"One hundred thousand taels-just how much money is that?
Master Hu really lifted a rock only to smash his own foot this time."
"Master Hu was insatiably greedy. He deserved it!"
"This is wonderful! Let's see who dares withhold wages now. We can feel much more at ease when we go out to work."
Over the next few days, Song Yaoyao and the others continued searching for Nian Xiaoqing, but they found no trace of him.
Song Yaoyao: [Guagua, we've practically walked all over Suyu City these past few days, but we still haven't found any trace of Nian Xiaoqing.
If we can't find Nian Xiaoqing even with you here, where could he possibly be hiding?]
Guagua: [If we still can't find him after all that, it can only mean Nian Xiaoqing left Suyu City long ago.]
Song Yaoyao: [Sigh, that's what I thought too!
Having a ticking time bomb like him out there is such a worry!]
Guagua: [Host, don't worry. With Nian Xiaoqing's temperament, he certainly won't let this go.
He'll be back soon.]
Song Yaoyao: [All we can do is wait, then.
How annoying!]
Guagua: [Host, stop fretting and hurry up and eat. Until your grandfather arrives, we still need you to patrol.]
Song Yaoyao: [Fine, time to eat. Once I'm done, it's back to working like an ox or a horse!]
Two more days passed in the blink of an eye. That day, as Song Yaoyao and the others passed a residence with three successive courtyards, a man recklessly burst out of it and charged toward them.
He kept shouting:
"Help me, officers! Help me!"
The guards from the residence turned pale. They immediately rushed over and subdued the man, clamping a hand firmly over his mouth so he couldn't utter another word.
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