A Victorious Battle

Everyone had watched the stars for most of the night, so they all got up late the next day.

Cao Jixiang returned from work for lunch and, passing by their courtyard, saw them squatting on the stone steps rinsing their mouths and brushing their teeth. For a moment, he was speechless.

While brushing her teeth, Pan Yun even raised a hand to greet him. "Official Cao, are you off duty?"

Cao Jixiang took a deep breath and tried hard to tug up the corners of his mouth. In the end, he gave up and walked straight into the guest courtyard. "Daoist Priestess Pan, I heard Wang Cong bought a large residence?"

Pan Yun said, "Rented, not bought. It's a private residence, mainly for use as a warehouse, not some large estate."

Was this why you had kept clinging to the Maritime Trade Office and refusing to leave?

After Pan Yun finished brushing her teeth, she casually placed the toothbrush upside down in the cup and asked Cao Jixiang, "Official Cao, has the mastermind behind the Sea Pirates' collusion to rob and kill the diplomatic mission been found?"

Cao Jixiang turned and left. "You should ask Prefect Lu and General Gong about that."

Pan Yun called loudly after him, "This case happened at sea, so it falls within the Maritime Trade Office's jurisdiction too. Official Cao, you can't just wash your hands of it."

That was why Cao Jixiang had come to dislike Pan Yun more and more.

The more welcome she had been before, the more he disliked her after the silver was sent to the Capital City and she started asking him every few days about the mastermind.

Cao Jixiang felt that what little hair he had left was falling out even faster.

Who could take her away from