Soldiers were searching every household on the streets, making the inns impossible to stay at. After Ye Jingtang and the others returned, they first hid in several abandoned homes in a secluded alley.
Qiu Tianhe had not wanted to drag his brother into trouble, so he had not taken Xuanyuan Tiangang along on tonight's operation. After escaping the tiger's jaws, he went straight to the inn where Xuanyuan Tiangang was staying to let him know he was safe.
At that moment, in the weed-choked courtyard, Niao Niao dutifully crouched beneath the eaves, keeping watch for his wet nurses.
Inside the room with its doors and windows tightly shut, a small candle burned.
Fan Qinghe stood beside the table, taking the various papers out of her clothes and spreading them flat to dry, lest the rainwater blur the writing.
Luo Ning and Zhe Yunli had spent hours keeping watch in the woods, and the downpour had likewise soaked even their panties. They were now sitting beside the bed, undoing their night clothes and changing into clean garments.
Rustle, rustle~
Zhe Yunli had been staying with Aunt Fan lately, and they had chatted and joked plenty. As she changed, she noticed Master’s Wife take off her skirt, revealing her fair, unblemished figure. Something occurred to her. She tilted her head to look at Master’s Wife’s full, round moons, then glanced below Aunt Fan’s waist and muttered:
"It really is true. I never noticed before..."
Luo Ning was tying her undergarment around her neck. Hearing this, she looked slightly puzzled.
"Never noticed what?"
"When we were keeping watch at Evening Rosy Clouds Temple last time, Aunt Fan was lying on her stomach, and I thought her bottom looked so big. Aunt Fan said yours was the same, Master’s Wife. I really never noticed