"Lu Lang?"
Liu Qingyan had also seen Lu Zheng pocket the copper coins, and her pupils contracted.
Lu Zheng nodded.
Meanwhile, the old woman and the woman in plain clothes had turned out of Renxin Hall when the woman sent her a voice transmission. "Elder Sister, Miss Liu's lover looked at us strangely."
The old woman nodded, though she could not help asking in confusion, "But I thought my disguise was quite convincing. How did he see through it?"
Just then, the two arrived at the entrance to Tong Yi Alley and saw the Liu family's front gate standing wide open as Liu Qingquan came skipping out of the house.
Old Woman: "..."
Woman in plain clothes: "..."
"We just came down, yet you did not even check who lived in this alley?" the old woman sighed.
The woman in plain clothes was helpless. I was only focused on Renxin Hall at the time. Didn't you also fail to notice that Liu Qingyan's family lived in Tong Yi Alley?
No wonder Lu Zheng had looked at the two of them strangely. They had emerged right from his doorstep.
How could he possibly fail to notice?
The woman in plain clothes asked helplessly, "What do we do now?"
The old woman shook her head helplessly as well. "We only wanted to make contact first. Who knew we would end up making a mess of it?"
"Then should we just tell her outright?"
"Wouldn't that scare her?"
"Probably not? It is not a bad thing."
"But after all... what happened back then..."
"That is all ancient history, and Old Madam often regretted what happened back then. Otherwise, we would not have dared come out on our own!"
The old woman pondered for a moment, her eyes shifting as she smiled softly. "No