food."
Yun Fan: "...??"
Ye Ruyan learned from her communication with him that his name was Xiaoshan.
Ye Ruyan then took him to Yuelai Inn and ordered a large table of dishes for the boy.
"Come on, eat slowly. All the dishes here are for you. Don't be in a hurry, you know?!" Ye Ruyan said in a doting tone while picking up the dishes for him.
Yun Fan looked at them with a strange look on the side.
Only then did Ye Ruyan notice. She stared at Yun Fan closely for a long time and said, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"You said that if you didn't know better, you would have thought you were mother and son?" Yun Fan said half-jokingly.
Ye Ruyan didn't feel embarrassed at all and asked: "Don't you think Xiaoshan is pitiful? He is being used like this."
Just listen to this child named Xiaoshan say: "I have not been taken advantage of."
"Aren't you forced to collect protection money?" Ye Ruyan said.
Xiaoshan said: "Of course not! I lost money pushing Pai Gow, and I worked for them to pay off the debt."
Ye Ruyan was shocked when she heard this, her eyes flashed: "You are pushing Pai Gow at such a young age!"
Yun Fan: "!!"
"Yes, but what I am best at is playing dice and betting on big and small. How about I teach you, sister!" Xiaoshan said with a smile.
At this time, Qin Mengyao and Sikong Zhenjiu came over together.
Ye Ruyan said: "Didn't your mother tell you that gambling is wrong? Is it very bad?!"
Xiaoshan glanced sideways: "No matter how bad you are, you can't be as bad as her!"
Ye Ruyan and Yun Fan looked in the direction and happened to see Qin Mengyao and Sikong Yujiu approaching slowly.
And the person shown by Xiaoshan is surprisingly Qin Mengyao!
Just listen to Qin Mengyao say: "Mr. Sikong, I still have a lot of things to do. If you want to find someone to chat with, please find Mr. Yun and the others."
Sikong Yujiu chuckled and said, "What they said is not as good as what you said! Why don't we go to the theater together tonight!"
Xiaoshan on the side was eating noodles and humming: "She doesn't even like to listen to operas, so it would be more practical for you to give her some silver."
Sikong Yujiu looked at this child whom he had never met before, and suddenly he felt angry in his heart, and said in a solemn voice: "Who are you? There are so many things."
Before Xiaoshan could answer, Qin Mengyao's voice suddenly sounded next to him: "He is my son."
"..." Sikong Zhenjiu immediately looked sideways, staring at Qin Mengyao without blinking, his mouth opened so wide that he could fit a goose egg in. The eyes are protruding, and the expressions on the face are extremely colorful. As exciting as they are, they are almost catching up with those who are professional face-changers.
The same goes for Yun Fan and Ye Ruyan. They stared closely at Qin Mengyao, trying to see a hint of teasing on her face, but they were ultimately disappointed.
Qin Mengyao's expression remained the same as before, without any change. Surprisingly calm and nonchalant.
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